Chapter 2484 Plan ahead
Chapter 2481: Plan ahead
The future will only happen in the future, and if Li Shimin cannot handle the mess in Chang''an well, he may even have no future.
After thinking about it, Li Shimin finally decided to introduce several lieutenants to take the blame and acted as a swearing to investigate the matter to comfort the families and the families of the people who died unjustly, but in fact this was just his way of delaying time.
The Chang''an riots had too many casualties and were involved too much, so there was no way to deal with the aftermath, and it was impossible to satisfy all parties.
Li Shimin can''t punish the soldiers involved in the massacre, as well as the ordered Li Kui, Li Chunfeng and Li Si?
Besides, he gave the order to "I would rather kill the wrong one than let go" himself.
But if Li Shimin didn''t even have a clear attitude, it would likely trigger a riot among the people in the city. Now that the Tang army has just been defeated, its strength has been greatly reduced, Chang''an City can no longer bear the slightest turmoil.
Li Shimin''s behavior has indeed comforted many people, but it cannot fool Yang Biao, the head of the Yang family.
Yang Biao is a political old man. How could he not tell that Li Shimin''s move is actually a superficial one and a secret one? So he came to the door directly, questioned and forced Li Shimin, wanting Li Shimin to give him an explanation to the Yang family.
Li Shimin felt guilty about the Yang family, who had been helping him but was brutally destroyed. He really wanted to solve the problem of the Yang family. The most important thing was that he did not want to be disloyal from Yang Jian because of this, so he sent Li Chunfeng to thoroughly investigate the various suspicious points in the Yang family''s family extermination case, but because the time was too short, nothing had been found.
Li Shimin felt guilty and did not dare or know how to face Yang Biao, so he declined because of his physical discomfort.
Yang Biao didn''t even see Li Shimin''s face, so he naturally refused to give up.
Yang Biao is a man who regards his face as he is more serious than his life, but now his wife and children die in vain and his family is killed. He is already out of his life and has ambition to die, so naturally he doesn''t care about his face anymore.
In order to force Li Shimin to see him, Yang Biao and the young Yang Chenxiang not only pulled banners outside the Tang Duke''s Mansion to seek justice, but also rolled in with tantrums, beat drums and scolded him, and even prepared to commit suicide.
As soon as the suicide move came out, Li Shimin was scared. After all, if this old guy really committed suicide at his doorstep, Yang Jian would have to rebel if he didn''t really give it, so he saw Yang Biao and Yang Chenxiang.
After meeting, Yang Biao said directly: "Don''t you be afraid to see my grandfather and grandson?"
Li Shimin felt guilty about the Yang family, so when facing Yang Biao''s grandson, he was very low-key, but no matter how he apologized or how he promised, Yang Biao''s words left him speechless.
"How is Mr. Tang going to seek justice for my Yang family?" Yang Biao said coldly.
How can we get justice?
How do you want to seek justice?
Killed Zhang Shigui?
Zhang Shigui was not dead. Yu Huatian did not kill him, but killed Yang Xiu, which was to make Li Shimin embarrassed.
If Li Shimin killed Zhang Shigui and avenged the Yang family, Zhang Shigui''s troops would definitely rebel.
Since the lord will kill Zhang Shigui and seek justice for the Yang family, will he kill them too? After all, they also participated in the destruction of the Yang family.
Except for Zhang Shigui''s troops, what would the generals of the other three departments think? After all, they are also injustice in their hands.
The lord will escape justice for the Yang family. Wouldn''t it seek justice for other families?
Therefore, even if Li Shimin cares more about the Yang family, it is impossible to attack Zhang Shigui at this time. After all, Chang''an cannot withstand any turmoil now, so he can only let Yang Biao give him some time to find out.
"…Don''t worry, old grandfather, I, Li Shimin, decided to seek justice for the Yang family."
Li Shimin patted his chest and promised it, but he didn''t say anything in detail.
Li Shimin''s perfunctory attitude made Yang Biao extremely desperate, and he said with a tragic look: "Okay, okay, I''m blind, I''m taking it upon myself."
It was not until this moment that Yang Biao saw that Li Shimin was a human being. He would not have any result when he stayed there. He just humiliated himself, so he pulled Chenxiang and prepared to leave the Tang Duke''s Mansion.
The grandfather and grandson, one big and one small, depend on each other, and their backs are dim, which is extremely desolate.
The agarwood pulled by Yang Biao turned around and looked at Li Shimin, and was discovered by Li Shimin.
After the two of them had their eyes met, Li Shimin was stunned.
He was obviously a child under ten years old, and he was at the age of innocence, but the child''s eyes were full of hatred. Obviously, the experience of family destruction made the child grow up instantly.
