Chapter 911: Decisive Battle against Xuanwu Gate (The Finale)

Changsun Wuji took out the map of the Jingji area, pointed to the map, and said, "Our current location is here, fifty miles from Chang'an City, which is the distance we reach Xuanwu Gate. When we launch military advice, we cannot enter Chang'an City. Once we enter the city, the people are crowded. Not only can we not approach Wu Meiniang easily, but we can also let her run away easily. If we can't catch her, can't catch her, and let her return to the palace, then everything will be over."

Wang Ping'an said: "The palace is behind Xuanwu Gate. Of course we can't go in. The army praised Wu, so how could we praise it to the palace?"

Changsun Wuji said, "Of course, we will not enter Xuanwu Gate. We are just cheering to the emperor and the Martial Demon Girl there to express our loyalty. The city gate we walked on was Kaiyuan Gate to the west, and then we walked all the way to Zhuque Street, leave Mingde Gate, and our army, and then stationed outside the city."

Wang Ping'an said, "Yes, we should go away from the far door. We are expanding our territory and returning. This is different from fighting other wars. But I have never walked through this door before, and I don't know what the situation is nearby. How should we raise our troops?"

Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang looked up at him and said in unison: "We are not going to raise troops at Kaiyuan Gate, but at Xuanwu Gate!"

Wang Ping'an was shocked and said, "Xuanwu Gate? We can't even enter this gate, so we can only cheer a few times below. Moreover, there are so many guards here that there are countless soldiers. How can we raise troops here?"

Of course he knew that Li Shimin had successfully raised his troops in this most dangerous place, but now is different from the past! When Li Shimin raised his troops, there were internal responses in the palace. Whether it was a general or an internal official in the palace, they were all Li Shimin's people. Now they had no internal responses in the palace. If they attacked from Xuanwu Gate, the chance of success was almost infinitely close to zero!

Changsun Wuji frowned and said, "There are so many guards that they cannot be counted? As a general who leads the troops, why don't you even know the deployment of Xuanwu Gate?"

Wang Ping'an blinked. He only knew that the army guarding Xuanwu Gate belonged to the Beiya, but he had never cared about how it was deployed. But in such an important place, of course, there should be many people, and are there still few people?

Changsun Wuji said: "On weekdays, the North Yaman forces are 1,800, but tomorrow we praise martial arts. When the emperor leaves the palace, the troops will be doubled, which means it should be 3,600. But these 3,600 people will be distributed throughout the North City Wall. Once the troops are dispersed, the troops in Xuanwu Gate will be 1,200 left."

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "How do you calculate this force? How should other city gates be arranged? Don't care about other city gates, but there are still many left. The imperial guards have city gates as their support, so we can't attack them for a while!"

Chu Suiliang said: "Yes, the Xuanwu Gate that is usually guarded is a large group with more troops than ordinary guards." He refers to a large group of 600 people, which doubled and turned into 1,200 people.

Changsun Wuji said again: "The emperor will leave the palace to welcome us tomorrow. The imperial guards he carried with him were four hundred halberd warriors and one hundred flag teams, which would be less than five hundred."

Wang Ping'an felt a little relieved and said, "Then there are only seven hundred people left in Xuanwu Gate!"

Chu Suiliang shook his head and said, "It's not seven hundred people, but five hundred people. You forgot that Xuanwu Gate has two inner and outer gates, inside and outside. There are two hundred people in the seven hundred people. Usually there are one hundred people. These two hundred people are not allowed to order and cannot support any place. They must guard the inner gate. Moreover, when there is any change outside, they will not support the Martial Fairy Girl. Instead, they will immediately put down the iron gate of the inner gate so that we can't go in, unless the troops are led by our inner gate, but we have no inner responders, for fear that once the iron gate of the inner gate is put down, we cannot go in, but they also come out, and the Martial Fairy Girl cannot go in, so she can only escape along the city wall. In fact, there are only the last five hundred people around her, and we have to solve these five hundred people!"

Changsun Wuji added: "And the Turkic soldiers we brought were five thousand!"

Wang Ping'an was stunned and a bad premonition suddenly arose. He seemed to have been plotted against!

Changsun Wuji continued: "We are launching military advice, not rebellion. Therefore, when the emperor is outside the city, he cannot let Turkic soldiers approach him to avoid accidents. Instead, I will lead your three thousand guards, Wujian, to protect the emperor, and not let him approach Xuanwu Gate where the battle is about to take place. Three thousand to five hundred, you can definitely control the situation."

The bad premonition became stronger and stronger, and Wang Ping'an became more sure that he must have been plotted against!

