Just when Li Shan led his troops to come to the rescue at full speed, the shouts of killing inside and outside Cuiwei Palace were deafening. Even Li Yuan was already wearing armor and holding a spear. Almost everyone came in handy. Luo Yi and Pei Ji, who were unsupervised, communicated with each other with their eyes. ...The prince actually chose this time to raise an army?
Luo Yi admired the prince very much. What is the best time?
The best time is to take action when no one expects it.
But Pei Ji was a little trembling. He had been attached to the East Palace for a long time and had long been regarded as a prince. If the rebels broke through the Cuiwei Palace, he was afraid that the emperor with whom he had known each other for decades would take off his head first.
Cuiwei Palace is not big, but there are only three entrances and exits. Except for the main entrance, the other doors and windows have been blocked with red bricks. Unless the rebels want to demolish the palace, they can only choose the main entrance.
At this moment, the defensive circle has been forced to shrink little by little, the outer trenches have been filled with corpses, and the rebels are attacking the main entrance, which is blocked with red bricks and various utensils.
Qin Qiong barely let go of the stabbed spear head, but could no longer lift the long knife in his hand. A rebel soldier rushed towards him, the tip of the knife pierced his heart, but a spear came from behind, and the spearhead hit the rebel first. Soldier's shoulder.
"His Majesty!"
Li Yuan's personal participation in the battle naturally boosted morale, but his appearance also made the rebels even crazier.
The rebel who was shot in the shoulder was very brave. He pulled the spear with his backhand with a ferocious face and actually pulled Li Yuan over. The latter staggered to the ground.
Li Yuan fell to the ground, attracting three or four rebel generals to attack him at the same time. With just one slash, everything would be over.
Li Shimin roared angrily but was blocked by the spears that kept coming in front of him. At this time, Su Dingfang, who was injured behind him, shouted in dismay. With a strong right hand, Ma Shan came out, stringing together the two rebel generals who first rushed towards him.
Li Yuan, who was reluctantly pulled back, had blood all over his face and hands. He leaned on the fallen table with a despairing heart. His Majesty, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, looked around. The rebels had been attacking furiously for more than an hour. The soldiers had already There were so many casualties that even Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, Chen Shuda, and Yang Gongren went into battle with swords in person.
Even Ling Jing, an old man in his sixties, was almost on the front line. If Qi Sanlang hadn't tried his best to stop him, he would have been hacked to death long ago.
"Huairen, Huairen!" Ling Jing's voice was hoarse, "Why don't you come? Why don't you come?"
"It will definitely come, it will definitely come!"
Li Yuan heard Su Dingfang beside him grit his teeth and repeat it twice in a low voice, then took a knife from the ground and killed him again.
At this moment, Su Dingfang suddenly stopped, dropped the long knife, and lay on the ground. Li Yuan reacted immediately, pushed away Su Zhi, the palace supervisor who was supporting him, and also fell to the ground, putting his ear to the ground.
"The sound of horse hooves, the sound of horse hooves!" Su Dingfang jumped up, picked up the long knife again, and shouted: "Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming!"
In fact, Li Yuan didn't hear the sound of horse hooves, but he still managed to get up, "Li Huairen, the successor king of Wei, has arrived with reinforcements!"
On the hillside more than a hundred steps outside Cuiwei Hall, Yang Wenqian had already noticed something was wrong. There seemed to be some commotion at the rear guarding the entrance of the valley. Before he could send someone to investigate, a group of cavalry had already passed through the entrance of the valley. The leader was wearing a The general in Mingguang armor rode his horse like flying.
"How is it possible?!" Yu Wenying couldn't believe it. He sent out men this morning and received a response at noon, confirming that Yu Wenbao had successfully intercepted and killed the messenger at Juyuan Bridge. Where did these reinforcements come from?
"It's the Duke of Yangcheng County!" Yang Wenqian was overjoyed. Wei Yun became a former famous general of the Sui Dynasty. He had little contact with His Majesty or the King of Qin. Instead, he was regarded as a member of the East Palace lineage because he was born in the Jingzhao Wei family.
