Man Tanghong

Chapter 525 Xuanwu Gate ([-])

And he... No matter what he said, he couldn't make Li Shimin leave Tai Chi Palace.

Once Li Shimin is allowed to leave the Tai Chi Palace, it is tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain and the dragon go into the sea.

Then waiting for Datang was one royal civil war after another.

This is not beneficial to the Tang Dynasty, nor is it beneficial to the royal family of the Tang Dynasty. On the contrary, it is easy to benefit the Turkic people, the Liangshidu, and the careerists.

Xue Wanshu said with a worried face: "But... your injury..."

Li Yuanji thought about it and said: "You take people along the line of Shenlongmen, Lizhengmen, and Dajimen, and rush to Anlimen through the East Palace. If my cousin has already taken down Anlimen, then you can take it People cut off the cable bridge of Anlimen and set up an ambush outside the moat. If my cousin can't take down Anlimen, then you can bring someone to help him. If you really can't take it down, then you can set up an ambush outside the moat together.

As for me, I will continue to treat the wound here, and after the wound is all stitched up, I will rush over to find you. "

Xue Wanshu hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Li Jiancheng's place vaguely, and said in a low voice, "Then what about him...His Royal Highness?"

Li Yuanji said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, I will take him with me."

At this time, Li Jiancheng cannot be let go without saying anything.

If Li Jiancheng is allowed to leave, who knows if he will come back with an army later.

After confirming that the king of Qin had rebelled and that the king of Qi was also involved, Li Jiancheng had countless reasons to fool Li Yuan into mobilizing all the soldiers and horses of the twelve guards to encircle the Taiji Palace.

Li Yuanji thought that he didn't have the fortitude of the Red Army, he couldn't walk the grass, he couldn't climb the snow-capped mountains, and he couldn't break through the encirclement again and again, so he wouldn't give Li Jiancheng such a chance.

"That's good, the minister will lead the people there first."

After Xue Wanshu confirmed that Li Yuanji would not let Li Jiancheng go, causing them all to fall into a huge crisis, he nodded his head, said something in a low voice, then got up and said to Xue Wanche: "You stay here, hello Good Your Highness, if Your Highness is injured in any way, I will hang you up and beat you."

Xue Wanche stared straight, wanting to say to his elder brother, 'Look at the injury on His Highness, and repeat what you just said'.

It's a pity that Xue Wanshu didn't have time to talk to his younger brother. After explaining him, he immediately gathered his men and rushed along the palace wall of Ganlumen to Anlimen.

Xue Wanshu took away more than 2000 people at once, and Li Jiancheng's Changlin soldiers became the largest army in Ganlumen in one leap.

Li Jiancheng's courage suddenly became weak.

So when Lao Yangtou sewed up the sixth wound on Li Yuanji's body, he sent someone to spread the word.

"Your Highness, my Highness said that there shouldn't be anything wrong with him here. He is leaving, so please take care."

Lieutenant Lin Xiaowei, who was shouldering the important task of Li Jiancheng, stood in front of Li Yuanji and stuttered.

Li Yuanji didn't speak, but raised his head and glanced at Captain Lin.

It was this one glance that made Chief Captain Lin feel a chill in his heart, and his calves trembled involuntarily.

"Your Highness... Your Highness..."

Lieutenant Chang Lin suppressed the fear in his heart, and stammered: "I am passing a message on behalf of my Highness..."

Li Yuanji said without any emotion in his tone: "Then you also pass on a message for me, telling your Highness, you'd better stay with me obediently, otherwise I don't mind turning him into a corpse."

Lieutenant Changlin swallowed his saliva, nodded his head, and left in a hurry.

Not long after, Li Jiancheng, who was hiding in the corner, yelled, "Li Yuanji, I'm just telling you, not asking for instructions, how dare you threaten me?

Don't you want to learn from that traitor Li Shimin and make trouble? "

While speaking, Li Jiancheng walked out angrily, but stopped after taking two steps, because Li Yuanji's eyes fell on him.

Among the Changlin soldiers, except for a few Changlin soldiers who followed him closely, the other Changlin soldiers stood still and did not move.

Xue Wanche didn't know when he had picked up his weapon, and looked at Li Jiancheng eagerly.

Li Jiancheng stood on the spot and roared, "I'm your big brother, how dare you bully me like this?"

"Big brother?"

After Li Yuanji stared at Li Jiancheng coldly for a while, he said disdainfully, "Do you think you deserve it?"

Li Jiancheng became even more angry, and said, "Why am I not worthy?"

Li Yuanji was too lazy to spar with Li Jiancheng, so he smiled coldly and said, "I don't want to repeat what I said a second time. You'd better wait for me obediently, or don't blame me for being rude."

Li Jiancheng roared with fire in his eyes: "I just want to leave, what can you do to me?"

Li Yuanji squinted his eyes, picked up the big knife beside him and threw it out.

Before the Changlin soldiers beside Li Jiancheng could react, the sword hit one of the men's legs, and then brought him to Li Jiancheng.

Everyone in the city gate building heard two crisp sounds.

The Changlin Bing who fell on Li Jiancheng and Li Jiancheng's legs were all discounted.

The Changlin soldiers guarding Li Jiancheng's side swallowed their saliva, quickly narrowed their protective circle, and shouted, "Protect Your Highness!"

Li Jiancheng grinned his teeth in pain, and roared ferociously, "Li Yuanji, you want to be a traitor too?!"

