Chapter 289 Bring your women's army to the rescue

In the secret cave of Zhongnan Mountain, the tortuous entrance of the cave is set up with a shield, of course, this is not to prevent wild beasts or enemy attacks, but to adopt the principle of fire refraction, blocking the fire in the cave in the cave, leaving a gap for carbon gas to be discharged.

As the bonfire burned, on the shelf of the bonfire, the helmet was hung upside down as a pot, and the helmet was boiling hot water, and the guards of the Qin Palace's palace sat around the bonfire to bake the fire.

The crowd was demoralized and sighed.

Cheng Zhijie held a long axe and stood in front of Li Shimin, at this time Li Shimin's eyes were closed tightly, and the beads of sweat on his forehead were fine. Even in the comatose Li Shimin, Li Shimin had a hideous and murderous face, and he didn't know what he experienced in his sleep.

Du Ruhui looked at Hou Mo and Chen Xu and said, "How is the surrounding investigation?"

Hou Mo Chen Xu said with a depressed face: "It's not good! ”

Du Ruhui coughed and said, "Who else has escaped from the Qin Palace?" ”

Hou Mo Chen Xu smiled bitterly: "Maybe it's just Zhang Liang, the eldest grandson was arrested when he joined the army, Fang Changshi and Gao Zhizhong were also captured, and Lao Duan is still in prison in Dali Temple!" ”

Du Ruhui didn't speak, and looked at Li Shimin in a coma with a worried expression.

Hou Mo Chen Xu said: "Mr. Du, it seems that Du joined the army and escaped from Chang'an!" ”

"My uncle?" Du Ruyan smiled bitterly: "He can't count on it anymore, people who are proficient in conspiracy will definitely not put themselves in danger!" ”

At this time, Li Shimin suddenly murmured: "Water...... Water ......"

Du Ruhui, Cheng Zhijie, Hou Mo, Chen Xu and others hurriedly surrounded them.

Cheng Zhijie hurriedly snatched a helmet from a guard next to him, and brought the water in the helmet to Li Shimin's mouth, Li Shimin opened his eyes while drinking the water.

Li Shimin, who had just recovered from a serious illness, was very weak.

However, with Li Shimin's awakening, everyone seems to have a backbone.

Li Shimin drank a full liter of water, and then sat up with Cheng Zhijie's support, Li Shimin looked around, almost everyone had scars ranging from light to severe, and their faces showed a look of frustration.

Du Ruhui said: "Your Highness, what should we do now?" ”

Li Shimin did not directly answer Du Ruhui's words, but instead asked: "How many days has the widow been in a coma?" ”

Du Ruhui said to Ai Ai: "Three days, three days!" ”

Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "It's been three days...... That's not right! ”

Cheng Zhijie asked suspiciously: "Your Highness, what's wrong?" ”

Li Shimin said: "It's been three days, haven't they found us yet?" ”

Cheng Zhijie shook his head and said: "Of course not, the brothers are now short of food and clothing, they are already dizzy with hunger, and they have no strength to hold a knife, if the chasing soldiers chase after us, we can't beat it at all, and we can't escape!" ”

Hou Mo Chen Xu thought for a while and said, "Come to think of it, this place is too secretive, they just haven't found it for a while!" ”

"No, no!" Li Shimin said in a firm tone: "If the Twelve Guards of Chang'an carry out a dragnet search, they can dig three feet into the ground for hundreds of miles around Chang'an in a day and a night at most, don't you think it's strange?" ”

Li Shimin didn't say this, Du Ruhui hadn't thought about it yet, of course, now he put all his thoughts on Li Shimin and didn't care about anything else. Now that Li Shimin brought up the old matter again, he immediately reacted, this is too abnormal.

If something goes wrong, there must be evil, and Du Ruhui felt the seriousness of the problem.

In the entire Chang'an City, there is only one person who has the strength to catch Li Shimin, but is indifferent, and that is Chen Ying. Chen Ying, as the general of Zuowu Houwei, controlled the one hundred and eight square Wuhou of Chang'an, when Li Shimin escaped from Chang'an, or Hou Mo Chen Xu suddenly, it was actually quite smooth, and the only explanation was that someone secretly released water.

