Chapter 24: The Bloody Xuanwu Gate (3)
The endless smell of blood permeated the narrow corridor, full of stumps and broken arms, colorful internal organs everywhere, and ownerless war horses were scattering and fleeing, trampling on the ground whose corpses it was, and blood slowly flowed on the ground.
The war in ancient times was so cruel, not as proud as in the TV series, and there were no diffuse fireworks, some were just cold dead corpses, and the soldiers of the two armies who fought hard. Except for skilled generals, the soldiers almost never shout, because shouting will be distracting, and a moment of distraction may kill you. The blade in his hand was waving mechanically, as long as it was not his comrade-in-arms, then he had nothing to say, and he just greeted him at once.
The battle was nearing the end, Li Yuanji was captured, Qin Qiong asked Cheng Yanjin for help, this proud general, the only general of the Shangzhu State in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, actually opened his mouth to ask for support, which is really a shocking but sad thing.
The general is in the twilight, with a red face and white hair, this is the most distressing thing in the world, the secret injury of his body makes it difficult for Qin Qiong to even win Xue Wancheng, his pride, his persistence, and his proud achievements seem to have become a thing of the past at this moment. He was old, his hair was overgrown, the wrinkles on his forehead recorded the trajectory of the wind and frost, and the hands that held the familiar wrought brass were not as strong as they had been, though he still sat straight on horseback, his stiff spine bearing the last of his pride.
The green dragon halberd in Xue Wancheng's hand was powerful and heavy, and it struck on the pair of cooked copper maces, and it should be resounded. Qin Qiong clenched his hands tightly, not letting the blade in his hand fly out of his hand, and his forehead began to sweat, and his body was consumed a lot by not being able to attack for a long time. Although he is over fifty years old, he has always refused to accept old age, and he feels really old at this moment, and he has fought on the battlefield in this life. It can be regarded as murderous, but it is also scarred. He often laughed at himself: The old man's blood in this life is enough to fit the three big hus.
I won't say much about my feelings. The battle was instantaneous. Qin Qiong waved his double hammer, resisting Xue Wancheng's crazy attacks again and again, Cheng Biting Jin came out from the side at this time, and the horse lance was like a meteor piercing the air, and a little cold light flashed away.
Xue Wan's green dragon halberd was deflected, and he retreated, and immediately blocked the blow: "Let's go up together!" Xue will meet you Wagangzhai Five Tigers today! ”
"Ahh......hh You are really hateful, Lao Cheng poked you to death! This sentence hit the sore spot of Qin Qiong and Cheng Biting Jin, who were also the kings and hegemons in Wagangzhai back then. Cheng Yanjin also used to be a king, although the title is not good, called the demon king of the mixed world, but it is also the original 36 road anti-king, one of the most powerful forces in the 72 road smoke and dust, Wagangzhai Five Tigers are also the world's first-class fierce generals. But Shan Xiongxin was killed by Cheng Yanjin and Qin Qiong and others, they were first demoted to Li Er, and Shan Xiongxin was Li Er's test for them, which is the so-called vote. So this has always been a taboo in the hearts of the two, and no one dares to mention it in front of the two, because the two of them will go crazy when they mention the name.
Sure enough. Cheng bit the golden horse lance and stabbed it again, and after a while, a cold light stabbed towards Xue Wancheng's body like lightning bolts, and Xue Wancheng blocked left and right. The defense was extremely difficult, but the veteran Qin Qiong also mustered up his last strength, and he made a strong move. This is the last killer move in the Qin family's method, and it is also the most dangerous move. Because if you lose your blade, you will be killed. If this move doesn't kill the enemy, then it's yourself who dies. Whistling with a fierce wind, a cooked copper mace shot towards Xue Wanqian like an arrow.
"Desperately, I will too! Haha......" Xue Wancheng laughed proudly, and the water waving in front of him could not enter, like a barrier blocking Cheng Biting Jin's horse lance, this was his life-saving move, so desperately wielding the green dragon halberd weighing fifty-six catties was a laborious thing, but the effect was surprisingly good.
