Chapter 2468: Yang Chan and Chenxiang of Haojing Victory (3)
Chapter 2468: Yang Chan and Agarwood in the Great Victory of Haojing (3)
Hearing Li Kui's words, Li Si sneered and asked: "Does the Tang Dynasty still have people's hearts in Guanzhong?"
Li Kui was speechless. After all, if the Tang Dynasty still had people's hearts, how could there be so many aristocratic families rebelling against the Tang Dynasty?
Li Si did not give Li Kui a chance to refute, but continued to ask: "As far as the current situation is concerned, it is already impossible for the Tang Dynasty to keep Guanzhong.
Anyway, we will defend Chang'an just to weaken the Qin army. Anyway, Chang'an will fall into the hands of the Qin sooner or later. Anyway, these aristocratic families will fall to the Qin sooner or later. Why not take this opportunity to kill more? So that these families will not help the Qin in the future.
Deal with us."
Li Si said "anyway" three times, which left Li Kui completely speechless.
For Li Tang, Chang'an and even Guanzhong were already destined to be abandoned, so why bother thinking about it so much?
Directly slaughter all the aristocratic families in Chang'an, leaving only Chang'an without aristocratic families for the Qin Dynasty to prevent these aristocratic families from helping Da Qin deal with Li Tang in the future.
This is indeed the truth, and there is nothing wrong with it intellectually, but emotionally, Li Kui cannot accept it.
How can people be so cold and ruthless, only considering interests and not caring about anything else?
Moreover, if all the Chang'an aristocratic families were really killed, Li Tang would be effectively extinct from the world, so how could he have a future?
"That's true, but you can't kill indiscriminately without giving reasons or evidence. What's the difference between this kind of atrocities and the original Yellow Turbans?"
Li Kui argued hard based on his reasoning, but as a legal scholar, he was actually the opponent of Li Si, who was a scholar of both Confucianism and Legalism, in terms of rhetoric.
The two argued for a long time, but neither could convince the other. At this moment, Yang Biao barged in aggressively.
"Two adults, can you explain this to me?"
Yang Biao suppressed his anger, his eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and asked: "Why did you send troops to massacre the entire Zhang family? What crime did my son-in-law Yang Yang commit?"
Li Si and Li Kui stopped arguing, and Li Kui said: "Old Lieutenant, calm down and let your subordinates check."
With that said, Li Kui took out the list and quickly found the name of Yang Biao's son-in-law, Zhang Yang, on the third page.
"Old Lieutenant, General Zhang Yang launched a mutiny, the evidence is conclusive." Li Kui sighed lightly.
When Yang Biao heard this, he couldn't bear it anymore and roared angrily: "That's nonsense. How could my son-in-law betray the Tang Dynasty? Have you ever found out? Just kill people indiscriminately? Even my daughter, and
Are you even going to spare your newly born grandson?"
Li Kui suddenly fell silent. Intellectually, he was willing to believe Yang Biao. After all, there were too many people who died unjustly. He didn't know whether Zhang Yang had really rebelled, but no matter whether Zhang Yang was unjustly accused or not, he had to insist on it.
The other party rebelled.
"Old Lieutenant, regarding the matter of your son-in-law and his family, I will definitely investigate to the end. If it is really unjust, I will definitely clear my son-in-law's family." Li Kui said seriously.
When Yang Biao heard this, he was so angry that he overturned the table, pointed at Li Kui's nose and cursed: "Repay your innocence? Everyone is dead, how can you pay it back? What's the point of paying it back?"
Li Kui opened his mouth, but was speechless again.
At this moment, another soldier came to report: "Sir, we have found letters written by Yang Xiu to the rebels from the three rebel families."
"What?"
When Yang Biao heard this, his eyes widened, he stepped forward and grabbed the soldier's neck, and said angrily: "This is absolutely impossible, this is a frame-up, frame-up, if you want to incriminate, there is no reason to hesitate."
The soldier said with difficulty: "Yes, it's true."
"Old Lieutenant, calm down, calm down."
Li Kui and Li Si quickly stepped forward and pulled Yang Biao away, so that the soldier was not strangled to death, and continued: "Generals Li Maozhen and Li Longji have already gone to capture Master Yang Xiu, but Master Yang Xiu not only did not surrender, but also
He fled back to the Yang Mansion and stayed behind closed doors, while the two generals led troops to surround the Yang Mansion."
"What?"
Yang Biao and Li Kui exclaimed at the same time.
The Tang troops in the city have gone crazy. If Yang Xiu refuses to come out at all, and the soldiers outside the mansion completely lose their patience, once they force their way into the mansion, even the Yang Mansion may follow the example of those unjustly killed families.
Follow in the footsteps.
