Standing at the entrance of Phoenix Valley, where there were no obstacles ahead, Yang Wenqian had a complicated expression on his face, including joy and indignation, the excitement of finally seeing the light of day, and the humiliation of being manipulated.
No one in the world knows how good the King of Qin is in fighting. Who knows how many times the King of Qin broke out from the siege of thousands of troops. When Li Shimin led more than a hundred cavalry to slowly come out of the battle, he was accompanied by such fierce generals as Qin Qiong, Hou Junji, Cheng Yaojin, and Qiu Xinggong. .
Yang Wenqian's first reaction was to retreat.
Of course, they are not withdrawing their troops, but want to lure the King of Qin out and then surround him heavily. Yang Wenqian still doesn’t believe it. Even if there are tens of thousands of enemies, with the force in his hands, he can still kill the opponent... The most important thing is that as long as he defeats him, King Qin, the Renzhi Palace must be destroyed.
As a result, Li Shimin did lead his cavalry to charge into the battle, and he pushed the horses desperately to speed up from the beginning, causing chaos among the rebels in a short period of time... After Yang Wenqian rectified his troops, he discovered that Li Shimin had actually slipped back with his head shrinking.
Although it was just a small trick, Officer Yang Wen could see through it at a glance. Li Shimin was afraid that he would be chased and defeated on the way back to the valley, so he played such a trick.
But Yang Wenqian was also so angry that he vomited blood. In order to lure the King of Qin into battle, he ordered a retreat, which resulted in considerable losses and a great depression in morale. However, Li Shimin calmly retreated to Cuiwei Hall.
Yang Wenqian could only comfort himself in his heart. King Qin had nothing to do and his troops were almost exhausted.
Although Cuiwei Palace has already deployed its defenses at this moment, with a large number of red bricks piled on the outside as high as a person, and all the doors and windows blocked with red bricks. The remaining two hundred soldiers are holding spears and stabbing desperately, but Yang Wenqian immediately ordered a fierce attack without hesitation.
Yang Wenqian knew very well that time was of the essence. As long as he could kill King Qin and His Majesty, the rest of the matter would be easy to handle. If he couldn't, then he couldn't even think about his own fate... Who knew when reinforcements would arrive?
But previously, Li Shimin ordered people to dig a trench that was only half the height but more than one meter wide outside the red bricks. The rebels could only jump down the trench and climb up, but the area where they could move was very small, even if they jumped It was useless to go over there, because the red bricks were almost in front of them, and before they could climb up or stand firm, spears came at them.
However, when he demolished the house before, Li Yuan either gathered all the wood into Cuiwei Hall or burned it all on fire. Although the trench was not very wide, it would be much more difficult for the rebels to attack without planks to put it up.
Yu Wenying glanced at Yang Wenqian, who was unmoved. In order to gain time and consume the few defenders of Cuiwei Hall, he would rather let the soldiers attack desperately. Anyway, the corpse fell into the ditch, just enough to kill the shallow body. The trench was filled.
As long as you break through one point and enter the Cuiwei Palace, that's enough.
At this moment, Li Shan, who was galloping on horseback, was covered in sweat, not from the heat, but from fear... He never expected that King Qi would kidnap half of the Imperial Army one day in advance.
That is equivalent to saying that Li Shimin now has only six to seven hundred people. Such changes make Li Shan afraid to imagine the possible tragic ending.
The ambush troops at Juyuan Bridge were all guards of Prince Qi's palace, and their leader was Yu Wenbao, who had sent Li Shan to the battlefield in Hebei. This person was a confidant of Prince Qi.
Yu Wenbao was a tough guy, and Li Shan didn't dare to kill him... This was a key witness.
But the other guards were different. Nineteen people were captured alive. While urging the follow-up guards to come, Li Shan ordered twelve heads to be cut off in succession, and someone finally collapsed.
Li Shan didn't know much, but he was certain of two things. One was that King Qi took away half of the Beiya imperial army on July 14, and the other was that Yang Wenqian, the governor of Fangzhou, was storming Phoenix Valley.
