Da Tang: Father, can I resign?

Chapter 230 Li Jing: I’m here to help you!
For the rest of the journey, Li Ming and his party encountered no further problems and arrived at the city gate of Jinguanmen safely.

However, the group didn't say anything else. They just kept their mouths shut and remained silent all the way.

It's too much.

When they were surrounded by hundreds of Bingzhou cavalry, almost everyone saw Tainai waving at them.

If it weren’t for the fact that His Highness Li Ming had accumulated enough good luck.

I guess by now, everyone has been reunited with their grandmother.

Su Dingfang couldn't help but mutter:
"The night is long and dreams are many. If it weren't for your meddling, Your Highness..."

"If you can't speak, just shut up." Li Ming said in a muffled voice.

After a period of contact (to be specific, half a night), he found that Lao Su was good in every way.

She's just too nagging and annoying.

"Hmm..." Su Dingfang was not convinced and shut up after mumbling.

Alas... Li Ming and Chang Sun Yan looked at each other, shook their heads and sighed at the same time.

They finally understood why Lao Su, who was able to fight and lead troops, had a positive outlook on life and was very loyal, was stuck in the useless position of General of the Left Wuhou Guard for more than ten years.

It has nothing to do with him standing on the wrong side and following Li Jing. His Majesty Li II is not such a narrow-minded person.

It's just that this guy is too talkative, like an old woman.

Let him be the local police officer, his professional match is perfect.

His Majesty Li II selects talented and capable people for office!
At the Jinguan Gate, the guards heard the sound of hurried horse hooves from afar and saw a dozen or so light cavalrymen fleeing for their lives.

"Boss, there's an enemy attack!"

The new recruit guarding the city gate reported hastily and was slapped in the face by the leading captain.

"Are you tired of living or are you and your nine clans tired of living? Open the door!"

First, there was an unidentified fire in the direction of the imperial palace, and then the prince led his troops into the capital.

The city gate guards had no idea what happened in the city tonight.

But the captain in charge of the garrison knew that the level of this matter was far beyond what these soldiers could handle.

Therefore, the captain chose to be a background board and never add any role to himself without permission.

Whizzing!

Like a fleeting moment (physics), these light cavalrymen did not linger, but passed through the city gate cleanly and swiftly, running towards the dark western suburbs.

A piece of paper floated down in the smoke and dust they left behind.

The captain stretched out his hand to take it, and when he saw the words clearly, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

It's a pass.

…………

"Are they not here?"

Li Ming, Su Dingfang and Chang Sun Yan rushed to Yong'an Bridge in the western suburbs.

This is the scheduled meeting place with Yang’s main force.

However, there is nothing here except a collapsed bridge pier.

"What about people?"

Li Ming stood on the saddle, looking left and right.

Su Dingfang began to mutter again:
"Alas, it's all your fault, Your Highness, for being so slow. They must have left first..."

You kid, just be a policeman for the rest of your life... Li Ming's veins bulged in his temples when he heard this.

Just as they were standing there in the autumn wind, a group of people arrived, covered in dust.

It was Yang and his party.

Li Ming and a dozen other light cavalrymen ran for their lives and made a big circle, and unexpectedly arrived at the designated meeting place earlier than the large army with their families.

"Huh? You guys are so fast?" Yang was stunned.

"Yeah." Li Ming didn't want to talk more, just nodded tiredly.

Although the confrontation with Li Zhi lasted only a few minutes, he felt that it was as long as a lifetime.

Yang looked at the dozen or so children whose faces were as pale as paper and asked with concern:

"What happened?"

Li Ming glared at the talkative Su Dingfang and shook his head:
"fine."

Yang looked at Li Ming, and then looked behind Li Ming.

"Are those people your friends?"

"Who?" Li Ming asked subconsciously.

Then, I heard the sound of iron hooves behind me.

No way, why are they all rushing to attend the meeting... Li Ming felt a headache and looked back.

From outside the city, another army rushed out, again wearing standard Tang army armor and again riding fully armored horses.

It's really weird, such a well-equipped army doesn't have to go to the Xueyantuo front to work?

How do you find the time to surround us, the poor orphans and widows?

"Are they Li Jing's private assassins?" Chang Sun Yan asked in a low voice.

Li Ming smacked his lips:

"Not like."

Li Jing's group had been under the surveillance of the Suppression of Counterrevolutionaries Committee, and there were only about 500 of them in total.

The equipment was not so neat, and some people even wore armor from the Sui Dynasty or even the Northern Wei Dynasty.

But the number of cavalrymen before him far exceeded five hundred.

Bling Bling's armor is also much cooler than the second-hand goods that Li Jingdong pieced together.

Su Dingfang frowned and stared for a while, his expression immediately became very serious:
"Turks."

"What? Ashina Simo has reached Chang'an?!"

Before Li Ming could fully understand what was happening, he was picked up by Su Dingfang and thrown onto Changsun Yan's horse.

"What happened? Who are they?"

Li Ming was confused.