It was about the lives of hundreds of members of the family. Yang Biao was also panicked. He was no longer as aggressive as before. He grabbed Li Kui and Li Si by their sleeves and begged: "Li Kui, Li Si, please give the order quickly. Don't let those soldiers
Come into the house."
"Don't worry, old lieutenant. I'm giving the order right now. No, I'll go with you personally to ensure that the Yang Mansion is safe and sound." Li Kui said seriously.
When Li Si saw this, he sneered in his heart.
Do you promise? What guarantee do you give? Everything in Chang'an today is decided by me, Li Si, and no one can protect you, Li Kui.
After Li Kui left, Li Si also found an interface to leave, but in fact he went to contact Ban Chao.
Taking advantage of the civil strife in Chang'an, Yu Huatian had already led people to rescue Ban Chao.
As soon as the two met, they couldn't help but smile at each other.
Li Sidao: "Yang Biao, this old guy, is an old imperialist. He has always been against His Majesty. This time, no matter what, we will not let him and the Yang family go."
Ban Chao nodded and said: "Before you come back, my lord, my subordinates have already given the order to let the Tang army take action against our people."
Li Si was startled and thought to himself: Those who dare to enter Chang'an alone are indeed not simple.
This was when Yu Huatian said: "But if you kill all the Yang family, what will Yang Jian do? I heard that Your Majesty admires Yang Jian quite a lot and has expressed his intention to succumb to him more than once."
Li Si smiled and said: "It is precisely because of this that we should kill all the Yang family. The Yang family has always been a burden to Yang Jian. Only by killing the Yang family and freeing Yang Jian of his burden can he be able to surrender to the Qin Dynasty."
"That's right."
Ban Chao nodded in agreement and added: "Besides, the Yang family was slaughtered by Li Tang and has nothing to do with my Da Qin. Even if Yang Jian wants to hate him, he will not be able to do it to my Da Qin."
"What Mr. Ban said is true."
Seeing Ban Chao and Li Si, they looked like they wanted to see Han Wan, and the corners of Yu Huatian's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
What is this called?
Do they have similar odors?
On the other side, Li Kui, who was heading to Yang Mansion, saw countless tragic scenes along the way.
Wherever he passed, there were corpses everywhere, and it could be said that there was a river of blood, but the killing still continued.
After Yang Biao saw this scene, his face turned pale, and he was worried that his own family would become like this.
Seeing this, Li Kui comforted him and said: "Don't worry, the old Taiwei, the two generals Li Maozhen and Zhang Shigui are not indifferent people. They will never dare to invade the Yang Mansion."
As soon as they finished speaking, the two men's carriages arrived at Yang's Mansion, but there was no Tang soldier outside the mansion, and the door of Yang's Mansion was already open.
Seeing this, Li Kui opened his mouth, but nothing came out.
The door of the Yang Mansion was wide open, and there were blood stains and corpses at the door. It was obvious that Tang soldiers had entered the house.
"Xiu'er, madam..."
After Yang Biao shouted, he ran towards the house like crazy.
Seeing this, Li Kui could only follow with his guards. At the same time, he secretly prayed that the Tang soldiers had only just invaded the house and had not killed too many people. Otherwise, he would not be able to explain to Yang Jian.
Yang Jian fought tooth and nail on the front line, but you were at the rear, killing all his family members. How could anyone not rebel?
Li Kui could only hope that Tang soldiers had just entered the palace and had not had time to kill too many people, but the luck in his heart was soon gone.
After entering the mansion, the scenes I saw were so miserable.
A large number of corpses accumulated at the gate of the mansion, most of which were domestic soldiers and slaves. It was obviously to prevent Tang soldiers from entering the mansion. Then a big battle broke out with the Tang army, but the result was a one-sided massacre.
It is not that there are no masters among the generals of the Yang family, but the Tang Army's crossbow series, even first-class or even super first-class masters, cannot stop the attacks of hundreds of Tang crossbows.
The road that followed was littered with the corpses of domestic slaves, maids, cooks, housekeepers, and many Yang family children.
Regardless of gender, young or old, anyone encountered by Tang Bing would either be beheaded with a knife or shot to death with an arrow.
"Yang'er, Dong'er..."
Yang Biao held the heads of a man and a woman and wailed. Obviously, these two people were direct disciples of the Yang family and Yang Biao's closest relatives.
Seeing this, Li Kui reached out his hand, wanting to offer words of comfort, but he couldn't say anything. After all, the person who died was not his relative, and he could not understand Yang Biao's grief and anger at this time.
The group continued to walk into the inner courtyard, but soon found the bodies of many female family members, many of whom had been stripped naked and having sex together. It was obvious that they had been humiliated before they died, and there was even Yang among them.
Biao's concubine and daughter-in-law.
When Yang Biao saw this, he almost fainted, but soon he saw something more exciting.
