Yang Jian never expected that his lifelong fame would be in the hands of a woman. Chang'e was so good at pretending that he didn't even notice any problems for so long.
"Calm down, you must calm down." Yang Jian kept saying to himself in his heart.
Under Li Shimin's plan, the military power of the Fourth Battalion was once again taken away by the Liang Clan, and Yang Jian's direct line troops were tricked into sending to Lantian. The Liang Clan and the Tang Clan had gained absolute control of Chang'an City.
Chang'an is the political center of the entire Kansai. To gain Chang'an means to gain most of Kansai. It has to be said that Li Shimin hit Yang Jian's vital point with one blow.
Now the whole of Chang'an is under the control of Li Shimin. Not to mention that Yang Jian is still besieged in this small Xuanwu Gate. Even if he escapes from the Xuanwu Gate, he still can't escape Chang'an.
"I was defeated. I was completely defeated. I never expected that I, Yang Jian, was so wise and wise that I would eventually lose the world because of a woman."
Yang Jian said to himself with a dejected face that he was not convinced by losing to Li Shimin this time, but at this point it was useless to say anything.
"Yang Jian, you don't have any chance to make a comeback. If you are sensible, just surrender. Don't increase unnecessary casualties..." Li Shimin shouted to persuade him to surrender.
Hua Xiong on the side saw that Li Shimin had no intention of killing Yang Jian, so he couldn't help but said anxiously: "My lord, Yang Jian is..."
Li Shimin waved his hand and whispered: "Yang Jian's crime is unpardonable, but he cannot die yet."
All the generals, including Hua Xiong, looked puzzled, but it was unheard of to spare the opponent's life after launching a coup.
Seeing this, Li Shimin explained in a low voice: "Although we have seized the military power of Chang'an's fourth battalion, Yang Guang's 70,000 troops, Wu Yunzhao's 20,000 troops, and Zuo Tiancheng's 10,000 troops are still outside.
The Sui clan still has a total of 100,000 troops. Once Yang Jian dies, these 100,000 troops will surely riot, and internal fighting among the Liang army will be inevitable, which will only benefit other princes.
Only by capturing Yang Jian alive and relying on Yang Jian's orders can we regain this part of the military power, and then Yang Jian will die."
When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but suddenly realized that they only wanted to avenge Dong Zhuo, but ignored the consequences of killing Yang Jian. None of them wanted to see the Liang army continue to weaken due to infighting, and now that Yang Jian was the turtle in the urn, they might as well let him
Yang Jian lived seven more days.
Of course, Yang Jian couldn't just sit back and wait to be killed, but under Li Shimin's instigation, nearly half of the Guards still laid down their weapons, and the remaining half were Yang Jian's loyalists, who would never surrender no matter how much they were persuaded.
Seeing this, Li Shimin decisively ordered: "Let's attack. Remember, we must capture Yang Jian alive."
"promise."
Hua Xiong and other generals shouted in unison.
"squeak……"
At this moment, what Li Shimin and others did not expect was that the gate of Xuanwu Gate suddenly opened.
This sudden change made everyone shocked.
Yang Jian didn't know what happened, but he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw the city gate opened. He decisively drew his sword and shouted: "Kill out."
[Ding dong, Yang Jian’s skill ‘Sword General’ is activated, force 2, basic force 83, equipment 2, current force increased to 87. 】
Although Yang Jian knew that even if he escaped from Xuanwu Gate, he still would not be able to escape Chang'an, but he would definitely die if he stayed, while leaving Xuanwu Gate would still have a glimmer of hope.
After escaping from the Xuanwu Gate, Yang Jian will definitely face pursuit and interception from all sides, and with his current military strength, he is destined to be unable to escape Chang'an. However, Yang Jian can hide in civilian houses to avoid arrest. Chang'an is so big that it is not easy to find him.
When Li Shimin saw this, he looked shocked and asked, "What's going on?"
"The soldier in charge of the mechanism that opens and closes the city gate was suddenly killed. Although our people have recaptured the mechanism room, the switch has been destroyed, and now the Xuanwu Gate cannot be closed at all."
"What?"
Li Shimin couldn't help but clenched his fists.
The archers on the tower of Xuanwu Gate fired thousands of arrows. Although they caused a lot of casualties to Yang Jian's escort, they could not prevent Yang Jian from escaping from Xuanwu Gate.
Not long after Yang Jian escaped from Xuanwu Gate, soldiers and horses appeared in all directions to surround him. Thousands of soldiers started fighting in the streets.
Li Shimin stood on the tower of Xuanwu Gate and saw that Yang Jian's troops not far away were locked in a fierce battle and that they would be able to capture him alive soon, but he had a bad premonition in his heart.
"Report... Yang Guang led the army back to Chang'an. Now his troops are approaching the city and are ready to attack the city."
"What? How could Yang Guang come back so soon?"
Li Shimin was immediately shocked.
Yang Guang's early return was completely beyond Li Shimin's expectations. In his plan, Yang Guang should have arrived at Tongguan at this time, but Yang Guang not only returned early, but also assumed an siege posture as soon as he came back.
Obviously something has been known in advance.
"Qin Hao, you are so cruel." Li Shimin said through gritted teeth.
Although there is currently no evidence that Yang Guang's early return has anything to do with Qin Hao, Li Shimin is 100% sure that Qin Hao has nothing to do with it. Even if he is not Qin Hao, he is still one of his subordinates.
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"My lord, my lord, the only way to appease Yang Guang's army is to capture Yang Jian alive as soon as possible." Li Ru said with a serious face.
"I know."
Li Shimin replied bitterly, then decisively drew out the sword from his waist and personally joined in the process of capturing Yang Jian alive.
An hour later, Yang Jian's escorts had all been killed, but the most important one, Yang Jian, was nowhere to be seen.
"Look for him for me. Yang Jian must still be in Chang'an. I have to dig three feet into the ground to find Yang Jian."
Li Shimin roared angrily. At this time, he also vaguely regretted why he didn't bring Li Yuanba over. If Li Yuanba was here, Yang Jian would have no chance to escape.
The reason why Li Shimin did not take Li Yuanba with him was mainly because he was afraid that Li Yuanba could not suppress his anger. It would be a bad thing if Yang Jian was killed, so he sent Li Yuanba to Li Keyong's army to prevent Li Keyong from losing to Wu Yunzhaohe.
Long live Shi.
Although Li Shimin failed to capture Yang Jian, he successfully took control of Chang'an and immediately released the imprisoned generals such as Yu Juluo, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ji, Xin Wenli, Shang Shi and Disciple.
These imprisoned Liang generals were completely disappointed with Yang Jian, so they decisively chose to join Li Shimin. Their defection also strengthened Li Shimin's position.
While Li Shimin was accepting Yang Jian's power, he continued to claim that Yang Jian had killed Dong Zhuo. At the same time, he sent troops throughout the city to search for Yang Jian's traces.
Late at night, Yang Jian and Dugu Jian were hiding in a basement in Chang'an City.
In order to capture Yang Jian, Li Shimin sent out all the people who could take pictures. It was with the protection of Dugu Jian, a half-step master, that Yang Jian was able to escape the layers of investigation by Li Shimin's men. However, he still needed to constantly move his position to escape.