Man Tanghong

Chapter 526 Xuanwu Gate (Thirteen)

Li Yuanji said with sincere emotion: "It seems that my second elder brother won't be able to take down the Anli Gate in a short time..."

Li Xiaogong raised his head slightly, hummed and said: "That's right, you don't even look at who is guarding the Anli Gate."

Li Yuanji gave Li Xiaogong a blank look, and was too lazy to talk to him.

This guy is just a worthless bastard. When you asked him to take the lead, he was worried and evaded all kinds of excuses. After he took the lead and made some achievements, he was out of breath again.

When dealing with this kind of person, you can't be used to it, let alone talk to him.

Otherwise, he will breathe harder and harder.

After Li Yuanji stared at Li Shimin and his party who were attacking the city under the top of the wall for a long time, he suddenly looked at Li Xiaogong and said, "You continue to guard here, and I will take people to Xuande Gate."

Li Xiaogong was stunned for a moment, and said thoughtfully: "You mean... Shimin will go to Xuande Gate after being frustrated here?"

Li Yuanji nodded without hesitation.

It's not a lice on a bald man's head, it's obvious.

Li Shimin's coup has failed so far, so he must escape from Taiji Palace, avoid Li Yuan's crusade against him, and then continue to seize Li Tang's position in other ways.

There are nine gates leaving Taiji Palace, three of which are in the north and six in the south.

As for the south, Li Shimin would never go there.

Because going to the south, not only had to traverse the entire Tai Chi Palace, but it was very likely that he would also meet Li Yuan who came to attack him.

So he can only go north.

Among the three gates in the north, Xuanwu Gate has been taken over by Xue Wanjun, and Anli Gate is guarded by Li Xiaogong. Li Shimin and his party cannot attack for a long time, so they can only go to Xuande Gate.

If the Xuande Gate is blocked again, Li Shimin and his party will have no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth.

The corner of Li Xiaogong's mouth twitched slightly, looked at Li Yuanji and said, "Do you want to be so ruthless that you can't save your second brother a way out?"

Li Yuanji gave Li Xiaogong a blank look, and said angrily: "When he sent the Xuanjia Army to Jiulongtan Mountain, didn't he think of leaving me a way out?"

Li Xiaogong widened his eyes in horror and said: "He sent the Xuanjia Army to Jiulongtan Mountain? He is really ruthless!"

That is the Xuanjia Army, the first iron army in the Tang Dynasty.

A unparalleled presence on the battlefield.

Li Shimin sent them to deal with his younger brother, which meant that he didn't want to give his younger brother a living.

In this situation, Li Yuanji could understand if he didn't give Li Shimin a way out.

"Who is not ruthless in this kind of thing? If it were my elder brother, he would do the same."

Li Yuanji snorted and said something.

Before Li Xiaogong could speak again, Li Yuanji said again: "Okay, I won't tell you any more, I have to go to Xuande Gate to set up defenses first, otherwise with the more than 2000 soldiers and horses in my hand, I may not be able to Stop my second brother."

Xuande Gate is different from Xuanwu Gate and Anli Gate. It is not the main gate of Taiji Palace, so there are not so many soldiers and horses guarding it, so there are no rows of bed crossbows to use, and there are no boxes and boxes of crossbow guns. To defend Xuande Gate, we can only resist with soldiers and horses.

Although Li Shimin's Right Tunwei soldiers went through several rounds of consumption and lost a lot, there are still [-] soldiers.

If Li Yuanji hadn't made some preparations earlier, he might not be able to stop Li Shimin and his party.

Li Xiaogong hesitated for a moment and said: "Shall I send some troops to help you?"

Li Yuanji thought about it for a while, then slowly shook his head and said: "No need, if my second brother uses the trick of diverting the tiger away from the mountain, my place will be safe, but your place will suffer."

Li Xiaogong said decisively: "Then I'll transfer a hundred bed crossbows to you."

Li Yuanji was stunned for a moment, and agreed immediately.

Although people can't adjust it, but for bed crossbows, it should be no problem to adjust it a little.

After bidding farewell to Li Xiaogong, Li Yuanji sat on a hanging basket and got down from the top of the city wall. When Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanche came up together, he said hello, "Go to Xuande Gate!"

"Didn't we just come from Xuande Gate?"

Xue Wanche scratched his head in confusion, not knowing what to do at Xuande Gate.

Xue Wanshu probably guessed what Li Yuanji was going to do at Xuande Gate, so he gave his younger brother a look, beckoning him not to talk too much, then he greeted the others, and followed Li Yuanji to Xuande Gate.

Since the main soldiers and horses in the East Palace are Changlin soldiers, and the Changlin soldiers usually guard the Changlin Gate in the south, so there are not many people guarding the Xuande Gate.

There were originally 300 people, but when Li Shimin sent people into the East Palace to kill them, the Xuande Gate guard guarding the Xuande Gate rushed to save people with more than 200 people, so there were only [-] people left on the Xuande Gate. More than [-] people were guarded.

After Li Yuanji arrived, he sacrificed Li Jiancheng decisively.

The defenders on the Xuande Gate opened the Xuande Gate without hesitation, and happily handed over the defense of the Xuande Gate.

Li Yuanji immediately ordered Xue Wanshu to redeploy his defenses, and asked Xue Wanche to take armored soldiers to stand on one step of Xuande Gate, while he led some soldiers to stand on another step.

