Chapter 20: When the Mutiny Proceeds (3)
Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji came to the outer city of Xuanwu Gate and found Li Junxian standing at the gate of the city gate with two hundred soldiers armed with spears, blocking the gate of Xuanwu Gate. If you want to break through this Xuanwu Gate, you have to break through this human wall of two hundred people. But these walls are not parallel goods, but they are guarded with spears!
"Li Junxian, why did you choose the second brother? Whatever the second brother can give you, I can give! As long as you let me go, I can give you more than the second brother! Li Jiancheng shouted with red eyes.
"Li Jiancheng, don't try to buy me, you rebellious prince who intends to kill the king and seize the throne! All the soldiers listen to the order, kill me! Li Junxian shouted.
"One... Two... One... 2......" The two hundred soldiers of the honor guard slowly stepped forward with neat steps, to surround Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.
Li Jiancheng secretly hated, he was not confident that he could rely on these two hundred people to fight his way out of the encirclement. Li Jiancheng looked around and immediately had an idea.
"Soldiers, follow me to the left and kill!" Li Jiancheng ordered.
"Kill!"
"Soldiers, hunt down the traitor Li Jiancheng for me!" Li Shimin also ordered.
"Hunt the enemy freely!" Li Junxian also ordered.
The honor guard soldiers under Li Junxian began to divide into a small team of ten people and began to chase those soldiers of Li Jiancheng freely. And those honor guards did not know that they had been forced into a struggle for the throne. And in their eyes, whatever the chief says is what it is, since the chief Li Junxian said that Li Jiancheng intends to force the palace, then Li Jiancheng is a traitor. In the absence of the emperor's order, then they obeyed the orders of the commander Li Junxian. This is the shortcoming of the ancient army, the soldiers were blindly obedient without the emperor's order.
"Yulin Army, help! Li Shimin rebelled, please Yulin Army to put down the rebellion for me! Li Jiancheng shouted.
Li Jiancheng shouted that the 20,000-strong army stationed at Xuanwu Gate, that is, the Yulin Army, was the emperor's personal army. Now Li Jiancheng is desperate, so he has to pray for Yulin Army to save him. But this hope is a little slim, because Li Jiancheng also knows that in the internal struggle of the imperial family, the emperor's forbidden army will not interfere in the battle for the throne.
"Yulin Army, stop Li Jiancheng quickly, Li Jiancheng intends to lead troops to force the palace to rebel, please Yulin Army kill me for rebellion!" Li Shimin also shouted.
The gatekeepers of the Yulin Army did not dare to call the shots, so they ran directly and quickly inside, asking the general of the Yulin Army. And behind them, Li Shimin and Li Junxian's troops were pressing forward step by step and chasing after them.
"Soldiers, resist me, the Yulin Army will definitely follow me to kill the rebellious Li Shimin!" Li Jiancheng shouted.
Li Jiancheng's guards surrounded Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji in a circle, and protected Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji in the center of the circle. And Li Jiancheng is also anxiously waiting for the soldiers of the Yulin Army to bring people out to save him, otherwise Li Jiancheng's old life will be over!
"The general has an order, and the mobilization of the Yulin Army must have His Majesty's decree, please show His Majesty's decree to His Royal Highness the King of Qin and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. If there is no decree, the ministers will refuse to carry out any of your orders! β
The words of the defenders of the Yulin Army suddenly caused the morale of the guards of the crown prince Li Jiancheng to plummet. They originally thought that the Yulin Army would be able to help them, but now that the Yulin Army is actually neutral, this is not easy to do. And this was expected by Li Junxian and Li Shimin, because the coup d'Γ©tat within the imperial family was generally neutral and would not participate. And the Yulin Army is the emperor's pro-army, and it is the only order of the incumbent emperor. The special surname of the Yulin Army determines that they will only obey the emperor's orders, but now where is Li Jiancheng going to get Li Yuan's troop transfer instructions!
"Kill me!" Li Shimin shouted.
"Kill!"
"Soldiers, hold on!" Li Jiancheng shouted anxiously.
Now Li Jiancheng has no way to go, and behind him is the camp of the Yulin Army, but the Yulin Army is already guarding the door, not letting anyone in, and it is clearly neutral. If Li Jiancheng forcibly breaks in, the Yulin Army will kill people! Yu Linjun only recognizes the emperor, and no one else recognizes him, even he, the crown prince.
"Ah...... Yes...... Yes! Three screams rang out in a row, and three of Li Jiancheng's guards fell to the ground and died.
"Soldiers, follow me!" Li Jiancheng said angrily.
Li Jiancheng plans to make a last ditch fight, either rush out or die here, and everything will be over.
Li Jiancheng didn't care about his status either, he took the lead and rushed to the front. And Li Jiancheng's guards also recovered some morale because of this situation.
Li Junxian watched Li Jiancheng take the lead, of course he knew that this was a good opportunity!
"Gra ......" A sore tooth sound sounded, and the hard bow in Li Junxian's hand was pulled into a full moon state.
Li Junxian pointed the arrow in his hand at Li Jiancheng, who was hundreds of meters away.
"Whoosh!" Li Junxian let go, and a long arrow flew out quickly.
"Whew!" Li Jiancheng screamed miserably, vomiting blood unwillingly and fell to the ground.
"King Qin (General Li) is a good archery!" Li Junxian and Li Shimin shouted at the same time.
It turned out that the arrow that hit Li Jiancheng was not only Li Junxian's arrow, but Li Shimin also aimed at Li Jiancheng at the same time, and the two shot Li Jiancheng at the same time.
"Soldiers, the traitor is dead, follow me!" Li Shimin also shouted.
When Li Shimin's guards saw that Li Jiancheng was shot, their morale was immediately boosted, and they immediately rushed forward even harder, because success was in sight. And under the situation that Li Jiancheng was shot, Li Jiancheng's guards were leaderless and were quickly killed. And Li Yuanji was also killed on the spot by Wei Chigong.
"Generals, thanks to the help of the generals this time, the people of the world have succeeded in killing the traitors Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, so I will definitely thank you. I will ask my father to reward the generals. Li Shimin said excitedly.
Now it's time to reward meritorious deeds, so of course I have to force my father to abdicate.
"His Royal Highness King Qin, this time you shot the crown prince, it should be the first credit!" Cheng Yanjin patted his ass and said.
But the eldest grandson, the old fox, said: "Your Highness, it was General Li Junxian who shot the crown prince this time, and His Royal Highness the King of Qin did not shoot arrows!" β
The eldest grandson and old fox were obviously talking nonsense with his eyes open, but in fact, Li Shimin had already shot an arrow, which was seen by everyone at the scene, but why did he say that?
"His Royal Highness the King of Qin, no matter how you say that the traitor Li Jiancheng is also the brother of His Royal Highness the King of Qin!" The eldest grandson, the old fox, added.
"Oh, yes, the traitor Li Jiancheng was shot by General Li Junxian!" Li Shimin also reacted and said.
No matter what Li Jiancheng's final outcome is, he is Li Shimin's brother. If the historian records that Li Shimin killed Li Jiancheng, it will inevitably be sad that he will be charged with killing his brother. And Li Shimin will be the emperor in the future, and if he doesn't receive this credit, it will be harmful, so it is better to give it to Li Junxian.
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