Chapter 803: Tongue Battle Immortal Palace
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"It's a big problem this time!"
When he arrived at the Palace of Eternal Life, looking at the situation in front of him, Cui Geng couldn't help but gasp, and realized that he was wrong to blame Li Xian.
But it turned out that in the square in front of the Palace of Eternal Life, there were now two armies of soldiers and horses facing each other. One group was led by the crown prince Li Xian, a total of about 3,000 people.
The other group was a thousand cavalry, although there were only four or five hundred people in total, but the army was solemn and the armor was distinct, and it was led by Cheng Tian Guidao in the palace.
It must be explained that of the more than 3,000 people on Li Xian's side, more than 1,000 are family members of various relatives and nobles, although their personal combat strength is good, but there is no upper and lower class, and there is no cooperation, it can be said that they are a group of rabble. The other more than 1,000 people are the Yulin army led by Huno Li, although they can also be called elite, but they have just surrendered, and the army is unstable.
The thousand cavalry on Tianguidao's side is quite simple.
The military strength of Chang'an is mainly divided into two parts, one is the soldiers of the Southern Yafu and the other is the forbidden army of the Northern Ya.
The soldiers of the Southern Yafu are composed of the twelve guards and horses belonging to the military department in turn, with a total of about 60,000. Because the military headquarters is located in the south of the palace, hence the name.
The Northern Ya Forbidden Army, the old foundation is the 30,000 "Yuan Cong Forbidden Army" raised by Li Yuan, and later gradually developed into the left and right Yulin Army, and now it is also 60,000 people. It was named because it was stationed north of the Royal Palace.
To put it simply, the soldiers of the Southern Yafu are compulsory soldiers, and the Northern Yafu Forbidden Army is a recruit. The combat effectiveness of the Northern Ya Forbidden Army is far higher than that of the Southern Yafu Army.
Therefore, Zhang Cambodia planned the coup d'Γ©tat, but only planted people in the left and right Yulin Army, and did not care about the soldiers of the Southern Yafu at all.
And what are the thousand cavalry? At the beginning, Taizong Li Shimin selected 100 elite cavalry from the left and right Yulin armies to form a "hundred cavalry" as the emperor's personal guard. In the Wu Zetian Dynasty, the hundred horses were expanded to "thousand horses".
Therefore, the thousand cavalry is the elite of the left and right Yulin armies.
Of course, no matter how elite it is, it is flesh and blood. With more than 400 "thousand cavalry" against 3,000 troops, and without horses, it is impossible to win on this flat terrain.
But why do people have to win? If he tried his best to protect Wu Zetian to break through, the probability of success should be between two and three percent.
Wu Zetian is the founder of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he has a lot of power, if he frees his hands, it will be Li Xian's side who will be defeated.
Li Xian was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and when he saw Cui Geng, he hurriedly said: "Now the situation is at a critical point, and the lonely king can rely on you, the virtuous son-in-law." β
Cui Geng secretly pondered that Li Xian neither called himself Cui Aiqing nor "Erlang", but directly changed himself to "virtuous son-in-law", which seemed to regard himself as the only life-saving straw.
He smiled bitterly and said, "Weichen's two hundred elites and Gao Xianzhi's five hundred people can all be assigned to the prince's command." It's just that...... Even if you add these people, if Your Majesty wants to break through, it will be difficult to ensure that nothing goes wrong, right? β
"Alas, what the Lone King said is not about the army." Li Xiandao: "I mean...... The virtuous son-in-law not only worked with Tian Guidao, but also saved his life. The only feasible solution now is to persuade him to surrender with your incorruptible tongue. β
At the beginning, Cui Geng, Tian Guidao, Wu Yanxiu, and Yan Zhiwei went to the Turks together and were placed under house arrest. Later, Tian Guidao and Wu Yanxiu relied on Cui Geng's strategy to escape back to the Great Zhou, and what Li Xian said was not an exaggeration.
Cui Geng didn't have much confidence, and said: "Tian Guidao is a notoriously soft and hard person who doesn't eat, and Weichen can only do his best." β
"You can only succeed, you can't fail!"
"Okay."
Cui Geng walked a few steps forward, clenched his fists, and said, "Tian Jian is invited!" β
"It turned out to be Cui Xiang." Tian Guidao showed a sarcastic look on his face and said: "When you are in your thirties, you will be the prime minister." Your Majesty has been so kind to you, it is really rare for eternity. And you, instead of thinking of repaying the favor, led the army to rebel. Cui Geng, has your conscience been fed to the dogs? β
Cui Gengdao: "Then you don't ask, why should I rebel?" Today's defeat is the crime of punishing the nine clans. This official is already a very popular minister, and he doesn't enjoy the glory and wealth, so why do you have to pin your head to the waistband of your pants and play with your life? β
He pointed at Zhang Cambodia again and said, "There is also Zhang Xiangye, he is only one year younger than His Majesty, and he is also in his eighties, and he can't even enjoy glory and wealth for a few days." What is he for? β
"This ......"
