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Chapter 427: Destroy the Yang Family

The noble Zhongce should be very good. He set out at night to confuse the other party and win one day for himself. His time is also very accurate. It takes at least three days for them to cross the river in Yanshui. When they cross the river in Yanfu County in the north, the 60,000 people can cross the Yellow River in just one and a half days. Although they will lose 20,000 troops, they will save the main force. Moreover, Tian Ganzhen may be able to fight a fierce battle and kill 3,000 enemies. It should be said that this is a clever plan and it works for ordinary troops.

But Gao Shang forgot that they were not facing ordinary Central Plains army, but the Anxi Army. The Anxi Army had the most powerful scouts in the Tang Dynasty and the most powerful cavalry in the Tang Dynasty. Their war horses were all the best Dayuan horses and Arab horses. High-intensity long journeys and rapid pursuits were their strengths.

After less than an hour of An Lushan's operation, Li Qing'an immediately received a letter from Fei Ge from the fifth team of scouts, reporting to him in detail the information about Tian Ganzhen's attack and An Lushan's retreat to the north. One of the scouts even saw through Tian Ganzhen's disguise, and they had only about 20,000 people.

In the big tent, Li Qing'an was discussing countermeasures with several senior generals. Li Qing'an held an oil lamp in one hand and carefully searched for possible ferries in the north on the map.

The Zhonglang General Lu Shuanghuan, who was on the side, explained the situation in this area. He was a native of Yanzhou and was very familiar with the Yellow River in this area. He said: "The Yellow River in the north of Guannei Road is in the Guanjin Grand Canyon, but there are not many places to cross the Yellow River. The easiest place to cross the river is in the Hetao area. Not only is the long journey, but it is also difficult to coordinate ships. The possibility is not high. In addition to the Yanshui Ferry, there is only these two places. Moreover, the Yanfu Ferry River is narrower, so it will take less time for ships to travel, so it is easier to cross the river from the Yanfu Ferry."

At this time, Li Qing'an had already realized that An Lushan was eager to return to the east. It was likely that he had received the news that Anxi's troops entered Hebei, so he was so impatient to leave. Moreover, judging from their abandonment of food and supplies, they were in a very hurry and would not go to a far place to cross the river. Then it was very likely that it was the Yanfu County Ferry.

The oil lamp in Li Qing'an's hand moved to the crossing of the river in Yanfu County. He stared at this place and said for a while: "No matter where An Lushan crossed the river, we must chase it quickly!"

"General Tian Zhen!"

Tian Zhen walked out in one step, clasped her fists and said, "The last one is here!"

"You lead the First Army of the Shattered Ye, and also pretend to be the main force, stationed in the camp. Don't fight with them. Just use strong bows and crossbows to deal with them. When I kill An Lushan, I will turn around and deal with them."

Li Qing'an immediately ordered: "Transfer my order, and the remaining 60,000 people will get on the horse immediately, carry light clothes and carry three days of dry food, and set off immediately!"

The gate of the Anxi military camp opened wide. In the dark night, 60,000 Anxi troops rushed out of the camp like a tide and chased them quickly in the northwest.

"Take me all my strength to catch up with An Lushan in just one day and one night!"

. . . . . . . . .

Just when the Anxi Army and Fan Yang Army were in the final game, a series of major events happened in Chang'an. Li Yu finally attacked the Yang family. Outside the Linde Hall of the Daming Palace, Cui Ningbi, who had just been named the Imperial Concubine, couldn't stand up for a long time. Cui Ningbi was the daughter of Yang Yuhuan's second sister, the wife of South Korea. A few years ago, when Li Yu wanted to marry Dugu Mingyue, he married Cui Ningbi as the second concubine. Although Li Yu did not like this woman who should be her concubine by her seniority, according to the etiquette, he still gave her enough status after ascending the throne. When her aunt Yang Yuhuan became a monk and removed the title of the Imperial Concubine, Li Yu gave Cui Ningbi this dazzling halo and named her the Imperial Concubine, that is, the Imperial Concubine.

