"Your Majesty," Jiancheng bowed to Li Yuan, "Your Majesty looks good today. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info "Li Yuan put on a suit of armor today, wearing a scarlet cloak, followed by a large group of guards and cavalry. They were all dressed in navy blue steel plate armor, which was the stock of the Ordnance Supervision and Armor Bureau, and it was said that Li Shimin had originally prepared it for his forbidden army officers.

The emperor took out these armors and first equipped his own Qianniuwei.

The emperor was accompanied by the privy envoy Li Shao, who did not wear armor, but wore a purple official robe.

"The weather is good today, and I plan to go to the East Palace in person." Li Yuan said.

"Your Majesty, Erchen suggests bringing the eldest grandson and Chengqian them." Li Jiancheng proposed to the emperor, "Bring Li Shimin's wives and concubines, children, and those wives and concubines who fled into the East Palace officials but have not yet come and brought them in, and we will escort them to the East Palace City and let the people inside surrender." If you don't surrender, cut one at intervals until you cut it all. ”

The prince said fiercely.

Li Yuan said, "I received a report that more than 200,000 soldiers and horses of the people under Luoyang City have gathered, and Li Chao also has 100,000 soldiers and horses in Xiangyang. Luoyang is still holding on, but Li Chao has already led his troops from Xiangyang, and right now, he is heading up the river. ”

"Erchen has also received these news."

"Xiangyang is only 200 miles away from Hanjing, and there is no obstacle all the way. Li Chao will be able to reach the city in three or five days! ”

"Li Chao, that chaotic thief!" Built to hate the channel.

"Li Chao's ability is still very strong, he was the first to raise troops, all the way from Dengzhou to Xiangyang, and annihilated 100,000 heavy troops on both sides. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the people to crown him as the king of Yue. ”

"That abolished emperor is generous, and a courtier with a different surname is actually a king."

Li Yuan sighed and said, "If Li Chao is willing to be owned by me, I am willing to make him king." Speaking of this, he scolded his subordinates for being shameless, "If we could keep an eye on Li Chao's wives and concubines and children at the beginning, and prevent them from slipping away, with our wives and children in our hands, Li Chao would never dare to do this." ”

Chai Shao said beside him, "Your Majesty, Li Chao has a son in our hands. Your Majesty can send Li Chao a hand or an ear first, and if he doesn't obey Your Majesty's will, Your Majesty can directly slaughter people. ”

Pingyang and his son are now in the hands of the emperor, but Li Yuan has always treated them well.

"It's not time yet."

"Your Majesty, I propose that while the army of the Abolished Emperor is still besieging Luoyang, we will take the initiative to attack and deal with Li Chao first." Chai Shao proposed. "If we can defeat Li Chao, then the Shannan region will return to the control of the imperial court, and we can claim that other nobles and big families will respond, and then go back and fight to the death with the abolished emperor."

Li Yuan was not interested in this proposal.

There are still 50,000 people in Hanjing City, but they are no longer called soldiers, and most of them are patchwork recruits. This person is not enough to even plug Li Chao's teeth.

He didn't know what he was still holding on to in Hanjing, and many ministers had already suggested to him that he should take the Changsun clan Chengqian and others as hostages and retreat to Hanzhong Shudi.

said that it was an attack on the East Palace, but in fact, it was just an irritation in his heart, and he came to the East Palace to be smooth.

But when he arrived at the East Palace, Li Yuan was even more angry.

He went out in person, but the people in the East Palace didn't bother to pay attention to him at all, and none of the prime ministers such as Ma Zhou, Wei Zheng and others came to speak, only a small soldier replied to him on the palace wall.

"Your Majesty, pull Li Shimin's wife and concubines and children up, and cut a few first." Li Jiancheng suggested again.

Li Yuan was still angry, "Go and bring people." ”

Empress Changsun and Prince Chengqian and other concubines and children of Li Shimin were brought, and Li Yuan casually pointed to the crowd, "She, she, her, these three, pull them out!" ”

The three concubines were selected, and several guards went up to pull people, and the selected concubines cried loudly and begged for mercy.

Empress Eldest Sun stepped forward, but the sergeant pushed her aside, and the prince stepped forward to protect the queen, raised his fist and smashed at the guard, but was kicked away.

Li Jiancheng came over, picked up Cheng Qian, and was about to pull him over.

"Da Lang, don't touch him yet." Li Yuan shouted at Jiancheng. Jiancheng glared at Cheng Qian and pushed him away.

"Get out!"

The three concubines were dragged to the moat of the East Palace, and were pressed to their knees amid crying.

Higashinomiya Castle Head.

Wei Zhengma, Zhou Gao Shilian and other prime ministers rushed to the city when they heard the news, but they only saw the big sword raised, and the heads of the three concubines fell to the ground.

"They're crazy!" Ma Zhou sighed.

Zhenguan three years, the eighth day of the first month of November.

The world rebelled against the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses of the king of Qin, and Li Chao, the king of Yue, led the army of 100,000 kings of Qin, and the soldiers came to the capital of Han. From Xiangyang to Hanjing, 200 miles away, there was no resistance. In various cities, officials opened cities one after another to greet them. And those families who rose up to respond to the rebellion, some fled, and the rest came to plead guilty.

Li Chao handed these people over to local officials for temporary detention, and then led his army all the way to the city of Hanjing.

On the eighth day of November, on a rainy morning, Li Chao's army arrived, and the gates of Hanjing were closed, and not a single soldier came out to meet them.

Li Chao set up a large camp in the south of the city, and then sent troops to besiege each gate.

The city of Hanjing was completely surrounded.

The atmosphere in Hanjing suddenly became dull, and martial law was imposed throughout the city, not only did people strictly prohibit people from going out at night, but even during the day, few people went out on the streets.

The Emperor had decreed that the soldiers should go from house to house to arrest the strong men, and all men who had reached the age of fourteen but were not yet sixty-five were taken from their homes and organized into the militia guarding the city.

The night was dark.

In the Huai'an Palace, in Li Shentong's study, Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, had a secret discussion with his brother Li Shenfu and a group of nephews.

Huai'an King Li Shentong, the name of longevity, Shentong is his table word, and he is called Li Shentong by his words. He is Li Yuan's cousin and Li Hu's grandson. At the beginning of Li Yuan's army, he raised troops in Chang'an to respond, and later, together with Pingyang's troops, organized tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to welcome Li Yuan into Beijing.

In the Wude Dynasty, he was also very trusted by Li Yuan. He has been fighting in the Hebei area, although he has been defeated repeatedly, Li Yuan has always trusted him. Even after the Xuanwu Gate, Li Shentong was also reused by Li Shimin, but after this restoration, Li Yuan still asked Li Shentong to be invited to him for the first time.

For Li Yuan, this cousin is more trustworthy than his own son Li Shimin.

Li Shentong was awarded the post of General Zuo Wuwei by Li Yuan, and is now one of the eight actual commanders of the army in Beijing. Speaking of which, Li Yuan is really not thin on him, he and his younger brother Li Shenfu were all crowned kings, even his eight sons were all crowned county kings, and his younger brother Li Shenfu's seven sons were all named county kings.

And the sons of their two brothers made seventeen kings. In the Zhenguan Dynasty, their family's titles were all demoted, only Li Shentong still retained the title of county king, and the rest were reduced to county princes and county marquis.

"What do you think of Li Chao's proposal?" Li Shou asked his brothers and nephews.