Changsun Wuji said: "I will do the things around the emperor. Wubian you will take five thousand Turkic soldiers to attack Xuanwu Gate, because the Turkic soldiers only listen to you, and I will not command you!"

Wang Ping'an nodded slowly, but thought to himself, Oh no, I'm very likely to be demolished by crossing the river! Bastards are not good things. Before using me, I was thinking about how to get rid of me. Wu Meiniang is not a good person, and Changsun Wuji is not either!

Wang Ping'an was angry, but there was no angry expression on his face. He was still listening "seriously" and nodding slowly.

Seeing his impermanent expression, Changsun Wuji thought he did not see the danger, and then said: "The Martial Demon Girl will not be with the emperor. She is not the queen who has been enthroned yet, so she can only wait for us to go back at the gate of Xuanwu Gate. Once we go back, the enthronement ceremony will begin."

Wang Ping'an nodded again. Chu Suiliang felt a little unbearable. His years of friendship with Changsun Wuji, of course, knew the consequences of this matter. However, even if Wang Ping'an was sacrificed, it was worth it. However, he decided in his heart that even if he fought his life afterwards, he would still protect Wang Ping'an from death and do his best!

Changsun Wuji pointed at Xuanwu Gate and said, "There are only five hundred soldiers around the Wu Demon Girl. Once the Turkic soldiers launch an attack, they do not have to seize the bridge immediately. First, use arrows to control the outer gate of Xuanwu Gate so that the city gate cannot be closed. The arrows can also control the city head, so the suspension bridge cannot be raised. At this time, when the soldiers and generals of the inner gate see a change, they will immediately go down the iron gate, cut off our attack route, and also cut off the Wu Demon Girl's retreat."

Speaking of this, Changsun Wuji paused and looked at Chu Suiliang. Chu Suiliang sighed in his heart, but he understood what he meant. He said, "The Martial Demon Girl cannot enter the palace at this time, so he can only run along the city wall. No matter which direction she is running in the east, she will not get any support within two quarters of an hour. Therefore, as soon as the five thousand Turkic soldiers enter the outer door, there will be only five hundred imperial guards in front of him. Not only are the number of people better, but the imperial guards will not bring bows and arrows in such occasions. Everyone has arrows. Where the soldiers are dense, arrows can determine the outcome. It is inevitable that the Martial Demon Girl will be killed!"

Wang Ping'an nodded silently. Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji died under the arrow during the Xuanwu Gate Incident. This is experience!

Changsun Wuji asked: "This is the specific plan. What do you think Wubian?"

Wang Ping'an was speechless for a while. He knew in his heart that the military remarks were so actuated that there was no possibility of failure. This was more certain than the mutiny launched by Li Shimin back then. However, Changsun Wuji only talked about the process of military remarks, but did not talk about the result of military remarks. He did not mention any words about how to deal with the aftermath!

No matter how experienced Changsun Wuji is, he cannot think of such a precise plan on the spot. It is very likely that he had thought about it when he was in Yingzhou, and the army he brought back was calculated in terms of quantity and quality. However, he kept the secret and did not mention it, and he foolishly did not think about it. He was kept in the dark until now!

Why did Changsun Wuji lead the guard regiment to "protect" Li Zhi? First of all, he will definitely "protect" him. Secondly, the guard regiment is all citizens of the Tang Dynasty and will not hurt Li Zhi, so Changsun Wuji can pretend to be a good person, only be with Li Zhi from beginning to end, without participating in the bloody ***.

After the military admonition was over, Changsun Wuji could even say that he didn't know about this in advance, and it was done by Wang Ping'an alone. Anyway, the Martial Witch Girl died and his goal was achieved. He immediately separated his relationship and pretended to be loyal in front of Li Zhi. What's wrong with it?

The river has passed, why do you still need a bridge?

Wang Ping'an led five thousand Turkic soldiers to attack Xuanwu Gate and would definitely win. But what after the victory? He led Turkic soldiers, not the Tang Dynasty's government soldiers, but the army of the foreign states. He led the army of the foreign states to attack Xuanwu Gate. This is great? Even if Li Zhi favored him, he would not let him go!

Why are there five thousand people vs. five hundred people? Because the Turkic soldiers will definitely win, but why are there five thousand people? Because when something happens here in Xuanwu Gate, someone must go to find reinforcements. If the nearest barracks come to support, it will take more than half an hour. At this time, it is just the time when the battlefield is cleaned up and the Turkic soldiers retreat to the entire team. The troops of the Guards who come to support cannot be less than 20,000. Moreover, the soldiers of the Jingji Palace are all elite among the elite, not worse than the elite Turkic soldiers, but will be stronger!

