The first thousand seven hundred and tenth chapters
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Yue Hu glanced at Yue Xian'er lovingly and said with a smile: "Xian'er, don't worry, Li Xiaogong's staff didn't know what was going on. When Su Wei's people showed up, he didn't even wait for the staff to say a word. Our people will kill him first, making Su Wei think that it is Li Xiaogong who is killing people and silencing him again. The person contacting the Ping An Mansion is one of the many killers personally trained by the ancestors of Snake Island, and passed through our Ping An Mansion. After more than a month of training and rehearsal, there will never be any problems."
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Su Wei captured a person who was in contact with Li Xiaogong's staff from the Da'an National Security Bureau. He was excited and thought he was a big fish.
As long as it can be proven that Li Xiaogong colluded with the Da'an Kingdom, rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, and captured him with your majesty's secret decree, and then let the deputy general arranged by your majesty take office smoothly to ensure that Tongguan City is not lost, then Su Wei will have made a great contribution to Li Shimin's side. .
Therefore, Suwei organized capable manpower at the first opportunity, and even personally watched from the side, asking people to torture and interrogate the people who contacted him.
The person who connected him was a dead soldier born on Snake Island. The process of becoming a dead soldier went through the most cruel torture in the world. Although Su Wei's subordinates tried all the torture, they could not make him relent. In the end, he still A staff member came up with a plan to make the contact person fall asleep, let him talk in his sleep, and get information from it.
Not to mention, the person talking to me actually talked in his sleep and said his son's name.
The next step was simple. Su Wei used the name of the contact's son to threaten the other party, saying that he had found out the other party's family and sent someone to arrest him. If he told everything, his family would be spared.
The person in contact suddenly showed a look of fear for the first time, and in order to protect the safety of his family, he confessed everything.
From his confession, Su Wei determined that Li Xiaogong had been instigated by the secret envoy sent by Wang Junlin to rebel. In order to prevent others in the city from suspecting it, Li Xiaogong would secretly prepare for half a month to find the Tang Emperor's people among his army. All opportunities are eliminated, and Qin Qiong's men and horses outside the city will pretend to attack the city during this half month.
Su Wei thought about it carefully and realized that the troops of Da'an Kingdom outside the city were really pretending to attack the city these days, doing it every day.
When the matter reached this point, Su Wei no longer had any doubts. He had already concluded that Li Xiaogong had betrayed Tang Emperor Li Shimin and surrendered to the Da'an Kingdom. The reason why he had not taken action for a long time was to eliminate his dissidents.
Moreover, according to the testimony of the contact person, Li Xiaogong had already negotiated with Qin Qiong. After Li Xiaogong led 100,000 troops led by Qin Qiong into the pass, he helped him block the news so that the counties behind Tongguan did not know about it and launched an attack on the Tang Dynasty. Counties in the rear were caught off guard.
Moreover, that very night, Su Wei was assassinated. One of the assassins turned out to be a guard at Li Xiaogong's house, and was recognized by one of Su Wei's soldiers.
Su Wei no longer dared to hesitate, and hurriedly and secretly summoned several of Li Shimin's confidants and generals in Tongguan City.
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In the third year of Tianxiang's reign in the Da'an Kingdom, it was late on September 1st.
In the living room of Su Wei's military supervisory house, in the middle courtyard, besides Su Wei, there were four generals dressed in military uniforms.
The rest of the idle people were all outside the hall, including the servants and maids serving tea and water. They would not come unless summoned.
They have to go to court, and the five of them have to discuss the most confidential matters.
Su Wei first showed the four generals Li Shimin's secret order, proving his authority to make the four generals obey his orders when there was a possibility of rebellion.
Although the four generals are direct descendants of Li Shimin's confidants, they have also been generals under Li Xiaogong in recent years. To be honest, Su Wei just said that Li Xiaogong had secretly defected to Da'an, and they really didn't believe it.
Therefore, they have carefully read the evidence provided by Su Wei several times, and personally read the recovered note and the Da'an State informant.
They are all generals under Li Xiaogong. They are very familiar with Li Xiaogong's handwriting, and they can tell the authenticity at a glance.
Seeing the four people whispering, Su Wei frowned tightly. Knowing that the four people were still suspicious, he immediately snorted and said in a cold voice: "Four generals, now that the evidence is conclusive, do the four generals also want to rebel?"
These four generals were originally promoted by Li Shimin's personal soldiers and were loyal to Li Shimin. In order to ensure that there would be no problems with them, Li Shimin kept all their families and children in Chang'an City and in Li Shimin's hands.
Therefore, the four generals were shocked, looked at each other, and hurriedly stood up to accept the order, expressing their willingness to obey the orders of Su Wei, the supervisor, and take down the general Li Xiaogong.
Su Wei's face looked as usual, but he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said with a smile: "Generals, in order to prevent chaos in Tongguan City, I have made a detailed plan. Now tell me about it, and we will discuss it together.
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In the past half month, Da'an's army outside Tongguan City has not been attacking the city fiercely. Although Li Xiaogong doesn't know why, his countermeasures are also very simple. He should remain unchanged in response to any changes, guard the city carefully, and carefully observe the enemies outside the city.
The army's actions ensured that Qin Qiong was not given any opportunities or loopholes.
