Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 364 When the crisis came, the gate of Chang'an was blasted open
The night is hazy and the moon is bright.

Chang'an City, as always, is like a sleeping lion.

With the appearance of Zheng Zaiyou, the lion seemed to wake up.

The night passed like this, the sun rose as usual the next day, and the officials went to court as usual.

After several days passed, nothing that Zheng Zaiyou said seemed to happen, and Li Shimin almost relaxed his vigilance.

On this day, the wind was sunny and the sky was cloudless. Suddenly an army appeared outside Chang'an City, all in blue uniforms.

"Report!!"

"About 5 troops are found ahead!!"

The scouts reported urgently.

Pass the news to Li Shimin as soon as possible.

"It's really here?!"

After Li Shimin got the news, his eyes instantly turned cold.

He was very angry, angry that the five surnames and Qiwang actually suppressed Chang'an City.

The [-] troops unexpectedly crossed the defense and appeared directly downstairs in Chang'an City, which shows how powerful the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs are.

"Order, close the city gate, pass on Cheng Yaojin!"

Li Shimin quickly made a countermeasure.

He had already prepared, but Chang'an City was still empty of troops.

Therefore, the city gate must be closed before the next step can be taken.

Soon, Cheng Yaojin arrived.

"Your Majesty, is it finally time for my old Cheng to play?"

Cheng Yaojin rubbed his hands and said excitedly.

Not long ago, Li Shimin wanted to send troops in three directions, Li Jing, Chai Shao, Hou Junji, Yuchi Jingde and others all went, only Cheng Yaojin and a few generals remained.

At that time, Cheng Yaojin disagreed and clamored to go to the battlefield. It was only when Li Shimin promised that he would fight soon that he finally had no objection.

Now, he had learned that an army had appeared outside Chang'an City, and Li Shimin had called him, so he knew it was time for him to play.

"I can only give you [-] troops, you don't have to attack, but you have to keep the city."

Li Shimin said solemnly.

The strength of Chang'an City is really running out.

He can only give Cheng Yaojin [-] yuan, and the rest is for other problems.

The five surnames and Qiwang used the army, and it may not be the only army outside Chang'an City.

You have to be prepared enough to win this battle.

"Twenty thousand?" Cheng Yaojin murmured, then firmly said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, you are here!"

Li Shimin listened, nodded in satisfaction, and signaled to Cheng Yaojin that he could take his Tiger Talisman to mobilize [-] troops.

Not long after, the reason for the sudden closure of the gates of Chang'an City was known.

In an instant, people shook and panicked.

"My God, whose army is that?"

"Appearing outside the imperial capital without making a sound, isn't it terrifying?"

"What happened to the court, what happened to the place, what will happen to us?"

People were shocked and unable to calm down.

In the majestic imperial capital, the enemy army unknowingly appeared outside the imperial capital.

Is it because all the cities outside the imperial capital have fallen, so that the enemy army has entered the abdomen?
But before that, there was no talk of any city falling, only the green hill in Qingzhou was arrogant in Henan Road.

The people in Chang'an City fell into panic, and the senior officials of the imperial court soon learned the news, and knew more, so it was difficult to calm down.

Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Wang Gui and others immediately entered the palace to face the saint.

Fang Yuan is now the Minister of the Household Department, and at this time he can only enter the palace according to the routine operation.

The imperial court has rules, if the imperial court is facing a major event and the emperor does not summon it, the ministers should also take the initiative to enter the palace to face the saint.

"The Qingyi Army, the army from Qingshan, Qingzhou!"

"But I know, that's just a gimmick, and it's the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs who are really manipulating them!"

Li Shimin said solemnly.

Before Fang Yuan and others arrived, Zheng Zaiyou was already in the imperial study.

Naturally, he didn't take the initiative to ask to see Li Shimin, but Li Shimin forcibly arrested him.

Now the five surnames and seven Wangs in Chang'an City are all under Li Shimin's surveillance, and Li Shimin knows any troubles.

In the past few days, Zheng Zaiyou wanted to escape several times, but was discovered by people arranged by Li Shimin, and he was forced to return to Zheng's mansion in Xingyang.

Zheng Zaiyou and the others couldn't do without Li Shimin's monitoring, but they didn't know if his firecrackers left Chang'an City because of this.

"Your Majesty, what is their purpose?"

Fang Xuanling said solemnly.

The sudden appearance of the army caught them off guard.

For their ministers, there is an unshirkable responsibility, and they have neglected their duties.

"Maybe it's a blow to us!"

Li Shimin said solemnly.

He didn't intend to tell about the fire gun.

No matter what the confrontation between Datang and the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs will look like in the future.

As long as the firecracker is still in hand, it will be reassuring for all the ministers.

"Just with their [-] troops?"

"Your Majesty, I think you should immediately mobilize the firearms army and catch them off guard!"

Changsun Wuji sneered, looking down on the mere [-] soldiers.