As long as Changsun Wuji said that the Turkic soldiers rebelled and the Guardian army rushed forward, the Turkic soldiers would be completely wiped out, and this included Wang Ping'an himself. Even if Wang Ping'an was lucky enough to die, the one who was waiting for him would be a rabbit and a dog cook!

This military rebuttal was planned by Changsun Wuji, and the real executor was Wang Ping'an. The dead were 500 imperial guards and 5,000 Turkic soldiers. Things will definitely develop. The military rebuttal was planned by Wang Ping'an and executed by the other hand. In the end, Changsun Wuji gave up this military rebuttal and eliminated the rebel ministers for Emperor Li Zhi!

The whole thing is that the military admonition was successful, and Wu Meiniang, a witch who harmed the country and the people, was eliminated; the military admonition was successful, and Wang Ping'an and his Turkic soldiers were killed. After the arrival of the guard brigade, all of Wang Ping'an's three thousand guards were captured; in the end, Sun Wuji was completely innocent and loyal to the emperor, and made contributions to the rebellion of the ministers. He was still the first minister of the Tang Dynasty, and his status was even more consolidated and unshakable!

Wang Ping'an figured out these things, and the bad premonition slowly disappeared, and a chill was replaced by a cold air, and his spine was chilling. This is really called a battle. Before the war started, the result was confirmed!

The scholar-officials really kill people with their hearts, and they don’t have blood on their hands!

Wang Ping'an was angry, but the more angry he was, the more normal his expression was on his face. He bit his lip and said, "This plan is very proper. I think it's OK. It will definitely be successful."

Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and Changsun Wuji said, "Okay, that's it."

He turned to Chu Suiliang and said, "Brother Chu, please go back to the city quickly and tell me about the matter with Brother Fang and the others." He turned to Wang Ping'an and said, "No disease, you go and recruit generals and explain the matter!"

Wang Ping'an asked deliberately: "Do you want to recruit them all here? My uncle told them personally?"

Changsun Wuji waved his hand and said, "This is not necessary. I can't help them. It's better for you to say it."

Wang Ping'an nodded and left the tent with Chu Suiliang. Outside the tent, the two walked a short distance. Chu Suiliang suddenly whispered: "No illness, this is a huge risk, but I promise that no matter what accidents there are, I will take good care of your family. If there is an accident, there will be someone else to take care of our family. Don't think too much, just be loyal to the country!" He patted Wang Ping'an on the shoulder and got off.

Wang Ping'an stood in the local area and was speechless for a long time. Although Chu Suiliang's words did not contain hints, they were just talking about the risks of this military admonition, but because he had analyzed the results of the military admonition, his mentality was different, and his reaction was naturally different. He knew that Chu Suiliang also had the results of this military admonition, but he could not say it clearly, so he assured himself that no matter what, Chu Suiliang remembered the benefits he had given him and would take good care of his family on his behalf!

In the struggle in the court, it is normal for you to slap me and I beat you. Today's allies may be enemies tomorrow. To put it bluntly, they are just a combination of interests. However, Wang Ping'an doesn't like this kind of intrigue. Whether in the court or among the people, he appears as a good man, without being aggressive. In these days, there are very few officials who can be like him. But if he does good deeds without seeking rewards, he cannot cause disaster instead!

From the perspective of the minister, there is nothing to doubt about Changsun Wuji's approach. The court is a big river and lake, and people cannot help but stay in the river and lake. There is no possibility of not being killed. Besides, with Changsun Wuji's identity, there is no need to talk about loyalty to Wang Ping'an. Wang Ping'an is very nice to him, but Changsun Wuji is not too fond of him. When it comes to both, neither of them owe each other.

Just like in the Three Kingdoms era, the heroes fought against each other, Shu Han and Eastern Wu had a very reliable relationship, and they joined forces to fight against Cao, but for the benefit of Jingzhou, they turned around and saw Shu Han and Eastern Wu go to war. After a fight, they beat all the three brothers in Taoyuan to death. But for the sake of profit, they became friends again in a blink of an eye, and then they joined forces to deal with Cao Wei.

It is normal to break up and get back together. There is no eternal enemy, only eternal interests.

But no matter how normal things are, you can see that others are normal. Once things fall on your head and make yourself "normal", Wang Ping'an feels very uncomfortable.

Wu Meiniang did not turn against him, so things could develop later, and the two could only survive in mutual suspicion. The danger would always exist and would explode at any time. Similarly, Changsun Wuji did not turn against him, but the result of military refutation was 80% of him, and he would become a scapegoat. Even if the military refutation was successful, he would not be trusted by Li Zhi again. Unless he was a powerful minister and controlled the emperor, Changsun Wuji was there, when would it be his turn? Maybe before it was the turn, the powerful minister Changsun Wuji would take him as the alternate powerful minister first!

