"Young Master has thought carefully, I will take off my underwear right now."
"I...do you call it lining? It's so hard it's almost as strong as armor."
"Young Master atones for his sins. The villain only has linings made of this material."
"Forget it, hurry up and put it on for me! Then I'll help you sort out your clothes and armor, and keep each other neatly organized. Don't let anyone see it."
The two people squatted on the command tower, quickly changed each other's clothes, and helped each other put on makeup.
When the soldiers wiped off the black mud and dirt from his face and smeared it on Li Shimin's face very carefully, the latter almost vomited.
"Sir, I know I'm going to die. Can I make a request to you?"
"Speak quickly, I am still running for my life."
"Young Master, I have never been married, nor have I ever given birth to a son. After I die, I want you to help me find a good woman and give me a ghost, so that I can experience the life of a mother-in-law after my death."
Li Shimin reached out and patted the soldier on the shoulder with emotion on his face, and said earnestly: "Don't worry, I will match you with seven shady marriages, so that you can enjoy the life of three wives and four concubines after your death.
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"Thank you so much, sir, for your life-saving grace and great kindness. I can only repay you by continuing to serve you in the next life."
"Well, don't worry, I will come to save you in the next life and let you continue to be my personal guard. If you still look like me, you can be my substitute."
"Young Master, I feel very excited now. I have become a Young Master."
"Wait a moment. After I leave, you have to take a few steps forward to let the soldiers fighting bravely below see that their commander-in-chief has always been here with them. He has never left or returned to the city."
"Young Master, don't worry. For more than four years, I have been imitating the Young Master's speech and mannerisms. I can guarantee that I will be able to dress up exactly like you, the Young Master."
As soon as he finished speaking, the look and temperament of this private soldier changed drastically in an instant. The original respectful look on his face was gone. He stood as straight as a gun, with his hands behind his back, a light shining in his eyes, and a majestic look on his face.
and confidence.
Seeing this, Li Shimin smiled slightly, and his whole image and temperament also changed drastically in an instant. He bowed his body, with a flattering, respectful and careful look on his face. Coupled with the fact that his face and clothes were dirty, he looked almost different from the previous soldiers.
What's the difference? Not to mention using a telescope from a distance, even if you don't look carefully at a close distance, an unfamiliar person won't be able to tell the difference at first glance.
If Wang Junlin were here, he would definitely be amazed: the acting skills of Li Shimin and his soldiers have definitely reached the level of perfection, surpassing the little fresh meat of later generations by dozens of blocks, and they have clearly reached the level of movie kings.
On the hillside on the far side, Shen Guang watched Li Shimin walk out from behind the flag-waving messengers and came to the front of the watchtower. He grabbed the edge of the command tower with one hand and held it behind his back with the other, looking down.
, there were also many soldiers of the Li family army looking at the watchtower below at this time. They could clearly see that their commander-in-chief, the second son of the King of Tang, was watching them from above and never left.
On the command tower opposite, Xu Shiji also saw Li Shimin appear again. He also noticed the soldier, but he just glanced at it casually, and after confirming that the other person was the soldier who came up before, he ignored it.
At this time, the soldier had already got off the command tower and rode into Hanzhong City behind.
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Even though Li Shimin, dressed as a soldier, stood there to encourage the Li Army's soldiers, it could only maintain the morale of the Li Army, but it could not change the situation of the Li Army's retreat.
An hour later, when more than 7,000 of the 15,000 Li soldiers were killed or wounded, morale finally collapsed and the soldiers began to flee. Even if the fake Li Shimin ordered his own soldiers to shoot the deserters, it could not change the situation of defeat.
In order to kill the enemy quickly and to kill as many enemies as possible, following Xu Shiji's order, Cheng Yaojin led nearly 10,000 cavalry to charge, accelerating the defeat of the Li family's army.
On the command tower, "Li Shimin" continued to stand upright, like a sculpture or a symbol, intending that all the officers and soldiers of the Li family army could see him, thereby stabilizing the morale of the army and continuing to resist the Wagang camp. However, as the battlefield was completely
The role played in the defeat was not non-existent, but it was already negligible.
"Li Shimin" witnessed the entire process of the defeat of his own army, and now he knew very clearly that the outcome was already decided, and it would only be a matter of time before Hanzhong City changed hands. He could not even do anything at this time, and could only hope that his son would fly away.
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As more and more defeated troops fled into the city gates, even if the generals of the Li family ordered the city gates to be closed, they could not be closed at all. Even if they ordered to shoot their own troops and separate the crowd and force the city gates to close, it was useless because the troops were defeated.
There were too many soldiers, and conflicts arose.
Therefore, as the defeated troops fled into the city, the cavalry and infantry from the Wagang camp also followed.
Of course, because "Li Shimin" was always on the command tower outside the city, there were still some soldiers of the Li Family Army who spontaneously stood by the command tower, fighting to the death for "Li Shimin" with red eyes.
They are Li Shimin's most loyal warriors. They can die for Li Shimin, but they don't know that the Li Shimin they are fighting for at this time is a copycat.
Instead of escaping, there were more than a thousand soldiers left to protect Li Shimin. They only entangled more than a thousand Far Eastern Army soldiers. They could not change any outcome at all, and they could not even delay time.
Because although these more than a thousand people are not afraid of death and have become dead soldiers, the problem is that the soldiers of Wagang camp they face are not people who are greedy for life and afraid of death.
