The ace special forces of the Sui Dynasty

After following Liu Ziqiu in the Southern and Northern Wars for many years, Zhang Liang knows Liu Ziqiu's strength very well.As long as Liu Ziqiu stays in the capital, no matter how much Li Shimin has on him, Zhang Liang will not dare to act rashly.He was also dubious about Li Shimin's words.However, after the army took over the defense of the capital, Zhang Liang also had a lot of convenience. He could consult the records of the city gate's recent entry and exit from the capital.Because he is a general, his rank is high enough, he can see the records that should have been very top secret, and found the records of Liu Ziqiu and his party going west.

At this point, Zhang Liang was completely relieved.Although he didn't believe that Liu Ziqiu would go and never return as Li Shimin said, Zhang Liang understood Liu Ziqiu's character and knew that he was a person who valued love and righteousness.As long as Liu Ziqiu's wife and children are in his hands, even if Liu Ziqiu returns, he can negotiate many conditions with Liu Ziqiu. Even if Liu Ziqiu publicly announces his abdication, Liu Ziqiu will definitely not hesitate.Moreover, Liu Ziqiu is a person who keeps his promises. If he promises to abdicate, he will definitely abdicate.On the other hand, he can also add the clause of ensuring his own safety to the conditions, so that he can have nothing to fear.

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 is a bit unconventional, because cavalry are suitable for field battles and are usually stationed outside the city.Unless the city is surrounded by enemies, they will retreat into the city as a last resort.However, cavalry is not 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 knows, Li Shimin has already promised that the palace gate will automatically open when the time comes.Therefore, these cavalry will not go to attack the city, but can rush in directly from the palace gate.Even though there are guards in the palace, how can they resist the galloping cavalry?

Immediately afterwards, he sent 1000 troops under Li Yuanji to garrison the south gate of Luoyang.Li Yuan's family is in the northwest, and Li Yuanji is guarded at the south gate, so it is not easy to arouse others' suspicion.As everyone knows, as early as a few years ago, Li Yuan quietly gathered the desperadoes he recruited to the south.And Zhang Liang's manor is in the southern suburbs, where his three thousand private soldiers were originally there.With Li Yuanji stationed at the south gate, no matter whether it was the outlaws recruited by Li Yuan or the private soldiers raised by Zhang Liang, they sneaked into Luoyang City without any effort.

So far, Li Yuan and his gang have gathered more than [-] soldiers and horses in Luoyang City.In addition, Li Yuan also buried a pawn in the Luoyang Palace, which was Li Cheng, the former head of the inner palace.

After Liu Ziqiu came to the throne, he directly abolished many inhumane punishments, including castration, and decided not to recruit eunuchs anymore.Of course, the original eunuchs in the palace followed their own wishes. Those who were willing to leave the palace and go home were given money and land, and those who were willing to stay in the palace could continue to serve as handymen.Because the eunuch is physically disabled and neither male nor female, it is inevitable that people will ridicule him after leaving the palace.Therefore, most eunuchs are willing to stay in the palace.This is nothing, 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 chores in the palace that were originally undertaken by eunuchs were also replaced by maids.In the past, most of the court ladies chose beautiful Han women, who could hardly undertake some heavy physical labor.But the Han Dynasty is different from the past. The actual control area has expanded to the entire Mobei and Western Regions. There are many women there who are tall and strong, and their strength is not inferior to that of men.These women of different races were selected into the palace, and they could completely replace those jobs that were originally undertaken by eunuchs.Moreover, Liu Ziqiu also stipulated that these women do not need to stay in the palace for a lifetime, and usually they can be rotated after five years of service.At that time, in addition to the monthly money and rewards received in the palace, the royal family will also issue a large amount of severance pay.With this money, they can live a prosperous life when they return to Mobei or the Western Regions.Therefore, these women are not worried about getting married, and often just after being selected into the palace, many people come to propose marriage.In this way, the status of eunuchs in the palace became dispensable.

Not only that, in the past some eunuchs who had positions or were older could 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 were eating free food in the palace, complained a lot, and were unwilling to take the money out of the palace.Li Cheng took advantage of this and quickly recruited more than a thousand eunuchs, big and small.

However, the Han Palace has undergone many changes from the previous dynasty. The eunuchs can only live in the front palace, and cannot enter and leave the rear palace casually.Especially after the sun goes down, they are not allowed to step into the harem.Therefore, although Li Cheng's chess piece is important, it can only make trouble in the front. If he really wants to rush into the harem to control Liu Ziqiu's wife and children, he must rely on Zhang Liang's new force.

After listening to Li Shimin's talk about the arrival of various people, Li Yuan nodded lightly and said, "For this day, I have been waiting for 16 years, and I really don't want to wait any longer! It's just tonight!"