In the past year, Li Yu was still tolerant of the Yang family, Yang Guozhong was still the right prime minister. More than a dozen of the sons and nephews of the Yang family were still officials in the court, but the halo faded and became low-key because of Yang Guifei's monk. However, the Yang family was still one of the wealthy families in Chang'an City. When Li Yu first ascended the throne, maintaining the stability of the court was one of his most important strategies. However, as he was trapped by finance, he raised his butcher knife to the Li clan, which had already endangered the foundation of the Tang Dynasty's rule, and the blade naturally turned to some powerful people who had close relations with the Li clan, and the Yang family was the first to be affected. This was also because Li Qing'an offered the right prime minister.

Cui Ningbi had been kneeling on the steps outside the hall for almost an hour. She was very thin and pale. Her wide six long skirts looked very dissuasive on her. She was very different from the plump and rosy Tang women, like a maldeveloped bean sprout.

At this time, Cui Ningbi's heart was filled with sadness. This sadness was not caused by her mother begging her to plead with the emperor last night, but her marriage, a marriage that made her desperate and helpless. She still has no children, nor is she unable to have children. Although she is thin, she is still a mature and normal woman, but she has no chance to be conceived. She can't remember when her emperor husband was last lucky to be in her palace. Three months or half a year ago, she felt that she was no different from those out of favor. The only difference was that they lived in the dilapidated and wet Tai Chi Palace, watching the eunuch's face all day long, while she lived in the beautiful scenery of the Daming Palace, with the halo of the imperial concubines on her head, but their hearts were the same lonely and full of sorrow.

"Your Majesty, I plead for the Yang family!"

Cui Ningbi shouted helplessly, her voice weak. Her humble figure couldn't even see the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs. Several palace maids came forward to help her up, "Empress, stop kneeling, get up!"

Cui Ningbi shook her head powerlessly, and the heavy shackles of the family made her unable to stand up. "You will maintain the life and death of the entire Yang family!" This is what her mother said to her last night. The survival and death of the family were pressing on her, a weak woman.

"Your Majesty, I plead for the Yang family!"













Li Yu was in Linde Hall at this moment. He couldn't hear Cui Ningbi's shouts. In fact, even if he heard them, he would turn a deaf ear. He was determined to attack the Yang family. There was a long list in front of him. The first was the right prime minister Yang Guozhong, the second was the Guanglu Temple Minister Yang Qi, Yang Li, Yang Chu, Yang Tie, Yang Xuan, Yang Qing, Yang Zhao, and Yang Guozhong's important party minister Linghu Fei, the Minister of Personnel Minister Wei Jiansu, the Minister of Works, Cui Qiao, the Minister of the Secretary of the Secretary of the Ministry of War, Da Xi Xun and more than 30 important officials, including those whom he wants to eradicate.

Li Yu had a long-term plan to eradicate the Yang family and the Yang Party. However, because Yang Guozhong and King Jing Li Mao had close ties, Li Yu, who was determined to seek stability, was a little jealous of the situation, which made him endure it until now. But now he no longer had to endure it. Everyone's face had been torn apart. Li Mao sent troops to Hanzhong and was forced to withdraw, which made Li Yu full of confidence.

He had just received news from Changsun Quanxu that he led his soldiers to investigate a vast Yang family manor in Xinfeng County, but was resisted by more than a thousand armed Zhuang Dings. It is reported that there were several leading Yang family figures in the manor who refused to surrender and directed Zhuang Dings to resist.

Li Yu had realized that capturing this manor was the key to destroying the Yang family. He gave an order with a slight face, "Prepare the manor before dark, anyone who dares to resist the officers and soldiers will be killed without hesitation!"

Just as Li Yu gave the order, Cui Ningbi, who was kneeling outside, could no longer support her. She shouted weakly, "Your Majesty, I plead for the Yang family!" Suddenly, her body softened and she fainted on the steps.















Baishui Manor in Xinfeng County is a very vast manor, covering an area of ​​more than a thousand hectares. Farmers from more than a dozen villages around have become tenants of this manor. This manor is an industry of Yanghuahua, partly the birthday gift given to her by An Lushan, and the other part is the result of the Yang family forcibly merged by her during the prosperity of the Yang family.

At this moment, the wheat fields were ripe and the earth was golden. It should be the time for farmers to rush to harvest wheat, but the wheat fields were deserted and there was no farmer. However, the official road to the west of the wheat fields was full of large groups of soldiers, with thousands of people.

