In the Renshou Palace, there was a gloomy atmosphere. Li Yuan sat down tiredly, with cold sweat on his forehead. He bit a rag in his mouth and groaned from time to time. The imperial doctor on the side was pulling out arrows and applying medicine for him.
Li Yuan still had an imperial doctor, but there were still so many wounded soldiers. At this time, the wounded soldier camp set up by Li Shan in his early years played an role. In the Daizhou Army, there were always two guards for every hundred people. This model was brought to the north by Su Dingfang. Yamen forbidden army.
Although there is not much medicine and no alcohol for disinfection, it is useful to treat the wounds as soon as possible. The most important thing is to maintain the already low morale from declining.
At this time, Li Shimin stopped talking nonsense and took over the defense entirely. He ordered the entire army to shrink to Tiantai Mountain, strictly guard the key roads, and discard a large amount of property and silk in the outer palace.
After the defense was arranged and the first wave of Liang Jun's offensive was withstood, Li Shimin began to count the number of people... mainly on the Tiance Mansion side. After careful inspection, he couldn't help but shed tears.
As many as 50% of the 400 Tiance Mansion guards who came with Li Shimin were killed in battle, and many generals were killed in battle. These are the generals who followed Li Shimin in the north and south, and relied on him as his arm. How could he not make Li Shimin heartbroken? .
Among them, two generals, Niu Jinda and Wu Heitai, who defected to the Tang Dynasty at the same time as Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin, were killed in battle. Hou Junji's whereabouts are unknown, and his life and death are unknown. Dugu Yanyun was hit by an arrow in the face and died in a very tragic way. Liang Jianfang's left leg was fractured, and even Zhai Changsun, the founder of the Xuanjia Army and the commander of the Ma Army, was also seriously injured by an arrow and died.
In addition, Su Xu, one of the eighteen bachelors of the Tiance Mansion and the great-grandson of the former Sui Sui Shangshu Pushe Su Wei, was also missing in the rebellion. The chief historian of the Tiance Mansion, Tang Jian, the Huangmen servant, fell from his horse and is still in a coma. When I woke up, Sima Tiance Mansion, Yu Wenshi, the Minister of Zhongshu, and his body were stabbed twice, and they were seriously injured.
It can be said that Tiance Mansion's talent has been reduced by two to three percent in this battle.
"What can I do, what can I do!"
The surrounding staff members Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, and Ling Jing were among the first batch to enter the Renshou Palace, and they all heard the pain and indignation in Li Shimin's sigh... The pain was directed at those generals who were seriously injured in battle. The soldiers' indignation was directed at Li Yuan, who was in trouble.
"What can I do?" Du Ruhui shouted softly: "For the current plan, we must stand firm and wait for help. If His Highness doesn't rise up, it will be a big deal!"
Ling Jing said expressionlessly: "Back in Shandong, Huairen took the initiative and said that Your Highness must have a destiny, and tried his best to persuade me to come and vote."
"The king of Qin in the Tang Dynasty conquered all the battles in the south and the north, and was invincible in every battle. Could it be that after the initial defeat, he lost his spirit?"
Li Shimin wiped the tears on his face and bowed deeply, "What Keming and Ling Gong said is that you should rise up alone."
It is simple to say rise up, but as far as the current situation is concerned, it is still in danger. Thousands of Liang Jun are still watching at the foot of the mountain, and the defenders are only a few hundred. Although they can stick to the mountain, if Liang Jun does not care, The onslaught of casualties may not last long.
The key question still remains, when reinforcements will arrive.
Facing the second son's inquiry, Li Yuan said helplessly: "Chen Fu was killed in battle, and Huairen's bodyguards don't know if they can escape to Longzhou to report the news."
"Not leaving." Li Daoxuan on the side said in a low voice: "The person who was rescuing His Majesty at that time and standing behind with a flag was Huairen's personal guard Yilang."
Li Yuan was startled and sighed: "In this battle, Su Dingfang first defeated the enemy's spirit, and then Zhou Erlang saved my life..."
Li Shimin was too lazy to care about this. He lowered his head and pondered for a moment before speaking: "Liang Jun stormed in the direction of Renshou Palace and did not pursue the fleeing soldiers. The news should spread soon."
"Yong County?" Li Daoxuan thought for a moment, "Gu Chao, the governor of Qizhou, is your majesty's old man. He is good at managing politics, but not good at military strategy."
