Chapter Seven hundred and thirty eight: Liang Jun Withdrew
The atmosphere in the Chang'an Imperial Palace was unusually depressing. Since Li Shimin led his army to Huayin City to fight against the enemy a few months ago and returned to the imperial court, Li Shimin has been staying in the palace and has never left his palace. Not only that, those who The maids and chamberlains in the palace were not allowed to approach Li Shimin's palace at all. Both inside and outside Li Shimin's chamber were all soldiers of the Tiance Mansion. Even the chamberlains sent by the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan to inquire were ruthlessly blocked by these soldiers. go back.
Li Shimin's actions also caused rumors to spread throughout the palace and even Chang'an City. Many rumors said that Li Shimin was seriously injured outside Huayin City. He has not improved yet and is almost dead. There are even rumors that Li Shimin has been seriously injured. He died. For a while, people in Chang'an were panicked. Many people began to move away from Chang'an, making the originally prosperous Chang'an deserted.
Another year has passed. Logically speaking, this year is the first year that Li Shimin became the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin should have ascended the throne as emperor according to the great ceremony. However, Li Shimin still hid in the palace and only sent people to issue notices for amnesty. In the world, the reign name was changed to Zhenguan. This made the people of Chang'an even more worried and discussed.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Chang'an City was still as deserted as ever. On this day, a fast horse suddenly galloped from the east gate of Chang'an City. Fortunately, there were not many pedestrians in the city. Otherwise, it would have knocked people over. No, and the few common people on the street looked at the galloping war horses and the armored soldiers on the war horses, and secretly guessed in their hearts that the fast horses came from the east. Could it be that the soldiers stationed in Huayin The army began to rush toward Chang'an.
Not to mention what the people thought, the knight ran all the way and rushed directly to the palace gate. Before he could rush to the palace gate, he opened his hand and waved, and a black shadow flew to the palace quickly. Above the door, there was actually a bronze plate with the three characters "Tiance Mansion" written on it. As soon as they saw this bronze plate, the palace gate guards who originally wanted to stop the knight immediately gave way to let the knight He just ran through the palace gate and was able to gallop through the palace. This kind of power is not something that ordinary people can have. And it is this bronze medal that gives this knight this power. The power it represents is bigger than The imperial edict is still useful.
Soon, the knight had passed through the palace from the palace gate, and soon arrived at Li Shimin's palace. This time, when the knight saw the palace from a distance, he stopped his mount, turned over and dismounted, and headed towards the palace. He ran away, but before he could take a few steps, he heard several whooshing sounds, and several figures jumped out from the nearby bushes and rockery, pointing at the knight with the sabers in their hands. He shouted: "Stop,"
Stopped by these secret whistles, the knight did not panic at all, but took out his arms again. This time he took out a small jade plaque, showed it to the secret whistles, and shouted: " I have been ordered by the emperor to transmit urgent military information, and no one can stop it. This is a token."
In fact, when they saw the jade tablet, the secret sentries had already put away their sabers. After hearing the knight's words, the secret sentries immediately made way for the knight, and then returned to their own sentry posts in the blink of an eye. After leaving, the knight breathed a sigh of relief, put away the jade token, and ran towards the palace again.
Facts have proved that it is not easy to see Li Shimin in the current palace. At least this knight has gone through five rounds of questioning, still relying on the jade tablet. The knight also passed the test smoothly and finally arrived outside the palace. He just knocked on the palace door and heard a creaking sound. After the palace door opened, the head of a chamberlain slowly poked out, but it was Li Shimin who was personally serving Li Shimin. The chamberlain glanced at the knight with his inverted triangular eyes and asked in a sharp voice: "Who are you?"
The knight also knew that the chamberlain could not be offended. Although he was anxious to meet Li Shimin, he still saluted the chamberlain respectfully and said: "This father-in-law, I am a scout under General Yin of Weicheng. There is an urgent military situation and I want to meet him." Your Majesty is reporting this, please pass it on to your father-in-law."
The chamberlain seemed to have been notified a long time ago, so after hearing what the knight said, the chamberlain immediately opened the door of the palace and let the knight into the palace. At the same time, he kept nagging: "Why are you here now?" Come, Your Majesty has been waiting for this news from you for a long time,"
Hearing the complaint from the chamberlain, the knight also had a wry smile on his face. After receiving this mission, he had to work hard, day and night, and even two horses were killed. How could he be too slow? But now this is the palace, even if it is Feeling dissatisfied, the knight did not dare to say anything. He could only salute repeatedly, nod in agreement, and hurried towards the depths of the palace under the leadership of the chamberlain.
