On this day, Feng Lun, who was far away in Chang'an, did not expect that while his plan was going perfectly, the situation was out of control. No one could predict what would happen next.
But one thing is certain about Feng Lun. This is also the most critical point in their plan, which is to block off the communication between Fangzhou and Jingzhao.
Theoretically, it is impossible to blockade the area. The area bordering Fangzhou and Jingzhao is very large. It is very simple to bypass the blockade. But logically, the messenger will not detour if he does not know that there is a blockade.
The only place this road must pass is Juyuan Bridge.
After crossing the Juyuan Bridge and arriving at Yunyang County, and then passing through Jingyang County and Xianyang County, you can overlook Chang'an City from a distance. This is the fastest and most direct way.
At dusk, more than ten horses came galloping towards them. In fact, there were only five or six knights, and the other mounts were empty. They were obviously on the road as spares to rotate their horsepower.
The horse's hooves hit the ground hard, causing dust to fly, which was very conspicuous from a distance.
"That is……"
The guard hiding on a hilltop on the southwest side of the bridge patted his companion who was eating steamed buns next to him, "They are all cavalry, no carriages."
"What?" My companion took out his telescope and checked it again. After thinking for a while, he whispered: "There is indeed a problem."
Starting from Chang'an Jingzhao, go to Wugong County and Liquan County in the northwest of Longxi and Guannai to Qizhou. If you go to Hedong and Henan and take the Xinfeng and Weinan road to Huazhou and cross the Yellow River, you can only go to Directly north of Chang'an, only Fangzhou and Yanzhou will take this road. If you are farther or further east, you will also take Huazhou.
It was during this time that Li Yuan went to Renzhi Palace in Summer Palace, so people were coming and going on this official road. The two guards had been hiding here for a long time. It was clear that basically there were messengers going back and forth in Chang'an every day. , between Renzhi Palace, but there are usually carriages used to carry memorials.
But today this group of knights was extremely fast. Not only did they not have carriages, they also had spare mounts, which was obviously different from others.
The bodyguard headed by this was Fan Shishi, Fan Shishi's cousin. Li Shan named him Fan Tu. He was also a military scout and joined the Li family along with Fan Laosan and Fan Shiyi.
While hesitating, his eyes were inadvertently dazzled by the setting sun. He seemed to hear something in his ears. Fan Tu squinted and turned his head to look. One of the leading knights suddenly fell to the ground, and the mount beneath him had also fallen to the ground and slid.
Most of these messengers were not from the military, and even if they were, they were not elites. Suddenly, all of them reined in their reins and stopped.
This time Fan Tu could see clearly that in the dense forests on both sides of the road and on the hills, deadly long arrows shot down the knights one by one without mercy.
Fan Tu shuddered. He had been hiding here for half a month, but he didn't know that there was an ambush near Juyuan Bridge... Fortunately, he was far away and should not have been discovered by the other party.
On the south side of Juyuan Bridge, there is the continuous Saga Mountain. The mountain is as steep as a knife and an axe, but it is easy to climb because the east side is fan-shaped. Fantu is hidden on the east side.
There were only five or six people there, but when a hail of arrows came down, they all fell off their horses and died. It was dusk, and the road was sparsely populated. Fan Tu saw a dozen big men coming with long knives. After finishing the knives, they cleaned up the scene and moved away. The corpse was taken away, and the horses were taken away. After about a quarter of an hour, everything returned to calm.
Feeling that his palms were all sweaty, Fan Tu swallowed and whispered, "You stay here. If there is a large group of soldiers heading towards Fangzhou, rush back to Zhuangzi immediately."
"and you……"
"Brother Eleven, didn't you tell me earlier? I will rush back immediately to report the news."
Quickly descending the mountain from the east side of the mountain, Fan Tu found the prepared mount, deliberately bypassed that road, and galloped towards Huayuan County. After traveling for more than ten miles, he turned to the southwest defense line and picked up the weapon at Maohong Binbao. He picked up two horses that Fan Shiyi had stored early and rushed to Chang'an overnight.
That night, Renzhi Palace was in turmoil.
Li Yuan tossed and turned in Cuiwei Hall, unable to fall asleep. He recalled little by little how Dalang's stability and filial piety, Erlang's invincible grace and stubbornness, how did he get to where he is now step by step?
To be fair, Li Yuan is different from the founding emperors of the past dynasties. Although he held a high position in the Sui Dynasty and once fought on the battlefield, he was not a supreme figure who emerged from blood and fire like Liu Bang, Liu Xiu, and Zhu Yuanzhang. This made him Sometimes the thinking mode is not like an emperor, but like a patriarch.
If the prince refused to come, or if the prince raised an army to rebel, or even Yang Wenqian raised an army, would Erlang still spare his life?
When he arrived at Renzhi Palace a month ago, Li Yuan privately promised Li Shimin that if the prince conspired to rebel, you would be in charge of the East Palace and the prince would be demoted to the king of Shu. If he is disobedient in the future, he can be captured by a good general. Of.
But now it seems that although it is difficult to understand, Li Yuan guessed that the Qin King's lineage might also be involved in these strange events.
Li Shimin also had trouble sleeping. After repeated discussions with Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other staff, especially after receiving "tips" from Ling Jing, His Highness the King of Qin had to consider a possibility, perhaps Feng Lun's handiwork.
With Feng Lun's ability, if he wanted to create an incident to frame the prince's rebellion, it would not be exposed so easily. Even if Er Zhuhuan's possible rebellion was excluded, there would still be many loopholes.
The most incomprehensible thing is that Feng Lun used Du Yan to accuse the prince of treason... There are not many people from the King of Qin's lineage who stayed in Chang'an, but they are not too few. Not to mention others, Tang Jian, the minister of Huangmen, and Zhong Shushilang, Yuwenshi and others are all in Chang'an.
Although Du Yan is Du Ruhui's uncle, he is not important within Tiance Mansion, let alone Li Shimin's confidant. Why does Feng Lun use Du Yan?
The most important thing is that Feng Lun has never had any communication with Li Shimin... For such a long time before, Feng Lun had every chance to send a messenger to Renzhi Palace before taking action.
Therefore, Li Shimin began to doubt Feng Lun's position.
In the current situation, muddying the water is not a good thing for King Qin, but it may not be a good thing for the East Palace.
There were many people who had trouble falling asleep that night, but most of them were lying in bed unable to fall asleep, such as the prince Li Jiancheng who looked sad, Pei Shiju who was deep in thought, and Li Shan who was the only one who had fallen asleep and slept soundly.
Only two groups of people were not lying on the bed.
One group was more than a thousand soldiers of Yang Wenqian and Yu Wenying who set off overnight towards Renzhi Palace.
There was only one person in the other group, Fan Tu, who was galloping on horseback.
When the sky was dimming, Li Jiancheng and Pei Shiju had already fallen asleep, Li Yuan and Li Shimin were also sleeping, and Yang Wenqian, standing on the top of the hill, had already seen the Phoenix Valley from a distance.
At this time, Li Shan, who was awakened, yawned and looked at Cui Shiniang with a smile, "It's finally Gu's turn to play."
It should be Chapter 34. I’ve been too busy and hot lately. There’s no air conditioning in the office and I’m stuck. I’m sorry.