It was night, the sky was cloudy, and the surrounding fields were pitch black.At three o'clock, a ball of fire suddenly appeared in the direction of the palace.The fire became more and more fierce, and gradually became a prairie fire.

Zhang Liang had already put on his clothes neatly, and when he saw the fire in the palace, he couldn't help shouting: "Boys, follow me into the palace to fight the fire!"

It was said to be fighting the fire, but the soldiers did not bring a bucket, and all they held were shining sabers.The war horses neighed and came straight to Xuanwu Gate.Sure enough, the Xuanwu Gate has long been open wide.It turned out that the eunuchs were responsible for providing the daily food for the guards guarding the palace gate.The eunuchs added some crotons to tonight's meal, causing the guards to have a stomachache and run to the toilet repeatedly.Moreover, there were also many experts among the eunuchs, who seized the opportunity to take down the Xuanwu Gate.

The gate of the palace opened wide, and Zhang Liang led the army to rush in.

Liu Sigen was reading at night with candles in the East Palace, when he heard the commotion outside, he hurriedly got up to watch.

A guard had already rushed over and shouted loudly: "It's no good, Zhang Liang rebelled, and he is killing people indiscriminately in the palace!"

At this time, the palace was already in chaos, with cries, screams, and fighting one after another, and it was impossible for the guards in the palace to organize an effective counterattack in a hurry.Liu Sigen made a decisive decision, drew out his barrier knife, and said in a deep voice, "Follow me!"

He didn't intend to stop the rebels' attack by himself, but kept in mind Liu Ziqiu's order to take care of several aunts and younger siblings.In the harem, except for Hua Yun, the other aunts were powerless, and although those siblings also practiced martial arts since childhood, they were still young and had never been in battle.In the chaotic army, swords and guns had no eyes, and if he hurt anyone, he felt that he could not explain to his father, and he would feel guilty for the rest of his life.Therefore, Liu Sigen's idea is very clear, to take his aunt and siblings to avoid to Luoyang Xishan.

It used to be the place where Liu Ziqiu and Gao Xiuer hid from the pursuers. After Liu Ziqiu came to the throne, he took his wife and children back to visit the old place several times, and secretly built a cave in the mountain. Some food and things to keep out the cold were stored in the cave.Liu Ziqiu didn't tell Gao Xiu'er, Hua Yun and Liu Sigen about the location of this cave until this time when he left Luoyang for the West Sea.Liu Ziqiu's intention is obvious, if there is an accident in the future, he can use this cave to hide for a while.At that time, Liu Sigen thought that Liu Ziqiu was worrying unfoundedly, and that the Han Dynasty was in full swing, so what troubles could happen?But he didn't want to need to use this shelter so soon.

Liu Sigen led more than a dozen personal guards, and just retreated into the harem when he bumped into Hua Yun and rushed towards him with a gun.

With such a big commotion outside, Hua Yun and the others were naturally awakened by the shouts of killing outside.Hua Yun was killed from the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood. Naturally, he had no fear at all, but Xie Muyu and the others had never experienced this kind of situation, so they were all pale.There are also a few young children who are crying non-stop.Of course, Hua Yun also knew that at this time, they had to protect the cave they evacuated to the west mountain, and maybe there was still a glimmer of life.However, the enemy has already attacked outside the palace gate, if they don't stop the enemy's attack, it is impossible for Xie Muyu and others to escape.

Seeing Liu Sigen coming, Hua Yun couldn't help being overjoyed, and said repeatedly: "Gen'er, take your aunt and siblings and leave first, and 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 baby is here!"

Hua Yun still wanted to rush to stay, but saw Liu Sigen put the knife on her neck, and said in a deep voice: "Auntie, it's too late. If Auntie doesn't leave, the child will kill himself in front of Auntie!"

Seeing this scene, Hua Yun had no choice but to stomp her feet fiercely, turned her head and ran back to the palace.

Not long after, hundreds of female guards rushed to Liu Sigen and said in unison: "Prince, Concubine Yun asked me to come and help the prince."

When Liu Ziqiu established the female guards in the early years, the number of female guards was close to 500. In recent years, the world has been peaceful, and the number of female guards has been reduced year by year. Now there are only less than 20 people left, and almost all of them were sent by Hua Yun.Thinking that there were only [-] female guards left beside Hua Yun, Liu Sigen couldn't help becoming anxious, but at this moment he had no choice but to accept this fact.At this time, some guards retreated into the harem one after another, and with the addition of 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 it was difficult to gather for a while.However, these guards were all loyal to their duties, although they didn't respond to each other, and they didn't even put on their armor, they rushed into the battle.It was the desperate struggle of these guards that greatly hindered Zhang Liang's offensive.However, the casualties of the guards were also extremely heavy, almost none in ten.Soon, Zhang Liang's army advanced to the gate of the harem.