Moreover, after Li Xiaogong tried his best to encourage them, they saw that the half-month-old Anguo army outside the city had achieved nothing and had only the same fighting strength when attacking the city. The morale of the Tongguan City defenders also increased day by day.
After all, in recent years, both the previous Far Eastern Army and Da'an's army have become too famous, putting a lot of pressure on them.
The morale of the soldiers who defended the city was very good, and Li Xiaogong was in a good mood, thinking that he did not expect to defeat Qin Qiong, but as long as he held on for more than half a year, Da'an's army would retreat.
That afternoon, Li Xiaogong inspected the key points of the city and various city gates as usual.
Although Li Xiaogong is not as good as Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Li Jing, Xu Shiji and other generals in terms of original history and current reputation, he became an officer in the army before he was crowned. These years have been troubled times, so he can be regarded as a second-tier general.
Having been fighting for more than ten years, I have a wealth of experience in battles. I know that the more the situation looks good, the more careful we must be.
Moreover, he had a vague feeling that Qin Qiong outside the city might have some conspiracy, so he sent people to keep an eye on the ground, fearing that Qin Qiong would send people to dig tunnels, and sent his close relatives to guard the city gate, fearing that Da'an spies would sneak in and use their masters to force the city gates.
Seize the door.
In short, the strings in his mind have been tense for the past half month.
Moreover, he knew that the enemy's offensive outside the city had been weak in the past half month, and it was easy for his men to slack off and expose their weaknesses, so he had been patrolling the city in person, fearing that if someone slacked off, they would be attacked by Da'an's special forces at night.
City head.
In the past few days, he has even been the easiest to attack.
He sent extra men to the broken east gate at night, and even the west gate, which was difficult to capture, was even more careful. He added elite soldiers from his own army there, making sure to defend Tongguan City like an iron barrel.
After inspecting the city one by one, Li Xiaogong saw that both the city head and the city gate were well guarded. Li Xiaogong jumped on his horse with satisfaction. Surrounded by a group of guards, he was about to go to the camp when he saw Su Wei, a supervisor.
His subordinates ran over, saluted respectfully and reported loudly: "To the general, the Lord Supervisor of the Army has something important to discuss. Please invite the general to come over."
Li Xiaogong frowned slightly after hearing this. He was the general, and Su Wei was just the supervisor. Logically speaking, it was Su Wei who came to see him on his own initiative when something happened.
However, Su Wei has a very senior qualification. He was even a veteran of two dynasties during the Sui Dynasty. Now he has the trust of His Majesty the Emperor and is also the supervisor of the army. If he does not establish a good relationship with him, it will affect the defense of the city to some extent.
Therefore, Li Xiaogong thought for a moment, then smiled at Su Wei's subordinate and said, "I happened to have unused dinner, so I just went to the Supervisor's Mansion to have some food."
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It was already dinner time, and there was smoke everywhere in Tongguan City. The sunset, which had reached below the horizon, reflected on the clouds, like red clouds.
Maybe it was because the Da'an army that besieged the city had never attacked the city in the past few days. The faces of passers-by also had a little more smiles. Li Xiaogong felt that the east gate of Guanzhong had regained some of its former vitality, and secretly thought in his heart.
I decided that I must maintain this situation, and I must do so for at least half a year.
As he sighed in his heart, Li Xiaogong and his party had already arrived in front of the Supervisory Army Mansion. Li Xiaogong himself was a master of breaking merits, and he never thought that Su Wei, an old civil servant, would be detrimental to him, so he didn't think too much and let the soldiers
He dined with the servants of the Jianjun Mansion in the front yard of the Jianjun Mansion. He was greeted by Su Wei and headed to the living room in the middle courtyard.
Su Wei came to Tongguan City two years ago to supervise the army. Although he had a mansion, Su Wei was not satisfied. He also carried out extensive construction and gardening to make the mansion suitable for his status.
Li Xiaogong visited Su Wei for the first time since his arrival. He spent the whole day training his troops and preparing to fight and defend the city. This was the first time he came to Su Wei's mansion after it was repaired. At this time, he discovered the building in the palace of the Supervisory Army.
Waterside pavilions are everywhere, with many levels and depths. Without the guidance of someone familiar, you will never find your destination.
Li Xiaogong found that it was just an ordinary pavilion. From a distance, he could see precious utensils placed in it. He thought to himself that he really didn't know how much money was spent on the people. If the money was used to train soldiers or repair the city, it would be able to improve Tongguan to some extent.
city defense.
Li Xiaogong was secretly sighing at the extravagant and extravagant life of Su Wei and other veteran ministers from the Sui Dynasty, but he also knew that it was inconvenient for him to talk about such things.
At this time, Li Xiaogong suddenly found that Su Wei, who was guiding him and chatting with him, had disappeared. He couldn't help but was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked around, and found that Su Wei was striding towards a small alley.
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Li Xiaogong frowned slightly, then suddenly thought of something, and his heart froze. He was about to call Su Wei when he suddenly heard a sound breaking through the air, and his expression suddenly changed.
Li Xiaogong has led troops in wars for so many years. Putting aside his ability in commanding wars, how could he not hear what the sound was like?
This was the sound of at least a hundred powerful crossbows being fired simultaneously and arrows flying through the air.