Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 782 The Tragedy

Inside Renshou Palace, there was a gloomy mist, and Li Yuan sat down exhaustedly, with cold sweat on his forehead, biting a rag in his mouth, and groaned from time to time, while the imperial physician beside him was pulling out an arrow and applying medicine to him.

Li Yuan still had an imperial doctor, but there were still so many wounded soldiers. At this time, the wounded soldier battalion set up by Li Shan in the early years played a role. In the Daizhou Army, every hundred people must have two guards. This model was brought to the north by Su Dingfang. Ya ban army.

Although there are not many medicines and no alcohol disinfection, it is useful to deal with the wound in the first place, and the most important thing is to maintain the already low morale from falling.

At this time, Li Shimin stopped talking nonsense, took over the overall defense, ordered the entire army to shrink to Tiantai Mountain, strictly guarded the main roads, and discarded a large amount of property and silk in the outer palace.

After the defense was arranged and the first wave of Liang Jun's attack was withstood, Li Shimin began to count the number of people... mainly on the Tiance Mansion's side. After careful inspection, he couldn't help crying.

This time, the [-] personal guards of Tiance Mansion who came with Li Shimin lost [-]% of their lives in battle, and many generals died in battle. These are generals who followed Li Shimin to fight in the north and south, and depended on him. How can Li Shimin not be heartbroken? .

Among them, Niu Jinda and Wu Heikai, who joined Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin at the same time, were killed in battle. Hou Junji's whereabouts are unknown, and his life and death are unknown. Zhai Changsun, the founder of the Xuanjia Army and the commander of the Ma Army, was also seriously injured by an arrow and died.

In addition, Su Xu, one of the Eighteen Scholars signed by the Tiance Mansion, and the great-grandson of Sui Wei, the former minister of the Sui Dynasty, was also missing in the rebellion. Wake up, Sima of Tiance Mansion, Yu Wenshi, the servant of Zhongshu, and two knives in the body, the injuries cannot afford to be serious.

It can be said that Tiance Mansion's Gaohua has already lost two to three times in this battle.

"How can I do it, what can I do!"

The surrounding staff Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, and Ling Jing were the first batch to enter Renshou Palace, and they all heard the pain and indignation in Li Shimin's sigh... The pain is aimed at those generals who were seriously injured in battle Soldiers, the indignation is directed at Li Yuan, who is unknown.

"What can I do?" Du Ruhui shouted softly: "For the current plan, we should stick to it and wait for help. If His Highness doesn't rise up, the big thing will be gone!"

Ling Jing said with a blank face: "Back then in Shandong, Huairen insisted that His Highness should have a destiny, and tried his best to persuade the old man to vote."

"The king of Qin in the Tang Dynasty fought north and south, and was invincible in all battles. Didn't he lose his vigor after the initial defeat?"

Li Shimin wiped away the tears from his face, and bowed deeply, "What Keming and Ling Gong said is that you should stand up alone."

It's easy to say rise up, but as far as the current situation is concerned, it is still in danger. Thousands of Liang Jun are still watching from the foot of the mountain, and the defenders are only a few hundred. Although they can stick to the mountain, if Liang Jun doesn't count The onslaught of casualties may not last long.

The key question is still when the reinforcements will arrive.

Facing the second son's inquiry, Li Yuan said helplessly: "Chen Fu died in battle, and Huairen's personal guards don't know if they can escape to Longzhou to report the letter."

"Didn't leave." Li Daoxuan on the side said in a low voice: "At that time, he rescued His Majesty, and the one who raised the flag afterwards was Huai Ren's personal guard, Zhou Zhoulang."

Li Yuan was stunned, and sighed: "In this battle, Su Dingfang defeated the enemy first, and then Zhou Zhoulang saved my life..."

Li Shimin didn't bother to care about this, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment before he said: "The Liang army stormed the direction of Renshou Palace at that time, but they didn't pursue the fleeing soldiers. The news should spread soon."

"Yong County?" Li Daoxuan thought for a while, "Gu Chao, governor of Qizhou, is an old man of His Majesty. He is good at managing government affairs, but not good at military strategy."

Li Yuan nodded silently, which was one of the reasons why he intended to give Handan King Li Shan control of the army before.

