Chapter 24 twenty-three

Li Jiancheng was so nervous that he was at a loss, so he said to Li Shimin: "Second brother, what are you doing?" Li Shimin had already known about Li Shimin's murder plan, so he raised his legs and ran to the back of the Linhu Palace in a panic.Li Yuanji was much more sober than him, and shouted: "The Qin family is rebellious, give me the bow and arrow!" He snatched a bow from the guard of the nearby palace, and took it from the man's quiver. He fired three feathered arrows and shot towards Li Shimin like beads.Li Yuanji has been fond of horse bows since he was a child, and he can be regarded as a brave general in the Tang army. He usually shoots arrows without fail, and can pierce Yang with a hundred steps, but today, things happened too suddenly. The bow, even the three arrows all fell through the air.

Seeing Li Yuanji shooting himself with an arrow, Li Shimin was furious. He took off the bow and aimed at him to return the arrow, but when he saw that Li Jiancheng was about to run behind the wall of Linhu Temple, he immediately turned the arrow and loosened the string without thinking. .The feather arrow in his hand flew out, and with the sound of piercing through the air, he chased Li Jiancheng straight, and pierced it from his back with a "poof".Li Jiancheng fell headlong to the ground like a wooden stake, the dark red blood oozed from the arrow shaft submerged in his body, and a big red flower suddenly bloomed on the golden satin robe.

Li Shimin was stunned. The nervousness after sneaking into the Xuanwu Gate and the feather arrow shot by Yuanji just now kept his mood in a state of near chaos. He had already forgotten who the people in front of him were, and he just regarded them as two people. An opponent who met on the battlefield, and then just like when he met the enemy in battle before, he skillfully drew his bow and arrow, skillfully aimed, and skillfully loosened the bowstring.But the blood flowing from Li Jiancheng's back made him suddenly wake up.What he just killed was not someone else, but his brother who had lived with him in this world for nearly thirty years!The two lived together day and night until he joined the army at the age of sixteen.The demon that had bound Li Shimin for a long time jumped out from the bottom of his heart again, looking down at him from above, staring at his bleeding eyes, and tortured his soul fiercely.Li Shimin suddenly felt his whole body go limp, and the bow in his hand fell to the ground. He rode his horse and rushed to Li Jiancheng, jumped off frantically, picked him up, and cried loudly: "Big Brother, Big Brother, how are you, how are you?"

However, Li Jiancheng could no longer open his eyes. The blood flowed down the shaft of the arrow continuously to his body, and then flowed from him to Li Shimin's body. It still carried a residual temperature. Li Shimin seemed to feel that there was a fire burning through his whole body. . At this time, Yuchi Jingde shouted anxiously from the side: "His Royal Highness, look quickly, Yuanji has run away, let's go after him! Otherwise something big will happen!" Li Shimin came to his senses, turned his face and saw that Li Yuanji had abandoned The horse ran towards a forest not far away, and it could be seen that his intention was to get into the forest and use the trees to avoid the arrows of the pursuers.Li Shimin knew that there was a hill passing through this forest, and if he climbed over the hill, Li Yuanji might escape from the palace.Can't wait any longer!Li Shimin put down Li Jiancheng's body, and the figure of Li Yuanji turning back while running brought his mood back to reality.At this moment, he, Li Shimin, is in the most dangerous battlefield he has ever experienced in his life. There is only the law of life and death here, and any family affection and mercy must be ruthlessly put aside!Li Shimin once again jumped on the horse, raised his lance and chased after him vigorously. He turned into a bloodthirsty devil again, with only enemies in his eyes.

The process of killing the titan Li Yuanji was much more complicated than when he shot Li Jiancheng. Li Yuanji, who was as light as a kite, wandered through the dense woods, dodging the blows of the long spear in Li Shimin's hand time and time again.Finally, Li Yuanji waited for the opportunity to fight back. After Li Shimin's hard blow was dodged again, his clothes were caught by the branches. He lost his center of gravity and fell off his horse. outside.Li Yuanji immediately turned over and rushed forward, pressing on Li Shimin's body, stretching out his hands to tightly strangle him by the throat.Li Yuanji's physical strength is astonishing. All three armies know his bravery. No matter how hard Li Shimin struggled, he couldn't break free. His head, hot blood immediately sprayed Li Shimin's face.

Li Shimin pushed his body to the side with all his strength, took a big breath, then turned over and stood up, only to see Yuchi Jingde standing beside a tree fifty paces away, looking at him.Originally, Yuchi Jingde and all the cavalry of the Qin family had planned long ago, and asked the king of Qin to personally kill the prince and king of Qi. They were just helping out, because everyone knew in their hearts that after this massacre, the masters of the world would Change to King Qin.After all, the crown prince and King Qi are brothers of King Qin. If they, the courtiers, go to kill them, no one can guarantee that Li Shimin, who will rule the world, will not settle the blood debt with them.However, at this juncture, King Qin's life was on the line, Yuchi Jingde really didn't dare to hesitate any longer, so he could only release this fatal arrow.Li Shimin wiped the blood from his face, supported a tree to stand upright, and looked down at his younger brother.Li Yuanji's handsome face was contorted with pain, and a pair of beautiful barbarian eyes were still wide open.Li Shimin bent down slowly, stretched out his hands to cover his face, and slowly closed his eyes.

At this time, there was a fierce killing sound from the direction of Xuanwu Gate, and a fast horse came galloping, and immediately there was a little schoolman covered in blood, who shouted from a distance: "Your Highness! Your Highness!" Li Shimin turned around. Ask: "What's the matter?" The small school reported anxiously, Donggong Yiwei Chariot General Feng Li, Deputy Guard Xue Wanren, Qi Mansion General Xue Shufang and others led more than 2,000 elite soldiers from the East Palace and Qi Mansion to the Xuanwu Gate. Master Changsun, Hou Junji, and the others are desperately resisting, Jing Junhong has already died in battle, Gao Shilian summoned all the prisoners from the nearby prison, and offered them a heavy reward to let them guard the gate with our army, but the opponent has three times as many people I, our troops are out of strength, and we are about to be attacked by them!

The seventy cavalrymen in front of the forest were shocked when they heard this.Li Shimin glanced at them with stern eyes, and reprimanded loudly: "Why panic?" Then, he pointed to Li Yuanji's body and ordered Yuchi Jingde: "Jingde, quickly cut off the heads of Jiancheng and Yuanji. , Throw it from the Xuanwu Gate, and the military morale of the East Palace and the Qi Mansion will be in turmoil!" Yuchi Jingde was taken aback, looking at Li Yuanji's body, with a look of hesitation on his face.Li Shimin said sharply: "What are you still doing? They used to be my brothers, yes, but from the moment they murdered me, they became my sworn enemies. There is no friendship between us! Hurry up!" Ah!" Yuchi Jingde no longer hesitated, jumped off the horse, pulled out his saber, and slashed fiercely at Li Yuanji's beautiful neck.

But Li Shimin couldn't bear to watch this scene anymore, he turned his face away slowly, and at the moment when Yuchi Jingde's sharp saber fell, a tear silently fell from the corner of his eye...