Three whips break the father-son relationship, please call me prince

Chapter 244: Accumulate Power and Draw the Bow to the Full Moon

Five days later.

The scouts frequently traveled back and forth to report the movements of the Goguryeo army.

As soon as Gao Yanshou's army entered the area within 50 miles of Anshi City, their movements were detected by scouts.

Li Shimin responded immediately.

Of the 100,000 government troops, 50,000 were led by Li Daozon, who took a detour overnight and moved to the east side of the Goguryeo army.

Li Ji led an army of 30,000 and moved to the north to lie in ambush.

At the same time, the main force of the Tang army separated 5,000 soldiers and officially launched an attack on Anshi City.

Li Shimin was ambitious and good at making plans, but he was not blindly arrogant.

The purpose of attacking Anshi City first was to stimulate Gao Yanshou to come to the rescue and to prevent the city from suddenly leaving the city to fight during the battle.

He used Anshi City as bait, but also wanted to eliminate the threat of Anshi City.

Li Chengqian remained silent about Li Shimin's deployment.

He really didn't want to interfere in Li Shimin's military affairs, he just respected him again and again.

He is the General of Tiance.

He has fought more battles than he has eaten salt.

However, I can give him a little surprise.

Li Shimin's plan was to capture Anshi City within one day and to fight Gao Yanshou in the field on the same day.

who knows.

Less than half an hour after the army attacked the city, news came that shocked Li Shimin.

"The city is broken?"

He was greatly surprised. This was a siege.

How come they broke in in less than half an hour?
Could it be that the previous feint attack consumed too much energy?

Or is it that the combat effectiveness of the standing army is too strong?

"His Majesty."

"It's the Prince's Guard."

Shangguan Yi said quickly: "I don't know what method the prince's guards used, but the city gate was breached in an instant."

"A large section of the city wall also collapsed."

"Five thousand soldiers broke into the city without much effort, and are now fighting inside the city."

Li Shimin was stunned. "Are the prince's guards so good at fighting?"

"How many people went?"

"Less than five hundred."

Li Shimin: "..."

"absurd!"

Li Shimin scolded, "Do you think I've never fought a war or something?"

"Pharmacist, do you think it's possible?"

Li Jing's mouth twitched. You don't believe that the city will be broken, but you believe that your own prince is letting you claim military merit?

"Your Majesty, the city was breached. This is a fact."

he reminded.

Li Shimin was angry and amused, "That's why I thought of forcing Gao Yanshou to send troops, and the city was broken in a blink of an eye."

He spread his hands and asked, "What if Gao Yanshou runs away?"

“This dish is gone as soon as it’s served.”

"What guests are you inviting?"

Li Jing said: "The door is blocked, the guest can't escape."

Only then did Li Shimin calm down. Even if Gao Yanshou ran, he could not outrun Cheng Zhijie.

"His Majesty!"

At this time, someone came to report, "Gao Yanshou has set out and is heading towards Anshi City."

"In ten miles, we will be able to engage our army."

Li Shimin was shocked and shouted: "The whole army should prepare for the battle."

"Someone is coming."

"Prepare the horses, the emperor's banner will go first."

"I will personally supervise the battle!"

"Order the prince to stay at the headquarters and not leave without my permission."

"According to the order!"

When Li Chengqian received the message, he obeyed it.

He wanted to go to the front, but he was not fit.

When Li Shimin goes to the battlefield, someone has to be in charge of the headquarters.

If anything happens, there is someone to make the decision.

"Zhi Nu, do you want to go?"

Li Zhi's eager eyes were almost solidified.

Hearing his brother's words, he nodded like a little chicken.

"Go if you want."

"Thank you, brother."

Li Zhi ran outside without saying a word.

Li Chengqian shook his head and laughed, then picked up the memorial sent from Chang'an and read it.

During the spring ploughing season, Crown Princess Su Qing participated in the ploughing ceremony as the Crown Princess.

Afterwards, the Crown Princess held a banquet in the East Palace and summoned the wives and relatives of the civil and military officials in Chang'an to show her close relationship.

No one in Chang'an said anything about this.

Everyone is happy to see that the Crown Princess wants to get closer to the female members of the family.

Those who do not have status and qualifications will not be summoned.

This means that whoever is not invited should move up.

"I didn't expect that my beloved concubine would understand it so quickly."

Li Chengqian was quite pleased with Su Qing's reaction, which really pleased him.

When fighting outside, the Crown Princess cared about the female members of the family, and the big guys fighting felt much more comfortable and at ease.

……

"Check. Check again."

"There must be no room for error."

Pei Xingjian shouted, "Put the explosives a little further back."

"Xue Li, go take another look."

When using a crossbow, you must be extremely careful. If something goes wrong and an explosion occurs, the spare ammunition will also be detonated.

All of them were wiped out in one fell swoop.

"Guide, the emperor's banner has appeared."

Pei Xingjian looked behind him and saw the emperor's banner appear, which meant that His Majesty was not far away.

He looked around and saw the army lined up for battle again.

Just waiting for the arrival of 300,000 troops.

He looked into the distance again, at the explosives they had buried over the past few days.

"First, I'll give you a good drink."

Pei Xingjian showed a ruthless look.

"Why are the Prince's Guards here?"

Li Shimin frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has ordered that the Crown Prince's guards should also see blood."

"Even real gold needs to be refined by fire."

Liu Rengui said.

Hearing this, Li Shimin nodded. At this moment, Gao Yanshou's army appeared in the distance.

"coming!"

Li Shimin's expression turned cold. After waiting for so long, he finally saw the fish.

"Order the entire army to be ready to attack at any time."

"Send a message to King Jiangxia and Duke Ying to attack from both wings."

"Yes!"