At this moment, a sudden change occurred, Qin Qiong's trump card flew out, and after being blocked by Xue Wancheng's halberd light barrier, he quickly rebounded back, Qin Qiong galloped his horse and galloped towards the direction where the cooked copper wedge fell, and the enemy soldiers who stood in the way were all smashed in the head of the cooked copper wedge left in his other hand, at this moment Qin Qiong's whole body seemed to have all his strength back, and he was extremely brave.
The copper mace that flew in the air crossed the battlefield and flew in the direction of the city gate, and Qin Qiong chased after it on the ground. After a while, he was out of the sight of the people on the city tower and disappeared into the city gate.
"What's going on?" Li Er asked softly to himself, he felt that something was wrong but he couldn't say it. He had just gone down for a trip, and pulled up Li Xiuning, who was very happy to kill on the battlefield, and when he saw this scene as soon as he went up to the city tower, he had a bad premonition in his heart.
Li Kuan felt that the time was almost up, and glanced at Chang He Yi, who struggled for a while and finally seemed to have made a very big determination, nodded heavily at Li Kuan, and then confessed to Li Er, and walked to the other side of the city tower.
"Li Yuanji is gone!" Qin Qiong shouted in the city gate cave, his voice hoarse, this is a voice that has been dehydrated after fighting for a long time.
"What's going on?" Li Er finally understood that something was wrong, Li Yuanji, who was originally tied to the root of the city wall, disappeared at this time, and when he heard Qin Qiong's shout, he found that this guy had slipped away quietly, but he ran towards the city gate, isn't this self-defeating? There are two thousand Xuanjia waiting outside the city gate, just for fear of such a fish that slips through the net, and most of the people who retreat like this are big fish.
Immediately after that, there was a silent sound, and after a while, Qin Qiong rode out of the city gate cave, and there were corpses lying on the ground inside, among which there was an extremely ugly one, it was Li Er's third brother Li Yuanji. There are also many corpses of soldiers on both sides here, there was actually no big battle in the city gate cave, the battlefield has always been in the corridor, because Li Jiancheng rushed to the palace as soon as he found out that something was wrong, instead of retreating, so there was actually no battle here. But now it is full of corpses, just because Li Yuanji is not a simple person even if he is captured, while everyone is paying attention to Qin Qiong and Cheng Biting Jin fighting Xue Wancheng, he used the horizontal knife on the ground to cut the rope that tied him, and then killed the two Xuanjia soldiers guarding him like chopping melons and vegetables. snatched a horse and beckoned the prince Liu, who still had a lot of left, to lead the soldiers to run into the city gate.
Qin Qiong coincided with the meeting. I chased my own blade to this place, so I chased after him. That loud shout made the surrounding Xuanjia guards also react, and they pursued Li Yuanji together.
As a result, it was a fierce battle in the city gate cave, Qin Qiong waved his double gong, and it was not a simple matter to beat Li Yuanji who was injured in the arm, but he delayed intentionally or unintentionally, so that the soldiers of Xuanjiawei and Prince Liu's rate fought fiercely with each other, so that so many injuries were caused, and finally when he saw that the dead soldiers on both sides were almost dead, Qin Qiong beat Li Yuanji to death. In the surprised gaze of the Xuanjia guards beside him, he waved his double gong and killed everyone on the spot.
Seeing this, everyone should also understand that Qin Qiong is actually Li Yuan's dark chess - Dark Seven. This is also why Qin Qiong has worked hard and made great achievements, and has fought endless battles all his life, fighting no less than 100 large and small wars, but ranking last when Li Erling Yan Pavilion divided the heroes. Moreover, Qin Qiong was also a general of the Tiance Mansion who was not richly rewarded among all the civil and military generals who participated in the Xuanwumen Incident. After that, Cheng Biting Jin, Wei Chigong, Duan Zhixuan, Qu Tutong, Li Shiji, and so on, all of these people's titles and rewards were above this veteran, because he killed Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, so that Li Er had to bear the notorious reputation of killing his brother in the front hall.
