Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2493 Jiang Shang's death
Chapter 2489: The Death of Jiang Shang
Li Shimin and his party passed through Xuanwu Gate, and the gate of Xuanwu Gate was immediately closed, and then the front door was also closed tightly.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of archers suddenly appeared on the tower, and they aimed at Li Shimin and his party below the city with their bows and arrows.

After seeing this scene, both Li Shimin and Jiang Shang were stunned. They never expected to encounter an ambush at Xuanwu Gate. After all, the guard of the palace was Li Maozhen.

Li Shimin doubted Li Si and even Li Chunfeng, but he did not doubt Li Maozhen for no other reason. Li Maozhen was the son of Li Xiaogong.

Li Xiaogong is Li Shimin's most trusted uncle. He loves his house and loves him deeply, and he also loves and loves Li Maozhen very much. Although they are not real brothers, they are better than real brothers.

Of course, the reason why Li Shimin didn't suspect Li Maozhen, apart from the relationship between the two, the most important reason is because of Li Xiaogong.

It is absolutely impossible for Li Xiaogong to betray him, and if Li Maozhen rebelled, where would his own father be?For this reason, they will surely bear the infamy of disloyalty and disfilial piety.

But what Li Shimin never expected was that Li Maozhen not only betrayed him, but also ambushed him by the Xuanwumen, wanting to repeat the change of Xuanwumen again, it was killing people.

Li Shimin could accept the betrayal of Hua Xiong, Li Jue and others, but he couldn't accept that Li Maozhen also betrayed him. He could no longer restrain the anger in his heart, and roared to the tower:
"Li Maozhen, do you know what you are doing?
How can I be sorry for you, brother?Why did you betray me?Betrayed his family?

Did you consider your uncle and his elders when you did this? "

Li Maozhen on the tower, after hearing this, felt even more guilty.

Li Shimin was sorry for Li Xiuning, sorry for Yang Jian, not for the people and the family in Guanzhong, but he was not sorry for Li Maozhen, but he was sorry for Li Shimin.

Therefore, Li Maozhen had no face at all, and didn't want to see Li Shimin, so she simply closed her eyes and ordered softly, "Shoot the arrow."

Shoot arrows?

After receiving the order, nearly half of the crossbowmen did not move. After all, the one below was their lord, but Li Maozhen's cronies all shot arrows decisively.

The other half of the crossbowmen saw that so many people had shot their arrows, and they would all act rebellious whether they let go or not, so they gritted their teeth and followed suit, shooting and killing the people in the city.

huh, huh, huh...

Arrows rained down.

[Ding Dong, Jiang Shang's skill 'Bing Zu' effect 3 is activated. When he is the leader, all the generals under his command will be commander +1, and the force of the whole army will be +2; when he is not the leader, the force increase effect will be halved; Army power +1 again;

李世民：统帅100（+2），武力100（+12），智力99（+2-1），政治103，魅力81（+1-20）；太清剑+1；

Currently Li Shimin's forces are all +1.

Li Shimin's force rose to 102;

Jiang Shang's force rose to 87;

...]

"Escort."

Under the boost of 'Bing Zu', the guards who entered the Xuanwu Gate were greatly increased in combat power, and they all responded extremely quickly.

The personal guards holding shields hurriedly guarded Li Shimin's frame, protecting both Li Shimin and Jiang Shang.

As for those guards without shields, in this limited space, there is nowhere to hide even if they want to hide. No matter how strong their combat power is, there is only one final fate, and that is to die under thousands of arrows piercing their hearts.

"what……"

"No, I vote for..."

The screams continued one after another.

In a blink of an eye, nearly half of the thousand guards guarding Li Shimin were killed by random arrows.

The rest of the people might block in groups, or use the corpses of their companions as shields to support them, but this is obviously not a long-term solution.

[Ding dong, more than half of the army's casualties, Jiang Shang's skill 'Bing Zu' effect 3 is activated again, when the casualties are more than half, the army's force will be +1;

At present, Li Shimin's force has risen to 103;

Jiang Shang's force rose to 88;

...]

Under the effect of two consecutive army-boosting skills, all the guards, including Li Shimin and Jiang Shang, got a 2-point power boost.

If this was a field battle, even if Li Maozhen's troops were several times stronger than theirs, they would still be able to win the battle, but it was a pity that this was an ambush, and they could only be beaten passively aggrieved.

"How could this be?"

Seeing the guards falling all around him, Jiang Shang unconsciously clenched his fists.

He tried his best to help the thankless old gang Li Shimin, not seeking fame or profit, all he did was to save his life, to save the Taoist family, but he didn't want to become the chief culprit of Li Shimin's downfall.