He knew that there were still [-] troops in Chang'an City, of which [-] were taken by Cheng Yaojin to defend the city.

The remaining [-] were under the personal control of the emperor, in order to avoid the need to mobilize troops in case of special problems.

But whether it is [-] or [-], as long as they are equipped with firecrackers, [-] troops are simply not enough.

This is the trust in the fire gun!

"I have my own arrangements for the firecracker army!"

"I want you to maintain the normal operation of Datang."

Li Shimin said solemnly.

How to use the firecracker at this time, as Fang Yuan said, the firecracker will be flowed out.

Until it is confirmed whether Zheng Zaiyou's firecracker is still in his hand, the firecracker army does not plan to mobilize for the time being.

"I will obey your orders!"

Changsun Wuji and the others were a little surprised.

But seeing that Li Shimin had planned for a long time, they stopped seeing him.

After bidding farewell to Li Shimin, everyone retreated one after another, but Fang Yuan was left behind by Li Shimin.

"Fang Yuan, the way you tortured Ashinasheer last time was very good, you should also torture Zheng Zaiyou."

Li Shimin pointed to Zheng Zaiyou who was beside him and said.

He arrested Zheng Zaiyou, and then let Zheng Zaiyou participate in the meeting.

I just want Zheng Zaiyou to know that he has a way to deal with the army of five surnames and seven Wangs.

The city is empty of troops, but it doesn't mean that they will be frightened by the army of five surnames and seven Wangs.

"Your Majesty, there is no need."

"As I said just now, the firecracker hasn't been taken out yet, but I have no right to hand it over."

Zheng Zaiyou's face was a little pale, and he tried to explain.

"I don't believe you."

"Fang Yuan, give him something nice."

Li Shimin snorted coldly.

Looking at Zheng Zaiyou's appearance, it doesn't look like he is lying.

But it's not a lie, you have to torture and torture to know.

Fang Yuan looked at Zheng Zaiyou with a playful look in his eyes.

A few days ago, Zheng Zaiyou was very arrogant, but now he knows that he is afraid.

"Your Majesty, don't, the two places are at war, if you don't kill them, I really don't know!"

Zheng Zaiyou backed away in fright.

But this is the Imperial Study Room, so how could he go back?

"I won't kill you, you can rest assured."

Li Shimin sneered.

Five surnames and seven Wangjun came to the city without saying anything.

Since you don't say it, then ask Zheng Zaiyou, even if he doesn't know, he is still a key person.

"please."

Fang Yuan chuckled.

Let the guards present arrest Zheng Zaiyou.

"Emperor, you can't do this, you can't do this!"

Zheng Zaiyou yelled, struggling to escape.

But this is the imperial study room, and it is guarded by the forbidden army.

It was impossible to escape, and he was finally caught and forcibly taken away.

"Fang Yuan, you can't let him die, just scare him."

Li Shimin exhorted.

He felt that Zheng Zaiyou was unhappy.

Scare him, torture him, let him know that he regrets it.

"I understand."

Fang Yuan frowned slightly, but had no objection.

"Also, prepare the firecracker, it may be used at any time."

Li Shimin said solemnly.

The purpose of the Five Surnames and Seven Watches is unclear.

Either it was what Zheng Zaiyou said, or it wasn't.

But in any case, the [-] army is still close to facing the [-] army.

At the critical moment, it is still necessary to attack with firecrackers to deal a heavy blow to Wu Xing Qiwang.

"it is good!"

Fang Yuan nodded heavily.

After leaving the imperial study room, Fang Yuan will make arrangements after returning.

Not long after, [-] troops came under pressure and stopped outside Chang'an City.

The dark crowd gives people a feeling of black clouds overwhelming the city.

The soldiers on the city wall looked on, angry and angry, feeling deeply insulted.

This scene seemed to bring them back to the ninth year of Wude, when the East Turkic soldiers approached the city.

"We are ordered by you to go to Qingshan to welcome the aristocratic family who wants to leave Chang'an City. Please inform the emperor!"

Outside the city, a messenger came out to shout.

The sound rolled and reached the ears of Cheng Yaojin and others on the city wall.

"Give the news to His Majesty!"

"Let someone bring ten more crossbows here!"

Cheng Yaojin ordered in a cold voice.

The enemy is not within the range of the bow and arrow, but the crossbow can shoot.

It's just that the number of crossbows is small, and it's not easy to shoot each time, so it doesn't play a big role.

But even if it didn't do much, Cheng Yaojin still wanted to disgust this group of hateful five surnames and seven surnames to the enemy.

Soon, ten strong crossbows were moved over, and ten huge bows and arrows were shot out, right in the middle of the [-] army.

But almost all of them were avoided, and only a few shot people, causing a lot of commotion.

Time passed slowly.

Chang'an City was shrouded in a terrifying atmosphere.

But until it got dark, there was no accident in Chang'an City, and nothing happened.

The night was very quiet.

