Chapter 3977: Trapped in Death
Ever since Emperor Gaozu ascended the throne and aspired to conquer the Central Plains, Wang Shoushi has been mastering this mysterious and powerful force for more than twenty years. He has devoted half his life to it. If something goes wrong and the entire army is destroyed, or even ruins His Majesty's important affairs, it will be simply I can't imagine...
However, he was also prepared. Most of his subordinates were lurking throughout Chang'an, and each stronghold had been in operation for many years. It was difficult for outsiders to find any clues. Even if someone ate leopard gallbladder, they might not be able to find them.
Li Ji taught Wang Shoushi a lesson and felt that he needed to be warned to make him feel wary, otherwise he might do something extremely excessive when he was so arrogant.
"The pursuit of profit is the foundation of human nature. Whether it is in the market or in the court, it is common to compete for power. However, as the pillars of the empire and assisting His Majesty in governing the country, we should have a way of choosing and distinguishing priorities. Any It is time to put the interests of the empire first, rather than putting personal power above the interests of the empire. This is the bottom line. ! I can ignore your plan to trap Fang Jun, or even turn a blind eye, but remember to stop immediately once things are no longer possible, and never cause the situation to fall into chaos again for your own sake. , you are the chief criminal of the country, and everyone will kill you!”
With a solemn look and sharp words, this is a warning issued by the empire's prime minister and a famous general in the world. Who in the world dares to ignore it?
Wang Shoushi was not intimidated. Besides being afraid, he was more depressed.
He naturally did not want to bear the charge of being the "chief criminal of the country" and tried his best to defend himself: "I had to do it as a last resort to frame Fang Jun. Since it didn't work, I naturally let it go for the time being. But who knows whether Fang Jun will not comply." Spare? If that guy mobilizes his strength to investigate and ignores retaliation, it will be troublesome. At this time, Chang'an is under lockdown, and the death of my men will be at risk."
He felt that Li Ji had simply missed the point. It was no longer whether Wang Shoushi would continue to stir up trouble and disrupt the situation, but that his subordinates were likely to encounter Fang Jun's thunderous revenge...
Li Ji snorted coldly and said: "Since you are in the first grade of junior high school, Fang Jun will naturally be in the fifteenth grade. When you framed Fang Jun, didn't you think about the backlash if you were exposed? Even if your dead soldiers were retaliated by Fang Jun, It’s also your own fault and you can’t cause trouble again.”
Isn't this deliberately targeting me? Wang Shoushi was so angry that he said dissatisfiedly: "I am also acting under the emperor's orders, otherwise why would I provoke Fang Jun's hammer?"
Li Ji responded tit for tat: "His Majesty Jinkou Yuyan asked you to kidnap Yu Suigu, force Princess Fangling to seduce Princess Linchuan, and induce Fang Jun to commit the crime of 'forcing the princess to humiliate'?"
Wang Shoushi's expression changed: "You know everything?"
He thought that Li Ji only knew that he had framed Fang Jun, but unexpectedly, the other party, sitting firmly in the military tent, saw what happened in Chang'an City as if he had witnessed it, and even mastered the specific details. It seemed that he still did not have enough knowledge of Li Ji's strength.
What's particularly important is that since Li Ji knew so clearly, did Fang Jun already know the inside story and didn't take the bait...
Li Ji sneered and shook his head, sighing softly: "You, you are probably indifferent to world affairs and out of touch with the world. Do you really think that Fang Jun is just a noble, brave and foolhardy disciple of the Holy Family? Ha, Zhenguan Xun Among the next generation of Qi, Fang Jun is ranked first in both literary and military skills, and I am still here! How can you hide it from Fang Jun if you can see through it? Don't forget, there is also the "Baiqisi" created by His Majesty in Chang'an City! The martial law in Chang'an at this moment is completely unreasonable. It is very likely that the city is trying to catch turtles in a jar. ...As for who the 'turtle' is, of course you know."
Wang Shoushi's face was extremely ugly.
He was the mastermind behind Fang Jun's trap. In his opinion, Fang Jun's success as a young man was too willful and arrogant. Naturally, he couldn't help but be beautiful. Moreover, his reputation as a "good princess" was well known all over the world. When someone asked for help in Linchuan, he was willing to recommend himself as a pillow and enjoy the spring breeze. , isn’t it exactly the kind of tone that makes men resist the most?
However, in order to ensure that Linchuan could make up his mind, he also had Yu Suigu kidnapped, and forced Princess Fangling, who had the best relationship with Linchuan, to come to seduce him to ensure that nothing went wrong.
Unexpectedly, everything went smoothly, and Linchuan also made up his mind to devote himself to saving his husband. However, when the critical moment came, first Fang Jun did not attack Zhou Daowu in Wude Hall, and then Linchuan was not even allowed to enter the camp gate. One step...
Is Fang Jun a gentleman, unwilling to take advantage of others' danger?
Or maybe Fang Jun has seen this conspiracy and is on guard against it?
Wang Shoushi thinks it should be the latter. After all, with Fang Jun's character, there is no reason why he can withstand a charming princess coming to his door for you to taste...
Since Fang Jun was on guard, he might actually tell the Ming Taizi and send the "Hundred Cavalry Division" to investigate the cause and effect.
He looked up at the city of Chang'an, which shone slightly in the distance, and felt worried. Perhaps as Li Ji said, the reason why Chang'an was so untimely banned was because of the deployment of "Baiqisi" to kill him.
