Turbulent Times Chapter 1648: True and False Li Shimin
"Young master is considerate, but the villain will take off his inner lining."
"I... do you call this a lining? It's almost as hard as armor."
"Young master redeems your sins, but the villain only has this kind of lining."
"Forget it, hurry up and help me put it on! Then I will help you tidy up your clothes and armor, and tidy up each other neatly. Don't let people see it."
The two squatted on the command tower, quickly changed each other's clothes, and helped each other with makeup.
When the guard wiped the black mud and dirt from his face and applied it very carefully to Li Shimin's face, the latter almost vomited.
"Sir, I know I'm going to die, can I make a request to you."
"Hurry up, I'm still running for my life."
"My lord, I have never been married, nor have I ever had a son. After I die, I want you to help me find a good woman and match me with a ghost, so that I can feel the life of having a wife after I die. "
Li Shimin stretched out his hand and patted the soldier's shoulder with emotion on his face, and said earnestly: "Don't worry, my son will match you with seven yin marriages, so that you can enjoy three wives and four concubines after death." days."
"Thank you, son, for your life-saving grace and great kindness, the villain can only continue to serve in the next life to repay."
"Well, don't worry, I will come to save you in the next life and let you continue to be my bodyguard. If you still look like me, you can also be my substitute."
"Master, the villain feels very excited, the villain has become a son."
"Wait a while, after I leave, you have to take a few steps forward to let the brave soldiers below see that their commander has always been here, with them, and has never left or returned to the city."
"Don't worry, my lord. For more than four years, this villain has been imitating your son's speech, and his demeanor and behavior. I can guarantee that you will be able to dress up exactly like your son."
As soon as the words fell, the soldier's expression and temperament changed instantly. The majesty and confidence of the face.
Seeing this, Li Shimin smiled slightly, and his whole person's image and temperament changed instantly. He bowed his body, with a flattering and respectful expression on his face, coupled with his dirty face and clothes, and his previous soldiers. There is almost no difference, not to mention looking at it with a telescope from a long distance, even if you don't look closely at it at close range, people who are not familiar with it can't tell it apart at first glance.
If Wang Junlin was here, he would definitely be amazed: the acting skills of Li Shimin and his soldiers have definitely reached the point of perfection.
On the hillside in the distance, Shen Guang watched Li Shimin come out from behind the messengers waving flags, and came to the front of the watchtower, holding the crossbar on the edge of the watchtower with one hand, and with the other behind his back, his gaze Looking down, there are also many soldiers of the Li family army looking at the watchtower. They can see very clearly that their commander, the second son of Tang Wang, is watching him from above and has not left.
On the other side of the command tower, Xu Shiji also saw Li Shimin reappearing. He also noticed the soldier, but he just glanced at him casually. After confirming that the other party was the soldier who came up before, he ignored .
At this time, the soldier had already got off the command tower, and rode into the Hanzhong City behind.
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Even if Li Shimin, who was dressed as a soldier, stood there to encourage the soldiers of the Li family army, it was only enough to maintain the morale of the Li family army, but it could not change the situation of the Li family army retreating steadily.
One hour later, when the 15,000 soldiers of the Li family army killed and injured more than 7,000 people, the morale finally collapsed, and the soldiers began to flee, even though the fake Li Shimin ordered the soldiers to flee
Soldiers shooting and killing can't change the situation of defeat.
In order to quickly kill and wound the enemy, and to kill and wound as many enemies as possible, following Xu Shiji's order, Cheng Yaojin led nearly ten thousand cavalry to charge, which accelerated the defeat of the Li family army.
On the command tower, "Li Shimin" continued to stand there straight, like a sculpture, as if it was a symbol, intending to let all the soldiers of the Li family army see him, so as to stabilize the morale of the army and continue to resist the Wagang camp. The complete defeat on the battlefield played no role, but it was already negligible.
"Li Shimin" has witnessed the entire process of the defeat of his own army, and now he knows very clearly that the victory and defeat have already been divided, and it is only a matter of time before Hanzhong City changes hands. The son has gone far away.
As more and more routs fled into the city gates, even if the general of the Li family ordered the gates to be closed, they would not be able to close them at all. , because there were too many defeated troops, and it caused conflicts.
So, as the broken soldiers fled into the city, the cavalry and infantry of the Wagang Camp also entered the city.
Of course, because "Li Shimin" is always on top of the command tower outside the city, there are still some soldiers of the Li family army who spontaneously guard the side of the command tower, fighting to the death for "Li Shimin" with red eyes.
They are Li Shimin's most loyal fighters. They can die for Li Shimin, but they don't know that the Li Shimin they are fighting for is a counterfeit.
Didn't escape, there were more than a thousand soldiers left to protect Li Shimin spontaneously, and they only entangled more than a thousand soldiers of the Far East Army, and they couldn't change any results at all, and they didn't even count as delaying time.
Because these more than a thousand people are not afraid of death and have become dead soldiers, but the problem is that the soldiers of the Wagang camp they are facing are not those who are greedy for life and afraid of death.
And when there is not much difference in morale between the two sides and both dare to fight to the death, other factors begin to determine the final strength of the battle.
