No one is a fool. Jieli Khan attacked Yanmen Pass so fiercely and suffered heavy casualties but still refused to retreat. Even though the tribal soldiers and other tribes were half-hearted, he did not hesitate to fill in all the king's tent soldiers and attack with all his strength.
This abnormal phenomenon quickly aroused suspicion from all parties, the most direct ones of course being Su Dingfang and Tuli Khan.
Both of them are on the battlefield, so they naturally know that the Turks attack so fiercely. It seems that the battle is tragic, but the actual effect is very limited. If it goes on for many years, and Yanmen has no reinforcements, or even deliberately does not send reinforcements, it is possible to break through... for example, hundreds of "Yang Wudi" later in the year.
Well, the person who framed him was also the white-faced traitor in the novel, Taishi Pang.
But now the situation is very different. It is almost impossible for Li Shan, the nominal leader of Yanmen, to encounter such a situation.
He has the love of His Majesty and the support of Princess Pingyang. There are many helping hands in Hedong Road alone...the most direct one is Li Daozong, the King of Rencheng.
The key is that Li Shan is not nominally involved in the fight for the heir, and there is no need for the central government or the rear to hold back... This is why Li Shan was determined to conceal his connection with Qin King Li Shimin when he decided to take office in Daizhou.
Well, in fact, Li Daozong also had this intention... No one wants to be the next Huaiyang King Li Daoxuan, and no one wants to have a figure like Yuan Guogong Shi Wanbao behind him.
This is also a big reason why Li Daozong, who has been working abroad, has not chosen a side... If he falls into the situation of his cousin Li Daoxuan, there will not be a second Li Huairen.
Therefore, Yanmen Pass has sufficient backup in terms of troops, food, and ordnance. Jieli Khan's aggressive attack must have a back-up plan.
Su Dingfang was so sure because of his military intuition, but Tuli Khan could find actual evidence.
Ashina Sher, the number two figure in the Ashina tribe who was attached to Jieli Khan, quietly disappeared on the second day after arriving at Yanmen Pass.
Not only Ashina Sher, but also the elite cavalry of his tribe were missing. Tuli Khan even suspected that Jieli Khan had sent some of the royal troops.
Although Tuli Khan didn't know the inside story, he was sure that Ashina Sher was Jieli Khan's back-up man. He just didn't know where the back-up man was?
After thinking again and again, Tuli Khan sighed, that's all, that's all, it's most appropriate not to understand. What should I do if I find out?
Should he ask his cronies to take a detour to report the news?
If something goes wrong, he will be blamed by thousands of people, and Jieli Khan will definitely use this to cause a lot of trouble... It's better not to take this risk.
But although he was coerced to go south this time, he still violated the covenant he made a few months ago... How would Emperor Tang treat him?
How would the King of Handan, who made him fearful, treat him, and how would he deal with him?
Tuli Khan felt a headache just thinking about it, and he cursed in his heart, "If you want to force Yuan Junzhang to surrender, why must you kill Yu Sheshe?" !
It really hurts my back to stand and talk!
Without killing Yu Sheshe, how could he force Yuan Junzhang to surrender to the Tang Dynasty? Without killing Yu Sheshe, how could Li Shan and the court dare to trust Yuan Junzhang?
If you don't kill Yuan Junzhang, how can you provoke civil strife in the Turks?
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That was the brother of Tuli Khan, and killing him would not provoke civil strife in the Turks.
Not far from here, Li Shan in Guji Town also thought of this, and it was highly recognized by Zhang Shigui.
The main Turkic force has been moving south for four days, leaving only more than 10,000 Turkic soldiers staring at Guji Town. Although Zhang Shigui did not dare to send cavalry to kick Jieli Khan's ass, nor did he dare to send troops to the southwest, these more than 10,000 Turkic cavalry It's okay to keep an eye on Gu Jizhen, but it can't stop Li Shan and Zhang Shigui from inquiring about information.
The simplest way is to leave the fortress at night. Most of the Turkic soldiers are night-blind. At most, they can guard around the camp to prevent enemy night attacks. However, it is impossible to cover the battlefield at night.
Of course, there are many inconveniences for scouts to go out to explore at night. However, there are more than a thousand cavalry in Guji Town. Zhang Shigui led the attack with Xue Wanche, Wang Junhao and others. The Turkic cavalry did not dare to confront them head-on and chose to retreat to avoid the front. The scouts were able to go smoothly. Go to Yanmen Pass and Mayi to explore the military situation.
