The Grandmaster Strategist

Great changes have occurred. Most of the current disciples of Fengyi Sect were trained by Master Fengyi for more than ten years. Most of the disciples who followed Master Fengyi from birth to death have died on the battlefield or are still hiding in the sect. Xiu, they did not participate in this coup because of the decision of Fengyi Sect Master. Although people like Li Hanyou were good at martial arts and intelligence, they had not suffered too many setbacks and were at a loss for the moment. He watched helplessly as the hunting palace's defense was torn apart. But Ji Xia was different. She once followed Li Yuan to fight in the world, and she immediately understood the current situation. Without consulting Li Hanyou and others, she just let out a long roar, like a phoenix roaring for nine days. This was the signal for Fengyi Sect to summon its disciples. Li Hanyou also immediately understood what Concubine Ji meant. Now that King Qin's soldiers have arrived, the coup launched by Fengyimen has arrived, so the only way to survive is to take the emperor hostage and break out of the encirclement. So she shouted loudly: "When we attack, we must capture the emperor."

Hearing her shout, Qin Yi and Cheng Shu took a step back at the same time. Li Hanyou was about to rush into the palace, but a wisp of feminine palm wind came towards him. Li Hanyou was about to resist, but with a thought in his heart, he turned over and exited. The man then walked out. At the palace gate, although he was wearing a guard's uniform, he had a delicate appearance and a pair of eyes as cold as ice and snow. It was none other than the evil shadow Li Shun who had broken through and left.

Li Hanyou was shocked and couldn't help but take a few steps back. He saw some people wearing night clothes walking out behind Li Shun. They were all full of energy and walking vigorously. Li Hanyou's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't care about anything now. She said loudly: "Two senior sisters, sisters, let's go together." Yan Wushuang and Xie Xiaotong pressed their swords and stepped forward at the same time, and the female Fengyi Sect swordsmen also They all drew their swords and charged forward, seeing that the battle was about to begin. Xiao Shunzi said coldly: "Do you also want to meet Wen Ziyan at the foot of the spring?" This sentence was full of murderous intent, as chilling as the cold winter of March 9, and the time of speaking was just right. Although Li Hanyou and others also vaguely guessed It might be unfortunate to hear Zi Yan, but the news still shocked them and they couldn't help but relax their hands. At this moment, those men in black had firmly guarded the palace gate. Li Hanyou's eyes flashed, and he felt annoyed. Now that he had no chance of a quick victory, he had no choice but to step forward with his sword and kill at the palace gate. At this time, the sound of fighting could be heard outside the walls of Xiaoshuang Palace, and the fighting was already in full swing in front of the gate of Xiaoshuang Palace. Although the female swordsmen of Fengyi Clan were powerful, the palace gate was too small to use the sword formation, not to mention that there was a master like Li Shun on the opposite side. Although they had the upper hand for a while, they could not attack the palace gate. At this time, the door of another side hall opened, and Qin Zheng helped Queen Dou, who looked panicked, to come out.

When Qin Zheng heard the shouts of killing outside, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. She remembered that King Qi was still in Xuanhua Garden with no ability to protect himself, and what happened after the failed coup. For a moment, she forgot how to do it. action.

At this time, a clear whistle came from outside. Ji Xia frowned and said, "Qin Zheng, why don't you go to meet them." Qin Zheng then woke up from a dream and rushed to the palace gate with some female swordsmen.

Just when King Yong began to attack the Hunting Palace, the Jade Lin Palace was also in chaos. Li An was so distraught that he grabbed Xiao Lan and asked, "My beloved concubine, please save Gu Yi's life." Xiao Lan was also very panicked. At this time, they heard heard Ji Xia's howl. Xiao Lan had no choice but to drag Li An and rush towards Xiaoshuang Palace. At this time, King Yong's army had not rushed in yet. But when they arrived at Xiaoshuang Palace, a group of iron cavalry commanded by Qin Yong himself was already fighting with the imperial army guarding the place. Xiao Lan panicked and rushed into Xiaoshuang Palace. However, Qin Yong knew that the internal pressure inside was already very high, and it would only be harmful to let Xiao Lan in, so he ordered them to be blocked with bows and arrows and a human wall. Li An saw flesh and blood flying in front of him and arrows flying around him. He was so frightened that he shouted: "I surrender, I surrender." At this time, he no longer cared about his identity and almost knelt down to beg for mercy. Xiao Lan and the others were also accompanied by the guards around the prince. They were either greedy for life or afraid of death, or they had long been dissatisfied with the prince. Now that they saw how useless the prince was, they no longer had the slightest intention to fight. Some shouted surrender and stepped aside.

Some left everything behind and ran away. Not long after, only people from Fengyi Sect were left around the prince. Although Qin Zheng had already left the palace gate, he was blocked and could not let Xiao Lan and others in.