Ren Jiangshang had done all his calculations, but he never thought that Li Maozhen would also rebel, otherwise he would not have let Li Shimin fall into the trap by himself.

The impact of Li Maozhen's rebellion was undoubtedly extremely significant.

Although the rebel forces in Chang'an City were powerful before, they did not surpass Li Tangfang by much. Generally speaking, the two sides were evenly matched.

But now that Li Maozhen rebelled, it became the last straw that broke the camel's back. The rebel forces had already overwhelmed Li Tangfang, and Li Cunxiao had also entered the city.

Now that Li Tangfang is not only suppressing the rebellion, but regaining the control of Chang'an, it may be difficult for him to protect himself.

In Jiang Shang's view, for Li Tangfang today, the top priority should be to withdraw from Chang'an and preserve his strength, which is the best strategy.

But the point is, even he and Li Shimin were trapped to death in the Xuanwu Gate, and whether they could survive was a question, let alone quit Chang'an.

It's already a desperate situation with ten deaths and no life.

Li Shimin, who was hiding behind the shield, saw that there were fewer and fewer people around him, gritted his teeth and asked, "Mr. Jiang, what should we do now?"

Jiang Shang said with a wry smile: "We can only delay as much as possible."

If there were steps to climb the city, they could at least fight back, but this Xuanwu Gate didn't even have steps to climb the city, so there was no other way but to sit and wait for death.

Now Jiang Shang can only hope that the outside world can quickly lead you to discover Li Maozhen's rebellion, and then rescue them, but this possibility is obviously very small.

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In less than a stick of incense, the thousand elite guards who entered the Xuanwu Gate were shot to death by arrows from all directions, [-]% of them were directly shot to death, and their bodies were full of arrows. The death condition was quite miserable.

When Li Shimin's staff was reduced to two hundred, the rain of arrows on the city tower suddenly stopped.

Li Maozhen gave the order to stop shooting arrows. The reason why he did this was not that he wanted to let Li Shimin go, and that his arrows were not enough, but that the rest of the people below were all holding shields and formed a turtle formation. There is no gap in defense.

Ordinary arrow attacks can no longer help the opponent. Only heavy crossbows such as bed crossbows and siege crossbows can penetrate the defense of the turtle shell.

However, in order to defend Chang'an, Li Shimin had transported all the heavy war crossbows to the four gates, and there was not even a single one in the palace.

Without the heavy crossbow, Li Maozhen had no choice but to send troops to break Li Shimin's tortoise shell.

squeak……

The front door opened slowly, and thousands of Tang soldiers walked in slowly, but there was still no figure of Li Maozhen among them.

Li Maozhen's thousands of rebels began to line up after entering the Xuanwu Gate, and the front gate was closed again.

Seeing the gradually closing front door, Li Shimin was filled with despair. Where is his way of life?

Seeing the rebels lined up, Li Shimin walked out of the shield formation and roared towards the tower: "Li Maozhen, if you want to kill me, do it yourself, why send these people to die."

But what responded to him was an arrow, and Li Maozhen still did not stand up.

After Li Shimin smashed the arrow with his sword, he quickly returned to the shield formation, gritted his teeth and said: "This thing that is greedy for life and afraid of death."

He originally thought that if Li Maozhen ended up in person, the only way to kill Li Maozhen would be to have a chance, but he didn't expect that Li Maozhen would be so cautious. There were only so few people left on his side, and Li Maozhen didn't even Dare to fight in person.

What Li Shimin didn't know was that Li Maozhen didn't participate in the war, not because he didn't dare to participate in the war, but because he had no face to see Li Shimin, so he deliberately avoided the battle.

Thousands of rebels who entered the field immediately surrounded Li Shimin's shield with steady steps after forming a formation.

Seeing this situation, Li Shimin made a decisive decision, withdrew the shield formation, and personally led two hundred remnant troops to fight back, and fought with this group of rebels.

Li Shimin was betting that after the scuffle started, it would be difficult to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, and Li Maozhen would not shoot arrows anymore.

Otherwise, he would not only have to face the siege of this group of rebels, but also resist the bows and arrows of the crossbowmen on the tower, and he would be exhausted to death sooner or later.

Facts have proved that Li Shimin's bet was right.

If the two sides hadn't mixed together, then Li Maozhen would definitely order to shoot arrows, because this would also solve Li Shimin faster.

But now that the two sides have become a mess, without distinguishing between you and me, if they are shooting arrows, don't they come to shoot with their own people?

If he really did that, how could he convince the public in the future?

