Who does Li Yuan suspect?
On the one hand, he was suspicious of the prince Li Jiancheng. Pei Shiju would not care about this, and even Li Jiancheng himself would not care too much.
The prince's thoughts... After last year's Tiantai Mountain incident, not only Sima Zhao's thoughts are known to everyone, but the officials, nobles, and clan members of Chang'an are all well aware of it.
In addition to those who have been bound to the East Palace, many officials who were originally friendly with the East Palace have shown signs of staying away. This is also a major reason for the decline of the East Palace.
On the other hand, he was suspicious of Su Dingfang, who held military power and was not far from Beijing. He actually had private contact with the prince whose position was unstable. This made Li Yuan not suspicious... This was what Li Yuan had been testing for several months. The reason for Li Shan was that after all, Su Dingfang came from Li Shan's sect. It was hard for Li Yuan to believe that the decision made by Su Dingfang had nothing to do with Li Shan.
After several trials, it wasn't until Li Shan asked Su Dingfang to return to Beijing to reveal his true feelings that Li Yuan finally spoke out and named Su Dingfang's mother, and Li Shan also gave appropriate feedback the next day.
After thinking everything through, Li Shan smacked his lips, "It's really great, it's really great!"
"You are clearly in a difficult situation, but you can peel off the cocoon and pull out the silk. It can be said that you can turn your hands into clouds and your hands into rain!"
Pei Shiju is indeed not an ordinary person. He almost single-handedly destroyed the largest military support of the King of Qin in the pass. The funniest and most breathtaking thing is that Li Shan secretly attached to the King of Qin. Pei Shiju used tricks to make Li Yuan suspicious of Li Shan. Shan has an affair with Li Jiancheng...Li Shan just can't fight back.
If Su Dingfang holds military power, even if Li Jiancheng gains control of the palace, it will be difficult to determine the outcome. If Li Shimin is allowed to escape, it will be Barbie Q.
But now the Lingzhou Army coach is vacant and is temporarily under the control of Chief Shi Wen Yanbo. If Li Jiancheng becomes powerful and ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor, even if Li Shimin escapes, the most likely option is to flee to Luoyang and use Daxingtai of Shaanxi Province as his base. Compete with Li Jiancheng for the world.
Pei Shiju may be sure that he can persuade the commanders in Guannaidao and Hedong. After all, Li Daozong, the general manager of Bingzhou, has a young son in Chang'an, and Li Jiancheng has become powerful, he can order Li Daozong to come to Beijing in the name of Li Yuan.
As for Li Jing, the general manager of Daizhou, and Wen Yanbo of the Lingzhou Army, Pei Shiju could be bound by just one sentence. Both of them had brothers who were close aides or generals of the King of Qin. As the lintel of the family, Li Jing and Wen Yanbo were probably forced to do so. Choose Li Jiancheng...Who knows who the world will belong to in the end?
For Pei Shiju, the biggest advantage is that he has enough time to deal with Sun Moon Lake, and once Li Shan is trapped inside, it will be difficult to make a turnaround... Originally, he could hope to control Su Dingfang of the Lingzhou Army.
"There is no honorable person under such a great reputation." Ling Jing rubbed his brows and glanced at Li Shan, who had a gloomy expression on his face. "Huairen, how should we deal with this?"
"Tell King Qin first." Li Shan said this first, and then fell into a long silence.
Su Dingfang whispered: "Zhang Sanlang..."
"Don't count on him." Ling Jing sighed, "The old man around Huairen is Zhang Sanlang who is the most greedy for official career."
Li Shan sneered, "Do you believe that if the Turks move south this year and Zhang Zhongjian makes several great achievements, the East Palace will send people to congratulate him with great fanfare?"
"Actually, it's not difficult to break the situation. All you have to do is side with King Qin. But in that case..."
"Those years of cover-up... His Majesty must be wary and even despise Huairen." Ling Jing shook his head, "Pei Hongda will bite you to death and won't make your stance public."
"Yes." Li Shan sighed, "This mute has no choice but to swallow his loss."
