Chapter Seventy-Eight: The General Dies
The trench planned by Li Shimin was almost completed in less than a moment. But the stone barrier, but due to the complexity of the process, it was less than seventy percent.
At this moment, the ground under their feet was trembling, and a faint thunderous sound came from afar. In the left and right guards, some of the people who had experienced the battle formation all changed drastically, and they all heard that this was a change caused by the rapid approach of a large number of enemy troops.
Zhang Buzhou was even more shocked, leaned into Li Shimin's ear, and said in a voice that no one else could hear: "There are 800 armors, and at least 400 iron horsemen! The number of personnel is between 2,200 and 2,800." β
Li Shimin couldn't help but glance at this middle-aged team leader who was nearly forty years old, thinking that this person had probably spent some time in the border army, and he did have some real skills.
Just by listening to this voice, he could discern the number of enemies, which was roughly the same as his judgment.
"According to this, the enemy position is still a mile away, let me continue!"
Li Shimin continued to swing the hammer unmoved, smashing it on the stone wall below. He used his skill to expel the air inside, so that the stones inside were more tightly bound to each other, but did not damage the gravel in the slightest.
And at the moment when he swung the hammer, he looked at the convoy behind him with doubts in his eyes.
So far, there hasn't been much movement around the chariot over there. He didn't see any unusual reactions from those embroidered guards, nor did he see Dong Chun and Dugu Cheng appear, let alone any orders coming out.
And the left and right guards of Chongwen Pavilion, as one of the few guards closest to Feng Jia, did not send anyone to contact them for a whole moment, which is really incredible.
Fortunately, at this time, his car formation here has gradually taken shape. And the soldiers on the left and right sides of Chongwen Pavilion, although they were once again panicked because of the arrival of the unknown enemy army, they were generally calm.
With this car array as the backing, they all feel that they have a backing, and they are not helpless.
Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji, although they were calm as usual on the surface, they actually accelerated the progress of construction. In some places, if they can save money, they can save it, and at this time, they just want this barricade to be completed as soon as possible, and they can't care about so much.
And just twenty breaths later, Li Shimin had to stop temporarily, suddenly climbed to the top of the carriage with an arrow, and looked behind him from afar.
It's a pity that the dense fog over there is pervasive, and the distance is far away, even if he cultivates the 'Yin Yang Yuan Pupil', he can't see the situation over there, and can only guess from the sound coming from there.
This is another thing that makes Li Shimin feel puzzled. This time, he was accompanied by not only the masters of Qin Tianjian, but also several Buddhist monks and Taoist people in Taichang Temple.
It is said that among them, there are as many as five or six second-grade magicians, so is there no way to clear the fog around here?
At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji also temporarily put down the hammer in his hand and came behind Li Shimin: "The enemy army is around-"
The enemy troops hidden in the dense fog did not stop at all after they arrived, and directly attacked their left rear flank.
Li Shimin poured his ears with true yuan, listened to the sound and distinguished the shape, and the more he listened, the more cold his heart felt. Fortunately, he was wearing a visor at this time, and no matter how ugly his face was, no one could see it.
"It's been broken through for a whileβ"
The eldest grandson Wuji said in a hoarse voice: "The rear team is presided over by General Zhizhai Wei Ze of the Zuo Bei Shen Mansion, with a total of seven guards and a total of 1,400 people. However, not long ago, General Wei Ze was also near the Imperial Driver!"
That is to say, at this time, the seven guards behind are all leaderless and fighting separately. In addition, the direction chosen by the other party for the assault is also extremely cunning, which is the combination of the Chinese army and the rear team.
If this situation does not change, the other party only needs to kill in an instant, and he can kill in front of the queen.
"Their mounted iron horsemen should not have been used yet, and I don't know where they are now-"
Li Shimin's face was extremely strange. The mounted iron horses are extremely heavy, and the sound of their actions is like thunder, and in this case, someone has used a spell to suppress the sound of their march.
The eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but worry for a while: "It shouldn't be so easy, Your Highness's side, there are masters like clouds, just the seven-grade strength of the embroidered guards, there are a hundred, in addition to two hundred leopard cavalry." β
The so-called 'Leopard Cavalry' was originally one of the Emperor's Guards Cavalry, which was as famous as the 'Xiao Cavalry Guard' and one of the six outer armies. Originally, it was this powerful equipped iron horse, which was governed by the left and right reserve mansions, but after today's son succeeded to the throne, the original left and right reserve mansions were changed to left and right guards, and the left and right reserve mansions were placed to guard the palace ban.
At this time, most of the 'leopard cavalry' followed the Son of Heaven to Goguryeo, but there were still about 700 people left behind in the capital. And the 200 people who followed the escort at this time were one of them.
"Although the strength of those people in the embroidered clothes guard is strong, they do not know the battle array. As for the Leopard Cavalry, the Iron Cavalry that can't run is easier to deal with than ordinary ink armor. β
At this moment, Li Shimin saw two vague figures in the dense fog, hurrying to this side, and the speed of running seemed to be like a lightning speed. In an instant, it was not far in front of them.