It was completely different from the history in his mind. Li Shan thought that it was a coincidence that Li Yuanji suddenly took away half of the Beiya Imperial Army. When civil unrest occurred, the possibility of Li Yuanji leading the army was very low, but Yang Wenqian in the original time and space did. An army was raised, but they were quickly defeated and did not reach Renzhi Palace at all.
"Alang!"
A scout came running from the front, "Alang, a few miles to the northwest, there are dozens of people riding to the east."
Li Shan spat out sandy spit, "Don't stop, keep on going. Wang Junhao, Qu Silang, go and capture them."
You can't slow down, but you must try your best to find out the current situation in Phoenix Valley. If it has been breached, you... Li Shan feels a little numb just thinking about it.
If it was really the prince who rebelled, and Li Shan was a heroic figure, maybe he would really wait and see at this time, but Li Shan did not have a heroic mentality, and he also knew in his heart that this time it was not the prince's handiwork.
Two quarters of an hour later, at Liu Heier's suggestion, the whole team rested for a while, took off their armors from their mounts, and put them on each other. Zhao Da, who was putting on the Mingguang armor on Li Shan, reminded: "Alang, Wang Junhao and the others are back."
Li Shan turned around and glanced. Behind Wang Junhao was a middle-aged man in official uniform. His clothes were slightly disheveled, his hair was slightly white, but his expression was calm and composed.
"Alang." Qu Silang jumped off his horse and said, "Wei Yunqi, the governor of Ningzhou."
"Yangcheng County Duke?" Li Shan squinted his eyes as he looked at the middle-aged man. It was difficult to judge this person's position, but it was a fact that most of the Jingzhao Weishi officials were attached to the East Palace. Except for Wei Ting, Wei Qingjian, Wei Qingsi was both from the Donggong lineage.
"Meet His Highness King Si of Wei." Wei Yunqi previously served as Minister of the Ministry of War in Yizhou and was transferred to the governor of Ningzhou. When he returned to Beijing, he met Li Shan once on Chengtianmen Street. "I have been ordered by His Majesty to pay an audience at Renzhi Palace." .”
As he spoke, Wei Yunqi glanced at him. He was a former Sui general. He could tell at a glance that hundreds of cavalrymen were dressing up from south to north, checking their ordnance, and were obviously preparing to go into battle.
Li Shan was too lazy to pay attention to so much. Instead of bringing a large army, he came with only dozens of followers. Obviously this person was an outsider and asked directly: "I heard that the Duke of Yangcheng County is a disciple of the East Palace?"
"A certain person is a subject of His Majesty's Majesty." Wei Yunqi gave an unmistakable answer.
"Bring the armor and horse!" Li Shan said crisply: "I heard that the Duke of Yangcheng County defeated the Khitan by using barbarians to control barbarians. In this battle, you will be the vanguard!"
Before Wei Yunqi could speak, Li Shan continued: "Yang Wenqian, the governor of Fangzhou, launched an army to rebel yesterday and is attacking Renzhi Palace."
Wei Yunqi's face changed drastically. He had only returned to Chang'an from Yizhou for a few days. He also knew that the imperial court was seizing the direct descendant fiercely. Many courtiers regarded him as a member of the East Palace lineage, and several cousins and nephews also came to replace him several times. The prince showed favor and solicitation.
Although I don’t know the details, I can be sure that His Majesty’s sudden and impromptu messenger sent to summon him to see me was definitely not without reason.
"Let's set off and rush to Renzhi Palace at full speed." Li Shan got on his horse and looked at Wei Yunqi coldly, "Wang Junhao."
"exist."
"Yangcheng County Lord is the vanguard. If he doesn't advance, you will behead him immediately!"
"yes!"
I wrote it half an hour ago, but the network suddenly went down again. Paralysis’ bonus points for perfect attendance this month were gone, and I lost one month’s rent and water and electricity bills.
