The rain was still falling, the night was getting darker, and Li Shimin was the only one left in the large clan school. Although the fire in the brazier was burning and there were a lot of bamboo charcoal on the edge of the brazier, it always felt like the temperature had dropped a bit.
Come down.
Apart from the sound of rain outside, there was no other unnecessary sound, and it seemed completely quiet.
Li Shimin stretched out his hands to warm the fire, tilted his head slightly, and was a little distracted at this time. He suddenly murmured to himself: "Yuan Ji was shot and killed by my order. Now my eldest brother is also killed by my order. I will do it again in the future."
I will never regret killing Xuan Ba, because they have all lost themselves and are controlled by the devil Wang Junlin!"
Sighing, Li Shimin suddenly raised his eyebrows and said to himself: "What does this King of Killers want? Just to kill Wang Junlin, so he helped me like this?"
This question gradually weighed on Li Shimin's mind. He didn't like this kind of situation where an outsider suddenly ran into the chaos. It would be better if the person who came didn't have the same relationship with Nie Xiaoyu. Or the other party didn't have that terrifying
If he had the strength, he could directly ask people to take it down and control it by means.
However, this idea can only be thought about, and it is obviously impossible to do it, because the opponent's strength and means are beyond his imagination.
"However, the King of Killers just said that someone wants to kill me, so I should be more careful."
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On the second day, Li Shimin and his convoy continued north and headed towards Chang'an City on the official road. Because of what happened last night, the escort of the entire convoy became more rigorous. Li Shimin also ordered some of his soldiers to pretend to be marching in the rain.
Businessmen, lurking in the dark, watching all suspicious characters.
Along the way, there are always some people with a sense of martial arts in them, in teahouses, restaurants, inns, and outside inns, watching the motorcade.
Li Shimin's soldiers were a little wary. After reporting to Li Shimin, Li Shimin just nodded lightly without any major reaction.
Li Shimin knew that this was because as the territory of the Far East Army grew larger and larger, some gangsters who liked to be involved in the underworld and went astray could not survive elsewhere, so they had to go to Guanzhong and their Li family's territory.
When he was a hundred miles away from Chang'an City, a confidant ran from Chang'an City to report the situation to Li Shimin.
"What's the situation in Chang'an City now?" Li Shimin asked this confidant as he knocked on the small coffee table in the middle of the carriage.
He intends to kill some people after entering Chang'an City, but who can be killed, who cannot be killed, how to kill the people who should be killed, and how to end the killing. There are regulations in this, or in other words, they are all required.
Careful planning.
To do these things well, it is very important to keep abreast of the latest information in Chang'an City.
The visitor reported the current situation in Chang'an City, and then said: "Sir, the Prince's Mansion has been very active recently. There are many civil and military officials and people from powerful families entering and leaving the Prince's Mansion, and there are even several generals in charge of the army.
, and some leaders of Jianghu gangs, this is the list of people who have entered the Prince's Mansion."
Li Shimin took the list and read it over. His expression was a little solemn. He was silent for a moment, nodded, said a few words, and ordered his confidants to return to Chang'an City quickly. As before, he continued to keep an eye on those people, and asked him to
Notify a certain general in the army stationed outside Chang'an City and ask him to lead his troops to meet him and build momentum for him.
The convoy kept moving forward, and for the next few days, it was still raining non-stop in the sky, sometimes heavy and sometimes light. Fortunately, we were already on the official road, and we were no longer afraid of floods.
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Entering the territory of Chang'an, the official roads became wider, the mountains and forests became fewer and fewer, and there were more and more pedestrians. Even the wind and rain gradually subsided, but the wet mud wrapped the horses' hooves, making the entire team's march somewhat difficult.
However, Li Shimin's soldiers and three thousand cavalry had already relaxed their minds. No one outside Chang'an City dared to send out a large number of troops to assassinate the second prince of the Tang Dynasty in broad daylight.
After all, Chang'an City was surrounded by the most powerful one hundred thousand elite soldiers under the command of the Tang King. No one dared to cause trouble near Kyoto.
