Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2500 Li Shimin's Death (End)
Chapter 2496: The Death of Li Shimin (End)
"General Li Cunxiao, General Yuwen Chengdu."

At this moment, Ban Chao and Dong Xiaowan also rushed over with their people.

The battle just now was too fierce. The two of them were watching the battle on a tall building 300 meters away, and they were almost affected.

Suddenly a sword qi flew over, and both of them reacted. The whole building was split in half, so no one was injured, so they simply ran to a tall building three miles away and directly used binoculars. watch the battle.

No, as soon as the battle was over, they hurried over to investigate the situation.

"General Li Cunxiao has long admired his name, and his reputation is indeed well-deserved."

As soon as they met, Ban Chao boasted fiercely.

He used to think that although Li Cunxiao was strong, he was still within the scope of a human being, but the battle he just witnessed completely changed his mind.

After burning his inner strength, Li Chunfeng was no longer as strong as a human being, but he was still killed by Li Cunxiao and Yu Wencheng together.

With the two of them here, what kind of army is needed? The two of them are an invincible iron army.

Ban Chao's attention is all on Li Cunxiao, while Dong Xiaowan is attracted by Yun Xiao, who is elegant and luxurious.

This woman is so beautiful that Dong Xiaowan feels ashamed.

Dong Xiaowan was thinking about how to say hello, but Yun Xiao said first: "You are Dong Zhuo's daughter Dong Xiaowan, I heard His Majesty mentioned you."

Dong Xiaowan couldn't help being startled when he heard the words, obviously he didn't expect Ying Hao to be surrounded by beauties, and he could still think of her, and at the same time, he instinctively realized that the relationship between Yun Xiao and Ying Hao was unusual.

Dong Xiaowan gritted her teeth and asked, "What did he say about me?"

"Your Majesty, he said that you are a cute silly woman, but you are also a wonderful woman who understands righteousness. When I saw you today, you really deserve your reputation." Yun Xiao said softly.

After hearing this, Dong Xiaowan's heart couldn't stop beating, but she still suppressed the throbbing and the longing deep in her heart.

As long as that person still remembers her, nothing else matters.

On the other side, Li Cunxiao interrupted Ban Chao's flattery, and asked, "Where is Li Shimin?"

Compared to others, what Li Cunxiao cares more about is Li Shimin's life and death.

Now that Tang Gongfu has been razed, but there is still no trace of Li Shimin, it can be seen that Li Shimin must have left before he arrived.

So where can he go?

Ban Chao smiled and said: "General, please rest assured, Li Shimin has long been trapped to death in Xuanwu Gate, and must have been killed by Li Maozhen at this time." Ban Chao said with a smile.

"Huh? It's just Li Maozhen, who can kill Li Shimin? Mister, you're not kidding me, sir."

Li Cunxiao's face was full of disbelief, not because he didn't believe in Ban Chao, nor did he look down on Li Maozhen, but because he simply felt that Li Shimin could not fall so easily.

There is no other reason, Li Shimin's life is too hard, even if he Li Cunxiao failed to kill him three times, so he doesn't think that the mere Xuanwumen can trap Li Shimin to death.

Ban Chao was stunned, and then explained with a smile: "General, Li Shimin has indeed been trapped to death in Xuanwu Gate. In that situation, there is absolutely no life, and it is impossible to escape..."

As soon as the words fell, Yu Huatian brought people to arrive and said: "My lord, Li Shimin is at the west gate, and his subordinate failed in the assassination."

Ban Chao: "..."

Ban Chao just said that Li Shimin could not escape from the Xuanwu Gate, but he escaped Yuhuatian's assassination at the Ximen. The speed of the face slap was too fast, which made Ban Chao feel a burning pain on his face.

At this time, Ban Chao was a little confused. The information he received was that Li Shimin was trapped in Xuanwu Gate and was in danger. Why did he suddenly go to Ximen?

Even if Li Shimin escaped from Xuanwu Gate by chance, why didn't Li Maozhen inform him?
And you, Yuhuatian, did the assassination in Ximen, why didn't you tell me, the emissary?
It might be too disrespectful to him as the person in charge.

Ban Chao was very angry at this time, thinking that the two teammates, Yu Huatian and Li Maozhen, were too foolish, but in fact the two of them also had hardships.

On Li Maozhen's side, since Li Shimin's escape, the Xuanwumen side has been fighting continuously. He has repelled several rounds of the Tang army, but he is still fighting fiercely. He doesn't even have time to catch his breath. How can he have time to inform Ban Chao? .

As for Yuhuatian, there was no time to notify him. After all, he only realized that Li Shimin might have escaped from the Xuanwu Gate after receiving Li Shimin's summoning order.

Yu Huatian wasn't sure if Li Shimin was still at the Xuanwu Gate. After seeing Li Shimin and confirming that he escaped, it was too late for him to rule.

