Chapter 1148 Sword Slaying the Prince
Li You ascended the throne in the Dudu Mansion.
But time was short, there was no time to make the dragon robes, and there was no honor guard for the emperor, so people cut and made the robes with white paper, and then painted the coat of arms with paint.
Gold melons, copper axes, iron halberds, etc. were not available, so they were made of wood and then dyed with pigments.
As for civil and military officials, etc., they are appointed at will.
Yin Hongzhi and Yan Hongliang were named princes of Jin respectively, one was named King of Jin, worshiped as Zhongshu Ling and Zuo Servant, and the other was named King of Yan, worshiped as Zhongshuling and Right Servant, and his confidants were also named county kings and state officials. My lord, the guards are either named Generals or Ministers.
Dongning Governor's Mansion Bing Cao Can Military Du Xingmin was appointed Minister of the Ministry of War and named Li Guogong, but Du Xingmin was silent while holding the crude imperial edict.
In the Bing Cao Gongfang, all the officials who joined the army, joined the army, Bing Cao Shi, Bing Cao Zuo, etc. were also conferred the titles of servants, doctors, yuanwailang, etc.
Anyway, Cao Yamen, the governor of the army, was directly promoted to the Ministry of War.
After Li You's cronies who came to deliver the decree left, Du Xingmin held the edict for a long time, and finally threw it on the ground.
"My lords, he was the emperor's son in the past, but now he is a thief of the country. I, Du Xingmin, is a son of the Jingzhao Du family. How can I attach myself to the rebels? I swear against the thieves, and you, the lords, are willing to fight for rebellion with me." chaos?"
The officials in the Bingcao Yamen of the Governor's Mansion are basically transferred from the Central Plains, and some are the children of local powerful people. No one is stupid, and it can be seen that Li You's rebellion will never end well.
Before Li You attacked and killed Chief Shi Wei Wenzhen, it was also a private act, and everyone didn't know about it. Later, he suddenly rebelled, and everyone was coerced in a daze.
Now that Li You is blatantly proclaiming himself emperor, if you don't do anything, everyone will not be able to pick it clean.
Originally, Du Xingmin and the others planned to wait for the arrival of the court officials and troops, and then respond internally at that time, but Li You has already proclaimed himself emperor, so they can't wait.
Du Xingmin believes that everyone thinks the same as him. Unless it is Yan Hongliang and those who participated in the killing of Wei Changshi, who would continue to go all the way to the underworld?
At the moment, everyone came up and threw the extremely crude official edict in their hands to the ground, spit on it and stomped on it, and temporarily used jute paper to replace the yellow silk edict, which was smashed.
Du Xingmin drew out his sword, and the rest of them drew their swords and stood together.
"Destroy rebellion and quell chaos!"
After taking the oath together, Du Xingmin asked everyone to split up and contact the soldiers in the city, in groups of three, to monitor each other and prevent anyone from tipping off.
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night.
Li You, who has officially proclaimed himself emperor, has not replaced the set of paper dragon robes. He is holding a royal banquet in the Dudu's Mansion, which is used as the imperial palace, and is still drinking with Yan Hongliang and others.
"Has the imperial edict to confer upon the barbarians of the Tian family, the Xie family, and the Zhao family have been issued?"
"It has already been sent." Guojiu Yin Hongzhi said.
"Let them quickly bring troops to King Qin, and beware of Qin Lang. This guy is quite good at fighting, so we can't be careless." Li You said, when Qin Lang was a scholar of the Chongxian Hall, Li You was still Qin Lang's student. As a bachelor, he has been taught by Qin Lang a lot, and he is still a little apprehensive towards Qin Lang from the bottom of his heart.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Tian family has already responded. With them in the north, Qin Lang will not be able to cross the Wujiang River unless he flies with wings."
Several people continued to drink.
"Keep playing the music, keep dancing!"
The music kept going.
Suddenly there were some noisy sounds in the distance, which seemed to be accompanied by drums.
Du Xingmin led troops to kill.
During the day, Du Xingmin and his colleagues in the Bing Cao Yamen split up to contact the generals in the city. Unsurprisingly, many people expressed their willingness to join the army, and they did not want to be rebellious officials and thieves. It's just that after being coerced, there was no leader to lead them to resist.
Now that someone has come forward, everyone responded one after another.
Almost encountered no obstacles. After dark, they rushed to the Dudu Mansion from all over the city. Each of them tied a red scarf on their foreheads and tied red cloth strips on their arms.
Guarding the Dudu Mansion are Li You's relatives, many of them are desperate and treacherous recruits he recruited, and they are usually full.
At this time, he was promoted to Li You's imperial guards, led by Zan Junmo and Liang Mengbiao.
When Du Xingmin contacted the soldiers separately during the day, he did not contact the soldiers.
When Du Xingmin gathered the crowd and came to the Dudu Mansion, the guards pointed their bows at them.
"Do you want to gather people to break into the palace and rebel?" One person shouted.