In the northwest corner of the wheat field, there is a group of warehouses, with seven huge granaries neatly arranged. In the center of the granary is a gray two-story building, which is the management of the entire manor. Every autumn harvest and summer harvest, farmers pay the land rent here and hand over the land tax that should be handed over to the government to the owner. As for whether the owner of the wheat field will pay the land tax, they don’t know. There is a tall wall around the warehouse, which is made of huge stones, which is extremely strong.

At this moment, there were also figures on the walls. They were all Yang family's guardians. They gathered from various manors, with more than a thousand people. Everyone held a bow and a knife to fight against officers and soldiers. The bow and sword were light weapons, which were not prohibited by the court, and were allowed to be owned by the people. Therefore, the existence of armed patriarchs wandered between legal and illegal. Generally, as long as it did not endanger the rule of the court, the Tang Dynasty also turned a blind eye to this without interfering.

This time, it was different. This time, Ding of Yangjiazhuang publicly fought against the officers and soldiers, and drove away the officials who came to check the land last night. More than 200 soldiers accompanied him were also driven away, five people were killed and more than a dozen were injured. This turned into a serious armed conflict. Changsun Quanxu immediately mobilized 3,000 troops to surround the warehouse and asked Li Yu for instructions. He found that several important figures of the Yang family, Yang Qi, Yang Chu, and the wife of Guo State, Yang Huahua were among them.

Li Yu's order has arrived, "Conquer the manor, and those who refuse to block will be killed!" But Changsun Quanxu was still a little hesitant. After all, Yang Qi and Yang Ji were both important officials of the court, and the Lady of Guo State was also a first-rank lady. If they really hurt them, if the emperor regrets it or Li Longji is angry, then Changsun Quanxu will be a scapegoat.

Changsun Quanxu quickly walked to the Qingtian envoy Li Yan and whispered: "Shu Li, should you attack or not?"

Li Yan became very dark and thin. The nearly two months of running around made him feel exhausted, but his eyes were very excited and full of accomplishment. In more than a month, they had checked and confiscated nearly half of the land in Guanzhong, and the land annexation of the Tang Dynasty for a long time was solved by thunder. It was like cutting off the bad flesh from the sick body with a quick knife. Li Yan was particularly excited these two days. The emperor finally had to attack the Yang family, which was something he had been looking forward to for a long time.

Unlike Changsun Quanxu's smoothness, Li Yan is an extremely upright official. His body is full of edges and thorns and thorns. He is never afraid of offending anyone. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Attack! The emperor's will has come down, why not attack? General Changsun, don't be afraid of anything. Beat me hard. Those who resist officers and soldiers will be killed without any quarrels!"

With Li Yan at the bottom, Chang Anxu was not afraid. He drew his sword and shouted loudly: "Brothers, break open the door and rush in!"

Thousands of soldiers rushed towards the warehouse shouting and were covered with black crowds around them. They ran in the wheat fields and trampled the large ripe wheat in a moment. Zhuang Ding began to shoot arrows on the high walls, but the arrows they shot were floating and soft and had no lethality. The officers and soldiers learned the lesson of being raided yesterday, and each raised their shields and blocked the arrows that were shot from the shields.

There was a woman's angry voice mixed in the wall. She was the owner of the manor, Yang Huahua, Lady Guoguo. Since the court showed signs of being unfavorable to the Yang family, she hid in the manor. The manor was relatively remote and difficult to find, so the Yang family brothers hid most of the property here and drew more than a thousand patriarchs from a large manor in Guanzhong to guard it. I thought the court would find this place very late, but I didn't expect that Li Yan had detailed information on his hands. Li Yu decided to attack the Yang family, so Li Yan immediately stared at the place and came a large army.

In order to protect her property that is regarded as life, Yang Huahua has already sacrificed her life. She stood on the rockery with a sword in her hand and screamed: "Shoot me! I will give you fifty coins of money when shooting an officer and soldier."

The screams kept coming, but it was not the death of the officers and soldiers, but her Zhuang Ding was shot by an arrow and fell from the high wall. At this time, there was another scream, and the sound was very familiar. Yang Huahua looked back and was so scared that her heart stopped beating. She saw that Yang Jian, who had just run out of the building, was shot into the throat by a rifle arrow. He fell to the ground and curled up in a ball, covering his throat with pain, and his throat clattered. At this time, two Zhuang Ding rushed forward and wanted to carry him into the small building. Zhuang Ding occupied it again and shook his head at Yang Huahua, meaning that Yang Jian was not good anymore.

