Chapter 34 Arrest
When the Yin Shishi waited until Li Shimin walked to the east of the city, he immediately ordered Ying Yanglang to lead Yao Su to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to guard the city, and personally led 10,000 elite soldiers out of the city to capture Li Shimin, the king of Qin.
Why did he bring 10,000 troops, because he decided today that he must capture Li Shimin no matter what. Because he knows the importance of Li Shimin, and knows that whether or not he can grasp Li Shimin will determine the outcome of this big war.
According to his analysis, when Li Shimin walked to the east of the city, it was the best time to cut off his retreat to the Tang camp, and when Li Shimin saw that the army suddenly left the city, he would not dare to fight, but would flee, but the retreat was cut off by himself, and he ran in other directions It was a dead end, so he could only take refuge in the mountains to the east, and take advantage of the high mountains and dense forests to escape for his life.
Yin Shishi understands the complex terrain and dense forests of the mountains to the east, and if he only sends 2,000 people to search for them, it is estimated that there will be insufficient manpower and full of loopholes, and Li Shimin will definitely find an opportunity to escape from the encirclement. If 5,000 people were sent to search the mountains and round up, they would have a better chance of success.
In order to ensure that Li Shimin was captured alive in a hundred places, to prevent the Tang army from getting the news to come to reinforcements, and to interfere with his own arrest on the mountain, he let the remaining 5,000 elite soldiers stay at the bottom of the mountain, and if the Tang army came to rescue people, he would do his best to stop the killing, delay time, and ensure that the mountain search team he sent to capture Li Shimin.
As long as Li Shimin is caught, it is worth injuring thousands of people, and as long as Li Shimin is caught, this battle will be considered a victory.
"Capture Li Shimin alive, don't let him run! Whoever catches Li Shimin will be promoted to the third level, with a reward of 1,000 taels and a reward of 10,000 yuan! ”
There must be brave men under the heavy reward, and the Sui army that rushed out of the city gate frantically pounced on Li Shimin and his party like chicken blood.
When Li Shimin saw the Sui army rushing out of the city gate, he immediately led Xia Xue and others to the mountains and forests to the east. Li Shimin had both joy and worry in his heart, and he was happy that he finally succeeded in fishing out the Sui army with this bait, and he fished out so many Sui troops, which far exceeded his expectations. The worry is that so many Sui troops are chasing and searching for him, and the chance of escaping is greatly reduced, and it seems that the Yin Shishi has to sacrifice himself alive this time. What worries him even more is that today dragged down the eldest grandson girl, if the eldest grandson girl has three longs and two shorts, he will not be able to forgive himself even if he dies.
Running wildly all the way, Li Shimin and his entourage rushed to the east in front of a mountain with the most dense forests and the highest altitude.
The slope of this side of the hill is not too steep, but it is impossible to go up on horseback. Li Shimin ordered all the horses to dismount, drove all the horses away, and all the personnel went into the mountains and forests to hide, took out bows and arrows and prepared to shoot. At the same time, some soldiers were asked to set off wolf smoke to send out the signal, and informed Li Jiancheng and the eldest grandson Wuji to send troops as soon as possible.
Soon, a large number of Sui forward cavalry arrived first, and the horse's hooves roared and the momentum was violent. When the enemy army entered a distance of one hundred and fifty paces, Li Shimin gave the order to shoot. He shot an arrow first, only to see an officer who rushed to the front fall from his horse, and his body was quickly drowned by the whistling war horse behind him, and trampled into flesh. Xia Xue also shot an arrow, another officer also fell off his horse, the rest of the soldiers also shot one after another, and the enemy soldiers who rushed ahead also fell off their horses. The 100 cavalry led by Li Shimin and the 100 cavalry led by Xia Xue are both Li Shimin's elite, riding horses and archery, and they are proficient in everything.
Li Shimin shot arrows again and again, and the arrows were not missed, and basically every time the bowstring sounded, the enemy army would fall off his horse. Xia Xue didn't expect Li Shimin's archery skills to be as superb as written in the history books, I remember that the history books said that Li Shimin was good at riding and shooting, and often took a few people out to investigate, and when he was found by the enemy to retreat, he often shot while retreating, and the arrows were not missing, and the frightened enemy did not dare to chase after him, and retreated calmly.
Now that I see that Li Shimin is really an archer, the level of archery is still above me, and I can't help but have a little more admiration for Li Shimin in my heart.
Li Shimin found that Xia Xue, who seemed to be delicate, was superb in archery, and used a strong bow that required a lot of strength, and every shot was sure to hit, and the arrow was not missing, and he couldn't help but admire Xia Xue to another level.
The two of them would subconsciously look at each other and smile after shooting an enemy soldier, which had a sense of heroism and cherishing heroes.
However, there were so many enemies that they were like locusts that could not be killed, rushing forward one after another, and they were also shooting with bows and arrows, and some of the Tang troops were shot to death because they were not well concealed.
Looking at the quiver that was already empty, Li Shimin had to order a retreat to the mountain.