"That's an offensive formation. They're coming with bad intentions. Stay hidden!"

Su Dingfang said something cool, and then began to command his troops in a familiar manner:

"The Imperial Guards will escort the two princes to retreat. The Wuhou Guards will dismount and shoot arrows. The camp will follow me on horseback to charge into the battle!"

Once on the battlefield, Su Dingfang seemed like a different person, giving orders in a concise and clear manner.

One team is responsible for the main attack, one team is responsible for the auxiliary attack, and one team is responsible for covering the VIP retreat. The division of labor is very reasonable.

Strangely enough, under his command, the troops from the three parts automatically obeyed his arrangements and formed a battle formation.

The uninvited guests also saw the group of people, and immediately stopped and discussed something in Turkish.

After a while, a Turkic general came forward on his horse and shouted in standard Chinese:

"I, the Left Guard General Ashina She'er, have been ordered by my Lord to come and attack the traitor who murdered the Heavenly Khan!

"If you accomplices are willing to repent and hand over the principal offender, you can be spared. Otherwise..."

Before he could finish his words, a rain of arrows came towards him.

"Turkic barbarians, you have the nerve to call yourself righteous? Go back to the grassland and fuck sheep!"

Su Dingfang challenged passionately.

"...a vulgar soldier." Ashina She'er spat.

At this point, there was nothing more to say. The two armies went to war directly without any agreement.

"Your Highnesses, follow me!"

According to the arrangement, the generals of the imperial guards covered the retreat of Li Ming and Yang.

"Take care of yourself and stay safe!" Li Ming shouted to Su Dingfang.

Su Dingfang nodded, as if he had heard it.

After working as a local policeman for more than ten years, he finally ran into his old rivals, the Turks, today, and his DNA was stirred.

…………

On the other side, Li Ming, Zhang Sunyan and Yang quickly turned to the northeast.

"Who are they?" Yang tried to keep her tone calm.

After running around all night, she was out of breath, and the cold wind in the late autumn night made her face flushed.

"I don't know." Li Ming answered simply.

Yang: "Did you meet anyone before leaving the city?"

Li Ming: "Li Zhi and his Bingzhou army."

The mother and son never spoke again.

After a while, Yang couldn't help but sigh in a low voice:
“You are right.

"At dinner today, when you said that Li Zhi and Li Tai had rebellious intentions and resolutely gave up their power and went to Liaodong for refuge, I thought it was just your usual... fantasy. "I didn't expect..."

Unexpectedly, the two imperial brothers actually planned an armed rebellion and actually put it into practice.

If Li Ming had not been vigilant enough and prepared to escape in advance.

He was really surrounded and killed in Taiji Palace by these armies!
"To seize the throne, one must not hesitate to assume the worst of the other party."

Li Ming chuckled.

Chang Sunyan asked curiously:
"Why is Mingge laughing?"

"I laugh at Li Zhi's lack of wisdom and Li Tai's lack of strategy."

Li Ming pointed to the only road ahead:
"If the two of them were to ambush an army here..."

"Then what?" Chang Sun Yan blinked his eyes curiously.

"And then I wanted to slap myself..."

Li Ming rubbed his head.

I saw a group of people rushing out from both sides of the road ahead.

They are all Turks, and obviously they are in the same group as Ashina She'er.

And amidst this group of Turks, a carriage slowly approached.

The body of the car is carved with dragons and painted with phoenixes, which is very luxurious and inconsistent with the style of the painting on site.

Li Ming couldn't be more familiar with this car.

It was that person's car.

The mastermind behind all the conspiracies, from the poisoning of Li Xiaogong to the assassination of Li Shimin.

"Li Tai..."

Li Ming muttered through gritted teeth.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the crowd, and a fat, snow-white head with big ears popped out of the window.

The fat man used the firelight to see the group of people clearly, and a look of genuine surprise appeared on his face:

"Brother Ming? Mother? What a coincidence. You two are not in the palace, so why are you in this wilderness?"

It wasn't actually a coincidence.

In ancient times, infrastructure capabilities were limited, and there were only a few roads that crossed states and counties.

And there are even fewer roads that can accommodate more than a hundred cavalrymen.

If you want to leave the city from the Jinguan Gate in the west of Chang'an and head northeast, this avenue next to the Yong'an Canal is almost a must-pass road.

Coincidentally, Luoyang is just to the northeast of Chang'an, and even more coincidental is that Li Tai also decided to enter the city through the Jinguan Gate.

Therefore, Li Tai had no choice but to choose this path.

One goes northeast and the other goes southwest. When will Li Ming and Li Tai meet is just a classic elementary school math problem.

It's only a matter of time.

What happened tonight? Did I carry a magnet on my back that attracted all the bad luck? Li Ming thought to himself, feeling miserable.

But facing his real enemy, Li Tai, he was also desperate and merciless:

"To stop your plot to seize power and usurp the throne, Li Tai!"

