Chapter 2467: The Blood of the Great Victory in Haojing (2)
Chapter 2467: A river of blood flowed from the victory of Haojing (2)
The rebel rebellion was so powerful that the whole of Chang'an was plunged into panic, but Li Kui, Li Chunfeng and others in Tang Gong's mansion did not panic at all.
Before Li Shimin left, he handed over Chang'an to Li Kui, Li Si, and Li Chunfeng to jointly manage it. The three could restrain each other and prevent rebellion.
"Two adults, this is the list of rebel parties that launched the rebellion." Li Chunfeng said.
After Li Kui and Li Si looked at each other, Li Kui snorted coldly: "I would like to know who is the rebel."
Immediately, he took over the list, but the further down he looked, the uglier Li Kui's face became.
"How is this possible? The eldest son of the head of the Wang family in the east of the city died in a battle with the Qin army. In the first battle of Guanzhong, the Wang family even dedicated half of its troops. How could the Wang family rebel?"
After hearing Li Kui's words, Li Si continued: "Zhang Fei, the school captain who initiated the mutiny in Xiying, had his father also die at the hands of the Qin army. He and the Qin army had a grudge against his father. They were sworn enemies.
But he still participated in the rebellion, what on earth were you thinking?"
The more Li Kui looked down, the more frightened he became. These rebellious families were all wealthy families who once supported the country Li Tang. But now that Li Tang was killed, they all rebelled against Tang. This was really a collapse of the wall.
Within the city of Chang'an, 80% of the aristocratic families in Guanxi are gathered. It is precisely because of the financial supply of these aristocratic families that the originally dilapidated Guanzhong can develop so rapidly.
But it was precisely because of the gathering of aristocratic families in Guanzhong that both Yang Jian and Li Shimin, after occupying this land, were more or less constrained by the aristocratic families.
Compared to Yang Jian, Li Shimin's situation was a little better. Because of Ying Hao's land reform policy, the Guanzhong family basically fully supported Li Tang one-sidedly, and their hatred against Da Qin also deepened during the war.
Most of the Kansai aristocratic families have enmity with Da Qin. As long as Li Tang goes against Da Qin, they will fully support him. Those who have money and food will provide money and food, and those who have money will provide people.
But now Li and Tang are almost unable to protect Chang'an. Once Chang'an is captured by the Qin army, failure to protect it will not lead to a settlement.
You must know that few aristocratic families who opposed Da Qin's land reform policy and went against Da Qin had a good ending.
Every time the Qin army occupied a place, they would kill the local families who opposed the land reform. They killed so many people that no one dared to oppose it anymore, and the land reform policy was successfully implemented.
The Jingbei aristocratic family, the Hebei aristocratic family, and even the Liaodong aristocratic family were all frightened by the butcher knife of Great Qin, so they became obedient citizens, and now it is finally the turn of the Guanxi aristocratic family.
Among the aristocratic families in Kansai, there are also many families who migrated from Kanto to Guanzhong during the Han-Ming War, and these people are extremely afraid of war.
In addition, some of the families who had issues with Da Qin were also extremely afraid of Da Qin's butcher knife. After all, you can't have dozens of members of the whole family die just because of the hatred of one or two people?
Although they have a grudge against Da Qin, it is only one-sided. As long as they don't hold grudges, Da Qin will naturally not care about it.
Therefore, if Da Qin had taken an early stand before Da Qin invaded Chang'an and handed over the land in its hands after Da Qin occupied Guanzhong, Da Qin would naturally not have settled accounts with them.
Based on this consideration, so many aristocratic families turned their backs on Li Shimin and fell to the Qin camp.
Yu Huatian's activities in Chang'an were very simple. He was just talking, using the banner of Da Qin, to deceive these families in Chang'an. But what he never expected was that the plan to win over the Chang'an family would go so smoothly.
Yuhuatian even thought about whether these aristocratic families were pretending to surrender, but when he thought that they neither knew their identities nor knew who would be involved, the possibility of pretending to surrender was very small, so he gave them
A verbal acceptance and reassurance.
What Yu Huatian didn't know was that his acceptance of the aristocratic families was tantamount to a gold medal to avoid death in the eyes of these aristocratic families, so naturally he would not let go of this opportunity to be accepted by Great Qin.
But what these wealthy families don't know is that Yuhuatian is no longer the person in charge of Qin in Chang'an, but the two literati Li Si and Ban Chao are.
In Li Si's view, hatred will not disappear, but will only hide deeper.
Moreover, even if these aristocratic families are willing to give up their hatred and take the initiative to hand over their land, they will still leave hidden dangers for Great Qin's land reform policy.