And when there is not a big gap in morale between the two sides and both sides dare to fight to the death, other factors begin to determine the final strength of the battle.
The Far Eastern Army's armor, swords, guns, sophisticated ordnance, and the strength of their battle formations were far superior to those of the Li Family Army, so soon more than a thousand people were almost dead, and they didn't actually have much support before they died.
It's just that these people shouted "die for the second young master" while dying, which still made Cheng Yaojin, Xu Shiji, Shen Guang and others who witnessed this scene a little amazed and emotional.
On the battlefield, when faced with a certain death outcome, if some soldiers always die for the general, it means that the general is good enough.
Of course, to a certain extent, it is enough to bribe or confuse people.
"Li Shimin" above his head had no sympathy for the more than a thousand soldiers who died in vain, and even thought that these people deserved to die just like him.
Because, only in this way can it be highlighted that this "Li Shimin" is really Li Shimin, so that the commander of the Far East Army will not be suspicious, thus covering his son's smooth escape and buying more time for his son.
"No, I want to buy more time for the young master." Li Shimin, who was dressed as a soldier, thought of this, suddenly walked to the side, picked up the handsome flag next to him, and began to wave it vigorously.
He wanted to shout loudly and say something to boost morale, but although he looked like Li Shimin, his voice was not the same, and the tone and tone were not the same, so he did not dare to speak or make a sound, he just kept waving his hands.
Holding the flag.
He wanted to tell the soldiers below who were still fighting for him that their commander, the Second Young Master of the Tang Dynasty whom they admired and loved, was always with them.
The effect of "Li Shimin" waving the flag was very good. The six to seven hundred soldiers of the Li family army who were still alive below burst out with cheers and murderous intent, and the fighting became more and more fierce.
Looking at the effect he had brought, at this moment, "Li Shimin" suddenly felt that he was the real prince. He had truly become the person he would look at every day, the person he admired the most deep in his heart, and he had become himself.
The one you can die for.
"Ah ah ah ah ah………"
Cheng Yaojin roared angrily, swung the double axes in his hands, and led a cavalry force, like a torrent of steel, into Hanzhong City. The subsequent soldiers and horses immediately followed, forcibly attacking the last defense line organized by the Li Army at the gate of the city.
It collapsed.
Since then, the Li Jiajun was completely defeated. The battlefield was no longer limited to the small area outside the south city gate and just entering the city gate, but quickly began to expand throughout the city.
One by one, the battle lines were cut and routed. The ferocious soldiers of the Far Eastern Army came in one after another. The battle situation began to completely collapse like an avalanche. The officers and soldiers of the Li family army were completely defeated and could no longer command. They could only be divided into groups, waiting to be strangled.
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At this time, only the soldiers of the Li family army who were still fighting for their lives under the command tower were left outside the city, but less than a hundred of them were dead.
And "Li Shimin" also stopped waving the flag in his hand because he had no strength anymore.
Not only were his arms weak and weak, but he also felt helpless in his heart, or in other words, despair.
In this world, there will never be a truth that you will definitely win even though you have tried everything.
But although he was desperate at this time, he was not in pain because he believed that his young master must have escaped.
The next thing he has to do is to die in a decent way and never tarnish his son, even if he is just a fake.
When the last Li Jiajun soldier below the command tower died, "Li Shimin", witnessed by Xu Shiji and Shen Guang who had already rushed over, suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, pulled out the long knife from his waist, and cut to the ground.
own throat.
With a snort and hot blood rising from his throat, "Li Shimin" fell down from the command tower with a smile on his face and landed at the feet of Shen Guang and Xu Shiji.
"Li Shimin was killed like this?" Xu Shiji took a deep breath and personally stepped forward and turned over the crawling body of "Li Shimin".
"You were still smiling when you committed suicide?" Xu Shiji frowned slightly as he looked at the smile still on the corpse's face.
"With Li Shimin's character, he shouldn't have such an expression when he is about to die." Shen Guang's brows also frowned.
"Also, with Li Shimin's character, it is impossible for him to just stand there stupidly, waiting to commit suicide." Xu Shiji thought for a while, and felt more and more something was wrong.
"General Xu, did you notice just now that Li Shimin didn't say anything even at the end?" Shen Guang's eyes flashed, and he suddenly thought of a possibility, but he didn't say it directly.
When Xu Shiji heard this, he couldn't help being shocked and lost his voice: "Master Shen, what do you mean, this Li Shimin is fake?"
Shen Guang nodded and said: "With Li Shimin's temperament and cunning, it is not difficult to prepare a substitute, and a substitute who can die for him."
Xu Shiji's face suddenly became a little ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Come here, take the body into the city, and then capture some prisoners for me. I want some of the more senior ones to see if this is Li Shimin."
"In addition, send an order to Cheng Yaojin and ask him to lead all the cavalry toward the Qinling Mountains to pursue the remaining enemies. Tell him that Li Shimin is probably still alive."
The two messengers agreed and left on Pegasus.
Not long after, Cheng Yaojin, who was looking for enemies to kill everywhere in the city, led more than 10,000 cavalry and galloped out from the north gate to chase and kill the remaining enemies.
Soon, many captured Li Jiajun generals were brought to Xu Shiji and Shen Guang. After careful confirmation, these people finally determined that Li Shimin was fake.
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