Li Yuan nodded silently, which was one of the reasons why he had previously intended to teach Handan King Li Shan to control the armies.
"Jingzhao and Pizhou..." Li Shimin's eyes flickered, "Pizhou needs to take a detour to send troops, and the troops are insufficient. We still have to wait for Chang'an to send troops to help."
"The Lingzhou battle report has already arrived in Beijing, and the prince should be prepared." Li Yuan was slightly excited, "If everything goes well, reinforcements may arrive tomorrow."
Li Shimin didn't say anything. He had a bad feeling in his heart. Will his eldest brother, who always treats others kindly, send troops to help?
If both himself and his father died in the Renshou Palace, the prince could successfully ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor... This should be the most perfect ending for the East Palace.
Not only would he die, but most of the wealth of the Tiance Mansion would be destroyed, and even his father would die. Would the eldest brother really not hesitate to ascend the throne many years in advance?
After Li Yuan was silent for a moment, he asked in a low voice: "How are the casualties?"
"The courtiers, nobles, relatives, and clan members all died." Li Shimin lowered his head slightly, hiding the strange expression on his face, "Tiance Mansion Chariot General Hou Junji, former Sui Dynasty Ruyang Gonggong's son Dugu Yanyun, and Nghi'an County Prince Xiaochang Wang Shujun died in battle."
"Xiao Changye..." Li Yuan moved and groaned in pain.
In the last years of the Sui Dynasty, Li Xiaochang was appointed as the Huayin order, and Li Yuan raised troops from Jinyang to attack Guanzhong. When food and grass were in short supply, it was Li Xiaochang who offered the Yongfengcang army rations and was able to march smoothly, so he was deeply trusted by Li Yuan.
Li Shimin lowered his head and remained silent. In fact, the heaviest casualties were on the Tiance Mansion side. Most of the nobles, relatives and courtiers were able to go up the mountain safely. There were not many unlucky people like Li Xiaochang.
Li Daoxuan on the side said in a low voice: "Brother Ding Fang, Duke of Julu County, charged into the battle several times. His Mingguang armor was full of feathered arrows. I saw him just now. Although he did not die, he was still seriously injured and could not get up."
This sentence made Li Yuan sigh again, and Li Shimin suddenly said: "Father, maybe you can send people to go over the mountains or swim across the river to Longzhou, and call Huairen to lead his troops to help."
Li Yuan was a little surprised. In fact, Jingzhao was closer to Renshou Palace than Li Shan in Longzhou. Is Erlang afraid that Dalang would not come to help?
Li Yuan pondered for a moment and glanced at Li Daoxuan, "Daoxuan?"
Li Daoxuan said simply: "It would be best for Jingzhao to send troops to help, but we can also inform Huairen at the same time. A two-pronged approach is the most appropriate."
At the most critical moment today, Li Daoxuan's arrow pulled Li Yuan out of the gate of hell. Li Yuan's suggestions at this time will naturally be taken seriously.
After thinking about it again and again, although Li Yuan believed in his eldest son's character, he decided to send people to Longzhou to report the news.
"Then let that Zhou Lang go."
At this moment, in the corner, Zhou Zuorang carefully checked Cui Xin up and down before he was relieved, "Mr. Cui is fine."
Cui Xin didn't seem to have recovered yet, he just murmured.
"Mr. Cui, I risked my life to save him this time..." Zhou Erlang said cautiously.
Cui Xin was a little surprised. He said hum, with an upward tone, as if asking, what does this Huairen's personal guard mean?
Zhou Lang said with a smile: "The villain's sister is beside Lang Jun..."
"Oh oh oh..." Cui Xin realized that this guy's sister is his son-in-law's concubine. He was asking for favors. He was afraid that his daughter would treat his sister harshly in the future. He immediately shook his head in confusion, "Now the situation is , you still have this thought!"
"Don't worry, Mr. Cui." Zhou Yilang said in a familiar tone: "The villain has been to Renshou Palace for three days and has not returned yet. Mr. Lang must be aware of it and will definitely come to help."
Li Shan will always appear where he should be at the critical moment, and Zhou Lang has full confidence in this... But he has no idea that when he set off to Renshou Palace, Li Shan was still thinking about whether to hide there Come here.
(End of chapter)