Du Xingmin was wearing Mingguang armor, riding a Hetao warhorse, holding a black lacquered horse lance, with a red forehead tied on his forehead, and a white cloth strip tied to his arm. You don't want to serve the king of the county, but follow the thief and join the rebellion, don't you know the crime?"
"Today we, the loyal people, are going to fight for the country's rebels and eliminate thieves. If you are wise, put down your bows and knives quickly, and it is not too late to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, and you can still atone for your sins!"
"Hurry up and open the door!"
Many soldiers behind them rose up and shouted loudly.
Countless torches were burning, illuminating the front of the Dudu Mansion like daylight.
Dongning Governor's Mansion was built only after Li You's arrival. It was built only a few years ago. Because it was the prince's mansion, the specifications were quite high when it was built.
The entire Dudu Mansion is actually equivalent to the inner fort of Juzhou, with tall and strong walls.
Li You's 3,000 pro-army guarded it, and it was really easy to defend and difficult to attack for a while.
However, Du Xingmin's words worked well, especially since he brought a lot of people today, and this time, there were more soldiers who hadn't been contacted before, and even the common people, etc., also spontaneously heard the movement here. rush over.
Great momentum.
Li You's relatives are not all his confidantes. When he sent Liang Mengbiao and others to kill Wei Wenzhen, they were only twenty of them.
Many of the pro-armies were also soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and they were coerced into rebellion because they were confused.
"Wei Guogong, General Zhang and Liu Shangshu's orthodox army are coming, you must not be mistaken, open the door quickly, and make atonement!"
shouted several times.
Sure enough, a school lieutenant among the pro-army guarding the city gate responded. Although Liang Mengbiao and others were close friends at the city gate, Yin Hongzhi, Yan Hongliang, Liang Mengbiao and others who had no way out were still drinking and having fun with Li You inside. Woolen cloth.
There was a quarrel in the city.
Immediately after the confrontation of swords and arrows, soldiers loyal to the court cut down those cronies of Li You and seized the city gate.
The gate of the city opened slowly, and Du Xingmin immediately took the lead in rushing in.
Chaos broke out in the inner city.
Some pro-military forces are resisting, but more pro-military forces have turned around and joined the rebellious team.
When Yin Hongzhi received the report from his cronies who had fled back, he was so scared that the wine glasses fell to the ground.
Yin Hongzhi and the Li family's father and son had a feud against their father, and when Yin Shishi recruited Li Yuan's family's ancestral grave and destroyed his bones and ashes, Yin Hongzhi had a share, so the two families are considered feuds. Later, Li Yuan beheaded Yin Shishi, the men were sent to the army, and the female relatives were not included in the court. Later, his sister was assigned to the Qin Palace, became Li Shimin's woman, and even got favored, and finally became Yinde Concubine.
The men of the Yin family were also able to return to Chang'an because of the relationship with Concubine Yinde, and even brought some family property, such as Yin Hongzhi and others, and became officials again.
But Yin Hongzhi did not forgive the Li family, and even the hatred accumulated more and more, Li You did not learn well when he was a child, in fact, it was Yin Hongzhi who led the bad.
The subsequent intensification was also due to Yin Hongzhi's deliberate intention. For example, he recommended his brother-in-law Yan Hongliang to Li You. They recruited many desperadoes, rascals and treacherous evils.
It's no wonder Li You didn't go bad.
Step by step, Li You finally rebelled and proclaimed himself emperor in Juzhou. Yin Hongzhi finally got sullen in his heart. Although he knew that Li You could not succeed, he felt that he could finally take revenge on the Li family, even if it was disgusting Li Shimin Once is fine.
It's just that he didn't expect the failure to come so quickly.
When this moment finally came, Yin Hongzhi still couldn't control his trembling hands.
"Uncle, what should we do?" Li You panicked, his face pale.
The absurd prince was also afraid when he heard the shouts of killing getting closer and closer outside.
Li Youtian is not afraid of the earth, but he is also afraid of death.
When life is gone, everything is gone.
He tried to die again and again because he thought he was the son of the emperor, and no one dared to do anything to him. Even the emperor would at most reprimand and scold him, and would not really do anything to him, just like he used to Same after making a mistake.
"Withdraw the guards and guard this main courtyard."
Yin Hongzhi turned his head and said to his wife and brother Yan Hongliang, "Put on the armor and pick up the weapons. We must not be caught without a fight!"
Liang Mengbiao smashed the cup on the ground, "I'll go see who dares to be presumptuous!"
The sound of killing was getting closer and closer, and Yin Hongzhi's eyes gradually recovered, and his eyes became more determined. Anyway, he knew that this day would come, but it came a little early.
The guards brought the armor and helped Yin Hongzhi put it on.
"Your Majesty, please wear it too!"
Li You fought in two battles. Although he usually likes to wear armor to go hunting, pretending to be fighting, but he still panicked when he heard the sound of fighting so close.
After Yin Hongzhi put on his armor, he personally put on his armor.
"If Gu didn't go out to meet them, they wouldn't dare to hurt Gu." Li You was sober, and didn't dare to call himself Zhen anymore.
