Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 800 After the War

"Erro has worked hard."

Li Yuan, whose left arm was injured, stretched out his right hand to hold Li Shimin who was crumbling, and looked at his second son with complicated emotions in his eyes.

There is a point of view recognized by later generations, in fact, Li Yuan himself also thinks so, among the founding emperors of the great unified dynasty, Li Yuan should be the most relaxed.

This is not to deny Li Yuan's ability, but because he has a son who makes all the heroes in the world hold their hands, and countless outstanding people in future generations look up to him.

Almost every time he encounters a problem, as long as Li Yuan lets go, his second son can solve everything perfectly.

It is impossible to say that Li Yuan is not afraid, but no matter how afraid he is, seeing Li Shimin with arrow marks on his face and wounded in six places, Li Yuan has to admit his son's loyalty.

In a word, Li Yuan felt that Erlang and Dalang took the heirloom, that was the matter of the two sons, but Erlang's loyalty to him was unquestionable.

Faced with his father's consolation, Li Shimin smiled miserably. The battle of Tiantai Mountain left him heartbroken. Many confidant generals and counselors were killed or disappeared, which greatly weakened the power of Tiance Mansion.

Most of the counselors and generals behind Li Shimin looked sad. In the final battle, the general Qin Qiong was pierced through the abdomen by a sharp knife. Although there were doctors and guards to take over, the chance of surviving was not high.

Since the establishment of Tiance Mansion, Li Shimin has elected four people as the chief and deputy commanders of the killer Xuanjia cavalry, there are four people in total.

In this battle, Zhai Changsun, the commander of the left army and the founder of Xuanjiabing, was killed by an arrow; Qin Qiong was so seriously injured that it was hard to say whether he was alive or dead.

In addition, Hou Junji, Liang Jianfang, Dugu Yanyun, Su Xu, Niu Jinda, Wu Heita, who were either killed, missing, or seriously injured...

Among the crowd, Changsun Wuji bowed his head deeply to hide the joy in his eyes... In fact, before coming to Renshou Palace, the situation in Prince Qin's mansion was already quite bad, and His Majesty wanted to test King Qin out of Luoyang.

In this battle, although Handan King Li Huairen came to rescue in time and made great contributions to saving him, but in the previous three days, King Qin resisted desperately and blood stained his shirt, which also made great contributions.

Presumably, after the battle of Tiantai Mountain, His Majesty's perception of King Qin will definitely change.

Changsun Wuji was already thinking about it. On the one hand, Li Huairen from Longzhou had already arrived, but the reinforcements from Jingzhao had not arrived yet, which showed that the prince was quite cunning.

On the other hand, it is the origin of this battle. It is not a secret that His Majesty spent the summer in Renshou Palace, but the defeat of Xiangyi King Li Shenfu, who was strongly recommended by the crown prince, is the fundamental reason why Liang Jun had the opportunity to make a long-distance attack and disturbed the emperor.

The point is not that Prince Li Jiancheng recommended Li Shenfu, King of Xiangyi. Even if Li Shenfu was defeated and died, causing the prince's ability to select talents to be doubted, Li Jiancheng's position as prince would not be shaken.

The key point is that if Xiangyi King Li's talisman is defeated, King Qin, who will protect His Majesty in the next battle on Tiantai Mountain, is very likely to take over as the commander-in-chief.

It's better to make things bigger... As Changsun Wuji was thinking, he turned his head to look down the mountain from time to time, if the reinforcements from Jingzhao didn't come today, that would be fine!

Unfortunately, at this moment, a cavalry team galloping at high speed appeared in Changsun Wuji's sight.

Not long after, the Tang army stationed at the foot of the mountain came to report, and the son-in-law captain Huo Guogong Chai Shao led two thousand cavalry to help.

Li Yuan frowned slightly, apparently he had some thoughts about Jingzhao's reinforcements coming so late, and after thinking for a moment, he turned his head and asked, "Where's Huairen?"

