Chapter eight hundred and thirty first unconvinced
Dalong Capital.
The prosperous capital city, following the rebellion of brothers Li Yunlong and Li Baihong, was once again in panic due to the war between King Zhao Li Tao and Prince Shu Prince Li Geng.
The west gate and the south gate were devastated as far as the eye could see, and there were scorched black marks everywhere after the explosion of artillery shells.
This ancient fortified city withstood the third artillery bombardment under the bombardment of Li Yunlong and Liu Dashao.
A large military tent several miles southwest of the capital.
Li Tao's face was a little gloomy as he held the intelligence returned by the scouts in his hands.
The follow-up infantry of the 100,000 elite troops sent by King Zhongwu Yunyang and King Qin Jiujia will join forces with the 50,000 pioneer cavalry in two days.
By then, with the addition of the forbidden troops in the city, the strength of our own troops would already be at a disadvantage, and even more so in terms of soldiers and horses.
Even if the Imperial Guards and Military Guards of the capital did not leave the city to fight, there were only 100,000 elite border troops, which were not something that the soldiers and horses under his command could resist.
A young man who was about the same age as Li Tao leaned over and glanced at the contents on the paper. When he saw the information on it clearly, his face was gloomy, just like Li Tao's.
His gaze was even a little ferocious.
"Everyone is helping eldest brother. I took out all the old troops and gold, silver and jewelry left by my father. With my second brother, you have only managed to gather hundreds of thousands of troops over the years.
After finally seizing the opportunity when the capital's troops were empty, uncle Nangong Ye, Ganliang Hou Dongfang Ming and others led their troops to attack the capital in time. Now I am afraid that all their efforts will be in vain.
Why, why is everyone helping big brother!
We...Second brother, you also have the most authentic blood of the Li clan, how can you not compare with eldest brother!"
Li Tao listened to his cousin Li Geng's gnashing of teeth, and dropped the information in his hand on the desk with a gloomy look.
He knew that his cousin Li Geng was using him to avenge his father, the king, and his third uncle.
Maybe even plot that position.
But why didn't I just want to take advantage of him?
After all, his father died young because his third uncle and the others rebelled.
When he learned that the capital's military strength was only 40,000 to 50,000 men, Li Tao imprisoned his mother and concubine He Shu. Without hesitation, he reached an agreement with his cousin Li Geng and sent troops to the capital.
I thought that capturing the capital and seizing the throne would be easy.
But Li Tao never imagined that the 80,000 troops who had gone to northern Xinjiang to guard against his cousin Liu Chengzhi's rebellion would suddenly come from the official road north of the capital on the fifth day when he was about to enter the city.
He rushed back to kill him.
Not only did he interrupt the capital that he was about to have at his fingertips, but he also solved the crisis in the capital.
Knowing that the situation was not good, Li Tao immediately found the dead man he had raised, and sent a letter to his cousin Liu Chengzhi with a golden eagle and six hundred miles at the same time.
In the letter, he promised various benefits and benefits, and stated that he would help his father and uncle seek justice.
But passing a letter is like a mud cow entering the sea and never returning.
Later, I was really unwilling to give up, so I sent several letters one after another.
The same thing happened, and he didn't receive any response from his cousin Liu Chengzhi. Li Tao was confused. He didn't know what his cousin was thinking.
The assassination of your father, King Bingjian, was directed at the imperial court. Have you never thought about avenging your father?
That is your father who gave birth to you and raised you.
Li Tao, who couldn't figure out the reason, wrote another letter to his third aunt's blood cousin Liu Chengqian.
However, the letter sent to Liu Chengqian was exactly the same as the letter sent to his second brother Liu Chengzhi. Both of them were meat buns that never came back.
For many days, instead of waiting for a response from his cousin Liu Chengzhi, he instead waited for uncle Nangong Ye's 50,000 pieces of iron to rush into the capital and help his eldest brother Li Ye retreat from the enemy.
Even though he and his cousin Li Geng tried their best, they could only organize 30,000 cavalry.
Facing the 50,000 elite border troops under my uncle's command, they were retreating steadily. If it had not been for the help of his infantry to resist, I am afraid that my only 30,000 soldiers and horses would have been swallowed up by the soldiers and horses under my uncle's command.
After many days of siege, the remaining 110,000 troops had been killed by 50,000 elite border troops and their morale was low without the imperial guards from the capital coming out to assist.
Before any emergency measures could be thought of, the 50,000 elite infantrymen of the border army hurriedly rushed to the capital.
How can one resist one hundred thousand elite border troops?
Why is this happening?
Even if his cousin Liu Chengzhi's side did not respond to his move to raise troops, at least the elite border troops under Marshal Yun's command should be held back because of his father's assassination.
Why could the border troops still escape and rush back to the capital to rescue King Qin?
