Although the rebels successfully launched a sneak attack at the beginning this time, the defenders were able to rely on Taniguchi and Red Brick to resist with all their might. This resulted in almost total loss of troops, but not many important figures died.
Of course, some people still died. Two of them died, both from Tiance Mansion.
One is Li Shousu, Cao Cao of Tiance Prefecture, who joined the army. He was born in the Li family of Zhao County and ranked among the 18th bachelor. He is a famous "character chronicle" and is best at genealogy. There is nothing he doesn't know about the relationship. It can be called a "human flesh genealogy".
The other was Qiu Xinggong, who had escorted Li Shimin out of danger in the Battle of Luoyang. This general, the only one among the Six Horsemen of Zhaoling in history, was shot in the head by a long arrow at the last moment and died on the spot.
Fortunately, other than that, Tiance Mansion suffered little loss. This time when he came to Renzhi Palace to escape the summer heat, Li Shimin made the same judgment as Li Yuan and focused on Chang'an. He even added many of his personal guards to Li Shiji and Huang Junhan who stayed behind in Chang'an, the bodyguards Li Shimin brought with him, and the various generals' troops were only about a hundred people.
When Li Shan was re-checking Li Shimin's wounds, he whispered: "Something is wrong."
Li Shimin, who had an extremely ugly face, frowned and saw that there was no one around him. The nearest ones were Changsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, and Ling Jing, "Huh?"
"I settled outside Huayuan County last night. This morning the guards came from Chang'an overnight. At least there was no movement in Chang'an yesterday." Li Shan quickly bandaged the wound and said: "But the third sister has already controlled the imperial army and detained it. Li Gaoqian."
Well, since we want to do a complete set, we need to do it carefully. It is true that some personal guards rushed to Huayuan County this morning... There is indeed no change in Chang'an.
"Silence."
Li Shan closed his mouth and carefully bandaged the wound. He saw a figure flashing out of the corner of his eye and turned his head to see Li Yuan.
"Your Majesty, just rest..."
"How is Erlang's injury?"
"His Royal Highness the King of Qin suffered wounds in many places, but fortunately the injuries were not serious." Li Shan thought for a moment, "I will ask Su to make more ice cubes later. The hot weather is not conducive to recovery."
Li Yuan first patted Li Shan's shoulder, and then patted Li Shimin's shoulder heavily, seemingly casually, but with a different meaning.
"Huairen has been busy for a long time, let's have something to eat." Li Yuan looked at the people in the side hall. It happened that most of the people here were from Tiance Mansion, so he simply had the food delivered here, and then summoned Chen Shuda, Yang Gongren and the two prime ministers came over.
Li Shan glanced at Li Shimin. Pei Ji, who had become the de facto prime minister since the first year of Wude, had not been summoned. He just heard from Ling Jing that Pei Ji had been under house arrest from the beginning, and Luo Yi was also detained. , Zheng Shanguo, Feng Li, Lu Hong, and the unlucky Wei Zheng.
Under the current conditions, there is naturally nothing good to eat. What is served is only corn rice and wheat rice. Well, only rice, no vegetables.
But Li Shan didn't care. He picked up more than half of the bowl before slowing down. He saw a little head sticking out of the door. Li Shan waved, and Xu Wang Li Yuanjia trotted away and bumped into Li Shan's arms.
"Eleventh Lang!" Li Yuan frowned.
"Uncle, uncle, the eleventh brother was scared." Li Shan picked up Li Yuanjia and put him on his lap, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's okay. Have a good sleep tonight."
Li Yuan sighed slightly, and the King of Huaiyang, Li Daoxuan, clicked his tongue and said, "Huairen played well with King Xu."
"Two years ago, before Huairen went to Daizhou, Eleventh Lang liked Huairen." Li Yuan snorted, "The first cotton-padded coat made was for Eleventh Lang."
"Children all like Huairen." Chai Shao, who looked slightly pale, forced a smile, "Da Lang is the same."
Li Yuan glared at Li Shan, smiled and cursed: "If you give them two slingshots, do you know how many people will come to complain?"
Li Yuanjia shrank into Li Shan's arms, and the latter was also a little speechless. Princess Tian Pingyang mentioned it when she visited Cui Shiniang a few days ago. Chai Zhewei and Li Yuanjia were shooting here and there with slingshots in Renzhi Palace, and they made a lot of trouble. It's nothing to worry about.
After a while, everyone finished their meal. Liu Heier came in to report that the battlefield had been cleared. Wang Junhao led his army to pursue the small group of rebels who fled. The other rebels were captured and killed. The guards around Li Shan knew some first aid. , searching for the wounded for treatment.
Yang Gongren, whose elbows were still wrapped, said with a smile: "Huairen has selected another general."
"Although there are only a few hundred troops, when they rush in and rush to kill, there are almost thousands of troops."
Li Shanxin wanted to estimate that Yang Gongren was in trouble and saw reinforcements at the last moment. In fact, as long as reinforcements arrived, there was no need to take action. The rebels' morale was also unstable, and defeat was inevitable.
Li Yuan, who barely ate something, looked at Li Yuanjia, who had been put on the ground and fell asleep, and said softly: "Huairen, tell me in detail."
Ling Jing glanced sideways. This was a stage without a script. It was very particular about whether and when he wanted to appear.
Li Shan calmed down his thoughts and said slowly: "I have indeed not received your Majesty's order."
"The day before yesterday, no, it was July 14th. I sent four personal guards to Renzhi Palace..." Li Shan paused and glanced at Cui Xin, "Eleventh Mother has not been feeling well recently. She has eaten I'm vomiting something, and even calling famous doctors from the Imperial Medical Office doesn't help. I'm getting thinner and thinner... I just want to ask the Duke of Qinghe County to take leave and go back and have a look."
"What's wrong with Eleventh Mother?!" Cui Xin's voice suddenly became louder, and he grabbed Li Shan's arm. Li Yuanjia on the ground was awakened, rubbing his hazy sleepy eyes and looking around.
"Father-in-law...father-in-law." Li Shan said quickly: "Mother-in-law is accompanying the eleventh mother-in-law and won't let the son-in-law come to invite you, but the son-in-law thought about it and asked his bodyguard to come..."
Cui Xinxin was confused and stared at Li Shan fiercely. How old is his daughter? You bastard!
But knowing that this was not the time to ask questions, Cui Xin could only calm down, thinking about settling the score with this guy later... Li Shan was really sorry, but he had already discussed it with Eleven Niang, and no one could check it if you asked. Leakage point.
After a few words of comfort, Li Shancai continued: "The four personal guards were intercepted and killed by an ambush at dusk on July 15th. Only Fan Tu... who was Fan Jiqing's cousin escaped with his life and rushed back to Zhuangzi overnight. "
Li Shan spoke very slowly. Although he had drafted the manuscript many times, he still had to be careful. If he made any mistakes or omissions, he would be doomed.
"On July 16, after listening to Fan Tu's report, I thought twice about it, summoned my personal guards and the young men in the village, and set off to come. At the same time, I sent someone to inform Princess Pingyang, asking her to stay in Chang'an to prevent any unexpected events."
"I know this move is a bit rash, but I'm really worried..." Li Shan looked at Li Yuan with evasive eyes.
Li Yuan didn't think there was anything...that was natural, after all, he had been rescued, although this move was somewhat beyond his authority under normal circumstances.
Ling Jing felt that it was his time to take the field, "Huairen, where was the guard intercepted?"
"Juyuan Bridge." Li Shan gave Ling Jing an appreciative look, "That's why I'm so worried."
(End of chapter)
