Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3118 Dan Mercury Medicine
The fighting situation was extremely tragic.

The two sides fought desperately around the thick city wall. Tang Jun knew that His Majesty was watching behind him, so he fought desperately without fear, and continued to climb towards the top of the city along the ladder like crazy, even if he was shot when he was close to the top of the city. Or being knocked down by rolling logs and rocks, but still going forward, screaming and fearing death.

The Goguryeo defenders gritted their teeth even more, knowing that if they were a little negligent, they would be killed by the Tang army on the top of the city. At that time, the entire city wall defense line would be broken by the Tang army. Tang Jun, can only be massacred.

One side knew that they had the upper hand, so as long as they gritted their teeth and kept charging, the defenders would eventually collapse.

The other side believes that it is impossible for the Tang army to keep attacking like this. As long as you grit your teeth and withstand this turbulent attack, the Tang army will eventually be repelled. Return without fail.

There was a thick layer of corpses under the city wall, most of them were Tang Jun's corpses, but there were also many Goguryeo soldiers who fell from the wall.The blood had already soaked the ground under the city wall, like the mud after the rain, and stepped on it until it reached the ankle.

From noon until sunset, the two sides fought in one place, the casualties were countless, and the fighting still showed no signs of weakening or stopping.

Zhou Daowu, dressed in armor, rushed up from under the mound, and when he came to His Majesty Li Er, he bowed and saluted, panting: "The Duke of Wancheng just attacked the top of the city, but he was killed by the enemy with all his strength. He was wounded by swords and shot three times with arrows. He fell down from the top of the city, vomited blood, and passed out. He was carried out of the battlefield by soldiers and was being treated by a military doctor. May I ask Your Majesty, how should we deal with it?"

Your Majesty said earlier that either you will die in battle, or you will commit suicide and apologize...

So even though Zhang Jian was knocked out several times on the battlefield, Zhou Daowu still didn't dare to neglect, so he hurried over to ask for instructions.

His Majesty Li Er looked gloomy, looked at the battlefield that was still fighting endlessly in the distance, snorted, and said: "Treat first, allow his troops to return to the camp for rectification, and wait until they return to Chang'an, and then question the crime! Order Lu Guogong to replace Wanwan It is the duty of the Duke of Chengjun to continue to storm the East City!"

Naturally, at this time, Zhang Jian, who was seriously injured and fainted, could not be chopped off with a single knife. He stood here all the time, and he could see that Zhang Jian, who was nearly sixty years old, charged forward with his relative Mao Shishi, and was the first to rush to Anshi City again. the head of the city.Although he was killed and retreated, such a brave and aggressive style, even if he failed, was acceptable.

"Here!"

Zhou Daowu was a little disappointed. He and Zhang Jian had always been at odds. Since he was in Youzhou, he was constrained by Zhang Jian from time to time, and he was ignored when he went to the theory.How could he, who was so arrogant, bear it?
But right now, of course he didn't dare to say more about eye drops, and after receiving the order, he quickly turned around and left.

Li Ji took two steps forward, approached His Majesty Li Er, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the situation of the battle is very tense, and there is no change for a while. You might as well go back to the camp for a while, and then take a rest. My humble ministers are here to supervise the battle." .”

He knew that His Majesty Li Er's physical condition was not good. After standing here for a long time, his energy might have been exhausted. If he couldn't rest and adjust in time, he might collapse from exhaustion.

That would be troublesome.

This is also a weakness of the "Personal Conquest by Royal Drivers". Although the emperor's personal conquest can boost morale and make the whole army work hard, if the emperor makes a slight mistake, it will directly shake the morale of the army, leading to the collapse of morale and defeat without a fight.

His Majesty Li Er did have something wrong. After the strength of the medicine wore off, his body became more and more empty and tired, his waist and legs were sore and dizzy.

Hearing this, he thought for a while and felt that he couldn't hold on. If he fainted at this time, the blow to the morale of the army would be immeasurable, so he nodded and said: "Alright, Mao Gong, you stay here, the offensive is not allowed." Weaken it by half a point until it breaks the city!"

"Here!"

Li Ji responded, and called the servant who was standing beside him, and helped His Majesty Li Er down the mound to the camp of the Chinese Army.

Looking at His Majesty's staggering back, Li Ji frowned deeply.