At this time, the surroundings began to gradually become silent. The army that entered the Hunting Palace was ordered by King Yong. Because there were many officials from the DPRK and the Central Government who were under house arrest in the palace, if there was no resistance everywhere, they would be tightly surrounded. At this moment, except for the Xiaoshuang Palace, There is no strong resistance from outside.

Xiao Lan pulled the prince and fought hard, but there were more and more forbidden troops around. Although the female swordsmen were powerful, they only brought one long sword. Those Dayong soldiers who were good at fighting on the battlefield used their long swords. Attacked from afar, they were trapped in the military formation and could only protect themselves. Xiao Lan has never regretted so much at this moment. If she didn't take Li An with her, she would have broken into Xiaoshuang Palace long ago.

After the hunting palace was initially pacified, King Yong, who had received the battle report, rushed to Xiaoshuang Palace. He saw Xiao Lan and Feng Feifei protecting the prince on the left and right. They were surrounded by Dayong soldiers and Fengyimen female swordsmen. The corpses of the two of them were already pale and were about to die. Li Zhi frowned when he saw Li An curled up on the ground without any royal manners. Fortunately, none of the soldiers attacked Li An. It seemed that apart from the blood stained on his body, there were no wounds. Li Zhi said loudly: "Fengyimen's rebellion has been heard. If we keep our hands tied, there is still a chance of survival. If we resist stubbornly, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Feng Feifei looked up and saw that the imperial army belonging to her side was about to be unable to support itself. At this time, the fellow apprentices and sisters who were fighting hard at the palace gate waiting to rescue her could no longer support themselves. If they did not rush into Xiaoshuang now, In the palace, those wolf-like and tiger-like sergeants had already begun to rush into the Xiaoshuang Palace. She felt cruel in her heart, mentioning Li An and waving him in front of him as a weapon. She thought to herself that since those sergeants did not dare to attack Li An, then she might as well use He stopped him. Sure enough, her move made the soldiers dare not attack her and they had to be forced away by her. In an instant, the only two women left in Fengyi Gate outside Xiaoshuang Palace rushed to the palace gate.

It was a matter of the prince's life, and Qin Yong did not dare to make the decision. Although the prince rebelled, killing or beheading was still a royal matter, and it was not Qin Yong's turn to make the decision, so he looked at King Yong and waited for his order.

Li Zhi was furious in his heart, and Feng Feifei's actions made him gnash his teeth with hatred. Although he also hated and despised the prince, no matter what, he was his brother. He originally wanted to order the three people to be shot to death with random arrows. After changing his mind, even if these three people entered Xiaoshuang Palace, it would not be of any use. They could not let their brother die in this situation. The prince should have his own way of dying. So he remained silent and allowed the three men to rush into the Xiaoshuang Palace gate.

Although Xiao Lan and the others entered the Xiaoshuang Palace, following behind them, Qin Yong had already commanded his soldiers to rush into the Xiaoshuang Palace. At this time, Ji Xia, Xie Xiaotong, Li Hanyou and more than twenty Fengyi One of the swordsman's attacks, although Xiao Shunzi and other masters tried their best to block it, but they were still forced to retreat into the main hall.

Li Yuan sat on the dragon chair under the protection of Qin Yi, Leng Chuan and others. Concubine Changsun, Concubine Yan and Princess Changle hid behind the throne and were protected by guards. When everyone from Fengyi Gate rushed into the main hall, Xiao Shunzi and others Everyone no longer wanted to fight, and quickly retreated to the throne, setting up a defensive formation. Behind Li Hanyou and others, the smashed palace doors that had been destroyed by the fight between the two sides were completely smashed by the soldiers who rushed into Xiaoshuang Palace. Li Hanyou and others surrounded Li Yuan and others, and outside them were the soldiers of the Yong Army who were throwing weapons. If a melee broke out, although everyone in Fengyi Clan would definitely be captured and killed, but if Li Yuan, the two concubines and the princess were accidentally injured, No one here can afford to suffer harm to their children. For a moment, there was silence in the hall, no one dared to breathe loudly, and the atmosphere in the hall was very dull.

At this time, King Yong rushed in. His cold gaze passed over Fengyi Gate and Li An, and he saluted Li Yuan and said, "Father, I am late to save you. Please forgive me for my sins."

Li Yuan said happily: "Zhi'er, you are safe and sound. General Qin, I am very pleased that you followed my secret order and came to serve the king. Now, you don't need to worry about me. I will kill all these rebellious people."

Li Zhi smiled bitterly, Li Yuan said this, he couldn't do this, and said quickly: "Father, don't worry, these rebellious people have been caught in the net now, please take care of yourself, and wait until your ministers capture them, and hand them over to your father for disposal. "

Li Hanyou said coldly: "Your Highness Prince Yong, don't be too proud. Although we were defeated, the Emperor and the Crown Prince are still here. If His Highness wants to take the opportunity to kill his father and brother, he can naturally order an attack. The obstacle will be removed by then. It is natural to inherit the throne. If not, you should have a good talk with us so as to save your father and brother."

