Li Shimin, one emperor through the ages

Chapter 50 Blood Splattered Wumen (3)
Brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji galloped for a while, and arrived at the Linhu Palace in a blink of an eye, and further inside, it was the Forbidden Palace.The two brothers tightened the tight rope at the same time, and the two BMWs seemed to smell something dangerous, sneezing loudly, scratching their heads and hooting, hey, hey.The crows startled the crows on the ancient tree in front of the hall, screaming and flying up one by one.Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were a little surprised when they saw it.Li Jiancheng was about to jump off the horse when Yuan Ji exclaimed:
"Brother, no!"

Li Jiancheng sat down on the horse again, and asked in a low voice:

"What did you find?"

"Look." Li Yuanji pointed to the guards in front of Linhu Hall.

Li Jiancheng took a closer look and found that he was not familiar with them.He had personally met these guards, and they were familiar with the faces of those who came and went frequently, but now what he saw were unfamiliar faces.

"Let's not go in." Li Jiancheng turned his horse's head and said to Li Yuanji, "Rush out of Xuanwu Gate."

Li Yuanji nodded, and the two brothers were about to gallop back, when they saw the king of Qin galloping behind a thick tree on the side, shouting loudly from a distance:

"Prince, King Qi, why don't you go in and meet Emperor Father?"

With the shout, Li Shimin has arrived in front of the prince.Only then did the prince discover that there were generals such as Yuchi Jingde and Qin Shubao behind Li Shimin.Surprised in my heart, I shouted sharply:

"What are you going to do?"

Li Shimin didn't say anything, he drew his sword and stabbed at Li Jiancheng.Li Yuanji was right next to the prince, he had seen all this clearly, he had held the sharp sword in his hand, and seeing Shimin's sword coming fiercely, he hurriedly rode his horse forward, and Hengheng was between Li Shimin and the prince, with his sword in his hand The sword slashed down fiercely.Although Li Yuanji is not as experienced in strategy as Li Shimin's, and his swordsmanship is not as exquisite as Li Shimin's, but his size and brute strength are larger than Li Shimin's. The sword, unexpectedly chopped the sword that Li Shimin stabbed so that the tip of the sword hit the ground.If it weren't for Li Shimin's arm strength, the sword would have been out of his hand long ago.Li Shimin is worthy of being a battle-tested, good martial artist.After Yuanji's slash, although the point of the sword touched the ground, it was able to rise along with the trend, and stab at Li Yuanji again.Li Yuanji swung his sword against Li Shimin and shouted loudly:

"The prince draws his sword."

Hearing this, the prince made a "shua", drew out his sword, and shouted sharply: "Chang He, Chang He, come quickly!" He drank three times, but there was no reaction at all.Li Jiancheng became angry and cursed loudly:

"Changhe villain, how dare you betray me." After scolding, he raised his sword and joined Yuan Ji to attack Li Shimin.

At this time, Yuchi Jingde and Qin Shubao had already surrounded the three brothers, but the three of them were coming and going, so it was inconvenient for them to attack for a while.

"King Qin, come out quickly." Yuchi Jingde called out loudly.Li Shimin also wanted to come out, but the crown prince and Yuanji's swords were too tight, and they couldn't get away for a while.When Yuchi Jingde saw him, he had no choice but to ride his horse and charge towards Jiancheng regardless of his own life.When Qin Shubao saw him, he also rode his horse towards Li Yuanji.Only then did Li Shimin get away, and before he could take a breath, a warrior came to report:
The prince's entourage has attacked Xuanwu gate.As soon as he finished listening to the report, Li Shimin vaguely heard the sound of shouting to kill from Xuanwu Gate.

It turned out that the two generals Xue Wanche and Feng Li who stayed outside the gate soon discovered that the guards of the Xuanwu Gate were from the Qin Palace.As soon as I tried it, I found the problem.So he led the Changlin army to attack Xuanwumen.There were many soldiers in Changlin, and soon they defeated the guards arranged by Li Shimin and entered the Xuanwu Gate.Li Shimin couldn't help being surprised when he asked about the situation.Look in front of you, Yuchi Jingde and Qin Shubao, the crown prince and Li Yuanji are killing each other inextricably.

