Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2490 The Second Xuanwu Gate Incident (final)

Chapter 2486: The Second Xuanwu Gate Incident (final)

Seeing Li Shimin, who was acting swiftly and resolutely, even giving several orders, Jiang Shang was shocked.

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

This shows that in the previous tragedy, not only did the pro-Qin faction in the city not be weakened, but on the contrary, under the cover of the traitor, it grew stronger.

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

Directly controlling Li Si or Li Chunfeng at this time is tantamount to scaring the snake, and it has no effect other than venting anger.

Jiang Shang didn't believe that Li Shimin didn't know the consequences of doing so, but Li Shimin obviously had his intentions in doing so, after all, the current situation is too bad to be worse.

Li Shimin understood Li Si's ability and knew that he had a strong strategy, and even if he wasn't the leader of the traitors, he must be one of the leaders. It's better to take advantage of the fact that the other party hasn't found out, cut the mess quickly and control him first.

Without Li Si's brains, maybe the rebels will mess up their own way, maybe?
If Jiang Shang had a way, Li Shimin would naturally listen to Jiang Shang, but the point is that Jiang Shang has nothing to do now, so he can only use his own way to deal with it.

After receiving Li Shimin's summons, Li Yuanba rushed over secretly immediately.

After meeting Li Shimin, Li Yuanba asked with a puzzled expression: "Second brother, what's the matter with calling me here at this time?"

"A big event will happen in a while, you just need to hide behind the screen." Li Shimin said expressionlessly.

Li Yuanba suddenly showed seriousness, then nodded, and hid behind the screen.

"My lord, Li Chunfeng is here."

"Let him in." Li Shimin said coldly.

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 to him, shouted angrily: "Take this traitor to me."

Soldiers from all directions immediately stepped forward and surrounded Li Chunfeng.

Li Chunfeng was dumbfounded after seeing this scene, and before he had time to think about it, he quickly said: "Chunfeng is loyal to the lord, and has absolutely no intention of rebellion."

Li Shimin didn't care about it, and continued: "Take it."

All the soldiers rushed forward.

Seeing this, Li Chunfeng's whole body was aroused, and he subconsciously prepared to resist, but in the end he held back and did not resist, allowing the soldiers to tie him into a rice dumpling with iron chains.

"My lord, Chunfeng belongs to the Li family and has absolutely no rebellious intentions. Don't listen to the villain's slander."

Li Chunfeng, who fell on the ground, cried out in grief and indignation. He never thought that Li Shimin would doubt himself, so he couldn't help feeling a little disheartened.

Seeing that Li Chunfeng did not make any resistance, most of the doubts in Li Shimin's heart dissipated. Seeing that Jiang Shang shook his head at him, he stepped forward to help Li Chunfeng untie the chain.

"Chunfeng, I have wronged you, I just tested you."

Li Shimin sincerely wanted to apologize to Li Chunfeng, which also reduced the resentment in Li Chunfeng's heart a lot.

"May I ask my lord, what if the subordinates had just arrested without putting their hands back and resisted?" Li Chunfeng asked.

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

Li Chunfeng shuddered suddenly, unknowingly, he actually walked through the gate of hell.

Although Li Chunfeng was a great master, he had just broken through not long after all, and he was no match for Li Yuanba at all, let alone a sneak attacking Li Yuanba.

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

When Li Shimin heard this, a killing intent flashed in his eyes. He trusted Li Si so much in vain. The other party dared to betray him and Li Tang. He would definitely make Li Si pay the price.

"Report, my lord, Master Li Si is here."

"Let him in." Li Shimin said coldly.

As soon as Li Sicai walked into the hall, his heart skipped a beat. Everyone looked at him with strange eyes, and secretly regretted why he took the risk.

In fact, Li Si was skeptical about this summoning. After all, Li Shimin summoned him as soon as Jiang Shangcai entered the city, so it was hard for him not to think about it.

But thinking about what he did before, he didn't leave any handle in 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, even if Li Kui was seriously ill and all the mess in Chang'an was on his shoulders, Li Shimin would have summoned him frequently.

With such thoughts in mind, Li Si decided to meet Li Shimin as a matter of luck. After all, the longer it was delayed, the better it would be for him. If he didn't go, it would show that he was guilty of guilt.

But what Li Si didn't expect was that although he didn't leave any clues, and Jiang Shang couldn't be sure that the traitor was him, just suspicion was enough to kill him.

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

"Li Si, I have treated you well, why did you betray me?"

Li Shimin shouted angrily, which was also a rare gaffe of his.

Li Shimin has always been very confident in his vision. After all, almost no one has betrayed him after so many years of fighting. He doesn't want to see a traitor now, but he is also by his side, and he is also his own family.

Li Si was taken aback by Li Shimin's attitude. He suppressed the panic in his heart and pretended to be calm: "My lord, why did you say that? As a disciple of the Li family, Li Si has always been loyal to the lord, and has never rebelled against you." My heart, my lord, 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 so.

Seeing that Li Shimin didn't believe it, Li Si 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, and find out who else is his accomplice."

"promise."

"My lord, trust me, trust me... ah..."

The spies guarding outside Tang Gong's mansion saw that Li Si hadn't come out for most of the day after he entered the mansion. They instinctively felt that something was wrong, and quickly informed Ban Chao of the news.

