In the Renshou Palace, there was a gloomy atmosphere. Li Yuan sat down tiredly, with cold sweat on his forehead. He bit a rag in his mouth and groaned from time to time. The imperial doctor on the side was pulling out arrows and applying medicine for him.
Li Yuan still had an imperial doctor, but there were still so many injured soldiers. At this time, the wounded soldier camp set up by Li Shan in his early years played an role. In the Daizhou Army, there were always two guards for every hundred people. This model was brought to the north by Su Dingfang.
Yamen forbidden army.
Although there are not many medicines and no alcohol for disinfection, treating the wounds as soon as possible is ultimately useful. The most important thing is to maintain the already low morale from declining.
At this time, Li Shimin stopped talking nonsense and took over the defense entirely. He ordered the entire army to shrink to Tiantai Mountain, strictly guard the key roads, and discard a large amount of property and silk in the outer palace.
After the defense was arranged and the first wave of Liang Jun's offensive was withstood, Li Shimin began to count the number of people... mainly on the Tiance Mansion side. After careful inspection, he couldn't help but shed tears.
As many as 50% of the 400 Tiance Mansion guards who came with Li Shimin were killed in battle, and many generals were killed in battle. These are the generals who followed Li Shimin in the north and south, and relied on him as his arm. How could he not make Li Shimin heartbroken?
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Among them, Niu Jinda and Wu Heitai, who defected to the Tang Dynasty at the same time as Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin, were killed in battle. Hou Junji's whereabouts are unknown and his life and death are unknown. Dugu Yanyun was hit by an arrow in the face and died in a very tragic way. Liang Jianfang's left leg was fractured and even
The founder of the Xuanjia Army and the commander of the Ma Army, Zhai Changsun, was also seriously injured by an arrow and died.
In addition, Su Xu, one of the eighteen bachelors of the Tiance Mansion and the great-grandson of the former Sui Sui Shangshu Pu She Su Wei, was also missing in the rebellion. Tang Jian, the chief historian of the Tiance Mansion and the Huangmen Minister, fell from his horse and is still in a coma.
When I woke up, Sima Tiance Mansion, Yu Wenshi, the assistant minister of Zhongshu, and he were stabbed twice and were seriously injured.
It can be said that two to three percent of the wealth of Tiance Mansion has been lost in this battle.
"What can I do, what can I do!"
The surrounding staff members Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, and Ling Jing were among the first batch to enter the Renshou Palace. They all heard the pain and indignation in Li Shimin's sigh... The pain was directed at those generals who were seriously injured in battle.
The soldiers were indignant at Li Yuan, who was in trouble.
"What can I do?" Du Ruhui shouted softly: "For the current plan, we must stand firm and wait for help. If His Highness does not rise up, it will be a big deal!"
Ling Jing said expressionlessly: "When I was in Shandong, Huairen took the initiative and said that His Highness had a destiny and tried his best to persuade me to come and vote."
"The king of Qin in the Tang Dynasty fought in the south and north, winning every battle and defeating every attack. Could it be that after the initial defeat, he lost his spirit?"
Li Shimin wiped the tears on his face and bowed deeply, "Ke Ming, what Ling Gong said is that you should rise up alone."
It's easy to say rise up, but as far as the current situation is concerned, it is still in danger. Thousands of Liang Jun are still watching at the foot of the mountain, and the defenders are only a few hundred. Although they can stick to the mountain, if Liang Jun doesn't care
The onslaught of casualties may not last long.
The key question still remains when reinforcements will arrive.
Facing the second son's inquiry, Li Yuan said helplessly: "Chen Fu was killed in battle, and Huairen's bodyguards don't know if they can escape to Longzhou to report the news."
"Not leaving." Li Daoxuan on the side said in a low voice: "The person who was rescuing His Majesty at that time and standing behind with a flag raised was Huairen's personal guard Yilang."
Li Yuan was startled and sighed: "In this battle, Su Dingfang first defeated the enemy's spirit, and then Zhou Erlang saved my life..."
Li Shimin was too lazy to care about this. He lowered his head and pondered for a moment before speaking: "Liang Jun stormed in the direction of Renshou Palace and did not pursue the fleeing soldiers. The news should spread soon."
