Having followed Liu Ziqiu in the south and north for many years, Zhang Liang knew very well how powerful Liu Ziqiu was. As long as Liu Ziqiu stayed in the capital, no matter how much leverage Li Shimin had on him, Zhang Liang would not dare to act rashly. He was also skeptical of Li Shimin's words. However, when the army took over the capital, Zhang Liang would not dare to act rashly.
After the defense, Zhang Liang also had a lot of conveniences. He could access the records of the recent entry and exit of the capital at the city gate. Because he was a general and had a high level, he could see the records that should have been top secret, and found out from them the records of Liu Ziqiu and his party going west.
Records of going.
At this point, Zhang Liang was completely relieved. Although he did not believe that Liu Ziqiu would never come back as Li Shimin said, Zhang Liang understood Liu Ziqiu's character and knew that he was a person who valued love and justice. As long as Liu Ziqiu's
He has his wife and children in his hands. Even if Liu Ziqiu comes back, he can negotiate many conditions with Liu Ziqiu. Even if Liu Ziqiu publicly announces his abdication, Liu Ziqiu (Dingdian Novel Mobile Version) will definitely not hesitate. Moreover, Liu Ziqiu is a person who keeps his promises.
If he agrees to abdicate, he will definitely abdicate. On the other hand, he can also add a clause of ensuring his own safety to the conditions, so that he can be confident.
After being convinced of this, Zhang Liang began to take real action. He first arranged the three thousand elite cavalry that he could directly mobilize outside the Xuanwu Gate. This arrangement was somewhat unconventional, because the cavalry was suitable for field battles and was usually stationed in
Outside the city. Unless the city is surrounded by enemies, it will be withdrawn into the city as a last resort. However, the cavalry is not a unit suitable for siege. No one would have thought that he would use these cavalry to attack the palace, so it did not attract people's attention. Who would
I know that Li Shimin has already promised that the palace gate will open automatically when the time comes. Therefore, these cavalry will not attack the city, but can rush in directly from the palace gate. Even if there are guards in the palace, how can they resist Zongheng?
A galloping cavalry?
Immediately afterwards, he sent a thousand troops from Li Yuanji's army to garrison the south gate of Luoyang. Li Yuan's family was in the northwest, so Li Yuanji was asked to guard the south gate so that it would not easily arouse others' suspicion. As everyone knows, Li Yuan had already been there a few years ago.
The desperadoes he recruited quietly gathered in the south. Zhang Liang's manor was in the southern suburbs, and his three thousand private soldiers were already there. Li Yuanji was stationed at the south gate, whether it was the desperadoes recruited by Li Yuan or the desperadoes recruited by Li Yuan.
The private soldiers Zhang Liang had raised sneaked into Luoyang City without any effort.
By now, Li Yuan and his group had gathered more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Luoyang City. In addition, Li Yuan also buried a chess piece in the Luoyang Palace, which was the former internal affairs manager Li Cheng.
After Liu Ziqiu ascended the throne, he directly abolished many cruel and inhumane punishments, including castration, and also decided not to recruit eunuchs. Of course, the original eunuchs in the palace followed their own wishes. Those who were willing to leave the palace and return home were given money and money.
Those who are willing to stay in the palace can also continue to serve as handymen. Because eunuchs are physically disabled and neither male nor female, they will inevitably be ridiculed after leaving the palace. Therefore, most eunuchs are willing to continue to stay in the palace. This is okay.
, with the current strength of the Han Dynasty, it doesn't matter even if it raises a few eunuchs for nothing.
However, Liu Ziqiu no longer recruited eunuchs, and some of the chores in the palace that were originally performed by eunuchs were replaced by palace ladies. In the past, palace ladies mostly chose beautiful Han women who could not bear some heavy physical labor. But the Han Dynasty is different now.
The area of control expanded to the entire Mobei and Western Regions, where there were many women who were tall and strong and not inferior to men. These foreign women were selected into the palace and could completely replace the work that was originally undertaken by the eunuchs. Moreover, Liu Ziqiu also stipulated that these women
You don't need to stay in the palace for a lifetime. You can usually rotate after working for five years. At that time, in addition to the monthly money and rewards you receive in the palace, the royal family will also award a substantial severance package. With this
With the money, they can live a prosperous life when they return to Mobei or the Western Regions. Therefore, these women do not worry about getting married. Often, as soon as they are selected to enter the palace, many people come to ask for marriage. In this way, the eunuchs in the palace
Status becomes dispensable.
Not only that, in the past, some eunuchs who had positions or were older could still order their subordinates to do this and that. Now, if Liu Ziqiu does not recruit new eunuchs, they will have no one to use. Therefore, many eunuchs are freeloading and doing nothing in the palace.
There were complaints, but he was still unwilling to take the money out of the palace. Li Cheng took advantage of this and quickly won over a thousand eunuchs, big and small.
However, many changes have taken place in the Imperial Palace of the Han Dynasty compared with the previous dynasty. The eunuchs can only live in the front hall and cannot enter and leave the harem at will. Especially after the sun sets, they are not allowed to step into the harem. Therefore, Li Cheng's
Although the chess pieces are important, they can only cause trouble in the front. If you really want to rush into the harem and control Liu Ziqiu's wife and children, you must rely on Zhang Liang's fresh army.
