In Chang'an City, this group of generals were still fooling around, and Li Yuan soon got the news.
Hearing that half of the defenders returning from Xuanwu Gate had been snatched away by Pei Ji, he was feeling distressed when he suddenly heard the eunuch coming to report.
The remaining half, except for the two captains of the Xuanwu Sect, Chang Wei Chang He, were all dug up by the sixteen generals of the Sixteenth Guards.
When Li Yuan heard this, his eyes darkened and he almost fell to the ground.
This frightened the eunuch who served Li Yuan, and he hurriedly came forward, comforting Li Yuan's chest, and scolding these generals.
But when Li Yuan thought that Pei Ji could actually think of signing the Xuanwumen defender to be his spy, he accepted it. Who told him to agree?
But how could this general do such a thing?
However, let’s not talk about the public and private affairs of these sixteen generals. They are inextricably linked to Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin.
When Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin heard about their nonsense, he hurriedly ignored other things, put down all the work in progress, and rushed to the imperial city as soon as possible to find Li Yuan to intercede with the sixteen generals.
When Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin came to the main hall to plead for the sixteen generals, before they entered Li Yuan's room, they saw sixteen generals with golden helmets kneeling at the door of Li Yuan's room.
If these aren't the sixteen generals in Chang'an City, who are they?
And seeing that the sixteen of them were already kneeling here to apologize, Li Yuan must have lost a lot of his anger, right?
While everyone was thinking this, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng entered the hall and before they said anything, the sharp-eyed Li Yuan saw them and threw all the objects on the table that could cause damage to people towards them. .
"It's so annoying, so annoying."
Seeing Li Yuan's furious appearance, the sixteen generals outside the hall were stunned for a moment.
It seems like this time I really went too far.
Li Yuan was angry here while smashing things. After he finished venting, he saw that the people who came in were the prince and the king of Qin, and couldn't help but say.
"You two, show me what good deeds these people have done. They actually robbed the Xuanwu Gate defenders? What are you doing? Are they going to rebel?"
When Li Yuan shouted loudly here, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's hearts trembled, and they knelt in front of Li Yuan and begged for mercy.
"Father, they didn't do it on purpose. They just wanted to disperse the Xuanwu Gate defenders and strengthen their overextended army. That's all."
As soon as Li Jiancheng finished speaking, Li Shimin hurriedly said: "Father, although they did it this time, they are doing it for the sake of our Tang army. They just need to punish them. If they don't have to be angry next time, my son, I will The first one took a sword and chopped off their heads.”
Li Shimin's assurance made Li Yuan feel a little happier. He was originally going to find a way out. If he had done such an important thing for the imperial decree, but he had not expressed anything yet, it was not necessarily how he would fall in the eyes of outsiders. Cowardice can be bullied.
Li Yuan thought for a long time and then said something.
"What King Qin said is, since this has happened, let's pass the decree. Now that the Xuanwumen defenders have been dispersed among the sixteen guards, let's strengthen the sixteen guards. The remaining Xuanwumen generals will return to Xuanwumen and strengthen the new ones." I want them to train a similar Xuanwu Gate garrison."
When Li Yuan said this, the General of the Sixteenth Guards who was kneeling outside the main hall finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, just when they were proud of this matter, Li Yuan said something again here.
"But it's human nature to be rewarded for merit and punished for mistakes."
After Li Yuangang finished speaking, the sixteen generals looked at each other in shock. It seemed that they still couldn't escape punishment!
While they were waiting, Li Yuan spoke.
Perhaps in order to strengthen his confidence and appear noble, Li Yuan stood up directly and spoke loudly.
"Each person's title will be reduced by one level, and his salary will be fined for one year."
This can be said to be quite harsh. The prince became a county prince, the county prince became a county prince, the county prince became a marquis, and the prince became an ordinary prince.
And as their titles are reduced once, the rewards will also be tightened a lot.
This finally made Li Yuan feel a little better.
However, these generals are all elites. As long as they strengthen their armies, wouldn't it be easy to obtain such military exploits? With military exploits, can't the title still be promoted?
What's more, their most popular general, even if they don't have the title, their rank is still there. Even if they don't have the title, they are still generals. Do those who have the title dare to look down on them and show their face in front of them?
However, just after Li Yuan had finished handling the affairs of the sixteen generals, another uninvited guest came to the capital Chang'an, Liu Ye.
Liu Ye rode a war horse in a hurry and traveled day and night and finally arrived at Chang'an City.
After Liu Ye arrived in Chang'an City, the general of the Sixteenth Guards had been sent away from the Tai Chi Hall by Li Yuan and was wandering aimlessly on the streets.
Although they were demoted by Li Yuan and fined a year's salary, no one was unhappy here. Instead, they were laughing and joking.
"Changsun Shunde, you old guy actually robbed a hundred people? Is there any justice? There are only a thousand people in total. You robbed too many people. How many can you give me?"
Someone saw and heard that Changsun Shunde, who was silent, actually robbed the most people. He came to Changsun Shunde here and asked him to give him some elite soldiers of Xuanwu Sect. Changsun Shunde also said it with embarrassment. "This is not easy to handle! After I robbed people, I promised them on the spot that everyone would be promoted to one level."
"What? You are so bold. There are so many brigade commanders. If you are promoted to a captain, are you going to rebel?"
Just when Changsun Shunde was about to be accused of making a fool of himself, Changsun Shunde pointed forward.
"Huh? There is a soldier from the Xuanwu Sect there. Look, where does this armor come from if it's not from the Xuanwu Sect?"
When Changsun Shunde said this, everyone's eyes couldn't help but light up.
Who was so unreliable that he let the elite Xuanwu Sect defenders escape from his camp?
While they were discussing who was unreliable, Changsun Shunde quickly took a step forward, regardless of whether he was reliable or not.
"This is actually a living thing. Grab it quickly. Doesn't it belong to whoever grabs it?"
In an instant, the General of the Sixteenth Guards followed the eldest grandson Shunde and rushed to Liu Ye's side, surrounding him.
"Child, which general stole you?"
Cheng Yaojin stepped forward and asked, now that this man has been robbed by sixteen generals, he can't be eaten alive, right? Liu Ye looked at the dozen generals coming around and hurriedly saluted them.
"Little Xuanwu Liu Ye has met all the generals."
"Who cares where you are from? The Xuanwumen garrison has become a legend now. Come on, choose one of our sixteen generals. Who do you want to follow?"
Liu Ye was shocked at this moment, "What? Did my general encounter something unexpected in the North?"
Seeing Liu Ye's impatience, the generals in front of him did not give him an explanation. Instead, they kept urging him here.
"Boy, choose one quickly. Which of our sixteen generals will follow you?"
Liu Ye was in trouble for a moment. There were several meanings. But just when Liu Ye was in trouble, Chai Shao shouted.
"His Majesty has decreed that you Xuanwu Gate defenders should be assigned to our Sixteenth Guards. Now tell us who you want to follow."
This finally made Liu Ye understand what was going on, and then Liu Ye looked at the sixteen generals.
"Generals, can you please allow me to leave for a while? There is an urgent document from my general, which must be reported to His Majesty or given to your two highnesses. I wonder if you, generals, can be accommodating?"
"What? What's the point of accepting urgent documents? Can't we just take you to see His Majesty directly?"
Cheng Yaojin was indeed a demon king. After saying that, he stepped forward and touched Liu Ye.
"We're getting the paperwork. I'll wait and see if it's reporting an enemy attack or something else."
As soon as Cheng Yaojin said this, many generals reacted.
"Yes, you don't want Xu Yunyan crying here and asking for the Xuanwumen soldiers back."
