Chapter 93 The downfall of the Gao family
Patriarch Gao's words can scare others, but if he wants to scare "Brother Prophet", that's Zhu Bajie going behind Zhang Fei's back, and he obviously has the wrong target.
"Liu Bei abandoned the city and fled. I can't control it. But you are greedy for life and fear death, and ignore the people in the city. According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, I am sentenced to confiscate all the family property. Are you convinced?"
Tao Ying gave Gao a last chance to sacrifice his wealth and save his life, and wanted to see Gao's final choice.
"Choke..."
As soon as Tao Ying finished speaking, the two county captains and governors of the Gao family stood up and drew out the long swords at their waists.
"Let's see who dares to lay a finger on me, Mr. Gao!"
Two shining swords pointed directly at Tao Ying.
"Don't hurt my lord!"
Suddenly there was a thunderous roar outside the door, and then a big sword was seen, like lightning, heading straight for the county captain, the postal supervisor.
"Poof! Poof!"
Before the two of them could react, the head had fallen to the ground, and the crimson blood on the neck was like a fountain, rushing straight to the beams, and then pouring down like rain.
"Ah..."
The sudden change and the dripping blood shocked Hua Xin so much that his hair stood on end, his face turned pale, and he screamed in shock.
From the time when the son and son-in-law drew the sword to when their heads fell to the ground, it was just a flash of lightning. The head of the Gao family had no time to react and it was over. He was stunned and horrified beyond words.
"There's no need to play anymore!"
Tao Ying shook his head, sighing secretly that Mr. Gao was ignorant of current affairs.
"If you want money rather than your life, why bother!"
At this point, the next thing will be much simpler for Tao Ying.
"The Gao family colluded with the Yellow Turban bandits and planned a rebellion. Yan Liang immediately led the Xuanjia Army to kill all the Gao family's rebels and confiscate all their property."
Yan Liang, who was like a spiritual official, was obviously not satisfied with killing, and his eyes immediately flashed with joy.
"The general will obey the order!"
Yan Liang waved his hand, and two Xuanjia Army soldiers behind him dragged the head of the Gao family out. He also quickly walked out of the hall and led his troops to capture the Gao Mansion.
"Tao Ying, you yellow-haired kid, you will die a happy death!"
"Old Tao Qian..."
The head of the Gao family, who had regained his composure, was escorted out. He cursed Tao Ying all the way, "greeted" Tao Qian, and also sent "greetings" to the eight generations of Tao's ancestors.
"Go ahead and scold, scold as hard as you can. When you've scolded enough and you can't scold anymore, the issue between us will be settled!"
Tao Ying smiled, he wanted someone's life, so it was reasonable for them to scold him.
"It seems that my brother is not too domineering in his work!"
Yan Liang led people to search the house. Tao Ying and Hua Xin had no common language for the time being. They felt that staying in the county government was too boring, so they decided to go out and join in the fun.
"Mr. Ziyu, do you want to see the fun of 'killing the rich and giving to the poor, eliminating violence and bringing peace to the good'?"
Tao Ying was asking, but he had already stood up and left the hall. He didn't really want to seek the opinion of Hua Xin, a "pedantic man".
"No wonder the solid Gaotang City was breached by bandits!"
"I didn't expect that the Gao family would collude with the Yellow Turban bandits!"
"Good copy, we have something to eat!"
……
Tao Ying and Hua Xin left the county government office. They followed the anxious and excited people to the gate of the Gao family. Tao Ying was instantly overwhelmed by the momentum of the Gao family's courtyard and secretly clicked his tongue.
"Compared with the Gao family, the Mi family can only be regarded as a moderately well-off family!"
Tao Ying secretly looked forward to the Gao family. The more wealthy the family, the more money they would gain from looting.
The Gao family's mansion is not only luxurious, but also covers a large area with rows of buildings.
Its outer courtyard wall is four meters high and one or two meters wide. It is more like a small fortress or a fort than a house.
At this time, a group of people stood on the courtyard wall, holding various weapons, confronting the Xuanjia Army brought by Yan Liang.
"Listen, I am Yan Liang, the commander of the Polu School. I have come here to capture the Gao family rebels by order of the prefect. If you and other villagers know this and don't want to die, please open the courtyard door immediately. Otherwise, we will be treated as yellow turban bandits and will be executed.
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Yan Liang stared at the private soldiers and servants of the Gao family on the courtyard wall, and took out Tao Ying's order.
