"Shi Wanbao!"
The sound of loud shouting rang out in the backyard of the county government office. Shi Wanbao, who was drinking to drown his sorrows, was startled and turned around to look, suddenly out of his mind.
"Shi Wanbao!"
"Shi Wanbao!!"
"Shi...wan...bao!!!"
Although he just called his name and repeated it over and over again, the resentment in his tone chilled Shi Wanbao's heart. He did not expect such a plot.
Just two hours ago, I was still planning to ask the Turkic nobleman to go back and make a point with his sword, but now the Huaiyang kid comes here with his sword raised...
"choke!"
There was a faint sound of the sharp blade being unsheathed, and the old-looking Shi Wanbao ran away!
However, the next moment, the sword flashed, and a broken palm rose into the sky.
The shrill screams echoed in the backyard. Li Shan, who had just arrived, stepped forward boredly, put his hands in his sleeves, and looked at the half of his palm that fell at his feet.
It’s not good to use anything to block the knife, you have to use your hands...
Gritting his teeth, Li Daoxuan tilted the long knife in his hand slightly downward, and a few drops of blood condensed on the tip of the knife and slowly dripped.
After knowing that Shi Wanbao was in Guantao City, Li Daoxuan surprisingly remained calm and collected, and only asked Liu Jun a few innocuous questions.
But after entering the city, Li Daoxuan did not greet everyone, take a shower or change clothes, or even eat a sip of food or drink a sip of water. Instead, he led Xue Zhong and Liu Jun straight to the backyard of the county government office.
In this regard, Li Shan, who was chasing all the way, could only sigh that this kid was so interesting!
He couldn't kill Shi Wanbao. It was a bit taboo. After all, he was a prince, and he didn't have any official position. He was always easy to be criticized and feared by others.
But as a descendant of the clan, a prince, and the military commander of Hebei Province, Li Daoxuan, who had just been framed by Shi Wanbao and almost died, could naturally do it.
Not only do you dare to kill, you can kill, but you also have a reason to kill.
Yu Gong, Shi Wanbao ordered the army to stand firm and annihilated the 30,000 elite Tang army. In one battle, the main force of the Tang army in Hebei was wiped out, and Jizhou, Xingzhou, Beizhou and Luozhou were lost one after another.
Such a defeat is enough to remove him from his title and dismissal from office.
In private, Li Daoxuan was captured alive by Shi Wanbao. If it weren't for Li Shan, Li Daoxuan would have been completely defeated.
When he thought of how he fought desperately in the formation and the entire army of five thousand elite cavalry was wiped out, while Shi Wanbao led an army of tens of thousands and looked on coldly, Li Daoxuan was filled with hatred and wanted to cut Shi Wanbao into pieces with a thousand swords.
Of course, there is another reason.
Shi Wanbao was a direct descendant of the East Palace, and he was highly trusted by the saint. His brother Shi Wansui had an old relationship with the saint back then, and this was proved by the fact that he was granted the title of Duke of the Former Kingdom.
Shi Wanbao's ancestral home was in Yuanzhou, and it was common in previous dynasties to use his ancestral place as his title, but it was extremely rare in the early Tang Dynasty.
For example, in the Sui Dynasty, Pei Shiju was granted the title of Duke of Wenxi County, but after joining the Tang Dynasty, he was granted the title of Duke of Anyi County.
Shi Wanbao was granted the title of Duke of the Former Kingdom. This kind of treatment was rare in the dynasty.
Li Daoxuan learned from Liu Jun that it was Li Shan who entered the county government office and snatched Yu Gushe back from Shi Wanbao's hands.
In other words, Shi Wanbao and Li Shan had a deadly feud... and even if Shi Wanbao was dismissed from office due to the defeat of Xiabo, he would probably be able to make a comeback in the future relying on the trust of the East Palace and the saint.
Similar things happened in the early Tang Dynasty. For example, Liu Wenjing was defeated by Xue Ju and was dismissed from office by the saint, but she soon recovered.
