"Dear soldiers, please talk to the Ministry of War if you have any requirements."

Yu Shiji stood on the top of the city and shouted to everyone below: "Don't gather here. This is a palace city. It will disturb the emperor and will not be beneficial to everyone."

"We ask for the release of the general!"

Several of Li Shanheng's subordinates took the lead and shouted, and the generals were excited and shouted, "We ask for the release of the general!"

"If we don't let the general come, we will set fire!" Someone shouted in the lead, and the shouts followed were heard.

Not all the generals were confused, especially some middle-level generals. They did not plead for mercy to protect their own interests, but asked the court to give them a clear statement. They came to petition for the purpose of protecting their vital interests.

But now the petition has changed a little, turning into protest, and demanding release to Hu'er. Many people felt it was inappropriate. Several generals stood in front and waved to everyone and shouted: "Don't yell, we are not here to make trouble, we must talk to Yu Xiangguo."

Li Shanheng was the second only to Yuwen Chengdu in the former army, and was also Yuwen Shu's confidant, and had a lot of prestige in the army.

Now that Zhou Fashang has not returned to Luoyang, and Yuwen Chengdu is not in Xineiying, Li Shanheng spreads false news under the instruction of Yuwen Zhiji, and takes advantage of the anxious mood of everyone to launch this petition. His purpose is to make things worse and not to calm down the situation.

At this time, he saw that several generals had begun to come forward to rectify everyone's emotions, and he immediately gave a wink to a confidant soldier not far away.

The soldier understood, and he secretly took out a small crossbow arrow, hid in the crowd and aimed at Yu Shiji on the upper palace gate. With a light sound, a crossbow arrow shot out, shooting directly at Yu Shiji who was hoarsely pacifying everyone at the palace gate.

Yu Shiji, a civil servant, could not escape the fast crossbow arrow? The arrow hit him the left arrow, and he screamed and fell backwards. The soldiers on the top of the city were suddenly in chaos, and dozens of soldiers above shot arrows down without hesitation. In the chaos, more than a dozen generals screamed and were shot in the arrows, and there was chaos under the palace city.

Just then, someone shouted: "We are surrounded!"

Countless Royal Guard soldiers came from all directions. More than a thousand people became more chaotic. Everyone realized the serious problem. They shouted, trampled on each other, trying to escape back to the barracks, but were surrounded by tens of thousands of Royal Guard soldiers.

Everyone was unable to fly. In despair, they had to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy.

Only after Li Shanheng issued the order to shoot a cold arrow, he immediately squeezed under the city. In the midst of chaos, he ran along the wall.

A quarter of an hour later, the chaotic situation was finally controlled. Fifty or sixty generals were killed in the chaos. The rest of the generals knelt on the ground and were captured by the imperial guards. Several generals with the heads looked at each other, their eyes full of regret, which was completely different from the ending they imagined.

"We were deceived by Li Shanheng!"

It was not until this time that they suddenly realized that Li Shanheng, who encouraged them to come to petition, was gone.

At this time, in the Xinei Camp, Zhang Xuan led his subordinates to control the entire camp. The camp gate was closed, and hundreds of people were deployed at the gates of the east and west camps, and no one was allowed to enter or exit. More than 20,000 soldiers were persuaded to return to the tent by Zhang Xuan's subordinates. Although there was a riot outside the Changhe Gate several miles away, the camp was always quiet.

At this time, Zhang Jin, the general of Zuotun Guard, led thousands of imperial guards to rush to the Xineiying camp. The calm in the camp made him breathe a sigh of relief. If there was a riot in the 20,000 troops in the Xineiying camp, something big would happen.

Seeing that there were soldiers guarding the military camp, Zhang Jin stepped forward and asked loudly, "Why are you blocking the military camp? Who is on duty? Come and see me quickly."

Chen Xu hurriedly rushed up, knelt down on one knee and said, "Report to General, we are soldiers of the 16th Battalion. My general is afraid that the soldiers will go out of the camp to cause trouble, so he ordered us to guard the gate and not allow anyone to enter and exit!"

"Who is your general? What's your name?"

"My general is called Zhang Xuan!"

Zhang Xuan turned out to be a guard of the Yan Prince's Mansion. Zhang Jin had heard of this person and dared to offend Yuwen Shu in the case of Tiansi Pavilion. He nodded and asked, "I want to see your general, where is he now?"

At this time, the camp gate opened, and Zhang Xuan and a dozen people walked out quickly and asked from a distance: "Who is the visitor?"

"I am Zhang Jin, the general of Zuotun Guard!"

Zhang Xuan recognized the veteran with white hair and beard, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "I am humble to see the general!"

Zhang Jin looked at him and nodded and said, "I didn't expect that there was someone who understood the truth. General Zhang did not go to Changhemen to cause trouble, but instead took the initiative to maintain order in the camp. This is General Zhang's reason and the luck of the 20,000 troops."

"I reported to the general that I went to the city for something and came back a little later, so I happened to be not in the military camp. I had no time to stop him when I rushed back. However, as far as I know, someone deliberately spread rumors, which triggered this petition. Please give the general a clear explanation!"