A small valley appeared in front of you. Raindrops pressed against various leaves, making those branches creak. As long as the wind blew, a piece of rain would fall.
Li Shimin opened the heavy curtain and looked at the valley. He found that there were no stones on the mountain. In the distance, the huge outline of Chang'an City was faintly visible, as suffocating as a giant beast.
However, at this moment, Li Shimin suddenly heard the warning sound of the soldiers sent out to sneak around.
Then he heard the sound of some kind of heavy crossbow being cocked.
He was very familiar with this sound because he had heard this sound many times during the war with the Far Eastern Army in the past few years.
This is the sound of the giant crossbow unique to the Far Eastern Army.
Li Shimin did not panic at all, but instead took a long breath, as if he had been waiting for this moment to appear for a long time, or he had been looking forward to seeing evidence that his eldest brother had colluded with the Far East Army for a long time.
Although he has asked the No. 1 Killer King to kill his eldest brother, he is his own brother after all, so how can he not have any psychological burden? With these evidences, he feels better.
Of course, if Wang Junlin saw this, Li Shimin was simply deceiving himself.
There is no need for Li Shimin to give orders outside, the generals commanding the cavalry have their own orders to warn, defend and kill the enemy.
And he just patted a raised spot on his hand gently for the first time.
Click click click click...
The next moment, amid a series of noises, six thick iron plates suddenly popped out of the inner wall of the carriage. Including the entrance and exit of the carriage, the entire carriage was sealed, with only two hidden small holes on the left and right sides for ventilation.
Almost as soon as the mechanism in the carriage was activated by Li Shimin, a huge crossbow gun shot through the air from the low hill on the right, with the sound of roaring wind and thunder, and was about to hit the carriage where Li Shimin was sitting.
Dozens of soldiers shouted and frantically used their bodies, knives and guns to intercept the crossbow.
The unique giant crossbows of the Far Eastern Army are so powerful that they have surpassed the imagination of people in this world. Not everyone can intercept them. Even masters who have broken through the years dare not intercept them head-on unless they don't want to live anymore.
But there were really four master soldiers who didn't want to live. The weapons in their hands couldn't stop the crossbow, so they finally used their bodies to intercept it.
It must be said that Li Shimin can always make many people die for him.
The nearly two-meter-long crossbow finally pierced the four soldiers and was slightly deflected. After weakening some of its strength, it was still firmly pierced into the wall of the carriage.
Blood spurted out from the body of the soldier, and the blood spattered everywhere.
The carriage was knocked over to the ground by the huge force contained in the crossbow, but it only penetrated a little and was unable to penetrate further.
Inside the carriage, Li Shimin looked extremely gloomy, thinking that if he hadn't prepared the carriage in advance, he might have been assassinated this time.
Immediately afterwards, he heard countless terrifying and suffocating crossbow arrows ringing in the valley!
Clang Clang Clang Clang!
A dense sound rang out from all directions outside the carriage. It was the sound of crossbow arrows hitting the carriage wall, and it was also the soul-stirring song of death.
At this moment, an unknown number of crossbow arrows were fired at the carriage where Li Shimin was sitting. Especially the several terrifying giant crossbows fired from the crossbows carried extremely powerful momentum and directly hit the ground again.
On the carriage!
There was a loud "boom" sound.
The horse pulling the cart was nailed to the ground, and the carriage bounced helplessly. The shaft of the cart, which was shocked by the two crossbows, was completely broken, and it jumped among the rocks. It looked like a horse waiting for
Slaughtered monster.
However, the carriage did not fall apart like an ordinary carriage.
Li Shimin pricked his ears and listened to the whistling sound of crossbow arrows piercing the air outside. He knew that the enemy's primary target must be him. Although he didn't know how many people the enemy sent, whether it was the army or others, and how he knew his whereabouts, but
He knew that this was not the time to think about the causes and consequences.
