Chapter 368: The Prince's Rebellion (II)
Li Shimin had already fallen asleep, and suddenly a guard came to report, saying that Zhang Liang asked to see, there was something important to play, Li Shimin was so annoyed, he was so tired after a day's journey, and he didn't let people sleep well in the middle of the night, and he came out to hunt to temporarily put aside the government and relax, and he had to come to block himself, although Li Shimin was very reluctant, but he was an emperor with very good self-control, he still got up, got up with a whole body, yawned and wore clothes under the service of the palace maid, the palace maid's movements were too slow, He was sleepy, and he was in a hurry to go to bed after chatting, so he didn't wear a coat at all, and directly announced that Zhang Liang came in to do something. Fastest updates
After Zhang Liang came in, he directly reported: "Your Majesty, Hou Junji has the intention of rebellion, I hope Your Majesty will beware." ”
Li Shimin frowned, and hurriedly asked, "Do you have a certificate?" ”
Zhang Liang was embarrassed for a moment, and could only arch his hand: "Your Majesty forgives me, this is just the minister's speculation, and the minister has no evidence." ”
"No evidence?" Li Shimin was unhappy when he heard this, but he still asked patiently, "Then why do you have this guess?" There must be a basis for no evidence, right? ”
Zhang Lianggang wanted to say that he saw Hou Junji conspiring with the prince late at night, but he thought about it: "If I say so, it will be tantamount to impeaching the prince for rebellion, if the impeachment is successful, it is okay, but if the impeachment is not successful, wouldn't the emperor want to cut me with a knife, how can the prince slander at will, and it is such a big crime as rebellion." ”
Zhang Liang was embarrassed for a while, hesitated for a long time, and finally gave up the idea of impeaching the prince, and said: "The minister found that Hou Junji was very abnormal. ”
"Oh? How is Hou Junji abnormal? Why didn't I find out? Li Shimin felt that Zhang Liang was a little abnormal.
Zhang Liang didn't know how to continue for a while, and he wanted to retreat, so he could only stubbornly say: "The minister doesn't know why, he feels that Hou Junji seems to be wrong, and there seems to be murderous in his eyes." ”
"People who are on the battlefield can go to the battlefield without murder in their eyes." Li Shimin was already secretly angry, he felt that Zhang Liang was simply here to entertain himself, and said impatiently, "Does Zhang Qing have anything to say?" ”
Zhang Liang bowed his head and said, "Back to Your Majesty, there is no more." ”
"Then stand down, I'm going to rest."
"Yes, the minister retired." Zhang Liang retired depressedly.
Li Shimin was just about to go back to bed and continue sleeping, but he always felt that something was wrong, so he summoned Li Yuanzhong and said, "Pass on my order, strengthen patrols at night, and keep an eye on Hou Junji's camp." ”
"Yes!" Li Yuanzhong was ordered to retreat.
There was nothing to say all night, the next morning, everything was normal, Li Shimin felt that he was indeed suspicious, Hou Junji had followed him to fight in the south and north for many years, how could he rebel, what good was it to oppose him? So Li Shimin didn't think much about it and ordered to start hunting.
However, just when Li Shimin was passing through the mountains and forests, a dark arrow suddenly flew out and hit Li Shimin, fortunately, Li Shimin was also a soldier, and he reacted very quickly, and dodged at the critical moment, and the feather arrow failed to hit the vital point, but hit Li Shimin's collarbone below the position, Li Shimin fell unconscious on the spot, and the scene was chaotic, and everyone carried Li Shimin back to the camp, and everyone was frightened.
Half an hour later, at the foot of the mountain, there was a sudden earth-shattering shout of killing, and countless soldiers and horses poured up the mountain, there were as many as 20,000 people, it was the left and right guards and some miscellaneous troops, and the leader was Li Anyan, the general of the left and right guards.
Li Anyan was originally Li Jiancheng's old department, during the Xuanwumen Incident, he fought bloodily to protect Li Jiancheng, and was finally captured.