Li Tao is thinking hard, but he still can't imagine how complicated the situation in Northern Xinjiang is now.
One hundred thousand elites immediately gathered in the capital to resist his own troops.
Could it be that God has killed me, Li Tao?
"Second brother!"
"Hmm? Have you thought of any good ideas?"
"What good idea can I have? The people coming here are not the semi-elite and semi-recruited imperial troops in the capital, but the border troops who have participated in many national wars.
I want to ask my second brother, is there no movement from our cousin Liu Chengzhi until now?
My uncle Liu Mingzhi was assassinated and his death was unclear.
He is the legitimate son of the Liu family, shouldn't he seek justice for his father?
Are you just going to acquiesce to the court's absurd explanation that has no basis at all?
The assassinations between the two countries, let alone the close and unclear family relationship between my uncle and the Golden Queen and our little cousin who was just a month old.
Let's just say that at that time, the troops of the two countries were being defeated by Marshal Yun and his companions, and they had no time to worry about it. How could they have the energy to assassinate my uncle at that time?
I am looking over here, except for my eldest brother, who has the courage and strength to assassinate my uncle, the one-word king?
It's a pity that my uncle passed away. Just relying on the testimony of his soldiers can't change anything.
Although I have never met our cousin Liu Chengzhi.
But as the saying goes, there is no son without a father. How could a hero like my uncle, the legitimate son of a hero, accept such a ridiculous statement? I really don’t know what he was thinking!"
Li Tao smiled bitterly and shook his head.
“It’s been dozens of days since I wrote books one after another, but there’s still no response.
With the more than 200,000 cavalry under his uncle Liu Mingzhi's command, they were invincible and had a brilliant record of fighting for thousands of miles.
If my cousin had responded to my call to raise troops, the 200,000 cavalrymen of the Six Guards of the New Army would have reached the capital long ago.
But for so many days, the scouts and spies have not heard any news of troops in northern Xinjiang."
A trace of unwillingness flashed in Li Geng's eyes: "What should we do? When General Dongfang Ming's 50,000 infantrymen attack again in two days, what should we use to resist?"
"I...I don't know either.
It was obviously a good situation, but why did it turn into this situation in just ten days?
Although the generals we recruited are good, compared with my uncle and others..."
"Report to your lord, Nangong Ye, Duke of Yong'an, is here and waiting outside the camp."
Li Tao suddenly stood up from his chair and looked nervously at his soldiers. Next to him, Li Geng, the Crown Prince of Shu, stood up nervously, with a hint of fear in his eyes.
"How many troops did you bring?"
"There are only four soldiers."
Li Tao clasped his hands together and began to move nervously.
After two cups of tea, Li Tao looked at the soldiers with a complicated expression.
"Please come in."
"Got the order!"
After a while of tea, under the leadership of his own soldiers, Nangong Ye walked into the tent at a fast pace. He glanced at Li Tao who was sitting on the handsome chair, and then turned to Li Geng beside him.
Nangong Ye walked straight to a chair aside and sat down, looking at Li Tao who was a little nervous.
"Uncle...uncle!"
"I've tried my best to figure out why you raised an army to rebel against your elder brother. Tell me a reason!"
Li Tao saw that Nangong Ye was still calm, hesitated for a while and silently sat on the chair.
"My child is not convinced. Why can my eldest brother ascend the throne and proclaim himself the emperor without being appointed as the prince by my father? Just because he rushed back to the capital more than ten days before me?
Is it just because he met his uncle more than ten days earlier?
When he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, did he have any discussion with his children?
Both of us brothers have the blood of our father. Why did he ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor just because he returned to the capital a few days early?
If he is made a prince by his father, I have nothing to say.
But how did he come to the throne? Uncle, you know it, the child knows it, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty also know it.
It was my uncle who fought against all opinions and relied on the soldiers and horses in hand to force him up.
The virtuous people in the world will live there, and the capable people will live there.
But which one of the two did he occupy at that time?
It's just because he came back a few days early.
How can a child be convinced?"
Nangong Ye looked at Li Tao with complicated eyes.
"It's that simple?"
"It's that simple. If it was me who came back, I could still be a good emperor under the premise that my uncle has paved all the way back.
Even better than my elder brother.
At least I will not send anyone to assassinate my great benefactor, my uncle who treats me as my own son."
There was a muffled bang, and the table next to the chair was shattered into pieces by Nangong Ye's palm.
"shut up!"
"Uncle, I know that I am no match for you, nor for General Dongfang Ming.
But I, Li Tao, failed in my rebellion and was defeated in the hands of you two, so I had no choice but to plead guilty and face the law.
Even if I am beheaded by my eldest brother Wumen, I will still say the same thing."
Li Tao's eyes suddenly calmed down and he looked directly at Nangong Ye.