Chapter 610: Why don't you start?

The rebels have been attacking Xuanwu Gate for more than half an hour, and the corpses piled up under the city wall are already half a person high, but it is obvious that those rebels have not become cowering because of the blood flowing, they shouted the slogan of killing the prince and establishing the king of Qin, and stepped on the corpses of their comrades to erect the ladder desperately.

It was not until this time that the generals defending the city, including Li Jiancheng, understood that everyone had a violent rebellious heart in their hearts, and this rebellious heart could not even have any reason, just to overthrow all the oppression they saw in front of them. Even if they know that what they are doing is self-destruction, moths to the fire, but once they flap their wings and fly towards the candle flame, they will never back down.

Human nature is crazy and full of violence.

A soldier of the Split Tiger Battalion climbed the city wall, grabbed the battlements with one hand, and began to laugh excitedly. In his opinion, it was already a big win to be able to climb here, and he smiled with satisfaction and pride. At the moment when he struggled to climb the city wall, the soldier defending the city slashed at his forehead, and the sharp horizontal knife directly cut off half of his skull, and the haired skull fell down and stuck to the face of a soldier below, who fell down the ladder in a panic.

The soldier who broke his leg was chopped to death by his comrades before he could stand up, and the rebels who had already killed the red-eyed rebels could not tell whether he was one of their own men or an enemy. The inability to storm the city wall for a long time has made the rebels below already mad, but anyone who falls from above, whether it is an enemy or a comrade, has become the target of their murderous intent. Six or seven horizontal knives are chopped down one by one, and when the knife is raised, a lot of minced meat will be thrown out.

The soldier of the Split Tiger Battalion, who had lost half of his head, did not die for a moment, and he could still subconsciously reach out and grab the defender who had slashed him, and the two of them fell down together in the panicked shouts of the defenders. The corpse fell into the crowd below the city, stirring up a splash of blood again.

General Yin Kaishan's brows were furrowed extremely tightly, he kept urging the soldiers to work hard to kick the city, but his heart was getting colder and colder, he knew that the hope of attacking the Taiji Palace had become very small, and the failure had really been placed in front of him, as a general from the third grade, he knew what it meant once he failed, not only that his fame and future would turn into dust and dung, but that his family would also be implicated.

He glanced back at His Royal Highness King Qin, who was sitting on the back of the Jade Lion of the Night, and found that His Royal Highness King Qin's gaze had been fixed on a certain place on the city wall from beginning to end. He couldn't understand why he couldn't see any hope, but why didn't His Royal Highness King Qin withdraw his troops? Taking advantage of the fact that the people and horses of the imperial court have not blocked the city gate, after rushing out, as long as the king of Qin and everyone rush back to the eastern capital of the Tang army camp to join Duan Zhixuan, it is not difficult for the king of Qin to still have more than 100,000 horses in his hands to lay down a piece of the country.

But King Qin seemed to be waiting, but he didn't know what King Qin was waiting for.

"Archers! Three rounds of salvos! ”

Qu Tutong ran back and forth in front of the battle, and when he saw a gap in the city wall that was finally broken open by the soldiers of the Split Tiger Battalion, his eyes lit up, and he mobilized hundreds of archers to rush to the city wall in the rain of arrows, and roared towards the small section of the city wall that the soldiers of the Split Tiger Battalion were struggling to defend: "Tear the wall into the enemies on both sides of the brothers, and let the brothers guard the ladder behind them!" ”

Hundreds of archers took the command and began to shoot arrow after arrow at the wall with all their might. Some people's fingers have been strangled by the bowstring, but they don't seem to feel pain, they still pull the hard bow in their hands and then roar wildly to send the wolf's tooth arrows out.

The dozen or so soldiers of the Split Tiger Battalion who rushed to the city wall only occupied a small area on the city wall, and were soon pressed back again and again by the soldiers who defended the city mobilized by Chai Shao. But the soldiers gritted their teeth and persevered, hoping that their comrades who were climbing the ladder behind them would be faster.

