The ministers in the palace were shocked. They saw the horizontal knife slashing at the King of Goguryeo's neck. Some people even closed their eyes. The feeling of suffocation that they could not breathe made them dare not look at the King of Goguryeo's neck. direction.
"ah… ."
The King of Goguryeo yelled, and his eyes that were closed for a moment opened again. He felt the cold horizontal knife on his neck, and he felt a little happy that he didn't cut himself.
So I glanced at the murderous eyes of His Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, but I felt guilty and didn't dare to look at him, so I could only tremble and tremble with my chubby body, and closed my eyes again, muttering something unknown in my mouth.
The cold murderous aura of the horizontal knife on his neck made Gao Zang have to be careful when he was shaking. He closed his eyes in fear and begged for mercy. Feeling the cold blade that penetrated his bones, Gao Zang felt that he might be killed at any time. Moving, I wish I could faint at this moment, don't let myself face this situation soberly.
"Presumptuous! Li Hong! How unbecoming! Do you treat the king of Goguryeo like this, do you still think of me as your father?" Li Zhi pushed Zhang Lushui away from his arms, stood up, looked at Li Hong and shouted .
The horizontal sword in Li Hong's hand trembled slightly, but in the end, he decided to ignore Father Long's scolding. He didn't even look at Father Long and continued to face Goguryeo King Gaozang. The horizontal sword in his hand slowly Lifting up, he patted Gao Zang's fat face twice, signaling Gao Zang to open his eyes and look at him.
Gao Zang followed Heng Dao's instructions and carefully opened his eyes. The first thing that caught his eye was the face of the Tang Dynasty Prince full of cold and murderous intent. Gao Zang immediately regretted it and wished he could faint quickly.
But seeing the warning in the eyes of the Tang Prince, he didn't even have the courage to close his eyes at this moment, so he could only look in fear at those eyes that made people want to surrender from the bottom of their hearts.
Regardless of Li Zhi's obstruction, the horizontal knife in Li Hong's hand was still put back on Gao Zang's neck, and he said coldly: "Immediately order Liujing to be blocked. No one is allowed to enter but not to leave..."
"Okay, okay, I give the order to seal Liujing City immediately." The tongue man who originally accompanied Li Zhi and Gao Zang was kneeling on the ground and translated hurriedly.
Then, I saw Ju sitting on the side of the Goguryeo minister. After hearing the words of Goguryeo King Gaozang, a minister immediately got up and ran outside in a hurry, shouting at the same time: "Seal the city gate. Immediately order the city gates to be sealed!"
"Gather all the young and strong men in Liujing City and immediately rush to the walls of Liujing City to start defending the city! Also, ask your criminal department to immediately search for suspicious persons who have entered Liujing City in the past two days, whether they are pubs, inns, or residential buildings. , no one can be spared! Finally, the city is immediately ordered to implement round-the-clock martial law, and no one is allowed to take to the streets. Anyone who violates it will be killed!" Li Hong ordered Gao Zang, who was already sweating.
As Li Hong's words fell, there was nothing that Li Zhi wanted to see. The horizontal knife in Li Hong's hand was still placed on Gao Zang's neck.
However, he was not a fool. After listening to Li Hong's words, which included martial law, searches, and ordering all the young and strong men in Liujing City to defend the city, he knew that something big had happened, otherwise Li Hong would not have decided to do so. He would do what he does now in front of himself.
"Yes, yes, it will be implemented immediately. According to your order, Your Highness, the Crown Prince, this will be implemented immediately." Gao Zang did not dare to move, so he had to speak faster. The horizontal knife on the neck of the rack made him feel like a tight stare. The wild wolf holding his throat may launch a fatal blow to him at any time.
"Hand over the Tiger Talisman of Military Power. From now on, all the remaining Goguryeo soldiers in Liujing City will only obey my orders!" Li Hong slowly stretched out his hand in front of Gao Zang. , but in this era, he also controls their king, so having both, it is enough to dispatch the few remaining soldiers of Goguryeo like a finger.
A look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on Gao Zang's face. He handed over the military power tiger talisman and was still controlled by others. This was tantamount to taking all Goguryeo officials and his wealth and life completely and defenselessly. The slaughter was handed over to the prince of Tang Dynasty.
But after feeling a slight force on the horizontal knife on his neck, Gao Zang immediately turned pale and his lips turned blue. With beads of sweat on his face, he shouted: "Hand it! Hand it! Hand it!"
When Gao Zang ordered the ministers next to him to get the tiger talisman, Hua Meng and Jingzhe, who were originally at the palace market to buy gold and silver jewelry for Li Hong, hurried in at this time.
Both of them had different expressions of panic and nervousness on their faces, but at this moment, they still did not forget the etiquette standards. After first asking for forgiveness and saluting Li Zhi, they then walked up to Li Hong and said: "Your Highness, no. As you expected, there are indeed a few suspicious vendors among those stalls, especially the ones selling local chickens, but they only entered Liujing City early this morning. "
"Bring it here for interrogation." Li Hong said without even looking at Hua Meng, with the horizontal knife in his hand still placed on Gao Zang's neck.