But the defense is the tightest ever.

Inside Chang'an City, Cheng Yaojin was wearing armor and guarding the city overnight.

Outside the city, the [-] Qingyi soldiers did not leave, and did not even set up camp.

This made Cheng Yaojin, who was staring at the city, feel uneasy, and especially asked people to guard the city gate to prevent cooperation from inside and outside.

There are too many people with five surnames and seven Wangs in Chang'an City, and many of them are in good positions, so there is no room for carelessness.

The time soon came to the early hours of the morning.

Cheng Yaojin, who was dozing off on the city wall, suddenly woke up.

The moment he opened his eyes, he felt his hairs stand on end, enveloped in infinite terror.

Looking intently at the [-] troops outside the city, it was too dark to see, only the faint light of torches could be seen.

Seeing that there was no movement from them, he was about to breathe a sigh of relief.

But suddenly, countless torches rose in front of them, and the flames suddenly shot up into the sky.

At the same time, there was a loud bang, and the city shook violently.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

Under the city, the soldiers shouted in terror.

At the same time, the [-] troops outside the city also moved at this time.

"The whole army gathers!"

Cheng Yaojin's pupils widened and he roared angrily.

The next moment, the war drum sounded, and the flames also shot up into the sky.

At the same time, when Cheng Yaojin ordered the army to assemble, he personally lit fireworks to signal.

Cheng Yaojin felt that the gate of the city wall was blown open after the explosion just now.

Now the [-] Tsing Yi soldiers are attacking, and they are coming towards the city gate.

The city gate that was blown open is not easy to defend, and the chances of enemy troops coming in are very high.

At this time, Cheng Yaojin didn't intend to completely defend the city, he planned to let some soldiers defend the city, and most of them rushed out to fight.

The soldiers guarding both sides of the city quickly assembled, Cheng Yaojin immediately got on his horse and led [-] soldiers to rush out, and the rest stayed behind to defend the city.

The war begins!
"what?"

"The city gate was blown up?!"

After Li Shimin heard the news, he stood up from the throne in shock.

He told Cheng Yaojin to keep an eye on the city gate, why was it blown up?

The point is, in the news sent back by Cheng Yaojin, there is no news about who blows up the city gate.

"Assemble three thousand forbidden troops and follow me to the research institute immediately!"

Li Shimin roared.

Order Li Junxian to mobilize all the forbidden troops immediately.

He changed into the golden armor as quickly as possible and dispatched troops.

The palace to the research institute and the palace to the city gate are almost straight lines.

So Li Shimin didn't ask Fang Yuan to bring the firecracker, but went to get it himself.

Soon, Li Shimin rushed to the research institute in a hurry.

Just saw Fang Yuan coming out of the research institute.

"Your Majesty, please fire the gun!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

He saw Cheng Yaojin's fireworks signal.

So I rushed to the research institute as soon as possible and prepared the firecrackers.

He had 3000 people here, Li Shimin had 3000 people there, and a total of 6000 people attacked.

"Get on the horse and follow me to kill the enemy!"

Li Shimin said with a sullen face and a murderous look.

"it is good!"

Fang Yuan only has one word.

He has already prepared the horse.

Even if Li Shimin didn't say anything, he would still think about going to fight.

With the firecrackers, ordinary soldiers can't get close to them, so don't worry about their own safety.

"drive!"

After distributing the firecrackers, Li Shimin took the lead and galloped towards the city gate.

It was dark at this time, but the road could still be seen clearly under the bright moon.

Not long after, six thousand soldiers rushed to the city gate.

In the middle of the city gate, there was a fierce fight.

Some Tsing Yi soldiers rushed in desperately, but were blocked by Tang Jun.

The two sides fought regardless of life and death in the city gate that was neither too narrow nor too wide.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?!"

The deputy general guarding the city was shocked when he saw Li Shimin.

"Can you find out who blew up the city?!"

Li Shimin sat on his horse and looked down at the lieutenant coldly.

"Already, the suspect has been caught, but there is no time for trial."

The lieutenant said tremblingly.

The emperor's aura made him feel like a light on his back.

It was ordered to guard the city, but it was discovered that the city was blown up.

This is dereliction of duty, and if it is pursued, it will bear great responsibility.

This is also why Cheng Yaojin led people to kill him in the first place, in order to make up for his mistakes.

"Good guard, if someone dies, bring the head to me!"

Li Shimin said solemnly.

Hearing that the suspect had been caught, his cold face was slightly relieved.

There is no waste so that even the city gate is blown up without any trace of the real culprit.

"Yes!"

The lieutenant general tensed up and said yes loudly.

"Let the soldiers back down, the firecrackers go up!"

Li Shimin ordered.

And asked Fang Yuan to lead the firecracker army to surround the gate of the city into a semicircle.

There are six rows inside and outside of this semicircle, ensuring that countless people will die under the lead bullets of the firecrackers if they rush in.

(End of this chapter)