Li Zhi also knew that this was necessary, but he was very tired of Li Hanyou's behavior. His eyes turned around everyone in Fengyi Sect, and finally fell on Concubine Ji. He smiled slightly and said: "I don't know what the imperial concubine's opinion is. If it is too harsh, I am afraid that even if my father and I agree, these soldiers will not agree. The crime of treason is the crime of annihilating the nine tribes. If I The king is too indulgent and has caused controversy between the government and the public, which will only make the world laugh."

Concubine Ji's eyes changed from misty to gloomy, and she said coldly: "If the nine tribes are to be punished, the emperor and King Yong will not be able to escape the blame. Any talk of clearing up the discussion now is nonsense. As long as His Highness allows a way out, we will naturally not Harm the Emperor."

King Yong's eyes flashed and he said: "If I give way to a way out now, are you really willing to leave like this?"

Concubine Ji hesitated. If she went out like this, and if King Yong regretted it, wouldn't she and the others be in trouble? She didn't believe that King Yong would not fall into trouble. At this time, Li Hanyou suddenly said coldly: "What's the difficulty? If His Highness lets the road go and lets Princess Changle be a hostage, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?" After saying that, he looked at Princess Changle with murderous eyes. She was also smart as ice and snow. , the secret edict and Xiahou Yuanfeng's betrayal mentioned by Li Yuan were naturally the reason why Qin Yong led his army to quell the rebellion, but how did this secret edict fall into Xiahou Yuanfeng's hands? After much deliberation, only Princess Changle sent people out of Xiaoshuang Palace. Seeing that the glory and wealth had come to nothing, Li Hanyou hated Princess Changle thoroughly. What's more, although Li Hanyou also has the status of a princess, compared with the truly golden Princess Changle, although she is conceited, talented and beautiful, she always has some fear and jealousy in her heart, so she proposed to use Princess Changle as a hostage. Although she was doing it for her own selfish reasons, everyone in the Fengyi Sect thought it was a good idea. Li Yuan's love for Princess Changle was well known, so he was indeed the best hostage candidate.

Li Yuan and Li Zhi were both furious. They both felt guilty towards Changle because of the Nanchu marriage. How could they bear to let her be a hostage, so they said in unison: "No." As soon as these words were spoken, the situation in the palace suddenly became tense. , but Li Yuan and Li Zhi's father and son looked at each other, and they both felt that the hearts of father and son had never been so close as at this moment. But Li Zhi felt a headache when he saw the uncompromising expressions on the faces of the Fengyi Sect disciples. He couldn't help but thought, I sent people to find Jiang Zhe, but why haven't they been found yet? If Suiyun is here, what might happen? What a good way to solve the current situation, right?

Before King Yong entered the palace, he had arranged for his confidants to find Jiang Zhe. Jiang Zhe was not afraid of life and death, stayed in the dangerous place, strategized, and reversed the situation. At this moment, Li Zhi was extremely grateful to Jiang Zhe, so he ordered that if Jiang Zhe was found, he would immediately He wanted to report, but there has been no news until now. King Yong was already worried about Jiang Zhe's safety.

From the moment King Yong entered the hunting palace, I was stared at by four big men. These most trusted guards around King Qi were all worried that King Yong would take advantage of the chaos to send people to harm King Qi, so they had I advised King Qi to stay away for a while, but King Qi refused lightly. They had no choice but to stare at me.

These four guards knew Jiang Zhe's importance in King Yong's mind, and they thought that they would use this person as a hostage as a last resort. As long as His Highness King Qi met the Emperor and His Highness did not participate in the rebellion, then the Emperor would punish His Highness no matter what. , and will not harm His Highness’s life.

After a while, the hustle and bustle outside gradually fell silent. After a while, someone knocked heavily on the door, and a eunuch serving in Xuanhua Garden tremblingly went to open the door. As soon as the door opened, a group of sergeants pushed the eunuch aside and quickly controlled the entire Xuanhua Garden. A young general strode towards the main hall. King Qi was standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looking out. That was the direction of Xiaoshuang Palace.

The young general performed a military salute. Although King Qi was also suspected of being rebellious, unlike the prince, King Qi also had a high prestige in the army. His bravery and straightforwardness were very popular. Although he was romantic and lecherous, he also had a reputation for liking the new and hating the old. But he did not snatch wives and concubines, and although there were many concubines in his house, he never used strict family laws to restrict them. All concubines and maids could ask to leave the house to marry as long as they wanted to. Not only did the King of Qi not If you are embarrassed, you will be given a generous dowry.

