Three cavalry groups from the Tang Dynasty fought head-on on the long street in front of Xuanwu Gate. Their swords and horses collided with each other. It is unknown how much blood was shed and how many soldiers were killed or injured.
At this moment, Emperor Gaozu was taking his beloved concubine on the lake to enjoy the sounds of silk and bamboo, when he heard the sound of fighting in front of the palace gate.
For a time, a river of blood flowed outside the Xuanwu Gate, and countless cavalry fell off their horses and were trampled on.
The imperial guards, guards, and soldiers on horseback were shot and killed by their opponents, and were pressed to the ground by their horses to die.
His Highness the Crown Prince stared at the scene in front of him in horror, wondering how many subordinates his second brother had, and he actually ambushed so many people in front of the Xuanwu Gate?
And you have mobilized hundreds of forbidden troops. Aren't you afraid of being beheaded by your father?
"Today's battle at Xuanwu Gate, we must annihilate all the enemies!"
King Qin looked at the scene in front of him coldly and said to Changsun Wuji with a gloomy face.
"Although I didn't expect that the prince would bring hundreds of guards with him, since we have come to Xuanwu Gate, we cannot let them go!"
Changsun Wuji glanced at him, then looked at the rustling military flag behind him, and couldn't help but sigh.
He said quietly: "Since we are starting a war, we cannot give them a chance to break out."
"There is a large military camp outside the city of His Royal Highness." Yuchi Jingde behind him said: "Breakout? How can we let them break out?"
"Where is the two hundred men and horses brought by Cheng Yaojin?" King Qin glanced at the two men: "If he doesn't come out at this time, what does he want to play?"
Changsun Wuji did not reply for a while, but thought that if Cheng Yaojin came with two hundred men and horses to encircle him, the battle would be resolved in an instant.
He raised his head and looked in the direction of Xuanwu Gate, knowing in his heart that all the soldiers from Prince Qin's palace had been dispatched, not to mention the two hundred forbidden troops.
The prince and his men want to rush out of the Xuanwu Gate, but they may not be able to do so even if they pay a heavy price.
Just as King Qin roared, there was a rumble of horse hooves at the other end of the long street.
Just behind the prince leading a group of hundreds of guards, a man in black suddenly appeared on a horse.
Behind the man in black, a second cavalryman, a fifth cavalryman... a total of two hundred cavalrymen appeared.
The dark Qin army finally came from behind the prince with the force of dark clouds overwhelming the city.
Two hundred iron cavalry surrounded them from behind. Their silence revealed a strong murderous aura, and their indifferent aura made the guards of His Highness the Crown Prince feel their hearts tremble for no reason.
Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, King Qin finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at everything in front of him in silence.
In just a moment, a rustling military flag appeared in the eyes of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and a group of guards.
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This military flag came slowly from the back of the long street. The strong summer wind blew the military flag, and I saw a large Chinese character Qin embroidered on it.
Then another cavalry galloped out from Xuanwu Gate, and the soldiers held military flags with the word Qin on them.
Finally, behind King Qin, a bright yellow flag slowly rose, with a five-clawed golden dragon embroidered with gold thread, and a big Qin character embroidered in the middle of the golden dragon!
"Crazy, even the dragon flag was played out openly!"
After being silent for a long time, Li Yuanji finally couldn't help but roared out. The Qin army was coming too fiercely and had already surrounded His Highness the Crown Prince's guards.
Facing the densely packed cavalry, Li Yuanji couldn't help but feel his scalp numb.
"Are you scared?" His Royal Highness looked at him expressionlessly.
Li Yuanji sighed and said: "Of course I'm afraid, why hasn't my father shown up until now? Even if my father doesn't come, he should have sent a eunuch to tell that lunatic to stop!"
When the prince heard this, he couldn't help but said quietly: "I'm afraid that today's father has been placed under house arrest by King Qin, and we won't be able to wait for his imperial edict."