It's better to take this opportunity and borrow Li Tang's hand to kill all the Kansai family at once.
This can not only eliminate hidden dangers and smoothly implement land reform, but also clear the suspicion of the real pro-Qin faction, making it easier for their next actions. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
Facts have proven that literati are often more ruthless than military generals.
In order to complete his plan, Li Si did not hesitate at all and decisively decided to sacrifice the aristocratic families in Chang'an City to pave the way for his own official career. After all, the life and death of these aristocratic families was none of Li Si's business?
You worked so hard to help Li Tang, but now your clan is being exterminated by Li Tang. You are completely to blame for this fate. Li Si sneered in his heart.
Of course, he couldn't say it openly that he used Li Tang's help to get rid of the Kansai family, nor could he count it as Li Si's credit, but secretly the Emperor of Qin would definitely remember that it was his credit.
As soon as he thought of this, Li Si showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth, looked at Li Kui with a joking face, and thought to himself: Li Kui, Li Kui, how are you going to take the move this time.
"Sir, something bad has happened. Cai, Shi, Bai... the eight major families in the east of the city have also joined the rebels."
"Sir, the six major families of Huang and Lin in the south of the city took advantage of the chaos and rebelled."
"...Sir, the Sun and Cao family in the north of the city took advantage of the rebellion to connive with their soldiers and rob the business district."
"……grown ups……"
Bad news kept coming, and the faces of Li Kui and the others gradually turned ugly from calm and composed (Li Si was pretending). After all, there were too many aristocratic families taking advantage of the chaos to rebel.
At present, the number of families participating in the rebellion has reached more than one hundred.
Even though the clan soldiers of these aristocratic families have been recruited once by Li Tang, there are still a certain number of clan soldiers left.
Even if each family only sent out fifty people, the total would be five thousand rebels, enough to shake Li Tang's rule in Chang'an.
What's more, if Li Tang cannot suppress the rebellion, more families will join in and completely turn Chang'an upside down.
But even so, Li Kui and the others still did not lose their composure. It was not until a piece of news came that the three of them were shocked at the same time.
"Sir, in the four camps in the southeast, northwest and northwest, many generals from aristocratic families also launched mutinies after hearing that their families had rebelled.
Now the four major camps in the southeast, northwest and northwest are all in chaos and cannot send out troops to suppress the rebels, who are heading towards the Duke's Mansion."
"What?"
Li Kui, Li Chunfeng, and Li Si all exclaimed. The first two did not expect that the rebellion would spread to the military camp, while the latter did not expect that all four camps would be affected.
After Li Shimin led his army to leave, only 5,000 troops were left in the four battalions of Chang'an, which added up to 20,000 troops.
Now all four battalions have launched a rebellion. In a short time, it is obvious that they will not be able to send troops to suppress the rebellion.
But if the fourth battalion does not send troops, more and more families will rebel in the city, which will eventually lead to irreparable consequences.
Faced with this situation, if the back-up force left by Li Shimin was not strong enough, even Tang Gong's mansion might be breached by the rebels.
Li Si made a calculation in his mind, and then looked at Li Si and Li Chunfeng, because the chassis left by Li Shimin must be controlled by one of these two people.
At this moment, Li Chunfeng stood up and ordered with a cold face: "Send the order, the Xuanjia Army in Weiyang Palace will be dispatched immediately to suppress the rebellion."
Hearing this, Li Si couldn't help being shocked. He saw the Xuanjia Army leaving the city with Li Shimin. How could they still be in Chang'an City?
Sure enough, Li Shimin had long expected that there would be a rebellion after leaving the city, so he left a back-up, secretly hiding the Xuanjia Army in the palace, and dispatched to suppress the rebels at the critical moment.
I just don't know if Li Shimin has any other back-ups besides the Xuanjia Army.
Li Si thought to himself, and at the same time he was somewhat thankful for his caution, otherwise he would have died this time.
The Xuanjia Army is one of the two most elite battalions of Li Tang. With the Xuanjia Army out, the ragtag group of aristocratic families in the city cannot be their opponent.
Although the Xuanjia Army was heavy cavalry, it was not slow at all. The rebels had not yet reached Duke Tang's Mansion, but the Xuanjia Army had already arrived first.
The Xuanjia army was extremely powerful, and it was extremely easy to deal with these aristocratic family soldiers, even if they were one to ten. Therefore, with only one charge, the rebels were killed and their troops retreated steadily.
The clan chiefs who launched the rebellion, as well as the clan chiefs who joined later, saw that the Xuanjia Army was coming. Their faces turned pale with fright, but they all understood that they had no way out.