"Yong County?" Li Daoxuan thought for a while, "Gu Chao, the governor of Qizhou, is an old man of your majesty. He is good at managing politics, but not good at military strategy."
Li Yuan nodded silently, which was one of the reasons why he had previously intended to teach Handan King Li Shan to control the armies.
"Jingzhao and Pizhou..." Li Shimin's eyes flickered, "Pizhou needs to take a detour to send troops, and the troops are insufficient. We still have to wait for Chang'an to send troops to help."
"The Lingzhou battle report has already arrived in Beijing, and the prince should be prepared." Li Yuan was slightly excited, "If everything goes well, reinforcements may arrive tomorrow."
Li Shimin didn't say anything. He had a bad feeling in his heart. Will his eldest brother, who always treats others kindly, send troops to help?
If both himself and his father died in the Renshou Palace, the prince could successfully ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor... This should be the most perfect ending for the East Palace.
Not only would he die, most of the wealth of the Tiance Mansion would be destroyed, and even his father would die. Would the eldest brother really not hesitate to ascend the throne many years in advance?
After Li Yuan was silent for a moment, he asked in a low voice: "How are the casualties?"
"The courtiers, nobles, relatives, and clan members all died." Li Shimin lowered his head slightly, hiding the strange look on his face, "The cavalry general Hou Junji of Tiance Mansion, Dugu Yanyun, the son of Duke Gong of Ruyang in the former Sui Dynasty, and Xiaochang, the king of Yi'an County
Wang Shujun died in battle."
"Xiao Changye..." Li Yuan moved and groaned in pain.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Xiaochang was appointed as the commander of Huayin, and Li Yuan raised troops from Jinyang to attack Guanzhong. When food and grass were in short supply, it was Li Xiaochang who offered the Yongfengcang army rations and was able to advance smoothly, so he was deeply trusted by Li Yuan.
Li Shimin lowered his head and remained silent. In fact, the heaviest casualties were on the Tiance Mansion side. Most of the nobles, relatives, and courtiers were able to go up the mountain safely. There were not many unlucky people like Li Xiaochang.
Li Dao
This sentence made Li Yuan sigh again, and Li Shimin suddenly said: "Father, maybe you can send people to cross the mountains or swim across the river to Longzhou, and call Huairen to lead his troops to help."
Li Yuan was a little surprised. In fact, Jingzhao was closer to Renshou Palace than Li Shan in Longzhou. Is Erlang afraid that Dalang would not come to help?
Li Yuan pondered for a moment, then glanced at Li Daoxuan, "Daoxuan?"
Li Dao
At the most critical moment today, Li Daoxuan's arrow pulled Li Yuan out of the gate of hell. Li Yuan's advice at this time will naturally be taken seriously.
After thinking about it again and again, although Li Yuan believed in his eldest son's character, he decided to send people to Longzhou to report the news.
"Then let that Zhou Lang go."
At this moment, in the corner, Zhou Zuorang carefully checked Cui Xin up and down before he felt relieved, "Mr. Cui is fine."
Cui Xin didn't seem to have come back to his senses yet, he just murmured.
"Mr. Cui, I risked my life to save you this time..." Zhou Erlang said cautiously.
Cui Xin was a little surprised. He said hum, with an upward tone, as if asking, what does this Huairen's personal guard mean?
Zhou Lang said with a smile: "The villain's sister is by Lang Jun's side..."
"Oh oh oh..." Cui Xin realized that this guy's sister is his son-in-law's concubine. He was asking for favors because he was afraid that his daughter would treat his sister harshly in the future. He immediately shook his head in confusion, "Now the situation is
, you still have this thought!"
"Don't worry, Mr. Cui." Zhou Yilang said in a familiar tone: "The villain has been to Renshou Palace for three days and has not returned yet. Mr. Lang must be aware of it and will definitely come to help."
Li Shan will always appear where he should be at the critical moment, and Zhou Lang has full confidence in this... But he has no idea that when he set off to Renshou Palace, Li Shan was still thinking about whether to hide there