After understanding the cause and effect, Ban Chao also realized that the intelligence lag is inevitable. After all, after the civil strife in Chang'an started, the situation changed too fast, and it was impossible to cover all the situations.

"Since Li Shimin escaped from Xuanwu Gate a long time ago, but Li Maozhen delayed informing, it means that something must have happened to Xuanwu Gate." Ban Chao analyzed.

As soon as the words fell, Li Maozhen's messenger came.

Knowing what happened at Xuanwumen, and when it was under siege by the Tang army and was in danger, Hua Xiong hurriedly said:
"My lord, the Xuanwu Gate must not be lost. After Li Tang destroyed the aristocratic families in the city, all the wealth he seized was sealed up in the palace. Once it is destroyed by the Tang army, it will be a big loss."

Ban Chao nodded. He naturally knew the concept of [-]% of the wealth of the Kansai family, so he said decisively: "General Hua Xiong, quickly bring a thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry to support Xuanwumen."

"promise."

"As for Li Shimin from Ximen..."

"Leave Li Shimin to this general."

After saying that, Li Cunxiao stopped practicing kung fu to heal his injuries, stood up and said to Ban Chao: "Although Li Yuanba was injured by this general, but Gao Siji is still there, this person's strength is not simple."

"Then trouble the general."

"Ah."

Li Cunxiao nodded, and then said to Bi Xiao and Qiong Xiao: "Senior sisters, there are two strong auras at the Xuanwu Gate, Hua Xiong alone may not be able to win, please help the senior sisters."

After Bi Xiao and Qiong Xiao looked at each other, they said in unison: "We'll go there now."

After watching the two wives leave, Li Cunxiao said to Yun Xiao: "Please trouble senior sister to accompany younger brother to hunt down and kill Li Shimin."

Although Li Cunxiao has stabilized his injury after the treatment just now, such a serious injury will definitely affect his state.

He didn't know if there was anyone around Li Shimin to protect him, just in case, it's better to let the great master Yun Xiao follow him.

For Li Cunxiao's request, Yun Xiao naturally would not refuse, after all, she came here to help Li Cunxiao, after paddling for so long before, and now that Li Cunxiao was injured, she was naturally embarrassed to paddle.

As soon as Li Cunxiao stabilized his injuries, he led Yun Xiao, two thousand cavalry, and two thousand infantry to attack Ximen aggressively.

The Tang army in Ximen is obviously ready, has set up a good formation, and is ready to fight.

But this time they are facing Li Cunxiao, what's the use of being prepared?
The Tang army who stayed at the west gate defeated Zhang Shigui's rebel army not long ago.

But now facing the surging Qin army, even though they had made sufficient preparations, they still couldn't hold on for long, and were directly defeated by Li Cunxiao.

Li Cunxiao overwhelmed the Tang army at Ximen, but did not see Li Shimin, Li Yuanba and other generals. He immediately realized that Li Shimin might have abandoned the city and fled, so he resolutely went straight to the city gate.

After some fighting, Li Cunxiao captured the west gate very smoothly, then opened the city gate, and chased out with only a thousand cavalry.

At the same time as Li Cunxiao chased them out, the East Gate of Chang'an suddenly opened wide, and a large number of defeated Tang troops escaped from the East Gate, including Yu Wentai and Zhao She who had disguised themselves.

The reason why Zhao She fled [-]% of the time was because Chang'an couldn't stay any longer, and even Li Shimin had already fled. Wouldn't it mean that they were looking for death if they stayed?
In addition, the main reason is that Yin Kaishan's troops have also been defeated.

Encountering Yin Kaishan who met Li Jue, he failed to defeat him after a fierce battle, and instead recruited Ban Chao's army.

Ban Chao and Li Jue teamed up and defeated Yin Kaishan's troops in one fell swoop under the attack from both sides.

The defeated Yin Kaishan had no choice but to return to the east gate with his remnants, while Li Jue followed behind with all his strength to pursue and kill him. It was obviously not easy to escape.

At the same time, Li Cunxiao, who was chasing after Ximen, soon discovered Li Shimin's trace.

It turned out that Li Shimin, who had abandoned the city and fled, was hunted down by a thousand cavalry left by Yuwen Chengdu as soon as he left Chang'an.

This is also the main reason why Zhao She was not stopped after fleeing. The thousand cavalry left by Yuwen Chengdu all went to chase and kill Li Shimin, so naturally they couldn't care about Zhao She's little pawns.

There were only [-] riders who escaped from Chang'an with Li Shimin. Although there were many experts among them, the strongest Li Yuanba was seriously injured, and his main purpose was to escape rather than fight. , so naturally I don't want to get too entangled with this thousand riders.

Li Shimin didn't want to fight, but Qin Qi was unwilling to let them go, which forced Li Shimin to fight.