In the distance, Gao Yanshou and others looked at the Tang army's formation with contempt on their faces.

"Li Shimin only has 40,000 troops, yet he dares to fight us in the field."

"It's ridiculous."

Gao Yanshou said: "The defenders of Anshi City have made great contributions." "If the city was captured, Li Shimin would be able to defend it."

The general under his command laughed and said, "I don't think Li Shimin knew we would come so soon and would have so many troops."

"He has 40,000 troops, and he wants to fight against our 300,000?"

"This time we must capture Li Shimin alive, invade the Tang Dynasty, and take control of the Central Plains."

There was loud laughter all around.

With an absolute advantage in military strength, a single spit from 300,000 men could drown the Tang army.

"Send the order!"

"attack!"

Gao Yanshou drew his weapon and roared, "Capture Li Shimin alive, invade the Tang Dynasty, and rule the Central Plains!"

"kill!"

"Kill!"

But as soon as they attacked, there were suddenly loud explosions all around them, one after another, the sky shook and the earth trembled, and dust flew.

For a moment, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and the sounds of agony were endless.

Countless people fell to the ground crying and shouting, and the horses were frightened and out of control.

"what happened?"

Gao Yanshou was horrified.

"preparation!"

Pei Xingjian personally raised the signal flag, and soldiers squatted in front of hundreds of crossbows.

Some were holding torches, some were preparing to fire crossbows, some were adjusting angles, and some were making quick arrangements.

"ignition!"

Pei Xingjian roared, and the signal flag fell fiercely, "Fire!"

hum!
The bowstring vibrated, bursting out with terrible driving force.

Arrows tied with firecrackers shot out and flew far away.

Pei Xingjian didn't even look at the effect and kept shouting, "Keep going!"

"Continuous firing!"

"quick!"

shhhhhh!
With a whistling sound, it cut through the sky and shot towards the enemy.

Hundreds of large crossbows were fired, and an overwhelming rain of arrows poured down. The terrifying and dense scene was so frightening that it made people terrified.

Even more terrifying.

They will explode after they hit the ground.

The iron nails and iron balls shot out by the explosion are even more terrifying in their lethality.

The sound of rumbling explosions was endless.

Li Shimin, who was standing on a high place, was stunned by this scene.

First, Gao Jun was harassed by an explosion on the spot.

At the back, at the forefront of the two armies, the prince's guards used large crossbows, causing thunder to roll in the sky.

"This this."

Li Shimin and others were so shocked that they were speechless.

The battle hasn't started yet.

Gao's army was in chaos and suffered heavy losses.

Li Shimin was really dumbfounded.

He had never seen such a way of fighting.

"horrible."

"too exaggerated."

"Three hundred thousand troops is nothing."

“They are just a bunch of lambs.”

Li Zhi stood beside Li Shimin, muttering to himself.

"Chi Nu, do you know what that is?"

"Father, it's firecrackers."

Li Zhi excitedly explained: "The large crossbow shoots crossbow arrows carrying firecrackers."

He is still explaining.

Then I saw the Prince's guards charging on horseback towards the enemy.

"Bang the drum!"

"Army attack!"

Li Shimin didn't think too much about it for the time being and gave the order without hesitation.

The army attacked on all fronts.

Kill you while you are sick.

What else is there to say now? Let’s finish the war first.

"Spread out!"

"Don't fight in close quarters."

"Blow up the archers first!"

Pei Xingjian was galloping without drawing his sword. He took out a handheld firecracker from the horse's back with one hand and pointed it at the torch on the side of the horse.

Get close to the enemy, light the firecrackers, and throw them out with all your strength.

It doesn't matter if it explodes or not.

He kept taking out hand-held firecrackers, unscrewing the lids, lighting the fuses, and throwing them.

A real man never looks at explosions.

"Swim away, all of you swim away separately."

"Throw it where there are many people."

Xue Li was also roaring. The three thousand prince guards were at the forefront of the battlefield. They were extremely cool and their fighting style was also unique.

The armies of Li Ji and Li Daozon appeared from the side, causing further chaos in Gao's army.

An army of 300,000 stretched out for dozens of miles.

No one knows what will happen next, no matter what happened in the past.

Seeing the chaos in front, the people behind also became confused and panicked.

Gao Yanshou shouted loudly and ordered the army to be reorganized and resistance to be organized.

But it is not so easy to spread the order.

Only a few people gathered around, and most of them were in chaos.

Xue Li saw the flag in front of him. It was a bit far away so he couldn't throw it over, and rushing over was not in line with tactical requirements.

He reached for his bow and took out an arrow tied with a firecracker.

Firecrackers are quite heavy and are generally not used as bows and arrows.

But Xue Li was born with supernatural powers, and the bow he used was also extremely powerful.

He drew the bow and aimed the arrow precisely at the torch. He lit the fuse and raised it toward the sky.

Charge the bow and draw the full moon.

"go with!"

The arrow was shot out and streaked across the sky.

The fastest throw, also the fastest fall.

Gao Yanshou suddenly saw an arrow flying in the sky, witnessed its trajectory, and finally landed beside him.

He couldn't help revealing a hint of luck and a hint of contempt.

Want to shoot me?
dream.

But he soon realized something was wrong. There was a burning sound from the arrow and wisps of black smoke.

Sudden.

Boom!
Gao Yanshou felt something piercing his body, and then his vision collapsed.

Bang all over.

He fell heavily to the ground, his head level with the ground. He saw countless people's feet, in panic and chaos.

His body seemed to be bleeding and his face was extremely painful.

It seems that only one eye can see.

"what is that."

"Why is this happening?"

"Am I going to die?"

When Gao Yanshou gradually lost consciousness, he could not figure out how he died until his death.

(End of this chapter)