Great Tang Southern Emperor

"Cut, it's time like this, and they are still fighting among themselves. Such an imperial court is worthy of being called an imperial court. It is even worse than children playing house." What Li Zhi and the others did not know was that the city gate tower The scene that was staged last also fell into Li Zhen's eyes. When Li Zhi watched his camp, Li Zhen also stood on the watchtower and looked at the group of them on the city wall. Although the distance was too far, Li Zhen He couldn't hear the sound, but through the binoculars, Li Zhen still saw Quan Wuxing on the top of the city gate, and seeing this scene with his own eyes, even though Li Zhen had already obtained relevant information, she was still shocked by this scene I was dumbfounded—it was really embarrassing for Li Zhi. Under such circumstances, he, the emperor, could still do it. If it was him, he would have quit long ago.

"At first, I was thinking about how capable this king is, but now it's over, we don't have to worry, we can take this Chang'an City in one battle." Fang Yiai had nothing to do, so she went up with Li Zhen After entering the observation tower, I naturally saw this scene, and my heart was relieved immediately. With such a chaotic government, it can be seen how low Li Zhi's control over the court is. The chaotic government, the morale of the army below is probably not high. Where to go, Chang'an City will be easier to fight now.

"I have never said that the surrounding Chang'an City is not easy to fight, but I just don't want to attack by force." Li Zhen laughed and said, "You don't even think about it. Except for the necessary troops to stay in the place, my ninth brother has already mobilized the entire city. The soldiers in Guanzhong have been transferred cleanly, but how many troops are there in the entire Guanzhong? It’s only about 50 troops. He has transferred nearly 50% of them, and counting the sixteen guards, there are only more than 50 troops in Chang’an City at most, but now Chang’an There are actually a million troops in the city, tell me where did the remaining [-] come from?"

Fang Yiai asked without thinking: "Your Highness, you said that King Jin is recruiting new soldiers?"

"good."

"My God, what is he doing recruiting recruits at this time? What combat power can the recruits have? King Jin recruits so many recruits, isn't it just for the sake of looking good?" Fang Yiai exclaimed, but he soon realized another problem : "By the way, apart from the 50 new recruits, that is to say, there are only 50 elites of King Jin? Among the 50, there are 30 battlefield uprisings, and I choose to be loyal to you, Your Highness...that is to say, King Jin is now holding There are only 20 troops? My God, Your Highness, what are we waiting for? Let’s start fighting right away? Give the task of charging to my subordinates, and I guarantee that I can charge into Chang’an City in one fell swoop.”

"No, I never thought of winning this contest through war." Li Zhen finally expressed his plan: "You don't even think about it, once the ninth brother puts all the soldiers and horses in the city to fight us, Under the battle between the two armies, the damage to Chang'an Chen was extremely huge. Maybe when the war is over, Chang'an City may also be reduced to ruins. Is such a victory what you want? Or can you guarantee In the process, won't the two sides cause any damage to Chang'an City?"

"Eh..." Fang Yiai was speechless, and he didn't even need to think about it. More than 100 million troops from both sides fought in Chang'an City, and they had to be careful not to destroy the city. Protection, would Li Zhi's soldiers think so too?I'm afraid that once they fail, Li Zhi will take the initiative to destroy the city to hinder Li Zhen's progress?Even without Li Zhi's order, the failed routs would have caused incomparable damage to Chang'an City, and once the routs hid in the city, it would be very troublesome for the army to clear them up.

As for a dilapidated Chang'an City, that's not what he wants. Although the speed of urban construction has soared after having cement, it used to take more than ten years to build a city, but now even a big city like Chang'an City can be built from scratch. If only enough manpower and materials were given, the project could be completed in at most one year.But if the city can be repaired, can the scar in people's hearts be repaired?Can the lives of the dead be recovered?

What's more, this is Chang'an. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty more than 30 years ago, except for the change of Xuanwu Gate, there has never been an armed fight involving more than a hundred people here, let alone a large-scale war. The war is due to the competition for the throne, which will undoubtedly cast a shadow on the attributes of Chang'an City - just thinking about it, it feels unlucky.

