Li Baiyu and a group of generals clenched their fists tightly.
Secretly praying that Li Yunping would withstand these 30,000 rebels and buy time to seal the west gate.
I don't know how long it took, but corpses were left on the ground in the wilderness at the west city gate, and the two armies fell into a stalemate.
The sound of fighting at the west city gate subsided.
Li Baiyu hurriedly turned around and looked down the tower, and was instantly happy when he saw the scene below.
Li Chengzhong and dozens of Li family members, both young and old, were being held up with swords by the Hidden Dragon Guards and spy agents, and were being escorted to the top of the city wall.
An Ouchi guard ran up first.
"Your Majesty, all the people in the clan's mansion have been killed. Only the guards who are willing to surrender and the clan leader Li Chengzhong were captured alive."
"Right now we are resealing the west gate."
Li Baiyu breathed out slowly: "Great, press Li Chengzhong up."
"Except for those who need to seal off the city, everyone rushes to the east city. The two gates in the south city will help Jingyuan and wait for them to retreat from the enemy."
"According to the order!"
After a while, Li Chengzhong and a group of surrendered palace guards were escorted up by spy agents at sword point.
Li Baiyu looked coldly at Li Chengzhong, who was ashen-faced: "Uncle, you know what it means to be unvirtuous, and heaven and earth will not protect you, right?"
Li Chengzhong sighed silently: "The king becomes the king and the bandit loses. This order has nothing to say."
Li Baiyu grabbed Li Chengzhong by the collar and glared at Li Chengzhong with gritted teeth.
"I have to ask myself, I have never treated any of the Li clan members in the clan mansion badly, and I have never delayed the payment of any salary or reward. Why do you do this?"
"Why!"
"What on earth do you want to do?"
Li Chengzhong looked at Li Baiyu who wanted to eat him with complicated eyes: "Since your father ascended the throne, he has repeatedly suppressed the forces of the Li family in the clan."
"After your father was firmly on the throne, the Clan's Mansion, which was originally responsible for dealing with the Li clan, was reduced to the point where it could only train bodyguards for the royal family."
"The rights of the clan government should not be like this."
"With the help of your fourth uncle Duan Wang Li Yang, your father completely removed the clan mansion from the imperial court and reduced it to a level worse than even the third division."
"The descendants of the royal family are not allowed to take the imperial examinations, join the army, or participate in politics. Is this still a clan government?"
"We both share the blood of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Gao, so why should you suppress us like this?"
"After you ascended the throne, just like your father, you always ignored the clan."
"Even if the Zongren Mansion, one of the Nine Qings, does not dominate the government and the public and becomes the most important position among the Nine Qings, it should not be reduced to this."
"You can only ring the ancestor worship bell on the bell tower during the big ceremony or when something important happens in the court."
"What your third brother, the King of Shu, promised us is to return to us the rights that belong to us that your father removed."
"That's all."
Li Baiyu glared at Li Chengzhong angrily: "Just because of your power, you help the second and third sons to plot rebellion?"
"Isn't this enough?"
"Isn't it true that your father removed the power of the clan to consolidate his own rights?"
"You are the least qualified person to question this order."
Li Baiyu slowly loosened Li Chengzhong's sleeves.
"The descendants of the Li family, with titles but no power, are not allowed to interfere in politics. This is a rule personally set by Emperor Taizu Gao."
"This ban is engraved on the stone tablet outside Qinzheng Hall. What rights do you want?"
"You are not rebelling against me, you are rebelling against Taizu Gao Emperor."
"Father is not deliberately suppressing you, but is executing Taizu's order."
"In the seventeenth year of Weihe's reign, Li Ke, the prince of Zongren Mansion, assumed power."
"For twenty years of great power, King Chong has exercised power."
"Weihe..."
"In the eighth year of Xuande's reign, he became the king and assumed power."
"Everything like this is your clan's fault. It's what you are used to."
"What other rights do you want?"
Li Chengzhong shook his head silently: "I have nothing to say."
"Yeah, not only do you have nothing to say, you won't be able to say anything in the future..."
Suddenly, a loud shouting of killing came from the north gate of the capital. Based on the sound, it was easy to tell that the shouting of killing was not outside the city but within the city.
Li Baiyu paused for a moment and looked towards the north gate of the capital in astonishment.
The other generals were also stunned, wondering what was happening at the North City Gate.
"Hahaha.........."
Li Chengzhong suddenly laughed loudly and looked at the astonished Li Baiyu with some contempt.
"What? Aren't you curious where your seventh uncle Li Chengbai went?"
"Have you heard the movement at the North City Gate? Now my order is not afraid to tell you that the shouts of death at the North City Gate are the 30,000 soldiers and horses under your seventh brother's command who have been lurking for a long time. With the help of your seventh uncle Li Chengbai
He came in from behind."
"The movement at the west city gate is just to deceive others, deliberately done for you to see."
"As a clan leader, I can make profits for the clan, so even if I die, it's worth it."
Li Baiyu looked at Li Chengzhong who was laughing with trembling lips.
"You...you...poof..."
"His Majesty!"
A group of generals looked at Li Baiyu who spurted out a mouthful of blood and hurriedly stepped forward to help him.
"uncle!"
The little cutie who didn't know when he climbed onto the city wall hurriedly ran over and looked at Li Baiyu worriedly.
Li Baiyu looked sadly at the little cutie who was holding his leg with a worried look on his face and laughed miserably.
"Ancestors, you have seen it, you have seen it."
"The princesses of the enemy country know how to help the unworthy descendant Li Baiyu to defend the city and protect the country, but the descendants of the Li family's royal family are doing things that make people angry and betray their ancestors."
"You have spirits in heaven, have you seen it?"
"Are you all blind? You have left behind such a bunch of rebellious descendants."
"Cough cough...cough..."
"Uncle, stop talking and take a rest."
Li Baiyu broke away from the support of a group of generals, and gently stroked the little cute head with blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.
"Yue'er, I'm afraid uncle can't protect you anymore."
"Uncle, the moon is not afraid!"
The sound of the charging at the north gate of the city spread to the surroundings in a moment. The rebels who rushed in from the north gate had already climbed onto the city wall to fight with the imperial guards.
I don't know how long it took, but Jingyuan Hou Chen Jin and Guan Ning Hou Lu Tao ran over covered in blood with the support of their personal guards.
The four of them trembled as they looked at the absent-minded Li Baiyu and knelt down.
"Your Majesty, we can't hold on any longer."
"All the more than 200,000 troops have entered the city."
Li Baiyu was stunned for a moment and closed his eyes unwillingly.
"Pass the message, let the soldiers lay down their weapons and surrender."
"Don't die fighting in vain!"
All the generals knelt on one knee in front of Li Baiyu, looking at Li Baiyu sadly.
"Your Majesty, I am incompetent!"
"Go and deliver the message."
"God bless me, Li Baiyu."
Li Baiyu walked tremblingly towards the bottom of the city wall, looking down at the cutie who was clutching the hem of his clothes and grinning.
"Yue'er, how about sitting with uncle Qin Zhengdian?"
"How about seeing my uncle's mountains and rivers a hundred thousand miles away?"
"How about seeing how uncle abandoned the prosperous world?"
The little cutie shook her head worriedly: "Uncle, Yue'er will take you to find grandpa. He will definitely be able to save you."
"Hahaha.........."
"My country has been lost, how can I live on in this world?"