Chapter 86: Ambush (Collect)
Not long after the fifth watch, the sky was just bright, and the eastern sky showed a trace of gray.
To the west of the Xuanwu Gate, hundreds of knights galloped over from the Chengqian Hall in the west.
Coming to the outside of the Xuanwu Gate, the person who came turned over and dismounted, and the first person shouted: "Yunwen!" ”
Zhang Yunwen poked his head out and saw a regiment of cavalry on the ground, and more than a dozen people stood in front of the cavalry. Immediately took Ma Wangshan and Wu Peng down from the Xuanwu Gate.
I saw Li Shimin wearing a dark color, holding a horned bow, riding on a horse, and his momentum was extraordinary. And beside him, the eldest grandson Wuji, Yu Chigong, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Yu Wenshiji, Gao Shilian, Hou Junji, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Qiong, Duan Zhixuan, Zhang Gongjin, and Qu Tutong These twelve people also rode on their horses with serious expressions.
When Li Shimin saw Zhang Yunwen coming down, he immediately said: "Okay, according to the plan, Wei Chi, Zhijie, Shubao, and Yunwen will lead two hundred horsemen to ambush me in the Xuanwu Gate, and the rest will wait for the Xuanwu Gate to guard the city!" When I can wait, open the door immediately and welcome me inside! If so......"
Before Li Shimin finished speaking, the eldest grandson Wuji interrupted: "No if!" Today's things, if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent! ”
As soon as the eldest grandson Wuji's words came out, the faces of the more than ten people suddenly tightened, and the intention of resoluteness arose.
Immediately, a group of people and horses were divided into two groups, nearly 600 people walked up to the Xuanwu Gate under the leadership of Qu Tutong, Duan Zhixuan and others, while the remaining 200 people entered the Xuanwu Gate under the leadership of Li Shimin, and looked out through a gap.
When Li Jiancheng crawled out of the pile of fat powder, the sky was already bright.
After laughing with the maids who helped with the dressing, Li Jiancheng ate slowly as usual, but he was thinking about today's events in his mind.
According to his plan, today he will go to Taiji Palace with Li Yuanji, and when Li Yuan asks him, he suddenly becomes difficult, and uses his status as the crown prince to put pressure on Li Yuan, at least let Li Yuan reprimand Li Shimin, and better yet, he can hand over the military power, and after the election, he will justifiably become the new emperor of this empire.
Now, half of the palace guards have taken refuge in themselves, and it shouldn't be very difficult to use this advantage to put pressure on Li Yuan!
As for Li Shimin, let him jump today, and go to Huangquan tomorrow with peace of mind.
Thinking of this, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but show a smug smile.
Coming out of the East Palace, he walked a short distance to the west with more than a dozen attendants, and saw a group of people waiting for him outside the Wude Palace.
This person is none other than Li Yuanji, the king of Qi.
I saw that behind Li Yuanji, there were fifty or sixty knights, and they were all armed. Li Jiancheng couldn't help but smile and said, "Fourth brother, why are you doing this?" "Pointing to the knights.
Li Yuanji said in a loud voice: "Be prepared, anyway, I feel that something is wrong!" ”
"Hehe, the fourth brother is too worried!"
The two rode first, followed by nearly a hundred knights.
Walking all the way, I saw that on the branches on both sides, tender green leaves were born, and those flowers mixed in the trees were competing to open, purple and red, and people lingered.
However, the two of them obviously had no interest in lingering, and when they walked to the city wall outside the Linhu Palace, they couldn't help but stop together.
Both are battle-hardened veterans with a well-honed sense of danger. glanced at the Xuanwu Gate not far away, although it was no different from usual, the official guarding it was still Chang He, but a feeling of extreme danger came from inside the Xuanwu Gate.
Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji stopped in unison, glanced at each other, and saw a trace of worry in each other's eyes.
So, the two of them didn't think about it, and immediately turned their horses' heads and wanted to go back.
Li Shimin sat on his horse and looked east through the gap half a person wide, waited for nearly an hour, and finally saw Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji appear not far from Xuanwu Gate with nearly a hundred followers. I couldn't help but feel a stir in my heart.
However, after all, he was a battle-hardened general, and he calmed down and wanted the two to get closer.
However, the two men stopped their horses, stared at the Xuanwu Gate, and then turned their horses' heads and headed east.
Li Shimin suddenly felt anxious, this is the last chance, he has already put everything here, if the two of them are allowed to return to the East Palace, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin opened the gate, and two hundred knights galloped out like a whirlwind.
However, the distance between the two groups is too far after all, and I am afraid that if you shoot an arrow from here to each other, you may not even be on target. Moreover, after seeing Li Shimin, who was neatly dressed and fully armed, rushed out of the Xuanwu Gate with more than 200 people, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji secretly screamed in their hearts that it was not good, and suddenly accelerated their horse speed and wanted to leave here.