"Your Majesty, there is no turning back now." Yin Hongzhi smiled. "Killing one is enough money, killing two is enough to earn one, kill it, kill it to your heart's content."
"I don't want to die!" Li You cried.
"Your Majesty, please respect yourself. A man is a man. If he dies, his ears will die. How can he be so weak and cry like a little woman?"
Du Xingmin led people to break down the wall of the main courtyard and came in.
Countless torches illuminate the main room.
Du Xingmin threw Liang Mengbiao's head in front of the door.
"Stop stubbornly resisting, you have already lost!"
Yin Hongzhi leaned behind the window and shot Du Xingmin with an arrow. Du Xingmin was shot in the shoulder, but he just snorted.
"Come here, raise your shield and attack!"
Yin Hongzhi shouted, "The emperor's son is in my hands, who dares to mess around and hurt the dragon son, who will bear the consequences?"
All the soldiers could not help but retreat a few steps, and no one dared to step forward.
Seeing this, Du Xingmin had no choice but to shout, "Your Highness King Qi, you used to be the son of the emperor, but today you are a thief of the country. Du Xingmin can only be rude if he seeks thieves for the country today. If the king doesn't surrender quickly, then Du Xingmin will There is no way to guarantee your Majesty's safety."
After speaking, he took a torch and waved it.
"If you don't come out, I will set fire to the house, and all the people in the house will be burned to death!"
Li You saw Du Xingmin holding a torch through the window, and was extremely flustered.
"Du Bingcao, it's not because I don't want to open the door, but if I open the door and come out, you may guarantee my safety? I want to go back to Beijing, and I want to meet the Holy Majesty!"
Du Xingmin naturally agreed to this request.
"As long as the king comes out, I will guarantee the safety of the king, and I will personally **** the king back to Beijing to face the saint!"
"I have one more request. You must guarantee the lives of Yin Hongzhi and Yan Hongliang, and they must follow me back to Beijing Miansheng!"
"Okay, I agree!"
Li You turned his head and said to the more than forty people in armor in the house, "Du Xingmin has already agreed, let's open the door."
Yin Hongzhi refused to open the door. He knew very well that even if Du Xingmin didn't kill them, he would die in Luoyang. Sooner or later, he would die, so why go to Luoyang to die.
Here, you can still have a good time.
"Your Majesty, Du thief cannot be trusted."
"He has already promised, and he dare not hurt Gu."
"Your Majesty, even if you arrive in Luoyang, is there still a way out? Why don't you fight!"
Li You said angrily, "If you want to die, you can die yourself, but I don't want to die, so back down!"
Yin Hongzhi looked sullenly and then looked at Yan Hongliang, the two eyes met, tacit understanding.
Seeing that no one was going to open the door, Li You went to open the door himself. As soon as he reached the door, he was suddenly stabbed by Yan Hongliang with a sword from behind, and fell to the ground with a scream. Yan Hongliang rushed forward ferociously, and cut off Li You's head several more times.
Holding the **** head, Yan Hongliang said to his relatives in the house, "At the beginning, we all had a share in killing Wei Wenzhen. When we returned to Luoyang, Li You was the emperor's son. He might survive, but none of us would survive. It's all a death anyway, so why go back to Luoyang to die?"
"A manly man, if you die, you have to die standing up!"
Everyone roared crazily.
These were all desperadoes. Just now, Liang Mengbiao's head was thrown at the outside door. Everyone could see clearly that everyone's fate was the same as Liang Mengbiao's, and they would not end well.
Yan Hongliang threw Li You's head out of the window.
In the flames, after Du Xingmin recognized the face of the leader, his scalp tingled from shock.
"Get in!"
Du Xingmin was almost crazy, the prince died right in front of him, even if the prince was a prince who rebelled and proclaimed himself emperor, he was still a prince.
I wanted to make meritorious service, but who wants to make this happen. Du Xingmin was almost going crazy, he just wanted to kill all the people inside.
The other generals were also taken aback.
Everyone rushed forward angrily. Although Yan Hongliang and others fought stubbornly in the house, they were quickly attacked. They were knocked down to the ground and dragged outside the house one by one.
The angry and terrified soldiers vented everything on these dozens of people.
Someone gouged out Yan Hongliang's eyes, someone cut off Yin Hongzhi's tongue, and someone broke the leg bones of those dead men one by one...
More than forty people were all tortured and killed on the spot, and none survived.
When everything was over, everyone stood there dumbfounded, not knowing what to do next.
Du Xingmin ordered people to put Li You's head and body in the coffin, and wrote a letter to Qin Lang with trembling hands, telling him that the officers and soldiers of Dongning Mansion had put down the rebellion!
It’s just that when they invaded the inner courtyard of the Governor’s Mansion, Yan Hongliang, Yin Hongzhi and other rebels hijacked King Qi and refused to surrender, and finally killed King Qi brutally. The incident happened suddenly, and they were not in a hurry to rescue...
"Block the gates of Juzhou and wait for the arrival of Wei Guogong. Before that, defend Juzhou for the court, and there must be no more losses!"
Du Xingmin said in an extremely low voice.
(end of this chapter)