On the other side of Mayi... the garrison numbered about seven or eight thousand, of which only two thousand elite cavalry were from Yuan Junzhang's old troops. Overall, if the Turks did not use their main force to besiege, Liu Shirang's defense of Mayi would not be a big problem.
But when Li Shan listened to the scout's careful report on the battle situation in Mayi, he looked envious.
Well, if compared with the tragic Yanmen Pass offensive and defensive battle, Mayi's side can be said to be a fake war.
Moreover, it was a fake war with a tacit understanding between the two sides.
In the words of Zhang Zhongjian, who has made the most attacks, both sides often have thousands of cavalry, eyeing each other, but after a battle, the combined casualties of both sides may not exceed a hundred.
If it weren't for the lack of food and grass in Guji Town, Liu Shirang and Qin Wutong would have sent some troops to Guji Town.
"Don't they know?" Li Shan was a little nervous.
Zhu Wei's old face twitched, "The scouts who went are all Zhang Wuan's personal guards. Fan Shiyi and others have not arrived in Mayi."
Li Shan breathed a sigh of relief. If Mayi knew that he was in Guji Town, there might be another incident.
In the past few days, Li Shan had been looking forward to Jieli Khan's fierce attack on Yanmen Pass, resulting in heavy casualties... You must know that on the grassland, for leaders to maintain their status, tribal population and livestock are both important, and the most critical thing is population.
Jieli Khan spent so much money to storm Yanmen Pass. If he failed to advance an inch, or if there was no hope, as time went by, food and fodder would be insufficient, and withdrawal would be almost certain.
But now, Li Shanxin has doubts.
Jieli Khan made so much noise, even sacrificing his only son, and coerced Tuli Khan to go south. It is impossible for the thunder to be big and the rain to be small.
Everyone was sitting on their knees in the house, not because there was no bench, but because there was no such a big table. There was a huge map on the ground, which was made of multiple sheepskins stitched together.
As early as last year, Li Shan had just started to make this calculation as soon as he was appointed as the acting county magistrate. He couldn't be ignorant of the territories under his command, right?
After that, Li Shan's scope of power and responsibilities gradually expanded, but Xia City's business also grew bigger and bigger, so this map was created to expand Shuozhou, Daizhou, and Xinzhou.
Li Shan almost lay on the map and traced his fingers along the border between Shuozhou and Daizhou, "Is it a trail?"
"Isn't it possible?" Wang Junhao said hesitantly: "It can only allow one horse to pass through. Once it is blocked...and it is impossible for Brother Dingfang not to defend it. For example, at Xijingkou, Brother Dingfang sent 300 infantry to defend it."
Wang Junhao is from Hebei, Zhang Shigui is from Luoyang, and although Zhu Wei is from Guanzhong, he also moved from Henan and is not very familiar with the terrain of Hedong.
Sitting at the bottom, Wen Bang, who was born in the Taiyuan Wen family, pointed at the map and said decisively: "It must be here!"
"Brother Shen!"
"Um!"
When Shen Changqing walks on the road, whenever he meets someone he knows, he will say hello or nod to each other.
But no matter who it is.
There was no unnecessary expression on everyone's face, as if they were indifferent to everything.
To this.
Shen Changqing has become accustomed to it.
Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, an organization that maintains the stability of the Qin Dynasty. Its main responsibility is to kill monsters and monsters. Of course, there are also some other side jobs.
It can be said.
Everyone in the Demon Suppression Division has a lot of blood on their hands.
When a person is used to seeing life and death, he will become indifferent to many things.
When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but he got used to it over time.
The Demon-Suppressing Division is huge.
Those who can stay in the Demon Suppressing Division are all powerful masters, or those who have the potential to become masters.
Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.
Among them, the Demon Suppressor Division is divided into two professions, one is the Guardian Envoy and the other is the Demon Slayer.
Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Department starts from the lowest level as a demon slayer.
Then he will be promoted step by step, and he is expected to eventually become a guardian envoy.
Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level among the demon slayers.
Possessing the memory of a previous life.
He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.
It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of a loft.
Unlike other places in the Demon Suppressing Division that were full of chills, the attic here seemed to stand out from the crowd, showing a different kind of tranquility in the bloody Demon Suppressing Division.
At this time, the attic door was open, and occasionally people came in and out.
Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment before stepping in.
Enter the attic.
The environment changes in vain.
The fragrance of ink mixed with the faint smell of blood hit his face, making him frown instinctively, but then relaxed it quickly.
There is almost no way to cleanse away the smell of blood on everyone in the Demon-Suppressing Division.