Li Yuanji ignored Li Jiancheng, looked around all the Changlin soldiers, and said coldly: "I advise you to stay where you are obediently, do nothing, let alone move, or I don't mind killing you all gone."

Li Yuanji's voice was not high, but it was full of deterrence.

The Changlin soldiers are afraid of fear, but they are not afraid of death.

Because they are all from Youzhou, they have long been used to seeing life and death, so being killed is nothing to them to be afraid of.

What they were afraid of was that after they died, Li Jiancheng would not survive.

If Li Jiancheng died, then their old master would not be merciful to their family members.

"Your Highness, even if I wait for all the brothers to add up, they are still no match for His Highness King Qi. You should just listen to His Highness Qi for the time being. From what I see, Your Highness Qi shouldn't hurt your life."

Lieutenant Lin Xiaowei, who was the closest to Li Jiancheng, advised Li Jiancheng in a low voice amidst Li Jiancheng's growls.

Li Jiancheng pointed the finger at him almost without hesitation, "It's not your waste, if you can take him down, why should I suffer this shame!"

Lieutenant Changlin nodded with an ugly face and said: "Yes, yes, what your highness said is that the ministers are inferior to others, and your highness has been wronged."

"..."

Li Yuanji urged Lao Yangtou to sew up the wound as soon as possible amid Li Jiancheng's louder growls. He didn't have the time to vent his anger on the people who were here to watch Li Jiancheng's masters.

With a sound of urging, Lao Yangtou quickly sewed up the wound.

Li Yuanji found a clean singlet to put on, washed his face with clean water, put on the armor that Xue Wanche had wiped clean, walked to where Li Jiancheng was, drew his sword, and gave a cold order, "Take him and follow me!"

All the Changlin soldiers were stunned, and Li Jiancheng's face changed drastically: "Where are you taking me?!"

Li Yuanji slashed on Li Jiancheng's shoulder with a single knife, picked up Li Jiancheng's collar with the tip of the knife, and lifted Li Jiancheng up.

Xue Wanche stepped forward quickly, and was about to carry Li Jiancheng away when all the Changlin soldiers were stunned.

Changlin Bing came back to his senses, and hurriedly snatched Li Jiancheng back from Li Yuanji's sword and Xue Wanche's hands, and said very tactfully, "His Royal Highness will be supported by the servants and others."

Li Yuanji snorted, didn't say any more, and rushed to Anlimen with Xue Wanche, Lao Yangtou and others.

The Changlin soldiers hurriedly set up Li Jiancheng and followed closely behind.

After walking for a while, Li Jiancheng was lifted up again.

When passing through the East Palace, he saw corpses all over the ground, including the figures of the concubines of the East Palace. Li Jiancheng was struggling in the hands of the Changlin soldiers.

But the Changlin soldiers kept Li Yuanji's orders in mind and did not dare to let Li Jiancheng break free once.

After spending about five quarters of an hour, the group finally arrived at Anli Gate.

Li Xiaogong had already fought against Li Shimin, and the shouts of killing could be heard from far away.

When he arrived at the bank of the moat in front of Anli Gate, Xue Wanshu hurried up with his followers.

As soon as they met, Xue Wanshu didn't talk nonsense, and quickly described the current situation of Anlimen.

"Your Highness, His Royal Highness King Hejian has captured the Anli Gate, and has adjusted the defense of the Anli Gate. There are too many ministers and others to go up to help, so I will guard here according to your instructions."

Li Yuanji nodded and said, "When did my second brother arrive?"

Xue Wanshu cupped his hands and said, "I arrived a quarter of an hour earlier than Chen and the others."

Li Yuanji glanced at the top of the wall and said, "My cousin can still stand it?"

Xue Wanshu laughed and said, "It's not only able to withstand it, it's simply too capable."

"Oh?"

Li Yuanji said with a look of surprise: "It seems that I am my cousin Xiaoxun."

"That's not!"

It was Li Xiaogong who spoke, and Li Xiaogong came down from the top of the city at some point, with a drooping face, as if someone owed him money.

Li Yuanji said in astonishment: "Why did you come down? Whoever commanded the troops on the wall to resist my second brother when you came down?"

Li Xiaogong rolled his eyes and said: "Condescending, and supported by bed crossbows, even if you lead a dog up, you can still block Shimin and his party."

Li Yuanji didn't believe it.

Li Xiaogong simply dragged Li Yuanji up to the top of the city in a hanging basket.

The stairs of Anli Gate are on the south side, and Li Yuanji's location is on the north side, so if you want to go up Anli Gate, you can either enter through the gate, go up the stairs from the south, or go up on a hanging basket.

The gate is now one of the best ways to defend against Li Shimin, and it cannot be opened, so they can only go up to the top of the city on a hanging basket.

Arriving at the top of the city, Li Yuanji looked around for a while, and was happy.

The situation on the top of the city is exactly as Li Xiaogong said, the beds are full of crossbows, and the crossbow guns are packed into boxes.

The soldiers of the Zuojianmen Mansion guarding Anlimen didn't need to do anything else, just four or five people set up a bow and crossbow and shot fiercely at the top of the city.

In the absence of large-scale siege ordnance, Li Shimin and his party could only attack from the steps on both sides of the city gate in the face of this kind of city head lined with crossbows and sufficient number of crossbows.

However, the stairs on both sides of the city gate can only accommodate five to six people walking side by side. Li Xiaogong only dispatched a small number of fierce soldiers to successfully defend the stairs.

(End of this chapter)