Chapter 1661 Who is the black hand behind the scenes
Li Yuan wanted to send the two old men who had not moved behind him to stop the No. 1 Killer King, but they were rejected by these two old men. The reason for their refusal was difficult for Li Yuan to refute, because their duty was to protect Li Yuan, not to protect him.
other people.
These two old men are worshipers of the Tang Palace. They have been in the Li family for decades. They are masters of breaking the gong period, and they are the top masters of breaking the gong period. Li Shimin and Li Yuanji were both taught by them, and even
Li Xuanba once learned martial arts from them.
With these two people joining forces, even though they are no match for the No. 1 Killer King, they can still buy some time if they try their best to stop him.
However, although Li Yuan's hundreds of personal guards were easily killed one by one by the No. 1 Killer King with a sword, they still bought some time for the heads of wealthy families and officials who secretly colluded with the Far Eastern Army.
Therefore, after killing all Li Yuan's personal guards and no one to stop him, the No. 1 Killer King walked towards the heads of the powerful families who looked frightened. A group of the latter had already fled to the entrance of the hall and had already
The door to the main hall opened.
When the guards they brought failed to show up, they actually tried to escape on their own.
Of course, not all the heads of powerful families are on the run. The only ones who have escaped are those who had secretly colluded with the Far Eastern Army and secretly expressed their surrender to Wang Junlin, but in fact they wanted to step in two boats.
This is a common tactic used by wealthy families. When the Sui Dynasty was still in power and Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo for the second time, Yang Su rebelled. Most of the wealthy families sent their sons to serve in front of Yang Su.
Later, Yang Su was destroyed by the army led by Wang Junlin. Various aristocratic families immediately issued statements, saying that the disciples who rebelled against Yang Su acted selfishly and stated that they had been expelled from their families.
Yang Guang actually did not talk about the matter afterwards, and those children were all dealt with by their respective families. For a wealthy family, it is very normal for a family to sacrifice individual children to preserve the family.
It's just that they didn't expect that this behavior would not only bring death to themselves today, but it might also bring catastrophe to the family.
And even if they were beaten to death, they would not know that the result of all this was certainly related to Li Shimin's planning, but in fact, it was mainly because of a black hand behind the scenes.
The black hand was actually Li Jing. Li Jinglai was responsible for the planning and command of this incident. The Military Intelligence Agency in Guanzhong, Xiaoyu Theater, the Wulin Guild and other forces all obeyed Li Jing's orders.
And Li Jing's black hand was naturally in the hands of Wang Junlin. This big strategic plan was personally formulated by Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu, with the purpose of destroying Li Shimin's foundation for fighting for the world.
Of course, not all aristocratic families would fall for the trick and be manipulated and exploited by Wang Junlin and Li Jing.
For example, Dugu Changsu and the head of the Zheng family did not escape. The former had a mortal feud with Wang Junlin and could never reconcile, while the latter was tied to the Li family because he was Li Jiancheng's in-law.
However, the Zheng family is different from the Dugu family. He has other worries, but they are not very worried, because even if Li Jiancheng marries the daughter of the Zheng family, the Zheng family can change their family at any time to support Li Shimin.
"Even if you open the door, can you escape?" Li Shimin's face showed a confident smile, but there was also a hint of teasing and ridicule.
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The door to the majestic Taiji Palace was opened, but the faces of the heads of a group of wealthy families became even more ugly, and they did not flee outside immediately. As for their guards outside, they were almost dead long ago.
But outside, surrounding Tai Chi Hall, especially the huge square in front of Tai Chi Hall, has turned into a killing field!
The cavalry under Chai Shao's command and the soldiers of the Forbidden Army had already formed a melee.
Li Yuan's imperial soldiers were obviously at a disadvantage, but they were not completely defeated. This was mainly because they were loyal enough to Li Yuan.
It has to be said that Li Yuan is no worse than his son Li Shimin in terms of deceiving people and making people loyal. In fact, not to mention the hundreds of civil and military officials in the palace, even the hundreds of thousands of troops in Guanzhong are secretly controlled by Li Shimin, or can be obeyed.
Li Shimin always dispatched only a small number.
For example, the 50,000 city defense troops in Chang'an City were, on the whole, loyal to Li Yuan, although some of them were stuffed by wealthy families. Unfortunately, they were ordered to move outside the city by Li Yuan, leaving the people who were most loyal to Li Shimin.
The loyal Chai Shao led his troops into the city.
Chai Shao led 10,000 cavalry into the palace. They had the advantage of numbers and the energy to charge and kill the enemy before. However, although Li Yuan's confidants in the palace were at a disadvantage, they still continued to swarm from everywhere.