Chapter 1253 Changes, Assassination and Rebellion Entering the City

Chapter 2 Nineteen Changes, Assassination, Rebellion, Entering the City

"At this time, the ninth brother is probably eager to fight us in the city. Only in this way can he have the possibility of winning, and even if we win in the end, I'm afraid the loss will not be too small." Jian Fang Yi Ai fell into deep thought, and Li Zhen added.

"..." Fang Yiai was silent again. Street fighting has been known for its cruelty since ancient times. It is also the most ideal battlefield for the defensive side, and it is also one of the types of battlefields where miracles are most likely to occur. On such a battlefield, the difference in numbers will be narrowed down to the minimum, and it is not even impossible for the side with fewer numbers to beat the side with more numbers.Even if the side with the most people wins, the number of people lost will be several times that of the wild battlefield.

"It's my subordinate's negligence." Fang Yiai said ashamedly, and then asked: "It's just that your Highness, since you don't plan to win by war, what are you going to do? Are you going to use assassins again? I'm afraid that King Jin will be around Will there be defenses?"

"Of course it's not an assassination. After all, it's against the way of the king, and Chang'an City will also fall into chaos, which is not appropriate." Li Zhen continued to deny that once Li Zhi died, the morale of the army below him must have plummeted, and then the army lost control, Chang'an The city is in chaos, and the aristocratic families who have no retreat will also contribute to the flames, taking this opportunity to escape from Chang'an City.

"Then forgive me for being stupid, I really can't figure it out, please tell Your Highness." Fang Yiai thought hard for a while, but couldn't figure out what Li Zhen's plan was, so she had no choice but to admit it.

"It's not time to tell you the choice. You will know when the plan is successful. Now that the plan is being implemented, we can't allow any leaks. But once the plan is completed, we can take Chang'an City without bloodshed." Regarding his own plan, Li Zhen seemed to be full of confidence. This plan can be said to be almost perfect. It is suitable for the current situation of Chang'an City surrounded by four sides. It can be said that once the plan is successfully implemented, no matter whether it is Li Zhi or his aristocratic family, There is only one way to go.

"The subordinates will wait and see." Li Zhen didn't say anything, and Fang Yiai didn't feel uncomfortable either. He is also a member of the military, so he naturally understands that at this time, the fewer people who know, the less the plan will be leaked. Even if he thinks he can keep his mouth shut, what if?What if he accidentally talks in his sleep and leaks the plan?It's not like this kind of thing hasn't happened before.

"Don't worry, I won't let you down." Li Zhen said: "We have a good understanding of the situation on the other side, it's time to go back, and then we just need to wait for the plan to be completed."

"Yes, Your Highness please."

Li Zhen thinks that her plan is perfect, but where is there a truly perfect plan in this world?Even the Dao of Heaven is only 49, and there is still that escaped one, let alone people?Here, Li Zhen was waiting for the completion of the plan, but the next day a piece of information came, which instantly disrupted everything he had planned, forcing him to choose to go to the city immediately for a quick decision...

"What? Assassinated? Is the source of information reliable?" Li Zhen was shocked and furious, because Zhang Lang brought him a very bad news, that is, Li Zhi was assassinated last night, which is simply unimaginable.

Zhang Lang said in a deep voice: "Yes, according to our information, it seems that the information about King Jin's contact with other races was leaked by him in his sleep, which caused a guard beside him to be extremely dissatisfied, thinking that King Jin's move was not good enough for the emperor. His demeanor is not worthy of being the king of the Tang Dynasty, so yesterday when the king of Jin was entertaining the ministers, he suddenly killed the assassin and pierced the chest of the king with a single knife... Although the assassin was killed on the spot, the situation of the king of Jin is not good. All are life-threatening.

