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Text Chapter 673: Blood Splattered in the Palace (3)

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    Looking at the palace gate so close, unable to enter or retreat, Liu Yu was contemplating various plans.  Among them, the boldest and most effective method is to completely blow up Fengcui Palace.  This would cause a large number of casualties. Of course, Liu Yu also estimated that with the power of earthen artillery, it would not be easy to completely blow up Pingfeng Cuigong.  There is also a relatively mild method, which is to trap Fengcui Palace until the people inside are driven out of ammunition and food, forcing them to take the initiative to attack.  Sit back and wait.  Liu Yu couldn't make up his mind for a while. In fact, he was also waiting for news from outside the palace. He wanted to synthesize all aspects of intelligence to decide how to deal with the rebels trapped in Fengcui Palace.  At this time, outside Fengcui Palace, Liu Yu mobilized more than 10,000 soldiers and horses into the palace, including 8,000 men and horses. They surrounded Fengcui Palace on all sides, forming a siege on all sides.  The New Army has more than a thousand soldiers and horses, which can be regarded as the absolute main force in the formation, followed by more than 6,000 city defense department soldiers and horses, which are garrison troops. Their combat effectiveness is not strong, but they can also form a defensive circle surrounded by shields.  Among the hundreds of Jingzhao government officials led by Wang Hu, they were the least effective. Liu Yu only arranged for Wang Hu and his people to guard the perimeter to deal with emergencies at any time.  In addition to the eight thousand soldiers and horses in front of Fengcui Palace, there are still two thousand soldiers and horses stationed in the palace with the palace gate closed.  Liu Yu wanted to ensure that there would be no outside interference when the Fengcuigong rebels were eliminated.  Even if rebels capture Chang'an City Gate, they will also attack the inner city gate, and then the palace gate.  Liu Yu wanted to ensure that the rebels in Fengcui Palace would not receive any support.  It was approaching dusk, and Liu Yu still had not ordered the final general attack.  Liu Yu knew that the cost of a general attack would not only lead to the death of Han Sheng and other courtiers, but would also cause many adverse subsequent effects.  Liu Yu still doesn't know who is in charge in Fengcui Palace.  He came out with the imperial edict from before and read it out.  But he was killed by the rebels.  There may also be differences of opinion inside, which means that it is not a faction, or there may be a lack of a strong person in charge, resulting in inconsistent orders.  While Liu Yu deployed his troops to set up the defense line outside Fengcui Palace, he also established a temporary command post in Yong'an Palace not far from Fengcui Palace. Liu Yu temporarily regarded Fengcui Palace as a fortress surrounded by enemy troops.  All they have to do is conquer this fortress.  And try to rescue those hostages held by the rebels as much as possible.  Huo Bing has withdrawn from the front line of the war due to his injuries.  The defeat of Huo Bing's troops made the military morale of the imperial army somewhat slack. Even though they knew that they had an absolute advantage in terms of number of soldiers, the whole army was still lifeless. The New Army soldiers had the experience of besieging Fengcui Palace, and they had also seen it.  The horror of rebel suicide attacks.  Although Li Mi and more than 6,000 City Defense Department soldiers who followed did not personally participate in the war, they were also infected by this lax military spirit.  Liu Yu was in Yong'an Hall and was originally going to set up a strike team.  Entering from the back hall of Fengcui Palace, even if you can't kill all the rebels inside.  At least investigate the situation inside the palace.  For Liu Yu now, the most difficult thing is not the rebels and the hostages held by the rebels, but his ignorance of the rebels.  Knowing one's enemy and one's own self is essential for a winner on the battlefield, and obviously, in this war, the enemy is in the dark, but he is completely in the light.  From the beginning of the war, he seemed to be hampered at every turn and passively beaten.  Soon, the information from outside the palace reached the palace, and Liu Yu also investigated the current situation in Chang'an City.  The rebels stationed at Fengcui Palace were originally hiding in Chang'an City.  Many were even soldiers from the original Imperial Guard Army. After the Imperial Guard Army was disbanded, these people took off their armor and returned to their fields. Many of them found ways to sneak into Chang'an City, waiting for such an opportunity today.  After Liu Yu got the news that Yang Lie was in Ci'en Temple and led his troops out of the palace, these people suddenly came out from everywhere and swarmed up to occupy the Dongye Gate of the palace.  Liu Yu estimated that there should be rebels among the new army, otherwise the rebels would not easily occupy the palace gate without spending too much money.  Liu Yu didn't know the number of these rebels, but he knew that the combat effectiveness of these rebels was staggeringly high.  Su Zhe is waiting for an opportunity to regain the throne. He has been waiting for the opportunity. At the same time, he is also training a group of people to use for him. Now with such an excellent opportunity in front of him, Su Zhe will not let it go.  Liu Yu thought about it again and again, but still wasn't sure about the mentality of the person in charge of this rebellion.  After entering the palace, the rebels did not attack the inner court immediately.  This in itself does not make sense.  The rebels wanted speed, but they definitely had time to attack the inner court and take the female relatives of Liu Yu's family hostage. However, they chose to attack Shangshutai and Liubu Yamen. At this point, the rebels spent a lot of time.  Because these imperial offices and offices themselves had sufficient defense capabilities, it was a pity that these defenses were vulnerable to the rebels.  Liu Yu guessed that the rebels felt that he was now in charge of everything in the Dashun Dynasty, Liu Yu, Queen Qier was just a puppet, and Liu Yu's other female relatives were not of much use, so they might as well just kidnap the important ministers and order them to  Liu Yu?Even if they succeed in wiping out this group of rebels, they will plunge the court into chaos, allowing them to look for another opportunity.  