Chapter 2495: Li Shimin’s Death (Part 2)
Chapter 2492: Li Shimin''s Death (Part 2)
In the battle of Haojing, Wang Jian seemed to have a great victory, but in fact it was equivalent to a miserable victory. Not only did he lose one-third of his troops, but his generals such as Yue Yun, Pei Yuanqing, Huang Tianhua were all injured.
Only Yuwen Chengdu was the least injured, so the task of supporting Li Cunxiao Banchao naturally could only fall on Yuwen Chengdu.
After receiving the order, Yuwen Chengdu immediately led 4,000 cavalry to come to support as quickly as possible, but unfortunately it was still one step too late.
When Yuwen Chengdu rushed to the east gate of Chang''an, Li Bing and Li Jing, who were in charge of the uprising at the east gate, had been suppressed by Zhao She and Yin Kaishan.
Li Bing was the founding emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty. During his reign, he was diligent in political affairs, changed old laws, and reconciled with Wu and Yue, safeguarded the country and rested with the people. He could be regarded as a wise monarch of a generation.
As for Li Bing''s successor, Li Jing, the second emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was fond of studying and talented. During his reign, he destroyed the two countries of Chu and Fujian, which was also the largest territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Li Bing and Li Jing and his son are both outstanding people of the generation. If they could return to Qin, they would definitely do something. Unfortunately, this time they met Zhao She. This general who was the best at fighting in Li Tang, except Li Shimin, would be invincible?
The father and son both died in the whirlpool of Chang''an before they could show their strength. It was a pity that Li Bing and Li Jing and his son would not be the first, nor would they be the last.
"General, the east gate is closed, and Li Bing and Li Jing and his son may have failed."
After hearing what his subordinates said, Yuwen Chengdu''s face turned out to be helpless.
Now that the city gate is closed, his subordinates are all cavalry and they do not bring any siege equipment, it is impossible for them to force the siege to attack the city, right?
After a little contemplation, Yuwen Chengdu ordered: "You lead a thousand people to wander outside Chang''an City to prevent the high-ranking Li Tang from escaping. I will lead three thousand iron cavalry into the city from other city gates."
"No."
According to the information given by Li Cunxiao, the four sects in Chang''an have their own rebellions. Since the East Gate is blocked, let''s go to the other three sects. Anyway, Yuwen Cheng doesn''t believe that all four sects will fail.
On the east gate tower, watching Yuwen Chengdu lead his army away, Zhao She''s face was full of worry.
Because he didn''t think that the three gates in the north, south and west would be so smooth to him, and once Yuwen Chengdu entered the city, the Tang army would have no power to turn the tables.
"Before Yuwen Chengdu enters the city, you must defeat and attack Li Cunxiao and Huaxiong of the Tang Duke''s Mansion, otherwise the master will be over."
As he said that, Zhao She was about to go to mobilize troops, but he staggered in just a few steps and almost fell to the ground.
Yin Kaishan helped Zhao She up and said with concern: "General Zhao, you are injured, so let the last general lead the army to support him."
In the previous rebellion, Zhao She also personally participated in the war to boost morale. Because she rushed too far, she was shot by Li Jing, which was not fatal.
Zhao She was still very new to the Kaishan Mountain in Yin. She immediately handed over most of the military power to Zhao She and ordered him to lead his army to support Li Yuanba.
Yin Kaishan led his army to the Tang Duke''s Mansion. Before he had time to join the war, he found that Li Jue was also leading his army to fight, so he could only stop Li Jue first. The two sides immediately fought on the street.
Li Shimin, who controlled the entire army in Ximen, did not know that Yuwen Chengdu was here. He was still bothering about how to regain Xuanwu Gate and burn down the major warehouses in the palace.
Since his subordinates really had no generals to send, Li Shimin had to summon all the bad people.
The headquarters of the bad guy is not in Chang''an, but Chang''an is the capital of Li Tang after all, so there are many bad guys left behind.
Under the convening of Li Shimin, fifteen Tiangang lieutenants rushed over.
Li Shimin ordered five captains of Tianyong Star, Tianxiong Star, Tianmeng Star, Tianwei Star and Tiangui Star to lead 500 bad people and a thousand soldiers to help Ji Fa with his intelligence.
The 36th Captain of the Bad Man Tiangang, each of whom is extraordinary and has his own skills. The weakest has super-class strength. The strongest Tiankui Star Yuan Tiangang and Tiangang Star Li Chunfeng are both powerful people at the level of the master.