As for the authenticity of the information, His Highness does not need to worry. His subordinates deliberately contacted several leaders and verified it several times. Whether it is the Blood Dragon Guard, Undercurrent or Tingfeng, the news that came out is the same. [-]% of the subordinates Make sure the information is not fake. "

"Then how is his condition? Is his life in danger?" Li Zhen quickly asked again. Li Zhi's physical condition is related to his next plan. He is not afraid of being assassinated, as long as he is still alive.

"King Jin is not dead, but it's about the same. Although the knife passed close to the heart, it didn't hurt the heart, but the knife also pierced King Jin's lung. What's more, the guard painted the knife with Poison, this caused great trouble for the imperial doctor to treat King Jin's injury, so much so that until now, King Jin is still in the state of rescue. Whether he will be out of danger or not is still hard to say. "The news that Zhang Lang brought was not good. Although he didn't say it clearly, the implication of his words was that Li Zhi was afraid that this time there would be more bad luck than good luck.

"Damn it." Li Zhen slapped the table angrily, but it's a pity that he has nothing to vent his anger now.Although the assassin destroyed his plan, he was still loyal in the final analysis. He chose this path to prevent Li Zhi from betraying the country, and he paid his own life for it.Therefore, not only could Li Zhen not vent to him, but she had to reward his family heavily, so that his blood would not flow in vain.As for Xiang Li Zhifa, let alone Li Zhi's life and death, not to mention that he is still in Chang'an City, Li Zhen has no choice but to attack the city if he wants to vent his anger on him, but although his plan has been destroyed , but now is not the best time to attack the city, so naturally he can't do it.

"I'm so pissed off." Li Zhen was so depressed that she could only let out a loud roar to the sky, which could be regarded as venting, but the depression in her heart still accumulated.

Seeing that Li Zhen had calmed down, Zhang Lang continued: "His Royal Highness, you should think of a way? Now Chang'an City is in chaos. If you don't want to come up with a solution, I'm afraid Chang'an will not wait for you to attack the city." Will the city be reduced to ruins?"

"What do you say? Don't those people who pushed Li Zhi to the throne just ignore the matter?" Li Zhen wondered, logically speaking, it shouldn't be. If Li Zhi died, chaos might break out in Chang'an City.Even if there was no chaos, the aristocratic family would not let Chang'an City be quiet, they would even stir up chaos secretly.

Because if Li Zhi died at this time, the aristocratic family would definitely not be able to choose a suitable heir for a while, and Li Zhen himself would not be able to give them this time, and Chang'an City, which does not have an emperor in charge, is destined not to be Li Zhen's opponent , that is to say, the aristocratic family will undoubtedly lose, and the way forward is completely cut off.Only in this case, they will do something to rob Chang'an.Because only when chaos is created, Li Zhen will lead the army into the city to quell the chaos, and they can also take advantage of this opportunity to escape from the city, otherwise it is impossible for them to be surrounded by Li Zhen's hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city of Chang'an escape.

But now Li Zhi is not dead yet. Although the possibility of death is very high, it is not without chance of improvement. As long as the doctor can solve the poison in his body, the problem of trauma is not too big.Moreover, the aristocratic Confucianism and Buddhism this time, in order to support Li Zhi, it can be said that they gave everything, even their own reputation.They also knew very well that once the rebellion failed this time, Li Zhen would never spare them, and even the forces they belonged to would be uprooted by Li Zhen.At that time, not only will they themselves fall into a situation of eternal doom, but even their orthodoxy will not be left behind. Even if they are not all killed, they will probably be expelled from the Tang Dynasty. At that time, they will be sinners through the ages—— So it is absolutely impossible for them to give up unless they are truly desperate.

Therefore, even if Li Zhi has been severely injured, in this case, they should not easily admit defeat. Even if there is only one ten-thousandth hope, they will put in [-]% of their efforts to fight for it.At this time, what they should do most is to maintain the stability of the government and the public, not to allow a little bit of turmoil, let alone let Chang'an City fall into chaos, otherwise once the situation in the city gets out of control, the people in Li Zhen's ambush in the city There will be chaos immediately, and Li Zhen can easily take down Chang'an City under the cooperation of the inside and the outside.