Seeing the two of them running quickly, Li Shimin suddenly shouted loudly: "Big brother, don't go!" Father said that he would pass on the throne to you! ”
As soon as these words came out, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were stunned at the same time, and they couldn't help but stop their steps. This, what's going on?
However, within a few breaths of stopping the horse, Li Shimin took the lead, and the men and horses of the Qin Wangfu had already chased into the range of bows and arrows. Without further ado, build a curved bow.
A rain of arrows fell. Li Yuanji immediately reacted: "Go, enter the formation!" Bow and arrow return shot! ”
The figures of him and Li Jiancheng disappeared among the hundred knights at once.
Li Shimin angrily put down his bow and arrows, hit his horse and rushed forward, but at this time, he caught a glimpse of two horsemen on the left and right beside him quickly overtaking him. Take a closer look, but it is Wei Chigong and Zhang Yunwen.
The horse that Zhang Yunwen rode was the chasing wind in the stable of the Qin Wangfu, and later because of the need for Zhang Yunwen to chase Zhang Liang, he lent him to ride for half a day, who expected that after completing the task, Zhang Yunwen actually said that he liked this horse without face, and hoped that Li Shimin could often lend him to ride. However, when Li Shimin said that he would give it to him, he repeatedly refused. But the reason made Li Shimin cry and laugh. The cost of raising a good horse is too expensive.
Before occupying the Xuanwu Gate this time, Zhang Yunwen specially instructed a soldier of the Xuanjia team to bring him to chase the wind.
The explosive power of chasing the wind is extremely strong, and I saw that the four hooves kicked and quickly surpassed Wei Chigong and took the lead.
The gun shoots the first bird. Suddenly, more than a dozen bows and arrows were aimed at Zhang Yunwen, who was running in front.
At this moment, I saw Zhang Yunwen take out a grenade from his arms, pull the ring with his mouth, and throw it into the hundred-man cavalry formation of the East Palace with all his might, and then turn the horse's head and run back quickly.
However, I felt a pain in my back, and then the shoulder of my left hand, which was holding the reins of the horse, shook suddenly, and a feathered arrow passed through my shoulder, and when I looked down, I could see the bloody arrow. The black armor was stained red with gurgling blood.
After running a few steps, he heard a loud noise behind him: "Boom-"
Zhang Yunwen raised his head and saw Li Shimin and the others with shocked expressions, those soldiers who were holding arrows and drawing bows actually forgot the arrow shaft in their hands, and with a "snap", the arrow fell to the ground
Turning the horse's head again, I saw that the circle formed by the hundred people had been blown out of a big hole, and the more than 20 knights at the place where the grenade fell were all hit by shrapnel and fell to the ground. And those knights on the periphery were hit by the air waves.
The loud noise startled all the horses. The Qin Wangfu side was better, far away from the explosion, the horses only neighed a few times, and under the appeasement of the master, they quickly calmed down. The knight's horses on the other side of the East Palace were all frightened, and the people stood up, neighing, and after a while, they galloped in all directions. The knight frightened and waved his whip on the horse, controlling the reins in an attempt to silence the horse. The circle vanished suddenly.
Among the knights flying around, the two knights in dragon robes were the most obvious, they were Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.
The explosion was not far from them, but they were not wounded by shrapnel, but only received a wave of air. The crown of hair on his head suddenly fell, and his hair was scattered, and there was no image at all.
The horses on which the two men rode was, after all, a good horse of the first class, and when frightened, they ran to the east, as if they knew that it was safer to stay in the stables. Unlike those unlucky knights, who came to the Xuanwu Gate, they were killed by random arrows before they reached the side of the Qin Wangfu army.
Li Jiancheng, who fled in a yellow robe, slowly turned into a huge piece of gold in Zhang Yunwen's eyes. Ignoring the pain on his shoulders and back, he took out the three-stone crossbow hanging from the saddle, on which a crossbow arrow had already been loaded, and barely raised his left hand as a support. However, the crossbow rested on it, trembling, unable to aim.
Zhang Yunwen immediately dismounted, used the saddle as a support, and aimed at the fleeing Li Jiancheng.
The rest of the generals and soldiers of the Qin Wangfu also reacted, and they all beat their horses and chased after the two.
Take a deep breath, aim, shoot.
A crossbow arrow was as fast as a meteor, and it shot the galloping Li Jiancheng off his horse in an instant.
(As for which people Li Shimin brought in the Xuanwumen Change, the statements in various classics are inconsistent and difficult to refer to.) Xiao Ban chose some characters who will appear in the future, I hope everyone is not surprised! )