After a quick calculation, Li Shan set out to return to Beijing at the end of the first month and arrived in Chang'an at the beginning of February. It has been half a month since he left Daizhou. The strange fact that there has been no reward has caused a lot of discussion in the court.
Li Shan waited silently and worriedly, still wondering what kind of result he would expect, but unexpectedly, something happened that caught him off guard.
"Are you Fan Feng?" Li Shan put down the book and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with interest.
This is a very ordinary middle-aged man. From his clothes to his appearance and height, to his words and deeds, he is very ordinary. He is inconspicuous in a crowd.
"The villain pays homage to the Duke of Guantao County."
"Get up." Li Shan thought for a while, "I will change my name from now on."
Fan Feng was startled and glanced at Fan Shiyi beside him from the corner of his eye, then he bowed deeply and said, "I pay my respects to you, sir."
Changing the title means joining the Li family.
As early as the beginning of last year, Li Shan wanted to recruit people who were good at tracking. Fan Shiyi recommended his brother Fan Feng. This man was from Xia County, Jiangzhou, Hedong. He was recruited as a Xiaoguo in the former Sui Dynasty and was an elite scout in the army.
Li Shan couldn't bear to talk about this person's rough experience.
In the second year of Wude, Liu Wuzhou invaded Hedong and almost penetrated Hedong Road. Pei Ji led his army and suffered repeated defeats. Song Jingang's troops pressed Jiangzhou... At this time, Pei Ji made a very cool move.
At that time, Jiangzhou no longer had the troops to stop Song Jingang, who was aggressively attacking. Pei Ji ordered the people in Yicheng, Jiangxian, Quwo and other cities to retreat southward... Where should they retreat southward?
Xia County.
Then Pei Ji ordered his soldiers to burn all the savings brought by the people who retreated south, which directly led to a great chaos. After Song Jingang entered Jiangzhou with overwhelming force, he pursued them one after another and attacked Yicheng and Jiangxian successively. At the same time, Lu Chongmao of Xia County Kill the county magistrate and raise troops to respond.
All in all, that was the most dangerous moment in Li Tang's reign.
To the west of Jiangzhou is Puzhou, and further to the west is Jingzhao Mansion. If Song Jingang did not go south but to the southwest, don't worry... Wang Xingben, the general manager stationed in Puzhou at that time, raised troops to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang army could not conquer it for a long time.
In other words, if Song Jingang had not eaten the fat meat that Pei Ji brought to his lips, but had gone straight into Puzhou and cooperated internally and externally, he would have been able to quickly invade Jingzhao Mansion, and there would have been no more Li Shimin sending troops to Hedong to stage a counterattack drama.
Although he suffered repeated defeats and even caused a rebellion in Xia County, it was because of this incident that Pei Ji was quickly reinstated by Li Yuan after he was imprisoned and his official position was restored.
But many people knew very well that Pei Ji's various actions were not based on military considerations, or even for the Li Tang Dynasty, which had only been established for two years. All he wanted was to hear the Pei family.
If Song Jingang had not pursued the chaotic Tang army and people to the south, he would have probably marched to the southwest, trying to invade Puzhou where he joined forces with Wang Xingben, and then invade Jingzhao Mansion... In fact, Li Yuan had planned to do so at that time. Abandon Hedong and only stick to Guanzhong.
It was precisely because of Pei Ji's arrogant maneuvers that Song Jingang's marching route changed... That's because Wenxi County is in the southwest of Jiangzhou. If Song Jingang wants to tackle the key problem, Wenxi will be a chess piece that has to be pulled out. .
In the end, Li Shimin led all the troops in Guanzhong, and sent General Qin Wutong to lead a partial army to attack Wang Xingben. The main force crossed the Yellow River, stationed in Jiangzhou, and confronted Song Jingang at Baibi... What followed was the famous Battle of Baibi. , Song Jingang's entire army was defeated. Li Shimin personally led 800 cavalry, and did not dismount for four days and five nights, chasing after them and recovering all the land east of the river.
And Baibi is not far from Wenxi County.
Ling Jing, Su Dingfang, Ma Zhou and Li Shan reviewed this battle, and they had to admit that Pei Ji's tricks to protect the Wenxi Pei family bought precious time for Li Shimin to send troops to Hedong.
But at the same time, the entire Jiangzhou, except for Wenxi County in the southwest and Hejin County near Longmen, was a scorched earth... Especially Xia County, which rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, was ordered to massacre the city personally by Li Yuan.
Fan Feng's family was destroyed in this way. Of the seventy-three members of the family, only Fan Feng fled the city carrying his mother on his back. His father, uncle, grandfather, wife, and children all died in Xia County.
Fan Shiyi's recommendation was one reason for taking this person into his sect, but Fan Feng's hatred for Pei Ji was also another reason... Li Shanzai explained the war to Fan Feng in detail.
"You and I both support our widowed mothers. This is filial piety." Li Shan said softly: "But there are three types of unfilial piety. The greatest is not having children. If you are intentional, you can do it in Zhuangzi... Fan Shiyi, I will leave this matter to you. "
Fan Shiyi smiled and patted his chest, promising to pick a good child and raise three children in two years.
Li Shan smiled and scolded: "You're a scumbag and you haven't gotten married yet, so let's do it together."
"Thank you, sir." Fan Shiyi winked at Fan Feng.
Fan Shiyi is also good at tracking, but he is young after all, and Fan Feng joined the army at an early age and suffered such a disaster. He is quite famous and knows very well what the young man in front of him is thinking... What is it like to be ordered to track the whereabouts of officials in the DPRK? How can you trust yourself so easily when it comes to confidential matters?
The Li family left their home and provided money and people to support Fan Feng's widowed mother, and also married him and had children to continue the bloodline. This was a favor... If Fan Feng did something wrong, this was a hostage.
Over the years, Fan Feng, who was supposed to be dead, took his mother into hiding and even worked as a thief.
Later, his mother contracted cold and gradually became seriously ill, so Fan Feng entered the customs and settled in Ningzhou. Fan Shiyi and Fan Laosan were from the Pengyuan family of Ningzhou.
However, the Fan family is also an ordinary farmer. Fan Shiyi invited Fan Feng here because of Li Shan's miraculous medical skills... Well, Li Shan kicked this skinny monkey several times for this matter.
But Li Shan couldn't do it, and there were many famous doctors in the Imperial Medical Office, so a famous doctor's post was enough. Now Fan's mother had already recovered, and it was for this reason that Fan Feng joined the Li family.
Li Shan asked a few more casual questions. After all the foreplay was done, he asked about the real thing, "Who was the suspect?"
Fan Feng didn't speak and kept his head bowed in a solemn posture.
Fan Shiyi leaned into Li Shan's ear and whispered a few words.
"What?" Li Shan raised his eyebrows, "It's actually..."
Taking a deep breath, Li Shan stood up and walked around for a few steps with a gloomy expression. He didn't expect that after checking again and again, he finally found the head of Qi King Li Yuanji. This was an unexpected answer.
Logically speaking, it should be related to the East Palace. How could it involve Li Yuanji?
Li Shan's eyes were deep, and he still remembered visiting Li Qianyou before taking office in Dai County. Li Yuanji happened to be present and even started to act as a matchmaker. Xu Hongnong, the Yang family's daughter, obviously wanted to recruit Li Qianyou.
Li Shan suddenly remembered that Zhang Wenguan had talked about Dongshan Temple a few days ago, and Princess Qi Yang's attitude seemed to be very repulsive to him... Could it be that she was influenced by Li Yuanji?
"Tell me in detail from beginning to end."
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