Once Li Shan openly takes sides, everything he has done in the past few years will become a joke. Li Yuan may not feel that this is Li Shan's betrayal of him, but is more willing to believe that Li Shan is a pawn deliberately stuffed into his side after Li Shimin win over him.
After thinking about it, Li Shan spread out a piece of paper on the table, took a specially made charcoal pen and drew a sketch on the paper, "Pei Shiju's plan is nothing more than to confine the coup to Chang'an and even the imperial city. , within the palace city.”
"The Lingzhou Army is no longer the support of the King of Qin, but it is difficult for Luo Yi's Tianjie Army to cross Longzhou guarded by Li Mengchang and enter the Guannai Road. Therefore, we only need to consider the Changlin Army in the East Palace, the Beiya Forbidden Army, and Tiance The personal guard of the mansion."
"But the Beiya Imperial Army is controlled by Chai Shao. He will not sway to any side and will only obey His Majesty's orders, even Princess Pingyang... But once there is an uprising in the East Palace and His Majesty is under control, Chai Shao may have a bias."
"So, the key is still the Changlin Army and the fastest way for the Changlin Army to enter the palace, Xuanwu Gate." Ling Jing looked at Li Shan deeply, thinking that if something similar to the unpredictable happened once or twice, it would still be possible. It might be a coincidence, but it has happened to Li Shan several times.
After a pause, Ling Jing explained to Su Dingfang, "Today's Changlin Army cannot be compared with that of previous years. Luo Yi secretly recruited elites from the Tianjie Army. Although the strength is still only two to three thousand, its combat power is not weak."
Su Dingfang looked at the map intently, stretched out his hand and gestured, "His Royal Highness King Qin is still in Chengqian Hall?"
"Yes." Li Shan nodded and said, "But Zhang Cong, the general of Zuo Qianniu Guard, is the brother-in-law of the King of Qin and patrols around Chengqian Palace every day."
"There are about a thousand elites inside and outside Tiance Mansion." Ling Jing murmured: "If there is an incident in the East Palace, it will be difficult to come to the rescue. Now that Dingfang has been transferred back to the capital, once there is an incident in the East Palace, there will be no worries in a short time."
Su Dingfang finally understood, "In other words, there may be an uprising in the East Palace at any time?"
"Yes." Li Shan nodded, "The key is that there is an incident in the East Palace. Even if His Majesty can be controlled, with Zhang Cong here, it may not be possible to capture the King of Qin. Once the King of Qin escapes from the palace, he will use his prestige to guard the Tiance Mansion. As the core, if you can organize an army of more than 10,000 people in Jingzhao, it will be difficult for the East Palace to resist."
"The King of Qin must leave the palace!" Su Dingfang said decisively: "A gentleman cannot stand under a dangerous wall, let alone His Highness the King of Qin."
Ling Jing also nodded in agreement, but said with a wry smile: "Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Your Highness has always lived in the East Palace. If you ask to move out of the palace, I'm afraid Your Majesty will not allow it."
"And once His Highness intends to move, I'm afraid the East Palace will immediately take action after finding out the news." Li Shan lowered his head and thought for a while, with a vague idea in his mind.
The situation in Chang'an is really unclear now, and Pei Shiju is probably scratching his head a little. To put it bluntly, whether it is the prince or the King of Qin, Pei Shiju or Li Shan, they are a bit scared of both ends.
The prince wanted to continue to suppress the King of Qin, but unfortunately he could no longer get Li Yuan's support. Li Shimin wanted to counterattack the East Palace, but unfortunately Li Yuan did not have the determination to Yi Chu in a short time.
Pei Shiju wanted to urge the prince to take action as soon as possible, because he was already eighty years old, but unfortunately as far as the current situation was concerned, the prince was not yet at the point where he had to start an uprising. Li Shan had made careful arrangements, but he could not and did not want to take action first, so he could not It is difficult to make targeted arrangements to determine the timing for Donggong to take action.
So, some changes are needed.
(End of chapter)
