On the top of the mountain, Li Shan helped Li Yuan sit on a big rock. He turned around and looked around. Originally, there should have been three main halls here, but now they have all been demolished... It's so tragic. It is said that when Renshou Palace was built, more than 10,000 civilians died. .
Although he was tired, hungry, and injured, Li Yuan refused to rest and took Li Shan to sit down with him. Many important ministers such as Zhongshu Ling Yang Gongren, Shangshu's right servant She Xiao Yu, and the injured Huangmen Minister Tang Jian , Zhongshu Minister Yu Wenshi, and Wen Yanbo sat down around Li Shan...well, Pei Shiju sat silently in the corner.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. More than an hour ago, Longzhou Sima Lin Xingcan led 3,000 soldiers southward from Qishui and arrived ten miles away from Tiantai Mountain." Li Shan first gave everyone a reassurance before answering Li Yuan's previous question.
Li Shan and Zhang Zhongjian led six to seven hundred personal guards to come to the rescue. Liang Jun tried to lure the enemy deep and defeat them in one fell swoop. Zhang Zhongjian chose to avoid flanking attacks... Among the choices between the east and west, Li Shan chose the west.
Just like Ling Jing's previous question, Li Shan also thought that if Liang Jun could not defeat him, he would probably madly attack Tiantai Mountain at the last moment, trying to capture Li Yuan and Li Shimin to save his life.
This is why Li Shan chose Seomyeon.
Some time ago, Li Yuan set out from Chang'an to escape the summer heat at Renshou Palace. Li Shan was summoned to arrive in advance and walked around the entire Renshou Palace. He knew the terrain here very well. There was a long wall to the west of the palace, and Du Shui was outside. It is a tributary of Lishui River.
In the previous battles, Liang Jun lost nearly a thousand troops, and had to divide his troops to confront Zhang Zhongjian's troops who were stationary. The troops were no longer enough to fully control Renshou Palace.
Li Shan sent Fan Shiyi and other scouts to cross the river to check, and found that there were only a few dozen Liang soldiers at the foot of the mountain on the west side. There was no way, the trail going up the mountain was extremely narrow, and no matter how many troops there were, they couldn't use it. What's more, at the last moment, Liang Liang soldiers were killed. The army violently attacked Tiantai Mountain, and Liang Luoren concentrated almost all his troops on the main road in the middle.
So, Li Shan asked his guards to search around and found several small boats in the upper reaches of Dushui River. They transported the guards across the river, climbed the city wall and sneaked into the palace. They made a surprise attack and easily killed the dozens of Liang soldiers.
Li Shan asked Zhang Zhongjian to lead more than 400 personal guards to continue on the outside, and he took 200 personal guards up the mountain from the trail to support the defenders.
Yu Wenshi and Tang Qi, who were still outside, looked at Tang Qi from a distance and asked, "Huairen, who is leading the army outside?"
"Commander of the personal guards Zhang Zhongjian." Li Shan said sternly: "Although they are Yuan Junzhang's old troops, they are not reused. When Mayi organized the army, Zhang Zhongjian rushed into the formation with a hundred horses and captured He Xiaodong alive."
"Later Zhang Zhongjian served as the Shuozhou Bingcao and joined the army. This man bravely championed the three armies and was also proficient in the art of war. He made great contributions in the victory at Cangtou River."
"Another Su Dingfang and Wang Junhao?" Li Yuan said with a smile, "Does Huairen want to be appointed as a civil servant?"
"Your Majesty is joking." Li Shan was a little embarrassed, and there was a small sound around him.
It was interesting for Li Shan to think about it. The four personal guards around him were in charge, and the earliest Guo Pu was the general of the Danyang House of the Li family in Longxi.
In the next three terms, Su Dingfang was granted the title of County Duke, and Wang Junhao was also granted the title of County Prince. It is estimated that Zhang Zhongjian may also be granted the title after this battle. After all, there is no greater achievement than rescuing... What's more, Li Shan has no title now. However, the title can no longer be mentioned. It is reasonable for Zhang Zhongjian to be knighted.
But it's not really about Li Shan's good vision, it's mainly about taking advantage of the time-travelers. In history, Su Dingfang, who destroyed the Three Kingdoms and captured his master, Zhang Zhongjian, the leader of the Three Fengchen Heroes, and Wang Junhao was brought in entirely by Su Dingfang.
Tang Jian, the servant of the Huangmen, suddenly asked in surprise: "Since this man has made meritorious service last year, why did he abandon his post and join the Handan sect?"
