Ten days have passed since the rebellion broke out.
Li Chengqian suddenly sent someone again to invite Li Xuan into the East Palace.
When Li Xuan arrived at the Xiande Hall, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Hou Junji and others were already waiting with heavy faces.
Seeing Li Xuan, Li Chengqian said with a serious look on his face after the ceremony.
"Uncle Wang, we just received an urgent report that there are hand-thrown bombs in the hands of those rebels in Goguryeo!"
"Hand-throwing bomb?"
Li Xuan couldn't help but look shocked, "How many hand-thrown bombs did those rebels reveal in total? Did they reveal any other bombs or firearms?"
Li Chengqian replied: "Uncle Wang, those rebels only used their hands to throw bombs during the war, but the number of bombs they threw didn't seem to be very many. As for other bombs and firearms, they did not appear. However, according to Xue Rengui
Reporting, the hand-thrown bombs in the hands of those rebels seem to be twice as powerful as the hand-thrown bombs in our hands!"
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. The hand-thrown bombs in the hands of those rebellious people are probably gunpowder recipes they got from somewhere, but they didn't configure them properly!"
Li Chengqian looked angrily, "Wang Shuyingming, after receiving the emergency report last night, Cheng Qian had already sent people to interrogate the general supervisor and the weapons supervisor. There were two thieves in the weapons supervisor and the general supervisor each.
He committed suicide out of fear of crime, but fortunately these four thieves are only ninth-grade minor officials and have no access to the complete gunpowder recipe!"
The man on the right couldn't help but sigh: "Li Daozong only led 100,000 Tang troops, and he was able to hold back the 300,000 coalition troops of Tubo and Tuyuhun families outside the Qilian Mountains, Hezhou, and Minzhou.
Such an ungrateful person is not worthy of being a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, let alone the leader of the Tang vassal state and the nobles of the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty will definitely destroy his clan with the force of thunder!
However, although these rebellious people do not understand the astronomical phenomena, they do not know how powerful our Tang Dynasty is, and they want to hit the stone with an egg.
"We only need to wait for two more days. When our family's army arrives, Chen Guogong and we will cooperate internally and externally to capture Chang'an City in one fell swoop. No matter how brave the troops of Li Daozong, Cheng Zhijie and others are, we can cut off Li Tang's spirit!
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"Please rest assured, Your Highness, the general and others will never betray the Tang Dynasty, and we will never let those traitors from aristocratic families step into Chang'an City!"
Only such a prince can be the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty!
Similarly, when the Twelve Guards Generals faced Li Chengqian, Li Jing and others, their faces showed that they would never believe that any of their colleagues had betrayed the Tang Dynasty.
After so many years, most of the deputy lieutenants, school lieutenants, captains, and generals in the Twelve Guards Army came from the martial arts hall, and most of them respected Li Jing as their teacher.
Li Jing, Duke of Wei, was invited out by Li Chengqian, and at the same time he followed Li Chengqian to the headquarters of the Twelve Guards in Chang'an City.
After hearing this, although the Twelve Guards Generals still didn't believe that their colleagues around them would collude with those aristocratic families in rebellion.
Hearing this, Li Xuan sighed softly and asked again: "I wonder if the prince can find the officials' children who have disappeared from the aristocratic families in the city these days? Can any of the officials in Chang'an City find out the thieves who are colluding with those rebellious people?"
Li Xuan looked directly at Hou Junji on the side and asked slowly: "Chen Guogong has been sitting in the army these days. Can he notice anything wrong?"
Not to mention, attack Taiji Palace and East Palace!"
"Go back to Uncle Wang, Chengqian has nothing else to do!" Li Chengqian said.
As a king, he should be upright and majestic, facing his subordinates and subordinates directly.
Although you are loyal, if someone threatens your parents and family, or threatens you with other things, I cannot guarantee whether any of you will cruelly abandon your family members and choose Datang!
Hearing this, the expressions of the twelve guards and generals all changed. The monarch they were loyal to doubted their loyalty. This was even more uncomfortable for these generals than killing them!
However, Li Chengqian seemed to know what these generals were going to say, so he directly raised his hand and continued: "Please be patient, I have not doubted your loyalty, otherwise I would not have come to say these words to you in person.
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Pour the wine to those who pour wine, and pass the longan to those who pour it!
On the sofa opposite Hou Junji, two middle-aged men with plain appearance were sitting, and there were two young girls waiting beside them. When they heard Hou Junji's words, the two middle-aged men's faces changed.
He couldn't help but look stunned.
"The tentacles of these aristocratic families really stretch far enough!"
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However, being able to become a general of the Twelve Guards requires more than just having the force, and no one is a fool.
However, when people are alive, they will inevitably be subject to various constraints and encounter various things that they cannot control.