"Jingzhao and Binzhou..." Li Shimin's eyes flickered, "Bingzhou needs to detour, and the troops are not enough. We still have to wait for Chang'an to send troops to help."

"The Lingzhou battle report has already entered Beijing, and the prince should be prepared." Li Yuan's spirit was slightly lifted, "If it goes well, reinforcements may arrive tomorrow."

Li Shimin didn't say a word, he had a bad premonition in his heart, would his elder brother, who has always been kind to others, send troops to help?

If both he and his father died in Renshou Palace, the prince would be able to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor smoothly... This should be the most perfect ending for the East Palace.

Not only is he dead, but most of the glory of the Tiance Mansion will be destroyed, and even his father is dead. If he can ascend the throne many years in advance, will the eldest brother really not hesitate?

After a moment of silence, Li Yuan asked in a low voice, "How about the casualties?"

"The courtiers, nobles, relatives, and clan members all died." Li Shimin lowered his head slightly to hide the strangeness on his face, "Tiance Mansion Chariot General Hou Junji, former Sui Ruyang Gonggong's son Dugu Yanyun, Yi'an County Prince Xiaochang Wang Shujun died in battle."

"Xiaochang also..." Li Yuan moved his body and hummed in pain.

In the last years of Sui Dynasty, when Li Xiaochang served as the commander of Huayin, Li Yuan raised troops in Jinyang to attack Guanzhong, and when the food and grass were not enough, it was Li Xiaochang who offered the Yongfeng warehouse rations, so that the army was able to march smoothly, so he was deeply trusted by Li Yuan.

Li Shimin lowered his head and remained silent. In fact, the Tiance Mansion suffered the heaviest casualties. Most of the honorable relatives and courtiers were able to go up the mountain safely. There were not many unlucky ghosts like Li Xiaochang.

Li Daoxuan at the side said in a low voice: "Brother Fang, Duke Ding of Julu County, rushed into the battle several times, and the Mingguang armor was full of feathered arrows. I saw it just now. Although he didn't die, he was so injured that he couldn't get up."

This sentence caused Li Yuan to sigh again, Li Shimin suddenly said: "Father, maybe you can send people to cross the mountains or swim across the river to Longzhou, and call Huairen to lead the army to help."

Li Yuan was a little surprised. In fact, Jingzhao is closer to Renshou Palace than Li Shan in Longzhou. Is Erlang afraid that Dalang will not come to help?
Li Yuan pondered for a moment, then glanced at Li Daoxuan, "Daoxuan?"

Li Daoxuan said bluntly: "It is best for Jingzhao to send troops to help, but at the same time, he can also tell Huairen that it is most appropriate to use two prongs."

At the most critical moment today, Li Daoxuan's arrow pulled Li Yuan out of the gate of hell. Li Yuan's suggestion at this time will naturally be taken seriously.

After thinking about it, although Li Yuan believed in the character of the eldest son, he also decided to send people to Longzhou to report the letter.

"Then let that Tuesday Lang go."

At this moment, in the corner, Zhou Zhoulang checked Cui Xin up and down carefully before he was relieved, "Mr. Cui is fine."

Cui Xin didn't seem to have recovered, and only murmured.

"Cui Gong, the villain gave his life to save this time..." Zhou Zhoulang said cautiously.

Cui Xin was a little surprised, he hummed, his voice turned up, and he wanted to ask, what does Huairen's personal guard mean?
Tuesday Lang laughed and said, "The villain's sister is by Lang Jun's side..."

"Oh, oh..." Cui Xin came to his senses. This guy's older sister is his son-in-law's concubine. She was trying to please her. He was afraid that his daughter would treat his sister harshly in the future, so he shook his head dumbfounded, "The current situation , you still have such thoughts!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Cui." Zhou Zhoulang said in a familiar tone: "The villain has been in Renshou Palace for three days, and he hasn't returned yet. You must have noticed it and will definitely come to help."

Li Shan will always appear where he should be at the most critical moment. Zhou Zhoulang has full confidence in this...but he has no idea that when he left for Renshou Palace, Li Shan was still thinking about whether to hide come here.

(End of this chapter)