Chapter 2489 The Second Xuanwu Gate Incident (End)


    Chapter 2486: The Second Xuanwu Gate Incident (End)


    Looking at Li Shimin who was decisive and gave several orders, Jiang Shang was shocked.


    He didn''t believe that Li Shimin didn''t know the consequences of doing so. After all, among Li Si, Li Chunfeng and Li Kui, no matter who had a problem, it would be fatal to Li Tang.


    This shows that in the previous tragedy, the forces of the pro-Qin faction in the city were not weakened, but instead grew stronger under the cover of traitors.


    Today''s Chang''an City is under the control of Li Shimin on the surface, but in fact it has been completely separated. There are two internal forces intertwined, and it is no longer a matter of solving a certain person.


    At this time, directly controlling Li Si or Li Chunfeng is tantamount to alerting the enemy, and it has no effect except venting anger.


    Jiang Shang didn''t believe that Li Shimin didn''t know the consequences of doing so, but Li Shimin obviously had his intention to do so. After all, the current situation is so bad that it can''t be bad.


    Li Shimin understood Li Si''s ability and knew that he had a strong strategy. Even if he was not the leader of the traitors, he must be one of the leaders. It is better to take advantage of the other party''s ability to cut the mess quickly and control it first.


    If you lose Li Si, the think tank, maybe the rebels will lose their own way, or maybe they will?


    If Jiang Shang had a solution, Li Shimin would naturally listen to Jiang Shang, but the key is that Jiang Shang has no choice but to do it now, so he can only use his own method to deal with it.


    After receiving the accusation from Li Shimin, Li Yuanba immediately rushed over secretly.


    After seeing Li Shimin, Li Yuanba asked with confusion: "Second brother, what''s wrong with calling me here?"


    "If something big happens later, you can hide behind the screen." Li Shimin said expressionlessly.


    Li Yuanba immediately showed a serious look, then nodded and hid behind the screen.


    "Lord, Li Chunfeng is here."


    "Let him come in." Li Shimin said in a cold voice.


    After a while, Li Chunfeng strode in, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See the Lord..."


    Before he finished speaking, Li Shimin, who was passive, shouted angrily: "Take this traitor down to me."


    The soldiers from all directions immediately stepped forward and surrounded Li Chunfeng.


    Li Chunfeng was stunned after seeing this scene. Before he could think too much, he hurriedly said, "Chunfeng is loyal to his lord and has no intention of rebellion."


    Li Shimin ignored it and continued, "Take it."


    All the soldiers rushed forward.


    Seeing this, Li Chunfeng''s body emerged and subconsciously prepared to resist, but he finally held back and did not resist. He let the soldiers tie themselves up with iron chains.


    "Lord, Chunfeng is a member of the Li family and has no intention of rebellion. Don''t listen to the villain''s slander."


    Li Chunfeng, who was lying on the ground, shouted in grief. He never expected that Li Shimin would doubt him and couldn''t help feeling discouraged.


    Seeing that Li Chunfeng did not resist, most of the suspicion in Li Shimin''s heart disappeared. Seeing that Jiang Shang shook his head at him, he personally stepped forward to help Li Chunfeng untie the chain.


    "Chunfeng, I''m sorry for you. I''m just testing you."


    Li Shimin''s sincere look on his face, thinking that Li Chunfeng''s apology also reduced his resentment in Li Chunfeng''s heart.


    "I dare to ask my lord, what if my subordinates didn''t surrender just now and would have backfired?" Li Chunfeng asked.


    Li Yuanba walked out from behind the screen with a sledgehammer and said in a deep voice: "If you resisted just now, it would prove that you are really a traitor. I will smash your head without hesitation."


    Li Chunfeng shivered suddenly, and before he knew it, he actually walked away at the gate of hell.


    Although Li Chunfeng is a great master, he has only made a breakthrough for a while and is no match for Li Yuanba at all, let alone Li Yuanba who was sneak attacking.


    "Since it''s not Li Chunfeng, it must be Li Si." Jiang Shang sighed.


    When Li Shimin heard this, a murderous intent flashed in his eyes. He was useless to trust Li Si so much that the other party dared to betray him and Li Tang. He must pay the price.


    "Report, report to the lord, Lord Li Si is here."


    "Let him come in." Li Shimin said coldly.


    As soon as Li Si walked into the hall, his heart skipped a beat. Everyone looked at him in a different way, and he secretly regretted why he took the risk.


