Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

July seventeenth.

Outside the Phoenix Valley, Yang Wenqian, a tall man, stood on the hillside for a long time, his handsome face looked hideous because of the blood stains, and his eyes were bloodshot.

From the morning of July 24 to the present, [-] hours have passed, two full days, and Yang Wengan only slept twice, each time for one or two hours.

It has been [-] hours since the attack on the Forbidden Army in the early morning of July [-]th, and it has been twelve hours since the attack on Renzhi Palace. Although the defenders retreated steadily, they still could not be completely conquered. Fear, despair, excitement, hope and other emotions surrounded Yang Wenqian. heart.

Yu Wenying, who was standing by the side, did not urge her. At this time, Yang Wengan had no way out, unless he was willing to be hacked into pieces.

Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later, Yang Wenqian personally led hundreds of soldiers, covered with arrow rain, with the shield hand in the lead, and rushed straight to the front of the formation.

Being able to be won over by the crown prince, although Yang Wengan was not outstanding in military strategy and did not have particularly outstanding military exploits, he was a fierce general in the formation, holding a shield in his left hand and a knife in his right. Six defenders.

"Yang Wengan!"

With a bang, a long spear stabbed head-on, and with a coaxing sound, Yang Wenqian was holding the shield with one hand after all, and the shield was knocked to the ground without any suspense, but he didn't panic, and stepped aside, the long knife in his right hand It stabbed at the base of the opponent's thigh that was not covered by armor.

In the blink of an eye, one person rushed forward, the other retreated after letting go, Yang Wengan had already broken into the formation, and the guards around him applauded, and the one who was forced to retreat was the most famous brave general of Tiance Mansion, Wei Chigong.

Of course, Yu Chigong started from the early morning of yesterday, went into battle again and again, suffered many injuries, was exhausted and at the end of his strength, and he was also better at horse fighting than foot fighting.

Li Shimin, who was watching the battle from the rear, had no choice but to have too few troops at his disposal, and it was obvious that Yang Wengan would win in person.

As a last resort, Li Shimin signaled for an order, and the generals on the left and right sides, such as Su Dingfang, Cheng Yaojin, Duan Zhixuan, and Hou Junji, retreated one after another, maintaining a line with Yu Chigong who was forced to retreat.

Overjoyed, Yang Wenqian was about to order the whole army to attack, but he saw more than a dozen warriors coming against the current with their knives drawn. The head of the thick and strong man let out a loud shout, and his knives shone like snow, cutting off the two chasing soldiers abruptly.

Remnants of limbs and broken arms fell all over the place, large streams of blood splattered, cut off two bodies at once, even the best knife was useless, Kan Ling threw out the Mo knife in his hand, and took another from the guard. He ran towards Yang Wengan with the Mo Dao.

Yang Wengan's face changed slightly, and three or four guards around him raised their shields, and there was a loud sound of gold and iron, and two guards retreated after being hacked, while the other two guards turned into gourds.

Kan Ling kicked the person blocking the way, and swung his knife again, this time blood splattered everywhere, but Yang Wengan was already under the protection of heavy soldiers.

"It's a pity." Although Li Shimin regretted it, he also knew that Yang Wengan, as the commander of the rebel army, even if he went to battle in person, there would be no shortage of personal guards around him who would desperately guard him.

After a while, Yang Wenqian retreated slowly, and the rebels drew bows and arrows from both sides and let out a rain of arrows, forcing Kan Ling to return to the formation.

"Retreat?" Ling Jing asked in a low voice. Taniguchi was only less than two miles away, and most of it was already occupied by rebels. If they didn't take the initiative to retreat, but were forced to retreat, it might cause a rout.

"Wait a little longer." Li Shimin shook his head, "It's best to stay until noon."

If they retreated to Cuiwei Hall, even though the Cuiwei Hall had already been surrounded by dismantled red bricks, and even a trench was being dug around it, it would not last long.

It's like if Chang'an City is breached, no matter how strong the imperial city is, it won't last long.

Ling Jing was pounding in his heart, if you, Li Huairen, don't come, just wait to collect the body for the King of Qin. By that time, you will be finished too... Zhang Zhongjian guesses that he is unreliable. Once the King of Qin dies, Qu Tutong's attitude is hard to say, you If you are lucky, you may even go back to Lingnan.

On the hillside outside the valley, Yang Wenqian looked a little excited, "I see King Qin is not far away."

"It can be seen that the defenders are not strong enough." Yu Wenying said with a smile: "There are only six or seven hundred soldiers in total. Two or three hundred died in the battle yesterday. If we fight again today, we will die!"

Indeed, even Li Shimin couldn't afford to exchange the money. The rebel army suppressed the imperial army from the beginning to the end, and the loss was not too heavy. It still has nearly a thousand troops.

"However, it's better for Wen Gan not to fight in person." Yu Wenying said seriously: "Among the battle formations, King Qin is the best at choosing the opportunity to charge."

