Some generals in the army began to realize that this was a big palace coup, and it was the crown prince who betrayed, and the current emperor was not kidnapped, and there was no traitor by Li Jiancheng when he instigated the soldiers.

One of them shouted: "Brothers, we are loyal to the emperor, not the crown prince, what the emperor asks his subordinates to do, his subordinates will do, what to hesitate!" ”

This shout immediately drew many hesitant soldiers to Li Yuan's side, and some of them began to turn their guns and aim at Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng made a lot of calculations, but he didn't calculate that Li Yuan's prestige was so powerful, and he reversed the situation with just one or two sentences.

Seeing that he would undoubtedly lose like this, he immediately made a decision, his heart was horizontal, and he shouted: "This person is a fake emperor, brothers, he is easily fooled, Jianghuai King Zhen Mingku has always been good at disguise and disguise, this emperor must be fake, the real emperor must have been killed by him, arrested him together, and avenged the emperor!" Afterwards, the prince will give you an official and a knight, and you will be rewarded! ”

Li Yuan was completely dead to this eldest son, sat down on the chair with a sad expression, and muttered to himself in despair: "Why did it become like this, why did it become like this......"

In the main hall, the two sides of the people and horses were already fighting together, and the people and horses of both sides shouted "protect the emperor", and it was a mess, and in the blink of an eye, blood flowed all over the entire Taiji Hall.

Li Jiancheng secretly took out a small crossbow, this crossbow was taken from Ling Shuang's body, and it was designed by Zhen Mingku many years ago to defend the Zhang family, and the attack at close range was quite effective.

He secretly aimed his crossbow at Li Yuan on the dragon chair in the main hall.

Pull the trigger.

Whoosh -

The crossbow arrow slammed into Li Yuan's shoulder, and Li Yuan let out a scream. Stretched out his hand and pulled out the crossbow arrow on his shoulder, threw it on the ground, and glared angrily at Li Jiancheng. "Brute, brute, why did I give birth to such a brute as you!"

Li Jiancheng was glared at by him, he had already lost his fighting spirit, and as soon as his legs were weak, he was about to kneel on the ground, and Wei Zheng next to him supported him. He said in a low voice: "The prince must not be discouraged, otherwise he will fall short!" Everyone is inevitably dead, and it has come to this day. You can only fight hard. ”

At this time, a herald ran in from outside the door and ran to Li Jiancheng's side, with a panicked face: "Return to the prince." Oh no. Thousands of elite soldiers suddenly came outside the Taiji Hall and surrounded the Taiji Palace. ”

"W-what!" Li Jiancheng's face was like ashes, he grabbed the collar of the herald, and shouted: "Who are these people, why didn't there be any news before, didn't it say that the defense in the imperial city was empty!" ”

"I don't know what I do."

Li Jiancheng looked back at the Taiji Hall that was in a mess, Li Yuan had already lost too much blood, plus the poison on the arrows. Passed out on the dragon chair.

Li Jing and Feng Lun were also gone.

It seemed that there was a stalemate for a while, and he was hesitating. Wei Zheng reminded: "Prince, the emperor has been hit by your poisonous arrow, I believe that if there is no antidote, you won't live long, the most important thing for you now is to save your life, the future will be long, as long as the emperor's death is counted on Li Shimin's head, this throne belongs to you, no matter how much Li Shimin quibbles, it will be useless, here will be handed over to Weichen to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

When Li Jiancheng heard this, he ignited a fighting spirit and grabbed Wei Zheng's hand, "Lord Wei, if one day I can ascend the throne as emperor in the future, you will be my greatest hero!" ”

"Take care, the prince must get out alive, I hope to see each other one day in the future."

Li Jiancheng no longer hesitated, and led more than 100 personal guards out of the Taiji Palace.

……

As soon as they went out, a rain of arrows fell from the sky, and Li Jiancheng's personal guards didn't have time to defend at all, except for a few people who stood by Li Jiancheng's side and showed their shields in time to block the rain of arrows, the rest fell in a pool of blood.

I only heard an angry shout: "Li Jiancheng, you and Li Shimin even dare to kill your father, today this king wants to kill his relatives in righteousness, kill you rebels, and avenge his father!" ”

When Li Jiancheng heard this voice, he was so angry that his lungs were about to explode.

Who is this person who is not Li Yuanji, he finally understands why Li Yuanji is standing still outside the city, just to wait for him to fight with Li Yuan and Li Shimin and lose both, and then reap the benefits of the fisherman.

He scolded: "Li Yuanji, this despicable villain, he has no respect for his elders, I usually treat you well, you dare to ignore the feelings of your brothers and secretly calculate me!" ”

Li Yuanji laughed, then the laughter stopped abruptly, and said coldly: "You dare to say that you treat me well, from childhood to adulthood, no matter what it is, it is only after you and Li Shimin have picked it up before it is my turn, my father and queen mother have praised you as the moon and stars one by one, but they regard me as cheaper than shit, you like it, I can't fight with you, you pick the rest, you will give it to me, are you a beggar when I am a beggar!" You treat me well, you let me once! ”

Li Jiancheng was speechless.