Li Anyan has actually been nostalgic for the old master Li Jiancheng, and wants to avenge Li Jiancheng, this time the prince wants to rebel, Hou Junji gathered his old department only to find that there were only 10,000 people, and he was not too sure, so he went to find Li Anyan, he had already found out that Li Anyan was not really loyal to Li Shimin, and sure enough, Li Anyan agreed without hesitation.
Zhongjin Wuwei and Yu Linwei were forced to retreat by an army of 20,000 people, and they did not stop until they were three miles away from the camp, and took advantage of the geographical advantages to strictly defend them, while Hou Junji and the prince took advantage of the chaos to mix out with the guards, entered the army, and joined Li Anyan.
Li Anyan was originally the leader of Li Jiancheng's guards, although his martial arts were good, but he was not good at marching and arranging formations, so he handed over the command of the army to Hou Junji, and they preached in the army, saying that Li Tai, the king of Wei, was holding the emperor hostage and intended to rebel, and they were from the king of Qin. Alas, in fact, most of the rebellions are these routines, as long as the senior leaders fool those in the middle or low levels, it will be fine.
Hou Junji also sent someone to pretend to shout at the mountain, asking Li Tai to hand over the emperor and surrender himself, Li Tai heard those words in the camp, he was so angry that his fat body trembled, he felt that he was estimated to be Tai Sui today, he didn't recruit anyone and didn't provoke anyone, and suddenly he was detained with a big hat of rebellion, and he was wronged to death, and everyone was anxious and looked at Li Tai with sympathetic eyes at the same time.
Because Li Shimin has been in a coma and cannot come forward to clarify, the soldiers of the left and right guards are even more convinced that Li Tai has held the emperor hostage, and under the leadership of Hou Junji, they launched several fierce attacks on Yulinwei and Jinwuwei on the mountain, but unfortunately the camp is built very solidly, and it is built according to the mountainous terrain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they cannot attack it for a while.
Li Chengqian sat in the tent on the mountainside and waited for news, but when Hou Junji came back, he told him that he could not attack, Li Chengqian was furious and told him to attack regardless of sacrifice.
Hou Junji naturally couldn't listen to the prince's blind command, that would be looking for death, and Li Chengqian didn't know how to fight, what did he know, so Hou Junji proposed to set fire to the mountain.
This is a clever plan, but Li Chengqian did not agree, he did not want Li Shimin to die, he wanted to capture Li Shimin alive, he wanted to take revenge on Li Shimin, he must sit on the throne in front of him, and then kill all Li Shimin's close relatives, so that he could not live in pain.
Hou Junji was stunned, can he not be stunned, seeing that as long as he has a fire, he can succeed in rebellion, but now he wants to take a detour because of his perverted psychology, Hou Junji is so unwilling, he argues with reason and asks to set fire.
Li Chengqian was furious, and suddenly slapped the case and shouted: "Hou Junji, you are not small!" Otherwise, after the deed is done, the emperor's throne will let you sit down! ”
Hou Junji was stunned, the ancient etiquette system was strict, and the emperors of the past dynasties contributed a lot, why did the emperors of the dynasties emphasize the etiquette system and formulate the ethics of the people, just to fool the people, Li Shimin, as the prince, used improper means to ascend the throne, and was scolded by people for many years. He Hou Junji's surname is Hou, and his surname is not Li, even if the rebellion is successful, how can it be his turn to sit on the throne, the hundred officials do not agree, and the people do not agree, unless he kills all the officials, and then becomes the emperor of the light pole, but what is the meaning of such an emperor, besides, he does not have the ability, and the troops in various places are not a joke, they will definitely come to King Qin, and it is too difficult for a different surname to rebel and change the dynasty.
An Lushan rebelled successfully, and it was not overthrown by the gathering of troops from various places, and then the Li family continued to ascend to the throne as the emperor, and the etiquette system bound people's thoughts, and the people felt that this world was surnamed Li, and no one could replace it, unless the court was already unbearable, so that the people were disappointed.
In the end, Hou Junji could only compromise, gave up the plan to set fire, and continued to transfer troops to attack, Yulinwei and Jin Wuwei on the mountain endured cruel pressure, gradually, the defense line was torn open by the left and right guards, almost about to attack the camp, Li Yuanzhong led Jin Wuwei to fight bloodily all the way, and killed them back, night fell, temporarily truce, both sides counted the battle damage, Yulinwei and Jin Wuwei suffered heavy losses, the original 8,000 people were only 6,000 left, and there were 2,000 wounded soldiers, and Hou Junji still had more than 14,000 people left.