"Yes, Your Highness." Hua Meng left in a hurry.
Now it was Li Zhi's turn who was still angry and wanted to slap the rebellious prince. He was surprised. He suddenly forgot about Li Hong's disrespectful intention of breaking into the palace. He looked at Li Hong and asked, "Hong'er, what on earth is going on here?" Son?"
Li Zhi never thought that the vendors selling furs in the palace market that he saw yesterday were not a ridiculous scene caused by Li Hong's whim and childlike innocence, but actually a carefully designed trap to lure Silla and Baekje. Careful strategy.
Li Hong glanced at Zhang Lushui, who was still standing next to Li Zhi, who was also a little trembling. He looked like a fairy. After noticing Li Hong's gaze looking directly at him, he immediately lowered his head and even hid slightly behind Li Zhi. Hide.
But I secretly thought: This prince is so domineering. It seems that even the emperor does not take him seriously. If I follow His Majesty the Emperor to Chang'an, how will he treat me
Li Hong just glanced at Zhang Lushui briefly, then withdrew his gaze and said to his father Long: "After capturing the royal city, I never implemented a city ban and still allowed the people of Goguryeo to freely enter and exit Liujing City. Don't you think it's strange? Is there any reason in the world not to strictly check the people entering and exiting the city after taking the city? Silla and Baekje are also eyeing Ryugyong. Now they are still attacking Goguryeo. The purpose is self-evident, and it is Ryugyong. , then if you want to capture Liujing, you need to understand Liujing’s city defense situation. Therefore, there will definitely be agents from both countries who disguise themselves and enter Liujing in the next few days.”
"So you set up this market in the palace. If Xiao Zuo entered Liujing City yesterday or today, after hearing about the market opened in the palace yesterday, he would naturally take the risk to come to the palace to check it out? You It's just a good opportunity to learn about Silla and Baekje's situation?" After Li Zhi finished speaking his guess, his face began to twitch.
Since Anshi City was captured, apart from enjoying the majesty of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he had not thought about the war. Instead, he had unconditionally trusted his prince and believed that the prince could handle everything.
So when he first learned that Li Hong had not implemented the city ban, he didn't think much about it, and he didn't even bother to ask Li Hong why.
"Then what does this have to do with the fact that I sent Liu Rengui and Liu Renyuan to lead their troops and Goguryeo soldiers to the battlefields of Silla, Baekje and Goguryeo? Do you think that with a few small tricks, you, Li Hong, can win this Liu Jing, who is in control? When did you become so unsure?" Li Zhi thought for a while and felt that there was no relationship between the two. At this time, his expression became a little more confident, and he looked at Li Hong and asked.
Listening to Father Long's sarcasm, Li Hong sighed silently in his heart. He really echoed what he said in his previous life: "If you're not afraid of opponents who are like gods, you're afraid of teammates who are like pigs." '
Naturally, he didn't dare to say this to his father, Long. He said that a beating was absolutely inevitable, and he knew the temper of his father. If you got angry, he wouldn't care about your priorities. If you don't let him get angry, Now, no one can do anything else because they can mess things up for you.
"Silla and Baekje are not fools. Don't they know that the Tang Dynasty has settled in Ryugyong? If they leave part of their troops to continue to struggle with Goguryeo on the border, and then quietly send an army to besiege Ryugyong, then what will happen? What should I do?" Li Hong looked at Father Long and asked a little weakly.
"This is your guess. If... where did so many ifs come from? Now I only see that Liujing is very safe. Where did Silla and Baekje come from? Is it because I sent Liu Renyuan and Liu Rengui? Luo and Baekje could get the news as soon as possible and immediately surround Liujing?" Li Zhi held his head high and held his chest high. After arriving at Liujing, he, the emperor, made such a unique decision and even recruited him. The prince has so many words, can't I... As the upright emperor of the Tang Dynasty, can't I be more wise and powerful in front of... a woman? This is simply unreasonable.
"Okay, okay, I won't quarrel with you. You are the emperor, and you are right. After a while, those suspicious people will be brought over. After interrogation, we will know whether Silla and Baekje are fools, and whether they really don't know how to do it. The troops are divided into two groups, and I wish that Silla and Baekje were idiots who didn't know how to divide their troops into two groups and go straight to the royal city." Li Hong took the Tiger Talisman of Military Power presented by Gao Zang himself and looked at it carefully. I don’t know if it’s true or not, I guess Gao Zang wouldn’t fool him with false ones.
So, he put down the horizontal sword on Gao Zang's neck, turned around and handed the military power tiger talisman to Mangzhong and Cheetah, signaling them to immediately notify Wei Tuqi to immediately mobilize Liujing's strong labor force to the city wall. Put on your armor and prepare to defend the city.
(End of chapter)