Of course, now Li Er still doesn't realize it at all. He just felt that something was wrong. He would not come to a conclusion until the whole incident was over and Li Yuanji's body was found lying in the cave of the city gate when he was cleaning the battlefield, but he couldn't say it directly, so he could only negotiate with Qin Qiong in secret.
At this time, the battle situation in the field is almost all that remains to clean up the battlefield. Chang He, who was standing on the other side of the city wall, became hesitant again, whether to get this thing out or not?
In the field, there were still a few dozen soldiers with the sixth command of the prince who were surrounding Li Jiancheng in the middle. Li Jiancheng also showed a look of despair on his face: "Do you really want to die here?" Why haven't you seen their father and emperor for so long? Did the second child really follow the secret order of his father and come to kill me and the third child? I'm not reconciled! Why can you, Li Shimin, be in charge of thousands of troops? Lead the army to conquer the city, and I can only trap Chang'an. Dealing with the old foxes of those big families? Because you have heavy troops in your hands, you have the courage to compete with those thousand-year-old families and hundred-year-old clans, but what about me? I don't have anyone available, no invincible tiger and wolf army to intimidate the world. I know all these things that respect me only on the surface, and look at me with contempt behind the scenes! But what can I do? I did my best to win over those forces that could be co-opted to ensure my position, and I did everything I could! Because what I lack is not ability, but opportunity, I don't have the opportunity to form my own forces, and those who are attracted are the first in their hearts. Datang, hehe......" Li Jiancheng looked sad, hissing and shouting loudly, all of which were accusations, and all of them were bitter. It was very difficult for him to be a prince, but he missed a wrong step, and there was no chance of turning back.
At this moment, a wave of horses' hooves rumbled from the direction of the palace, and they came quickly to this side.
"The last general Wang Kuang's guards are late, and I hope that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will forgive his sins!" A loud shout came from afar, it was the prince six rate commander, Fenwei general Wang Kuang led the rest of the prince six rate to come, the prince six rate a total of nine hundred people, divided into six teams, each team of one hundred and fifty people. There are still more than 500 people left here, because Xue Wanche attacked the Qin Wangfu and transferred a large number of elite soldiers, almost a team of people and horses, and the few teams that were secretly dispatched by the sixteen guards. So now the comparison of the forces in the city gate is more than 500 people at the sixth rate of the prince, and less than 200 Xuanjiawei, and the Xuanjiawei was also damaged a lot in the previous fierce battle. And there are only more than 100 women left in the women's army who came with Li Xiuning, who cares if you are a man or a woman on the battlefield, who still cares about pity and cherishing jade, if you pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, then you are not far from death, because the delicate woman one moment ago will take your life in the next moment.
Li Er's brows furrowed, if the crown prince blocked the city gate at the sixth rate, then the shape would be reversed, and when the time came, he still had the eldest grandson and three children on the tower of this city, Li Xiuning might not be able to escape, what should I do?
Li Er frowned and thought for a while, then ordered loudly: "Guard the city gate, and the soldiers outside the city will enter the city!" "As long as the city gate is not lost, then there is still a chance, and even this team that is loyal to Li Jiancheng will be annihilated here.
"Defend the gates!" The soldiers below also shouted.
"Take the city gate, close the city gate, divide a team of soldiers, and go to the city tower to catch the second child!" Li Jiancheng was overjoyed when he saw that the prince came to the rescue at the sixth rate, and grabbed this life-saving straw, as long as he persevered during this time, what was the use of catching Li Er's Xuanjiawei so much? It's not just a good surrender.
"Second child, it seems that God still favored me once! Haha......" Li Jiancheng laughed wildly, the purple and gold crown on his head had long been knocked off, his hair was scattered, coupled with the blood stains on his face, at this moment, where did he still look like a prince of a country, like a trapped beast, doing the last battle of trapped beasts, wanting to struggle at the last moment. (To be continued......)