I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 162
In fact, there are Li Shimin's spies all over the city of Chang'an, and Baiqisi's secret work is also hidden in every minister's house, but Li Shimin has never done it, and Wang Yun's surrender, naturally, some officials who secretly contacted Cao Cao and Yuan Shao all confessed. come out.

Li Shimin is going to take this opportunity to wipe out these wealthy families with two ambitions, and at the same time give a warning to other families, don't try to play with fire, otherwise they will set themselves on fire.

It's just to scare chickens and monkeys.

"Come on, take Yang Biao down for me. This person secretly conspired with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to conspire against him. The evidence is conclusive. Arrest him in the prison." Li Shimin shouted angrily.

Immediately, the guards like tigers and wolves swarmed outside the hall, trying to take Yang Biao away by force.Yang Biao, who was struck by lightning, wailed: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged, Your Majesty, please help me."

The emperor Liu Xie held the dragon chair nervously, his veins bulged, he suppressed his anger and looked at Li Shimin, unable to say a word, at this time Liu Xie realized that he was not Li Shimin's opponent at all, and he planned and worked hard.He just resorted to tricks, and he was beaten so helplessly that he showed his original shape.

Wang Yun, who was watching coldly from the sidelines, also had to admire Li Shimin's superb skills, from the constant showing of weakness at the beginning, to the fact that he seized the initiative but refused to let it go, and today's Tuqun dagger appeared, which directly caught him by surprise.

It has to be said that Li Shimin's human skills are superb, and no one in the court can match him.

Wang Yun was naturally captured by Li Shimin, and his adoptive daughter married Lu Bu, a general under Li Shimin's command, as his wife. Although everyone didn't know that Wang Yun had completely fallen for Li Shimin, they all felt that Wang Yun had already embraced Li Shimin's thigh, so Some courtiers who were still loyal to the big man gradually alienated him.

This made Wang Yun a dumb eater of Coptis chinensis, unable to tell what he was suffering from. Gradually, from the reluctance at the beginning, he gradually calmed down.

Looking at Yang Biao who was being dragged down by the guards, Liu Xie's face was pale, and he remained silent all the time. He had no choice but to throw Yang Biao out as a scapegoat and save the car, so as to calm Li Shimin's anger.

The ministers of the DPRK and China also looked at each other in blank dismay, daring to be angry but not daring to speak, and some ministers seemed to be in a cold sweat.

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This battle of the court should be said to have ended with Li Shimin's overall victory, which not only suppressed the arrogance of the emperor, but also wiped out Yang Biao, the enemy, and eliminated the threat of the court.

Yang Biao was the Sikong of the court, and taking him down would also mark the complete fall of the banner of Li Shimin in the court. In addition, Wang Yun had secretly taken refuge in Li Shimin, and Huang Fusong escaped from Chang'an, so the court opposed Li. power is greatly weakened.

What Li Shimin has always pursued is to cut grass and roots, be cruel to the enemy, and show no mercy.

Sure enough, Li Shimin quickly attacked, seized all the properties of Yang Biao in Chang'an City, confiscated the land, and arrested all members of the Yang family in the court.

At the same time, Lu Bu was ordered to search the hometown of the Yang family in Hongnong County, and all those who dared to resist were killed without mercy.

Lu Bu, who had already ambushed near Hongnong County, acted immediately after receiving the order. Thousands of tiger and wolf soldiers broke through the gate and poured into the Yang family's ancestral house like a tide.

All relatives and family members were imprisoned, and their property was confiscated.Faced with Lu Bu's sharp butcher knife, Yang Biao's family was terrified and trembling, but when they counted the family's males, they found that Yang Biao's direct son, Yang Xiu, was missing.

In addition to uprooting the forces that were stubbornly loyal to the emperor in the city of Chang'an, there was a sudden panic in Chang'an and Sili, and all the major families were in danger and did not dare to take advantage of it.

Li Shimin came and dealt with it quickly and quickly, and wiped out all the core members of the family who were loyal to the big man, such as Yang Biao. Women and children were exiled to the frontier and never returned.

Li Shimin's ruthlessness is fully displayed this time.

Just such a big family that has been passed down for hundreds of years just disappeared like this.

Through this inspection, Li Shimin also made a fortune. He seized 50 taels of gold and millions of shi of grain, which was a surprise.

After this battle, Li Shimin tried to make an example to the monkeys, and some people who were about to make a move, seeing the miserable experience of the Yang family, also stopped their flags and drums.Some hard-core anti-Lee factions were also swept into the dust, and there were no more easy enemies.

This also made some rich and powerful families feel that the danger was coming, and gradually some small families completely turned to Li Shimin.Of course, some powerful families who see the form clearly, including the Jinyang Wang family, that is, the Wang Yun family, also completely rely on Li Shimin's big tree.

In fact, the Jinyang Wang family had already joined the Bingzhou Chamber of Commerce, and their clansmen made a lot of money. This is why Li Shimin was able to surrender to Wang Yun so quickly, without any other benefits.

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The news in Chang'an spread quickly, and soon some spies reported what happened in Chang'an to Chen Liu's Huangfusong and Cao Cao.

The two felt that something was wrong. Originally, they were also waiting, and when the emperor returned to Luoyang, they could lead the army to attack.

If Luoyang can be captured to save the emperor, then Li Shimin will lose this ace weapon in his hands, as well as morality and righteousness, and it will be easier to eliminate.

Unexpectedly, the plan of the Son of Heaven and Huangfusong had already been discovered by Li Shimin, so wouldn't it be that the anti-Li alliance had already been known by Li Shimin?

Immediately, the two discussed without hesitation, and immediately dispatched troops, and at the same time passed the news to Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, Yuan Shao of Jizhou, and Yuan Shu of Huainan.

In fact, Cao Cao imagined that the best time to send troops would be when the other princes attacked first to attract Li Shimin's strength. At that time, he would be under pressure with a large army, so that he could break through Luoyang without any effort, and also weaken the strength of other princes.

However, the other vassals are all human beings, and they are not stupid. They don't want to be this early bird and lose themselves, but let other vassals reap the benefits.

In desperation, in order to take the overall situation into consideration, Cao Cao decided to take the lead in raising troops and be the first in the world under Huangfusong's urging.

An army of 20 marched towards the Sili area in a mighty manner, full of vigor and murderous aura. They took down Junyi in the first battle, and captured the old city in the second battle, and went straight to the front line of Xingyang and Hulaoguan.

At this time, Li Shimin had arrived at the front line of Hulaoguan, and the troops of Huben Army, Shence Army, and Modao Battalion were all deployed in line.

Li Shimin of Hanoi County also transferred Zhao Yun's Shenwu Army to garrison Huai County to guard against Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's army and protect the safety of the north bank of Luoyang.

The reason why the first few cities gave up without any resistance was actually because Li Shimin did not want to face the vigorous Cao Cao's army head-on, so he retreated to the dangerous pass and defended, dampening his spirit first, and then waiting for the opportunity.

Cao Cao led the army to camp 20 miles away from Hulao Pass, with [-] troops covering the sun with flags and banners, and the camp stretched for several miles, aiming at Hulao Pass...

(End of this chapter)