Yu Wenying was stunned at first, and then she grabbed Yang Wenqian's arm and pointed her finger at Cui Wei Dian, "Quick, quick, quick, quick!"
There is no need to explain to Yang Wenqian that Wei Yunqi is not involved in seizing the direct descendants, because Yang Wenqian has already seen it. Wei Yunqi, who is wearing bright light armor, lifts the fleeing soldiers high into the air, shouts and charges forward, waving his horse. Come and kill with unstoppable courage.
Yu Wenying had a good idea. As long as he broke through Cuiwei Palace first and captured Li Yuan, Li Shimin or other important figures, he might still have a chance to bargain... Wasn't this how Liang Luoren escaped after the battle in Tiantai Mountain last year?
But after all, Yang Wenqian had experienced war for a long time and knew that this was an unattainable extravagant hope. Reinforcements had arrived, and the rear army remaining at the entrance of the valley had been defeated. Morale... there was no morale left to speak of. It was impossible to break through the crumbling Cuiwei Palace.
Sure enough, after Wei Yunqi, two generals Wang Junhao and Qu Silang led two hundred fully armed guards into the formation. They did not rain arrows first, breaking the formation as easily as a knife cutting through butter, and the rebels broke up and fled.
"Over there!" Fan Shiyi pointed to the hillside.
Li Shan, who was panting heavily, nodded and shouted loudly: "Ah Hei, we must capture him alive!"
Watching Liu Hei'er commit suicide with more than a hundred personal guards, Li Shan waited in silence for a while. He was not surprised to see that the rebels besieging Cuiwei Palace were easily defeated and driven away. Liu Hei'er and Wang Junhao The fierce general smashed through the last rebel squad.
Although it had been planned for several months, and the battle was the same as last year's Tiantai Mountain battle, the scale of the battle was very different. After he led his personal guards to the Phoenix Valley, everything was actually nearing its end.
After Liu Heier captured Yang Wenqian alive, Li Shan drove his horse forward towards Cuiwei Hall.
"Huairen!"
"Huairen!"
Li Yuan, whose face was still bloody, came out in person, but saw Li Shan driving his horse to the entrance of the palace and slowly climbed off his mount with the help of his personal guards.
"Alang, are you injured?" Qi Sanlang rushed over to support him.
"No... not injured." Li Shan showed an embarrassed expression to Li Yuan, "I... I'm a little weak in my legs."
My legs were really weak, not because of the mad rush during the last few dozen miles, but because I saw that the entrance to the valley had been occupied by rebels.
At that time, Li Shandu was already preparing to escape, and was already hesitating whether to go north to find Zhang Zhongjian and Zhang Shigui, or go south from Tongguan to find Qu Tutong.
After dispersing the rebels at the entrance of the valley, Li Shan came in the second wave. Regardless of the obstruction of Zhu Ba, Zhao Da and other personal guards, he continued to fight until he was 200 steps away from Cuiwei Palace. After confirming that Cuiwei Palace had not been breached, Li Shan Shan was relieved.
Indescribable feelings grew deep in Li Yuan's heart. At this moment, Li Yuan actually thought that if the rumor was true, it would be great if Li Huairen was really the prince.
Li Yuan took a few steps forward and personally held Li Shan's arm, "It's Huairen again, it's Huairen again."
Hearing the choked voice, Li Shan stood firm and supported Li Yuan with his backhand, "Your Majesty treats his ministers well, which is rare since ancient times. How can I not do my best?"
Anyway, as long as Li Yuan and Li Shimin are alive, they will be as stable as Mount Tai, and the biggest contribution has been put into his pocket... Li Shan doesn't need to pretend.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, Yang Wenqian has been captured alive." Li Shan helped Li Yuan walk inside while quickly scanning his eyes.
In addition to the Qin King Li Shimin, Cui Xin, Ling Jing, Chai Shao, and Su Dingfang who he saw just now, he also saw Chen Shuda, Yang Gongren, and the Huaiyang King Li Daoxuan and Zhaojun King Li Xiaogong who were binding their wounds. In the distance, there are Pei Ji and Luo Yi with flickering eyes...