Because, his ears judged that in such a short period of time, the crossbow arrows fired at the valley to kill his enemies were so fast that he was reminded of another unique weapon of the Far Eastern Army, which was also his most popular weapon.
The weapon I long to own——Nine-shot rapid crossbow.
Such a powerful and dense crossbow attack, and the opponent's meticulous preparation, made Li Shimin feel a hint of death.
It was obvious that the carriage Li Shimin was riding in was so strong that it could withstand the power of a powerful crossbow. This was extremely unexpected for the enemies who were ambushing on both sides of the valley.
The rain of crossbows was still flying, and there was a sound of howling and neighing in the valley. At the beginning of the attack, the sharp roar of the men sent by Li Shimin had already served as a warning to the hundreds of guards and three thousand cavalry here.
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Many people immediately hid under the horse's belly or fell off the horse and hid behind the cover.
Just war horses don't have such good luck.
Although the war horses were very spiritual, their bodies were huge and there was no way to avoid them. Most of them died after the first arrows were pulled out, and those who were lucky enough to survive were seriously injured and dying. They fell to the mud with their screams and blood.
It was dyed all over the ground in this small valley, and it looked terrible and shocking.
There were corpses of war horses everywhere, arrows everywhere, and blood everywhere, but not many human corpses.
"Damn it, there's obviously something wrong with the carriage Li Shimin is riding in. No matter how many arrows you shoot, you can't kill him." In the dense forest on the hillside on the right, behind a boulder, a middle-aged man looked a little ugly. If anyone has been staring at Li Jiancheng these days,
When you go to the mansion, you will find that this middle-aged man has been in and out many times.
"Gang leader, what should we do now? Do we want to rush down and kill people?" A black-faced man next to him waved a machete in his hand and shouted loudly.
"Kill them, Li Shimin's cavalry and soldiers are all hiding under the horses. They didn't kill a few just now. We only have a few hundred more people than the opponent. It's okay to use the good things we brought to sneak attack. I'm afraid we can fight in close combat."
It’s to die.”
"Besides, there are already troops from Chang'an City rushing towards us, and they're going to kill everyone."
The boss who spoke was a little angry.
"Boss, the other party sent some experts to come over to us."
"Leave some people behind and retreat with me."
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At the same time, a grand ceremony was held in front of the south gate of Chang'an City to welcome the triumphant return of the heroes.
Although Li Shimin first lost the defense line on the east side of Hedong, and then suffered a defeat in Sichuan and Shu, and suffered a lot of casualties, he still conquered the two counties of Luoyang. Besides, given the special characteristics of Luoyang, this achievement is not as good as conquering the entire Sichuan and Shu.
Small.
Therefore, at a glance, many civil and military officials under Li Yuan came to greet him, including some people from well-known families.
And Li Jiancheng was sent by Li Yuan to welcome his younger brother.
Li Jiancheng arrived relatively late. At this time, escorted by two hundred cavalry, he also came to the south gate from the city. The guard of the south gate had already come forward and respectfully welcomed Li Jiancheng into the attic next to him.
Many officials or people from aristocratic families who came to see Li Jiancheng found that Li Jiancheng's smile was a little forced, and there was even deep jealousy and coldness in his eyes.
Li Jiancheng may have thought he was hiding well, but how could he escape the eyes of some old guys?
Of course, it is also possible that Li Jiancheng did not cover up and hide it well for some reason.
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"Young Master, I've been tortured. I'm from the Chang'an Gang." In the valley, most of the people left behind by the assassins died, and a small number were captured.
Li Shimin had also gotten out of the carriage and was firmly protected by more than 3,000 elite soldiers who had lost their horses.
The confidants who had previously sent information to Li Shimin left a list of people who had recently been in and out of the prince's house, either openly or covertly.
One of them is the leader of the Chang'an Gang.
The Chang'an Gang is a gang that has only emerged in recent years. It emerged after Li Yuan took control of Chang'an City and drove away the Blood Knife Gang in Jingtian under Wang Junlin. Because there was the support of a certain powerful family behind it, it was able to exist and mix.