"It's too late for them to escape now, so how can they care about things?" Zhang Lang explained: "When the assassin assassinated King Jin, he also told the information that he and his subordinates colluded with other races in an attempt to stop Your Highness, and then In addition to the chaos at the time, everyone was concerned about King Jin's injury, and no one thought of blocking the news. As a result, the news spread quickly... The most immediate consequence of this was the uproar in the city. Many people under King Jin They all rebelled. Almost [-]% of the soldiers took off their military uniforms and vowed not to be loyal to the King of Jin. What's more, they directly defected and began to fight against their former colleagues. The hooligans also took advantage of the chaos and started beating, smashing, looting and burning, and finally formed a riot that spread to the entire Chang'an city."

"Eh..." Li Zhen was also speechless. It was unexpected that such a thing happened, but at the same time, she was a little happy and relieved in her heart. She really deserved to be a citizen of Datang. He chose to fight against himself for various reasons, but he was never ambiguous in terms of national justice.

They may be just ordinary civilians, and they may not even know a few big characters, but their national integrity is the same, and they can see clearly about right and wrong, at least their patriotism and those who clearly see clearly, But compared to the aristocratic nobles who insist on pretending to be blind, they are much purer - Li Zhen and Li Zhi fight, no matter how hard they fight, it is their own family business, but Li Zhi, you can't do Li Zhen now, and you actually invited foreign aid in It's against the rules to help beat your brother.

What's more, our Tang Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven, even if you ask for foreign aid, you should invite a neighbor who is similar to us, right?But what is this thing you are asking for now?Not only is he not from the Tang Dynasty, but he is also a foreigner, a savage who just came out of the primitive society that drank blood...You actually invited such a group of robbers to your home, what qualifications do they have to step into the land of our celestial dynasty?What qualifications do they have to meddle in our family affairs?Even if Li Zhen was defeated in the end, the robbers would probably smash the bottles and jars at home, right?If you act like this, you are in vain as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, in vain as the people of the Tang Dynasty, in vain as a descendant of the Yanhuang Miao...you do this, are you worthy of the Tang Dynasty who gave birth to you and raised you?

How is your behavior different from a traitor?

You are destined to be famous in history—in the name of the first traitorous emperor in the thousands of years of Chinese civilization, you will be extolled in the history books forever.

A guy like you is actually worthy of our allegiance?

"That's it, then it seems that we have to enter the city this time." Li Zhen has no other choice, the fighting has already started in the city, if he doesn't quickly enter the city to quell the chaos, Chang'an City will really be turned into ruins up.

"By the way, you said just now that they are [-]% of the soldiers?" Li Zhen suddenly remembered something, and quickly asked: "What about the civil servants? And the generals? Didn't they express their views?"

Zhang Lang said: "Where do they dare to express their attitude now? Almost everyone is packing their bags and preparing to escape. Otherwise, when you enter the city, Your Highness, wouldn't they be the first to be arrested? As for those generals, because During this period of time, your Highness was under pressure, so they all lived in the barracks. As a result, when the rebellion broke out, most of them were caught by the soldiers who turned their backs. A group of confidant guards and soldiers who were unwilling to turn against resisted, and this was also the initial source of chaos in Chang'an City. Later, some mobs and gangsters joined in, and finally caused this chaos."

"In this case, let's go in." Li Zhen didn't dare to wait any longer. For every minute he was delayed, a citizen in the city might die in a riot, or a shop was looted, or a certain house might be destroyed. Burned to ashes by a fire.

Halfway through, Li Zhen suddenly remembered another very important thing: "By the way, order Xue Rengui not to act rashly, order him to take his army to Da'an Palace and Xilin Bieyuan immediately, and let me ensure that The safety of your father and the elders. As for the chaos in Chang'an City, don't let him intervene. With our 60 troops, there is no shortage of his manpower."

