The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 936 Innovative Version of Xuanwumen Change (9)

As we all know, Li Shimin was an outstanding emperor, who was very good at handling the relationship between the emperor and his ministers. He used both grace and power, and took a two-pronged approach. He governed all capable people and strangers submissively, but made most of the famous heroes die well. Lingyan Pavilion 24 The statue of the father is an example.

According to historical records, there is an inconspicuous small building next to the Sanqing Hall in the Chang'an City Imperial Palace in the Tang Dynasty, named Lingyan Pavilion.In the 17th year of Zhenguan (643), Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of Tang Dynasty built Lingyan Pavilion to display the portraits of 24 heroes painted by Yan Liben in memory of the heroes who fought with him to rule the world.The pavilion is divided into three floors: the innermost floor is painted with ministers who are all high-ranking ministers; the middle floor is painted with ministers who are all high-ranking princes;The portraits of these 24 heroes are all life-size, and they all stand facing north to show the courtesy of their ministers. "Lingyan Pavilion 24 Heroes" came into being.

It is not Li Shimin's first creation to paint the hero Yu Lingyan Pavilion.In Yu Xin's Stele of He Qianhong, the Great General of Zhou Guozhu, there is a sentence "the emperor painted the pavilion of Lingyan, and said his words to return to his ministers", which shows that the Northern Zhou regime also did this.However, in comparison, Li Shimin did a better job, making the spirit of admiring heroes and capable ministers last for more than a century.

At that time, Li Shimin was old and frail, and he began to miss the past, recalling the years of fighting with gold and iron horses.Painting the images of his old subordinates into Lingyan Pavilion, often going to nostalgia, the true feelings in it are vividly painted.

On the list of 24 heroes, Duan Zhixuan and Liu Hongji are on the list, and the rankings are quite high.According to historical records, these two generals followed the Li family father and son as early as when Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan.

Before the conflict between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin completely intensified, Li Jiancheng sent people to drag Duan Liu several times, but they were all rejected by the two. They made it clear that they were only loyal to the Tang Dynasty and Gaozu.

In fact, from the bottom of their hearts, these two people are biased towards Li Shimin.Because Duan Zhixuan has been Li Shimin's subordinate since Emperor Gaozu started the army. It can be said that he grew from an ordinary soldier to the powerful Fan Guogong and Bao Guogong, and later settled in Lingyan Pavilion, all of which were cultivated by Li Shimin.And the personal relationship between Liu Hongji and Li Shimin is even more unusual. According to records, there are a few words that can be seen, "When you go out, you ride together, and when you go in, you lie down together."

Therefore, to put it bluntly, Duan Zhixuan and Liu Hongji are pure Qin royal party, not Communist Party, there is no ambiguity or vacillation here.

Right now, the two generals led the imperial army to protect the queen and failed to mediate the dispute between the crown prince and the king of Qin. Now the conflict between the two sides has intensified. Li Yuan is seriously ill and the queen is in chaos. Yes, the situation is quite critical.The two were no longer calm, they raised their arms and shouted, and everyone responded, so the two of them came out with a Royal Forest Army.

The reason why Li Shimin was defeated and ran here was also the main intention. He knew that he still had two brave generals, so how could he not use them at the critical moment?Soon the two sides joined forces, turned around and went out to kill, and started fighting with Li Jiancheng's men on the Eight Treasures Golden Temple.

But this time Li Jiancheng was laid off because his accomplices fled. Li Yuanji, Chai Shao, and Liu Wenjing were all gone, and Cheng Yaojin, Luo Song, and Yang Yong did not follow. There are quite a few, but most of them are mediocre people.

With the help of Duan Liu and Duan Liu, Li Shimin also had a lot of imperial forest troops in the palace. The addition of this new force quickly turned the tide of the battle.The grappling between ordinary soldiers can be ignored. In the melee in the era of cold weapons, generals play the decisive factor.

Soon, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin fought again, Duan Zhixuan and Liu Hongji also rushed to help.

In terms of martial arts and bravery, Li Jiancheng is okay against Li Shimin, but he can't deal with Duan Zhixuan and Liu Hongji, let alone the two of them, Li Jiancheng is not an opponent, and now it is three against one, so Li Jiancheng is very fast I'm scared.In this battle, Li Shimin turned defeat into victory. Li Jiancheng was defeated and couldn't resist, so he retreated in embarrassment with the remnants of the defeated army.

Li Shimin is now also hated, and he must not let Li Jiancheng go. Today, our brothers have you without me, and I will have you without you. Therefore, he ordered the slightly injured Li Xiaogong to bring some troops and Fang Mou Duan to protect the palace together. .

Li Shimin's mind is still very clear now. Of course he knows the importance of protecting the imperial palace at this time. At this time, protecting his father's Palace of Mental Cultivation is to protect the imperial power, protect his dreams and future, because not only his parents Li Yuan and Dou are there. family, and even the emperor and empress of the Tang Dynasty.In doing so, he not only occupied the moral high ground, but also protected his self-interest.

He knew that since this bloody battle had begun, there had to be a result, and he couldn't let it go away like the previous conflicts. If he didn't succeed this time, he would be benevolent. If he succeeded, he would be the Taitang Prince or the Taitang Emperor; But if he failed, all his ambitions would be ruined, and his life would be in danger. The prince will definitely force his father to abdicate this time.Therefore, Li Shimin left heavy troops and strong generals here to defend.

Then he, Liu Hongji and Duan Zhixuan led the rest of the team out of the Eight Treasures Palace, and followed closely behind.

Li Jiancheng ran in front with the remnants of the defeated generals, and Li Shimin, Duan and Liu Er generals followed behind quickly.The archers kept firing arrows, Li Jiancheng's troops kept falling down, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer.

Li Jiancheng held a big knife and looked back while running. The number of people around him was decreasing at an accelerated rate. Li Shimin, Duan Zhixuan, and Liu Hongji were getting closer and closer to him with swords and guns.

Now Li Jiancheng was in a hurry, cursing in his heart: "Where are all the elite soldiers and generals in this palace dead?" There was no sign, and I thought again, what's the use of Liu Wenjing coming on such an occasion?A brave general must appear to rescue him and turn the tide of the battle. It is okay for general soldiers to come in tens of thousands, but if there are fewer pursuers who cannot retreat.

Now Li Jiancheng doesn't know yet, his brain truster Liu Wenjing has long been dead in the Second Concubine's Palace.

"Why is Yang Yong gone? At the critical moment, if you want to withdraw the ladder, you will kill me!" Li Jiancheng thought of Yang Yong, Cheng Yaojin, Luo Song and others, and ran towards the second concubine's palace. .

At this time, there were more than ten riders left beside Li Jiancheng. Seeing that Li Jiancheng was about to be overtaken by Li Shimin and others, he looked up and saw Cheng Yaojin, Luo Song, Yang Yong and others.

Li Jiancheng's eyes lit up, like a desperate person seeing a bright light in the dark, he immediately shouted: "King Yiyong, generals Cheng and Luo, come and save Gu!"

(End of this chapter)