In desperation, Li Shimin untied his long bow from his waist, drew out a long-feathered iron arrow from his back, bent the bow and set the arrow, and seeing the opportunity, aimed at Li Jiancheng's back, and shot an arrow.

With a scream, Li Jiancheng fell to the ground. ? ?

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Although Li Yuanji was strong and brave, he was still a little inferior against Qin Shubao, who was highly skilled in martial arts.Seeing that the sword skills were chaotic and gradually unable to hold on, he suddenly heard the prince screaming in pain and was startled. Qin Shubao caught this moment and pierced his heart with a sword, killing him instantly, and fell off the horse.

Li Shimin saw that the crown prince and King Qi were dead, and the shouts of killing were getting closer and closer, so he raised his sword and pointed, and shouted loudly:

"Everyone follow me!" After shouting, he rode his horse and ran towards Xuanwu Gate.Yuchi Jingde and Qin Shubao followed closely behind.

Xue Wanche is a native of Xianyang, Jingzhao. He was the original Youzhou garrison in the Sui Dynasty. Later, he surrendered to the Tang army and was awarded the title of chariot general.Li Yuan praised his loyalty and bravery, and ordered him to listen to him in the prince's mansion.Xue Wanche lived up to expectations, and when he learned that King Qin had changed his guards at Xuanwu Gate, and wanted to attack the prince and King Qi, he ordered Feng Li to return to the East Palace to bring all the Changlin troops, while he led a thousand Changlin troops to attack Xuanwumen desperately. .

Although Li Shimin's eight hundred warriors are all brave and good at fighting, the Changlin Army of the Prince's Mansion is not an idle generation.More importantly, Xue Wanche was a very prestigious general.In normal times, he treats the soldiers like brothers, and he takes the lead in the battle. What's more rare is that he is very good at inspiring the soldiers' fighting courage.

"This time, we are not winning meritorious deeds, but preserving our life's glory and wealth. If we don't rescue the crown prince and King Qi, we will all die without a place to die." The warriors said: "There are only 800 of them, and General Feng will bring [-] soon. We will definitely be able to attack and win!" After that, Xue Wanche rode his horse to the front.

Li Shimin's more than ten generals, as well as his eight hundred soldiers, are all first-class heroes and warriors. Under normal circumstances, they can completely stop the attack of 1000 people.But this time, they encountered the most ferocious and desperate attack they had ever encountered.All the Changlin soldiers seemed to put their heads on their waist pockets, roaring like a lion, and rushed frantically towards Xuanwu Gate.The ones in front kept falling, and the ones behind followed closely.They finally opened the gap from the main gate and killed all the warriors Li Shimin placed there.When Yin Kaishan, Hou Junji, and Cheng Zhijie saw that Changlin's army had entered Xuanwu Gate, they immediately commanded their warriors to gather here quickly.However, the Changlin army who rushed in was not afraid, but fought more and more bravely, forcing Li Shimin's subordinates to retreat steadily.At this time, Li Shimin led Yuchi Jingde and Qin Shubao to arrive.When Yin Kaishan saw him, he shouted to Changlin's army: "King Qin is here, surrender quickly!"

For a moment, Li Shimin's subordinates all shouted.Changlin Jun seemed to have been hit with a sap, and his fighting ability was lost a lot at once.Yin Kaishan, Cheng Zhijie and others continued to shout, while commanding Bingyong to launch a powerful counterattack.Suddenly, I heard Xue Wanche laughing loudly, and when I finished, I opened my voice and cursed loudly:

"The traitor's troops are all here, that's all. What are we afraid of him doing? Kill them and rescue the prince!"

Good team!Even though Li Shimin's generals surrounded him, Xue Wanche swore at Cheng Zhijie while swearing.When Chang Linjun saw them, they cheered up one by one, wielding their knives and guns, and slashed and killed bravely.Inside the Xuanwu Sect, the forces on both sides were evenly matched at this moment.For a moment, the war horse neighed, the shouts of killing rang out everywhere, the swords and guns shone, and a new round of fierce fighting was going on again.

Xue Wanche thought of the crown prince, and became more and more courageous as he fought, beheading several of Li Shimin's soldiers.Yuchi Jingde saw him and said to Li Shimin:
"Go and kill this crazy thief at the end of the day."

