When the mutiny began, Zhou Jun, Sun Aying, and Kong You had been lying on the nearby hills for a long time, quietly watching the changes in the situation.
The three hundred soldiers under his command were ambushed in the woods not far away.
In fact, Zhou Jun and Kong You began to lay out their subsequent plans long before the Anshi Rebellion began.
The information about Huaqiong Tower, the sale of the Bachuan business, the reversal of the Daqi trade route, the conflicts between the military town and the nobles, the interactions between the princess's palace and the palace... etc., all became a plot, for just one thing.
Event——Maweipo Mutiny.
At first, Zhou Jun was worried that there might be changes in the Maweipo Rebellion.
However, with the help of countless information provided by Jie Qin and Kong You's repeated calculations, compared with the history books, except for some differences in individual details, the overall general direction of this mutiny will not change.
Now that the direction of things has been determined, the next thing to do is how to deal with this mutiny.
First, the Yang family controlled the government, had always been enemies of Zhou Jun, and had the trust of Li Longji. They should be exterminated both emotionally and rationally.
Second, if something went wrong in Chen Xuanli's mutiny, it would turn into a chaos, and it would even be possible for Li Longji to be killed by the rebels.
Kong You analyzed this and concluded that Prince Li Heng’s best strategy for ascending to the throne was to take advantage of the mutiny to encourage the soldiers to rebel and then kill the emperor. In this way, the blame for the emperor’s death could be pinned entirely on Chen Xuanli.
The prince can take advantage of the situation and take power.
Therefore, during the Maweipo Incident, we must ensure that Li Longji does not die.
Third, the prince has two thousand forbidden troops under his command, so he must have discussed the mutiny with Chen Xuanli. Due to his special status, it was inconvenient for him to take action, so the prince must have just watched from the sidelines. So, how to expose the conspiracy between the prince and Chen Xuanli and make Li Longji alienate the prince?
A big problem with this operation.
Therefore, Zhou Jun and Kong You concluded that in order to gain the most benefit from the Maweipo Incident, the following three points must be achieved: 1. Exterminate the Yang family, 2. Li Longji cannot die, and 3. the prince must be exposed
of conspiracy.
Now that the plan has been decided, the next step is to implement it.
When Chen Xuanli led his army to massacre the Yang family, Sun Aying reported to Zhou Jun: "The two thousand forbidden troops under the prince's command have just broken out of camp and are approaching here."
Kong You heard the words and said: "The prince is also paying attention to the situation here and is planning to take action at any time. Therefore, the master will take action soon and must be quick, and must not give the enemy a chance to breathe."
Zhou Jun nodded.
When Chen Xuanli led his troops to surround the emperor's camp, Sun Aying asked: "Can we take action?"
Kong You shook his head and said, "It's not the time yet."
Gao Lishi's persuasion was fruitless, and Li Longji personally went out to the camp to persuade Chen Xuanli to withdraw, but it still failed.
In desperation, Li Longji could only agree to execute the imperial concubine.
Seeing Li Longji return to camp, Sun Aying asked again: "Is it okay now?"
Kong You shook his head and said, "It's still a little short of heat."
The imperial concubine's body had not been seen for a long time, and the soldiers outside the camp gradually began to become impatient under the clamor of some people with ulterior motives.
Some soldiers shouted loudly: "Your Majesty only loves the imperial concubine. He has lost his country for her, so why does he care about our life and death?"
Some soldiers shouted again: "All the great mountains and rivers have fallen into the hands of the rebels, and your Majesty is not even willing to kill a woman... If you ask me, it's better to abdicate!"
Hearing the noise getting louder and louder, Chen Xuanli also realized that something was wrong.
He drew out his sword, chopped off the standing wood of the camp gate with one blow, and shouted angrily: "You are all soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, how dare you say such words of having no father and no king! Any more offenders will be like this tree
!”
Seeing that Chen Xuanli was angry, the soldiers spoke carefully and the noise gradually became quieter.
Kong You nodded to Zhou Jun and said, "Master, it's time."
Zhou Jun nodded, stood up from the slope, and gestured to Sun Aying beside him.
Sun Aying put his fingers next to his mouth and whistled.
Soon after, the rumble of horse hooves was heard not far away.
All the cavalry under Zhou Jun's command came down the slope.
Zhou Jun, Sun Aying and Kong You mounted their horses one after another and rushed towards the camp at full speed.
"Weak minister Zhou Jun, help is late!"
Zhou Jun, who was riding on the horse, first roared loudly, then drew his bow and arrow, and shot a forbidden soldier to death with one arrow.
The three hundred soldiers under his command also took action.
Suddenly, the Imperial Guards soldiers surrounding the camp were caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.
Seeing the chaos among the imperial troops, Zhou Jun shouted again: "Put down your weapons and kneel on the ground, and I will spare your life!"
The Forbidden Army under Chen Xuanli rarely fought in battles on weekdays, and had almost no resistance against Zhou Jun's personal soldiers who came from the frontier army.
In just half an hour, all the Imperial Guards knelt on the ground, begging for mercy again and again.
After controlling the mutiny, Zhou Jun walked into the camp gate alone, knelt outside the central tent, and shouted again: "I am a humble minister, Zhou Jun, my rescue is late, please forgive me!"
The door of the central tent was opened a crack first, and a chamberlain poked his head out.
When he saw Zhou Jun's face, he couldn't hold back his joy and shouted behind him: "It's really Zhou Jun's consort! Zhou's consort is here to save you!"