The commander of the Qin army was the famous Water Margin general Pang Wanchun, nicknamed "Little Yang Youji". Seven generals of Peng.

Seeing that Li Shimin was among the fleeing personnel from Ximen, Pang Wanchun didn't dare to let him go, but he also knew that Li Shimin had many masters, and he might not be able to win with his thousand riders, so he adopted guerrilla tactics and did not go head-to-head with Li Shimin. , using bows and arrows to constantly consume Li Shimin, dragging Yuwen Chengdu as far as possible to catch up.

Li Shimin was tirelessly harassed by Pang Wanchun, and soon lost a hundred riders, twenty of whom were shot to death by Pang Wanchun alone.

Pang Wanchun chased too close, Li Shimin couldn't get rid of it, so he could only choose to fight with him.

Pang Wanchun didn't expect that Li Shimin would be so stubborn, and it was too late to withdraw after he reacted, so he could only fight him head-on.

Two hundred Tang cavalry with low morale, against one thousand Qin cavalry with high morale, logically speaking, the Qin army should be the one to win, but the general lineup of both sides is too big.

Although the Qin army has thousands of cavalry, its strength is more than three times that of the Tang army, but the leader is only Pang Wanchun, a first-class junior.

Although the Tang army has only 100 cavalry, the main general is Li Shimin, who commands [-] horses, and there are many masters such as Gao Siji and Xiao Sheng.

There are too many masters in the Tang army, even if Li Yuanba does not fight, he is still enough to defeat the Qin army head-on.

Soon after the war started, Pang Wanchun was shot three times by Gao Siji.

The commander died in battle, and the morale of the Qin army was frustrated. The deputy general took over the important task and continued to command the army to fight, but he was killed by Li Shimin not long after.

Even if the general and deputy generals died together, the Qin army still did not collapse, and the army Sima and the five major army princes commanded the army to continue fighting.

But soon the army Sima and the five major army princes also died after the Tang army, and the highest officer of the thousand Qin army became the head of the village.

The rank of the head of the village was too low to control the entire army, and because all the officers died in battle, the morale of the Qin army had also fallen to the bottom, and it was defeated.

In the end, four hundred of these thousand cavalry died in battle, and all the high-level officials including the commander Pang Wanchun died in battle. However, their sacrifice also bought time for Li Cunxiao.

Li Cunxiao was less than ten miles away from Chang'an when he encountered this defeated army and learned of Li Shimin's whereabouts from the defeated army.

After learning that four hundred thousand cavalry had died in the battle, and the high-ranking troops were all killed and injured, Li Cunxiao knew that this cavalry was destroyed, and it would never recover without repairing it for a year or two.

Regardless of Li Cunxiao, he didn't blame them, after all, they had tried their best.

"Don't worry, I will definitely avenge General Pang." Li Cunxiao said solemnly.

When the defeated soldiers heard the words, they burst into tears.

It doesn't matter if one thousand can't beat two hundred, and all the high-level officials are killed in battle. They are destined to become the shame of the Qin army.

Li Cunxiao left a hundred people to gather the defeated army, and then took Yun Xiao and the rest of the people to continue the pursuit, and finally caught up with Li Shimin in the west of Ziwu Valley.

"Li Shimin, Li Yuanba, you can really run."

As soon as the words fell, Li Cunxiao was stunned, because only Li Shimin was in the hundred cavalry team, and there were no Li Yuanba and Gao Siji.

Li Shimin was using himself as a bait to give Li Yuanba a chance of life.

Thinking of this, Li Cunxiao's eyes flashed a strange color, apparently he did not expect that Li Shimin, a selfish person, would do this to Weier Road's younger brother Li Yuanba.

"Li Cunxiao, you are indeed the one chasing after me. Forget it, dying at your hands is not a disgrace to me, Li Shimin."

Li Shimin smiled wryly.

There is a saying that one can do two, and he has escaped from Li Cunxiao's hands three times, this time he is afraid that he will be doomed no matter what.

Li Cunxiao directly chose to do it, without any intention of talking nonsense with Li Shimin.

The lessons from the first three times are enough, he doesn't want to let Li Shimin be rescued again because of nonsense.

"Li Shimin, no one will be able to save you this time."

[Ding dong, Li Shimin's skill 'God Bless' is activated for the third time...]

"My lord, Yuan Tiangang is here."

Yuan Tiangang led people out of Ziwu Valley, but was stopped by Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang who were ambushing around.

After Li Keyong escaped from Ziwu Valley last time, how could Li Jing be okay?Therefore, an ambush was set up in Meridian Valley early.

Gai Nieweizhuang's two half-step great masters directly fought with Yuan Tiangang, the great master.

Zhuangzi, the Taoist leader who arrived with Yuan Tiangang, saw this situation and decided to take action. After all, if Li Shimin died, Master Taiqing Taoist might really go down the mountain, and the result would be unpredictable.