Li Xuan's eyes turned cold and he said in a cold voice: "It doesn't matter, as long as they dare to show their faces, they can directly exterminate the clan! Whoever dares to rebel against our Tang Dynasty will be found by our Tang Dynasty no matter where in the world the remnants of their family escape!"
"What do you mean by this?"
"Everyone, this time the rebels from the aristocratic families who were enfeoffed by the Tang Dynasty dared to take advantage of my father and a group of old generals to conquer the country of thieves. They wanted to repay their favor and rebel against the Tang Dynasty.
However, yesterday I received a report from Xue Rengui, deputy general manager of Qingzhou, that there were hand-thrown bombs in the hands of these rebels.
Therefore, after returning to their respective military camps, the generals and lieutenants directly summoned their respective commanders and corps commanders, as well as their respective close associates, to arrange secret orders one by one.
In addition, in the past few days, the children of those rebellious families who served as officials in the Tang Dynasty were not found, and more than a dozen officials in Chang'an City were found to be colluding with those rebellious ones.
"Don't be anxious, Mr. Chen Guo!"
After hearing this, Hou Junji's expression turned cold.
No matter where you come from, you are all the generals of the Twelve Guards of our Tang Dynasty, students of my father, and the pillars of our Tang Dynasty.
As he spoke, Li Chengqian solemnly bowed his hands to the generals of the Twelve Guards.
Unexpectedly, just two generals, Cheng Zhijie and Xue Rengui, with 100,000 Tang troops, could block the more than 300,000 coalition troops of our noble families in the sea in Qingzhou, Dengzhou, and Haizhou.
However, Li Chengqian was overjoyed.
He has followed Li Xuan for so many years, and is most familiar with Li Xuan's routines, and he also likes Li Xuan's routines very much.
However, he understood Li Chengqian very well.
Now, the Li family in Longxi has not rebelled. I suggest that the prince can ask Duke Wei to come out to eliminate the rebellion of the Chang'an City defenders and guard Chang'an City.
"Thank you Uncle Wang for your teaching!"
In the afternoon.
Li Chengqian said: "Uncle Wang, although more than a dozen rebel officials have been found in Chang'an City, Cheng Qian always feels that these people are scapegoats thrown out by those aristocratic families, and there are still some rebels hiding in secret, waiting for the opportunity.
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As for Li Chengqian, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, these dignitaries and the children of military generals who had studied in the martial arts hall also respected him very much.
Hou Junji nodded slightly. No matter what, now that he has boarded the rebel ship of these aristocratic families, he can only bite the bullet and walk all the way to the dark side.
"If you allied forces of the aristocratic families want to retreat, then retreat quickly! All of you, please also leave Chang'an City quickly and don't take another step into my residence!"
It was late at night, and in a large and bright room full of luxury, Hou Junji sat on a sofa covered with white tiger fur with a gloomy face. There were two young girls wearing tulle beside him.
Attentively served.
However, Hou Junji was ecstatic in his heart. He could use this excuse to eradicate dissidents from the Chang'an garrison and infiltrate his own confidants when he returned!
"Cheng Qian respectfully sends Uncle Wang off!"
The man on the left smiled lightly and said, "Don't be impatient, Mr. Chen. This rebellion is a major event for our family, which could cost the lives of our whole family. We must ensure that nothing goes wrong!"
After saying that, Li Xuan turned to Li Chengqian and slightly cupped his hands, "Prince, the only guard in Chang'an City is Chen Guogong, which makes Chen Guogong weak. It's because of my lack of consideration.
Let them report anything wrong as soon as possible, so as not to cause harm to the country or to them!"
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Li Chengqian, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others all nodded slightly.
"The same goes for Northern Xinjiang!"
However, you are all elite troops guarding Chang'an and guarding the Tang Dynasty. As long as one of you is threatened and does something unwise.
Although our family can use tricks to capture one or two cities, in less than two days, those captured cities will be taken back by Li Daozong.
Li Chengqian was very satisfied with the trip to the Twelve Guards. Also seeing Li Chengqian's performance, veterans like Li Jing also nodded secretly.
"Is there anything else the prince has to do?" Li Xuan asked.
"It doesn't matter, this is also our negligence!"
In this matter, they have absolute confidence.
Therefore, please understand Gu’s helplessness!”
"The safety of Chang'an City and the safety of the Tang Dynasty are entrusted to you. Please also pay more attention to your colleagues around you when you perform your duties. If there is anything wrong, please inform me or Duke Wei as soon as possible.
, Chen Guogong!"
Li Chengqian nodded with satisfaction, "I'll rely on you all!"
Especially the artillery thing, it made us and other family coalition forces not dare to approach Qingzhou and Haizhou area."
Everyone has selfish motives, not to mention that among the Twelve Guards Generals, there are still some people who have secret relationships with those rebellious families.
In their hearts, what they were thinking was even more serious than what Li Chengqian said.