    In fact, Li Si was suspicious of this summoning. After all, as soon as Jiang Shang entered the city, Li Shimin summoned him, so it was difficult for him not to think about anything more.


    But when I think about my previous actions, I did not leave any handle on the country.


    In addition, the current situation in Chang''an is too complicated, and he doesn''t think Jiang Shang can see the problem so quickly.


    In addition, Li Kui was seriously ill and the mess in Chang''an was all over his body, and Li Shimin would have summoned him regularly.


    With this idea in mind, Li Si decided to meet Li Shimin with luck. After all, the longer he delayed, the more beneficial it would be to him. If he didn''t go, he would show that he was guilty.


    But what Li Si didn''t expect was that although he did not leave any handle, Jiang Shang could not be sure that the traitor was him, but just suspicion was enough to kill him.


    After all, there are only two suspects in total, either Li Chunfeng or Li Si. Li Chunfeng has proved with his actions that he is not a traitor, so naturally he is the only one who is a traitor.


    "Li Si, I treat you very well. Why do you want to betray me?"


    Li Shimin shouted with anger, which was one of his rare misconduct.


    Li Shimin has always been very confident in his own vision. After all, after so many years of war, no one has betrayed him. I don’t expect that not only are there traitors, but they are also by his side, and they are still his own family.


    Li Si was beaten by Li Shimin''s attitude. He endured the panic in his heart and pretended to be calm and said, "Why did the lord say this? As a disciple of the Li family, Li Si has always been loyal to his lord and has never had any rebellious intentions. Please don''t listen to the villain''s words..."


    Li Shimin shook his head in disappointment. He hoped that Li Si could prove his innocence, but Li Si obviously failed to do this.


    Seeing that Li Shimin did not believe it, Li Si was also a little panicked and kept showing his loyalty, but Li Shimin obviously didn''t want to listen anymore.


    "Take him down, take him down and interrogate him carefully, and ask who else is his accomplice."


    "No."


    "Lord, believe me, believe me...ah..."


    The spy guarding outside the Tang Duke''s mansion, seeing that Li Si had not come out for most of the day after he entered the mansion, instinctively felt something was wrong and quickly informed Ban Chao of the news.


    Before Li Si went to see Li Shimin, he was worried that this would be a trap, so he sent someone to notify Ban Chao.


    Out of caution, Ban Chao sent someone to recover Li Si, but unfortunately he was still one step slower. He had already entered the Tang Duke''s Mansion before he even got in touch with Li Si.


    "I haven''t come out for so long, Li Si may be in danger this time."


    Ban Chao sighed, feeling deeply sorry for Li Si.


    Although he is clearly far from the second half of his success, as long as he persists for a few days, Li Si can return to Qin with great achievements. His future prospects are limitless, but he fell on this shortcut. "Do you want to save Li Si? Or..."


    After saying that, Yu Huatian made a move to wipe his neck, obviously trying to get rid of Li Si to prevent Li Si from leaking the secret.


    After thinking a little, Ban Chao shook his head and said, "It''s not necessary to silence. Li Si is a smart person and knows what to say and what not to say.


    Even if he said it, Li Shimin would not let him go, and would completely offend me, Daqin, and instead would die.


    But if you say nothing, as long as you can persevere until we succeed, there will be a glimmer of hope. ”


    During this period of time, Ban Chao also discovered that Li Si was very talented, so he did not want to kill Li Si, but instead won a glimmer of hope for Li Si.


    As for whether Li Si can seize the opportunity to survive, it depends on whether his own life is good.


    "What should we do now?" Yu Huatian asked.


    "Li Shimin has already noticed it. The most urgent task is to send a signal to inform all parties and raise troops immediately to prevent them from being defeated one by one by Li Shimin." Ban Chao said seriously.


    "But we have not contacted General Li Cunxiao yet. What should we do if we raise our troops in advance and do not dare to respond if we do not see General Li Cunxiao?"


    Hearing Yu Huatian''s words, Ban Chao closed his eyes and thought, and after a while, he opened his eyes and said, "Don''t worry, as long as we act here, General Li Cunxiao will definitely appear."


    "But what if..."


    "No case, he is the most powerful general in the world. The mere city wall of Chang''an will definitely not be able to stop him." Ban Chao said in a deep voice.


    Yu Huatian couldn''t help but fall into silence when he heard this, but finally decided to believe Ban Chao. The other party was an envoy sent by Governor Li Jing to Chang''an, and his judgment must be much more accurate than himself.


    “By the way, change the location of the signal.”


    A sneer flashed across Ban Chao''s lips. Seeing this, Yu Huatian asked, "Where is that?"