The armor, swords, guns, ordnance of the Far Eastern Army are far superior to those of the Li Family Army, so the more than a thousand people are almost dead soon, and they didn't have much to back up before they died. .
It's just that these people shouted "die for the second son" while dying, which still made Cheng Yaojin, Xu Shiji, Shen Guang and others who witnessed this scene a little amazed and moved.
On the battlefield, when faced with the inevitable end, if there are always some soldiers who die for the leader, it means that the leader is good enough.
Of course, to some extent, it is enough to bribe or confuse people.
"Li Shimin" on top of his head has no sympathy for these more than a thousand soldiers who died in vain, and even thinks that these people deserve to die just like him.
Because, only in this way can it be more prominent that his "Li Shimin" is the real Li Shimin, so that the chief general of the Far Eastern Army will not be suspicious, so as to cover his son's smooth escape and buy more time for his son.
"No, I want to buy more time for my son." Li Shimin, who was dressed as a soldier, thought of this, and suddenly walked aside, picked up the handsome flag planted beside him, and began to wave it vigorously.
He really wants to shout loudly and say something to boost morale, but although he looks like Li Shimin, his voice is not like that, the tone and tone are not like that, so he dare not speak or make a sound, just Constantly waving the flag.
He wanted to tell the soldiers below who were still fighting to death for him, their coach, and the second son of Tang Wang whom they adored and loved were always with them.
The effect of "Li Shimin" waving the flag was very good. The six or seven hundred soldiers of the Li family army who were still alive below burst out with cheers and killing intent, and the fighting became more and more rapid.
Looking at the effect he brought, at this moment, "Li Shimin" suddenly felt himself.
Ji is the real son, he has really become the person I look at every day, the person I admire most in the bottom of my heart, and the person I can die for.
"Ahhhhhhh..."
Cheng Yaojin let out a roar, brandished the double axes in his hand, and led a cavalry, like a torrent of steel, rushed into Hanzhong City, and the follow-up soldiers and horses immediately followed up, forcibly organizing the Li family army at the gate of the city. The line of defense broke down directly.
Since then, the Li family's army has been completely defeated. The battlefield is no longer limited to a small area just outside the south gate and just entering the gate, but quickly begins to expand in the entire city.
One by one the fronts were cut and defeated, and the ferocious soldiers of the Far East Army came in one by one. The battle situation was like an avalanche, and it began to collapse completely. , waiting to be strangled.
At this time, only the soldiers of the Li family army who were still fighting to death under the command tower remained outside the city, but less than a hundred of them were dead.
And "Li Shimin" also stopped the flag in his hand and stopped waving it, because he had no strength left.
Not only was his arms sore and weak, but he also felt powerless in his heart, or despair.
In this world, there will never be a truth that you have tried everything, but you will surely win.
But although he was desperate at this time, he was not in pain, because he believed that his son must have fled away.
The next thing he has to do is to die in a decent way, and he must not defile his son, even if he is just a fake.
When the last soldier of the Li family army under the command tower also died, "Li Shimin", under the witness of Xu Shiji and Shen Guang who had already rushed to the horse, suddenly raised his head to the sky with a long laugh, and pulled out the long knife at his waist , cut to his own throat.
With a chirp, blood gushed out of his throat, "Li Shimin" fell down from the command tower with a smile on his face, and landed at the feet of Shen Guang and Xu Shiji.
"Is this how you killed Li Shimin?" Xu Shiji took a deep breath, stepped forward and turned over the crawling corpse of "Li Shimin".
"You were still smiling when you committed suicide?" Xu Shiji frowned slightly as he looked at the smile that remained on the corpse's face.
"With Li Shimin's character, he shouldn't have this expression when he died." Shen Guang also frowned.
"Also, with Li Shimin's character, it's impossible to stand on it stupidly just now, waiting to commit suicide." Xu Shiji thought for a while, and felt more and more wrong.
"General Xu, did you notice just now that Li Shimin didn't speak even at the end." Shen Guang's eyes flashed, and he suddenly thought of a possibility, but he didn't say it directly.
Xu Shiji couldn't help being shocked when he heard the words, and lost his voice: "What does Mr. Shen mean, is this Li Shimin a fake?"
Shen Guang nodded and said: "With Li Shimin's temperament and cunning, it is not difficult to prepare a substitute, and one that can die for him."
Xu Shiji's face suddenly became a little ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Come here, bring the corpse into the city, and then bring some prisoners to me. If you want a senior official, let them see if this is Li Shimin."
"In addition, send an order to Cheng Yaojin to lead all the cavalry to chase and kill the remnants of the enemy in the direction of Qinling, and tell him that Li Shimin is probably still alive."
The two messengers agreed, and Pegasus left.
Not long after, Cheng Yaojin, who was looking for the enemy to kill everywhere in the city, led more than 10,000 cavalry to gallop out from the north gate, chasing and killing the remnants of the enemy.
Soon, many captured generals of the Li family army were brought in front of Xu Shiji and Shen Guang. After careful confirmation by these people, it was finally confirmed that this Li Shimin was a fake.
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