In the battle of Haojing, Wang Jian seemed to have won a great victory, but in fact it was also a tragic victory. Not only did he lose one-third of his troops, but almost all of his generals such as Yue Yun, Pei Yuanqing, and Huang Tianhua were injured.
In body.
Only Yuwen Chengdu was the least seriously injured, so the task of supporting Li Cunxiao Banchao naturally fell on Yuwen Chengdu.
After Yuwen Chengdu received the order, he immediately led four thousand cavalry and rushed to support as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, it was still a step too late.
When Yuwen Chengdu arrived at the east gate of Chang'an, Li Min and Li Jing and his son, who were responsible for the uprising at the east gate, had been suppressed by Zhao She and Yin Kaishan.
Li Min was the founding emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty. During his reign, he was diligent in political affairs, changed old laws, reconciled with Wu and Yue, protected the country and the people, and rested with the people. He can be regarded as a wise emperor.
As for Li Min's successor, Li Jing, the second emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was fond of reading and had many talents. During his reign, he destroyed the two kingdoms of Chu and Fujian, which was also the period when the Southern Tang Dynasty had the largest territory.
Li Ming, Li Jing and his son were both outstanding men of their generation. If they could return to the Qin Dynasty, they would definitely accomplish great things. Unfortunately, this time they met Zhao She, who was the most skilled general in the Tang Dynasty besides Li Shimin. How could he be invincible?
It is a pity that the two heroes, father and son, died tragically in the whirlpool of Chang'an before they had time to show their talents. Li Min and Li Jing and his son will not be the first, and they will definitely not be the last.
"General, the east gate is closed. Li Min and Li Jing and his son may have failed."
After hearing what his subordinates said, Yuwen Chengdu had a look of helplessness on his face.
Now that the city gate is closed, all his men are cavalry, and he doesn't bring any siege equipment. It's impossible to forcefully attack the city with cavalry, right?
After a brief moment of reflection, Yuwen Chengdu ordered: "You will lead a thousand cavalry outside Chang'an City to prevent the high-ranking Li Tang inside the city from escaping. I will lead three thousand cavalry into the city through other city gates."
"promise."
According to the information given by Li Cunxiao, there were internal rebels in each of the four gates of Chang'an. Since the east gate was blocked, let's just go through the other three gates. Anyway, Yu Wencheng didn't believe that all four gates would fail.
On the east gate tower, watching Yuwen Chengdu lead his army to leave, Zhao She's face was full of worry.
Because he didn't think that the north, south and west gates would be as smooth as his side, and once Yuwen Chengdu entered the city, the Tang army would no longer have any power to make a comeback.
"We must defeat Li Cunxiao and Hua Xiong who attacked Tang Gongfu before Yuwen entered Chengdu, otherwise the master will be dead."
With that said, Zhao She was about to mobilize his troops, but he stumbled before taking two steps and almost fell to the ground.
Yin Kaishan helped Zhao She up and said with concern: "General Zhao, you are injured, let the last general lead his army to support you."
During the previous counter-rebellion, Zhao She personally participated in the battle to boost morale. Because he rushed too far forward, he was shot by Li Jing with an arrow. It was not a fatal injury at all.
Zhao She was very new to Yin Kaishan, so he immediately transferred most of the military power to Zhao She and ordered him to lead his army to support Li Yuanba.
Yin Kaishan and his army had just arrived at Tang Gong's Mansion. Before he could join the battle, he found that Li Jue was also leading his army to kill him, so he had no choice but to stop Li Jue first. The two sides immediately started fighting in the streets.
Li Shimin, who was in control of the entire army at Ximen, did not know that Yuwen Chengdu had arrived. He was still worried about how to recapture Xuanwu Gate and burn down the major warehouses in the palace.
Since he really had no generals to send, Li Shimin could only summon all the bad guys.
The headquarters of bad people is not in Chang'an, but Chang'an is the capital of Li and Tang Dynasty after all, so there are many bad people staying here.
Under Li Shimin's call, fifteen Tiangang captains rushed over.
Li Shimin ordered the five captains of Tianyongxing, Tianxiongxing, Tianmengxing, Tianweixing, and Tianguixing to lead 500 bad guys and 1,000 soldiers to help Ji Fa with his intelligence.
The thirty-six captains of the bad guy Tiangang are all extraordinary in strength and have their own skills. The weakest ones have super-class strength, and the strongest Tiankuixing Yuan Tiangang and Tiangang star Li Chunfeng are both powerful at the Grand Master level.
who.
The five great captains, including Tian Yongxing and Tian Meng, are all delinquents who are good at martial arts. They all have the combat power of a god general. By joining forces with Ji Fa and Gao Xingzhou, they may not be able to recapture the Xuanwu Gate.