"Brother Yang Jian, Shimin is ashamed of you."
As he said that, Li Shimin couldn''t help but burst into tears.
Yang Jian is one of his few friends whom he can make friends with, and the Yang family has helped him a lot, but now the Yang family has been exterminated because of him, but he can''t even escape back to justice for the Yang family.
After seeing Li Shimin crying, Chen Xiang showed a hint of mockery on the corner of her mouth. This hero he once admired was extremely ugly in his eyes.
Yang Biao Chenxiang''s grandson just left, and Li Shimin fell to the ground and fainted.
Li Shimin suffered major blows one after another, but had not yet completely got out of it. Not only did he have to deal with so many messes in Chang''an, he was also humiliated by Yang Biao''s grandson, and his physical and mental condition had reached the extreme.
It was an hour later that Li Shimin woke up again.
In just one day, Li Shimin fainted three times, which made the generals of Li Tang increasingly worried about his physical condition.
After sending the generals who came to visit the disease, Li Shimin leaned on the bed and enjoyed this moment of tranquility that belonged to him alone.
Ji Fa, who was standing guard for Li Shimin, saw this and hesitated for a while and said, "Lord, if you feel exhausted and unable to handle these matters, you can hand over the affairs of Chang''an to others."
Li Shimin couldn''t help but sigh and said, "Alas, no one can share my worries."
Li Shimin also wanted to ask someone to help him deal with it, but Li Kui was seriously ill and Li Chunfeng was unable to take the big responsibility, and Li Si had no time to clone him. No one in the huge Chang''an could share his worries.
Ji Fa heard this and said, "Why don''t you recruit Uncle Jiang to return to Chang''an? With Uncle Jiang''s talent, it may be possible to solve the current predicament."
Ji Fa was just talking. After all, Li Tang’s current dilemma cannot be solved by manpower, and he did not think that Jiang Shangzhen could do better than Li Shimin.
Those who can speak have no intention, while those who hear have their intention.
Li Shimin was exhausted at this time and was eager to find someone to share the burden for him. In his opinion, Jiang Shang was the best and only candidate at the moment.
"Yes, Mr. Jiang is resourceful, he must have good plans to help me."
Li Shimin showed excitement, as if he had grabbed the straw after drowning, and refused to let go.
"But now Baling City has been surrounded by Qin army. Even if I call each other, how should Mr. Jiang leave Baling?" Li Shimin showed a look of distress and felt a little regretful. Why didn''t he recall Jiang Shanghe back to Chang''an before the Qin army siege the city?
After thinking for a while, Ji Fa spoke, "Lord, Junior Brother Tu Xingsun is also in Baling City. He has already practiced the earthly arts to great success, and has escaped into the ground and walked like walking on flat ground. Maybe he can take Uncle Jiang out of the Baling City Gate."
Ji Fa did not know that Tu Xingsun had rebelled, so he thought of using Tu Xingsun''s divine technique to bring Jiang Shang out of Baling City.
Li Shimin''s eyes showed a look of surprise when he heard this. He obviously knew the difficulty of practicing the earthly arts. He never expected that among the younger generation, there would be someone who could achieve great success.
"That''s great. With this Tu Xingsun here, the general will definitely be able to hide from the Qin army and send Mr. Jiang out of Baling."
After saying that, Li Shimin personally wrote a letter and informed Li Mu through Fei Ge''s letter, asking him to let Jiang Shang come to Chang''an for help.
Under the cover of the night, dozens of carrier pigeons flew out of Chang''an, but were still shot by the White Horse Yicong''s Theatre Team, and Li Shimin''s handwritten letter also fell into Wang Jian''s hands.
At this time, the three western armies led by Wang Jian completely disagreed with the defeat of the Tang army in Chang''an, and the entire army was filled with joy of a great victory.
30,000 against 60,000, kill 25,000 enemies and capture 20,000.
If it were other princes, such a record would be nothing great. After all, in terms of the combat power of the Qin army, it is not without 10,000 to 100,000.
But if it were the Tang army, such a record would be very powerful. After all, the Tang army is famous for fighting, far from comparable to princes like Yuan Shao and Han Fu.
But after the victory, troubles also followed one after another.
In the battle of Haojing, although the Qin army defeated the Tang army, it also lost one-third of its troops, leaving only 20,000 troops, but the Tang army captured 20,000.
These prisoners must be sent back to the rear for guarding.
In addition, the wounded soldiers must also be transported to the rear of the meeting for treatment, and some of the troops in Wang Jian''s hands must be separated.