It stands to reason that if a battle breaks out outside the Xuanwu Gate, the eunuchs and imperial guards in the palace will report it to the emperor as soon as possible.
However, until such a long time passed, not even a eunuch appeared to deliver the order.
Without even thinking about using it, the emperor must have been kept in the dark.
Three military flags marched slowly, with a dragon flag fluttering in the wind. Under the blazing gaze of the Qin army outside Xuanwu Gate, they arrived in front of His Highness the Crown Prince.
Under the dragon flag fluttering in the wind, there is the King of Qin in armor.
Next to him were Yuchi Jingde and Changsun Wuji, as well as dozens of Qin soldiers in bright clothes and armor.
Looking at King Qin not far ahead, Prince Li Jiancheng angrily shouted: "Second brother, what you did today was to deceive the emperor. Aren't you afraid that your father will chop off your head?"
"When I kill you, it won't be the case anymore."
King Qin said without changing his expression: "You led troops into the palace today to assassinate my father. You have already committed the crime of deceiving the emperor and treason. I am just doing justice for heaven."
"Isn't all this your conspiracy?"
The prince was unwilling and could only say coldly: "I'm also very confused, why did you choose to take action today? Could it be that you can't wait to become the prince, or..."
Li Yuanji looked at the opponent's momentum and took a deep breath.
He clapped the long sword in his hand and said, "So you want our brother's life?"
The prince looked at King Qin from a distance and said, "Today we will fight to the death."
All he could see were the soldiers of King Qin, and even a team of troops had been mobilized from the Imperial City's imperial army. Unexpectedly, he had calculated everything, but in the end, he had been plotted against by his younger brother.
Thinking that all these years of planning would come to nothing, the prince couldn't help but yelled: "I didn't expect that the most cruel among our brothers would be you."
King Qin silently looked at his eldest brother not far away. After a moment of silence, he said to Changsun Wuji beside him: "Give me an arrow to send him away!"
Changsun Wuji frowned and did not take action immediately. Instead, he turned to look at Yuchi Jingde.
Yuchi Jingde glared and thought to himself, "You asked me to shoot the prince. If the emperor pursues the matter, I have enough heads for him to chop off."
He immediately turned his head, looked at Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin, Gongsun Wuda, Dugu Yanyun and others behind him and roared.
Pointing to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who was not far ahead, he said, "The King of Qin orders you to shoot him with an arrow to make him shut up."
Hou Junji glanced at Zhang Gongjin. Zhang Gongjin shook his head, pointed at Dugu Yanyun not far behind him and said, "Brother, do it. Finish your work early and go home to drink."
For a moment, a group of generals looked at me and I looked at you, but no one dared to shoot this decisive arrow.
The King of Qin was so angry that he kicked Yuchi Jingde and snatched the bow and arrow from the guard behind him...
He said decisively: "You are still not a soldier, do you know what it means to obey orders? Standing behind me at this time, that is..."
Before he could say a word, there was a whoosh of arrows in the wind.
But Li Yuanji, who was not far ahead, heard the King of Qin roaring at a group of his men. He was so frightened and angry that he could no longer bear it, so he drew the bow and arrow in his hand while trembling.
With a sound of "Whoosh!", an iron arrow flew past King Qin's chest. There was a sound of "Ah", but a Qin army soldier fell to the ground with an arrow.
And this was just the beginning. When Li Yuanji saw that an arrow failed to hit the King of Qin, he was so anxious that he bent his bow again and set an arrow. In panic, he didn't fully draw the bowstring, so he shot another arrow...
"Whoosh! Whoosh!!" There were two arrows in succession.
Without waiting for His Highness the Crown Prince to speak, Li Yuanji shot three arrows at King Qin!
King Qin looked at the arrogant Li Yuanji and bowed his bow coldly with anger.
He aimed at the two brothers not far ahead and shouted coldly: "I'll settle the score with you later!"
Yuchi Jingde was startled, and when he saw Changsun Wuji, he jumped up and shouted: "You don't have the heart of a woman!"
