The domestic city at dawn has just woken up.
A small group of knights rode on the street to deliver the order to open the door. The soldiers on night watch had not yet left their duty.
The gates of each team had just been opened a crack, and the soldiers on the street corner were yawning and stretching, waiting for the arrival of their comrades who were changing shifts. After a hard night's work, the sergeants on duty were extremely exhausted.
This is the capital city after all, and these sergeants would not dare to cheat while on duty here. Otherwise, if something happened, it would be a dead end.
The streets in the city were deserted and deserted with few pedestrians, which seemed to foreshadow the cruelty of what was about to happen next.
Early in the morning, Li Shimin's operation went very smoothly. He, Hou Junji, Gao Xianzhi, Ge Shuhan, Pugu Huai'en and other generals of Tiance Mansion set out from the Qin Palace with 300 horses. With Qibi Heli's support, he successfully passed through the Xuanwu Gate.
Along the way, although they encountered two teams of patrol soldiers from the palace who blocked the interrogation, they were all shouted back by Li Shimin, who was wearing the robe of a prince. With Li Shimin's prestige, these little soldiers are not something that can be offended.
Although Li Shimin only dispatched 300 cavalry for this operation, these 300 cavalry were all his black armor cavalry, and they were also the most elite part of the black armor cavalry.
Each of these three hundred people can be equal to ten. Any one of them taken alone and placed in an ordinary army can become a captain-level existence.
It can be said that if there are no accidents in this operation, these three hundred people will be enough. Moreover, if there are too many people, it will be inconvenient at this time, and the possibility of the plan being exposed will be greater.
As for Li Wonba, the reason why Li Shimin temporarily asked him to follow Li Guangbi and Eulji Munduk instead of letting this humanoid nuclear weapon follow him was because of his own cautious considerations.
Although Li Yuanba did listen to his words the most, his words were also the most effective for Li Yuanba. However, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, who are about to take action this time, are also Li Yuanba's brothers. The blood connection is not so easy to break. If Li Yuanba is placed by his side, something will happen again. There was no place for him to cry.
After entering Xuanwu Gate, the soldiers guarding Xuanwu Gate turned a blind eye to Li Shimin. Now that Zhi loses Si Li has already helped him deal with Qibi Heli, these soldiers can naturally be replaced by a temporary group. Li Shimin had been fighting for many years, but he still couldn't even produce a team of men who were absolutely loyal to him.
"See you, Your Highness!" Zhi Huan Si Li and Qi Bi He Li saluted together when they saw Li Shimin arriving.
"No need to be polite, please get up quickly. Now that time is running out, I will make a long story short. I will leave the Xuanwu Gate to you. As soon as the Crown Prince and King Qi enter the door, you should immediately close the palace gate and isolate the East Palace from the guards of King Qi. What can you do? Are you there?" Li Shimin took off his outer robe and put on a piece of armor that had been prepared before, and asked Zhi Huan Si Li and Qi Bi He Li.
"Please rest assured, Your Highness." Zhi Huan Si Li and Qi Bi Heli vowed together. The two of them must do what Li Shimin said. If they can't do what Li Shimin said, they won't survive for a few days without Li Shimin punishing them. Ever since they got involved in this matter, they had no other option but to succeed.
"Okay, your task is to guard the Xuanwu Gate and not let anyone into the palace. Even if the soldiers from the East Palace and Prince Qi's Mansion come, you can just stay in seclusion and guard it tightly. Don't go out to fight to prevent the palace gate from being damaged!" Li Shimin Confess again and again.
As long as Li Shimin can get rid of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, the guards of the East Palace and Prince Qi's Mansion will naturally be leaderless and scattered. Therefore, they do not need to defeat the guards of the East Palace and Prince Qi's Mansion at all. They only need to block them from the Xuanwu Gate until everything is over and the dust settles.
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There was silence in the palace, but Li Shimin's heart became more and more nervous. After all, this step he took was really too big.
"Creak, creak, creak..." The door of Xuanwu Gate gradually opened. Two teams of soldiers stood on both sides holding spears, no different from usual.
King Li Yuanji of Qi accompanied Prince Li Jiancheng on horseback.
"Brother, for some reason, I always have some ominous premonitions today, as if something bad is going to happen." Li Yuanji reined in his horse and said with a gloomy expression.
Since last night, Li Yuanji's right eyelid has been twitching, making him so uneasy that he didn't have a good rest all night. Even the concubine he had just taken in was tormented by the anxious Li Yuanji all night long.
"Get your energy together. Our father has summoned us to confront our second brother in court today. We must not let our guard down today!" Li Jiancheng said, thinking that Li Yuanji was in low spirits.
Today, they don't need to completely prove that Li Shimin has an affair with the harem, they just need to continue to deepen Li Yuan's suspicion. This was enough to make Li Shimin unable to stand up.
To be honest, if we talk about being the emperor, Li Shimin is indeed more qualified than Li Jiancheng. If nothing else, in terms of ruthlessness, Li Jiancheng has been left behind several times by Li Shimin.
Until now, Li Jiancheng has continued to use various means to suppress Li Shimin in order to maintain the stability of his position as prince. However, Li Jiancheng never thought of killing Li Shimin. The most he could think of was that after he ascended the throne, he would completely deprive Li Shimin of all her rights and let her become a wealthy prince.
However, Li Shimin, when he had no choice but to take cruel measures, did not blink at all. At this time, he had even prepared a dead end for Li Jiancheng. By this moment, the gap between the two people had become apparent.
Even in terms of ruthlessness, Li Jiancheng was far inferior to Li Yuanji. Li Yuanji had already made several plans to ambush Li Shimin before, but in the end they were all rejected by Li Jiancheng.
"Then why don't we mobilize a group of more guards from the mansion, just in case." Li Yuanji said still worried.
"Third brother, I need to worry too much. This is my Li Tang Palace. The palace gate guards and palace guards are all my father's imperial guards. No matter how prestigious my second brother is, he has no ability to get involved. How could it be possible? What happened!" Li Jiancheng said disapprovingly.
He never thought that Li Shimin would kill him and Li Yuanji, and he would do so in the palace. Therefore, he never thought about what would happen today.
