Li Shimin said: "From the perspective of the ministers, the thieves who commit driving today are all elite troops, and they are accompanied by 400 iron cavalry, and their combat power may be above the border army. Even if there is a head-on battle, I will prepare all the departments of the government on the left and right, but I am afraid that it will not be their enemy. ”

When Empress Xiao heard this, her face became even colder. However, at this time, Li Shimin's tone changed again: "However, if the minister has enough troops, he can hold on here for at least half a day, waiting for Luoyang reinforcements." ”

"Can you hold out for half a day?"

Even with Empress Xiao's city government, after hearing this, he couldn't help but show a trace of joy in his eyes: "This is true, how many troops do you want?"

Li Shimin replied without thinking: "The bottom line is more than 1,000 people, 400 ink armor, the more on this basis, the better, if there are 2,000 people, the best!"

"There's no need to worry about troops—"

That Tang Hualong slightly vibrated his robe: "The slave and maid have already ordered someone to report to the ministry, immediately retreat, and return to the ambulance base! The six guards of the front army and the three guards of the left army are still intact. It is not difficult to collect 400 battle armor. ”

But when Li Shimin heard this, he was shocked: "Father-in-law can't!"

Tang Hualong couldn't help but be stunned for a while, and looked at Li Shimin with a stunned expression. And the people around the chariot were also puzzled.

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Soon, everyone understood what Li Shimin meant. In the thick fog to the north of them, a large number of iron horses suddenly sounded.

And after only a few dozen moments, they could already see the crowd rushing outside the barricade.

Li Shimin stood on the edge of the trench, looking at the scene in front of him helplessly, and then waved his hand without hesitation: "Let's start!"

Inside the barrier, nearly a hundred arrows rose into the air in an instant, flew over a distance of nearly 100 zhang in an instant, and then landed at the feet of the defeated soldiers on the opposite side, causing their footsteps to be suffocated at once.

After that, the roar of the embroidered clothes general Sima Liancheng also suddenly sounded: "Her Royal Highness the Queen has an order, you and other forbidden soldiers can bypass according to the order, and those who do not comply will be punished! After approaching the car base, you can jump into the trench to hide first, and those who act recklessly will be killed! If there is no permission, those who dare to trespass into the car base will be immediately killed!"

Sima Liancheng's true yuan is certainly inferior to Tang Yuanhua. But this sentence is still a sonic boom for miles.

However, the faces of the defeated soldiers showed hesitation, and only some smart people began to run to the sides of the barricade.

Li Shimin waited for about ten calls, and Sima Liancheng roared three times in a row before he ordered with a cold expression: "Release the arrow!"

When this second wave of arrow rain also flew away, more than a dozen defeated soldiers who rushed in front fell to the ground with arrows.

But in fact, the archers behind him still showed mercy to these comrades. Hundreds of arrows only shot down less than fifteen people. Even if you are hit by an arrow, you are rarely hit by the vital point. Among them, there is no armor master.

What made Li Shimin breathe a sigh of relief was that among these defeated soldiers, there were still very few real fools. At this time, there are not many people who are still rushing straight to the base.

At this time, he finally saw the trace of the enemy. I saw that in the thick fog, about 120 zhang away, there were 200 mounted knights, driving some of the forbidden soldiers and rushing in the direction of the barricade.

The latter was driven away by the iron horsemen, and although he had clearly heard Sima Liancheng's ban, he still had a pale face and rushed in the direction of the barricade.

But this is enough, Li Shimin's eyes also showed a trace of coldness, and at the same time he opened his bow and arrows. But at this time, behind him, there were less than thirty of the hundred and twenty ink armors hidden behind the first layer of car walls.

This is not that Li Shimin intends to retain his strength, but at this distance, only these thirty archers have a certain degree of certainty. As for the rest of the people, their cultivation is insufficient, and in this thick fog, it is difficult to even see the figures of people a hundred feet away, let alone distinguish between friend and foe.

With the sound of a bowstring, those mounted iron horses that had rushed to a hundred feet away suddenly had nearly ten horses, and they fell in response.

And just a moment later, Li Shimin drew his bow and arrows for the second time. He no longer pursues a salvo, thirty armors, each of which is executed. And Li Shimin alone, within ten moments, has shot seven arrows in a row.

With the help of the Five Rounds of Divine Qi Technique and Zhou Tianxuan's Spirit Yuan Qi Mantra, his newly cultivated Brilliant Arrow Technique was also revealed at this moment. Seven arrows and seven hits, there is no false hair.

In a short period of time, more than 30 mounted iron riders were planted in succession. At this time, these knights were still sixty feet away from the base.

Li Shimin's eyes were full of sorrow. The opponent drove those defeated soldiers of the forbidden army in front, which certainly had the effect of a human shield. It can even be used to impulse the base after approaching.

But in the same way, dragged down by the footsteps of these defeated soldiers. The advantages of these mounted iron riders in terms of speed and impact power are also not able to be brought into play.

By this distance, the number of archers behind the wall had increased to hundreds. If the other party is still not alert, then he has the confidence to shoot these iron horsemen before they get close!

Then, unsurprisingly, he found that the knights on the opposite side had retreated one after another, turning around and rushing into the thick fog.