"It's a joke. My Gao family has been in Gaotang County for more than a hundred years. We are a scholarly family with a family of loyalty and filial piety. How could we collude with the Yellow Turban bandits!"
"That is, Gao's good deeds have enriched the countryside, how can he be a traitor!"
"Well, the Gao family has made great contributions to Gaotang and Pingyuan. A prefect of a foreign county cannot act arbitrarily and act arbitrarily!"
"That's right, the Gao family is not wrong. Does Taishan Taishou want to risk the disapproval of the world and follow the actions of the previous Taishou and wantonly slaughter the people?"
Those who can say these things, in addition to the in-laws of the Gao family, are also grain merchants from various places who look up to the Gao family. Naturally, they want to speak for the Gao family.
For a while, these people were like sparrows on a branch, chattering to themselves on the courtyard wall.
"Nao Nao, I gave you a way to survive, but you don't cherish it. You are really the same kind of raccoons, and you should all be killed!"
Looking at the Gao family's private soldiers who refused to cooperate on the courtyard wall, Yan Liang, who was already impatient, had a strong murderous intent in his eyes.
"All the officers and men obeyed the order, attacked Gaofu, and wiped out the bandits!"
Hundreds of Xuanjia soldiers who had already been prepared to attack, after hearing the order without saying a word, immediately loosened their strings and fired arrows to launch the attack.
"Boom...boom...boom..."
"Boom...boom...boom..."
The dense rain of arrows poured towards the private soldiers and guards on the wall of Gao's courtyard as if they were free of charge.
"Pfft..."
"Uh-huh..."
The private soldiers on the wall of Gao's courtyard screamed and leaned down to avoid it.
"Kill!"
Taking this opportunity, the Xuanjia Army soldiers holding short-handled Tang swords quickly rushed to the corner of Gao's wall. With a few cooperation, several people climbed up like monkeys and boarded the wall of Gao's courtyard. Those who had not yet recovered from the rain of arrows
Private soldiers started massacre.
As the number of Xuanjia troops on the courtyard wall increased, in the face of the powerful combat power, the Gao family's private soldiers, who were originally intended to scare ordinary people, immediately collapsed in panic, and the Gao family's courtyard door was opened.
"Fight in!"
When Yan Liang led a large group of Xuanjia Army soldiers to swarm in, he also announced the demise of the powerful Gao family that had flourished in Gaotang County for hundreds of years.
"Is this the end of the Gao family?"
Hua Xin saw clearly the whole process of Tao Ying's robbery of Gao. He did not express a word of criticism, and even felt a trace of schadenfreude for Gao's misfortune unknowingly in his heart.
"This is the consequences of being rich and being unkind!"
At this time, Hua Xin was not aware of his own mentality, but it was still out of subconscious jealousy towards Gao.
However, Hua Xin's focus at this time was not on the Gao family, but on Tao Ying's Xuanjia Army.
"Is this the militia that Tao Zhongguang talks about?"
After watching for a long time, Hua Xin had a clear view of the Xuanjia Army's performance. Even with his wisdom, he couldn't help but be secretly frightened.
"With such equipment and combat power, it is possible to annihilate the Taishan bandits, annihilate the Qi State, and the Jinan Yellow Turbans in just one month. How can the militia achieve this?"
Hua Xin stared at Tao Ying and saw him covered with black robes and armor, standing with his hands behind his back under a tree as lush as a canopy. Whether it was pretending or real, his attitude was calm and calm, making people feel at ease at a glance, as if
Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire in front of you, you are not afraid.
"Alas, is this Tao Chongguang a blessing or a disaster for the Han Dynasty?"
……
After more than an hour, night fell, and Yan Liang also ended the suppression of Gaofu.
"My lord, the Gao family has been eliminated. More than 200 enemies have been killed, and nearly 400 have been captured. None of the female family members have been injured."
"We seized land deeds, a certain amount of gold and silver, about two million dan of grain, more than 300 war horses, more than 100 pairs of armor, leather armor, and nearly a thousand sets of swords and guns."
Even though he had seen a lot of gains from confiscating his house, Tao Ying was still shocked by the Gao family's wealth.
"Two million stones! How many people do you have to feed?"
"It seems that looting is faster than farming!"
Tao Ying shook his head, no wonder Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shao all did this in history. It was really easy.
"Gather the people together to make porridge and give out porridge to the whole city!"
Chapter completed!