Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 394 Anguo: Decreased autonomy, puppet state → half annexation of the puppet state
Shenglong Mansion, the capital of King An, is in the royal palace.

There are white jasmine soldiers in heavy armor guarding the palace, and they are constantly coming and going.If there were any people walking around in the palace, they immediately stepped forward to check and interrogate them without any slack.

Because of the resurgence of war between Yun and Xia, Anton General Yang Dayan, who was originally stationed in Anguo, had already led most of his troops to attack Xia Kingdom.

Now in the entire Anguo, it seems that the military strength is extremely empty.

In the huge country of Anguo, Yang Dayan is scattered all over the army in charge of reforming the fields, the elite soldiers guarding the palace, plus the garrison of the Prime Minister of Anguo, there are no more than [-] troops at all times!
Even though the land reform has achieved initial results, the people's hearts have been united, and the resistance forces among the people have gradually disappeared.However, the troops remaining in Anguo are so weak, if someone takes the opportunity to cause chaos, the situation will become out of control.

Therefore, at this time, the An Guo Prime Minister's Yamen and the An Guo East Police Department did not dare to slack off for a moment, and strengthened the surveillance of the palace and Shenglong Mansion both openly and secretly.

The atmosphere in the entire An'an Palace also became low and depressed, showing a posture that the rain was about to come.

Several eunuchs in the palace bowed together and walked out of the palace with small steps.

But before he had gone far, a school lieutenant wearing the armor of the Royal Palace Guards who was in charge of finding out the person in the palace suddenly frowned, and immediately shouted:

"Wait a minute!"

The eunuchs suddenly froze in their footsteps, froze in place, lowered their heads, their eyes seemed to be dodging.

The head eunuch's eyes flickered, and then he put on a flattering smile on his face, bowed his body and stepped forward, humbly said:

"I don't know Captain Captain, do you have anything to order?"

The school lieutenant frowned, pointed at one of the eunuchs in the team, and said in surprise:
"Isn't that man an eunuch? Why do I see that the corners of my mouth are a little blue, as if I have stubble... Hey, there's only the third man upside down. Turn around and let me see!"

As soon as these words came out, all the eunuchs who were frozen in place immediately looked at each other subconsciously, and a trace of coldness flashed in their eyes.

And at this moment, he suddenly heard a cold voice from the side:
"Since they have already been released, why stop them?"

Wearing heavy armor, a group of white jasmine soldiers, who appeared to be the world's elite, walked quickly.

Seeing Yun Jun coming, Lieutenant Gongmen hurriedly lowered his head and cupped his fists, with a flattering smile on his face, he said respectfully:
"My lord, the general just saw that there seemed to be something wrong with that person, so I want to check again..."

The leading general of the Yun Army heard the words, took off the beast mask, revealed a cold face, and scolded loudly:

"What time is it? The gate of the palace is about to be locked, so why should it be delayed because of you?"

In this season, the situation between the DPRK and China is extremely tense, and the slightest disturbance will arouse the vigilance of the Prime Minister's Yamen and Dongchang.

This Colonel Gongmen, but he didn't want to face Dongchang's questioning, was startled when he heard General Yunjun's hidden rebuke, and quickly waved his hands and said:
"No, no, no, the general is just asking casually!"

General Yunjun waved his hand impatiently and shouted:
"Let go!"

"Yes."

A group of eunuchs relaxed now, turned around and trotted away hastily.

When they walked out of the sight of the elite soldiers of Baimao, these people dressed like eunuchs all breathed a sigh of relief.

"It is said that the white scorpion soldiers of Yun Kingdom guarded the palace so tightly that not a single fly could fly in. Hmph, now it seems that it is nothing more than that!"

"That's right, I'm going to walk through this palace, I'm afraid Yun Jun hasn't found it yet!"

"That embroidered envoy of the Xia Kingdom named Li Kan really has some skills, and he actually found a way to sneak into the palace."

"But let me tell you, we shouldn't go to the palace and go through this experience! Li Hu's wolfish ambition, and now he has become a puppet of the Yun Kingdom is nothing but his own fault. Let's raise troops to restore the country, and when it is done, welcome back the king who is in the Xia Kingdom Just go up, why bother to act in his name?"

"There is no other way to do this. Now everyone in Shenglong Mansion respects him as the king. Only with his will can we mobilize the guards and open the city gate."

"By the way, where are things?"

"Safe and safe!"

One of them, while talking, tore open the eunuch's robe on his body, and took out a few blank imperial edicts stamped with King An's seal from the interlayer.

The person in charge took these blank edicts, nodded, and said in a deep voice:
"While Li Hu didn't find that the seal had been tampered with, quickly imitate the imperial decree to take over the city defense. Also, without delay, we will open the city gate tonight and welcome General Rong from outside the city into the city!"

"Yes!" Everyone cheered and shouted in unison.

And at this moment, at the gate of Anguo Palace.

