Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Chapter 996 Three-Party Melee (4)

At this time, Li Shimin already wanted to retreat. He looked around and found that after Cui Yingying's attack just now, the soldiers who had just gathered on his side had been washed away.

If he continues to hold on here and waits for the opponent to turn around and charge again, he may be dead.

Not caring about the soldiers who were entangled with Zhang Taixin, or the reinforcements that were gathering here, Li Shimin shouted at Yuchi Gong, who was fighting hard with less than a hundred cavalry:

"Jingde, meet me quickly and we'll rush out!!"

Although the surrounding area was filled with cries of killing, cries for help, and all kinds of wailing, Li Shimin's words still reached the ears of the two parties fighting in the melee very clearly.

The movements of everyone's hands froze, and then they looked at Li Shimin in surprise.

Zhang Taixin, who was directing his soldiers to fight fiercely, reacted immediately after hearing Li Shimin's roar, and hurriedly commanded the guards around him to step forward to stop him with their weapons in hand.

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Yuchi Gong also understood that it was not advisable to stay here for a long time. Now that the bandit army was strong, if he continued to stay, something might happen.

So he also led the participating cavalrymen and gathered in the direction of Li Shimin.

At the same time, Cui Yingying, who led her cavalry to attack most of the camp without any enemies, was already preparing to turn her horse around and sweep back and forth.

But out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the bright yellow on Li Shimin's body near the camp gate, as if he was about to evacuate.

Immediately, without caring about anything else, she immediately detached a part of the cavalry and continued to attack the military camp to prevent the remaining soldiers from gathering.

At this time, he, with the other half of the cavalry, rushed towards the direction of Li Shimin.

The main purpose of his visit this time was Li Shimin. If he was allowed to escape, then he and the other members of the Five Surnames and Qiwang would only be accused of treason in the future.

Moreover, he had to suffer various persecutions from Li Shimin and the imperial court.

If I can take advantage of this opportunity to capture Li Shimin alive, and then hold the emperor hostage to order the princes, will the world have to change their surname to Cui?

The reason why she didn't kill Li Shimin immediately before was because of this idea.

You know, a living Li Shimin is much more valuable than a dead emperor.

Cui Yingying felt a surge of blood in her heart when she thought that she might make the Cui family the most dazzling family in the world because of tonight's battle.

At this time, Li Shimin and Yu Chigong had also discovered Cui Yingying, who turned around and charged.

Immediately, Yuchi Gong shouted to the surrounding soldiers:

"Escort, protect the emperor, and rush out with me!!!"

After saying that, he took the lead and opened the way ahead.

However, what Yuchi Gong didn't expect was that the soldiers around him were all demoralized because of Li Shimin's words about running for their lives just now.

And they seemed to understand that they might not survive tonight, so apart from instinctively making some reluctant resistance to the soldiers who attacked them, they had no intention of escaping.

After all, you Yuchi Gong and Li Shimin are both riding horses. We worked hard to fight a bloody path for you to escape, but we have to leave ourselves here. This makes no one feel comfortable.

You know, there are not only this wave of rebels in front of you now, but most importantly, there are 3000 cavalry behind them. If you want to use two legs to outrun four legs, isn't that just wishful thinking?

What's more, outside this camp, you can't see your hands, and you can't even tell the direction when you escape. It's better to stick here, maybe people will be kind-hearted, fight to the end, and maybe spare your life.

At this time, you can see the difference between the miscellaneous army and the pro-army army brought out by yourself.

The soldiers under Zhang Taixin did not abandon their commander even after they knew that their commander would lead them to rebel and be hunted by the court.

Still following him wholeheartedly, he dared to wield the butcher's knife and come to attack the Emperor of Tang Dynasty.

On the other hand, the situation was different for the soldiers following Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong.

These were all temporarily gathered by Li Shimin from all over Chang'an.

It is definitely no problem to give orders to them to perform some simple tasks or fight against the wind.

But when it comes to a critical moment, when you want to make a comeback or let these soldiers die, the difference will show.

In their view, when they acted in accordance with orders before, it was just the obedience that subordinates should have to their superiors.

But now, the other party is not related to them, but wants to use his own life in exchange for their chance to escape. How can they endure this?

Aren't they just a duke and an emperor?

Under normal circumstances, even if these soldiers were given 100 courages, they would not dare to disobey the orders of these two men.

But when is it now?You are already trapped in a tight siege, and you don’t know if you can survive tonight. Who will care about your identity? Who will care about their orders?

Want to punish yourself?Want to settle the score?Okay, let's survive tonight first.

Listening to the roars from Yuchi Gong and Li Shimin's mouths, watching them constantly trying to gather the remaining soldiers and break out of the encirclement.

He looked at the people around him falling one by one under the enemy's butcher's knife, and looked at the blood spraying on the ground under his feet as if it was free of money.

The mentality of the surrounding soldiers began to slowly change.

The eyes they looked at Li Shimin and Yu Chigong slowly turned cold, and their previous admiration and admiration had long since disappeared.

Some, there is just a trace of desire for life.

After Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong roared angrily on their horses, they found that the effect was not great. In addition to the original cavalry, only some personal guards and a few skirmishers were left approaching them.

But those soldiers who were fighting bloody battles on their own seemed to have not heard anything and were completely indifferent.

Knowing that it would be futile to continue shouting, the two of them took a deep look at Cui Yingying, who was rushing towards this direction, and immediately began to flee towards the gate of the camp with the remaining soldiers who had finally gathered together.

However, at this time, the gate of the camp was already firmly controlled by Zhang Taixin's soldiers.

Seeing Li Shimin rushing toward him, he immediately began to form a formation to stop him without saying a word.

Unlike Cui Yingying's iron-hoofed army, the more than a hundred incomplete cavalry led by Li Shimin and Yu Chigong simply did not have the courage to charge into the formation when faced with the well-formed infantry phalanx.

The two of them just glanced at the assembled phalanx, then immediately turned their horses and rushed towards the camp on the right.