There are undercurrents surging in Chang'an, but Yanmen Pass is filled with joy.
Liu Shirang's memorial...well, in any case, compared with the other memorials he submitted, it finally played a little role.
At least, the sage Li Yuan sent an envoy to Yanmen Pass to reprimand Li Shan for being greedy for profit...but there was nothing about how to deal with it or anything else.
And that night, Li Shan hosted a banquet to entertain the envoys. It is said that the two chatted and laughed happily, recited poems and composed poems... Liu Shirang finally experienced what kind of weight Li Shan had.
The envoy came and also brought the decree to depose Li Gaoqian as General Zuowuwei and demote him to General Hussar... This also greatly frustrated Liu Shirang.
Li Gaoqian led the army of Daizhou Prefecture. It seemed that he should be commanded by Liu Shirang, who was in charge of Mayi, but in fact he was under the command of Li Shan.
Together with the 2,000 soldiers led by General Xue Zhong of Zuoweiwei who had arrived at Yanmen Pass for many days, and the more than 1,000 remaining soldiers who escaped back to the pass with the help of Li Shanshi, Li Shan had full control of Yanmen Pass and completely ignored Liu Shirang. .
However, Li Shan's main energy was not in guarding Yanmen Pass, but in the continuous business.
Li Shan is the master of Yanmen Pass and his business is booming. This makes the current situation in Shuozhou very strange.
There was a fight to the death in Mayi, with tens of thousands of troops attacking continuously. Gao Manzheng asked for help several times, and had already sent several blood letters. He personally beheaded Yuan Junzhang's eldest son. Once the city was defeated, there would be no mercy.
However, the trade route from Yanmen to Yunzhou was in full swing, with an endless stream of caravans coming and going. Even many Yuhuchun were not sent to Yunzhou, but were replaced by Turkic soldiers with good horses in Shuozhou... After all, the It was freezing cold, and the Turkic soldiers didn't have to go into battle to attack the city, so it was very boring.
This also resulted in the recent batches of horses being exchanged for good horses... Li Yuan even deliberately asked the envoy to comfort Li Shan in private.
"Is this the fourth batch?"
On the city wall, looking at the approaching caravan from a distance, Pei Huaiyi smiled happily and hugged Li Shan's arm affectionately, "Don't worry Huairen, if you bring back a good horse and cattle, it will be easy to talk about!"
Li Shan chuckled lightly and said, "Brother Huaiyi, it's just a matter of routine. I don't dare to share the wealth of your family."
"Huairen's words are wrong." Pei Huaiyi looked serious and said in a low voice: "The sixth uncle reprimanded my brother. Besides, Huairen is a state affairs, how can I dare to take it for my brother?"
After leaving Chang'an, Pei Huaiyi came directly to Yanmen Pass. It happened that the fourth batch of caravans returned to the pass. While in Chang'an, he was not able to see Pei Shiju and had to take orders from Pei Ji who didn't know what was going on.
Li Shan was favored by the saints, Jane was in the emperor's heart, and the East Palace wanted to be gentle, but Li Gaoqian was able to take the blame and perform meritorious service, and was not expelled. This is also the reason why Li Shanxiang helped... In a word, you, Pei Huaiyi, need to have a good relationship with him. .
In fact, even without Pei Ji's instructions, Pei Huaiyi was not prepared to go against Li Shan anymore... Although there was no news on the surface, secretly the nobles of Chang'an already knew about Ma Yin.
With Qiao Guogong Chai Shao as a guarantee, the first batch of hundreds of good horses shipped to Chang'an made countless people dumbfounded... Guanzhong said there was a shortage of horses, and there was no shortage of horses, but there was no shortage of horses on such a large scale. , is really rare.
Sun Shunde, the eldest son of Xue Guogong, who captured Qu Tutong alive, publicly lamented that such a good horse was the only one in this court to see Xuan Jia.
After the Battle of Hulao, everyone in the world knew that Li Tang's leader in the world was in Tiance Mansion, and Li Shimin's leader in the south and north expeditions was in Xuanjia Bing. The most important thing about Xuanjia Bing was that it concentrated Li Tang's few troops in Guanzhong, Longxi and other places. Approval of good horses.
