The distance from Anlimen to Ganlu Hall is similar to that from Xuanwumen to Anlimen.
Li Yuanji rode a horse and ran very fast. Li Shimin led his men to pursue him. He hurriedly and slowly failed to catch up. Li Jiancheng got a horse from nowhere. He ran very fast and Li Shimin could not catch up.
The rest of the people suffered. They had no horses. Li Shimin easily caught up with them and began to kill them.
When passing the Hongwen Hall, Li Jiancheng didn't know whether he became wise again, or he actually remembered Duanhou after being taught by an expert.
He left a thousand Changlin soldiers to stop Li Shimin, and continued to flee with the remaining people.
It was these thousands of Changlin soldiers who successfully blocked Li Shimin for a quarter of an hour and saved other people's lives.
When escaping to Ganlu Hall, Li Yuanji saw Li Xiaogong wearing a very showy armor at the entrance of the hall, looking forward to it from a long distance away.
Li Xiaogong didn't know what he was thinking, but he actually wore a shiny Mingguang armor. As if he was afraid that the Mingguang armor wouldn't be conspicuous enough to highlight his identity, he even put on a red cloak.
Then his figure became as conspicuous as a little red among the green bushes.
"Cousin!"
"Motokichi!"
When Li Yuanji rode his horse to the front of Ganlu Hall, Li Xiaogong hurriedly ran down the stone steps to greet him.
After seeing Li Yuanji with thousands of soldiers and horses behind him, and everyone in a state of disarray, Li Xiaogong swallowed his saliva and said in disbelief: "Erlang really dares to take action in the palace?"
Li Yuanji solemnly nodded and said, "If he doesn't take action, my eldest brother will."
"Li Yuanji! Don't slander me! I am not the traitor Li Shimin!"
Li Jiancheng caught up at this time, and after hearing Li Yuanji's words, he scolded him with a sullen face.
Li Yuanji frowned and looked at Li Jiancheng with cold eyes.
Before Li Jiancheng spoke again, Li Yuanji said coldly: "Shut up, don't you know what you have done?"
"what did I do?!"
Li Jiancheng asked with an annoyed look.
Although he had the same idea as Li Shimin and made some preparations, he had not had time to take action yet, so he felt that he was still on the side of justice.
Li Yuanji was too lazy to talk nonsense to Li Jiancheng. He raised the sword in his hand without hesitation and said coldly: "If you dare to talk nonsense again, believe it or not, I will kill you first!"
Li Jiancheng glared and shouted angrily: "I'm your eldest brother!"
Li Yuanji sneered and threw the big knife in his hand without any hesitation.
The broadsword drew an arc in the air, pierced the guard blocking Li Jiancheng, and whizzed past Li Jiancheng's shoulder.
Li Jiancheng clearly felt the pain coming from his shoulder. He swallowed angrily and did not dare to say another word.
"Protect Your Highness!"
Zhao Chengyong shouted solemnly, and led his people to surround Li Jiancheng.
Li Yuanji ignored Li Jiancheng again, but looked at Li Xiaogong and said: "Quickly assemble the soldiers and horses of the Zuojianmen Mansion!"
Li Xiaogong's eyes suddenly widened and he said in horror: "You want me to help you rebel?!"
Li Yuanji glared at Li Xiaogong and said angrily: "What kind of rebellion am I causing? I am here to save our lives!"...
Li Xiaogong said with a little trembling: "That's not what you told me yesterday! It's enough for you to let me guard all the doors in the palace. I don't need to interfere with the rest!"
Li Yuanji said: "At this moment, my second brother has bribed the people of Youtun Guard, and now he is leading the 12,000 people of Youtun Guard to chase us. Do you think we only have this little force in our hands?"
, can you stop them?"
"Erlang bribed the right guards? How is this possible?"
Li Xiaogong shouted subconsciously, with disbelief written all over his face.
The Youtun Guards are Li Yuan's personal soldiers. How could they betray Li Yuan?
He couldn't believe it.
"I can testify to this. Erlang has indeed bribed the people of Youtun Guard, and now he is leading the people of Youtun Guard to hunt us down."
Li Jiancheng more or less realized his current situation and saw what Li Yuanji was doing, so he hesitated and said something.
Li Xiaogong was stunned and said: "Is this really the case?"
Before Li Yuanji could speak again, Li Xiaogong said in a panic: "Then I have to quickly send someone to report this matter to the saint and ask the saint to make a decision."
Youtunwei betrayed Li Yuan, and it was no longer up to him to decide how to deal with it or how to deal with it.
To be precise, among all the people present, no one could make the decision, including Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.
This kind of matter can only be decided by Li Yuan, and only Li Yuan can make the decision.
"Don't rush to report it yet. Let's gather the people from the Zuojianmen Mansion first."
Li Yuanji stopped Li Xiaogong, who was about to report, and urged him.
Li Xiaogong blew his beard and shouted with eyes wide open: "Am I the one who can decide on this kind of thing?"
Although he is the general of Zuojianmenfu, he does not have the authority to assemble the Zuojianmenfu army in the palace.