Wang Ping'an shook his head and was in a dilemma. Now he is in a dilemma. No matter which side he supports, there will be serious consequences, which will be detrimental to him!

He hadn't moved, and his thoughts kept turning, but he couldn't think of a good idea, and he felt like he was having a headache and vomiting. He knew that this was the consequence of excessive brain use. In this case, there was no time to sleep, but at least he had to take a nap, otherwise he would faint.

At this moment, someone behind him was talking in a low voice, but it was his confidant Ouyang Li. Ouyang Li whispered: "Master, why are you standing here? If you have something to do, let's go back to your tent before talking!"

Wang Ping'an whispered softly and turned around and said, "Have you heard what happened in the big tent just now?" He did not prohibit his subordinates from eavesdropping on his own and discussing matters with others. If he didn't want his subordinates to know, he would explain in advance and let his subordinates retreat, and Ouyang Li would understand. If he didn't say in advance, he would allow his subordinates to eavesdrop. After all, if there was something, he would still rely on his subordinates to do it.

Ouyang Li nodded and said, "Chu Suiliang will come late at night, and there must be an urgent matter. Naturally, subordinates must listen outside the tent to avoid them calculating their master."

"You understand, you know they are going to plot against me?" Wang Ping'an whispered, and as he spoke, he walked towards his tent.

Ouyang Li whispered: "I didn't understand much, but I felt something was wrong. I wanted to make military advice. Why didn't Lord Changsun talk about the benefits after the matter was completed?"

Wang Ping'an yelled and said, "Benefits? Holding the banner of loyalty to the country, if you talk about benefits, wouldn't you be at a disadvantage in your character? If he doesn't talk about it, I won't be suspicious. He is afraid that I will have a different intention in order to get greater benefits, so he won't talk about it."

The two entered the tent, Ouyang Li said, "But if he doesn't talk, his subordinates will be suspicious, otherwise they will not be suspicious."

Wang Ping'an sat down on the carpet and sighed: "If he did this with you, he would have a talk, but if he did it with me, there would be no need. You and I are in different situations and of course they have different ideas. If the same, that would be amazing. How could he have no idea!"

Ouyang Li said, and it was right to think about it. He opened the curtain and called all the Ouyang brothers in. Among the interest groups, the Ouyang brothers were definitely with Wang Ping'an, and their wealth and life were all tied to Wang Ping'an. They could only be the same as Wang Ping'an, and there was no possibility of rebellion. Even if they rebel, others would not believe them. Moreover, as Wang Ping'an's confidants, if they betrayed, they would not be famous generals, and they could only be regarded as an outstanding group of capable people and strangers. Once they betrayed the original owner, no matter who they were, they would not dare to use them anymore. Their future and even their lives would end here. Once Wang Ping'an was finished, they would be the first group of silenced people.

Wang Ping'an had nothing to hide from his absolutely trusted subordinates. He also told the matter and also told the consequences of military admonition. The Ouyang brothers were shocked and could not believe that they would be involved in a dangerous thing like military admonition.

Ouyang Yi asked, "Master, the consequences you mentioned are just your own guess, right? Maybe the Changsun Prime Minister will not deal with you like this."

Ouyang Shuang said, "But it's not accurate. According to me, the Changsun Prime Minister will deal with his master like this, and 90% of them are out of ten!"

The Ouyang brothers were discussing each other and their opinions gradually became unanimous. Although they were once wild, they were just a rude life, so they were more sensitive to the coming of danger. They all believed that the consequences of military advice were not very good for Wang Ping'an. But now they could only enter the road, but they could not turn back. How to deal with it became a problem.

After talking for a while, Wang Ping'an said: "Now there is only one way to go, that is, we must force Changsun Wuji. When the military admonition begins, he must admit that he is the mastermind and cannot blame us. As long as he and other ministers can share the risks, then when we do it, the risks will be much smaller."

Ouyang Li sighed: "It would be great if Di Renjie was here. This guy has the most ideas. Maybe he can come up with any good idea."

Wang Ping'an yelled and said, "He is guarding those royal relatives, and the matter is also very difficult. Although those royal relatives were locked up in Dali Temple because of Wu Meiniang's frame-up, it was the emperor's will. Otherwise, Wu Meiniang would not have the right to imprison them. Di Renjie also wanted to detain these people, and to appease them, so that they would not have misunderstandings about the emperor and not have resentment in their hearts. This job is difficult to handle!"