This person who secretly released water is Chen Ying without asking.

So the question is, what is Chen Ying's intention to let Li Shimin go.

Suddenly, a terrible thought appeared in Du Ruhui's head, and this crazy thought was like a seed with magical power, taking root and growing in his mind.

Could it be that Chen Ying wants to be Cao Cao? Learn from Cao Cao's example to secretly control Li Shimin, once Li Jiancheng can't meet his interests and requirements, Chen Ying will turn to support Li Shimin and become the puppet emperor of the Tang Dynasty?

I have to say that people who are good at scheming have very big brains.

The reason why Chen Ying secretly released the water was just that he didn't want the inheritance of the Tang Dynasty to be stained with blood, once this happened, it would give future generations a bad idea.

This was true in the Tang Dynasty, and in fact it was true in the Ming Dynasty. Because Zhu Di raised troops and seized the throne by force, in the entire history of the Ming Dynasty, there are many such examples, of course, the later Ming Dynasty vassal kings are far less fierce than Zhu Di, whether it is King Ning or King Xin, they are much weaker than Zhu Di.

As the folk proverb goes, there is a rut in the front, and there is a car in the back. If the rules formed at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty are difficult to change later, they will be carried forward in this established circle. During the Song Dynasty, because Song Taizu saw the princes of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms competing for hegemony and bleeding, so at the beginning of the Song Dynasty, he released the military power with a glass of wine, and divided the military power into three, so the military generals of the Song Dynasty lost the root of the rebellion.

As for why Song Taizu was not afraid of the rebellion of the civil servants who held power? In fact, it's very simple, Xiucai rebelled, it was difficult to succeed in ten years, and the husband of the scholar was still able to play lip service, but when it came to the decision to kill, they would not be able to do it at all. In fact, the use of literati to dominate the warriors is not because the literati are loyal to the monarch and loyal and reliable, but because the literati are too weak to shake the foundation of the rule.

After such a big turn in his head, Du Ruhui's face became very ugly, he looked at Li Shimin and said, "Your Highness, you also guessed it?" ”

Li Shimin nodded and said, "The fact that the pursuers have not arrived here for three days speaks volumes. We have been under Chen Ying's surveillance! ”

Du Ruhui groaned: "But Chen Ying's intentions are sinister!" ”

"People, don't be annoyed or discouraged by being used!" Li Shimin smiled bitterly: "Once it loses its use value, it is the saddest thing!" ”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin looked at Cheng Zhijie and said, "Old Cheng, help me out!" ”

Cheng Zhijie helped Li Shimin and slowly walked out of the cave.

A cold wind blew at the mouth of the cave, and Li Shimin shivered from the cold.

Outside the entrance of the cave, covered with snow, it looks very magnificent in the light of the sunset. Li Shimin had no intention of appreciating the beautiful scenery in front of him, he carefully observed the movements around him and listened attentively.

It's just that he looked at it for a long time, but still didn't find anything abnormal.

Li Shimin took a deep breath and yelled at the empty snow outside, "Come out...... Come out...... The widow says five numbers, and if you don't come out again, the widow will cut himself off here, and see how you explain to your master! ”

Li Shimin played Laipi.

"One ......"

"Two ......"

"Three ......"

At a distance of about thirty steps in the cave where Li Shimin was standing, there was a bulging snow bag, of course, this was just a camouflage snow bag, but it was actually a sheepskin tent, which could isolate the cold air flow outside, and at the same time wrap the heat inside the tent.

Listening to the voices outside, Liu Tong finally couldn't sit still, he knew that Li Shimin was bluffing at this time, of course, he was not afraid of 10,000, just in case, if Li Shimin committed suicide, he really had no way to explain to Chen Ying.

More than 1,000 people and horses of the Beiwei army secretly passed through Qingchuan County in the land of Bashu, crossed the Sky Ridge, and entered Guanzhong through the Yinping Ancient Road. It's just that Li Shimin launched too hastily, Chen Ying did not use this secret army, but let them be deployed outside Chang'an City, responsible for temporary approach, once Li Shimin controlled the Nanya, controlled the political hall, Li Jiancheng was powerless to reverse the defeat of the Qiankun incident, they needed to escort Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's children to escape from Chang'an.

