Not long after.
A fast horse rode out of the palace and headed to the encampment of the black-armored cavalrymen to gather three thousand black-armored heavy cavalrymen.
The name of the black-armored heavy cavalry shook the world. Back then, Li Shimin had used a thousand black-armored heavy cavalry to defeat Dou Jiande's 100,000 strong army, establishing his position as the Heavenly Strategy General.
Now, Li Shiming ordered Ji Ruxue to bring 3,000 black armored cavalry to invite Zhangsun Minzhi.
It could be seen that Zhangsun Minzhi's position in his heart had risen to a new height.
What the courtiers of the Tang Empire couldn't solve, he might be able to because his master was a hermit expert.
If it weren't for the Emperor's pride, Li Shimin would have already rode his horse out of the city to ask for advice.
After Ji Ruxue finished counting the three thousand black-armored cavalry, she sent another one out of the city to inform Zhang Liang of the City Defense Army and ordered him to postpone the massacre plan.
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It was noon and the sun was scorching.
In a valley outside Chang 'an City.
This valley was called the Gourd Valley because it looked like a gourd. This was because there was only one exit to the Gourd Cave, and this was the place Zhang Liang had chosen to kill.
At this moment, countless city guards were lying in ambush on the cliff of the valley. They were fully equipped with bows, arrows, crossbows, and torches.
The ground in the valley was covered with flammable straw. As long as a rocket was shot down, it would definitely be a sea of fire.
The most important place was still the valley entrance.
Above the valley entrance, Zhang Liang had already sent people to transport a hundred large stones.
As long as more than half of the 400,000 refugees entered the valley, the soldiers above the valley entrance would throw large rocks to seal the valley entrance, catching turtles in a jar.
In the forest outside the valley entrance, there were tens of thousands of infantry, thousands of cavalry, and 3,000 hidden guards to prevent the refugees from escaping.
However, these 60,000 City Defense Army soldiers did not know why they had set up an ambush here in the middle of the day.
Zhang Liang only told his subordinates that there would be rioters entering the valley later, so they just had to kill all the rioters according to plan.
At this moment, Zhang Liang's eyes sharpened. He was prepared to change into his court clothes and disguise himself as a disaster relief official of the imperial court. He would head to the refugee camp and trick the refugees into entering the valley.
"Commander Zhang, Vice-Commander Ji said to postpone the operation.”
A black-armored cavalry scout came in front of Zhang Liang and said.
Zhang Liang saw that the credit he wanted to get had disappeared and said in a deep voice,"If it wasn't for His Majesty's personal order, I'm sorry I couldn't obey.”
He had been the commander of the City Defense Army for three years and had yet to be promoted. This time, His Majesty wanted to kill 400,000 refugees to stabilize the empire.
However, none of the generals in the court accepted the order. Only he did not hesitate to bear the infamy of killing the people to obtain military merit.
To put it nicely, he was suppressing the rioters this time. To put it bluntly, he was slaughtering civilians.
However, Zhang Liang's actions of killing a good person and taking credit for it made the black-armored cavalry scout look disdainful.
If you have the ability, go to the front lines and fight the Turks.
How could a general kill these starving and weak civilians?
Fortunately, Ji Ruxue had already guessed Zhang Liang's character and had asked Li Shimin for the decree. The black-armored cavalry scout took out the decree and handed it to Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang let out a long sigh of relief after reading it and sighed in his heart."Fortunately, it's only a delay and not a cancel of the operation.”
He naturally had the same thoughts as the black-armored cavalry scout, but the Turks were vicious and cruel, and the Turkic cavalry looked down on them. The Great Tang had always lost nine out of ten battles against the Turks, so how could military merits be so easily earned?
Therefore, it was better to be a dog for His Majesty. Someone had to do those dirty things.
Zhang Liang ordered the soldiers inside and outside the Gourd Valley not to move, but he still went to the refugee camp first, ready to lure the refugees into the Gourd Valley at any time.
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Outside the city.
3,000 cavalrymen in black armor emerged from the east gate of Chang 'an, causing fear among the people.
Could it be that the Turks had already broken through Jingyang and were outside the city?
So much so that they had to send out black-armored cavalry?
However, the commoners heaved a sigh of relief when they saw the cavalry heading towards the refugee camp.
Smoke and dust filled the sky, and the sound of hooves was like thunder.
The refugees who were eating instant noodles by the Gao family's porridge shop were all alarmed. All the refugees looked at the cavalry in the distance like a tide, their expressions terrified.
Why was the Tang army heading this way?
The refugees were at a loss. Had they offended the imperial court?
They didn't eat or drink from the imperial court. Even the dark canopy that they slept in was built by Young Master Zhangsun and Miss Gao.
Everyone recalled that the imperial court was not looking for trouble with Young Master Zhangsun, right? These days, there were rumors that Young Master Zhangsun had opened the granary to provide relief in order to win back the hearts of the people and had evil intentions.
However, if everyone did not think so, it was hard to guarantee that the Imperial Court would not think so.
In the blink of an eye, Ji Ruxue led 3,000 cavalrymen to the refugees.
"Where is Young Master Zhangsun?"
Ji Ruxue's cold voice sounded.
However, the refugees did not notice that she used Zhangsun Gongzi and not Zhangsun Minzhi, thinking that the court wanted to arrest him.
Swoosh!
The refugees thought that the imperial court was going to find trouble with Young Master Zhangsun, so they knelt down one by one. A sea of people knelt down, and the scene was extremely spectacular.
"Young Master Zhangsun is a good person!"
"General, can you let him go?”
"Young Master Zhangsun is a good person. He definitely has no intention of rebelling.”
"We're all struggling outside the city, isn't that enough?"
The refugees 'faces flushed red as they shouted loudly.
This shocked Ji Ruxue and the 3,000 Black Armored Cavalry.
Was this what the people wanted?
In the crowd, a few Yin Clan disciples who had good eyes secretly retreated and informed Zhangsun Minzhi.
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