Tian Guidao was ordered to envoy to the Turks many times, so he naturally had no hindrance. But the problem is that deep down, he also admitted that the coup d'Γ©tat of Cui Geng and others had a certain degree of justice, and he couldn't help but be silent for a while.
Cui Geng saw that there was a door, and continued: "The two calamities to the country, people and gods are angry, can Tanaka Cheng sit idly by?" We wait to support the prince, clear the king's side, kill two, and return the people of the world to a bright future, what's wrong? If Tanaka doesn't want to conspire with us, please stay aside and stay alone. β
"I'm ......" Tian Guidao's eyes flickered, and he was still a little undecided.
Knock knock~~
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps in the distance. The sound grew louder and louder from far and near, and it seemed that there was an elite force that was rapidly coming.
Almost everyone present changed color, and they didn't care about Guan Tian and returned to the road, and looked behind them.
After a while, I saw a Yulin army drive in, roughly estimated to be around 2,000 people. The first person, looking at his age of about sixty, was thin and tall, with a helmet and armor, a ruddy complexion, and a cynical look in his eyes that did not match his age.
"Li Qianli, is that you?" Many people exclaimed.
No wonder everyone is so excited, this person really can't figure out whether he is friend or foe.
Li Qianli is the eldest son of Li Ke, the king of Wu, and the grandson of Taizong Li Shimin, formerly known as Li Ren, and now known as Li Qianli.
Decades ago, Li Ke was involved in the rebellion of Fang Yiai, and was framed to death by his eldest grandson Wuji, and Li Ren was also exiled to Lingnan.
Of course, despite being exiled, he was still quite wealthy. As a result, Li Ren continued to collect Lingnan specialties to present to the imperial court, showing his deferential attitude.
Gaozong died, the Empress Dowager Wu Zetian was in power, Li Ren heard that Wu Zetian was happy with auspiciousness, and continued to collect all kinds of auspicious gifts.
Wu Zetian also treated him differently, after all, it was the eldest grandson Wuji who killed Li Ren's father, and he had nothing to do with him at all. On the contrary, he eliminated the eldest grandson Wuji and his comrades, in a sense, to avenge Li Ren's father's murder.
A year before he ascended the throne, Wu Zetian even summoned Li Ren as the assassin of Xiangzhou.
After Wu Zetian ascended the throne as emperor, he strengthened surveillance of Li Ren. As a result, she found that this person in the position of Xiangzhou Assassin Shi had not done anything serious, and patronized the collection of auspicious rui.
Wu Zetian was very satisfied, and sent an edict of condolences, praising "son, my family is a thousand miles away". Li Ren is really good at something, and after receiving the holy decree, he immediately changed his name to "Li Qianli".
Since then, Li Qianli has served as the assassin of Tang, Lu, Xu, Wei, and Pu, and his style is exactly the same as before.
Now, he is the Marquis of Yulin, General Zuo Yulin, and holds a certain amount of military power.
The Li Tang royal family exiled him to Lingnan, and Wu Zetian gave him glory and wealth, now, who will Li Qianli help?
There was a pang of apprehension in the hearts of the people.
Li Qianli knew that he was in a suspicious place, so he quickly bowed down and knelt down, and said, "Weichen Li Qianli, see His Royal Highness the Prince." I am willing to ask for two pieces from the side of His Royal Highness the Prince, and return the world to a Lang Lang Qiankun! β
"Okay, it's rare that Yu Linhou understands the righteousness so well, and the lonely king is very relieved!" Li Xian was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward and held each other with his hands.
With the addition of such 2,000 people, the hope of blocking Wu Zetian suddenly increased to more than eighty percent!
Cui Geng took the opportunity to continue to persuade: "Tanaka Cheng, have you seen it?" Li Qianli is willing to conspire with great things, you must not make mistakes! β
"I ......" Tian Guidao's face was bitter, and he sighed: "Your Majesty has the grace of knowing something, I can't help Your Majesty!" β
"Tian Aiqing doesn't have to be embarrassed, I told them."
Squeak ~~
At this critical moment, the door of the Hall of Eternal Life opened, and Her Majesty the Empress walked out slowly with the support of the two palace laves.