When Xue Wanshu had almost arranged the defense of Xuande Gate, Li Shimin brought people to kill him.

After seeing Li Yuanji and his party waiting in full force on the stairs, Li Shimin's face turned black all of a sudden.

After sending someone to stand in front of him with a shield to ensure that he would not be killed by the dark gun that suddenly flew out, Li Shimin shouted at Li Yuanji who was on the stairs, "Yuanji! I really underestimated you before!"

Li Yuanji stared at the shield formation in front of Li Shimin and did not speak.

Li Shimin waited for a long time but did not wait for Li Yuanji to reply, he gritted his teeth and shouted again, "Can you give me a way out for the sake of my past love!"

Li Yuanji still didn't speak.

Li Shimin took a deep breath, and shouted again: "Even so, then we only have the real chapter under our hands!"

After saying this, Li Shimin did not hesitate to let Changsun Wuji and Liu Shili lead people to kill Xuandemen.

The battle started completely when Changsun Wuji and Liu Shili led people up the stairs.

The moment of hand-to-hand combat entered the most intense moment.

One side wants to run for their lives, and the other side is unwilling to make way for life and death.

So both sides are fighting with all their strength.

Li Yuanji could clearly feel the madness of the Youtun guards led by Liu Shili, and Liu Shili and the others could also clearly feel the tenacity of Li Yuanji and others.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"Kill me!"

Liu Shili was crippled after being hit by an iron arrow and two machetes, but he was still screaming with all his strength under Bu Qu's support.

The soldiers of the Right Guards led by him were also frantically charging up the stairs.

Holding a big knife, Li Yuanji led the defenders of Shenlongmen, and frantically harvested the lives of the guards of Youtun. The corpses fell towards the top of the city like dumplings.

After the bed crossbow promised by Li Xiaogong was delivered, the battle became more fierce.

Xue Wanshu led his men to set up and shoot crossbows crazily, but all the soldiers of the Youtun Guard who were shot by the crossbow guns were killed on the spot.

The soldiers of the Right Guards were too close to the bed crossbow, so close that every blow from the bed crossbow could easily penetrate them.

"Your Highness, let me wait."

Fang Xuanling and others surrounded Li Shimin, seeing the battle getting more and more fierce and fierce, but there was no progress, so they gritted their teeth and started to fight.

Li Shimin's face was so gloomy that he could bleed. After being silent for a long time amidst the urging voices of Fang Xuanling and the others, he said in a slightly hoarse voice: "It seems that Yuan Ji won't let us leave no matter what you say. Who can face him?" For the current predicament?"

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others looked at me and I looked at you, and said in unison: "In this predicament, there is only one battle left!"

Li Shimin looked around Fang Xuanling and the others and said, "No, there is another way, which is a bit risky."

Fang Xuanling and others looked at Li Shimin in astonishment.

What else can be done now?
Li Shimin clenched his fists and said, "I'm going to make the soldiers of Youtunwei retreat and chase us down."

Fang Xuanling and the others looked pale.

Fang Xuanling said quickly: "Your Highness, do you want to turn against customers?"

Although this statement is not accurate enough, the meaning is roughly the same.

That is to change from perpetrator to victim.

Li Shimin nodded and said: "Yes, as long as we can fool my father, we have a chance to win a chance."

"Then how can you deceive a saint?"

Someone hesitated to ask.

Li Shimin didn't speak, but looked at Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling understood, stroking his beard, and said with difficulty: "Abandon all the soldiers of the Right Tunwei, and you will be able to deceive the saint."

Some people did not understand the meaning of Fang Xuanling's words.

Someone instantly understood Fang Xuanling's intentions.

If you just let the soldiers of Youtunwei turn against each other and create the illusion that they are the victims, you may not be able to deceive Li Yuan.

Therefore, after meeting Li Yuan, the soldiers of Youtunwei must make a false appearance that they were bought by Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng and launched a coup, and then fight to the death with the troops led by Li Yuan, in order to be able to deceive them. Li Yuan.

And the price of doing so was that the soldiers of Youtunwei were wiped out.

After all, when facing the rebels who launched a coup d'etat, Li Yuan would not be merciful, especially if these rebels were his own soldiers, he would not be merciful.

Under such circumstances, if the soldiers of You Tunwei chose to fight to the death with the troops led by Li Yuan, Li Yuan would definitely kill them all without hesitation, and not a single one would be left alive.

"Do you really want to do this?"

After Du Ruhui understood the joints, he frowned and asked.

Fang Xuanling did not answer his question, but continued on his own: "There is another advantage for us, that is, before the soldiers of the Right Tunwei die, the sage will not have the time to find them all." His Royal Highness and His Highness the Crown Prince sought proof."

Du Ruhui looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "Even though you say that, are the soldiers of Youtunwei really willing to die for us?"

Fang Xuanling tugged at his beard, looked at Li Shimin and didn't speak.

Whether the soldiers of Youtunwei are willing to die for them depends entirely on how they tell the soldiers of Youtunwei.

It also depends entirely on their planning and operation.

If you tell the soldiers of Youtunwei that they have given up the trouble of finding Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng and want Li Yuan's head instead, then the soldiers of Youtunwei should not mind fighting Li Yuan to the death.

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