The five major captains including Tianyongxing and Tianmeng are all bad people who are good at martial arts and have combat power at the level of a god-general. When joining Ji Fa and Gao Xingzhou, they may not be able to retake Xuanwu Gate.
Li Shimin''s judgment was correct, but the key was that Ji Fa had already been defeated at this time, and Xuanwu Gate returned to Li Maozhen''s hand. It was no less difficult to retake Xuanwu Gate than to attack the palace. It was obviously a bit reluctant to rely on just one thousand and five hundred people.
Ji Fa and Gao Xingzhou''s defeated army had not yet arrived at the Ximen, but they collided with Tianxiongxing''s reinforcements halfway.
Seeing reinforcements coming to support, Ji Fa felt so angry. Even if you came a quarter of an hour earlier, the ending would be completely different.
Ji Fa and Gao Xingzhou didn''t want to go to the Da Xuanwu Gate, but Li Shimin gave the order to die, and they had to obey the order. They could only cooperate with Tianxiongxing and other five captains to go to the Xuanwu Gate to make a bet to see if Li Maozhen led his army out of the palace.
If Li Maozhen comes out, then annihilate him outside the palace.
If it doesn''t come out, then you can only attack.
The final result was naturally disappointing Ji Fa.
Li Maozhen was extremely cautious and did not break out of Xuanwu Gate and went to support the Qin army in the city.
Faced with this situation, Ji Fa had to attack.
At the same time, after the five major captains including Tianxiongxing left, Tianshu Huatian also began his action.
Yes, Yu Huatian is also one of the 36th Division of Tiangang, and is deeply trusted by Li Shimin.
After the Luoyang coup, Yuhuatian protected Sima Yi and fled from Luoyang. When Li Shimin saw the two imperial parties surrender, he naturally accepted them. After all, the imperial party must have been against Qin, and the enemy of the enemy is a friend.
Yu Huatian originally wanted to use Sima Yi and tried to get rid of Sima Yi, a traitor, but he did not expect that compared to him, his master, Li Shimin valued Sima Yi more.
Sima Yi impressed Li Shimin with his talent, and later he was appointed as the guard of Wuguan. There were more guards around him, and he was very alert. Until the other party escaped from Guanzhong, Yu Huatian did not find a chance to attack.
Sima Yi was highly valued by Li Shimin, and Yu Huatian, a master master, was not bad. He was appointed as Tianshuxing, one of the 36th Division of Tiangang.
It was precisely because of the remnants of Tianshunxing and the Imperial Party that Yu Huatian''s actions in Chang''an City were successful, because no one suspected him at all.
After receiving Li Shimin''s call, Yu Huatian was also extremely surprised because he knew that Li Shimin had gone to Xuanwu Gate.
Li Cunxiao has entered the city. After Li Maozhen knew about it, he would definitely rebel as agreed, so Li Shimin took the initiative to deliver it to his door.
Logically speaking, as long as Li Shimin enters Xuanwu Gate, there is no possibility of escaping, but now Li Shimin appears in Ximen.
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 in Ximen, but instead took charge of the palace to command the overall situation.
Yu Huatian didn''t expect that Li Shimin would be so difficult to kill. Even if he died without life, he could escape the disaster. As expected, all the kings have great luck.
Since Li Maozhen has failed, Yu Huatian can only do it himself.
Yu Huatian deliberately dragged him until the five major captains left before he appeared, because if all of these people were there, he would not be able to succeed even if he took action.
Seeing that Yu Huatian had only a few men left, Li Shimin couldn''t help even after going to Xuanwu Gate, so he left 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 ability of Gao Xingzhou and the five major captains, Li Maozhen will definitely not be able to withstand it."
Li Shimin started to murmur himself with an anxious look on his face.
Looking at Li Shimin who was anxious and paced constantly, Yu Huatian approached the other party from behind quietly, and at the same time reached out his right hand to the sword behind him.
When he entered Li Shimin''s five steps, Yu Huatian suddenly drew his sword and stabbed Li Shimin''s heart from behind. However, Li Shimin was not at all prepared.
[Dingdong, Li Shimin''s skill "Heaven Blessing" effect 1 is activated for the second time. People who are determined will be blessed by heaven, and heroes will be saved by life and death. 】
"Be careful, lord."
Just as Li Shimin''s life was hanging by a thread, the Tiansu Star Duan activated his skills to the extreme, and his whole body turned into a flash of lightning, and he used his body to block the sword for Li Shimin.
Yu Huatian looked shocked when he saw this. He never expected Duan Chengtian to be so loyal. In order to make Li Shimin''s life, he obviously would not give up this good opportunity.
