"Your Majesty," Jiancheng bowed to Li Yuan, "Your Majesty looks good today." Li Yuan wore a set of armor today, wearing a scarlet cloak, followed by a brigade of guards and cavalry. They were all wearing navy blue steel plate armor, which were all in stocks of the Military Armor Bureau. It is said that Li Shimin originally prepared for his imperial guards and officers.

The emperor took out these armors and first equipped his own Qianniu Guard.

The emperor was also the Privy Councilor Li Shao, but he was not wearing armor, but instead wore a purple official robe.

"The weather is good today, I plan to go to the East Palace in person." Li Yuan said.

"Your Majesty, my son recommends taking Changsun and Chengqian with you." Li Jiancheng suggested to the emperor, "Take Li Shimin's wives, concubines, children and wives and concubines who fled into the East Palace but had not yet come in. We take them to the city of the East Palace and let the people inside surrender. If you do not surrender, you will cut one off every once in a while until it is cut down."

The prince said fiercely.

Li Yuan said, "I received a report that more than 200,000 troops from Shimin under Luoyang City have gathered, and Li Chao also has 100,000 troops in Xiangyang. Luoyang is still holding on, but Li Chao has led his troops from Xiangyang and is now heading along the river."

"I have also received these messages."

"Xiangyang is only 200 miles away from Hanjing, and there is no obstacle along the way. Li Chao will be able to reach the city in three or five days!"

"That traitor Li Chao!" Jian Cheng said with hatred.

"Li Chao is still very capable. He first started his army and fought from Dengzhou to Xiangyang, and annihilated 100,000 heavy troops from two groups of us. Otherwise, Shimin would not have made him the King of Yue."

"That deposed emperor is generous. The minister of a different surname actually made him king."

Li Yuan sighed, "If Li Chao is willing to do it for me, I will be willing to give him the king." At this point, he called his subordinates shameless, "If he could keep a close eye on Li Chao's wives, concubines and children and not let them escape, and if he had his wife and children in our hands, Li Chao would not dare to do this."

Chai Shao said beside him, "Your Majesty, Li Chao has a son in our hands. Your Majesty can send Li Chao one hand or one ear first. If he does not obey His Majesty's order, Your Majesty can kill the person directly."

Pingyang and his son are now in the hands of the Supreme Emperor, but Li Yuan has been treating them well.

“It’s not time yet.”

"Your Majesty, I suggest that while the army of the deposed emperors is still besieging Luoyang, we will take the initiative to attack and first deal with Li Chao." Chai Shao suggested. "If we can defeat Li Chao, the Shannan area will return to the jurisdiction of the court. We can respond to other noble families and turn back to fight the deceased emperor to the death."

Li Yuan was not interested in this proposal.

There are still 50,000 people in Hanjing City, but they are no longer considered soldiers. Most of them are patched up new recruits. These people are not enough to even put Li Chao in between the teeth.

He didn't know what he was still insisting on in Hanjing. Many ministers had suggested to him to hunt west, take Changsun Chengqian and others as hostages, and retreat to Shu in Hanzhong.

It was said that it was attacking the Eastern Palace, but in fact it was just annoyance, so I came to the Eastern Palace to be calm and I was happy.

But when he arrived in front of the Eastern Palace, Li Yuan became even more angry.

He took action himself, but the people in the Eastern Palace were too lazy to pay attention to him. None of the prime ministers such as Ma Zhou and Wei Zheng came over to speak, and only one soldier replied to him on the palace wall.

"Your Majesty, bring Li Shimin's wives, concubines and children up and cut them a few first." Li Jiancheng suggested again.

Li Yuanyu was still angry and said, "Go and bring people."

Empress Changsun, Crown Prince Chengqian and other concubines and children of Li Shimin were brought, and Li Yuan pointed at the crowd casually, "She, she, these three, pull them out!"

Three concubines were selected, and several guards went up to pull people, and the selected concubines cried loudly and begged for mercy.

Empress Changsun stepped forward, but the soldiers pushed her aside directly. The prince stepped forward to protect the queen, raised his fist and hit the guard, but was kicked away.

Li Jiancheng came over, picked up Cheng Qian and pulled him over.

"Dalang, don't touch him for now." Li Yuan shouted at Jiancheng. Jiancheng glared at Chengqian and pushed him away.

"roll!"

The three concubines were pulled to the moat of the East Palace and were pressed to kneel down on the ground while crying.

The head of the East Palace.

Wei Zheng, Ma Zhou, Gao Shilian and other prime ministers rushed to the city after hearing the news, but only saw a big sword lifting and the heads of the three concubines fell to the ground.

"They are already crazy!" Ma Zhou sighed.

The third year of Zhenguan, on the eighth day of November.

The great marshal of the king and the king of Yue Li Chao led a 100,000 troops to the Hanjing city. From Xiangyang to Hanjing, there were no resistance. The officials from all over the city opened the city to welcome him. Some of the families who had risen to respond to the rebellion fled, and the rest came to apologize.

Li Chao handed these people over to local officials for temporary detention, and then led his army to the city of Hanjing.

On the eighth day of November, on a bleak morning, Li Chao's army arrived, and the gates of Hanjing were closed, and no soldiers came out to fight.

Li Chao set up a camp in the south of the city and then sent troops to surround the gates.

The capital of Han was completely surrounded.

The atmosphere in Hanjing suddenly became dull, and martial law was imposed throughout the city. Not only were people strictly prohibited from going out at night, but few people even took to the streets during the day.

The emperor has issued an order to ask soldiers to arrest the powerful men from house to house. All men over the age of fourteen and under the age of sixty-five will be taken away from home and will be assigned as militias guarding the city.

The night is dark.

In the Huai'an Palace, in Li Shentong's study, Huai'an King Li Shentong had a secret discussion with his brother Li Shenfu and a group of nephews.

The King of Huai'an, Li Shentong, was named Shou. Shentong was his character, and he was called Li Shentong by his character Xing. He was Li Yuan's cousin and the grandson of Li Hu. When Li Yuan first started his rebellion, he raised troops in Chang'an to respond. Later, he joined forces with Pingyang and organized tens of thousands of troops to welcome Li Yuan into the capital.

In the Wude Dynasty, Li Yuan was also very trusted by Li Yuan. He had been fighting in Hebei. Although he was defeated repeatedly, Li Yuan had always trusted him very much. Even after the Xuanwu Gate, Li Shentong was valued by Li Shimin. However, after this restoration, Li Yuan immediately asked someone to invite Li Shentong to him.

For Li Yuan, this cousin is more trustworthy than his own son Li Shimin.

Li Shentong was awarded the position of General of the Left Wu Guard by Li Yuan. Now one of the eight actual commanding generals of the military commander in the capital. Speaking of which, Li Yuan was indeed very good to him. He and his younger brother Li Shenfu were both named kings, and even his eight sons were all named princes, and his younger brother Li Shenfu had seven sons, all of them were named princes.

Their brothers and their families were granted seventeen kings. However, in the Zhenguan Dynasty, all the titles of their family were reduced. Only Li Shentong retained the title of county prince, and the rest were reduced to county lords and marquis.
Chapter completed!