First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 54
52. Capture the Veteran Alive
Li Yuan and others sat on their horses and they were also very strong. Song Laosheng was encircled and his speed was hindered. Not long after, Li Yuan was within [-] steps of Song Laosheng. Song Laosheng was chasing Li Yuan before, but now it is the other way around, Li Yuan Go after Song Laosheng.

Li Yuan raised his hand and shot an arrow at Song Laosheng. The arrow was so fast that he could only hear his voice, but he could not see the arrow.

Song Laosheng felt the hairs explode in his ears, he flashed hastily, and the arrow just passed by the tiger's head, Song Laosheng got angry and roared: "The old thief has no shame".

According to Song Laosheng's code of conduct, it was really shameful for Li Yuan to hurt people with cold arrows on the battlefield.

But even more shameless is Gao Chong, "General, shoot the flag".

Li Yuan heard it from a distance, and immediately understood, he drew his bow and set an arrow, and the sound of the flag falling.

Gao Chong saw the flag with Song characters fluttering high beside Song Laosheng, and immediately shouted: "Song Laosheng is dead."

Kaohsiung and others beside him also responded quickly, shouting, "Old Song is dead."

The voice of shouting resounded across the battlefield. For a while, the Tang army was overjoyed and even more excited, but the bewildered Sui army looked around, but they really couldn't see the general flag, and their morale plummeted.

"Bastard", Song Laosheng was very angry today, "Raise the flag, I am not dead."

But Song Laosheng's voice was only spread around him, and it seemed extremely small in the battlefield of tens of thousands of people.

"General, retreat quickly", a group of guards surrounded Song Laosheng tightly and went to the city gate, but Li Shimin's troops blocked the city gate. Song Laosheng led the remnants all the way to the side of the city wall, but it was Unable to enter the city, Song Laosheng fell into a desperate situation for a while.

At this moment, a hanging basket was thrown from the top of the city, "The sheriff is coming up quickly."

The general of the Sui Dynasty was overjoyed, and the guards hurriedly pushed Song Laosheng into the hanging basket, and then turned around to buy time for Song Laosheng with his death.

"Shut away Song Laosheng", Liu Hongji led his subordinates to rush forward in time, Liu Hongji stabbed left and right with a long spear, very brave, Liu Hongji entered from one side, Gao Chong and others also rushed in quickly.

Seeing that Song Laosheng was already on the hanging basket, everyone was shocked, and those with bows and arrows quickly opened their bows and nocked arrows.

"Look at the gun".

Before it was too late, a lieutenant under Liu Hongji shouted, raised his hand and threw the long spear in his hand as a javelin towards Song Laosheng. A javelin was pierced through the shoulder and almost fell off the hanging basket.

Gao Chong was inspired when he saw this, looked at the distance, and galloped forward, "Look at my mace", swung his right hand and smashed the iron mace weighing ten catties towards the hanging basket.

The ten-pound iron mace hit, and Song Laosheng was seriously injured and in severe pain. How could he resist? He fell down to the city.

Song Laosheng fell down the city in full view, and the Sui army was immediately discouraged, unable to fight any more. At the same time, the Tang army stepped forward to grab Song Laosheng and retreated hastily.

"Youzhi's move is powerful," Liu Hongji stepped forward and laughed loudly, "One mace knocked this old guy down."

Gao Chong looked at the school lieutenant behind Liu Hongji, but he didn't recognize him, and immediately said, "It was also inspired by this brother, who is this brother?"

"Lieutenant Lu Jun'er, the first military officer on the right, I have seen Gao Canjun," the captain saluted hurriedly when he saw this.

Gao Chong patted Lu Jun'er on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Remember to ask your family's commanding army for a reward when you look back."

Liu Hongji shook his head and laughed loudly when he heard the words, "Well, you've got the credit, but you want me to reward you." Everyone laughed when they heard the words, and the atmosphere was very brisk. After all, everyone knows that Song Laosheng is in hand Huoyi City has been destroyed.

Back in the messy Tang army camp, Li Yuan in the Chinese army tent looked excited, and before he could say more, the military doctor carried the seriously injured Mr. Song up.

"Kill me quickly", seeing the generals, Song Laosheng opened his eyes wide and struggled, without any sign of cowardice.

Seeing these generals, he couldn't help feeling admiration in his heart, "The most important thing is to heal the wounded", Li Yuan hurriedly ordered.

The military doctor hurriedly pressed Song Laosheng's shoulder, and sprinkled the golden sore medicine on it like money, but it still couldn't stop the bleeding, "General, the wound on his shoulder is too big. If he can't stop the bleeding, he may not be able to recover, even if the bleeding is stopped. , this hand is probably useless too.”

"Li... Li Yuan, kill me quickly," Song Laosheng struggled to push the military doctor away with an unyielding expression on his face.

Seeing this, Gao Chong hurriedly stepped forward to check. The mace he threw was mainly because he smashed the hanging basket and did not hurt Song Laosheng, but Lu Jun'er's shot just pierced a hole in Song Laosheng's shoulder.

"Light up the fire quickly", Gao Chong said hurriedly, Kaohsiung was busy lighting the fire, Gao Chong looked around, but there was no suitable tool, so he had to pull out a horizontal knife, looked helplessly and said: "You can only use this up".

Then he pulled a piece of rag from the camp tent and forced it into Song Laosheng's mouth without any explanation, "hold him down", although Li Shimin didn't know what Gao Chong was going to do, he hurriedly pressed Song Laosheng upon hearing this.

Gao Chong put the horizontal knife on the fire and burned it red, and pulled off Song Laosheng's armor and clothes on his shoulders, only to see a blood hole on his shoulder, which was bleeding, "General Song is offended, hold on."

After all, he pressed the red-hot iron knife directly, the sound of sizzling, accompanied by a strange smell, made everyone's hair stand on end, even the brave general couldn't bear to look directly at it, Song Laosheng was in pain His blue veins were exposed, and his eyes were about to burst.

Repeated this several times until the wounds on both sides were scorched. Seeing that Song Laosheng was sweating profusely, but still awake, Gao Chong couldn't help admiring him, and tore off the rag stuffed in his mouth, "Old General Song has extraordinary perseverance, Gao Chong admires."

"Little thief, how can I torture you? Your Song family, Aye, would rather die than surrender." Song Laosheng glared angrily and cursed.

Gao Chong was speechless immediately, "If your wound doesn't stop bleeding, you will lose blood and die in a short while. I burned it with a branding iron. Although it hurts, it can stop the bleeding and save your life. The rags in your mouth are because you are worried that you will be too painful to bite. Cut off your tongue, Old General Song, I respect you as a hero, I saved you just now, don't try to speak rudely."

It was only when everyone heard the words that they understood, and looked closely, the scorched and scorched wound was horrible, but it was indeed not bleeding. Song Laosheng couldn't help being stunned and a little embarrassed when he heard the words.

Gao Chong ordered Kaohsiung to fetch a spare clean gauze, stepped forward and knelt down, and bound Song Laosheng tightly, "Old General Song, the rude words before were all to provoke you to go out of the city to fight. You are a good general of the country, not Corrupt officials and the like."

Song Laosheng was stunned when he heard the words, then he raised his head and said, "Why do you need to save me?"

Indeed, Song Laosheng is upright and upright, completely different from Gao Deru and others. Even if they have different positions and each is their own master, the generals admire a veteran like Song Laosheng very much.

(End of this chapter)