Not long after, the middle door opened wide, and Li Longji tremblingly walked out of the room, slowly helped Zhou Jun up, and choked with tears on his face: "I almost suffered a murderous attack, but fortunately my son is here!"
Zhou Jun bowed to Li Longji and said: "When I heard that Tongguan was lost, I was worried about your majesty and my family, so I left the army in Liangzhou, and boldly brought only three hundred soldiers to come to see the saint... I never thought that this place would actually be
Such a disaster happened."
Li Longji held Zhou Jun's arm tightly and was so excited that he couldn't even speak: "Lushan harmed me, Brother Shuhan also wanted to harm me, even Chen Xuanli, who has been with me for forty years, turned against me with swords and guns... Although I
He is the emperor, but he has no relatives! Only my son-in-law Zhou Erlang is the true loyal minister!"
Gao Lishi also walked out at this time.
When Li Longji saw Gao Lishi, he suddenly remembered something and quickly left Zhou Jun behind and ran into the inner compartment quickly.
Yang Yuhuan was lying on the folding chair, his eyes were closed tightly, there were still bruises on his neck, and he was completely unconscious.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Longji was shocked when he saw this. He quickly walked to Yang Yuhuan and carefully tried the latter's breath. He found that there was still heat in his heart.
Be at peace.
Gao Lishi walked up behind Li Longji and said: "Your Majesty, the prince-in-law came in time, and the old slave stopped in time... The imperial concubine's life is not in danger, but she was frightened, and she became like this."
Li Longji heard this and said in pain: "Look for the imperial doctor to come and take good care of Yuhuan."
Gao Lishi bowed and said yes.
After leaving the house, the fear and guilt in Li Longji's heart slowly receded, replaced by endless anger.
Li Longji walked out of the camp gate, and Zhou Jun followed him. He saw Chen Xuanli and hundreds of forbidden troops, all of whom were tied up in the courtyard at this time.
Li Longji was so angry that he walked up to Chen Xuanli, kicked down the veteran minister who had been with him for many years, and shouted angrily: "Have I ever wronged you in any way?!"
Chen Xuanli struggled and knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice: "The Tang Dynasty fell and the mountains and rivers were broken. This is all the fault of the Yang family. I am remonstrating with your majesty just to get rid of the national traitors. I admit that I am not guilty."
When Li Longji heard this, he became even more angry and was waiting for the order to execute Chen Xuanli.
Zhou Jun stood aside, pretending to be puzzled and asked: "Your Majesty, I have something unclear. At the beginning of the mutiny, the prince commanded two thousand elite soldiers and stationed them not far away. Why didn't he lead the troops to rescue him?"
Li Longji was stunned and murmured: "Yes, I also wrote a special edict and sent it to the prince, asking him to lead troops to quell the chaos quickly..."
Thinking of this, Li Longji was startled and asked to his left and right: "Where is the person who conveyed the order to the prince?!"
The attendants who conveyed the decree to the prince quickly came out and told Li Longji that the imperial decree had been handed over to the prince a long time ago, and the prince also said that he would send troops as soon as possible.
Since the prince has received the order but has not yet arrived, the most likely possibility is that the prince deliberately refused to send troops to rescue him.
Li Longji, who had countless palace battle experiences, looked at Chen Xuanli at this time and had already guessed it in his mind.
But deep down in Li Longji's heart, he still couldn't believe that the usually loyal and docile prince would dare to do such a treasonous thing.
Therefore, Li Longji once again issued an order, ordering the prince to come to the big tent immediately for questioning alone.
At this moment, Kong You came near Zhou Jun and nodded quietly to the latter.
Zhou Jun understood this and said to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, my subordinates have captured several suspicious people."
Li Longji: "Suspicious person?"
Zhou Jun made a gesture, and some soldiers brought several bound soldiers to Li Longji.
After being testified by the chamberlain, these people pretending to be Imperial Guard soldiers were actually from the East Palace.
Li Longji was shocked and angry at this time.
Even if this group of people from the East Palace would rather die than tell the details, he could still guess that the prince colluded with Chen Xuanli and led the mutiny.
From the moment he saw the people from the East Palace being arrested, Chen Xuanli knew that the matter was out of control. If this continued, the prince might also be implicated.
He knelt down on the ground, rested his forehead on the ground, and said plaintively to Li Longji: "The matter of military admonishment is an old minister who insists on his own way and has nothing to do with the prince. Please give your Majesty a clear warning."
Li Longji has always been a suspicious person, so it's better that Chen Xuanli didn't say this, but saying it out loud made the former confirm his guess.
Everyone had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time, and the chamberlain who had delivered the order to the prince finally came back.
The chamberlain came to report to Li Longji, and the prince said that he would come to the camp alone later to apologize to His Majesty.
After a while, everyone did not wait for the prince to come alone, but instead waited for an unexpected news.
The prince led two thousand imperial troops, left the station, and disappeared.
Hearing the news, Li Longji was so angry that he almost fainted. After coming to his senses, he issued several orders:
1. Execute Chen Xuanli and those imperial soldiers who participated in the mutiny.
Second, it was decreed that Li Heng should be deposed as a commoner and a group of rebellious gang members should be arrested and brought to justice.
Third, Zhou Jun performed meritorious service in protecting his troops, and was granted the title of General of the Auxiliary State, the second rank, and the title of the same title.
This chapter has been completed!