Yu Wenying didn't care about Yang Wenqian's life or death, but if this person died, she was afraid that it would be difficult for her to control these rebels, and maybe she would fail.

Yang Wengan nodded in agreement. Although he had never been under Li Shimin's command, the King of Qin always chose the best time for all his victories, either from the front or from the flank, and charged with elite cavalry. Xue Ju, Song Jingang, and Dou Jiande all lost like this.

However, the first three waves of offensives today could not break the formation. Yang Wenqian personally led the troops to boost morale. Just now, he forced General Wei Chigong back and pushed the front line a hundred steps forward. It can be said that the overall situation has been settled.

The key to winning or losing is time.

Yang Wenqian was thinking, while looking back to the south, "I don't know if there is a messenger going to Jingzhao."

"Shouldn't there be?" Yu Wenying's eyes flickered, he hurriedly concealed Wei Zheng's rush to Renzhi Palace, and the fact that there were messengers going to Chang'an and Ningzhou respectively.

"Not necessarily." Yang Wenqian shook his head and said, "Yesterday's sneak attack and Taniguchi's chaos, the King of Qin may send his cronies to Jingzhao for help... and Qiao Gongshan reported that His Majesty and King Qin may also send messengers to Jingzhao the day before yesterday and yesterday."

"It's only a hundred miles away. Shangfanfu soldiers should be able to arrive tomorrow, and forward Qingqi may be able to arrive at Renzhi Palace before dusk today."

"The crown prince, Yu Chang'an, must not be inactive." Yu Wenying's eyes flickered. He knew that King Qi had already arranged for an ambush to intercept the messenger, but he didn't know if he could succeed.

After a moment of silence, Yang Wengan said ruthlessly: "If you use human lives, you must kill them!"

A quarter of an hour later, more than [-] rebels entered Taniguchi again. Su Dingfang, Duan Zhixuan, Hou Junji and other generals who were already battered and bruised were fighting on the front line in person, and there were really not many troops left.

After a fierce battle for a long time, Su Dingfang, Cheng Yaojin, and Qin Qiong, the three most courageous generals, joined forces to take the risk and paid the price for Su Dingfang being shot in the shoulder, Cheng Yaojin being shot in the left arm, and Qin Qiong beheading the leading general. Barely repelled the rebels.

But a quarter of an hour later, another three or four hundred rebels came. This time, the whole line was shaken, and they were forced to retreat again and again. With seven or eight soldiers, Li Shimin could only be forced to go into battle himself.

There was bitterness on Li Shimin's face, he looked back at the defense line of Cuiwei Hall, and said in a low voice, "You guys go first."

Ling Jing, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others walked back in silence, Su Dingfang, Cheng Yaojin, Chai Shao and other generals also gathered in silence, and soldiers from behind brought the horses that had not been used until now .

At this moment, in a dense forest on the east side of Saga Mountain beside Jushui, Liu Heier tied the reins to a tree trunk, took out bean cakes from the pouch with one hand and fed them to the horse, and slowly stroked the mane of the horse with the other hand .

Liu Heier didn't think too much about it. She went south from the grassland, first attached to Liang Shidu, and then to Datang. She has experienced so much in just one year. Now the tribe has settled in Lingzhou, and letters from her uncle and younger brother are always coming. It is said that the conditions are not bad, and the rewards from the court are also generous, which shows that King Wei Si still has credibility.

Liu Heier stayed in Sun Moon Lake to serve as the commander of Wei Siwang, but he knew very well that he was different from other people and the other commanders of the personal guards. His position, trust, and intimacy were all far behind.

But Liu Heier could vaguely sense that Alang had a lot of trust in him. Considering that His Majesty and King Qin are now in the Palace of Renzhi, and the Crown Prince is in Chang'an, he felt that this kind of trust probably came from his father, Liu Yicheng.

His father was seriously injured and died of illness in Tongwan City, but the root cause was that he died at the hands of Tang Prince Li Jiancheng.

Liu Heier could almost guess her Alang's position.

Looking at the guards not far away who were concentrating on the opposite mountain, Liu Heier was very curious. After settling in Sun Moon Lake, I heard that Alang's learning was very mixed. This telescope is an example.

However, the real use of this telescope is very limited, such as today, but it is not very useful on the battlefield, especially on the grassland.

The grassland is full of cavalry, which can be seen with binoculars. Through the vibration of the ground, experienced veterans can judge the direction and roughly how many soldiers and horses there are.

"I didn't find it." On the mountain on the west side of Saga Mountain, Fan Shiyi took out his binoculars and looked carefully. On the narrow road, except for Wang Junhao and twenty riders escorting a carriage, he walked forward unhurriedly. OK, nothing out of the ordinary.

"From today to now, two or three batches have been intercepted and killed." The guard who had been staring nearby was so dry that his lips were peeling, and he took a sip of the water in the bamboo tube, "It's on the south side of Juyuan Bridge. On both sides of the road, brother Junhao is too risky."

"Shut up!" Fan Shiyi scolded, "It doesn't matter, they are all wearing Mingguang armor, and they are all wearing shields."