Zhang Jin shook his head, "Things are no longer as simple as petitions. They shot and injured Yu Shangshu of the Ministry of War. The problem is already serious. It is useless to tell me. Let's see how the emperor gave up!"

Zhang Xuan felt cold in his heart and actually shot Yu Shiji.

.........

When the generals of Xi Neiyuan gathered to petition outside the Changhe Gate, the emperor Yang Guang received the news. At first, he did not take it seriously, but ordered the Imperial Guard to disperse them, and at the same time sent someone to notify Yu Shiji on duty to let him deal with the matter.

It was not until the news that Yu Shiji was shot by a random arrow that Yang Guang suddenly became furious and smashed the jade bowl in his hand to pieces, his face full of anger, "What do they want to do? Do they want to launch a mutiny? Do they want to overthrow me? Pass my order."

"His Majesty!"

Queen Xiao, who was chatting with Yang Guang, was so scared that she stood up and persuaded: "Your Majesty, please calm down and ask clearly the situation first. Don't lose your emperor's demeanor!"

"Will they have a demeanor when they kill me?" Yang Guang snorted heavily, turned around and walked away quickly.

Queen Xiao looked at her husband's angry back, and she was extremely worried. In the past two years, the emperor's temper became increasingly angry, and he was always angry, completely losing the demeanor that an emperor should have. Where did the ambition, elegant and calm emperor of the Sui Dynasty go?

However, Empress Xiao's timely persuasion still had some effect. At least Yang Guang did not immediately issue an order to punish the generals gathered outside the Changhe Gate.

Yang Guang came to Xifeng Pavilion, which was closest to Changhemen. You can clearly see the situation of Changhe Building upstairs. At this time, the lights in the city were brightly lit. Nearly a thousand arrested officers of the Imperial Guards were taken into the city. Everyone was tied with their hands behind their backs, dejected, and sat in a long row by the palace wall.

Yang Guang looked at it for a moment and turned around and asked, "How is the situation of Shangshu Yu?"

A eunuch hurriedly came forward to report, "Report to Your Majesty, Shangshu Yu was only injured on his shoulder and was not seriously injured. He was receiving treatment in the imperial physician's room."

Yang Guang nodded and asked again: "Who is the Imperial Guard General on duty tonight?"

"It's General Zhang!"

"Immediately announce that he will come to see me!"

Soon, General Zhang Jin quickly walked to Xifeng Pavilion, knelt down on one knee and fisted, saying, "I am Zhang Jin to see Your Majesty!"

"What's going on tonight?" Yang Guang asked coldly.

Zhang Jin is quite upright and he knows the truth about the incident tonight. He quickly said, "Report to Your Majesty, these people are meritorious generals who have returned from Goguryeo. They believed the rumors and came to Changhemen to petition. Someone shot arrows at Shangshu Yu in the chaos, but Bei Zhi found that they did not bring weapons, which is a bit strange."

"What do you mean?"

"Report to Your Majesty, I suspect someone is inciting this matter on his back and trying to make the matter bigger."

Before he could speak, Yang Guang waved his hand and interrupted him, "You don't have to talk for them. So what if they have military merits? Can you do whatever you want? I will investigate this matter strictly to the end, and what is the situation in the military camp?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the military camp is very quiet. Thanks to the side general Zhang Xuan who calmed the soldiers in time and controlled the camp, more than 20,000 soldiers did not follow him and started to make trouble."

Yang Guang let down his heart, but he frowned again, thinking that the name Zhang Xuan was very familiar, and seemed to have heard it somewhere. After thinking for a moment, he immediately remembered that it was the guard of the Yan Palace who had sank 300,000 pieces of military armor in the north of the subway, why was he also in Xineiying?

Yang Guang was the emperor, so he naturally would not take a small general to heart, and came to Hu'er to imprisonment. Cui Junsu had not written the Goguryeo combat report, so Yang Guang didn't know that Zhang Xuan was also involved in the Goguryeo Battle.

"Has he not participated in the riots in the Changhemen?"

When Zhang Jin heard that the emperor still characterized the officers' petition as a riot, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The emperor did not take the achievements of the soldiers at all, and it would be disappointing if this continued.

But Zhang Jin did not dare to say this, so he had to answer: "Zhang Pian General did not participate in this matter because he went to the city. He said that he wanted to stop the officers' petition, but it was too late, so he had to stabilize the camp first."

"It's not bad, it seems that not everyone is confused!"

Yang Guang was really tired. As long as the generals and military camps involved in the riots were controlled, he would fall into his heart. A wave of sleepiness came. He didn't want to ask about this anymore, so he said to his left and right: "Transfer my oral order to order the censor Pei Yun to investigate the case, and he must investigate it to the end."

He said to Zhang Jin again: "You cooperate with Dr. Pei to investigate the case, but detain the criminal to me tonight, and no more things are allowed!"

"I obey the order!"
Chapter completed!