As far as the current situation is concerned, Li Yuan only believes in the King of Handan who personally led his troops up the mountain... It's not that he doesn't believe in the King of Qin, but that Li Shimin is now so bruised and exhausted that he can't stand up, so he can only lean on the rocks.

After Wang Junhao and Hou Hongtao led two hundred new troops into the battle, Liang Jun quickly retreated from Tiantai Mountain and fled to the north. Li Yuan did not give Li Shan specific instructions, but let him handle it by himself.

Li Shan was ordered to leave, but never came back.

Yang Gongren said in a low voice: "Su Dingfang, Lord of Julu County, and other generals were injured, and the King of Handan went to investigate the injuries."

Li Yuan nodded. The fact that Li Shan pulled the dying Princess Pingyang back from the gate of hell was still fresh in his memory. This time, the courtiers, nobles, and clans of the Renshou Palace with him were injured, so Li Shan naturally had to do his best... Not to mention that there is also his close friend Su Dingfang.

"Your Majesty." Li Shan hurried over, "We need to call a large number of guards, doctors, medicine, and cloth from Chang'an. Most of the wounded should not move rashly. It is best to recuperate in Tiantai Mountain."

After a pause, Li Shan added: "Your Majesty and the King of Qin are also like this. It is now a hot summer, and the Chang'an Imperial City is extremely hot due to the terrain, and the wounds are easy to fester. It is better to recuperate in Renshou Palace."

Li Yuan nodded slightly, glanced at Li Shimin, and asked, "How is Qin Qiong's injury?"

"The enemy has been disembowelled, and the wound has been cleaned and stitched up." Li Shan sighed, "There is a [-]% chance of survival."

The corners of Li Yuan's mouth twitched, it was as if he hadn't said that... [-]% of the time he would live and [-]% of him would die.

"However, most of the other wounded are not in danger." Li Shan said in relief, "Cheng Yaojin's calf was broken, but luckily it didn't move, and it has been re-bandaged."

Li Shimin bowed his hands to thank him, but he was even more heartbroken... How could he not know the truth? It is not a good thing to say that the other wounded are not in danger of their lives, because most of the wounded did not hold on.

The Qianniu guards who came to Renshou Palace with Li Yuan this time were more than a thousand soldiers. In addition, Li Shimin and the generals of Tiance Mansion brought two to three hundred guards, a total of less than two thousand soldiers and horses. There were more than a thousand courtiers, clansmen, concubines, attendants around the prince, palace people, and court ladies, and all of them added up to more than 3000 people.

And at the top of Tiantai Mountain at this moment, only a few hundred people can still stand.

Faced with such a tragic situation, Li Yuan was also deeply grieved, so he managed to calm down and said in a low voice, "How did Huairen deal with the Liang thief fleeing to the north?"

"Your Majesty, the minister sent his personal guards to send an order that Sima Lin Xingcan of Longzhou has arrived with his troops." Li Shan blinked, "Zhang Zhongjian led four hundred cavalry to pursue northward and did not fight. He just prevented Liang Jun from fleeing quickly."

This is in line with common sense. Li Yuan was not surprised. The escaped Liang Jun still had [-] riders, while Zhang Zhongjian only had [-] riders. Without the established system, it is impossible to go north at full speed.

"Sichang has arrived with two thousand riders." Li Yuan waved his hand wearily, "Hui Ren still controls it."

Li Shan was stunned, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the gloomy face of the eldest grandson Wuji behind Li Shimin.

"Restrained by the minister?"

Yang Gongren said strangely: "Previously, His Majesty ordered Huairen to control Longzhou and Qizhou, and Jingzhao came to help the troops."

"What edict?" Li Shan was at a loss.

Li Yuan, Yang Gongren, and Li Shimin looked at each other a few times... The Handan King didn't receive the edict?
(End of this chapter)