Facing elites like the Xuanjia Army, they had no chance of being an opponent. The only chance was to use street fighting to delay until their own people from the four major battalions came to support them.
If the anti-Tang rebels in the fourth battalion cannot defeat the Xuanjia Army, then everyone will have no choice but to die.
Even if these family heads know that street fighting is the only way out, the family and the rebels have not formed a unified leadership at all, and the person in charge of Da Qin in Chang'an has not appeared since the rebellion was launched, so it is impossible to implement this.
Go down.
It wasn't until the leader of Da Qin appeared again that the family rebels had a backbone. But what they didn't know was that Yuhuatian had led them to a dead end.
"Heads of the family, listen to me. The Tang generals who have surrendered to me, Da Qin, are about to take control of the fourth battalion. Please hold on, reinforcements will arrive soon, so don't go head-to-head with the Tang army. Those who can go home will go home first.
You cannot retreat into the mansion and use the walls and terrain to engage in street fighting with the Tang army."
Yu Huatian's words allowed the rebel aristocratic coalition forces to find their backbone again, and then they dispersed in droves. Some went home, some fled for their lives. In short, they did not dare to stay on the main road and confront the Tang army head-on.
Yin Kaishan, the leader of the Xuanjia Army, was dumbfounded after seeing this scene. In a head-to-head confrontation, even if the number of rebels was doubled, they would still not be able to match his three thousand Xuanjia Army.
But when it comes to street fighting, it won't kill the Xuanjia Army's strengths. If you're not careful, you may even be counterattacked.
Yin Kaishan did not dare to act without permission, so he chased and killed the rebels on the main road and at the same time sent someone to report to Li Chunfeng.
Li Chunfeng kept in mind Li Shimin's admonition "I would rather kill the wrong person than let him go", and at the same time he was eager to suppress the rebels. So after receiving the news, he decisively gave Yin Kaishan the military order "I would rather kill the wrong person than let go".
After receiving the order, Yin Kaishan was in trouble again. After all, there were too many rebellious families, more than a hundred of them. It was too dangerous to disperse the troops to attack them, so he divided Chang'an City into four major areas and concentrated his troops one by one. Go and kill the mansions where the rebels are hiding, as well as the families on the rebel list who have participated in the rebellion.
What Yin Kaishan and Li Chunfeng didn't know was that although their decision was not wrong, it was not so easy to let go of the butcher's knife.
Before Yin Kaishan had cleared an area, the Tang troops in the four camps in the southeast, northwest and northwest had already suppressed the rebellious Tang troops.
After learning that there were still rebels in the city who had not yet been wiped out, generals Li Maozhen in the east camp, Li Longji in the west camp, Li Si'en in the south camp, and Zhang Shigui in the north camp all led their troops to clear out the wealthy families involved in the rebellion in the city.
With the order of "I'd rather kill the wrong person than let go", the soldiers of the Tang army completely transformed into human Shura, killing people without any scruples at all.
After fighting to the back, not only the defenders of the fourth battalion, but also the Xuanjia Army were all red-eyed and went crazy.
Without confirming the authenticity, the butcher's knife was turned on those innocent families. A large number of innocent people were involved and died from the butcher's knife, and this also made everyone in the Chang'an family feel in danger.
In order to avoid getting into trouble, the major families ordered their soldiers to close the doors tightly and never open the door to let the Tang army in. They were not even willing to accept the Tang army's investigation.
They thought that such behavior was for self-protection, and only in this way could they have a sense of security. However, in the eyes of the red-eyed Tang Jun, this was a guilty conscience.
What else is there to say? Just kill them.
For a time, the whole of Chang'an was filled with mourning and blood flowed into rivers. There were innocent people everywhere who died unjustly at the hands of the Tang soldiers.
Listening to the screams outside, Li Kui was tormented in his heart.
In just one hour, he learned that there were thirty-eight families that were exterminated by the Tang army just because they had the same surname.
It was obviously the Wu family in the east of the city who participated in the rebellion, but the Tang army involuntarily massacred the south of the city, the north of the city, and the west of the city, and even another Wu family in the east of the city who did not participate in the rebellion.
This is really a man who came from the sky to make a pot at home. Just because he had the same surname as a family that participated in the rebellion, his family was exterminated.
This is too indiscriminate, and if the killing method continues, the entire wealthy family in Chang'an will be killed.
Li Kui really couldn't bear it anymore, so he said to Li Si and Li Chunfeng: "We can't continue killing like this without distinguishing between right and wrong. If we continue, I will lose the hearts of all members of the Tang Dynasty."