Even for Li Shan, Li Daoxuan was determined to kill Shi Wanbao today.
This is also the reason why Li Shan praised Li Daoxuan in his heart for being interesting.
Shi Wanbao was still screaming miserably on the ground. His left palm was cut off diagonally from the tiger's mouth. A large amount of blood quickly dyed the ground purple-black.
Li Dao
"The sage's edict, I have the sage's edict!" Shi Wanbao suddenly shouted, repeating this sentence over and over again.
Xue Zhong sneered and said: "The sage ordered you, Shi Wanbao, to fall into the siege of Huaiyang King and not save him. The sage ordered you, Shi Wanbao, to lose all his 30,000 troops?!"
Li Shan couldn't help but burst into laughter. This sentence was almost exactly the same as what he said more than two hours ago.
"With the edict of the saint in hand, you will not escape death today!"
Li Daoxuan's clothes are shabby, his hair is messy, and there are dirt stains on his face. He looks haggard, but the veins in his hands holding the handle of the knife are exposed.
Li Shan said lightly: "This dynasty followed the Sui Dynasty. The imperial edict was taken by the Zhongshu, reviewed and refuted by the subordinates, and acted upon by the minister. Which prime minister is in charge of the province now?"
"There are two ministers in the province, led by Jiang Guogong." Xue Zhong said softly.
"Dong Jiang Guo?" Li Shan smiled and said, "But Chen Zicong, the younger brother of the former empress Chen?"
"yes."
"Chief Xue, I am a villager in the countryside and don't know the nobles in the court. How is Jiang Guo's character?"
Xue Zhong raised his voice and said: "Jiang Guo Gong is talented in debating, upright and impartial, and often speaks generously."
This is a tactful way of saying that Chen Shuda has a fiery temperament, but there is no preference between the East Palace and the King of Qin.
Li Shan had a harmless look on his face. He took a few steps forward and looked at Shi Wanbao with a smile, "It turns out that Duke Yuan is just pretending to be an emperor."
The eyes of Li Daoxuan and Xue Zhong on the side lit up, while Shi Wanbao seemed to have forgotten the bleeding residual palm after being startled, and his whole body was trembling slightly.
The sage's edict that has not been reviewed by the high-ranking officials under the sect can indeed be counted in theory... The sage's edict that Shi Wanbao mentioned must not have been reviewed by the sect.
In other words, even if Li Yuan's edict was true, Shi Wanbao was responsible for the advancement and stopping of the army...then this edict was definitely not explicit.
Li Daoxuan only vaguely guessed it, but Xue Zhong and Li Shan saw clearly... The former is the nephew of Li Shimin's confidant Xue Shou, and the latter is a time traveler who has seen the answer.
Two months ago, Li Shimin recommended Li Daoxuan, King of Huaiyang, as the commander-in-chief of the march in Hebei Province, and the sage appointed Shi Wanbao, a direct descendant of the East Palace, as his deputy.
Perhaps neither the saint nor Dong Gong wanted to see the Qin Prince's family make new achievements, or perhaps after making peace with the Turks and ending the war, Dong Gong had the intention of personally conquering.
In short, it is very likely that Li Jiancheng, the prince of the East Palace, privately requested this edict from the saint, which prevented Shi Wanbao from being suppressed by Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang, on the battlefield in Hebei.
Otherwise, Li Shimin, who was the Minister of Secretariat, would never be ignorant of the situation and would never fail to inform Li Daoxuan, and Li Daoxuan would never be assured of leading his elite cavalry into the battle, leaving Shi Wanbao in charge of the army.
In other words, Shi Wanbao could use the sage's hand edict to restrain the army from advancing at the critical moment when the two armies were confronting each other.
Shi Wanbao could also take out this sage's edict to confirm that his actions were justified after Li Daoxuan was defeated and died, but he turned the tide.
Unfortunately, Li Daoxuan was defeated, and Shi Wanbao's tens of thousands of troops were defeated by the Turks without any suspense, and the entire army of 30,000 elite troops was wiped out.