Since Zhuang Zhou decided to save Li Shimin, he naturally would not come alone. He also came with four great masters, Cihang, Manjusri, Puxian, and Lu Chunyang.

Among the five great masters, Zhuang Zhou and Lu Chunyang are from the Taiqing sect, Cihang is from the Yuqing sect, as for Manjusri and Puxian, they have apostate and become Buddhists, so they are now Buddhists.

As soon as Zhuang Zhou moved, four great masters descended from the sky. They were the three Holy Mothers of Jin Ling, Gui Ling, and Wudang, and Dugu Qiubai, the master of swordsmanship.

They have been in Guanzhong all the time, they just didn't show up.

The four blocked Cihang, Manjusri, Puxian and Lu Chunyang respectively. As for Zhuang Zhou, he was naturally blocked by Yunxiao.

Yunxiao pulled out the Tai'a sword in his hand, and said coldly: "Uncle Xiaoyaozi, Yunxiao doesn't want to fight with you, let's go drink tea and catch up on the old days?"

Zhuang Zhou glanced at the Tai Ah in Yunxiao's hand, and said with a wry smile: "Nephew Yunxiao, Li Shimin can't die, do you know the consequences of his death?"

Yun Xiao said coldly: "I don't know, and I don't want to know. I only know that Li Shimin is not only insane, but also ungrateful. Even Jiang Shang, who has been helping him, was killed by him. As long as he is still alive, my Taoist school will never have peace."

"What? Brother Jiang was killed by Li Shimin?"

Zhuang Zhou exclaimed subconsciously.

When Cihang, Manjusri, and Puxian heard the words, they had no intention of fighting any more, so they all stopped to seek proof. Only Lu Chunyang and Dugu Qiubai were still fighting.

All three were from the Yuqing sect, and they had a good personal relationship with Jiang Shang, knowing everything Jiang Shang had done to save Li Shimin.

If Li Shimin even killed Jiang Shang, his benefactor, then if they still saved Li Shimin, wouldn't they be helping the evildoers?
After thinking up to this point, Master Cihang couldn't bear it any longer, he shouted at Yunxiao and asked, "Junior Sister Yunxiao, is this true? You are not lying to us, are you?"

"The real can't be fake, the fake can't be real." Yun Xiao said lightly.

Everyone knew that Yun Xiao was not the kind of person who would lie to them, so they all looked at Li Shimin who was being trampled by Li Cunxiao.

In the blink of an eye, Li Cunxiao led people to kill more than a hundred guards around Li Shimin, and knocked Li Shimin off his horse with just one move.

Li Cunxiao was just about to rush up to kill the killer, but Yun Xiao shouted to him: "Junior Brother, wait a moment, let Li Shimin tell himself, did Junior Brother Jiang Shang kill him?"

Hearing this, Li Cunxiao felt extremely reluctant in his heart, but he still stopped, with the spear hanging around Li Shimin's neck, and said to Yun Xiao puzzledly: "Senior sister, how could Li Shimin tell the truth, he must be trying to shirk his responsibility... "

Before Li Cunxiao finished speaking, Li Shimin smiled disdainfully, then stood up and bumped into Li Cunxiao's spear.

puff...

"you……"

Li Cunxiao was shocked when he saw this, he never expected that Li Shimin would take the initiative to seek death, and before he could react, the spear had already passed through his chest.

Li Cunxiao subconsciously let go of the spear in his hand, while Li Shimin straightened his body and stood up tremblingly.

He wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, a lot of blood flowed out, making him unable to speak.

Enduring the pain, Li Shimin wiped off the blood at the corner of his mouth tremblingly, and said with difficulty: "Li Cunxiao, Ying Hao can't kill me, neither can you, the only one who can kill me is myself.

Also, I, Li Shimin, dare to act and act, I killed Jiang Shang, and I don't regret it. "

When Cihang, Manjusri, and Puxian heard the words, they were furious and cursed: "Bastard, what have you done? Brother Jiang is here to help you..."

"The Li family is full of heroes, why did you give birth to such an ungrateful thing..."

……

Li Shimin didn't bother to make any excuses for himself, looked at Li Cunxiao's word for word and said: "Trouble, give me a word for Xiuning."

Li Cunxiao sighed lightly: "For the sake of your kindness, just tell me, I will definitely bring it."

"I, Li Shimin, in this life, I am sorry to many people, but the one I am most sorry for is this younger sister. Tell, Xiu Ning, second brother, please stay with her."

After Li Shimin finished speaking, there was no further movement.

Seeing this, Li Cunxiao went up to check Li Shimin's breath, but found that he was not breathing, and his heartbeat stopped.

This meant that Li Shimin was already dead, but even if he died, he would die standing up. He would rather die than fall down, and he would not bow to Ying Hao.

(End of this chapter)