Ouyang Li thought for a while, and suddenly, his eyes lit up and he whispered: "Master, when the military advises Chang Sun Wuji, he must be with the emperor himself, but he uses our guards. If something happens to you, our guards will not calm down. They will definitely counterattack. The imperial guards around the emperor are not our brothers' opponents? If something happens to you, it means that the emperor will have something wrong. Even if the emperor can't do anything too big, as long as you shout, Changsun Wuji will have something wrong. The guards only listen to you, but they won't listen to Changsun Wuji. He is surrounded by our people, and the danger is even greater!"

Wang Ping'an said, it was right to think about it. He just thought that Changsun Wuji wanted to cross the river and destroy the bridge and plotted against him, but after a headache, he forgot that he could also counter Changsun Wuji! Nowadays, no, it is not these days, but every year, whoever has soldiers is the boss, and if he has soldiers is the boss!

But why did Chu Suiliang say that again before leaving? Yes, Changsun Wuji's true military advice did not tell Chu Suiliang either, and Chu Suiliang thought the same as himself. However, I guess Chu Suiliang should have understood the taste now!

Wang Ping'an said: "Changsun Wuji wants to force me to a dead end first. The end of the dead end is a cliff. If I don't jump down, I have to turn around. But when I look back, the dead end has been blocked by him. So if I want to survive, I can only listen to him! But what's the matter with him? I have to listen to him?"

If you have to listen to Changsun Wuji, it means you cannot betray temporarily. But what can Wang Ping'an suddenly betray him regardless of the original plan? That must be the ultimate goal of this military admonition, and Changsun Wuji did not tell anyone about this purpose, and there was no hint!

Everyone in the tent looked at me, and I looked at you. Suddenly, everyone said in unison: "Master!"

Wang Ping'an nodded heavily and said, "No, it's the emperor! I'm so stupid. I only thought of this until now, and I almost never thought of it!"

Changsun Wuji knew that Wang Ping'an and Li Zhi had a good relationship with each other like their own brothers. Even if there was a conflict, it was still a matter of military admonition. However, before the military admonition was over, Changsun Wuji wanted to do something to Li Zhi. He was afraid that Wang Ping'an would rescue Li Zhi, so he forced Wang Ping'an, which made Wang Ping'an dare not save Li Zhi.

Because Changsun Wuji knew Wang Ping'an very well, Wang Ping'an would never do anything to die together. If Wang Ping'an discovered that Changsun Wuji was going to do something to Li Zhi, he might rush over with Turkic soldiers. Changsun Wuji was dead, but in the chaos, the soldiers of the palace would definitely think that Wang Ping'an was going to rebel. In the fight between thousands of people, no explanation was easy to do. They could only finish the fight. Changsun Wuji could not survive, and Wang Ping'an would also end up playing. This must be the result of death together!

But Wang Ping'an would definitely not accept this result. He refused to die, so he had to accept another result. This result is relatively mild!

Ouyang Li said in horror: "Is it possible that Lord Changsun wants to establish a new king? What should the current emperor do?"

Everyone also remembered the last Xuanwu Gate Incident. The political enemy at that time was also killed, but the emperor at that time Li Yuan lost his power and became the Supreme Emperor. So even if Li Yuan was dissatisfied with the Xuanwu Gate Incident, he could not do any revenge!

The military admonition, the emperor who uses force to "persuade" the emperor, and those who launch military admonition will never have a good end. Whether it is the incident in Chang'an in this era or the rename here in the future, the military admonition will lose its power. This is certain. If the mobilizer does not want to lose its power, there is only one way to go, that is, to completely control the superiors. For Changsun Wuji, it is to completely control the emperor of the Tang Dynasty!

However, Changsun Wuji could no longer fully control Li Zhi, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. If he could fully control him, he would be full and he would be able to start a military remonstrance? Before the last moment, how could he do such a huge risk? After the military remonstrance, he and Li Zhi would definitely have a gap, and a barrier that could never be eliminated. Li Zhi supported him, so Changsun Wuji's fate would inevitably be quite bleak. Sooner or later, Li Zhi would find an opportunity to get rid of him!

Then, two possible results after the military admonition appeared. Either Li Zhi replaced Changsun Wuji after a short period of time, or Changsun Wuji replaced Li Zhi. In this way, choose one of two, and the final result appears. Changsun Wuji will not be replaced, so he can only replace Li Zhi, just like Li Yuan was quickly replaced after the last Xuanwu Gate Incident!

Wang Ping'an murmured: "I understand that the military admonition at Xuanwu Gate is exactly the same as the last coup. The final result is actually the same. It's all a different emperor!"
To be continued...