When they arrived, they found that there were nearly 5,000 people in their organization, and most of them were good at martial arts. In fact, they were at least elite warriors.
In addition, there are a thousand Li Yuan's green-armored guards in the palace. These people are even more loyal to Li Yuan and have stronger martial arts skills.
However, even so, although Li Yuan's side was not completely defeated, under the superior impact of Li Shimin's cavalry, although the Imperial Guards resisted desperately, they still retreated steadily, and finally all retreated to the square in front of the Taiji Hall.
above.
The place is now littered with corpses, and the hot blood has turned into streams on the ground, which is extremely shocking.
Chai Shao's cavalry, the Forbidden Army soldiers and Li Yuan's guards fought together. The neighing of war horses, the roars, wails, roars of soldiers, as well as screams and sounds of despair filled the space.
There were broken armors, swords, and mutilated limbs and corpses everywhere. Looking at it, the originally majestic and noble Taiji Palace Square had turned into a bloody place!
The remaining imperial soldiers and guards totaled two to three thousand people. Under the leadership of several generals, they had retreated to the Taiji Hall and set up a defensive infantry formation. Finally, they were temporarily stabilized.
position.
They knew very well that the main hall was the top priority tonight, not because the heads of the wealthy families and civil and military officials were here, but because the object of their allegiance - His Highness Prince Tang was in the main hall at the moment!
Even if they were killed and retreated steadily, they had retreated to this moment, and they had no way to retreat, and they could only fight desperately, unless they scattered and fled.
Because the imperial guards and green-armored guards came in batches from various areas of the imperial city, they had no chance to assemble superior forces, so
In the previous fight, the loss was actually a bit miserable.
If they could have gathered everyone together from the very beginning and formed a battle formation to fight, even if the city gate was open and they stood guard at the city gate, they would never have been defeated so miserably, let alone died like this.
There are many people, and it will definitely consume a lot of Li Shimin's cavalry.
However, for the Forbidden Army soldiers and Li Yuan's bodyguards, there is another advantage in front of them, that is, at this moment, they have a defensive formation with their backs set up by Taiji Palace, and Chai Shao's cavalry has also lost the advantage of charging.
, the cavalry have all dismounted and are fighting on foot.
To be honest, although Chai Shao's men are also elite soldiers, their individual combat capabilities are not better than those of Li Yuan's imperial soldiers, especially those guards who are all good soldiers. These people were all soldiers selected by Li Yuan from the entire army at that time.
They are the best warriors, and their equipment is more sophisticated than Chai Shao's men and horses.
But they have been in the Ouchi Palace for the past two years. Although they have some training under Li Yuan's supervision, in this luxurious environment of the palace, there has been a lack of actual combat for a period of time. After all, they still lack that
Their courageous spirit and the situation in front of them made their morale very low.
Under the circumstances, these Forbidden Army soldiers and green-armored guards could only hold on to the steps of the main hall. They were guarding each other in front of the main hall, using thick infantry formations to offset Chai Shao's command of groups of dismounted troops.
The momentum of the cavalry charge in infantry combat.
Naturally, Chai Shao did not need to dismount and fight in person, but the horse in his hand was already stained red with blood. During the fight, he personally killed two generals of the Forbidden Army who had stagnated strength.
Blood!
At this moment, Li Yuan's son-in-law, the most outstanding military commander of the younger generation of the Li Yuan Group, and Li Yuan's most trusted general, stood in front of the Tai Chi Hall, surrounded by the elites of his direct lineage in front of him and behind him, looking up at the gate of the Tai Chi Hall.
, suddenly a strange feeling arose in my heart.
Because he suddenly remembered that his father Chai Shen was in this hall.
He was thinking about how his father would feel when he saw him leading an army to bloodbath the palace and extort confessions in rebellion.
As for his father-in-law, what did Tang Wang Li Yuan think?
Chai Shao has thought about it many times in the past few days and on his way to the palace today. Every time he thought about it before, he would feel a little guilty, but the more he thought about it, the less guilty he felt. After all, he firmly believed that he was following
What Li Shimin did was right and what he should do most.
Suppressing some random thoughts that suddenly appeared in his mind deep in his heart, Chai Shao took a deep breath and shouted: "Brothers, we are only one step away from our big event, and now we are making no progress! Kill the obstacles in front of us.
Well, your lifelong wealth is in your hands! Otherwise, I’m afraid we will all die here.”
Chai Shao's words were just a routine final boost to morale, but the effect was still very obvious. The murderous intent in the eyes of some tired soldiers suddenly became stronger, and they roared and raised their swords to attack the Imperial Guard soldiers and guards under the Highness.
Rushed over.
And just then...
Suddenly, the main door of the Tai Chi Hall, which had been tightly closed, was slowly pushed open from the inside.