The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"The surname of Prince Yan was given to him by the Emperor Retired in appreciation of his contributions to the Tang Dynasty. Now that he has rebelled, he has failed the Emperor Retired's trust and respect for him." Li Shimin sighed: "Issue an imperial decree to restore his original surname and deprive him of his official position and title."

"Yes." The ministers on the side responded.

The emperor's decree was issued and announced to the world, and the matter of Luo Yi's rebellion was also publicized. In the future, when Luo Yi went from Binzhou to Chang'an City, the difficulties he encountered on the road would be different from the past.

Today, many court officials gathered in the Liangyi Hall to discuss Luo Yi's rebellion. Now that the matter has been concluded, no matter what means Li Shimin uses to quell the rebellion, others can't say anything.

The most important thing is that this time, Luo Yi is dead.

The emperor has enough reasons to kill Luo Yi, and it is also fair enough.

After the ministers left, Li Shimin summoned his confidant.

"Go to Binzhou and tell Zhao Cihao and Yang Ji that there is no need to keep them alive." Li Shimin's figure was in the dark, and his voice was cold, like an iceberg that never melts.

"Yes."

After receiving the order, the confidant rushed to Binzhou overnight.

In Binzhou, although Zhao Cihao was under house arrest by Luo Yi, he was not imprisoned, but was guarded in the government office.

Luo Yi occupied Binzhou, and it would take some time to completely take over Binzhou. Zhao Cihao was the chief official of Binzhou. Many things were only known by Zhao Cihao, and he could not get around this local official.

Zhao Cihao only pretended to stay in the government office honestly, trying to find an opportunity to contact Yang Ji, who was in charge of military affairs.

Yang Ji's garrison was outside, not in Binzhou City. Therefore, after Luo Yi falsely conveyed the secret order to enter Binzhou, he was able to capture Binzhou so easily and take over Binzhou City.

But Yang Ji was always a threat outside.

However, Zhao Cihao was only in the planning stage when the news was leaked. Luo Yi went directly to the government office, arrested Zhao Cihao, and put him in a cell.

Yang Ji, who was outside the city, felt that something was wrong.

Zhao Cihao did not send him a letter, and the two sides also stopped communicating.

Something must have happened in Binzhou City.

At night, Li Shimin's confidant came to Yang Ji's army and conveyed the emperor's intention.

"It's true." Yang Ji remembered that Zhao Cihao had no news.

In this way, there is no need to worry about anything. Taking advantage of the fact that Luo Yi is not prepared in Binzhou City, he can attack Binzhou unexpectedly.

Luo Yi had only been in Binzhou for less than two days and had not completely taken over Binzhou. As long as he took people there, there would be people in the city who would cooperate with him.

His Majesty had expected this and made preparations.

Otherwise, it would be a fantasy to attack the city with the army in his hands.

"In this case, I will lead the troops to attack Binzhou tonight." Yang Ji said.

The man nodded and said nothing more.

He had already delivered the message that His Majesty asked him to deliver. The rest depended on what Yang Ji and Zhao Cihao would do.

He was just a messenger.

After receiving the emperor's signal, Yang Ji immediately organized his army and led his troops to Binzhou in the middle of the night.

The defenders on the Binzhou city wall also became alert when they saw the army coming from afar.

After seeing the flag of the person coming clearly, they recognized that it was Yang Ji who was in charge of the troops.

"Yang Ji is leading his troops here. We have to go and inform the Prince of Yan..."

But before he could finish his words, he was stabbed from behind.

There was a commotion on the city wall, but it ended soon. No one cared about the bodies on the city wall. Under the command of the garrison general, someone soon went down the city wall to deal with the people in the city gate.

Then, the gate of Binzhou City opened wide, and Yang Ji led his troops to rush directly into Binzhou City.

At this moment, Luo Yi's army in the city was still resting. In the middle of the night, they were all sleeping soundly. They didn't expect that they would be suddenly attacked while resting in Binzhou City.

After all, their brothers were still guarding the city wall. Even if outsiders wanted to enter the city, the city gate would not be breached so quickly.

The two sides soon fought in the city, and the fight was very fierce.

When Luo Yi received the news, the city was already in chaos.

Luo Yi only had so many people at his disposal. Li Shimin had taken away more than half of his family wealth, and he had few confidants left.

Now that the two sides were fighting, the decline soon became apparent.

At this moment, Luo Yi could not care about anything else. He rode on his warhorse, took a group of confidants with him, and fled from another city gate, leaving Binzhou.

Binzhou was only less than 100 kilometers away from Luo Yi.Two days later, Yang Ji took him back.

After the war, Yang Ji came to the government office and asked about the incident. He immediately sent someone to the cell to release Zhao Cihao.

"Your Majesty's envoy went to the camp to find me. Your Majesty meant that if the Prince of Yan rebelled, there was no need to keep him alive." Yang Ji said.

"That's good. In this way, there is no need to worry about it." Zhao Cihao sighed: "Originally, I wanted to send you a letter, but I was accidentally discovered by Luo Yi. Since you have led troops into the city, what about Luo Yi?"

"He has fled with his trusted men, but his wife and children are left in the city." Yang Ji said: "This is also a difficult problem. How to deal with it."

"Does your Majesty have any instructions?" Zhao Cihao asked.

Yang Ji shook his head: "Your Majesty meant that the Prince of Yan could be spared, but he didn't say anything else."

"Treason, a serious crime that will kill all nine generations of his family. Even if he didn't say it, according to the law, his wife, children and elders cannot be spared." Zhao Cihao made up his mind and made a decision immediately.

Yang Ji thought for a long time, nodded, and agreed with Zhao Cihao's statement.

He summoned his subordinates and asked them to find a place to deal with the man, cut off his head, and send it to Chang'an City.

Chang'an City, Taiji Palace, Liangyi Hall.

Li Shimin sat at the top, looking at the secret report in his hand.

The matter of Binzhou has been resolved, and everything is as he expected, but Zhao Cihao didn't have time to react in the middle of the process and was locked up. It was a little accident, but it was harmless.

As for Luo Yi who escaped.

Li Shimin put away the secret report and threw it into the charcoal basin.

He won't live long.

If he wants to escape, where can he escape to? After betraying the Tang Dynasty, he had only one way to go, and that was to go north to the Turks.

After all, he knew the Turks very well, didn't he?

The corners of Li Shimin's lips curled up slightly.

The northern border had already been woven with a net of heaven and earth, and it all depended on when Luo Yi would fall into the net.