Man Tanghong

Chapter 522 Xuanwu Gate ([-])
"Fire arrows!"

In Ganlu Hall, after Li Yuanji threw another crossbow spear, he gave Xue Wanshu and others decisive orders.

Xue Wanshu and the others each carried crossbows, and the defenders of Ganlumen, Shenlongmen, and Anrenmen were also equipped with crossbows. They had already bowed their bows and mounted arrows, waiting quietly for Li Shimin and his party to arrive.

After hearing Li Yuanji's order, they pulled the crossbow trigger and let go of the bowstring without hesitation, and the majestic arrow rain rushed towards Li Shimin and his party with a sharp whistling sound.

The eldest grandson Wuji, who was guarding Li Shimin's side, yelled the word 'Yu' the moment he heard the sound of the bowstring.

The soldiers of the Youtun Guard standing in front of Li Shimin and his party put up their shields without any hesitation.

The rain of arrows fell the moment they set up their shields, making a crackling sound when they hit the shields.

With this rain of arrows, the battle officially started.

"Fire arrows!"

"kill!"

"..."

Li Shimin immediately launched a counterattack when everyone in Ganlu Hall bent their bows and set their arrows again.

The number of crossbowmen in Youtunwei is far higher than the number of crossbowmen in Ganlu Hall.

So the crossbowmen of Youtunwei launched a counterattack, and when they fired a new round of arrow rain, the effect was very sharp.

The windows of the Ganlu Hall turned into sieves at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Xue Wanshu led his men to hide behind the obstacles prepared in advance, and when the rain of arrows slowed down, he began to fight back without hesitation.

The two sides came and went, and after a few rounds of shooting each other, Cheng Yaojin and Yuwen Shiji rushed up the stone steps with their men, and fought fiercely with Zhao Chengyong.

Cheng Yaojin and Yuwen Shiji held the idea of ​​conquering the Ganlu Palace, and Zhao Chengyong held the idea of ​​defending the Ganlu Palace even to the death.

So when the two sides played against each other, they showed their full strength.

Cheng Yaojin and Yuwen Shiji waved their weapons, chopping melons and vegetables, and reaped the lives of the Changlin soldiers led by Zhao Chengyong. The lives of Tunwei soldiers.

In front of them, the soldiers of Changlin and the guards of Youtun were dying at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just a few breaths, there were more than a dozen corpses in front of them, and the number was still increasing rapidly.

Li Yuanji squinted at Cheng Yaojin and Yuwen Shiji who were struggling to reap the lives of Changlin Bing, and slowly drew out the iron arrows in the quiver, and set up the bronze bow that he had already held in his hand.

Yuwen Shiji, who had been paying attention to the situation in the hall, discovered this scene at the first time. His expression changed drastically, and he quickly started to back up.

When Cheng Yaojin heard his voice, it was too late to react.

The iron arrow in Li Yuanji's hand had already been released, and with a shrill whistling sound, the arrow arrived in front of Cheng Yaojin in a flash, pierced into Cheng Yaojin's body with Cheng Yaojin's terrified expression, and pierced Cheng Yaojin's body. Jin, and the body of the right guard guard behind Cheng Yaojin.

"Royal!"

Yuwen Shiji yelled and set up his shield, and the moment the spears in the hands of Zhao Chengyong and others were about to fall on Cheng Yaojin, he blocked Cheng Yaojin, and quickly dragged Cheng Yaojin back.

"Whoosh!"

"Pfft!"

After taking two steps back, Yuwen Shiji heard the sound of bowstrings which was different from other crossbows, and for a moment there was an alarm bell in his heart. Just as he was about to react, an iron arrow pierced through the shield in his hand , pierced through his arm, and ruthlessly plunged into the body of the soldier behind him.

"Whoosh!"

There was another familiar bowstring sound, and Yuwen Shiji lay down without any hesitation. The familiar iron arrow flew past his scalp, taking away his helmet and his bun, A blank space cleared above his head.

"retreat!"

Yuwen Shiji announced the retreat almost without any hesitation.

The soldiers of Youtunwei, as well as his and Cheng Yaojin's personal soldiers, quickly gathered beside the two of them, using their bodies as meat shields, protecting them and retreating down the stone steps.

"Did Yuan Ji hurt you?"

Li Shimin rushed to ask questions immediately after Yuwen Shiji and others retreated down the stone steps.

Although he, Fang Xuanling and others were standing up high, but because they were far away, they could clearly see that Cheng Yaojin was shot down by a very sharp arrow, and Yuwen Shiji was also shot in a panic. Yu Wenshi was alert enough and retreated decisively, maybe he would be shot to death on the spot.

Li Yuanji is the only one who has such ability and uses a very special bow and arrow.

So he concluded that it was Li Yuanji who injured two generals under his command.

Yuwen Shiji handed Cheng Yaojin to the accompanying doctor, and replied solemnly: "Yes..."

Li Shimin frowned and said, "In terms of personal bravery, no one can match Yuan Ji."

Changsun Wuji couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, you can't give up your great cause just because of a Qi king, right?"

Li Shimin glanced at Changsun Wuji, and said without hesitation: "Of course not!"