Li Chengqian looked angry and said, "Reporting to Uncle Wang, the officials' children of the disappeared aristocratic families were not found, but they found a dozen rebels who colluded with those aristocratic families.
And last night, two petty officials in the General Supervisor and the Ordnance Supervisor committed suicide out of fear of crime.
He has military merit, is a disciple of the current King of Jin, and the most important thing is that he can govern the world, has a calm temperament, and does not have the slightest bit of dandyism!
The lieutenants and generals in the Twelve Guards Army who came out of the Martial Arts Hall were the ones who gave Li Shimin the confidence to allow so many rebellions and directly led a group of Tang Dynasty generals and army chariots to conquer!
When all the captains, captains, and generals gathered, Li Chengqian didn't delay and started to explain his purpose.
At this moment, the Tang Dynasty was not only a prosperous age, but also the most powerful empire! Even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the Qin Kingdom of Qin Shihuang could not compare with it!
Li Xuan asked again: "The prince called me here, what else can I do?"
Seeing Li Chengqian and Li Jing, as well as the generals, captains, captains, and lieutenants of the Twelve Guards of Chang'an City, their faces were full of excitement.
Li Xuan's pupils shrank, and after pondering for a moment, he said directly: "If you want to rebel, you must have someone inside the army."
If in two days, after that old man Li Jing completely controls the Twelve Guards, even if you all have internal agents among the Twelve Guards, you still won't be able to attack Chang'an City!
Thousands of people among you, even in Chang'an City, will definitely be killed. This matter is too serious, so I don't dare to gamble!
The rebellious troops of those aristocratic families were weak, but Gu did not dare to underestimate the underhanded methods of those aristocratic families.
"In this case, I will return to the village first!"
Afterwards, we and other aristocratic families raised flags to rebel. Then Li Chengqian would definitely panic and send out half of the Twelve Guards Army in Chang'an City, so that we could take advantage of Chang'an's emptiness to capture Chang'an.
Hou Junji was stunned for a moment, then his face became solemn, and he quickly saluted Li Xuan and Li Chengqian, "Go back to your Royal Highness, Prince Jin, I am ashamed of myself. I have been strictly guarding the outside of the city these past few days, and I have neglected that even the army can hide in it."
There is rebellion!”
In the past half month, we and other family coalition forces have suffered heavy losses!"
Upon hearing this, the bodies of several young girls in the room froze, but they recovered quickly.
No matter how powerful the Tang Dynasty is now, or how happy the lives of the people of the Tang Dynasty are, I will never believe that someone will rebel against the Tang Dynasty.
After sending Li Xuan out of the Xiande Hall, Li Chengqian discussed with Hou Junji, Fang Xuanling and others for a long time again.
The two chuckled lightly and quickly comforted each other.
Hou Junji's eyes narrowed and his breathing became faster.
In addition, the prince still needs to meet with the generals above the twelve guards in Chang'an City, explain to them the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, and explain the prince's suspicions.
The expressions of Li Chengqian, Fang Xuanling and others could not help but change slightly.
"Now that we have raised the flag of rebellion, we and these aristocratic families will never give up halfway. Moreover, if we wait for these aristocratic families to retreat, and wait for Li Shimin to return with his army, these aristocratic families like us will be defeated by Li Shimin one by one, and the clan will be wiped out!
Regarding this matter, we would definitely rather fight to the death than to be captured without mercy!"
Therefore, I have to wonder, not only are those officials colluding with those rebellious families, but also among the Twelve Guards Army who protect our Tang Dynasty, are there some people who have lost their minds and are secretly colluding with those rebellious families?"
So, he asked again: "At this time, you can always tell me how many troops the King of Han can bring? You know, there are at least 100,000 troops in Chang'an City today!"
"What are you going to do? Now the prince has noticed something is wrong and invited that old man Li Jing out to guard the Twelve Guards Army. Although the old man has ignored the government for more than ten years, his prestige in the army is still very strong
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The man on the left sighed softly and said: "This time, I misjudged the combat effectiveness of Li Tang's army. I didn't expect them to be so powerful. I thought that after Li Shimin took away all the veteran generals and elite soldiers of Datang,
, the Tang Dynasty will be empty.
A group of idiots who succeed only in failure. Why was he so obsessed with it in the first place that he agreed to cooperate with these idiots!
Hou Junji took a deep breath and said again: "Why have you still not heard anything after so many days?"
Duke Chen’s Mansion!
It's just a pity that these rebellious people committed suicide out of fear of crime the moment the guards broke in, and some of their favored heirs have also disappeared!"
Li Xuan nodded slightly, "Letting you guard Chang'an alone is really embarrassing for you."
"Don't worry, Duke Chen. We are risking the lives of our entire clan to rebel. Naturally, we won't have only the King of Han as our ally!"
I don't know what came to mind, but the man on the left looked confident.
"Who else?"
Hearing this, Hou Junji couldn't help but be surprised.