Hearing that the Right Guards showed great power and beat the combined forces of the Left Guards and the Imperial Army to the point where they lost their armor and were running like wolves, Li Chengqian couldn't help but clasped his hands in admiration and let out a long breath.
It's not that his city is insufficient, and his mood and anger are reflected in his colors. It's really that the strategic position of Xuanwu Gate is too important, and there is absolutely no room for any mistakes.
He was young and didn't feel deeply about the Xuanwu Sect change in the ninth year of Wude. In recent years, few people dared to talk about the past events. However, occasionally someone talked about it, which made Li Chengqian aware of that past event.
He knew very clearly that his father was captured by the Xuanwu Sect, and that was how he gradually ascended to the throne of the Emperor.
Nowadays, those rebellious ministers and traitors hope to copy the footsteps of his father, how can they not frighten him?
Fortunately, the Youtun Guards were not only loyal to him, but also powerful enough to defend Qian Kun!
At the same time, gratitude to Fang Jun inevitably surged in my heart. Half of the Right Guards followed Fang Jun out to control Hexi, thwarted Tuyuhun's raid, and then traveled thousands of miles to the Western Regions to fight the cannibals in bloody battles.
Half of them stayed in the capital to defend the Xuanwu Gate for themselves... Whether it was for the empire or for him, Li Chengqian, what Fang Jun did was the most benevolent and righteous.
Sighing out a breath, Li Chengqian calmed down and said to Li Jun: "The Right Guards are unparalleled in their loyalty and righteousness and can be called a model in the world. How can I be stingy with rewards? When the Zuo Guards are defeated, why not let General Li join forces with Jiang Xia?
The prince and the county will go out of the Xuanwu Gate together to praise and reward the good man."
Li Junxian is the commander-in-chief of the "Hundred Cavalry Division", representing the imperial power; Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia County, is not only the Minister of Rites, but also the most famous general in the clan besides Li Xiaogong, and a staunch supporter of the East Palace.
These two people came forward to appease and reward Li Chengqian, which was enough to show Li Chengqian's attention and concern.
Li Junxian nodded and said: "This is an honor for the general. I will contact the Prince of Jiangxia County later to work together."
Speaking of this, I paused.
Li Chengqian saw that he was hesitant to speak, so he asked: "The general is my father's confidant, and I have great trust in him. If you have anything to say, you might as well speak out."
Li Junxian then said: "How does Your Highness plan to deal with Changsun Chong?"
Li Chengqian was silent, thought for a while, and asked: "General, what advice do you have?"
Li Junxian said: "Chang Sun Chong is a rebellious minister, and there are still documents of sea arrest that have not been revoked. Although His Majesty once promised that he could return to Chang'an after serving his crimes, but he has not completed his mission. Now he is hiding secretly.
Returning to Chang'an, he encouraged the Guanlong families to carry out rebellions and disrupt the imperial court. It would be hard to atone for their sins even if they died a hundred times! Why not send a message to Changsun Wuji? If he could lead his troops to retreat and eliminate this military rebellion, he would release Changsun Chong and return to his family.
Otherwise, he will be pushed to the Suzaku Gate and his head will be shown to the public as a warning to others!"
Li Chengqian remained silent.
Everyone knows that these years have been bad for the Sun family. The legitimate sons have been brutally killed one after another. The remaining few are really embarrassed. Otherwise, Changsun Wuji may not have carried out such treacherous and unethical actions as a military remonstrance in an attempt to continue the legacy of the Sun family.
Prosperity and wealth.
If you have an outstanding son, you can slowly train him and directly enter the central government to take charge of power in the future. Why take such a desperate risk?
Changsun Chong is Changsun Wuji's most valued son. If he can save his life, Changsun Wuji may not consider ending this mutiny.
Otherwise, if he forces Changsun Chong to death with his own hands, it will not only lead to further division within the Changsun family, but will even cause the Guanlong family to complain that Changsun Wuji is cold-blooded and ruthless, and then become alienated...
But Li Chengqian understood that Li Junxian's intention was not to use Changsun Chong to threaten Changsun Wuji to retreat. Now that the matter has come to this, how can it be that Changsun Wuji can retreat if he wants to? It is just to use these methods to publicly execute Changsun Chong.
Capital punishment severely damaged the morale of the Guanlong rebels.
After pondering for a long time, Li Chengqian slowly shook his head and sighed: "Although Changsun Chong was rebellious and deserved death, and he failed his father, after all, he and Gu grew up together since childhood, and they were once brothers and sisters. To this day,
I will definitely not ignore the national law and exonerate him for personal reasons, but I can't bear to push his head on the Suzaku Gate to show to the public. Let's keep him until the overall situation is decided before we deal with him."
Li Junxian was helpless. His Highness was stubborn and paranoid in the past few years and did many ridiculous things. Everyone thought that he was violent and unworthy of a human being. He was often slandered. His Majesty's desire to be easy to save became more and more determined. However, in recent years, gradually
After he was firmly established as the crown prince, his personality seemed to go completely opposite to that of a gentle and forgiving person. I really don’t know which part of his original personality was his, but if he remained like this, he would be more suitable to be an emperor...