"Slow down, wait for me to meet him." Li Shimin stopped Yuchi Jingde, rode his horse and swung his sword, and went straight to Xue Wanche.

"You came at the right time! You traitor. Don't let His Royal Highness come out yet." Xue Wanche roared angrily, swung his sword and rode his horse to meet Li Shimin.

Yuchi Jingde saw Xue Wanche's high martial arts skills, he was afraid of hurting the King of Qin, so he chased after the King of Qin and stabbed Xue Wanche with his sword.In terms of martial arts, it would be very difficult for Xue Wanche to reach Li Shimin, not to mention having a brave general like Yuchi Jingde to help him.Within a few rounds, Xue Wanche was forced to kill, only able to parry but unable to fight back.When Li Shimin saw it, he shouted sharply:
"If you don't dismount and surrender, I will save you from death."

"You traitor, let the prince out!" Xue Wanche raised Li Shimin's sword and said, "Otherwise, General Feng is here, and I will not spare you."

Li Shimin couldn't help being surprised when Xue Wanche mentioned Feng Li.If Feng Li brought another 2000 people here, the consequences would be disastrous.Thinking of this, Li Shimin stabbed Xue Wanche three times to force him back, then raised his sword and shouted:
"This king orders you to surrender quickly, or you will all be killed."

With this loud shout, the spirit in the middle is boiling, and the mountains and rivers are magnificent.Yuchi Jingde, Yin Kaishan, Qin Shubao and other generals all shouted after hearing this.For a while, there were shouts and shouts, and the morale of Changlin's army was greatly reduced.The warriors under the king of Qin, but one by one, were energetic and slaughtered wantonly.In a blink of an eye, the Changlin army, who were originally imposing, fell into a pool of blood one by one, and they were about to be slaughtered.Outside the Xuanwu Gate, there was a sudden and frenzied sound of horseshoes.

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Xue Wanche was stabbed three times by Li Shimin, and forced to kill by Yuchi Jingde again and again.What's more, seeing Li Shimin's subordinates, since King Qin came, they have fought more and more bravely. Their own Changlin army was brutally slaughtered, regretful and angry in their hearts, determined to die, and tried their best to resist the attack of Li Shimin and Yuchi Jingde.At this moment, he heard the sound of horseshoes at the Xuanwu Gate.

"General Feng is here, our men are here!" He shouted desperately with a hoarse voice. "Kill them, save the prince!" Xue Wanche shouted, while desperately fighting back.Xue Wanche, who was covered in wounds, did not know where he came from with such great strength, stabbing Li Shimin and Yuchi Jingde back again and again.

Feng Li finally arrived, bringing with him two thousand Changlin troops.Inside the Xuanwu Gate, the Changlin Army, who was already dying, looked up vigorously like a long-drought seedling meeting nectar, each with hopeful hearts, and quickly revived the tired and disabled The body, even with only one hand left, grasped the sword and stabbed at the enemy.The Changlin army led by Feng Li rushed towards them like flying clouds.Li Shimin, the incomparably brave commander, together with his brave and skilled generals, as well as those powerful warriors, all looked weak and powerless in front of the angry Changlin army.

Xue Wanche was desperately fighting back, Feng Li was pressuring every step of the way, Li Shimin and his men could only fight and retreat.

"Put back the prince and king of Qi, and spare your life." Feng Li raised his long sword high and said sharply to Li Shimin.

"The crown prince and the king of Qi are both dead. Please submit to this king." Li Shimin replied with a serious expression.

Feng Li was startled when he heard this, and the sword in his hand trembled, but he immediately held it tighter.

"Hard! If you dare to kill the prince and King Qi, the emperor will spare you. Let them go quickly, and you will not die." Feng Li said, riding his horse towards Li Shimin.When Yuchi Jingde saw him, he rode his horse and rushed to Li Shimin, saying loudly:
"King Qin, hurry up and deal with these rebels in the future."