"Whoosh!" A sound of arrows! But the iron arrow in King Qin's hand flew out, passed through the long street, pierced the void in front of him, and flew towards the eldest brother and younger brother not far ahead!
"Fourth brother, be careful!" Prince Li Jiancheng couldn't help but roared when he saw the fierce arrow fired by King Qin.
Then he reached out and slapped Li Yuanji's horse hard. Ma Yuan was frightened and rushed across the long street and into the woods not far away...
"Ah..." a voice sounded!
The guards at the Prince's Mansion heard a shrill scream, and then looked at His Royal Highness lying on his horse with an arrow in his chest.
After struggling for a few times, he fell to the ground!
The King of Qin did not wait for the soldiers behind him to utter a cry of surprise, then he rode in pursuit of Li Yuanji.
Today he would never let go of either of the two brothers. He would not turn back when he fired his bow. He wanted to solve all the troubles.
When Yuchi Jingde saw the King of Qin chasing him out in person, he roared: "Changsun, lead your troops to kill, and I will chase His Highness the King of Qin..."
After saying that, he couldn't care about anything anymore and rushed to chase King Qin.
The prince is dead, and a group of people know that if they don't take action, no one will benefit in the end.
At this time, Cheng Yaojin, who was leading two hundred iron cavalry, was already fighting with the guards of the Prince's Mansion.
Seeing that something was not going well, Changsun Wuji had no choice but to bite the bullet and yelled: "Come with me and charge, who dares to disobey military orders?"
For a moment, the three parties in front of Xuanwu Gate surrounded the guards of Prince Li Jiancheng, and the two sides launched a life-and-death fight.
As for His Royal Highness Li Jiancheng, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, he covered his chest with his hands and fell into a pool of blood.
No matter how the guards around him called, there was no trace of breath.
The furious King Qin originally wanted to kill his younger brother Li Yuanji with an arrow, but unexpectedly he shot an arrow through his brother Li Jiancheng's chest.
From his point of view, the arrow should have been shot by Changsun Wuji or Yuchi Jingde. Unexpectedly, all the men were afraid of death and no one dared to take action.
Changsun Wuji and others did not expect that King Qin would shoot the prince off his horse with one arrow.
Without any psychological scruples, the group of people were afraid of being settled by Qin Wangqiu, so they rushed forward one by one with all their might.
Once the prince dies, their mission is to annihilate all the guards in front of them.
Just as Changsun Wuji led a group of Qin troops to charge forward, Li Yuanji had been led by the frightened horse into the woods.
Yuchi Jingde, who was following King Qin, also rushed over with his men.
From a distance, the soldier behind him shot an arrow and wounded Li Yuanji. Li Yuanji suddenly fell off his horse.
The horse of King Qin who followed was frightened and fell to the ground with a roar. "Crack!" There was a sound, but King Qin was caught by a branch in the forest.
After struggling a few times, he fell to the ground and couldn't get up for a while.
When Li Yuanji saw King Qin fall to the ground, he rushed up like a tiger, grabbed the iron bow from King Qin's hand, and strangled King Qin's neck with the bowstring in his backhand.
At this moment, Yuchi Jingde came rushing in.
Just listen to the sound of an arrow "Whoosh!", before Li Yuanji could strangle King Qin on the ground, an iron arrow had already shot into his chest.
Yuchi Jingde kicked Li Yuanji over, who was lying on King Qin. In a panic, he helped King Qin up and shouted: "Your Highness, the end is coming, don't be afraid."
King Qin was also a man who had experienced hundreds of battles. While twisting his neck, he looked at Li Yuanji on the ground and sighed.
He said quietly: "Everything is over."
Yuchi Jingde was so frightened that he checked him up and down. After confirming that King Qin was fine, he patted his chest and replied: "I was scared to death."
In the restaurant, Li Xiuyuan, who was sitting by the window, added tea to his cup, shook his head and said, "What a tragedy."
The old man replied quietly: "This is not your world, this is the Tang Dynasty."