"I will obey my orders!"
Li Jun nodded his head in admiration and saw that Li Chengqian had no explanation, so he stood up and left. Li Chengqian sent two servants to follow him.
When they arrived at the Taiji Hall, Li Daozong, Ma Zhou and others were still gathering in the hall, discussing and making decisions based on the news gathered from all parties. However, Xiao Yu was a little tired and went to the duty room of Sherenyuan outside Yanming Gate to rest. Li
Jun Xian stepped forward and explained Li Chengqian's intention to Li Daozong in detail.
When Li Daozong saw that there were servants from the East Palace following him, he was naturally not surprised. However, the war at Xuanwu Gate was not over yet, so he asked several servants to go to Wang De, the chief servant, to collect money, cloth and other rewards from the palace treasury.
Although the rebels besieging the imperial city continued to attack, the Sixth Army of the East Palace had already prepared for it, and the situation was not too bad. One side was heavily besieged and attacked fiercely, but they were helpless against the solid imperial city; one side had sufficient defense, but had too few troops to make it difficult
To launch a counterattack...the battle situation became so anxious and stalemate.
Li Daozong sighed softly, took a sip of strong tea to refresh himself, and whispered: "If the Xuanwu Gate is not lost and the firearms in the foundry are not seized by the rebels and used to attack the city, then this stalemate is likely to continue.
Unless there are sudden changes on both sides."
Although Ma Zhou was a civil servant, he also had some knowledge of military affairs. He nodded and said: "The Youtun Guards have defeated the disobedience of King Jing, Chai Zhewei and others. It depends on whether the foundry bureau can hold on, but the challenges faced by the two
The situation is completely different. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Foundry to hold on. Once the rebels get a large amount of gunpowder from the Foundry and use it to blow up the city wall, the situation will take a turn for the worse."
The biggest danger before was the Xuanwu Gate, but with the great power of Youtun Guard, the biggest danger is now impregnable, so the most worrying thing is the Foundry Bureau. After all, there are no regular troops stationed in the Foundry Bureau, and many people who rush to the rescue
Jing Zong was not familiar with military affairs. Although each of the more than a thousand students was an outstanding figure, their experience was limited after all. Faced with a siege of several times or even ten times or dozens of times of rebels, it was really unknown whether the city could be defended.
Once a large number of gunpowder firearms in the Foundry Bureau's warehouse were seized by the rebels, the imperial city would face a baptism of blood and fire.
If the solid city wall is blown down by gunpowder and the rebels swarm in, with the strength of Dong Gong Liu, the battle situation will be reversed in an instant...
Li Daozong said helplessly: "Right now, the rebels are besieging the imperial city. The six leaders of the East Palace can barely keep the gates intact. This is already the limit. There is no way to break out and rescue the foundry. We can only rely on the efforts of the students in the academy and let fate happen.
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The reason for the current dangerous situation is that the previous prediction of the situation was insufficient. After the continuous capture of Changsun Chong and the house arrest of Hou Mo Chen Qianhui, it was thought that the Guanlong group was leaderless and the mutiny was bound to run aground and would be unsustainable.
But he didn't expect that Changsun Wuji had already sneaked back to Guanzhong and was secretly presiding over everything.
Now that I think about it, Changsun Chong, Hou Mo and Chen Qianhui were probably chess pieces thrown by Changsun Wuji to paralyze the East Palace. After the East Palace became careless, they suddenly launched a mutiny...
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Just when the officials of the East Palace were worried about the safety of the Foundry Bureau, the Foundry Bureau was being besieged by more than ten thousand rebels.
Since dawn, several more rebel forces have come to reinforce and continue to besiege the foundry. The naval guns that were originally powerful in destroying and deterring the rebels besieging the foundry also gradually went out.
General Xin Mao led the academy students to launch ships in Kunming Pool to bombard the rebels with artillery. The initial effect was indeed very good, causing great damage to the rebels. However, the battle in the imperial city gradually came to a stalemate, making the rebel general Ling realize that if nothing else
With the addition of external forces, it would be difficult to conquer the imperial city with the strength of the rebels alone, so their attention was completely focused on the Foundry Bureau.
As long as the gunpowder in the foundry bureau's warehouse was seized and used to blow up the walls of the imperial city, victory would be within easy reach, so more and more troops were sent to besiege.
The ships on the Kunming Pond were usually only used for training, and at this time, the ice training on the water surface had already stopped, and there were not many shells prepared. The bombardment continued for two hours, during which time the thunderbolts were used to break the ice on the water surface.
, to prevent the rebels from attacking the ship after the water freezes, which would consume a lot of ammunition.
Under the fierce attack of the rebels regardless of casualties, General Xin Mao realized that something was wrong. If he continued to fight, he would be completely defeated when the gunpowder and thunderbolts ran out.