After some dispatch and division of troops, Wang Jian only had 15,000 infantry and cavalry left in his hands, and he was the exhausted army that had just experienced a great war, so he was obviously unable to continue fighting.
So Wang Jian gave up his plan to besiege Chang''an.
First, he has too few troops in his hands and cannot surround this huge Chang''an City.
Second, I am afraid that the Tang army will come out of the city again. Even if the possibility is slim, after experiencing a previous big bet, even if Wang Jian won the bet, he would not want to bet again.
"How is it? Is it going to convince the captured general Tang to succeed?" Wang Jian asked.
Ji Dan and Bismarck both shook their heads.
Seeing this, Wang Jian said with a look of surprise: "Is no one willing to surrender except Ma Shanwei?"
You should know that this time the Qin army captured more than 20 generals including Changsun Wuji, Xu Rong, Ma Shanwei, Xin Wenli, Kang Anyu, Kang Junli, Guo Chongtao, Shi Jingsi, and Nangong Shi.
Ji Danze said: "Only Kang Junli and Guo Chongtao were surrendered by us, and the other generals were unwilling to surrender."
Wang Jian''s face was even more surprised. He never expected that the Li Tang Dynasty was about to fall, but these generals were still so loyal.
"According to subordinates, these people just don''t want to betray the Lord''s name, and their families are all in Chang''an City. They will naturally surrender when they just want to break through Chang''an." Bismarck said.
Wang Jian nodded in agreement, and then a soldier came to report.
"Among the intercepted Tang army pigeons, Li Shimin''s handwritten letter was found."
"Quick, please send it up."
"No."
After Wang Jian took the letter, he browsed it in ten lines at a glance. After reading it, he laughed and said, "Li Shimin is already poor and he actually puts his hopes on Jiang Shangyijie, which shows that he has no choice."
"Governor, Jiang Shang still has some skills. The two generals Gongsun Yan, Gongsun Xuanyuan, were both defeated by him. If he was asked to return to Chang''an, there would be a change." Ji Dan said.
After a little thought, Wang Jian pointed at him and said, "This statement makes sense. Since that''s the case, let''s stop Jiang Shang from returning to Chang''an."
After saying that, Wang Jian immediately wrote a letter, passing the news of the Great Victory of Haojing, the civil strife in Chang''an, and Li Shimin''s handwritten letter to Wu Qi in Baling through Feige, so that Wu Qi could find a way to stop Jiang Shang from returning to Chang''an.
"If the governor Wu Qi fails to stop Jiang Shang from returning to Chang''an, and he affects the arrangements in Chang''an, you can ask Ban Chao to plan in advance as appropriate." Wang Jian said.
I have to say that Wang Jian’s work is perfect. He doesn’t know whether Jiang Shang will return to Chang''an. He has already made all the preparations. Even if Jiang Shang really comes back, it will still be useless.
Li Mu received a letter from Fei Ge in his first letter from Wu Qi, but the letter from Li Shimin to him did not mention the news of the defeat of Haojing and the riots in Chang''an.
After all, these two are not news. Once they spread, it will definitely affect the morale of the defenders. Li Shimin was also afraid that Yang Jian would know that the Yang family was destroyed by the Tang army.
Therefore, in Li Shimin''s Fei Ge''s letter, Li Mu only asked him to send Jiang Shang to Chang''an as soon as possible.
After reading the letter, Li Mu went to find Jiang Shang overnight.
Jiang Shangzhi was so close to the demon. He could see at a glance that something must have happened to Li Shimin, and it was very likely that he did not win after leaving the city, but he did not expect such a tragic tragedy to happen in Chang''an.
After listening to Jiang Shang''s analysis, Li Mu was shocked.
He led his side troops to fight alone and was not defeated, but he never expected that the lord''s main army would be defeated one step ahead of him. So what is the significance of his persistence on Baling''s side?
For a moment, Li Mu was in a state of confusion. Jiang Shang comforted him so hard that Li Mu recovered.
"Duke Tang urgently summoned me to Chang''an and must entrust me with important tasks. I want to go to Chang''an." Jiang Shang said.
"But Tu Xingsun''s injury has not healed. Can you take you out of the city with a sir?" Li Mu asked.
Under the joint efforts of Jiang Shang and Yang Jian, Li Mu still doesn''t know that Tu Xing has actually been rebellious and has been imprisoned by the two.
Jiang Shangze said: "Tu Xingsun''s injuries have recovered most of his injuries, so there should be no problem."
"That''s good." Li Mu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Jiang Shang said that, he was actually worried. After all, Tu Xingsun, this guy, had no moral integrity. If he really asked him to take him out of the city alone, Tu Xingsun would probably send him directly to the Qin army camp.
(This chapter ends)