These three people were all wearing the standard armor of the embroidered guard, and they had just approached within fifty zhang of the chariot base, and they were pointed at by dozens of strong bows from the left and right guards of the Chongwen Pavilion.
However, Li Shimin then flicked his sleeves and stopped everyone under his command, and at the same time, his figure drove forward and came to the front of these two people.
"Don't worry, this official is not here to summon your Chongwen Pavilion left and right guards to retreat into the Chinese army. I want to see how your barricades are being built?"
The leader of the three embroidered guards, without any delay, directly took out a tiger talisman and a token, and threw it to Li Shimin: "This is the official letter talisman, you can check it." β
Li Shimin pinched the tiger talisman with all his strength, and knew that this thing was real. There is Taoism in it, which can echo his own official seal of 'Zuo Chongwen Pavilion Yu Hou', which is difficult for others to imitate.
And that token, at this time, was also excited by Li Shimin's true yuan, and it also emitted a faint purple light. This is also a Taoist method, if the identity does not match, it is a variety of other lusters.
So the identity of this person in front of him is probably true!
Li Shimin immediately let go of most of his vigilance, his expression was solemn, and he returned all the tiger talisman tokens in his hand: "Please Lang General to inspect this base!"
When the embroiderer heard this, he was also unceremoniously. The figure flashed, and it came to the point of a carriage, and looked around. He found that the barricade here was indeed formed. Except for some stone walls, which are still in a half-finished state, they are built in great solidity everywhere. And a lot of space has been reserved, which can not only accommodate more than 1,000 people, but also at least 50 or 60 large cars can be parked outside the barrier to add a layer of car wall protection.
In addition, there are many soldiers who continue to dig and expand the trench.
If there is enough time, the last general will continue to widen the outer trench to five zhang, and bury it in the trench with arrows and spearheads to prevent the impact of the iron cavalry. It's a pity that there is no sorcerer to assist, otherwise this base will be even more impregnable. β
When Li Shimin said this, he suddenly clasped his fists and saluted: "There are nearly 400 enemy troops who have entered the army, but there is still no trace. The last general had the courage to ask Her Royal Highness the Queen and King Yue to drive and retreat into our car base as soon as possible. I would like to ask the Shangguan to convey the words of the last general on my behalfββ"
Before he could finish speaking, the leader waved his sleeves and interrupted: "I know this matter in my heart, you wait, I will go and ask His Highness and Tang Gong." β
After he finished speaking, he left his two subordinates behind and turned to leave.
Li Shimin's heart was slightly relieved, and he was secretly happy. Then he smiled at the two people in front of him: "Dare to ask the two, how do you call them?"
"My surname is Zhong Mingchen, his name is Wang Hui, and he is the captain of the embroidered clothes. β
The one who answered, with delicate facial features, red lips and white teeth: "The one just now is Sima Liancheng, the embroidered general." β
Li Shimin couldn't help but look at the figure that had gone away again. He has also heard of this name, not only the embroidered general, but also a second-grade embroidered messenger, and one of the most powerful eagle dogs in the embroidered guard.
And the reason why he was able to learn about this person was because after the previous turmoil in the Luoyang black market, it was this Sima Duwei who was responsible for investigating the case.
During that time, there was a lot of rumors in Luoyang City, not only more than a dozen black market merchants were arrested by the embroidered guards, but even the tiger warehouse also lost several warehouses and five or six leading figures.
It took a month for the Luoyang black market to reopen under the interference of several powerful people in the DPRK and China.
As far as his impression is concerned, although this person still doesn't know how to do martial arts, he is extremely capable and decisive.
But this makes Li Shimin even more strange, with such a powerful minister by Her Royal Highness the Queen's side, why didn't there be any movement or reaction for a full moment before?
Thinking of this, Li Shimin put aside all his scruples and asked directly: "Dare to ask the two of you, what happened before the drive? Dong Lang will be with us Zhizhai, are you okay now?"
He didn't ask the queen and the king of Yue how they were, if something happened to these two, then these embroidered guards in front of him would never be like this.
Zhong Chen and Wang Hui couldn't help but glance at each other, and a trace of hesitation flashed in their eyes. In the end, it was the former who spoke: "Yu Hou rest assured, Fang Cai is just a little rebellious and has bad intentions, and now he has been suppressed by Tang Gong." As for Dong Lang and Dugu Cheng, Wei Ze and the two Zhizhai adults, the former was accidentally injured and is still unconscious, and the latter two were unfortunately poisoned and died on the spot."
Li Shimin's face suddenly turned pale and terrible when he heard this, and he guessed that Dugu Cheng might be very unlucky this time. But I never thought that Dugu Cheng would die here!
For his cousin, Li Shimin is still quite grateful, and he has always relied on him a lot.