Chapter six hundred and seventy first blood spattered palace (1)
When Liu Yu saw Liao Mingsheng, he suddenly felt a little irritable because Liao Mingsheng reported that Yang Lie was in Ci'en Temple, so he brought troops to capture him. Yang Lie failed to meet him, but instead found Su Zhe. Now Su Zhe seems to be in a dead end, but who knows whether the Su Zhe is true or false?
Maybe this was Su Zhe's plan to lure the enemy, asking him to leave the palace, and then send a group of people to "force the palace".
"Who? How many people are forced to the palace from which palace gate?"
Liao Mingsheng said: "I received a clue, saying that it was Li Yannian, the Minister of Personnel, who brought a group of old ministers from the old dynasty into the palace from Dongye Gate, saying that they were asking His Majesty for his orders, but behind their backs, they contacted some soldiers and generals from Chang'an camp south of the city..."
Liu Yu looked at the surging fire on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. He had no time to sigh that this historical monument had been destroyed. He wanted to know whether Su Zhe was a real or a fake substitute, and whether he was dead or alive now.
"Let's go, go back to the palace!" Liu Yu greeted, and Huo Bing was still a little confused.
Although Huo Bing was used to the scene, he had never seen a tall tower, and was burned to death. He still wanted to go in and capture the rioters, but looking at the fire in the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, he knew that even someone inside would be burned to ashes. Huo Bing had to take his subordinates and return to the palace with Liu Yu.
The sky was gloomy, and Liu Yu was in a more gloomy mood. Liu Yu felt as if he was being led by the nose. He knew that he had to use some means to reverse this unfavorable situation. But at the moment, he couldn't think of a good way to solve the current embarrassment. First of all, he didn't know what the specific purpose of the group of people who forced the palace was, and whether it was Li Yannian, Su Zhe, or someone else. Liu Yu thought about it, and the only thing he could do now was to notify Liu Liniang first and ask Liu Liniang to implement some ruthless tricks that he had already planned but had not put into practice.
Liu Yu took the guards directly through the inner city gate and went to the Dongye Gate of the Palace. At this time, the old ministers who asked for the order had already entered the palace. Liu Yu did not see a new army guard at the door. There were no traces of fighting, nor were there any casualties. The Dongye Gate of the Palace, which was originally guarded closely, was now empty. Liu Yu immediately felt the seriousness of the problem. Could it be that these new army municipal committees encountered an accident? Or were they exploited by others?
"What's going on?" Liu Yu asked Huo Bing, who was glaring as he asked.
"No...I know." Huo Bing also seemed very innocent. Although he is forming the Imperial Guards and taking the New Army Guards as his team, he has not yet taken action on many guards. As for defense, because Lian Husheng was imprisoned, some things became very chaotic. Liu Yu has ignored the arrangements of the guards over the past few days, and has kept his eyes on the Buddhist temples and the Three Puritans in the inner and outer cities.
"If you encounter trouble, you will kill them all!" Liu Yu led his troops and horses straight towards the inner court. Liu Yu knew that if there were really a rebel minister who forced the palace to come with his troops, he would definitely take the inner court first. Liu Yu's family's female relatives were all in the inner court. He was very worried about the situation of the female relatives at home, but he also knew that there were female officers in the inner court. Although the female officers might not be responsible for anything on the battlefield, they still had such time to stay in the inner court for a while and let Xu Xuanzhu take his family's female relatives to transfer.
Liu Yu went to the gate of the inner court, but found no trace of anyone breaking in. Lu Chu'er and a group of female guards were guarding the gate, and the two looked very serious.
"What's the situation?" Liu Yu asked when he saw Lu Chu'er walking forward to salute.
"Son-in-law, something happened in the palace. There was a group of soldiers. I don't know where it came from, so I went straight to the direction of Fengcui Palace. The general asked us to stay here and not let us go to Fengcui Palace. We don't know what happened there."
Liu Yu couldn't help but frown when he heard this. Fengcui Palace is the main hall of the palace. Where court meetings are held, the gathering of civil and military officials will also be there. Who broke into the palace at this time? And what was their purpose?
Liu Yu faintly felt that a struggle for power was becoming increasingly fierce. This group of people entered the palace, did not go to the inner court, but directly took the new emperor, nor did they fight against him, Liu Yu, but just took the people to Fengcui Palace. Do they want to prove something or steal the throne? Liu Yu couldn't understand the tricks in it. Even if Su Zhe wanted to ascend the throne, he went to Fengcui Palace with ministers such as Li Yannian. He said that he was the emperor and he was the emperor. The soldiers were not under their control, and Liu Yu could instantly turn the people killed in Fengcui Palace...
Liu Yu didn't think about it anymore, and things were a little beyond his expectations.
Liu Yu left a group of people to temporarily protect the inner court, and he led a large number of new soldiers to move straight towards Fengcui Palace. He also had an idea in his mind that no matter who he saw in Fengcui Palace today, he would wipe them out mercilessly, just like a political enemy, leaving no living mouth, even if his father-in-law Li Yannian was among them.
