The Li Tang royal family was well aware of the "neutrality" of Li Jing and Li Ji. During the struggle for imperial power, neutrality had already been biased in favor of Li Shimin. If it weren't for the fact that these two people had such high status, once they publicly expressed their support for Li Shimin, it would mean As the country was divided, they had already supported Li Jiancheng with great fanfare.
You must know that Li Jiancheng is the legal heir of the Tang Dynasty no matter what, whether he is a direct descendant or an elder, he is the legal heir. Now they support Li Shimin, but everyone expresses their feelings towards Li Shimin who can lead them to continue to fight and earn merits. support.
What's more important is that they are dissatisfied with Li Yuan's killing of Liu Wenjing. Liu Wenjing was the founding father of the country. If you, Li Yuan, kill you whenever you say, then you will kill us as soon as you say. This makes them very worried.
Originally, the Shandong gentry supported Li Jiancheng, because supporting orthodoxy was good for them. Orthodoxy was very important. More importantly, supporting Li Jiancheng meant supporting the rules. Only when there were rules to play with could the Shandong gentry guarantee their own rights. In order to survive, they didn't want to be overthrown by the rebel army that day.
But they understood better that the world was dominated by the military, so after Li Jing and Li Ji expressed "neutrality", the Shandong nobles began to turn to Li Shimin, because they knew that no matter when the military was in charge, they had the ability to overturn the table.
What's more, now the civil and military officials have separated from Li Yuan, so when faced with orthodoxy and survival, they chose survival without hesitation.
This is why the Rongyang Zheng family sent Zheng Rentai to Li Shimin's side when Li Jiancheng was their son-in-law, and also joined the Xuanwu Sect.
This is also why the Cui family of Qinghe wants to marry their daughter to Cheng Zhijie. Even if it is a stepmother, it doesn't matter, because they want to survive but also control the military power.
Cheng Zhijie, as the youngest member of the Shandong gentry, naturally fell over completely when faced with the Qinghe Cui family's wooing. In his opinion, marrying a girl with the fifth surname was more honorable than marrying a princess.
This has been the truth in the troubled times of the Southern and Northern Dynasties for hundreds of years, because the dynasties will be destroyed and the royal family will be crushed to the ground, but the five surnames will remain standing. No matter how the dynasties change, the five surnames will still be high.
So Cheng Yaojin was tempted, and from then on he became Cheng Zhijie, Cheng Zhijie who knows etiquette, and Cheng Zhijie who knows the five surnames.
The Li Tang royal family also knew all this, so they made the boldest and most helpless decision to compete for the throne. They asked Prince Li Jiancheng to compete with King Qin Li Shimin for the throne. They used various means to fight for it, including coups, but , super military leaders like Li Jing and Li Ji could not appear. In order to ensure that there would be no accidents in this matter, they also exiled Li Yuan, who had 100,000 troops beside Li Jiancheng, and was not allowed to enter Beijing to participate in this matter. The super military leader had an excuse to go down, causing the Tang Dynasty to fall into division.
But now when Li Shimin had the advantage, Li Jiancheng overturned the situation, and all these people ran out. This made the Li Tang royal family unbearable. In order to ensure that the country would not be divided, we even rushed off the court to fight with the prince who held great righteousness. Li Shimin, whom you elected, is vying for the throne.
We even acquiesced in launching a coup within the palace and making them fight to the death. Are you still not satisfied? Second Chinese Network
Do you have to let Li Shimin take over to be satisfied?
Princess Pingyang Zhao looked at Li Jing and Li Ji and scolded them loudly, but these two super military leaders of the Tang Dynasty did not say a word at this time. They all felt a little resentful in their hearts now. We expressed neutrality and let all the soldiers I didn’t even bother to support Li Jiancheng. I didn’t expect that you, Li Shimin, was still fooled by Li Jiancheng and lost his position in the court. Then you launched a coup. We also ordered everyone not to come forward. We have done everything we can. How can you do it in the simplest way? In the siege, why did your top commander during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Li Shimin, a military strategist who claimed to have no shortcomings, lose?
That was Li Jiancheng, who had never been to the battlefield a few times. Will your Li Shimin unite with all the heroes from all over the world to play us again?
If they hadn't known that this situation couldn't happen, they would have really thought that they were being played. However, looking at Li Shimin, whose clothes and armor were somewhat torn, they knew that something was really wrong with this guy.
It was indeed Li Shimin who had a problem. He overestimated the value of his own force. He forgot that whenever he rushed into battle, he was either followed by Qin Qiong or Yuchi Jingde, and that he was unparalleled in cavalry and archery, not unparalleled in cavalry and warfare. The most important thing is that Li Jiancheng's riding and shooting skills are not worse than him, which makes him afraid to use his full strength in Xuanwu Sect. He also arranges many generals who should go to the battle to protect himself. The scene was so unsightly that he was suppressed and beaten by the furious Li Jiancheng and others.
The Changlin Army that kept pouring in from outside the door was somewhat beyond Li Shimin's expectations. He thought that those Changlin Army were an honor guard that showed the glory of the prince, but he didn't expect that this army was not under his Xuanjia Army. , and is good at infantry combat, and the Xuanjia Army he led was originally supposed to be heavy cavalry, but now it was infantry. The Xuanjia Army, who was not familiar with infantry warfare and had no commander at the time of the fight, was naturally beaten and retreated. .
And Xue Wanche came too fast, as if he was waiting for him. As soon as they started, Xue Wanche led all the East Palace Guards to attack Xuanwu Gate.
This made Li Shimin have the idea that he was being watched. When he thought that everything he did was being watched, Li Shimin felt a little hairy, so he immediately withdrew his troops. But what he didn't expect was that when he arrived at Chengtianmen , Li Jing and Li Ji were here with their people, and Princess Pingyang, Li Xiaogong, and Li Daozong were also here with their troops, which made him even more scared.
What a commander fears most is not being able to know himself and the enemy. At this moment, he doesn't know who his real enemy is, whether it is Li Jiancheng, Li Yuanji, Li Yuan, or maybe all of them have been plotted against.
These thoughts kept churning in his mind, and when his third sister, Princess Pingyang Zhao, called him to stop, he turned his horse and ran to Li Jing's side without saying a word.
At this moment, everyone was stunned. You must know that although these people are actually on the team, they are not in the team to save face. But now that Li Shimin comes over, this matter is big.
When Li Shimin ran over, he realized that he had made the worst choice.
When Li Jiancheng, who came out later, saw this situation, he collapsed. How could the Tang Dynasty be divided in just one morning?
At this time, he ran to the camp on the side of Li Tang's royal family without saying a word, and then he slapped himself. Why did he lead people to run over? Isn't it best to be neutral at this time?