The personal guard stopped talking, and stared fixedly with his binoculars. Wang Junhao drove the horse forward slowly, holding a lance in his left hand on the horse's back, and a shield in his right hand. hideout.

"This is..." Under a cliff on the south side of Juyuan Bridge, an extremely strong man scratched his chin and murmured, "Could it be a scout...it doesn't look like it."

Indeed, there are no scouts with horses and shields, but it seems to be escorting some important person or item.

But no matter what it is, it must be going to Fangzhou. If you go to Fangzhou at this time, you must go to Renzhi Palace.

"Do it."

Wang Junhao, who had kept his ears pricked up, heard the sound of the strings, and immediately shouted and raised his shield. Although he couldn't stop all the sneak attacks, a guard's shoulder was pierced by a long arrow. The arrow was so powerful that he shot the guard off his horse, but All other arrows were blocked by the raised shield.

Dozens of strong men jumped out from the roadside on both sides, all of them armed with knives and guns. Wang Junhao did not hesitate, holding the horse's spear high in his hand, and using his legs hard, he drove the horse forward. The slowly lowered horse's spear pointed directly at the big man in front.

The complexion of the majestic man changed drastically. He is not an ordinary person who can forcibly speed up and charge in such a short distance...Indeed, although Wang Junhao is not capable of leading the army, he cannot lead the army independently in the battles of Jingzhou and Yuanzhou. Veteran with experience.

But in terms of battle, as the nephew of Hebei's No.1 general Wang Fubao, Wang Junhao is not much worse than top generals such as Su Dingfang, Xue Wanche, and Yu Chigong.

In the blink of an eye, the horse lance in Wang Junhao's hand easily picked up the big man in the lead, swept left and right, and broke out, but the guards behind him did not go so smoothly. Only four or five people rushed behind Wang Junhao. After leaving the encirclement, the other guards were stopped.

With such a short distance, it is difficult to quickly increase the speed of the horse. In this case, riding a horse is at a disadvantage, but what the opponent did not expect was that the remaining fourteen or five guards jumped off the horse without hesitation. , with the shield facing outward, forming a small defensive formation, protecting the two injured personal guards in the middle.

"Chess, chess." Fan Shiyi growled, jumped off the boulder with a stride, and hurried down the mountain.

In the dense forest on the east side of Saga Mountain, a guard holding a telescope said loudly: "The flag is raised."

Liu Heier snatched the binoculars to confirm, untied the reins, got on the horse, turned around and said, "Try to capture alive."

"Yes." Dozens of personal guards agreed.

The majestic man's face was ugly, not because he saw that the carriage was empty, but because he hesitated whether to kill these dozen people or chase the four or five cavalry who ran away, but what he didn't expect was that Wang Junhao, who had rushed out of the encirclement, did not Instead of fleeing from Juyuan Bridge, he reined in the reins and turned back, staying at a place dozens of paces away, wandering back and forth uncertainly.

Obviously, they are going to fly a kite. If you dare to come, I will urge the horse to stay away. If you dare to attack the dozen or so people, I will support you from the outside to prevent you from going all out.

Wang Junhao showed a mocking smile, bent down and took out a big bow, set the bow and let out an arrow. After the bowstring rang, a big man fell to the ground with an arrow in his chest without any suspense.

The majestic man said in a low voice with a cold face: "Go and lead the horse."

It's not that there are no mounts, it's just that there is no use for horses in an ambush here.

But at the next moment, the whole body of the majestic man was shaken, and he turned his head to look to the south, his eyes full of despair. Within his sight, nearly a hundred cavalry were galloping towards him like thunder, and the horseshoes knocked the ground so that the ground shook.

There are cliffs on both sides of the road, and there is no place to run. There is a place to run near the Juyuan Bridge, but Wang Junhao took four guards there, and more than a dozen guards who were forming a defensive formation were also killed. Come out and hold the opponent tightly.

After that, it was easy. Nearly a hundred cavalrymen flattened the ground in a wave. The majestic man headed by Liu Hei'er's horse will fly away. Some of the dozens of big men knelt and surrendered, some resisted desperately, and some ignored Wang Junhao's deadly bow and arrow. Flee from both sides of Juyuan Bridge.

"Don't chase anymore." Liu Hei'er called out Wang Junhao, who was not forgiving, and pointed at the tied up big man, "He's the leader."

Wang Junhao glanced, "Uh, I seem to have seen it somewhere before."

Two quarters of an hour later, Li Shan, who was standing on the Juyuan Bridge, looked at the majestic man and showed a sincere smile, "So it's Brother Yuwen."

The Phoenix Valley is dozens of miles away.

Yang Wenqian saw a well-dressed cavalry slowly coming out of the battle from a distance. He was startled at first, and then he was ecstatic. If it is said that the king of Qin won the battle by choosing the opportunity to rush into the battle, he was obviously forced into a desperate situation and rushed into the battle today.

This is called backlighting.