Liu Yu was also angry and had nowhere to vent his anger. Now there was such a chance that he wanted to vent all his anger on these unsightly people. When Liu Yu arrived outside Fengcui Palace, he saw a group of soldiers in military uniforms on the stone steps, and he was facing the steps with spears. These people were able to enter the palace, which really surprised Liu Yu, because the weapons of these soldiers were very "primitive", but the military uniforms, which Liu Yu looked familiar with, were clearly the military uniforms of the Imperial Guard.
Imperial Guard?
In front of Fengcui Palace, there were only a few dozen soldiers wearing imperial guard uniforms, less than a hundred. In front of the thousands of new soldiers led by Liu Yu, these people seemed insignificant. But these people seemed not afraid of death, staring at the new soldiers below and Liu Yu among the new soldiers. It was as if they were the winners and could annex everything from condescending to them.
"Kill it!"
With Liu Yu's order, the New Army soldiers behind him rushed up the stone steps in a swarm. Before the soldiers could meet, the muskets on the hands of the New Army soldiers had been fired. With the muskets, the legendary "rebels" in the imperial guard uniforms fell down immediately, but they were still not afraid of death and wanted to block the New Army soldiers' rushing forward.
Seeing the battle above, Liu Yu's heart was ups and downs. He always felt that there was something he ignored. This group of people could kill to the palace and occupy Dongye Gate without hesitation. There must be a conspiracy behind it.
"What kind of conspiracy?" Liu Yu was puzzled.
Now Feng Cui Palace is in front of him. As long as he kills him, he can know what is happening inside. But he feels that what is happening in Feng Cui Palace is waiting for him to participate. It is like a trap, just waiting for him to take the bait himself.
Liu Yu asked himself over and over again, and then tried to solve the puzzle, but obviously, this puzzle was difficult for him. With his wisdom, he couldn't see through what was going on. Why could such a group of people enter the palace? What happened to the group of new soldiers guarding Dongye Gate seemed to have evaporated on earth and no trace was found?
Who planned this conspiracy behind the scenes? If it were Su Zhe, who was for the throne, how could he be sure that he could become the emperor if he could occupy Fengcui Palace?
At this time, Liu Yu vaguely grasped a clue, that is, the chaos in the political situation in Shun Dynasty in recent years was entirely caused by him. If he died, the problem would seem to be solved from the root. Could it be that Su Zhe planned to first lure the tiger away from the mountain, and then let him rush back to the palace, and arranged such a quarrel and find a way to kill him?
At this time, the battle on the stone steps had come to an end. The new army soldiers had gained the advantage in numbers and weapons. As expected, the new army soldiers had occupied the palace gate of Fengcui Palace. Liu Yu did not think about going down any further. He took his men and horses to step onto the stairs and arrived in front of Fengcui Palace. At this time, the palace gate of Fengcui Palace was closed, and some voices came from the inside, as if there were many people inside. But what was happening inside could not be seen at all from the outside.
"Censor Liao Du, what else have you found?"
Liu Yu did not rashly order the new army soldiers to attack Fengcui Palace, but asked Liao Mingsheng first. After all, Liu Yu felt that he was led by someone in the nose for what happened today, and Liao Mingsheng was the culprit of all this. The situation is unclear now, so he also needs to ask clearly to make some decisions.
"Prince." Liao Mingsheng was also sweating profusely at this time. He also felt the seriousness of the problem and said with a trembling voice, "After I investigated, there are a group of old ministers from the previous dynasty who went to the palace gate..."
"You have said all these!" Liu Yu shouted.
"Your Majesty, I really don't know who is inside..." Liao Mingsheng knelt on the ground and said in fear.
Liu Yu felt an unknown fire in his heart. He was about to order to attack Fengcui Palace and see what the show was going on inside, but he was still careful. Liu Yu remembered what Liao Mingsheng said that the people who forced the palace to contact a group of people from the Nanchang'an camp today. Liu Yu thought that if Su Zhe was forcibly holding the throne ceremony, he would inevitably be recognized by the court through some means after the matter was completed. This was obviously very difficult. The best way was to pacify Chang'an City through force and then eliminate him Liu Yu, so that Su Zhe could rest assured and complete this military coup.
Although the Southern Chang'an Camp is just an ordinary army in Liu Yu's view, it is the army that guards Chang'an City after all. If a military coup occurs in Chang'an City, the Southern Chang'an Camp will naturally be at the forefront. Liu Yu lacks control over these old-school armies, because there are many old-school generals in the Southern Chang'an Camp. Although these people expressed their nominal loyalty to Liu Yu and the New Emperor, Liu Yu has always expressed doubts about this loyalty.
In Liu Yu's view, the rebellion of the troops in the South Chang'an Camp is just natural. Because Liu Yu's distrust of the old troops in the South Chang'an Camp, it also directly led to the garrison of Chang'an City, his direct new army has been in charge of the garrison of Chang'an City.
Liu Yu immediately realized that although the new army is very strong in combat effectiveness on the battlefield, it lacks experience in political struggle and is just a brave but not resourceful army. When encountering political belief issues, it may not be so firm.
That will lead to a result. If a person who breaks through the gate of Fengcui Palace and calls himself the emperor, his soldiers may not be able to maintain 100% loyalty to him.
Chapter completed!