Li Shimin's judgment is correct, but the key is that Ji Fa has been defeated at this time, and the Xuanwu Gate has returned to Li Maozhen's hands. Retaking the Xuanwu Gate is no less difficult than storming the palace. It is obviously a bit difficult to rely on only 1,500 people.
reluctantly.
Before Ji Fa and Gao Xingzhou's defeated troops could reach the west gate, they collided with Tianxiongxing's reinforcements halfway.
Seeing the reinforcements coming to support, Ji Fa felt hatred in his heart. Even if you had come a quarter of an hour earlier, the outcome would have been completely different.
Ji Fa and Gao Xingzhou didn't want to go to the Xuanwu Gate, but Li Shimin issued a death order, so they had to obey the order. They could only cooperate with Tian Xiongxing and other five major captains to go to the Xuanwu Gate to make a bet to see if Li Maozhen had any chance.
He did not lead his troops out of the palace.
If Li Maozhen comes out, then annihilate him outside the palace.
If it doesn't come out, then we can only attack by force.
The final result was naturally disappointing to Ji Fa.
Li Maozhen was extremely cautious and did not rush out of Xuanwu Gate to support the Qin army in the city.
Faced with this situation, Ji Fa could only attack forcefully.
At the same time, after Tianxiongxing and other five major captains left, Tianshuxing Yuhuatian also started his actions.
Yes, Yuhuatian is also one of the thirty-six captains of Tiangang, and he has won the trust of Li Shimin.
After the Luoyang coup, Yuhuatian protected Sima Yi and escaped from Luoyang. When Li Shimin saw two imperial parties coming to vote, he naturally accepted them. After all, the imperial parties were definitely anti-Qin, and the enemy of his enemy was his friend.
Yuhuatian originally wanted to find a way to get rid of Sima Yi, the traitor, after taking advantage of Sima Yi, but he did not expect that Li Shimin valued Sima Yi more than him, a master.
Sima Yi impressed Li Shimin with his talent, and was later appointed as the guard of Wuguan. There were more guards around him, and he was extremely vigilant. Until the opponent escaped from Guanzhong, Yuhuatian did not find a chance to attack.
Sima Yi was reused by Li Shimin, and Yu Huatian, a master and master, was not bad at all, and was appointed by him as Tianhuixing, one of the captains of the Thirty-Six Departments of Tiangang.
It was precisely because of his identity as Tianshuixing and the remnant of the imperial party that Yuhuatian's actions in Chang'an City were smooth, because no one suspected him at all.
After receiving Li Shimin's call, Yuhuatian was also extremely surprised because he knew that Li Shimin had already gone to Xuanwu Gate.
Li Cunxiao has already entered the city. After Li Maozhen finds out, he will definitely rebel as agreed, so Li Shimin will take the initiative to show up.
Logically speaking, as long as Li Shimin entered the Xuanwu Gate, there would be no possibility of escaping, but now Li Shimin appeared at the west gate.
Is this because Li Maozhen failed to abide by the agreement?
Or did Li Shimin escape after entering?
Yu Huatian believes that the latter is more likely. After all, if Li Maozhen had not rebelled, Li Shimin would not have appeared at the west gate, but would have been sitting in the palace to command the overall situation.
Yu Huatian did not expect that Li Shimin would be so difficult to kill, that he could even escape the situation of ten deaths and no life. Sure enough, all kings have great luck.
Since Li Maozhen has failed, Yu Huatian can only do it himself.
Yu Huatian deliberately delayed his appearance until after the five major captains had left, because if these people were all present, he would not be able to succeed even if he took action.
Li Shimin saw that Yu Huatian only had so few people left, and even if he went to the Xuanwu Gate, they wouldn't be able to help him much, so he kept him by his side as a guard.
"Why hasn't the news come yet? As long as Ji Fa can guard Xuanwu Gate, with the abilities of Gao Xingzhou and the five major captains, it is absolutely impossible for Li Maozhen to withstand it."
Li Shimin muttered to himself anxiously.
Looking at Li Shimin who was pacing anxiously, Yu Huatian calmly approached him from behind, and at the same time stretched his right hand towards the sword behind his back.
When he came within five steps of Li Shimin, Yu Huatian suddenly raised his sword and stabbed Li Shimin in the heart from behind. However, Li Shimin was not prepared at all at this time.
[Ding dong, Li Shimin’s skill ‘God’s Bless’ effect 1 is activated for the second time. Those who are destined to be blessed by God will be blessed by God, and there will be heroes to save them in life and death. 】
"Lord, be careful."
Just when Li Shimin's life was hanging by a thread, Tiansu Xing Duan Chengtian pushed his skills to the extreme, his whole body turned into a bolt of lightning, and he actually blocked the sword for Li Shimin with his own body.
Yu Huatian looked shocked when he saw this. He had no idea that Duan Chengtian was so loyal and even risked his own life for Li Shimin, but he obviously would not give up this good opportunity.