After passing through eight door curtains, the knight finally arrived outside the room where Li Shimin lived. At this moment, the door opened. Inside the door, Li Shentong, Tang Jian, Liu Hongji and other important officials of the court were all standing in the room. In front of these important ministers was another gauze curtain, but inside was a large dragon bed, with a person lying vaguely on it.
Although he couldn't see the person's appearance clearly, the knight knew very well that the person lying there was none other than the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin. The knight did not dare to delay, and immediately knelt down towards the dragon bed and shouted loudly: "See you, little man." Long live my emperor, long live, long live,"
"Ahem," a cough came from within the gauze curtain. Then, the chamberlain immediately signaled the knight to take out the battle report. After the knight handed the battle report to the chamberlain, he allowed the chamberlain to hold the war horse in both hands. He quickly walked into the door, passed through the gauze curtain, and finally handed it over to Li Shimin on the dragon bed for viewing. After flipping through a few pages, there was a sudden bang, and the battle report fell directly to the ground. Seeing this , Li Shentong and others outside the gauze curtain were startled, thinking that Li Shimin's injury was much more serious. They all immediately took a step forward, looked behind the gauze curtain nervously, and exclaimed: " His Majesty,"
"It doesn't matter." After a while, Li Shimin's slightly hoarse voice came from behind the gauze curtain. Although Li Shimin's voice was not small, there was an unprecedented sense of weakness in his words. Hearing this He knew from the voice that the rumors outside that Li Shimin was seriously injured were not groundless. Then, Li Shimin said lightly: "My lords, please don't be surprised. What is written in this battle report is good news. You will know it as soon as you see it." ,"
After Li Shimin finished speaking, there was another light cough. Immediately afterwards, Li Shimin's personal servant held the battle report and sent it out of the gauze curtain, first handing it to Li Shentong. After Li Shentong looked at it carefully, his face also changed. He immediately showed joy and passed the battle report on, one by one, and soon the battle report was spread among everyone in the room. After everyone saw the battle report, their faces were full of smiles. With a look of joy on his face, Li Shentong immediately turned around and shouted to the knight who sent the battle report: "Liang Jun has really withdrawn from Tongguan,"
"Report to the prince," since the knight was chosen by Yin Kaishan as the messenger, he naturally knew many important officials in the court, so he immediately replied to Li Shentong: "Liang Jun has withdrawn from Huayin City half a month ago. Afterwards, General Yin personally led the troops to investigate. It was confirmed that Liang Jun had retreated to the boundary of Hongnong and was marching towards Luoyang. After General Yin confirmed the matter, he sent a villain to Chang'an to inform His Majesty of this good news. information,"
After getting the affirmative answer, everyone in the room showed happy expressions. In the past few months, the 150,000 Liang Army in Huayin City was like a huge stone, always pressing down on the generals of the Tang Army. In their minds, this 150,000-strong army may attack Chang'an at any time. With the current situation in Chang'an, it can be said to be very difficult to block the fierce attack of 150,000 Liang troops. If Li Jingzhong continues to attack Chang'an, then they will not They knew how to deal with it, but they never expected that after waiting for a long time, they did not wait for the news of Li Jing's army attacking Chang'an, but instead waited for the good news of Liang Jun's retreat.
The veteran Tang Jian even shouted with joy on his face: "It's true that God will never destroy our Tang Dynasty. Your Majesty, Liang Jun's withdrawal is great news for Tang Dynasty. Although we don't know why Liang Jun retreated." , but I suggest that your Majesty should announce this news in a timely manner, and that your Majesty can also appear appropriately in the outside world, so as to quell the rumors in the market today and boost the morale of the military and civilians,"
"Master Tang, this matter has been within your Majesty's expectation." After hearing Tang Jian's words, Liu Hongji next to him smiled and said to Tang Jian: "In fact, your Majesty had already contacted Tang Jian before Liang Jun invaded. He defeated the Turks outside the pass, and joined forces with Luo Yi from Youzhou to besiege Luoyang. Unexpectedly, Wanhe sent troops first, which disrupted your majesty's plan. Now it seems that the sudden retreat of Liang Jun should be your majesty's. The plan has been successful, the Turks and Luo Yi have sent troops, otherwise, there is no other reason that can explain why Li Jing suddenly withdrew his troops,"
After hearing Liu Hongji's words, Tang Jian also looked shocked. He had really never heard of this matter, but he remembered that Li Yuan had had contact with the Turks before he raised his troops to start an uprising. Now Li Shi It was not an accident to contact those Turks, but at this moment, there was another coughing sound from behind the gauze curtain. After a while, the gauze curtain was opened directly, and Li Shimin looked pale. , but strode out of the gauze curtain, with a gloomy face, and hummed in a deep voice: "After waiting for so long, it's time for me to go out and show my face."