Yang Huahua rushed forward as if she was crazy, and saw Yang Bai curled up in a ball and died of anger. This time Yang Huahua was really scared. She took a few steps back and the sword in her hand fell. Only then did she realize that death was so close to her.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the iron gate swayed violently. The officers and soldiers were hitting the door with trees. The monks jumped off the wall and began to flee in all directions. At this moment, there was another dull sound on the wall. A section of the wall was pushed by the officers and soldiers and fell to the ground. A large group of cavalry rushed into the warehouse courtyard and chopped everyone. Yang Huahua was so scared that she turned around and ran to the building. Yang Chu, who was commanding the monks to shoot arrows, could not escape. She was surrounded by dozens of cavalrymen and killed on the spot.

The big group of villages was captured from all sides, knelt all over the yard, and large boxes filled with copper coins, treasures and land deeds were carried out by soldiers from the cellar, and the yard was piled up like a hill. At this time, Yang Qi and Yang Huahua were taken out of the small building. Yang Qi was dejected, like a defeated rooster, Yang Huahua was calm and unafraid. She knew that the soldiers did not dare to kill her at this time, but when she saw her money box being dug out, her eyes were filled with resentment.

Just then, Li Yan rode into the warehouse courtyard and faced Yang Huahua. Yang Huahua gritted her teeth and said, "Shu Li, you have made such a great contribution. Our Yang family is really grateful to you!"

Li Yan glanced at Yang Qi who was shot to death. He couldn't help but face him with a tit-for-tat and smiled coldly: "Everyone, I just didn't expect that you five Yangs will be today!"













As Baishuihe Manor was captured by officers and soldiers, Yang Ji, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, and Yang Chu, the Minister of Rites, were killed by the chaos army. This means that the Yang family has come to an end. The next day, Li Yu formally issued an order to remove Yang Guozhong from his right prime minister, remove him from all titles and positions on the same position, and demote him to Sima of Yuzhou. The Lady of Qin was dead, and he was purged, and he was removed from the titles of Lady Han and Lady Guo, and demoted him to common people. All the children of the Yang family took away their official titles and fame, and were demoted to common people. All the land, money, goods and real estate received were confiscated as officials.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yu issued a second decree to dismiss Linghu Fei from the Minister of Personnel, and to fight with Zhongpiao Astronomy.

But Li Yu did not kill them all, Cui Ningbi was still a concubine in the palace, and the Yang family's children were not exiled to Lingnan, and the middle and lower-level officials of the Yang Party were also preserved. Li Yu did not hold them accountable, but only ordered them to break away from Yang Guozhong.

"Anyone who defects to Yang Guozhong will reflect on himself!"

The collapse of the Yang family and the demotion of Yang Guozhong can be said to be the climax of Li Yu's land reform and power restructuring, and it is also the most powerful move in the career of Li Yu. It seemed to have demolished a large pillar in the Chang'an temple. The political situation in Chang'an began to shakyly and was about to collapse.

It also pierced Li Longji's bottom line like a dagger that pierced into Li Longji's body.















Almost on the same day that Yang Guozhong was demoted, the war between the two princes of Guannei Dao reached the last moment. The Anxi Army, with its strongest pursuit, chased Suizhou 200 miles away in just one day and one night, less than thirty miles away from Anlushan's army. At this time, Anlushan's army set up a formation thirty miles east of Shangxian County, Suizhou. They were less than twenty miles away from the Yellow River at this time, but the rapid pursuit of Anxi Army made Anlushan unable to cross the river as originally planned. He was forced to change his plan and prepare to fight the Anxi Army to the death.

The wind was blowing strongly, the flags were waving, and a wave of sand and stones were flying in the wilderness, and dust filled the air. Sixty thousand Fan Yang's army had already established its position. The bowmen, crossbowmen, spearmen, jumping soldiers and left and right cavalry were arranged in sequence. The 10,000 most sharp Youzhou cavalry were the central army, and An Lushan surrounded the team. An Lushan immediately under a big flag, with complex eyes as he slowly approached a black line in the distance.
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