To be honest, since he was a child, he really didn't take this younger brother in his eyes, at best he was just a dispensable vassal.

Li Yuanji shouted fiercely: "Take down all these thieves who committed rebellion!" Those who dare to resist will be killed! ”

More than a thousand infantry swarmed up, and the dozens of remaining elite guards around Li Jiancheng fought bloodily, protecting Li Jiancheng to break out.

It's a pity that they are still outnumbered after all, Li Jiancheng's personal guards fought to the last soldier, Li Jiancheng was covered in blood, holding a broken sword, surrounded by groups, and his eyes showed the poignancy of a trapped beast.

"Wait, wait! This prince will not lose, when this prince ascends the throne as emperor, he will kill you one by one, punish your nine clans, and dig your ancestral graves......"

He scolded like crazy, Li Yuanji rode a horse to line up the crowd, walked to a place ten meters away from him, and looked at him playfully, "Li Jiancheng, you didn't think you would have today, right?" How many years has this king endured humiliation, and he eats the rest of his father's reward for you and Li Shimin, and uses what you and Li Shimin can't finish, and even the women he married are all left by Li Shimin! In ancient times, there was the king of Yue Goujian who tried to rebuild the country, and now I have Li Yuanji to endure humiliation and steal the throne, and today next year is your death! ”

Li Jiancheng glared at Li Yuanji viciously: "I want to be the emperor just because of your material, dream, you have no military merits, no prestige, just ask who in the Tang Army obeys you!" ”

"I don't need them to obey me, you are dead, Li Shimin is dead, my father is also dead, the world of the Tang Dynasty is naturally my Li Yuanji's!"

Li Jiancheng laughed angrily: "Just such a thing as you who kill your father and brother, even if you ascend to the throne, it won't be long before you will be spurned by the people of the world, and there will be no corpse!" ”

"You don't need to worry about it, even if it's the emperor for a day, I'll be determined, let me go to hell!"

Li Yuanji sneered, took out a bow and crossbow from the side, aimed it at Li Jiancheng's chest, and with a whoosh, the crossbow arrow shot out-

When-

The crossbow arrow was about to shoot into Li Jiancheng's chest when an axe flew from a roof twenty meters away, blocking the crossbow arrow.

At the same time, dozens of smoke grenades flew from all directions and landed in the crowd of soldiers.

For a while, the smoke was filled, and more than a dozen secret guards armed with hidden weapons and dressed as palace guards appeared from around the square and rushed into the crowd.

The hidden weapon shot out in all directions like a flower, and after a while, the sound of a thunderbolt falling to the ground sounded, and these infantry brought by Li Yuanji were suddenly caught off guard, and they fell down one after another under anesthesia.

Li Yuanji realized that something was wrong, and shouted hysterically: "Li Shimin, I know it's you, do you dare to come out and fight me to the death!" ”

There was a clanging sound of swords clashing around him, followed by a fluttering sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, and in the choking smoke, Li Yuanji saw a figure rushing into the crowd quickly, and put the guards around him to the ground one by one, as if they were in a no-man's land.

He vaguely saw that this person's figure was Li Shimin.

As far as he knew, Li Shimin was already lying on the bed because he was heavily poisonous, and it was difficult to even get out of bed, how could he be so fierce.

Growing up under the weight of the aura of his two brothers since he was a child, the fear and awe of the two brothers instantly occupied his heart.

Escape.

Before the word could come to his mind, his body had already reacted involuntarily.

"Stop him for me! Stop him! …… Protect this king, and kill anyone who comes near this king! ”

He shouted in panic, turned his horse's head, and fled in the direction of Xuanwu Gate with a dozen guards......

……

Looking at Li Yuanji's fleeing figure, Zhen Ming stood with his knife in pain, with a hint of disdain on the corner of his mouth.

The nature of the country is easy to change, and a selfish rat like Li Yuanji, no matter how many troops he gives him, when he sees that the situation is not good, the first thing that comes to mind is to protect himself and save his life, how dare he fight to the death with others.

He only brought a few dozen dark guards, which was enough to make Li Yuanji's two thousand infantry chaotic, and if Li Yuanji was clever enough, he would order the soldiers to be withdrawn from the square and stand by, instead of leaving these people to flee by themselves.

As long as the position is steady, although dozens of Dark Guards are all one of ten, they will inevitably die of exhaustion in the face of more than 2,000 infantry.

He was waiting for this moment.

"This king Li Shimin, you listened to the rumors and committed rebellion, now Li Yuanji has seen that the situation is not good, leave you and flee privately, if you resist, there is only a dead end, I advise you to immediately lay down your arms and surrender, this king can ask the emperor to save you from capital crimes, and you are not to blame in the past!"

Many of the infantry who followed Li Yuanji saw Li Yuanji's fleeing back, and they were disheartened, so they dropped their weapons one after another, and fell to their knees with a crackle.

In the blink of an eye, the defeat was like a mountain, and the fighting spirit of more than 2,000 soldiers was instantly collapsed, and the siege of the Taiji Hall was relieved.

Li Jiancheng was stunned on the spot, choking on the smoke and making his snot and tears flow, but his eyes were always staring at the direction from which the sound came. (To be continued......)