Several generals of the Yun Army who had let those people go just now gathered around and said in a low voice:
"My father-in-law's layout was almost ruined. Fortunately, people were arranged here in advance to prevent accidents. Otherwise, I don't know how to explain to my father-in-law!"

"Fortunately, everything went well."

"My lord, my subordinates don't understand, why don't you just kill these people?"

"It's easy to kill them, but now in Anguo, under the command of the rebel forces, there are still a large number of people hiding in the mountains. My Dayun stationed in Anguo has insufficient troops, and it is difficult to wipe them out for a while. Now they finally have the courage to show up, why not hurry up Taking advantage of this opportunity, put them in the city and annihilate them all?"

The subordinates suddenly realized, nodded again and again, and said:
"So that's the case... Our Eunuch Yu really has no plans to spare!"

……

The old Li Rebellion Party, at this moment, didn't know that he and others had fallen into the scheme, so he foolishly sent someone to inform Rong Yichun outside the city.

When Rong Yichun received the news, he immediately summoned all his subordinates to come.

Looking around at the crowd, Rong Yichun looked dignified and said in a low voice:
"Since the Yun army entered our country, between the government and the opposition, countless righteous men have gone forward and succeeded, sacrificing their lives, just to expel the Yun people and restore our rivers and mountains. During this period, how many benevolent and righteous men died tragically because of this, I can't remember clearly... I just remember , until they died, they were all thinking about restoring the country!"

When the subordinates heard Rong Yichun's words, they all showed expressions of emotion.

Speaking of this, Rong Yichun's eyes sharpened, and he said loudly:
"Now there is news from Beijing that the decree has been achieved! Please everyone, quickly rectify the soldiers and horses under your command, enter the Shenglong Mansion tonight, and repeat my Daan Shangguo Sheji Ancestral Temple!"

At this time, everyone's hearts were surging, their blood was surging, they couldn't restrain themselves, they immediately clasped their fists together and shouted loudly:
"Follow the orders of General Rong!"

Rong Yichun had already received Yuhuatian's order before, fully cooperating with the layout of the Old Li Rebellion Party and Xia Kingdom, and quietly sent his soldiers to the vicinity of Shenglong Mansion early on.

Seeing that the great cause of restoring the country is about to be accomplished, everyone couldn't restrain their excitement, they immediately turned around and left, rectified their soldiers and horses, and prepared to enter the city tonight.

However, among these old Li rebels, there are a few people who feel a little uneasy.

After everyone left, they still did not leave, instead they persuaded Rong Yichun:
"General, Yunguo's methods are powerful, with both kindness and power. On the one hand, he suppressed us bloody and on the other hand, he also showed kindness to the people. At the beginning, the mighty power of restoring the country was suppressed by the people of Yun. Our team... the general will blame me for saying despondent words, but if we fail tonight, I am afraid that there will be no forces in the country that can resist Yunguo."

"That's right, General. Although this plan can be done, it's still a little risky. Why don't you leave a team behind, just in case!"

"General, please think twice!"

Rong Yichun knew very well, just as these people guessed, the Shenglong Mansion tonight was a trap.

But he was originally a man planted by Yunguo East Factory, so how could he agree to keep him at this time?

Rong Yichun's eyes moved, and he immediately shook his head firmly, and said in a deep voice:
"The army of Yun is in the royal capital. In addition to the [-] elite soldiers guarding the palace, there are also [-] troops stationed in the prime minister's office. In addition to those pseudo-rebel soldiers who have abandoned their homeland and are willing to attach themselves to Yunguo, There are [-] people."

"And my army is assembled with no more than [-] soldiers. Moreover, the soldiers are not fully armored and have not been drilled. If we don't take advantage of the emptiness of the Yun army and go all out when we are caught off guard, how can we counter the Yun army?"

Several people were stunned when they heard the words, but they had nothing to refute.

Tonight's incident, the bet is that Yun Jun was caught off guard and quickly took over Shenglong Mansion.Then cut off the royal palace from the outside world, and trapped the two thousand elite soldiers of white jasmine to death.

As for Li Hu, it's something that no one cares about when he's dead, it doesn't matter at all.

It's all come to this point, if you are timid again and dare not put your entire net worth on top, you can't blame others if you lose.

Thinking of this, everyone could only hand in hand and turn around to leave.

Rong Yichun sent everyone away, and stayed alone for a while.

Looking at the empty lobby, Rong Yichun stood in a daze for a moment, and a complex sadness flashed in his eyes.

A faint sigh passed away quietly...

The night sky came quietly.

Clouds shrouded, covering the moonlight, making the night darker.

The city gate of Shenglong Mansion opened quietly.Taking advantage of the darkness, more than ten thousand Fuli troops sneaked into the city.

Thousands of selected elites rushed towards the palace non-stop, intending to block and siege.The rest of the soldiers and horses rushed towards the arsenal, government offices, city gates and other important places in the city, hoping to quickly take over the Shenglong Mansion with Li Hu's imperial decree.