Even though he had contributed to the establishment of the "Hundred Qisi" back then, he always felt that the "Hundred Qisi" was slightly inferior to the strength of his dead soldiers, but now Chang'an is the home ground of the "Hundred Qisi", not only can With the cooperation of Jingzhao Mansion, I can mobilize the six leaders of the East Palace to assist at critical moments. Those dead soldiers I have trained so hard will be in danger...
At this time, a young chamberlain came to the door under the leadership of his own soldiers, saluted Li Ji, and said: "Your Majesty, it's getting late."
Li Ji stood up and said to the soldiers outside the door: "Instruct all armies to start crossing the river as planned!"
"Here!"
The soldiers received the order and rushed to various ministries to deliver the order.
Li Ji looked at Wang Shoushi's back as he walked out of the door, and sighed quietly in his heart...
*****
It was approaching midnight, and the lights at the Youhou Guard station were as bright as day.
In the big tent, when Yuchi Gong heard that the scout reported that Li Ji had ordered his troops to begin crossing the pontoon bridge above the Ba River, he was suddenly shocked. His usual calmness was completely gone. He anxiously faced Yuwenshi and Dao on the seat. : "The British plan is to attack Chang'an to depose the prince and rebel! Once the war breaks out, we will be caught between the armies and will not be immune. What should we do?"
He didn't care whether Li Ji rebelled. What he was afraid of was that once the war started with Youhou Wei, it would be over.
At present, the right Houwei is stationed in the west of Ba River, the Zuowuwei is in the south of Chunming Gate, and the right Tunwei is in the north of Chunming Gate. The three armies are leaning against each other and restraining each other. No one dares to act rashly for the time being. But once Li Ji led his army across the Ba River and stationed himself behind the Youhou Guards, the Youhou Guards suddenly became the one surrounded in the middle...
As soon as a war breaks out, Youhouwei will bear the brunt.
The Zuowuwei were powerful in battle and could not defeat the city in Liaodong. The right garrison was brave and invincible and fought thousands of miles without losing. The Sixth Army of the East Palace was relatively weak, but Li Jing's deployment of troops was enough to make up for the lack of combat power. Behind him were hundreds of thousands of troops commanded by Li Ji, a famous general in the world... No matter how arrogant Yuchi Gong was, he was filled with despair at this moment. Who can Youhou Wei defeat?
We can only wait to be surrounded and suppressed by the three armies, and chopped into minced meat with random knives...
Seeing that Yu Wenshi was silent and silent, Yuchi Gong sighed repeatedly and regretted: "We fell into a trap! Li Ji must have planned to annihilate us in one fell swoop a long time ago, so he tricked us into stationing here. Now we have no way to advance and retreat." There is no way to escape! I thought that Li Ji did not care about me leading the army to Zhongnan Mountain because he was broad-minded, but he did not expect that he was hiding such a vicious plan. He was really insidious and cruel!"
He was completely panicked.
At a time when the situation is turbulent, only those with soldiers can have the right to speak, and then they can manipulate left and right sides and seize benefits from the struggles between all parties. Once the troops are all gone, he will be left as a polished commander, who can't even say a word like shit!
Seeing that half his life's hard work has been wasted, and there will be no place for him in the future court, how can Yuchi Gong sit still?
If I had known this, I shouldn't have followed Li Ji's military orders and stationed here. There was still room for maneuver on the east bank of Ba River. Li Ji couldn't kill himself, right? Now, however, we are on the verge of death, with no way to survive...
Yu Wenshi was also stroking his beard in embarrassment. He was the one who urged Yuchi Gong to obey the military orders and station here. Now that Yuchi Gong was facing a life-and-death crisis, it was naturally difficult for him to shirk his responsibility. However, he concluded that Li Ji ultimately did not dare to risk the disapproval of the world. , will definitely bow to the East Palace. He never expected that Li Ji, who was not keen on power and was calm and rational, would be so brave and would cross the river without any hesitation.
As long as the prince arrives at Chunming Gate before the prince leaves the city, the decision of whether to start a war is given to the prince - as long as the prince insists on going his own way and insists on going out of the city to welcome the Holy Emperor, war will inevitably begin.
Wait until the prince is deposed, then announce the death of His Majesty Li Er, and then claim that everything is done in compliance with the imperial edict of His Majesty Li Er... By then the overall situation has been decided, the prince has been deposed, and a new prince has been appointed, regardless of whether the "edict" exists or not, None of it matters.
It’s really an act of rebellion and treason!
When Yuchi Gong saw Yu Wenshiji silently silent, he asked urgently: "What should we do now?"
He has completely lost his mind. Moreover, this incident all started because he rushed to Zhongnan Mountain to rescue the remnants of Guanlong. The Guanlong clan must bear the responsibility.
Yu Wenshiji thought for a while and said, "Don't be impatient. In my opinion, Li Ji's move is more of a test. He intends to force the prince to make concessions and ensure that he still maintains his position as the number one person in the court. As for the Sending troops to attack Chang'an...Li Ji would never do it."
Even if Chang'an City is captured and the prince is deposed, what will happen? Youtunwei and Donggongliu led the troops to defend the city to the death, but in the end they could only completely destroy the city of Chang'an in the flames of war. The entire Guanzhong was ruined and withered, half of Chang'an's population was lost, corpses were lying on the ground and bones were everywhere... With Li Ji's character, how could he be willing to do so? Carrying such a reputation for "bringing disaster to the country and the people" for a long time to come?
This has long been out of the category of "a successful king or a defeated bandit". Once this is done, even the new crown prince who he single-handedly supported will settle the matter with Li Ji one day in the future and blame all the crimes on Li Ji. , in order to stop everyone in the world and prove the legitimacy of his succession.
How could Li Ji be willing to make wedding clothes for others? (End of chapter)