Li Shan sighed, "This man was quite famous in the army back then, but he was just a small military leader, mainly because..."
Speaking of this, Li Shan hesitated for a moment, and Yuwen Shiji remembered, "Oh, is that the personal guard who accompanied Huairen in and out of Sinong Temple this year?"
Seeing Li Shan nod, Yuwen Shiji turned to Li Yuan and explained, "No wonder, that man is ugly."
Li Shan said seriously: "It is indeed ugly, but if he is reused, his achievements in the future will not be inferior to Su Dingfang's."
Li Yuan smiled and nodded, "Are you boundless on behalf of the Duke?"
"Uh..." Li Shan didn't expect Li Yuan to ask such a question, and he replied hesitantly: "Last year, I was still trapped in Guji Town. Zhang Zhongjian rushed from Mayi to Yanmen to ask the Duke to send troops."
"Actually, Zhang Zhongjian and Duke Dai are old acquaintances. Maybe your Majesty has also met him."
Li Yuan was stunned for a moment before he remembered that when he was training troops in Mayi and defeated the invading Turks, the vanguard of the army at that time was Li Jing, the Prime Minister of Mayi County. Zhang Zhongjian might be under his command, or maybe he was his old army.
Li Yuan did not ask further, but he already knew in his heart that Zhang Zhongjian was obviously selected and hired by Li Shanjian. He was his direct descendant in the Daizhou Army, and he was once Li Jing's old subordinate... but he chose Li Shan instead. Abandoned his post after the war.
Everyone on the top of the mountain was relaxing after being nervous, and no one knew where the conversation was going. But on the mountainside, the brutal fighting was still going on.
The terrain on the mountainside is slightly flat, and there is a large piece of flat land. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are resisting desperately, and the Liang soldiers are advancing step by step. The King of Qin, Li Shimin, has already gone into battle personally with a sword, and even had a face-to-face encounter with the opponent's general Liang Luoren. It's a pity that even though Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong were around, they couldn't take the other's life.
In the chaos of the battle, Duan Zhixuan, who was wearing several wounds, held a broken spear in his left hand and a long knife in his right hand. He stabbed the spear head straight and the light of the knife flashed, killing several people in succession, but also attracted more than a dozen Liang soldiers to attack.
Duan Zhixuan yelled loudly, but was forced to retreat. He stumbled, tripped over a corpse, and saw a spear stabbing towards his chest.
Knowing that he couldn't hide, Duan Zhixuan's face twisted, and he threw the broken gun with his left hand. The next moment, a crisp sound rang in his ears.
A long knife struck the head of the spear accurately, and the sharp tip of the spear missed Duan Zhixuan's throat, while the short spear he threw accurately hit the opponent's chest.
Duan Zhixuan, who was sitting on the ground, flashed a familiar figure in front of his eyes. A burly man holding a long knife jumped over two fallen corpses. Behind him were dozens of fierce soldiers.
It was Wang Junhao... Duan Zhixuan recognized him. After all, since Li Shan went to Dai County, Wang Junhao has always been by Li Shan's side and never stayed away.
From the corner of Duan Zhixuan's eye, he saw more than a hundred soldiers passing by the remaining soldiers who were almost dead or injured. Hou Hongtao, who was at the front, brandished two swords and shouted fiercely under the protection of shields on the left and right. Liang Bing's momentum was shattered. .
Duan Zhixuan gained strength from nowhere, jumped up, and shouted: "Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming!"
In fact, the Liang soldiers at the front had already discovered that the hundreds of soldiers who had just joined the battlefield must be reinforcements. After all, after three days of fighting, everyone knew that the defenders were exhausted.
But after the shouts resounded through the mountains, Liang Jun's morale went from being frustrated to stagnating in a short period of time, and the riot quickly spread.
Li Shimin leaned against the mountain wall tiredly, looking at Liang Luoren who looked livid not far away but did not dare to step forward.
Although he knew that continuing the attack was the only way to survive, and although he didn't know where the reinforcements came from, Liang Luoren knew that he had no chance.
There are nearly two thousand soldiers under his command. Although there are hundreds of Tang cavalry outside, Liang Luoren still wants to try...if he can break out of the siege and escape back to Lingzhou.
After Li Shan led 200 personal guards to reach the top of Tiantai Mountain, only two quarters of an hour later, Liang Jun stopped the attack and began their escape with a narrow escape.
(End of chapter)