However, Chen Ying won. Li Jiancheng also won, so they did not pick up Li Jiancheng's children outside Chang'an City, but they found Li Shimin's traces.

Li Shimin's Qin Wangfu guards were only regular army troops, and they were far inferior to the soldiers of the Beiwei Army in terms of concealing their whereabouts and tracking them. Don't forget that the Tubo people not only have open whistles and secret whistles, but also Ao dogs who are responsible for guarding, and even Ao dogs can't find the traces of the soldiers of the Beiwei Army, let alone the guards of the Qin Wangfu who are in constant fear.

With Liu Tong's order, the originally silent valley suddenly began to boil, and the snow bags on the slopes above the cave slowly surged one by one, revealing their figures.

Looking at this scene, Cheng Zhijie was like a mourner, and Hou Mo and Chen Xu were also like facing a great enemy.

Du Ru was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that Chen Ying's people had already touched under their noses, and if Chen Ying wanted their lives, they wouldn't even have a chance to struggle.

It was only at this time that Du Ruhui discovered the terrible thing about Chen Ying.

Only Li Shimin is still normal, in fact, he also set off a storm in his heart, he originally thought that Chen Ying would send more than a dozen scouts to be in charge of keeping an eye on him, but he didn't expect that there were as many as thousands of ambushes nearby.

Liu Tong bowed down and said: "General Chen's command will carry the Wei army to lead the army Liu Tong and meet the King of Qin!" ”

Li Shimin said: "Take the widow to see General Chen!" ”

Liu Tong nodded and said, "His Royal Highness King Qin, please!" ”

The remnants of Li Shimin's command slowly left the valley with Liu Tong and others, and when they walked to the mouth of the valley, they suddenly found a large team of carriages parked outside, all of which were wearing armor, and even the wheels were made of steel. The flag of the team reads "Datang Tongli Qianzhuang!" ”

This is the banknote convoy of Datang Tongli Money Bank, but all local governments or defenders have no right to inspect it. Li Shimin and the others entered the armored carriage of the carriage, while the other soldiers changed into armed escort guards and followed the convoy slowly with knives.

In the wide cash truck, Li Shimin leaned against the wall of the cold armor car, sighed deeply and said: "The widow is not unjustly ...... lose."

Cheng Zhijie asked suspiciously: "With so many back-ups, Chen Ying should have been prepared, our news leaked too early, right?" ”

Although Wei Chigong is Li Jiancheng's person, and he is also the person Chen Ying installed in the Qin Palace's mansion in advance, but Wei Chigong is not Li Shimin's cronies in this time and space, and in the early premeditated period, Li Shimin did not let him participate in this matter at all.

Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "There are our people in the East Palace, and it's not surprising that there are people from the Qin Palace!" ”

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In the East Palace, Li Jiancheng finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said: "However, Your Majesty will not be willing to abdicate, do you want to be forced to force the palace by Erlang?" What's more, the six prime ministers of the political hall are all old friends and old friends of Daddy, and they will not cooperate with us to force Daddy to the palace! ”

Chen Ying shook his head and said: "The so-called loyalty, it's just that the bargaining chips for betrayal are not enough, we can't do anything about the six major prime ministers, but what about the Li Tang clan?" ”

"You mean to let the kings of the clan force the palace to Daddy?" When Li Jiancheng heard this, he thought about it and shook his head and said: "No, no, no, impossible, the kings of the clan, there are only three people who have real power, Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, Li Xiaogong, the king of Zhaojun, and Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, except for the king of Zhaojun, they are all close to Erlang......"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, don't worry!" Chen Ying smiled faintly: "You only need to gather them, including Dou Dan and Feng Lun!" ”

Li Jiancheng walked out of the Xiande Palace, stood in the middle of the street, and looked at the palaces of the Taiji Palace, thoughtfully.

Li Jiancheng is not a stupid person, what Chen Ying said is the truth.

In fact, if he doesn't take the opportunity to let Li Yuan abdicate now, I'm afraid that Datang will face more serious infighting, not only Li Jiancheng himself, but also Chen Ying, who stood up for Li Jiancheng and turned the tide this time, will also be hit.