After hearing what Li Shimin said about the situation of all the people arriving, Li Yuan nodded slightly and said: "I have been waiting for this day for sixteen years, and I really don't want to wait any longer! It's tonight!"
It was night, the sky was covered with clouds, and the surrounding areas were pitch black. At the third watch, a ball of fire suddenly appeared in the direction of the palace. The fire became more and more fierce, and gradually became like a prairie fire.
Zhang Liang had already dressed up neatly. When he saw the fire in the palace, he couldn't help but shouted: "My sons, follow me into the palace to put out the fire!"
It was said that they were putting out fires, but the troops did not bring a bucket, and all they held were bright sabers. The horses neighed and came straight to the Xuanwu Gate. Sure enough, the Xuanwu Gate had already opened wide. It turned out that the guard palace
The eunuchs were responsible for providing their daily meals to the guards at the door. The eunuchs added some croton to tonight’s meal, which made the guards all upset and ran to the toilet repeatedly. Moreover, there were many eunuchs.
A few masters took the opportunity to capture the Xuanwu Gate.
The palace gate opened wide, and Zhang Liang led the army to rush in.
Liu Sigen was reading at night with a candle in the east palace. When he heard the noise outside, he hurriedly got up to watch.
A guard had already rushed over and shouted: "Oh no, Zhang Liang has rebelled and is killing people indiscriminately in the palace!"
At this time, the palace was already in chaos, with cries, screams, and fighting sounds coming one after another. In such a hurry, it was impossible for the palace guards to organize an effective counterattack. Liu Sigen made a prompt decision, pulled out the sword he carried with him, and said in a deep voice:
"Come with me!"
He did not intend to stop the rebel attack by himself, but he kept in mind Liu Ziqiu's instructions to take good care of his aunts and younger siblings. In the harem, except for Hua Yun, the other aunts were powerless, and
Although those younger brothers and sisters had practiced martial arts since childhood, they were still young and had never been in a battle. In the chaos of the army, there was no eye for swords and guns. If any one of them was injured, he felt that he could not explain it to his father, and it would make him feel guilty for the rest of his life.
Therefore, Liu Sigen's idea was very clear, and he wanted to take his aunt and brothers and sisters to the west mountain of Luoyang.
There used to be a place where Liu Ziqiu and Gao Xiuer hid from pursuing soldiers. After Liu Ziqiu ascended the throne, he took his wife and children to visit the place several times, and secretly built a cave in the mountain, where some food and cold-proof things were stored. This place
Liu Ziqiu didn't tell Gao Xiuer, Hua Yun and Liu Sigen about the location of the cave until he left Luoyang for the West Sea this time. Liu Ziqiu's intention was obvious. If there was an accident in the future, he could use this cave to escape for a while. At that time, Liu Sigen also thought that Liu Ziqiu was
It was unfounded to worry that the Han Dynasty was at its peak, what kind of chaos could happen? But they didn't expect that this refuge would be needed so soon.
Liu Sigen, with more than a dozen personal guards, had just retreated into the harem when he bumped into Hua Yun and came towards him with a gun.
With such a loud movement outside, Hua Yun and others were naturally awakened by the shouts of killing outside. Hua Yun was killed from the sea of blood in the corpse mountain, so he was naturally not afraid at all, but Xie Muyu and others had never experienced such a scene.
All of them were pale in beauty. There were also a few young children who were crying non-stop. Of course Hua Yun also knew that at this time, they must be protected and evacuated to the cave on the west mountain, maybe there would still be a glimmer of hope.
However, the enemy has already attacked outside the palace gate. If they do not block the enemy's offensive, it is impossible for Xie Muyu and others to escape.
Seeing Liu Sigen coming, Hua Yun couldn't help but be overjoyed and said repeatedly: "Gen'er, please take your aunt and brothers and sisters and leave first. I will come later."
Liu Sigen naturally understood what Hua Yun meant, so he couldn't help but put the knife across his chest and said loudly: "Auntie, you go first, the child will be cut off here!"
Hua Yun still wanted to stay, but Liu Sigen put the knife on his neck and said in a deep voice: "Auntie, it's too late. If you don't leave, the child will kill himself in front of you!"
Seeing this scene, Hua Yun had no choice but to stamp her feet fiercely, turned around and ran back to the palace.
Not long after, hundreds of female guards rushed to Liu Sigen and said in unison: "The eldest prince, Concubine Yun ordered us to come to help the eldest prince."
In the early years when Liu Ziqiu established the female guard, there were nearly 10,000 people. In these years of peace and prosperity, the number of female guards has been reduced year by year. Now there are only less than 500 people left, almost all of whom were sent here by Hua Yun. Thinking of Hua Yun, there are only a few left.
With more than 20 female guards, Liu Sigen couldn't help but become anxious, but at this time he had no choice but to accept this fact. At this time, some more guards retreated into the harem one after another. With these female guards, there were barely a thousand people.
.In fact, there were thousands of guards in the palace, but they were caught off guard and found it difficult to gather at the moment. However, these guards were all loyal to their duties. Although they did not respond to each other, they hurried into the battle without even changing their clothes and armor.
The desperate struggle of these guards greatly hindered Zhang Liang's offensive. However, the casualties of the guards were extremely heavy, with almost no survivors left. Soon, Zhang Liang's army advanced outside the palace gate of the harem.