"Yuchi Jingde, go and cut off the heads of the crown prince and King Qi." Li Shimin told Yuchi Jingde softly, and then said loudly: "Go, I'm here, let's see who dares to rush over first." Come on, stop Feng Li with a sword, and start to kill him.Naturally, Feng Li was no match for Li Shimin, and within two rounds, the swords were messed up.But there were many others, and hundreds of Changlin troops surrounded Li Shimin at once.Qin Shubao was about to come to rescue him, but he was surrounded by hundreds of Changlin troops.Yuchi Jingde ran a few steps, looked back, his heart felt like a knife, he gritted his teeth, and urged his horse to run towards Linhu Palace.

Li Jiancheng was shot by Li Shimin's arrow and fell off the horse, but passed out. After Li Shimin took the people away, he gradually regained consciousness.Li Shimin was worthy of Li Yuan's true biography, the arrow shot very powerfully, from Li Jiancheng's back to his chest.After Li Jiancheng woke up, he felt that his chest was filled with lead, and he was extremely uncomfortable. He stretched out his hand to hold the bloody arrow, and his face showed terrific pain.He opened his eyes vigorously, and saw the staring King Qi.

"Fourth brother, fourth brother!" Come and save me, Li Jiancheng yelled miserably.King Qi didn't move at all.Li Jiancheng closed his eyes, collected himself, opened his eyes again, and realized that King Qi was dead.

"Why?" Li Jiancheng looked up at the blue sky and said sadly.At this moment, he seemed to hear the sound of horseshoes in a hurry, he turned his head to look with difficulty, and saw that it was Yuchi Jingde running fast.Yuchi Jingde came in front of Li Yuanji, flew off his horse, raised his sword and fell, cut off Li Yuanji's head, held it in his hand, and walked towards the desperate Li Jiancheng.

"Why!" Li Jiancheng yelled and passed out again.Yuchi Jingde hesitated for a while, walked up to the prince in two steps, also raised his sword and fell, cut off the prince's head, flew on the horse, and galloped towards Xuanwu Gate.

Under the desperate pursuit of Xue Wanche and Feng Li, seven of Li Shimin's sixteen generals have died; eight hundred warriors, there are less than 100 left.The dead lay in a pool of blood, and the living were exhausted and scarred.Li Shimin was surrounded by Feng Li and hundreds of Changlin soldiers, seeing that he was in a desperate situation, he saw Yuchi Jingde galloping in, smashing the two heads at Xue Wanche together, shouting loudly:

"Return to your crown prince, King Qi."

Xue Wanche and Feng Li attacked King Qin one after the other.When King Qin received Feng Lijian, Xue Wanche was about to slash King Qin with his sword. Hearing Yuchi Jingde's shout, he turned his eyes to the two heads thrown in front of him.Seeing that it was indeed the prince, Xue Wanche not only took back the sword that had been cut off, but also threw it far away, jumped off the horse, hugged the prince's head with both hands, and began to cry.When Yuchi Jingde saw him, he drew his sword and was about to stab him, but Li Shimin stopped him with a sword.

When Feng Li heard Xue Wanche's cry and saw the heads of the Prince and King Qi, his hands softened for a moment, and he could no longer lift his sword.Seeing this, Li Shimin shouted loudly:
"The crown prince and the king of Qi conspired against each other and have been killed by this king. You should surrender quickly."

After hearing this, Changlin's army heard that the general was crying, and all of them had no intention of fighting any more, and fled in all directions.Feng Li rode up to Xue Wanche and said loudly:

"Let's go, General!"

After Xue Wanche heard this, he got on his horse and ran out of Xuanwu Gate together with Feng Li.Yuchi Jingde, Qin Shubao and other generals were going to chase them, but Li Shimin stopped them loudly.

"Let them go." Li Shimin said, "Everyone is their master, and they are also loyal and brave men." As he was speaking, he saw Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others galloping towards him.Li Shimin got off his horse, waved to them and said:
"Come on, all." After speaking, he waved to Yuchi Jingde, Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie and others.After everyone surrounded him, Li Shimin said slowly:

"Emperor Heaven has eyes, and this king has finally won by a narrow margin. Now that the crown prince and King Qi are dead, the first step has been completed. Now how to clean up the mess, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui will quickly make arrangements. This king will go back to rest now. It's over."

"As ordered." Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui said in unison.

Li Shimin looked at them, then at his general and the soldiers in the distance, and said wearily:
"Just hold on for a while longer. Everything will be carried out as agreed." After finishing speaking, he rode his horse and left.

(End of this chapter)