But this group of rebels obviously did not understand Liu Yu's mentality.  What Liu Yu cares about most is not the ministers, but his family. If something happens to Liu Yu's family, it will be a huge blow to him. He can even make many crazy moves. Liu Yu won't need the rebels to take action.  The more you do, the more you will plunge the court into chaos.  Now that the rebels only kidnapped the ministers, it was not a disaster for Liu Yu. As long as he acted a little cruelly, even his old friend Han Sheng would be buried with the rebels.  Judging from the news Liu Yu learned, the city of Chang'an was still calm at this time. The rebels in the city rushed into the palace almost in a swarm without causing any chaos in the city.  At this time, outside Chang'an City, the situation was a little worse than Liu Yu imagined.  Liao Mingsheng¡¯s previous investigation revealed that the rebels had colluded with the troops from the South Chang¡¯an Camp. The leading general of the South Chang¡¯an Camp was He Mao, the former President of the Royal Forest Army, Liu Yu¡¯s old boss.  This time He Mao did not stand in the position of his old subordinate, but chose to join the rebels without hesitation.  Regarding this point, although Liu Yu was disappointed when he heard the news, he didn't feel much surprised. If the old emperor hadn't trusted him back then, he would have transferred He Mao, who was "unresponsible" in the rebellion of the fifth prince and Li Guifei, to the border.  , there would be no subsequent usurping of the throne by him.  ??When you go out to do something, there will always be a time when you have to pay it back.  Liu Yu essentially gave Su Zhe an army.  Another news made Liu Yu a little angry.  General Dong Shu, the commander of the Dongshui Camp, later joined the rebels and led the troops of the Dongshui Camp directly to the city of Chang'an. There were faint signs of attacking the city from the northeast.  The two armies guarding Chang'an City both joined the rebels, which surprised Liu Yu.  For He Mao, Liu Yu was quite mentally prepared, but for Dong Shu, Liu Yu could be said to have trusted him before.  After all, Dong Shu had helped Liu Yu stabilize the city defense of Chang'an a lot in the past, and Dong Shu was not a general of the old dynasty, but was promoted by Liu Yu single-handedly.  Liu Yu only thought that Dong Shu was a member of Su Yan's group. Liu Yu had never thought that Su Zhe could win over Dong Shu.  Liu Yu thought to himself, could it be that Su Yan also helped in?  Liu Yu knew that Su Yan had already left Chang'an City at this time, and counting the time, he should arrive at Tongguan soon.  Su Yan had behaved very humbly before, showing no signs of looking for opportunities to rebel again. He would even denounce the crimes of his Seventh Emperor brother, saying that he would be a "loyal minister."  Liu Yu really didn't want to doubt this good apprentice, but the fact was that it would be extremely difficult for Su Yan's old troops to join the rebels without Su Yan's help.  Su Yan's surrender to the enemy was an assumption made by Liu Yu. Liu Yu did not ignore another possibility, which was Dong Shu's own political beliefs.  If Dong Shu is a "loyal minister" of the Su family, then Su Zhe is likely to use this as a breakthrough, and then let He Mao, a military general who is highly regarded by some loyal ministers of the Su family, to negotiate with him or offer benefits to win over Dong Shu.  Dong Shu may not be immune to betrayal.  Liu Yu has one thing to be thankful for, which is the incident of churchgoers gathering in Lang County.  In that incident, Liu Yu deployed tens of thousands of troops from the two battalions to suppress the rebellion, but less than half of them were transferred back afterwards. This was equivalent to weakening the troops of the two battalions.  Dong Shu and He Mao raised their troops to press against Chang'an City, obviously unable to mobilize these troops who had been transferred to Lang County by Liu Yu.  At this time, the two battalions totaled nearly 20,000 troops, which was roughly the same number as the new army in the city.  At this time, in Chang'an City, Liu Yu's troops had over 10,000 soldiers and horses from the city defense department, as well as more than 1,000 female soldiers and horses.  Liu Yu wants to mobilize now. It is not appropriate to mobilize troops too far away. Instead, it is most suitable to mobilize female troops outside the city.  Although the number of female soldiers in the female army has been greatly reduced after Liu Yu came to power, at this time there are still six to seven thousand soldiers and horses in the female army, led by Xu Caihua, stationed about fifty miles south of Chang'an City. This is also an indispensable part of the Chang'an City garrison.  An overlooked part.  But Liu Yu did not mobilize the female army to enter the city.  Because Chang'an City does not have to worry about defense problems at this time, even if the two important forces of Chang'an City's garrison, the South Chang'an Camp and the Dongshui Camp join the rebels, even if most of Liu Yu's direct new troops are returning from the north of Lingnan  On the way, even if Liu Yu didn't have any useful generals around him except Huo Bing, Chang'an City was Chang'an City after all.  The walls of Chang'an City are high, the moat is deep, and the food and war preparations are sufficient, enough to hold on for several months or even a year.  The two battalions only have 20,000 soldiers and horses, not even as many as the defenders. It would be a bit delusional to break through the city!  Although Liu Yu felt that this predicament was already the most severe since he usurped the throne.  But he also felt that this should be the final decisive battle, because Su Zhe had mobilized all the power he could mobilize. At this time, the Three Puritans were on the verge of collapse. If Su Zhe did not take advantage of the last opportunity to snatch the throne,  If we go back, even if today's war ends in peace, Su Zhe will never have any chance to make a comeback in the future.  Liu Yu felt more and more like he was burned by fire on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.The current Su Zhe is just a stand-in, and Su Zhe's true identity is in Fengcui Palace at this time.  (To be continued)
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