In the red lotus pond, the body of Yang Biao's wife was floating in the lake.
Although Mrs. Yang is older, her charm is still there, and those big-headed soldiers who are used to hardship will obviously not let her go.
As Mrs. Yang Biao'e, she had been honored for half her life, but how could she bear such humiliation, so she committed suicide by throwing herself into a lake.
"lady."
Seeing this, Yang Biao roared and subconsciously prepared to jump into the lake to retrieve his wife's body, but was stopped by Li Kui and others.
Yang Biao, who was rescued, collapsed on the ground and cried loudly.
I think of him, Yang Biao, who lived through the Four Emperors and became an official to the Third Duke. Unexpectedly, he would suffer such a misfortune in his later years, and he could not even save his first wife.
Looking at Yang Biao who was in tears, Li Kui felt very unhappy.
At this moment, a disheveled Tang soldier walked over with a lewd smile on his face. When he saw Yang Biao, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he raised his sword and slashed at him.
"Rebels to the party, die."
Li Kui was shocked when he saw this and quickly knocked Yang Biao away, thus saving Yang Biao's life.
When the soldier saw someone obstructing him, he became angry and looked at Li Kui with a knife.
Li Kui's guards were shocked when they saw this and rushed to protect Li Kui with thousands of soldiers.
"You're so bold, you dare to attack your lord with a knife."
Li Kui's two guards were both third-rate masters, and they captured the Tang soldier alive in just a few strokes.
Seeing this, Li Kui asked with a livid face: "Whose soldier are you?"
The Tang soldier was trembling with fear and said: "Qi, Sir Qi, the younger one is a soldier of General Li Maozhen."
Li Kui's face turned even more ugly, and he asked again: "Where are your generals?"
"A small group of soldiers was ambushed in Loei Mansion, and the general took people to Loei Mansion to support them."
After hearing this, Li Kui's face became much brighter, and he asked again: "So this place is now under the control of Zhang Shigui. It was he who ordered the invasion of Yang Mansion?"
"No, it was not General Zhang's order."
Li Kui frowned and asked, "Who gave the order? And Zhang Shigui and others?"
"After General Li Maozhen left, General Zhang Shigui entered the Yang Mansion alone, preparing to persuade Yang Xiu to leave the house and surrender. Then he never came out. The brothers thought that General Zhang had been killed, so they forced their way into the Yang Mansion to save General Zhang."
Hearing this, Li Kui immediately understood the crux of the matter. The two generals were not here, and a group of large soldiers had no one to command, so they lost control.
Li Kui instinctively felt that there must be something wrong here. After all, the two generals were not present when the Yang family was robbed. How could such a coincidence happen?
Therefore, one of Li Maozhen and Zhang Shigui must have a problem.
Li Maozhen is the son of Li Xiaogong and a disciple of the Li family. The possibility of betraying the Li family is low.
Therefore, Li Kui rightly believed that Zhang Shigui had something to ask, but he had no time to pursue it now.
There are still sounds of fighting and screaming in the Yang family, which means that there are still people in the Yang family alive, but the massacre is still going on, so the top priority is to stop the massacre.
"I don't care whose soldier you are, now, immediately, immediately, let your superior officer come to see me." Li Kui said seriously.
The soldier looked confused: "But sir, I don't even know where Shangguan is?"
Li Kui was so angry that he could only lead people deeper into the house and stopped in front of a house.
More than two hundred Tang soldiers, armed with swords or crossbows, surrounded the house, but no one took a step forward, as if there was something terrifying inside, but there were dozens of corpses of Tang soldiers at the door and in the courtyard.
.
Obviously, the Tang army once attacked the courtyard, but was beaten out by the strong men in the courtyard.
Zhang Shigui's son-in-law, He Zongxian, shouted into the courtyard: "Rebels of the Yang family, you are surrounded. Hand over my father-in-law quickly."
But there was no response at all.
Seeing no reply from the courtyard for a long time, He Zongxian ordered to fire arrows, but after several rounds, there was still no movement. So he took courage and led a group of people into the courtyard holding strong shields.
But as soon as they entered, a sword energy flew out from the room. After hitting the strong shield, an entire row of Tang soldiers were blown away.
He Zongxian was shocked when he saw this and quickly shouted: "The rebels are not dead yet, get out quickly."
A group of people quickly retreated.
In the room, Yang Chan, who was already heavy with two arrows, suddenly vomited a large mouthful of blood after wielding the sword just now.
As Yang Jian's younger sister, Yang Chan was not weak in strength. She had the cultivation level of a half-step master. However, it was difficult for her to compete with the army. She was hit by two arrows from the Tang Army's crossbowmen and was seriously injured.
"mother."
When young Liu Chenxiang saw her mother vomiting blood, she couldn't stop crying.