I saw Yu Huatian grabbing the hilt of the sword with his left hand, roaring and exerting force with both hands at the same time, and pushed hard, preparing to pierce both of them with the sword, but this was obviously impossible to succeed.
After being reminded by Duan Chengtian, Li Shimin had already reacted. He put his left hand on Duan Chengtian's back. After shifting his position, he had no time to draw his sword and kicked Yu Huatian in the chest, knocking him directly.
Kicked and flew out.
At the same time, Duan Yun, Fan Yao, Xie Xun, Ying Tianzheng and other masters who were disguised as bad guys saw Yu Huatian taking action and drew their swords to kill the surrounding masters.
Tianjuxing, Tiantuixing, Tianshouxing and many other captains were caught off guard and were killed on the spot by Duan Yun and other Da Qin masters.
Xiao Sheng, the Heavenly Sword Star, and the Heavenly Sword Star were not hit. When they saw Duan Yun and others coming to kill them, they quickly drew their swords and attacked the masters of Da Qin, and the two sides immediately started a melee.
"There are assassins escorting you."
For a moment, there were shouts of killing everywhere in the west gate. After hearing the news, a large number of Tang soldiers gathered, but were blocked by nearly a hundred black ice platforms holding swords. The two sides also fought along the street.
Li Shimin held Duan Chengtian, who was seriously injured and dying, with a complicated look in his eyes. Apparently, he did not expect that this subordinate would risk his life to save him.
"Lord...Mr...."
Before he finished speaking, Duan Chengtian's head tilted and he died on the spot.
Upon seeing this, Li Shimin pulled out the Taiqing Sword, pointed it at Yu Huatian, who stood up again, and said angrily: "Yu Huatian, are you crazy? Don't forget your identity as a remnant of the imperial party.
Great Qin is willing to accept you now, but it’s just that you still have use value. When you lose your use value, you will definitely be liquidated."
After all, Yu Huatian is a master-level expert, so if he can refrain from taking action, Li Shimin naturally doesn't want to take action.
He planned to try to create a quarrel first, and after Chang An was in trouble, he would find an opportunity to get rid of Yu Huatian, a white-eyed wolf who repaid kindness with hatred.
Li Shimin's words are also reasonable. If Yuhuatian is a remnant of the imperial party, even if he can be temporarily accepted by the Qin Dynasty, he will definitely be liquidated in the future. After all, there is no room for such a coup.
But the problem is that Yuhuatian is not a remnant of the imperial party, this identity is just a disguise to lurk in Li Tang.
At this time, Yu Huatian was extremely depressed. He was only a little short of killing Li Shimin, but in the end, everything was ruined by Duan Chengtian.
However, when he thought that Li Cunxiao failed to kill Li Shimin three times, and that Li Maozhen set up an ambush at Xuanwu Gate and failed to kill Li Shimin, the depression in Yuhuatian's heart dissipated a lot.
After all, Li Shimin was really evil, and his fate was really tough. There was no prince who was more difficult to kill than him.
Since the assassination failed, Yu Huatian had no choice but to kill him by force. However, he did not rush to take action. Instead, he bowed and said: "Daqin Huangzi No. 1 secret agent has met Mr. Tang."
Hearing Yu Huatian's words, Li Shimin was startled at first, and then his face turned red with anger.
With his mind, it was not difficult to guess that Yu Huatian had been an undercover agent of Da Qin from the beginning. His rescue of Sima Yi and his various performances in the Chang'an coup were all just to gain his trust.
It is naturally impossible for Li Shimin not to know about the four great secret agents of the Qin Dynasty, Xuanhuang and Xuanhuang. Compared with the illustrious reputation of the first generation of agents, the following generations are undoubtedly much less famous.
Many people have forgotten about this organization, thinking that Da Qin no longer has four secret agents. However, they did not expect that the most active agent in the Chang'an chaos was Agent Huang No. 1.
When he thought of appointing Da Qin's Huangzi No. 1 spy as the Tianshuixing among the thirty-six bad guys, Li Shimin had the urge to whip himself.
No wonder I searched and searched but found nothing.
No wonder pro-Qin traitors are being suppressed more and more.
With high-ranking traitors like Li Si, Li Maozhen, and Yu Huatian, they knew everything about Li Tang's actions, so how could he eliminate his own unstable factors?
"If you want my head, Li Shimin, come and get it yourself, Li Cunxiao, Li Maozhen can't kill me, and neither can you Yuhuatian." Li Shimin said solemnly.
When Yu Huatian heard this, a sneer appeared on his lips. He obviously didn't think that he couldn't kill Li Shimin, but when he did it, he was shocked.
Li Shimin's potential should have been exhausted long ago, otherwise he would not have been stuck in the super-first-class realm, but now he has quietly broken through and become a grandmaster, and his skills are not inferior to him at all.