One of the generals of the Fuli Army led the soldiers and horses, and came straight to the arsenal of Shenglong Mansion. He held up the will in his hand and shouted loudly to the defenders of the arsenal:

"Under the order of the king, temporarily change the guards of the arsenal. Open the door of the arsenal quickly. If anyone delays the military situation, it will be dealt with by military law!"

Facing the sudden arrival of the menacing Fuli army, the defenders of the arsenal were not at all chaotic.

The chief general of the defending army went straight to the top of the wall and shouted to the soldiers and horses outside:
"Please also check the imperial decree to verify its authenticity!"

Hearing this, the general of the Fuli Army threw his hands into the hands of the chief defender with force.

The garrison master took a glance at the imperial decree, then threw the decree on the ground in disdain, and scolded:

"Although there is the seal of the king, but the seal of the prime minister's office has not been affixed, this is a disorderly order, and I would not dare to obey it!"

Anguo Prime Minister's Yamen is nominally an institution that assists King An in handling government affairs.But with the development of this period of time, the power has expanded more and more, and it has become an institution that controls Anguo in essence.

Anguo government decrees, with the seal of King An, but without the seal of the prime minister's office, cannot be promulgated.

Hearing the words of the arsenal guard, the general of the Fuli army was taken aback for a moment, and immediately reprimanded:
"Bold! How dare you disobey the king's order? Are you serious, do you want to seek death?"

What responded to him was the sound of bowstrings.

"This is a traitor from the rebel army, falsely passing on the king's order, and shooting arrows!"

Seeing that he was exposed, the general of the Fuli Army did not dare to slack off. He immediately drew his sword from his waist, gritted his teeth and shouted:
"Kill, seize the arsenal!"

"Kill the rebels!"

The sound of shouting from both sides resounded in unison.

At the same time, shouts of killing gradually resounded throughout Shenglong Mansion.

After discovering that something was wrong, the soldiers of the Fuli Army started a fight with the guards in the city.

The more than ten thousand defenders in the city were stripped of their armor and weapons, and ordered to be locked up in the camp and not to go out.

However, the [-] elite soldiers of the White Tree guarded in the royal palace and the [-] elite cloud troops in the Prime Minister's Office all rushed out at this time, trapping the Fuli army who rushed in with all their brains, and trapped them in the Shenglong Mansion. .

The sound of armored weapons colliding, the sound of fighting, and the sound of desperate wailing of soldiers resounded through Shenglong Mansion.

King An's Palace, above the Nanhua Hall, where all the officials were summoned late at night, when they heard the shouts of killing in the city, their faces turned pale immediately, and they knelt down on the ground trembling.

On the throne, Li Hu was wearing a royal robe. Although he tried to be calm, the panic in his eyes was hard to hide.

Yu Huatian, who was in charge of the An Guodong Police Department, stood with his hands behind his back, suddenly turned around and glanced at the officials of Anguo in the hall, then fixedly looked at Li Hu who was on the throne, shook his head and said:
"His Royal Highness King An, it's strange to say it. These rebels who are making trouble in this city now seem to be acting under your banner..."

When Li Hu heard this, his face turned pale, he shook his head again and again and said:
"No! It's not... Gu, Gu was definitely not involved! It must be the rebels' cunning, and they lied that they were following Gu's will!"

When Yuhuatian heard the words, Danfeng raised his eyes and asked with deep meaning:
"Really? Your Highness Wang An, our family has been with you for a long time, so we naturally believe in your loyalty to His Majesty today... However, the courtiers in the capital don't know His Highness's temperament. If they hear a few words, they will speak to His Majesty. How to prove it?"

prove?What more proof is needed?
The person who wronged you knows far better than yourself how wronged you are!
With Li Hu's IQ, how could he not have guessed that this was a trick Yuhuatian had set for him?
But the current situation is like this, the government and the opposition have been cleaned up by the people of Yunguo over and over again.

Whether it was those who supported Li Weining's restoration, those who supported Li Hu's rise to power, or those who simply supported "Daan Shangguo", they have all been wiped out.

Li Hu no longer has any power to mobilize and rely on, so how should he deal with it?

After being stunned on the throne for a long time, Li Hu took a deep breath, stood up slowly, walked down the steps, and said bitterly:

"I want to go to the capital in person to meet His Majesty to prove my innocence!"

Li Hu was very clear about Yuhuatian's purpose.

The land reform carried out by Yunguo has now won the hearts of the people of Anguo.The resistance forces in the country will be gone after tonight.The Prime Minister's Office of Anguo has established a complete administrative system outside the court of Anguo.

Up to now, Yunguo no longer needs him as a puppet to rule Anguo.

The only thing Li Hu can do now is to be more interesting.Use the merit of submitting to surrender to protect the ancestral temple of the Li family, as well as my own life!
When Yu Huatian heard Li Hu's words, the corners of his mouth slightly curved, he clapped his hands immediately, and said with a smile:

"Okay, if Your Majesty sees His Royal Highness King An in the capital, he will be happy!"

Li Hu heard this, lowered his head slightly, his face became more bitter...

(End of this chapter)