Changsun Wuji cupped his hands and said, "Then please use the trebuchet, Your Highness."

Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, then nodded slowly.

Seeing this, Changsun Wuji immediately called for people to start setting up the trebuchet.

When Changsun Wuji led people to set up the trebuchet, Li Shimin ordered Gao Shilian and Li Junxian beside him, "Both of you take 1000 troops to ambush on both sides of the avenue leading to Ganlumen from Ganlu Hall."

Gao Shilian and Li Junxian were taken aback.

Fang Xuanling stroked his beard and pondered: "Your Highness means that once we use the trebuchet, if His Highness King Qi loses, he should retreat to the Ganlu Gate."

Li Shimin nodded solemnly and said: "Not only that, he should also be planning to retreat to the Hall of Liangyi and the Gate of Liangyi, and just retreat all the way until my father arrives."

He had guessed what Li Yuanji was thinking when Li Yuanji led people to flee to Ganlu Hall, but he didn't say it out.

Now that someone was going to ambush Li Yuanji, Fang Xuanling also guessed what Li Yuanji was thinking, so he naturally said what he guessed.

After hearing this, Du Ruhui said with deep eyes, "Once the sage arrives, he will win. After all, the sage can mobilize far more soldiers and horses than us in the Tai Chi Palace."

Fang Xuanling nodded and said: "So nothing can make him retreat all the way."

Gao Shilian and Li Junxian clasped their fists together and said: "I know what to do, I will immediately go to the two sides of the avenue leading to Ganlu Gate from Ganlu Hall to ambush."

Li Shimin nodded.

Gao Shilian and Li Junxian hurried away with their people.

After Gao Shilian and Li Junxian left with their people, Changsun Wuji had already ordered people to set up the trebuchet.

Without any hesitation, Li Shimin ordered the soldiers of Youtunwei to start throwing stones.

The stones hammered from the rockery in the north of Ganlu Hall are irregular, but this does not prevent them from causing great damage.

So when more than a dozen trebuchets started throwing stones together, gaps appeared one after another in various parts of the Ganlu Temple.

After two rounds of projections, part of the windows in the north of Ganlu Hall had been completely smashed.

Some people in the hall were also exposed to Li Shimin and his party.

After Li Shimin roughly observed the situation in the hall, he decisively ordered: "Array! Arrangement!"

Following Li Shimin's order, the soldiers of Youtunwei quickly formed an arrow-like formation, and then rushed towards the Ganlu Hall.

Accompanied by their charge, there are countless arrows.

It's just that the function of arrows is not to kill the enemy, but to protect them.

Under the double protection of arrows and shields, they charged very fast, much faster than when Cheng Yaojin and Yuwen Shi led them.

It took them only ten breaths to rush to the stone steps of Ganlu Hall.

"Array again! Array of thousands!"

Li Shimin ordered again after the soldiers of Youtunwei rushed up the stone steps in front of the Ganlu Hall.

In an instant, another formation formed and charged towards the Ganlu Hall.

When Zhao Chengyong rushed to the stone steps in the first formation, he ordered the Changlin soldiers to form a defensive formation without the slightest hesitation, and began to meet the frontal formation formed by the soldiers of the right guard.

The reason why Zhao Chengyong chose to use the defensive formation to face the front formation of the Youtunwei soldiers was because the number of Changlin soldiers under him was too small, so he had to save some.

If he had enough troops in his hand, he actually wouldn't mind forming a front formation to compete with the soldiers of the right guards.

The moment the two sides met at hand, another fierce and tragic fight took place.

Li Yuanji held the bronze bow in his hand and looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see any stitches.

After losing several generals one after another, Li Shimin also learned to be smart. Instead of sending generals to lead the army, he sent a group of school lieutenants who he had never seen before to lead the troops.

The number of captains is still quite a lot, and the iron arrows in his quiver are limited, so it is not easy to waste them on them, so it is difficult to make another shot.

"Your Highness, something seems wrong..."

Xue Wanshu led the crossbowmen to fight back while observing the battle. After noticing something strange, he decisively opened his mouth.

Li Yuanji looked at Zhao Chengyong and others who were fighting, and Li Shimin and others in the distance, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xue Wanshu hurriedly said: "It seems that there are fewer soldiers in the Right Tunwei, and Gao Shilian and Li Junxian seem to have disappeared."

Li Yuanji took a closer look according to Xue Wanshu's words, and found that Gao Shilian and Li Junxian were indeed missing, and the number of soldiers in the Youtun Guard was also missing by 2000, so he immediately said thoughtfully: "Where do you think they went? "

Xue Wanshu murmured: "I think His Royal Highness King Qin should have guessed your intentions and sent someone to cut off our retreat."

Li Yuanji nodded and said, "I think so too..."

In the current situation, there are only two things that Li Shimin needs to divide his troops to do. One is to pave the way for him and his subordinates, and the other is to cut off their way.

And Li Shimin has not yet reached the time to retreat, so he does not need to pave the way for him and his people.

So there was only one thing left for him to do, and that was to cut off their retreat.

(End of this chapter)