In this case, even if the sage issued an edict... Li Yuan might not be willing to accept this account.
Therefore, Li Shancai blurted out what he said must be false.
This crime can hide the secrets of the battle in Bo, at least on the surface... It just requires the sacrifice of Shi Wanbao.
In the battle of Xiabo, almost all of Hebei was lost. If Liu Heitai regained Luozhou, the whole city of Chang'an would be shocked.
Could it be that the Saint and Dong Gong would stand up and tell everyone... Shi Wanbao was holding the Saint's edict, so he stopped moving forward, causing King Huaiyang to be trapped in a tight siege, annihilating the entire 30,000 Tang army, causing Luozhou to fall, and Hebei to fall?
The bright sword light flashed past, and the thin and short body fell to the ground weakly, and the big head was already flying.
Li Dao
Li Shan and Xue Zhong behind him looked at each other. Although Li Daoxuan relieved his anger, he would still be secretly hated by the East Palace, and might even be looked down upon by the saint... But at the same time, he was also firmly tied to Prince Qin's Mansion. on a boat,
Outside the county government office, Tian Liuan said with a wry smile: "Mr. Ling was right. Li Langjun left the city in person. Sure enough, he had other plans."
"You were worried about him before and offended Shi Wanbao..." Ling Bo chuckled, "He has already been prepared."
"The King of Huaiyang followed His Highness the King of Qin to sweep the Central Plains and made many meritorious deeds. This time he survived, Li Langjun really deserved it." Tian Liuan said with a smile: "I thought I was lucky to be able to return to the city today, but I didn't expect that Li Langjun could be replaced by the King of Huaiyang, Chief Xue and dozens of generals."
Hearing the word "sweeping the Central Plains"... Ling Jing snorted. During the battle at Hulao Pass that day, he saw with his own eyes that Li Daoxuan came out of the formation and raised the flag behind the army, causing the defeat of more than 100,000 troops.
Ma Zhou, the only one who knew everything from beginning to end, stood aside, mentally calculating Li Shan's every move after appearing from the Turkic Qingqi today.
Almost every step is a surprise.
Before the war, he killed Shi Wanbao's personal guards, and without hesitation entered the county government office and snatched Yugu She from Shi Wanbao's hands.
He personally went into battle to exchange for the King of Huaiyang from the Turkic army, and then the King of Huaiyang went straight to the county government office. He had already drawn his sword in his hand before he even entered the door...
Decisions are made immediately, but they are also logical and interlocking. They look like luck, but are actually rigorous.
If he wasn't sure, how could Li Shan go to negotiate when he was besieged by the Turkic army, and even went around a way to confirm the terms of the hostage exchange with Ashina Sher.
At that time, Li Shan probably guessed Yu Gushe's identity through Ashina Sheer's attitude. At the same time, he also knew that Shi Wanbao was already in Guantao City.
If he wasn't sure, how could Li Shan order Su Dingfang to rush into the county government office without hesitation, snatch Yu Gushe back, and humiliate Shi Wanbao like that?
At that time, Li Shan had confirmed that there was a great chance to rescue King Huaiyang, and Li Shan also confirmed that Li Daoxuan was full of hatred for Shi Wanbao.
So, what’s next?
Ma Zhou was guessing when the door had opened and Li Daoxuan had empty hands and an abnormal blush on his face.
Li Shan followed, and he said in a casual tone: "I also asked Mr. Tian to report to the capital urgently. The former Duke Shi Wanbao forged the sage's edict, so that he was defeated in a big way. He was so ashamed that he committed suicide in shame. "
This kind of nonsense... Even ghosts don't believe it.
There was silence at the gate of the county government office.
Ma Zhou twitched the corner of his mouth, okay, Li Shan gave a perfect excuse for Li Daoxuan to kill Shi Wanbao.
An excuse that is difficult for everyone, including everyone in Chang'an City, to argue with.
It's really a no-brainer.
Ma Zhou couldn't help but think, what Li Shan said to Ashina Sheer more than an hour ago... could they have any effect?
Will the Turkic army return north?