On the day Pei Huaiyi left Chang'an, the grain transport team formed by Changsun's family just set off. When he arrived in Taiyuan Prefecture, there were grain transport teams from Hedong and even Shaanxi Province heading towards Daizhou.
In other words, Yuhuchun Winery, which is gradually expanding in scale, can no longer be controlled by the Pei family, Liu family and other Hedong noble families.
Li Gaoqian strode over and said with a smile: "The Ming Mansion is really a good trick!"
"My younger brother calls me brother Gaoqian, but my elder brother calls me Mingfu?" Li Shan glared at Li Gaoqian rudely, "Do you want me to call you the Duke of the County?"
"Brother, a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue." Li Gaoqian laughed loudly. Although he was demoted, he was not demoted, which did not have a particularly big impact on him.
On the contrary, he led the county troops, which happened to be separated from Liu Shirang's command, and was relatively independent. After all, Li Shan did not interfere in the military, which made Li Gaoqian very satisfied... So Li Gaoqian made great efforts to isolate Liu Shirang.
Li Shan smiled like a spring breeze and said, "Brother Gao Qian will be punished. If you catch the wind later, you will be punished by drinking three cups in a row."
"Yuhuchun is now famous both inside and outside the pass. Drinking such famous wine is not a punishment." Pei Huaiyi shook his head and said, "Brother Gao Qian should be punished not to drink tonight."
The three of them were chatting and laughing, and Kan Leng, who was a little further away, murmured dissatisfiedly. Xue Zhong, who had arrived at Yanmen Pass for many days, just laughed at this scene... After experiencing the three battles of Guantao, Wei County, and Yongji, Xue Zhong knew this Guantao very well. The county official is very scheming and has profound meaning in every word and deed.
Wanting to sideline Liu Shirang, who was ordered by the Holy Spirit to conquer Mayi, seemed easy, but in fact it was not easy. Li Shan wanted to control Yanmen, so he had to make some concessions to figures such as Li Gaoqian and Pei Huaiyi.
Wang Junhao glanced at the little puppy at Li Shan's feet. After half a month, its belly was round and round, and it was crawling around Li Shan's feet... He clearly remembered Li Shan holding the little puppy that night. What the dog said.
"switch!"
Following Li Gaoqian's order, fifty or sixty fully loaded carriages slowly drove into Guanzhong, followed by hundreds of tall horses. The horses neighed continuously, and knights holding poles galloped left and right.
Amidst the laughter, Liu Shirang, who was alone, watched this scene from a distance, with regret and deep thought in his eyes.
After being expelled and dismissed from office, he was able to recover. Liu Shirang got off to a better start. In the past, Gao Manzhi and Shuozhou came to vote, and later Yuan Junzhang was defeated and fled. However, he ended up in such a situation where he was criticized on all sides and besieged on all sides. .
Although he is not good at intrigues and has no help from the court, Liu Shirang is not stupid. He is still at Yanmen Pass just because Ma Yi has not fallen yet.
Once the city of Mayi is destroyed, will there be any other candidates to take the blame?
Even Liu Shirang has noticed that Li Shan is wary of him... Nowadays, Li Shan is taking the lead in everything at Yanmen Pass, assisted by Li Gaoqian and Xue Zhong, and the person guarding the city gate is Linji County Hou Kanling, who has recently become famous in the military.
Unlike Li Gaoqian and Xue Zhong, Kan Leng only followed the orders of Li Shan at Yanmen Pass.
Liu Shirang sighed softly, his eyes falling on the young man wearing a green shirt for a long time.
He did not regret the fight with Li Shenfu, nor did he regret asking Li Gao to move out of the country to aid Mayi, but he regretted that he easily expelled Li Shan from Mayi two months ago... Since he was embracing softness, he could not give up halfway.
Although Li Shan refused to take over the credit he had given up, he did not expose the matter directly. Instead, he made a name for himself...
At this moment, outside Yanmen Pass, within sight, a column of smoke suddenly rose into the clouds. Liu Shirang's pupils shrank, and Mayi was finally captured.