[Ding dong, Li Shimin's skill 'Zhenguan' effect 4 is activated, the military strength of the generals of the whole army +1, and part of the morale of the enemy army is reduced.

Currently Li Shimin's forces are all +1.

Li Shimin's force rose to 104;

Jiang Shang's force rose to 89;

...]

"Kill it..."

"Traitor, die..."

"Fuck your uncle..."

The guards, who had been passively shot but could not fight back, were naturally extremely aggrieved, and at this moment they completely vented their anger, roaring and slashing at the rebels.

[Ding dong, Li Shimin's skill 'Sword God' is activated, force +4, and the current force has risen to 108;]

After Li Shimin cut off the three long spears that were stabbing with his sword, he chopped off with all his strength, and even cut off the heads of the three soldiers together.

"Duke Tang is brave."

After Jiang Shang let out a sigh of admiration, he also whipped a rebel to death.

Although Jiang Shang fought for half his life, the number of times he went to battle in person was very few, because he was a Confucian general, so he was rarely needed to go to battle in person, and he didn't want to be forced to go to battle to kill the enemy himself in his old age.

Of course, Jiang Shang did it himself. If he didn't take this muddy water, naturally there wouldn't be so many things.

Li Shimin's situation was similar to that of Jiang Shang, and now he was forced to participate in the battle himself, but his strength was much stronger than Jiang Shang's. Yes, the number of rebels who died under his sword was also increasing.

With Li Shimin's personal participation in the battle, the remaining 200 personal guards got another 1 point increase in force, and a total of 3 point increase in force has been obtained.

They were originally elites, otherwise how could they serve as Li Shimin's close guards, and their fighting power under desperate circumstances was even more terrifying.

To put it bluntly, the comprehensive combat strength of the 200 personal guards gathered around Li Shimin has already surpassed the elite battalions of the Xuanjia Army and the Feixiong Army.

On the other hand, the rebels became traitors out of nowhere. Many people didn't dare to kill Li Shimin at all, and their morale was lowered by "Zhen Guan".

With their hands and feet tied, Li Maozhen's thousand rebels could not take down Li Shimin's two hundred remnants, on the contrary they were suppressed and beaten by them.

[Ding dong, effect 3 of Li Shimin's skill 'Zhenguan' is activated. When commanding a large army to fight, the overall quality of the whole army will be greatly improved. 】

As soon as the "Zhenguan" effect 3 came out, the thousand rebels were completely lost, and began to reduce their numbers rapidly. Soon, nearly 500 people were killed, but Li Shimin only lost more than [-] people.

Seeing this, Li Maozhen couldn't help frowning. After all, according to this posture, all the 1000 people below died in battle, and it may not be possible to fight off half of Li Shimin's people.

Just then.

boom……

A loud explosion sounded, and it was in the direction of Duke Tang's mansion.

Li Maozhen looked intently, and saw that the Duke Tang's mansion was full of gunpowder smoke, and the main hall had collapsed directly, while other buildings were still collapsing one after another.

Obviously, an extremely fierce battle is breaking out at Duke Tang's mansion, and it is most likely caused by Li Yuanba and others besieging Li Cunxiao, otherwise such a big commotion would never have occurred.

"It can't be dragged on any longer."

After pondering for a while, Li Maozhen personally led two thousand soldiers to join the battle, to solve Li Shimin's big trouble as soon as possible.

squeak……

The front door of Xuanwu Gate opened again, and this time Li Maozhen finally fought in person.

"kill……"

[Ding dong, Li Maozhen's skill 'Spearman' is activated, force +4, basic force 101, King Qi spear +1, bloody horse +1, current force rises to 107;]

With the addition of [-] new troops, this naturally increased the pressure on the guards. After all, each of them had to deal with the siege of more than ten enemies, and no elite soldiers could withstand such a beating.

But they have no way out, not even surrender, there is no other way but to die in battle, is there anything more desperate and difficult than this.

After half a stick of incense, the guards began to lose their strength, and were eventually annihilated by the rebel army more than ten times their own, but they also fought off the enemy army eight times their own.

Li Shimin had a thousand personal guards, and Li Maozhen wiped out the first 800 people without hurting a single soldier, but the last 200 people paid a heavy price of 600 people.

So far, only Li Shimin and Jiang Shang are left on the battlefield, and they are still fighting back to back.

"Mr. Jiang, if you were captured alive, would you serve Ying Hao?"

Li Shimin's voice came from behind.

Jiang Shang couldn't help but startled when he heard this. In the previous battle, he was also seriously injured, and his brain was a little chaotic, so he didn't react.

Before Jiang Shangdu could answer, he was pierced by a sword from behind.

(End of this chapter)