I'm afraid that when Li Yuan relieves his breath, Chen Ying's dismissal and seizure of the title will already be the lightest punishment, and it is very likely that he will be beheaded on trumped-up charges.

Under the order of Li Jiancheng, Li Daozong, King of Rencheng, Li Shentong, King of Huai'an, Li Xiaogong, King of Zhaojun, Li Daoxing, King of Guangning, Li Daoli, King of Gaoping, Li Hui, King of Yong, Li Xiaoxie, King of Xinxing, Li Zhe, King of Jinan, Li Yuan, King of Lujiang, Li Daoyan, King of Jiaodong, Li Xiaojie, King of Qinghe, Li Shenfu, King of Xiangyi, and a large number of kings of the clan came to the East Palace for the banquet. (The details may be wrong, according to the old Tang book.) ）

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Just when Li Jiancheng was busy setting up a banquet, Chen Ying took Li Xiuning to the Ganlu Hall of Taiji Palace.

At this time, Li Yuan's body still did not recover, his spirit was very poor, and Pei Lian, who was promoted by Li Jiancheng and secretly descended, was promoted to commonplace, and still did not give up, accompanied by Li Yuan, and acted as the best listener.

Li Yuan seemed to have become Xianglin's sister-in-law at this time, and said to Pei Lin in a chattering voice: "Erlang's temper, who is he, I'm a father, can I still be unclear?" ”

Pei Lin smiled and said: "Knowing the son is more than the father!" ”

Li Yuan sighed and said, "Erlang can't control himself at all, he can't listen to the rumors. Since he was a child, he has been arrogant, such a person, as a general, may be able to make the best use of his talents and be a monarch, but he must be to cause trouble in the world. ”

Li Yuan lamented and patted the window lattice and said, "Erlang is really ...... It's so much like my cousin (Yang Guang)! ”

At this moment, Chen Ying, the regular attendant, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Princess Pingyang and the concubine are asking to see you outside the palace!" ”

As soon as Li Yuan heard that Li Xiuning was coming, a gleam appeared in his eyes: "Sanniang is here, pass it quickly!" ”

After a short time, Li Xiuning and Chen Ying walked up to Li Yuan together and bowed down.

Li Yuan mysteriously took Li Xiuning's hand and said, "Sanniang, why are you here?" ”

Li Xiuning sneered and said, "Daddy, can't my daughter come to see Daddy?" ”

Li Yuan lowered his voice and said cautiously: "Yuan Cong's guards were all killed by Erlang's people, and now there are Erlang's people inside and outside here, how can he let you in?" Oh, I figured it out, it must be that bastard Erlang, who wants to put you under house arrest in this palace as well! ”

Hearing this, Chen Ying was stunned.

What's going on? Why did Li Yuan still think it was King Qin? Didn't he know that King Qin had been defeated and fled out of Chang'an City? Could it be that Li Yuan has lost his memory?

Chen Ying thought about it, there was really this possibility, if a person was frightened, he would protect himself and cut off the unpleasant memories on his own, just like Li Yuan, who was still stuck in the scene of the night of the Xuanwumen Change.

In Li Yuan's heart, Li Shimin killed his people and held up the power of the government.

It's just that Chen Ying really can't figure it out, how could Li Yuan have lost his memory, you must know that he is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and he has experienced countless winds and waves and major setbacks in his life?

Chen Yinghu looked at Li Yuan suspiciously.

Li Yuan grabbed Li Xiuning's hand and said hurriedly: "Sanniang, you can't stay here, hurry up, escape as far as possible, that rebel will definitely not let you go, you escape from Chang'an, and bring your women's army to the rescue!" “

Xiuning looked at Li Yuan with a tired face, his face was pale, and he couldn't help but feel distressed.

She was about to tell Li Yuan the truth of the matter, but she couldn't help but glance at him when she saw Chen Ying.

Li Xiuning had no choice but to keep silent.

Chen Ying grabbed a handful of dice, shook it towards Li Yuan, and then smiled: "Your Majesty, aren't you bored?" Let's play mahjong with Pei Xiang......"

"Play mahjong!" Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said with a smile on his face: "Okay, good!" ”

Chen Ying gestured, and Chen Qi hurriedly asked the little eunuch to find mahjong.