Just after dark, two teams of 1,000 people quietly set out from Chang'an and killed Shanghe Village in Lantian County, this team was led by Du He and Zhao Jie, who were ordered by Li Chengqian to kill Li Hao's family.
Fortunately, Li Hao's family was guarded by two hundred Xuanjia troops, and Zhao Jie and Du He were not embarrassed by those who lived next to the Hou Mansion, so they only attacked the Hou Mansion, after all, they were specially ordered by the prince to kill Li Hao, and they also had a personal enmity with Li Hao.
Xue Rengui and Chen Bin took two hundred Xuanjia troops to defend the Hou Mansion to the death, if you want to talk about the power of the Xuanjia Army, it is absolutely not a problem, but they are good at rushing and killing, and they are not good at protecting people, at this moment, in order to protect the Hou Mansion, they will not be able to form an iron turtle battle array, and their natural power will be greatly reduced, but fortunately, their individual combat ability is quite high, after all, they are an elite army.
Although the individual combat ability of the Xuanjia Army is also very strong, but in the face of ten times the strength, I still feel that it is enough, fortunately, the Hou Mansion is high and thick, and the enemy army does not bring any equipment, so it can only shoot arrows towards the Hou Mansion for a long time, which is what the Xuanjia Army is good at, erect shields to form a shield wall to protect the Hou Mansion family.
Just when Du He and Zhao Jie stormed the Hou Mansion, Li Hao and Chen Song were already riding past Chang'an on horseback, running in the direction of Lantian, the closer he was to home, the more homesick he was, and he always felt a little uneasy.
As soon as I entered Shanghe Village, I saw the villagers shouting and shouting to welcome them, pointing at Li Hao, looking at them and looking very anxious, Li Hao asked them to say one by one, and finally heard clearly: "Hou Ye!" There are a large number of soldiers and horses attacking your Hou Fuli! ”
Li Hao was shocked, and hurriedly took Chen Song to run towards the Hou Mansion.
Still in the distance, I saw countless torches lit around the huge Hou Mansion, illuminating the surroundings of the Hou Mansion in the dark night, and a rough count showed that there were one or two thousand men and horses.
"Master Hou! What to do? Chen Song asked in surprise.
"They're looking for death!" Li Hao sighed, looked carefully in the crowd for a while, and found Du He and Zhao Jie, so he pointed to the two of them and said, "There are two people led by them, one Zhao Jie, the one in the white robe, and the one in the purple robe, let's capture the thief first, and rush over to catch the two of them, you catch the white clothes, I catch the purple clothes." ”
"Good!" Chen Song didn't say a word, and at the same time as Li Hao, he spurred his horse and rushed towards the Hou Mansion.
Du He and Zhao Jie are originally gentlemen, they are not proficient in fighting, and they will simply lead troops, their only advantage is that there are many people, 2,000 people, what concept, standing is a large area of Wuyang.
At this moment, Zhao Jie and Du He were smiling and chatting on the flat post in front of the Hou Mansion, listening to the shouting and killing sounds around them, they felt extremely comfortable, and they felt quite comfortable in the middle of strategizing to win thousands of miles away, and besides, they were dealing with their enemy Li Hao this time, so they didn't feel too happy in their hearts.
All the sergeants stepped forward to storm the Hou Mansion, there were only a dozen people guarding them, in the dark, Li Hao and Chen Song rode their horses, and the sound of horses' hooves was muffled by the shouts of killing around them, and Du He and they didn't notice it at all.
When they found Li Hao and Chen Song, Li Hao was only twenty meters away from them, and someone exclaimed: "Protect your lord!" ”
More than a dozen people hurriedly wanted to stop Li Hao and Chen Song.
And Chen Song and Li Hao had already taken advantage of this short time to get in front of them, Li Hao pulled out the Tang sword, Chen Song pulled out the sword, the cold light of the sword exuded a cold glow in the dim moonlight, and swung towards the soldiers in front of him.