The reason why King Qi set this rule is also a good story. At first, there was a dancing girl sent to the palace by others. She was very beautiful. However, King Qi favored her a few times and lost interest. It happened that this dancing girl's childhood sweetheart came into the palace. As a guard in Prince Qi's palace, the two rekindled their old relationship and had an affair, but was discovered by another guard. This guard originally wanted to force the dancer to have an affair with him, but unexpectedly the dancer refused, so he angrily asked The king of Qi secretly reported. Sure enough, the King of Qi summoned the two men to question him. After asking for the truth, he ordered the guard to be dragged down and beaten with dozens of sticks. At that time, everyone thought that the King of Qi would kill the lovers with sticks, but they did not expect that the King of Qi would kill the guard. After a beating, he married the dancer to him as his wife, and then recommended the guard to be a military attache. Instead, the guard who told the story was kicked out of the palace by King Qi, and then King Qi made an appointment with this rule. Some of his staff advised him that this would be disrespectful to his dignity, but King Qi laughed and said: "No one knows that I like the new and dislike the old. Isn't it pitiful for these women to stay alone in my palace? It's better to marry them out to avoid the trouble." It’s a waste of my king’s money and food.”

Although many serious civil servants criticized King Qi for this, the warriors in the army loved King Qi even more because of this, because King Qi often summoned warriors from the army to participate in banquets, and during the banquets, the concubines and dancers around him were always invited to sing and dance. Wine, there are many examples of those beauties who fell in love with them and got married.

Therefore, although this general was ordered to take King Qi into custody, he did not have any deep hostility. He said loudly: "The last general Tian Long has been ordered by His Highness King Yong to come to protect His Highness King Qi. His Highness King Yong has an order. Please don't go out, so as not to be taken advantage of by the rebel army."

King Qi turned around. His face was pale, but his expression was very peaceful. He said calmly: "How is the situation in Xiaoshuang Palace?"

The general was stunned and said: "I don't know." At this time, his deputy walked in beside him and whispered: "There are several guards of King Qi in the side hall who refuse to surrender their weapons."

Tian Long glanced at King Qi and whispered: "Do you want me to teach you how to do this?"

The deputy general said awkwardly: "They held a person hostage, they said it was Lord Yong Wang Sima Jiang Zhejiang."

Tian Long was shocked. He was sent to detain King Qi, so he was naturally trusted, so he naturally knew the importance of Jiang Zhe. King Yong also specifically ordered the generals to protect Jiang Zhe if they were found. Glancing at King Qi warily, Tian Long said: "Your Highness, could you please give an order to prevent your subordinates from resisting?"

Li Xian smiled slightly and said: "I want to go to Xiaoshuang Palace, but I wonder if the general can make the decision?"

Tian Long looked embarrassed. He did not have the power to allow King Qi to go to Xiaoshuang Palace, but Jiang Zhe was kidnapped by King Qi's subordinates. What should he do? At this time, a gentle voice came from outside and said, "Your Highness, why is this necessary?" Although he was obviously short of breath, his voice was very firm. Tian Long and the deputy general looked out and saw a scholar in Tsing Yi walking slowly supported by two guards of King Qi. The other two guards held swords to protect each other. The scholar held a gold medal in his hand, but it said "It's like I'm here in person" "The gold medal may not be useful now, but there is a line of small words on the lower right foot of the gold medal, which says "Given King Yong Li", indicating that this gold medal was given to King Yong by the emperor, so no one dared to stop it.

Tian Long immediately knew that the scholar was indeed Yong Wang Sima Jiangzhe, and he quickly stepped forward to pay his respects.

I waved the two generals to step aside and said, "Your Highness, now that the overall situation has been decided and irreversible, why do you need to go to Xiaoshuang Palace?"

Li Xian said calmly: "It's because the overall situation has been decided that I'm going to take a look. You should understand that my princess is there."

I shook my head. Sometimes King Qi is really stubborn. After thinking about it, he finally said, "Xiaguan is going to Xiaoshuang Palace. If His Highness doesn't mind, just go with Xiaguan."

Li Xian's expression changed and he said, "Don't you know what your physical condition is? What can you do at this time?"

I smiled slightly and said: "Today is the day I have been thinking about day and night, and want to see. How can I endure it here? Please lend me your sedan chair."

Li Xian's expression changed again and again, and said: "Okay, I promise you."

Tian Long and the other two exclaimed: "Your Highness, Sir, this?"

I raised the gold medal and said: "In front of King Yong, the lower officials will bear the responsibility, and it has nothing to do with you." The two of them fell silent.

At this moment, in the distant wilderness, a pale white figure was as fast as a shooting star, pointing directly at the hunting palace. The autumn wind blew by, and a piece of white silk slipped to the ground, revealing the bright red blood stains on the silk handkerchief.