Not just him, but none of the generals of the four prefectures have the authority to assemble the armies of the four prefectures.
Only one person has this authority, and that is Li Yuan.
Li Yuanji said: "Just do as I say."
Li Xiaogong frowned and said, "That won't work. I have to report it to the saint first."
Seeing this, Li Yuanji was too lazy to talk nonsense to Li Xiaogong. He grabbed Li Xiaogong and lifted Li Xiaogong up amidst Li Xiaogong's exclamations. Then he groped around Li Xiaogong and found the symbol of the general of Zuojianmenfu.
seal, and the half-faced military talisman of the general of the Zuojianmen Mansion.
"Call the Zuojianmen Mansion army to assemble here!"
Li Yuanji held up his seal and military talisman and shouted.
The soldiers of the Zuojianmen Mansion who were following Li Xiaogong looked at each other in confusion.
Li Yuanji's face darkened, and he shouted again: "Here is the military talisman, and anyone who doesn't follow it will be punished as treason!"
All the soldiers from the Zuojianmen Mansion looked at me, and I looked at you, and finally they all bowed and agreed.
"Here!"
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Li Yuanji ordered in a deep voice.
A group of soldiers from the Zuojianmen Mansion quickly dispersed and rushed to various parts of the palace to deliver orders.
This is the function of the military seal, and this is also the reason why Li Yuan placed Li Xiaogong and other people who had the ability and prestige to threaten the Tang Dynasty in the palace as the palace guards and the commanders of the palace guards.
Li Yuan was not afraid of what they would do with the power in their hands, because without the military seal letter, they would not be able to mobilize even one person...
Among the twelve guards and four palaces of the Tang Dynasty, except for the left and right preparations and the left and right garrison, the rest only recognized military symbols and not people.
This is also the meaning of the existence of military symbols.
However, most of the generals of the Twelve Guards and Four Prefectures only have half of their military talismans, and the remaining half is in the hands of Li Yuan.
Only when the soldier symbols are gathered together and the number is correct, can the soldiers and horses be mobilized to do anything.
It was actually a bit far-fetched for Li Yuanji to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Zuojianmen Mansion with only half-faced military talismans. The reason why he dared to do this and was sure that the people of the Zuojianmen Mansion could gather together was because he had placed a number of people in the Zuojianmen Mansion.
many people.
When he first sought positions in the palace for Xie Shufang, the Xue brothers and others, he said he wanted to place them where he needed them, but in fact he wanted to use them to place his own people.
Now, his people, like Li Shimin's people, are all over Tai Chi Palace.
The only difference is that Li Shimin is powerful, has the ability to find better positions for his subordinates, and has the ability to grant officials and wishes to many people, so Li Shimin takes the upper-level route and bribes all those who hold positions in the palace.
The generals who hold important positions are also placed in generals who can hold important positions in the palace.
He is not as powerful as Li Shimin, and he cannot make wishes to many generals like Li Shimin, so he takes the middle-lower route and bribes
They were all basic officers in the palace and some prestigious soldiers.
One or two of these people can't do anything, but ten or eight of them can get together to take over the superior officer and control the troops they belong to.
"Li Yuanji, do you know what you are doing? You are plotting rebellion!"
Li Xiaogong didn't struggle at all in Li Yuanji's hands, but just roared at Li Yuanji angrily.
According to Tang law, privately seizing the military talisman seal of any general in the Twelve Guards and Four Houses is considered treason.
Li Yuanji put down Li Xiaogong, and with Li Xiaogong's angry expression, he said seriously: "Cousin, my second brother is leading the people of Youtun Guard to chase me. If I don't do this, I will die."
Li Xiaogong opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but he couldn't think of a reason to refute, so he simply shouted angrily: "I will definitely report this matter to the saint truthfully!"
Li Yuanji patted Li Xiaogong on the shoulder and said nothing more on this topic.
If you want to report it, just report it.
After Li Yuan knew everything that happened in the palace, he still wanted to care about it, so he took off his head and played it with Li Xiaogong as a ball.
"Cousin, when the people from the Zuojianmen Mansion gather together in a while, you leave three thousand people behind for me. You take the rest of the people around from the East Palace to Anlimen, and seal Anlimen for me."
After the soldiers from Ganlu Gate, which was closest to Ganlu Hall, arrived, Li Yuanji patted Li Xiaogong on the shoulder again and gave instructions in a consultative tone.
Li Xiaogong was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and he shouted loudly: "You took away my military talisman seal letter and made me bear a serious crime. Are you going to hurt me again?"
Li Yuanji withdrew his hand and threatened: "If you don't help me, I will give up resistance. When my second brother kills me, I will tell him that everything I did in the palace was taught to me by you."
Li Xiaogong looked at Li Yuanji dumbfounded, not only frightened by Li Yuanji's threat, but also shocked by Li Yuanji's shamelessness.
Why didn't he realize that Li Yuanji was such a shameless person before?!
"Help or not, let me tell you something. My second brother is about to arrive. When he arrives, you won't even have a chance to leave."
When Li Yuanji heard the rumble of horse hooves, he knew that Li Shimin was coming, and immediately stared at Li Xiaogong and asked.