His Majesty Li Er has always had excellent physical fitness. Even though he could ride a strong horse, pull a strong bow, charge into battle and kill the enemy with a sword, he shouldn't be so weak, right?
Especially when the spirit is good and bad, he is still full of energy at noon, but he looks a little tired in the afternoon.

If he could not get sick during the Eastern Expedition, or even something unbearable happened...

Li Ji didn't dare to think about the serious consequences.

Among other things, it is almost inevitable that the huge empire will be torn apart in an instant...

A heart was pulled hard.

……

Back in the tent, His Majesty Li Er took off the disguise in front of others, and his whole body collapsed immediately. The short distance from the door to the bed was only a few dozen steps, and with the support of the servant, he walked for half a cup of tea. Can barely lift.

After finally moving to the side of the bed, he immediately fell down on the bed, gasping for breath, his chest heaving violently.

The servant was almost frightened to death, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, are you all right?"

His Majesty Li Er ignored him, took a few breaths with his eyes closed, gathered some strength, opened his eyes with difficulty and said: "Pour some water for me to drink."

"Here."

The servants hurried to the table. In order to prevent His Majesty from returning from the battlefield suddenly, the servants carried warm tea with them anytime and anywhere. The servant touched the kettle and felt that the water temperature was just right, so he poured a cup and carefully held it to His Majesty Li Er In front of him, he first helped His Majesty Li Er up, then handed over the water glass, and watched His Majesty Li Er gulp down the glass of water.

"Your Majesty, is this servant going to ask the cook to prepare the meal?"

The waiter put the water glass aside and asked cautiously.

His Majesty Li Er closed his eyes, and slowly said: "No need, I'm not hungry, just a little tired. You stay in front of the door, no one is allowed to come in, I want to sleep for a while and have a rest."

Although the tiger and wolf medicine can boost one's energy for a short period of time and make one energetic, but the side effects are also great. After the medicine's power dissipates, the whole person seems to be taken out of time, it is difficult to lift up the slightest energy, and the bones of the body are sore and limp. , without any strength.

At the beginning, I only cared about using medicine to maintain my body, but I didn't listen to the words of the Buddhist monks. I didn't believe that it would cause too much damage to my body, so I was stubborn and insisted on taking it.

But now, although we have realized the harm of these drugs, we are still stuck.

Without the support of medicine, how could he persist with his current mental state and physical fitness?Just the sluggish appearance will cause a major blow to the morale of the army.Goguryeo was unexpectedly strong. If the morale of the Tang army suffers another setback, then the victory or defeat of this Eastern Expedition will really become unknown.

How can he bear the consequences of the failure of the Eastern Expedition?

If he had to make a choice between the victory of the Eastern Expedition and the annihilation of Tuyuhun, he would definitely choose the victory of the Eastern Expedition!
It is possible that Tuyuhun might enter Guanzhong, which would be a major blow to him as an emperor, and there will be no good words in the history books, but once the Eastern Expedition fails, Li Er will immediately be the same as the Sui Yang Emperor who was discredited by him end.

"Foolish and incompetent, violent and cruel", "abandoning morality and poor soldiers, in order to subvert", "killing the country and destroying the country, laughing for the world"...

These are all the words he used to describe Emperor Sui Yang, and they will all be used on himself one day...

This is absolutely unacceptable.

Taking a deep breath, His Majesty Li Er lay down peacefully, trying to calm himself down, and closed his eyes.Although all kinds of worries were flooding in his mind, and there was a faint sound of shouting and killing outside the city of Anshi, which prevented him from resting for a moment, but the physical wear and tear was too great, and he fainted after a while He fell asleep deeply.

I don't know when, someone suddenly called in my ear.

His Majesty Li Er suddenly woke up from his sleep, straightened up, his heart was beating wildly, he was panting heavily, his head was covered in cold sweat, and his eyes were a little out of focus.

At some point in the camp, the candles were already lit, and the servant bowed and stood by the bed, and said in a loud voice, "Your Majesty, the army came to report just now, saying that Duke Lu has captured the top of the city!"

"Ok?"

His Majesty Li Er gently softened his swollen and aching head, thinking that he might have caught the wind and cold, his whole body was in severe pain, and he couldn't lift a bit of strength.

However, he still heard the servant's words clearly, his spirits lifted immediately, and he quickly asked: "Is that true?"

The waiter said: "How dare the slaves tell such a lie? The British government sent people to report that the army has already killed the East City, and it will not take long to enter the city."

(End of this chapter)