Li Shimin couldn't help but purse his lips, feeling a little regretful. In fact, he was looking forward to the other party getting off his horse and walking to dodge, and if the other party's commander made such a stupid move, he was sure that he would destroy it all.

But it is clear that the enemy on the other side is not stupid.

"Good archery!"

Just as Li Shimin's tenth arrow was fired, he shot a knight in uniform one hundred and forty zhang away to the ground. Beside his ears, there was also a sound of admiration like a bell.

Li Shimin looked back sideways, and saw that there were three general-level battle armors coming to his side. One of them is the eldest grandson Wuji. The other two were also wearing open armor.

The one on the left has a rough face and beard, while the one on the right is similar, but the big red nose is quite distinctive.

"But the eldest grandson and the grandson?"

The eldest grandson Shunde is about twenty years old, much older than the eldest grandson Wuji, and Li Shimin calls his eldest brother, which is more justifiable than the latter.

And Gongsun Wuda is about the same age, anyway, he is older than Li Shimin.

"Don't dare!"

That Gongsun Wuda looked slightly solemn, and saluted Li Shimin: "Du Yu can call me Wuda." ”

As he spoke, he deliberately glanced at the long sword hanging from Li Shimin's waist. It is about six feet long, hanging on Li Shimin's ink armor, which is a little cumbersome.

But its bright yellow scabbard can't help but make people feel awe.

He had heard about it when he re-entered the camp before. The fourteen-year-old comrade in front of him has been temporarily promoted to the position of Du Yu Hou by Her Royal Highness the Queen, and all the soldiers and horses here are coordinated to resist the enemy, and he has been given the Shang Fang Sword, and has the right to act cheaply and below the fourth grade, first cut and then play.

At this time, the Son of Heaven was not here, and this so-called 'Shang Fang Sword' was also temporarily borrowed by Xiao Yu, the waiter of the Inner History.

But this authority is real, once these people dare to disobey orders, Li Shimin has the right to directly behead them.

"The enemy situation is urgent, don't talk nonsense!"

Li Shimin saw that the eldest grandson Shunde was about to salute, so he hurriedly flicked his sleeves and stopped the two: "I want to ask the two, how many people did you bring back?"

"There are two hundred and twenty left guards of the Longevity Palace under my command, and all of them are there!"

The eldest grandson Shunde said in an unhappy tone: "Originally, I could have brought some baggage back, but as soon as I heard the order of the embroidered guard, I knew that it was not good." Those who behaved on iron bikes were unknown, watching outside, and at this time, they could only retreat slowly in formation. Isn't it a matter of seeking death to quickly retreat and protect the royal driver? So he ordered his subordinates to leave all the carriages behind and run first. ”

Li Shimin understood the plan at that time, this is the immortal poor road of the dead Dao friend, as long as he runs faster than others, he can get out safely.

"I'm only one hundred and fifty here!"

Gongsun Wuda's face was also ugly: "The situation on the Xiaguan's side is similar to that of the eldest grandson Yu Hou, and when I hear the military order of the embroidered guard, I don't know it." But the position of our formation was at the forefront, and when we evacuated, we were still killed by the armored iron cavalry on the opposite side. Fortunately, the rest of the people are there, the armor is there, and the blade is not lost. ”

The last two sentences reminded Li Shimin of something that gave him a headache. Although many of the defeated soldiers retreated just now, most of them had lost their weapons when they fled.

So Li Shimin then asked the eldest grandson Wuji: "Brother Wuji, how is it over there?"

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled bitterly: "It has been preliminarily counted, excluding the things brought by each person in the camp, there are a total of 45,000 arrows, including 13,000 arrows. Three hundred spare spears, two hundred swords and shields, and thirty pieces of ink armor—"

When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help but have a toothache: "There are so many carriages in the palace, don't they carry a little weapon?"

Gongsun Wuda and eldest grandson Shunde also glanced at each other, and their eyes were different.

It's not that they're not feeling good, it's that they're surprised. To tell the truth, before the two of them, they didn't expect the ordnance in the barricade. Unexpectedly, the truth was beyond their expectations. Especially the 'armor arrow', there are more than 10,000 of them.

The so-called 'armor arrow', as the name suggests, is an arrow exclusively used by ink armor. Compared to ordinary arrows, they are longer and larger, heavier and heavier.

Without these arrows, the bow in their hand would be as useful as a burning stick.

"How can the chariot in the palace carry military weapons?"

The eldest grandson Wuji shook his head and continued: "Now in the car base, there are a total of 452 left and right guards of Chongwen Pavilion, 220 left guards of Changshou Palace, 152 left guards of Linbo Tower, 200 leopard cavalry mounted iron horses, and 97 embroidered guards, all of whom carry ink armor and more than 60 wrestlers who serve as honor guards. There were always 1,180 soldiers, of whom 550 were armoured. ”

At this, he paused, and looked at the outer trench.

"In addition, there are about 500 of my colleagues in the forbidden army in this trench, of which 20% have blades in hand, and those with ink armor are 130. ”

This was the news that made Li Shimin feel a little relieved, although the reserve armament was insufficient, at least the number of soldiers was still sufficient. Especially in the ink armor category, the armor rate is as high as nearly fifty percent.