    “Near Zhang Shigui’s camp.”


    "Zhang Shigui?"


    Yu Huatian showed a glimmer of surprise, and he understood why Ban Chao made such arrangements.


    In the Yangmen massacre, Zhang Shigui and Yang Xiu were captured together, but Yang Xiu died, while Zhang Shigui survived. This was naturally Ban Chao intended it.


    Ban Chao wanted to use this to deepen the cracks within Li Tang and at the same time force to rebel Zhang Shigui as a real power general.


    Without Ban Chao''s expectations, Zhang Shigui was indeed suspected by Li Shimin. Yu Huatian also took the opportunity to send someone to contact him.


    But Zhang Shigui pretended to accept the favor, but in fact he wanted to make a cliché to Li Shimin''s innocence.


    Zhang Shigui''s trick was naturally seen through Ban Chao, and if the pro-Qin faction raised an army, it would definitely be the enemy of Zhang Shigui.


    But if the signal of reprimanding was sent in Zhang Shigui''s camp, Zhang Shigui, who had not been removed from the suspicion, could not explain even if he had ten mouths, and he would definitely be arrested and punished by Li Shimin, and naturally he would have to rebel.


    "Good plan."


    Yuhuatian gave Ban Chao a thumbs up. From Ban Chao, he actually felt a bit of Jia Xu''s style.


    ————


    Swish, swish…


    After a series of roars, sparks burst out over Zhang Shigui''s camp one after another. The noise was so loud that even the entire Chang''an could be seen.


    Upon hearing the news, Zhang Shigui hurried out of the camp, pulled a person and asked, "What did you send?"


    The soldier replied, "General, there are fireworks over the camp."


    "How come there are fireworks? Find out where it is and who sets it."


    "yes."


    Soon, Zhang Shigui found the location where the fireworks were launched, but no one was found except for the fireworks that had been set off.


    "What''s going on?"


    Zhang Shigui was a little confused and a little confused, but he instinctively felt that this was definitely not a good thing.


    In the north of the city, Dong Xiaowan was wearing silver armor and sat upright in the main seat, and below were full of veterans such as Hua Xiong and Xiong, and of course some young generals were also present.


    After seeing the fireworks signal, Dong Xiaowan immediately said to Hua Xiong: "Uncle Hua, Ban Chao has sent a signal. It''s time to rebel against Tang and return to Qin."


    "I will be careful of the order of the young master."


    After saying that, Hua Xiong glanced at the generals below and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, you have all seen what the Yang family ended up. Li Shimin is no longer the Tang King he used to be. With him, there is only a way out. Only by surrendering to the Qin Dynasty can we have a way out."


    Guo Ren, the son of the deceased veteran Guo Si, stood up and shouted, "We will follow the young master from afar, follow General Hua, and rebel against Tang and return to Qin."


    "Follow the young master, follow General Hua, and return to the Tang and Qin." The generals shouted in unison.


    Seeing this, Hua Xiong nodded and immediately ordered: "Tell me the order to seize the camp and then seize the city gate."


    "No."


    Hua Xiong suddenly rebelled, and the Tang army in the north city had no time to react and was caught off guard. The north camp of the city was soon completely controlled by Hua Xiong and then attacked the north gate.


    At the same time, Li Jue, Nancheng and Li Jing, Dongcheng, also led his troops to rebel, and his actions were like Hua Xiong, both of whom were capturing the city gates from the control camp.


    For a time, three of the four directions of Chang''an rebelled, but there was no movement in the West where Zhang Shigui was located.


    Zhang Shigui was not stupid either. When he saw rebels in the three realms, the rebellion signal was still sent from his camp. He still didn''t understand that he was framed.


    "Father-in-law, we can''t clean it even if we jump into the Yellow River. Anyway, Li Shimin doesn''t trust us, so it''s better to just turn against it and surrender to the Qin Dynasty." Son-in-law He Zongxian advised.


    "Yes, dad." The third son Zhang Zhibao also advised.


    Under the persuasion of a group of relatives, Zhang Shigui finally ordered extremely bitterly: "Rise up and rebel."


    "No." All the generals shouted excitedly.


    Since then, all the four gates in Chang''an have rebelled against each other in the southeast, southwest and northwest.


    Inner City of Chang''an, Xuanwu Gate.


    Li Maozhen stood on the city tower, looking at Chang''an, which was filled with smoke again and was full of war, and said to himself, "Shimin, I''m sorry."


    (This chapter ends)