Chapter 1039: Convergence
"Hurry! Hurry up! Li Ke led the soldiers to shuttle rapidly on the forest path. As he expected, there were no traps on the walking path, and the people who secretly shadowed him calculated that they would walk through the bushes next to the path, and deliberately shaded him.
But then again, with so many people and horses, it is obviously impossible to take such a small road when he comes out, and it is estimated that the other party seized this point, so that he suffered a big loss as soon as he left the barracks.
But now Li Ke can't take care of so much, whether it is someone yin or he, or he has been exposed, at least he is sure now: his father is now in the southern suburbs hunting ground! This is his only chance!
If the father returned to the palace, with the little strength under his command, he would not be able to enter Chang'an City at all! What's more, the garrison of Chang'an City has advanced weapons such as cannons and thunderbolts, and if he rushes up to attack Chang'an City stupidly, it will not be enough for people to plug their teeth. On the other hand, if Chang'an City can be defeated by your 20,000 horses, then the so-called prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty is just a joke.
So Li Ke had no choice, if it weren't for Li Shimin walking out of Chang'an City to raise troops to revolt, he wouldn't have had a chance at all.
I heard that my father has increased 10,000 garrisons today, although his own men and horses are less than 30,000, but after so many years of training, the combat effectiveness is not much different from that of the Praetorian Guard.
Li Ke estimated in his heart that the probability of success was about fifty percent. The premise is that the father does not know that he is going to rebel and is not prepared.
But now...... He also couldn't say whether his father knew that there was a rebellion, because of the explosion just now.........
However, no one has ever been completely sure of the rebellion, even if his father launched the Xuanwumen Incident back then, he took a great risk, and he almost failed. Now he has a fifty percent chance, which is enough for him to take the risk.
"Hurry up! Hurry up! Li Ke roared at the front. The beads of sweat rolling down his forehead had already revealed the excitement and tension in his heart.
The generals behind him conveyed his orders, and the army quickened its pace a little. But more than 10,000 people are parallel on a small road that can only pass two people, and no matter how fast it is, it can't go anywhere.
When this group of soldiers walked to the periphery of the woods, the people who Cheng Chumo arranged to keep an eye on the periphery finally saw the men and horses in the dense forest. However, to their surprise, the people in the forest were not just suspicious soldiers arranged by the enemy in the forest, as they thought, but ...... A large group of people!
Li Ke waited for people to rush out of the woods, because the soldiers walked along the road in two rows, so it gave people a feeling of "endless".
However, fortunately, there were a few experienced veterans among the soldiers who were watching, and they did not panic when they saw this situation, but stayed where they were, squinted and carefully observed for a while, and found that there was something wrong with it.
The enemy is nothing more than two in a row, so it looks like there are a lot of people, but in fact...... There are more than 10,000 people, and there are quite a few of them! Did they mean to lure us into the woods and then attack us? Damn it! It's a little too vicious, isn't it?
After several veterans waited for the enemy to come out of the forest, they immediately asked people to take a shortcut to report. They continued to lie in ambush and stared.
At this time, the other three teams arranged by Li Ke had successfully converged in the Land Temple, and now Li Ke's large army was missing.
Li Ke was not there, and Zhou Daowu became the supreme commander of the army, and more than 10,000 soldiers waited quietly outside the Land Temple. In the dilapidated small ruined temple, the strategists and generals recruited by Li Ke gathered together.
Although Yang Qingzheng was lame and inconvenient to move, he also came with him today. At this moment, he was sitting in a corner of the Land Temple, wondering.
It stands to reason that for such a big matter, one more moment of delay will increase the risk of exposure, His Royal Highness should be very aware of this truth, but why would he be late at such an important moment? Isn't he afraid that the soldiers will be discovered in advance and lose their best opportunity to attack?
Rebellion, once you lose the opportunity, you will never have a chance to turn the tables!
The more Yang Qingzheng thought about it, the more uneasy he felt in his heart, he found Zhou Daowu and asked him to send someone along the road to find Li Ke to see if there was any accident with His Highness.
Zhou Daowu agreed to his request, which had been delayed for almost a quarter of an hour, and he also felt that something was wrong.
As soon as he sent his soldiers to find the men and horses led by Li Ke, he received a report from his subordinates - Li Ke had arrived with his men and horses!
After receiving the news, the people in the land temple immediately went out to greet them, and when they saw Li Ke coming over with a disgraced face, and some of them were still injured, they were very surprised, and they learned the whole story after some inquiry. However, because they didn't encounter any obstacles along the way, they simply thought that this was revenge for assassinating Leng Yueqing last night.
Yang Qingzheng stood silently beside Li Ke, as if he was thinking about something, and suddenly, his face became ugly, and he shouted: "Not good!" ”
"What happened? What's yelling? Li Kegang and several generals were talking about the details of the attack, but they were suddenly interrupted by Yang Qingzheng, their faces were naturally very ugly, and their tone was also very unkind.
"Your Highness, are you sure you stepped on something that exploded? That...... That can't be a mine, right? ”
"What's wrong with a mine?" Li Ke didn't react to what Yang Qingzheng meant at once.
Yang Qingzheng was really about to cry. "Your Highness, if that is really a landmine, then we will be in big trouble!"
Zhou Daowu also thought of something, his face sank suddenly, and he nodded: "Yes, if it is really a landmine, we will be in big trouble!" ”
"What do you mean?" Obviously, Li Ke's mind is now all about how to attack, and he doesn't understand what dumb riddle the two are playing.
"Your Highness, landmines, like thunderbolts, are things that His Majesty strictly controls, how can this thing appear on the outskirts of the camp? Who else but Your Majesty can take out this thing and ambush it outside the camp? ”
"But Our Lady ......"
"Your Highness, you assassinated Leng Yueqing only last night, and it is said that Leng Yueqing was not lightly injured, she should have tried her best to escape from your pursuit last night, where did she have the experience to lay mines?"
"Impossible! Several of my barracks are hidden deep in the mountains, and no one has found them for years, and who knows except a few of you and the Cult of Our Lady? If the father and emperor knew, why didn't he send troops to encircle and suppress it, just let people bury a few thunderbolts? Impossible! Impossible! ”
Yang Qingzheng sighed heavily and muttered, "I hope so......"
But at this moment, a group of bloodied soldiers ran into the barracks and shouted, "Oh no! We are surrounded by the soldiers of the imperial court! ”
(End of chapter)