Yu Huatian grabbed the hilt of the sword with his left hand, roared with both hands and exerted force at the same time, and pushed it violently, and prepared to pierce the two of them with one sword together, but this was obviously impossible to succeed.
Li Shimin had already reacted after being reminded by Duan Chengtian. He held Duan Chengtian''s back with his left hand. After staggering his position, he had no time to draw his sword. He kicked Yu Huatian in the chest with a sudden kick and kicked him away directly.
At the same time, masters such as Duan Yun, Fan Yao, Xie Xun, and Ying Tianzheng, who were disguised as bad people, saw that Yu Huatian had taken action, and they drew their swords to attack the masters around them.
Many lieutenants such as Tianjuxing, Tiancuixing, and Tianshouxing were caught off guard and were killed on the spot by Duan Yun and other masters from the Qin side.
Xiao Sheng, Tianshaxing, and Tianjianxing were not hit. Seeing Duan Yun and others coming, they quickly drew their swords to kill the masters of the Qin Dynasty, and the two sides immediately started a melee.
"There are assassins, protect the car."
For a moment, there were shouts of killing everywhere in the West Gate. A large number of Tang soldiers gathered when they heard the news, but were blocked by nearly a hundred black ice platforms holding swords. The two sides also fought along the streets.
Li Shimin held Duan Chengtian, who was seriously injured and dying, with complex expressions in his eyes. Obviously, he did not expect that this subordinate would sacrifice his life to save him.
“Lord…”
Before he finished speaking, Duan Chengtian tilted his head and died on the spot.
Seeing this, Li Shimin pulled out the Taiqing sword, pointed at Yuhuatian, who had stood up again, and said angrily: "Yuhuatian, are you crazy? Don''t forget your identity as the remnant of the imperial party.
Now Daqin is willing to accept you, but you still have value in use. When you lose value in use, what greets you will definitely be liquidated. ”
Yu Huatian is a master-level strong man after all, so Li Shimin naturally doesn''t want to do it if he doesn''t do it.
He was going to try to get rid of Yu Huatian, who was kind and revengeful after the matter was in Chang''an.
Li Shimin''s words are also reasonable. If Yu Huatian 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, and this identity is just lurking into Li Tang''s disguise.
At this time, Yu Huatian was extremely depressed. He was only a little short of being able to kill Li Shimin, but all of them were ruined by Duan Chengtian.
However, when he thought that Li Cunxiao failed to kill Li Shimin three times, Li Maozhen was unable to kill Li Shimin even if he set up an ambush at Xuanwu Gate, he could not kill Li Shimin even if he died. Yu Huatian''s depression disappeared a lot.
After all, Li Shimin is really a bit evil, and his life is really hard. He can never find any princes who are more difficult to kill than him.
Since the assassination failed, Yu Huatian could only force him to kill him. However, he did not rush to do it, but bowed and said, "Spy on the Yellow Emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty, I have met Mr. Tang."
Hearing Yu Huatian’s words, Li Shimin was stunned at first, and then his face turned red with anger.
With his mind, it is naturally not difficult to guess that Yu Huatian was an undercover agent of the Qin Dynasty from the beginning. His rescue of Sima Yi and his various performances in the Chang''an coup were just to gain his own trust.
Li Shimin naturally could not have known the four secret spies of the Qin Dynasty, Xuanhuang, and the famous ones of the first generation of secret spies, the subsequent generations were undoubtedly much inferior.
Many people have forgotten this organization and thought that the Qin Dynasty no longer had four major spies, but they did not expect that the most active in the chaos in Chang''an was the Yellow-first spy.
When Li Shimin thought of appointing Tianshuxing, the 36th lieutenant of the 36th lieutenant of the Daqin Huangzi, he had the urge to draw himself.
No wonder I couldn’t find anything after searching.
No wonder more and more traitors are fighting against Qin.
With traitors like Li Si, Li Maozhen, and Yu Huatian, who are in high positions, Li Tang knows everything about all his actions, so how can he eliminate his own unstable factors?
"If you want my Li Shimin''s head, then come and get it yourself. Li Cunxiao and Li Maozhen can''t kill me, so will you do it." Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
Yu Huatian heard this and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. He obviously didn''t think he could not kill Li Shimin, but after he took action, he was shocked.
Li Shimin''s potential should have been exhausted long ago, otherwise he would not have been stuck in the top-notch state all the time, but now he has quietly broken through to become a master, and his skills are no inferior to him.
This is really a ghost!
(This chapter ends)