At this time, a rain of arrows shrouded him, and the soldiers defending the city who were squeezing from both sides of the city wall were shot over, and the pressure on the more than a dozen soldiers of the Split Tiger Battalion suddenly lightened, and under the leadership of the captain, a shout, and a piece of sword light splashed out, and the occupied place was expanded outward by four or five steps.

On the two ladders behind them, the rebel soldiers climbed up one by one to join the array guarding the ladders, and in this way, they relied on human lives to fill in a section of the city wall that was actually five or six meters over. Qu Tutong was overjoyed, and kept urging the archers to send arrows to relieve the pressure on the soldiers on the city wall, and seeing the hope of success was Li Shimin, who had been silent on horseback, his eyes lit up.

"Dugu Huaien!"

For the first time, Li Shimin personally gave an order: "Gu gives you thirty personal guards, and you go to the city to defend that section of the city wall for Gu." As long as you stick to the time of a stick of incense, you can go up to a group of people! ”

Dugu Huaien's face changed, knowing that Shangcheng was already doomed to death. But when he thought of what His Royal Highness King Qin said before to grab a future, he gritted his teeth and nodded: "Your Highness, don't worry, even if the minister dies on it, he will not take a step back." ”

"Go ahead!"

Li Shimin pointed to the city wall and said, "If you break through the Xuanwu Gate, you will be allowed to be a county prince!" ”

"Your Highness!"

Dugu Huaien answered, and ran in the direction of the city wall with Li Shimin's thirty personal guards. He dragged the iron helmet that obstructed his vision while running and threw it aside, and took off his clumsy skirt and armor, and rushed to the city wearing only a single coat, stuffing the horizontal knife into his mouth, Dugu Huaien silently recited in his heart that Lao Tzu wanted to grab a future of his own, and then struggled to climb up the city wall.

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Chang'an City is really too big, so that when the battle on the side of Xuanwu Gate has been more than half an hour, most of the people in the city of one hundred and eight squares do not know that a major event is happening on this side of the palace that is enough to shake the world, but many people have smelled something from the unusual behavior of the government today, and the people are very smart to choose to stay at home and not go out. On the street, the city defense army rushed to the direction of the north city, and the sound of the combat boots stepping on the bluestone road shook the hearts of the people who felt very uncomfortable.

Half an hour after the start of the war, Pei Chengchun, the general of the southern three gates, dispatched 3,000 elite soldiers to the north city, and Li Daozong, the general of the west three gates, dispatched more than 4,000 elites to personally lead them to the direction of Xuanwu Gate. Only Liu Hongji, the general who defended the city at the East Third Gate, has been standing still.

His Royal Highness the Prince's military order to send troops to help was placed on his table, and Liu Hongji, who was sitting on a chair watching the prince's handwriting, twisted his eyebrows into a pimple. King Qin was still the opposite after all, he actually knew it a long time ago. Before Li Shimin led the army back to Chang'an City, he had already sent someone to find him, asking him to raise troops to rebel on the day the army arrived in Chang'an. But until now, he still hasn't made up his mind, but he has been sending people to keep an eye on the movement on the Xuanwu Gate.

"The Great General......

The deputy general beside him, Chu Qiao, frowned slightly and reminded in a low voice: "Pei Chengchun and Li Daozong have already led their troops to the direction of Xuanwu Gate, are we ......?"

"Where's Shinbunli?"

Liu Hongji asked.

"Xin Wenli led the troops and the forbidden army led by Nayan Pei Lin to trap Fang Xuanling's 10,000 horses outside the city."

Liu Hongji was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The four generals of the city defense army who guard Chang'an, Xin Wenli, Pei Chengchun, and I, are all from the original Qin Wang's army. Only Li Daozong is not...... If...... If all three of us raise troops with His Royal Highness King Qin, I can't say that this thing can really be done today. ”

He raised his head and glanced at Chu Qiao and said, "Do you know why I didn't respond to King Qin?" ”

Chu Qiao was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't know why the Great General didn't do this, but I know that the Great General made the most correct choice." King Qin did have great prestige in the army, but this prestige was not enough for all the soldiers to follow him in danger. You must know that this is a felony of treason and disobedience, and it will be a matter of the nine clans, and no one will easily take such a big risk. ”

"I know your Majesty sent you to spy on me."