After Li Shimin was forced to abdicate by Li Zhi, like Li Yuan, he was also imprisoned in Da'an Palace by Li Zhi-it is really ironic to say.As for the Xilin Bieyuan, it was a former royal Bieyuan. Now all the veterans and family members who were dismissed by Li Zhi are imprisoned here by him. For Zhen's words, these people should be exposed as a bargaining chip in the last fight, not asking Li Zhen to let him live, but at least ensuring the safety of his wife and children.Now he was even instigated by Pei Rengui, intending to use the lives of these veterans to talk to Li Zhen's confidants and generals, and try to instigate them all to rebel. As a result, his plan has not been implemented yet, and he himself was assassinated by an assassin. His life and death are uncertain. ——This is another big irony...

"Yes, this subordinate understands. This subordinate is going to convey the order." Zhang Lang stepped back and disappeared in a flash—well, this stealth technique is really getting better and better.

Chapter 1254 Entering Chang'an

2 Chapter [-] Entering Chang'an

Sure enough, as Zhang Lang said, a large-scale riot really broke out in Chang'an City. Even though it was still some distance away from Chang'an City, faint noises had already reached Li Zhen's ears. The vigilant soldiers were all gone, only some crooked banners fluttering feebly.

The reason why we chose this place as the breakthrough point is because Tonghua Gate is located in the northeast of Chang'an City, and is the closest to the imperial palace. As long as the imperial palace is controlled, the riots in the city will be easily quelled.

"Your Highness, please step back a little bit, this subordinate will knock open the gate of the city." Fang Yiai led a man pushing a ferocious rush car up.

"Stop." Seeing that Fang Yi'ai was about to hit the city gate with a ram, Li Zhen quickly stopped him: "The city gate is so strong, when are you going to hit it? Don't hit it, just use the city gate I explode."

The gates of Chang'an City are made of the best iron wood as the main material, and the outside is covered with a half-foot-thick iron sheet. The door latch is made of the toughest steel, which is not only strong but also heavy. Abnormally, just a single door bolt requires at least three people to move it together. As for the opening of the city gate, it completely needs to be driven by a winch. Otherwise, if it is pushed by human power alone, a door needs five people to barely push it open.

Now that the situation is extremely urgent, how can Li Zhen have the skill to slowly open the city gate?Just use explosives directly. Anyway, the situation in Chang'an is not very good at this time, and large-scale reconstruction is inevitable. At that time, the city gates will be built together.What's more, after he succeeds to the throne, it is not certain whether the city gate will be there or not—in fact, when Chang'an City was expanded, Li Zhen had already submitted a memorial, and hoped that Li Shimin would not leave the city wall, because no matter how thick the The city wall is just a piece of thin paper in front of powerful firearms, and it also restricts the development of the city. Every time the city expands, the city wall must be pulled down, which is wasteful and troublesome.

It's a pity that Li Shimin rejected this memorial after thinking about it. The reason was that Chang'an was the capital of the Tang Dynasty and needed a solemn atmosphere. If there was no city wall to restrict it, it would be too scattered and not conducive to the country's image.

For this explanation, Li Zhen just chuckled, but she didn't think so in her heart—the city wall can indeed regulate the shape of the city, but doing so is also equivalent to limiting the city's development potential.If Li Shimin were allowed to see the Beiping City of later generations, he would understand how much the city wall bound the city.

Without this city wall, the area of ​​Chang'an City at this time would be at least double the current size, but it is because of this city wall that the city's development is slow.For specific reference, you can look at the city of Yuezhou at this time. Yuezhou was the first city in the Tang Dynasty without a city wall. Although it was only developed by enemy ships in less than ten years, the city area of ​​Yuezhou at this time was no worse than that of Chang'an. , It has even surpassed Luoyang. It is conceivable that once Yuezhou is given a few more years, I am afraid that the area will skyrocket. It is no longer a dream to surpass Chang'an. Part of the reason.

With a loud bang, the city gate, which seemed indestructible in front of the cold weapon, was immediately blown into pieces and scattered in all directions.