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

Ban Chao was overly cautious, so he sent someone to chase Li Si back, but unfortunately he was a step too late, and he had already entered Tang Gong's mansion before he had contact with Li Si.

"After not coming out for so long, Li Si is probably in danger this time."

Ban Chao sighed, feeling deeply sorry for Li Si.

It was obviously half a step away from success, but as long as he persisted for a few days, Li Si would be able to bring great success to Qin. The future was limitless, but he fell at this critical moment.

"Do you want to save Li Si? Or..."

After saying that, Yu Huatian made a gesture of wiping his neck, obviously wanting to get rid of Li Si, in order to prevent Li Si from revealing the secret.

Ban Chao pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, "There's no need to silence, Li Si is a smart man, he 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, Da Qin, instead, it would be a fatal situation.

But if we don't say anything, as long as we can persist until we succeed, there will be a glimmer of life. "

During this period of getting along with Li Si, Ban Chao also discovered that Li Si had a great talent, so he didn't want to kill Li Si, but fought for Li Si's life.

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

"Then what should we do now?" Yu Huatian asked.

"Li Shimin has already noticed something. The most urgent thing is to send a signal, notify all parties, and raise troops immediately to prevent Li Shimin from defeating them one by one." Ban Chao said seriously.

"But we haven't got in touch with General Li Cunxiao yet. If we raise our troops in advance, what should we do if he doesn't see General Li Cunxiao and doesn't dare to respond?"

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

"But in case..."

"There's nothing wrong with it. He's the most powerful general in the world. The mere city walls of Chang'an can't stop him," Ban Chao said in a deep voice.

Yuhuatian couldn't help but fell silent when he heard the words, but in the end he decided to believe in Ban Chao. The other party was the envoy sent by Governor Li Jing to Chang'an, and his judgment must be more accurate than his own.

"By the way, the position of the signal is changed."

A sneer flashed across Ban Chao's mouth, Yu Huatian saw this and asked, "Where is that?"

"Near Zhang Shigui's camp."

"Zhang Shigui?"

Yuhuatian showed a clear look, and he understood why Ban Chao arranged it like this.

In the Yangmen tragedy, Zhang Shigui and Yang Xiu were captured together, but Yang Xiu died, but Zhang Shigui survived, which was naturally Ban Chao's intention.

Ban Chao wanted to use this to deepen Li Tang's internal rift, and at the same time force Zhang Shigui to turn against Zhang Shigui, a powerful general.

As expected by Ban Chao, Zhang Shigui was indeed suspected by Li Shimin because of this, and Yuhuatian also took the opportunity to send someone to contact him at this time.

But Zhang Shigui pretended to accept the solicitation, but in fact he wanted to make a fool of himself, so as to show Li Shimin his innocence.

Zhang Shigui's little trick was naturally seen through by Ban Chao, and if the pro-Qin faction raised troops, they would definitely be enemies of Zhang Shigui.

But if the signal to raise troops was sent from Zhang Shigui's camp, then Zhang Shigui, who has not been cleared of suspicion, will be arrested by Li Shimin for questioning, and he will naturally have to turn back. up.

"Good plan."

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

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huh, huh...

After one after another roar sounded, sparks burst out one after another in the sky above Zhang Shigui's camp. The movement was so loud that even the whole Chang'an could see it.

Zhang Shigui ran out of the camp immediately after hearing the news, pulled a person and asked, "What happened?"

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

"Why are there fireworks? Find out where and who set them off."

"Yes."

Soon, Zhang Shigui found the place where the fireworks were launched, but he couldn't find anyone except the fireworks that had been set off.

"what is happening?"

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

In the north of the city, Dong Xiaowan was dressed in silver armor and sat on the main seat, while Hua Xiong and other Xiliang veterans were all below him, and of course there were also some young generals.

After seeing the fireworks signal, Dong Xiaowan immediately said to Hua Xiong: "Uncle Hua, Ban Chao has sent the signal, and it's time to turn Tang to Qin."

"The last general respects the orders 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 happened to the Yang family. Li Shimin is no longer the Tang king he used to be. Following him will lead to death. Only in Daqin can we survive."

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

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

Seeing this, Hua Xiong nodded his head, and then ordered: "Pass on my general's order to capture the camp, and then capture the city gate."

"promise."

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

At the same time, Li Jue of the South City and Li Jing of the East City also led their troops to rebel, and the number of actions was the same as that of Hua Xiong. They were all trying to seize the city gate from the control camp.

All of a sudden, three of the four directions in Chang'an rebelled, only the west where Zhang Shigui was located, there was no movement for the time being.

Zhang Shigui is not stupid, he saw that there were rebels in the Triple Realm, and the rebellion signal was still sent from his own camp, so he didn't understand that he was framed by someone.

"Father-in-law, even if we jump into the Yellow River, we won't be able to clean up. Anyway, Li Shimin doesn't trust us, so it's better to turn against us and go to Daqin." Son-in-law He Zongxian persuaded.

"Yes, father." The third son Zhang Zhibao also persuaded.

Under the persuasion of all relatives, Zhang Shigui finally gave an extremely bitter order: "Rise up the army and rebel."

"No." All the generals shouted excitedly.

Since then, the four gates of Chang'an, the southeast, the north, and the west have been turned against each other.

Chang'an Inner City, Xuanwu Gate.

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

(End of this chapter)