Liu Hongji suddenly said something, which made Chu Qiao shocked.

"General...... I ......"

He opened his mouth but didn't know what to explain, Liu Hongji waved his hand and smiled bitterly: "I don't mean to blame you, Your Majesty doesn't have any resentment in my heart when he does this." After all, I am very close to His Royal Highness King Qin, and when I think I sent you over, His Majesty had already expected that King Qin would rebel. ”

"General!"

Chu Qiao plucked up his courage and said, "I know that you value kindness, but you can't hesitate any longer. The last general respects you as a person, and since the last general came to you, he has not said anything about you in front of His Majesty. I don't want to watch you make mistakes today, if you can't make up your mind, the last general is willing to lead the troops to help Xuanwumen instead of the general. ”

Liu Hongji sat on the chair and watched the prince's troop transfer edict silent for a long time, and finally nodded slowly and said, "You go...... If...... If the King of Qin is defeated, I will bind myself to His Majesty and ask for guilt. Although I did not send troops to assist the rebellion of King Qin, it is already impossible to redeem if I do not report it. If you take over my soldiers in the future, don't be too difficult for them. ”

Chu Qiao's heart was sour, and he didn't know what to say, but he sighed, and then grabbed the prince's hand and walked out quickly.

"Life is in a hurry for less than a hundred years......"

Liu Hongji looked at the sky outside the door and muttered to himself: "Your Highness, you are not a person who voluntarily gives up after all, no matter whether you win or lose, maybe your life will be wonderful, it is worth it." ”

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The Imperial Study

Because there was no early dynasty today in order to welcome the coffin of King Qi, Li Yuan's review of the recitals was all accumulated a few days ago. This is the most important of all the folds, and the crown prince Li Jiancheng did not dare to be exclusive and respectfully sent him back. He hadn't seen it on Li Yuan's desk in the past few days, and he didn't know what was going on today, the shouting and killing outside the Taiji Palace clearly entered the imperial study, but he was in the mood to read all these twists and turns and gave instructions.

After reading it, he stretched his waist and stretched his body, and suddenly raised his head to look at Wu Yinghai, the chief waiter who was standing not far away, and said four words.

"I'm waiting for you."

Wu Yinghai, who was a little stunned when he looked at the stove beside him, was obviously startled, and when he raised his head to look at Li Yuan, his face had become extremely pale. His hands clenched into fists in his cuffs, both arms trembling with exertion. He didn't know how ugly his face was at this time, but he knew that maybe his unglamorous life was coming to an end today.

"The slave is wrong."

Wu Yinghai slowly knelt down, said four words, and bowed down with his forehead against the ground.

"I just don't understand."

Li Yuan got up and walked to him, lowered his head and glanced at him, then stretched out his hand to bake the fire on the stove: "You are a eunuch, you have only one old mother and no heirs in your family, you are already a eunuch, what are you not satisfied with when you get to this position?" What made you so bold? ”

"The slave is wrong!"

Wu Yinghai trembled and repeated.

"Say!"

Li Yuan's tone rose abruptly.

"The king of Qin promised to give the slave maid the title of a marquis."

"Haha!"

Li Yuan laughed angrily, pointed at Wu Yinghai and laughed incessantly, laughing so much that his body trembled: "You are a eunuch without yang-root, he actually promised you a countryman...... My Datang's title is so worthless?! Wu Yinghai, you would even believe such a fucking lie! ”

"The slave's younger brother died of illness the year before last...... He had a son under his knees, who was only seven years old...... The slave maid originally wanted to pass the nephew to herself, the slave maid was a cripple, but the roots of the Wu family were still there...... The king of Qin said to give the slave maid a hereditary title of marquis. ”

"No wonder!"

Li Yuan stopped laughing, pointed to Wu Yinghai's forehead and asked, "Then why don't you start?" Is it poisoned in wine, or is it poisoned in tea? It doesn't seem difficult to do this in your capacity, tell me...... Why don't you start? ”