An expression of grievance appeared on Li Tai's face:

"Ming brother, how can you scold Dong Zhuo as a traitor to the Han Dynasty like Cao Cao did?"

After a while, seeing no response from the other side, he explained helplessly:

"I mean, how can you be the first to file a complaint?"

"I know what this means... No, I know Cao Cao is a traitor to the Han Dynasty, but I am not... Alas!"

Li Ming was almost led astray by the other party and forced himself to change the subject back.

"Li Tai! You first colluded with Ashina Jieshelu to murder Hejian Prince Li Xiaogong, and then tried to assassinate my father in Jiucheng Palace.

"After the plan failed, he colluded with Xueyantuo, Goguryeo and Ashina Simo to harm the Tang Dynasty and kill Tang soldiers. Even more shameful is that he set a trap to harm your father again!

"You have committed so many schemes, and your crimes are unforgivable! How can we let the world be handed over to scum like you!"

Li Tai was stunned, his fat cheeks trembling slightly, obviously he was very surprised by what Li Ming said.

For a moment, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, which were squeezed into two slits by fat.

But he quickly returned to his original expression and continued to laugh amiably as before.

This smile made everyone present shudder.

Because it represents the default.

He betrayed the Tang Dynasty and murdered his father and king... The knowledgeable and seemingly gentle King Wei was actually such a cruel and cunning man with no father or king!
"I never thought that Brother Ming, who is so smart, could actually see through my little plan."

He stroked the fan in his hand and said slowly:

"But what does that do?"

Li Tai obviously had no intention of engaging in verbal battle with Li Ming, and he waved his hand lightly.

The Turkic soldiers drew their bows and arrows and aimed at Li Ming's formation.

"The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit, this is the truth from ancient times to today.

"History's code name for Ji Han is 'Western Shu', and the code name for you, Li Ming, will be 'The Regicide Maniac'.

"Fire arrows!"

A torrential rain of arrows shot towards Li Ming's side.

"Be careful! Protect His Highness!"

The imperial guards immediately raised their shields to protect Li Ming and his men, and slowly retreated by pulling the reins.

Li Tai's troops rushed from Luoyang overnight, so they did not carry heavy equipment such as armor-piercing crossbows.

The horse bows carried by the cavalry could not effectively penetrate the iron wall formed by shields and armor.

However, direct killing is not the purpose of this round of barrage.

Limiting movement is the key.

In order to protect the defenseless nobles, the imperial guards' formation was disrupted.

There's an opportunity!

Li Tai looked at this scene with pride, and pointed his fan forward:
"Cavalry, charge!"

His soldiers immediately formed an attack formation and rushed towards Li Ming's side.

With the Turkic people's riding skills, supplemented by the Tang army's equipment and regular training, this unit's combat effectiveness was very strong.

"Are you really colluding with foreigners?!" Li Ming gnashed his teeth and yelled at the fat boy in the car.

"What foreigners? You are so unfriendly."

Li Tai answered leisurely:
"These are all servants who have served in the Prince of Wei's mansion for many years. They are definitely our own people."

"Your mansion in Luoyang is full of Turks?!" Li Ming was shocked.

He finally understood why Lai Junchen's spies had never been able to infiltrate the Prince of Wei's Palace.

My goodness, the Prince of Wei’s Palace is simply the barbarians’ lair!
Normal Han people really can't get in.

"For many years... You have been raising private soldiers and planning today's rebellion?!" Li Ming was shocked.

"Otherwise? This is all thanks to our father, the Emperor, who taught his son well."

Li Tai's elegant smile was filled with inexplicable sarcasm, self-mockery, and helplessness:

"My father used me as a whetstone for the crown prince and a teaching tool for training the empire's successor. How could I not know that?

"It's just that the grindstone has a mind of its own!"

Li Tai's smile became more and more distorted, and his shouting became more and more uncontrollable and hysterical:

"Kill them, trample them, and destroy all the brothers who dare to compete with me!"

Looking at the overwhelming enemy cavalry, Li Ming looked extremely solemn.

Their military strength was already at a disadvantage, and their main general Su Dingfang and most of the main forces were divided to delay Ashina She'er.

The disadvantage is overwhelming and the battle situation is extremely critical!
At this moment, a low drumbeat struck the hearts of both sides on the battlefield.

Boom!Boom!
The sound was not loud, but it resonated with the internal organs of everyone present.

The Turks who were charging on horseback instinctively felt something was wrong and subconsciously looked in the direction where the drum sounds came from.

The drum beats became more and more rapid, like a summer rainstorm, pouring down in an instant.

A cavalry group rushed out from the darkness and rushed towards Li Tai's side!
This cavalry was really weird. The armor they wore was of all kinds, and they looked like a ragtag army that was hastily put together.

But their formation was extremely strict, like an arrow shot from a bow.

This is a standard cavalry charge formation.

Right at the arrow point, a veteran took the lead.

Although the veteran has gained weight, his sharp eyes are still as sharp as before.

"General Li Jing, come and help!"

(End of this chapter)