On August 11th, Guyuan was victorious. Liang Luoren only escaped with his life. The Tang army beheaded thousands of people. They captured Xiaoguan County before dusk that day and recovered the entire Yuanzhou.
On August 13, Li Shentong, king of Huai'an, took advantage of the situation and marched forward, defeating three Liang armies in succession and approaching the junction of Yuanzhou, Huizhou, and Lingzhou.
On the same day, Li Yuan issued an edict to reestablish the Lingzhou Road Marching General Administration Office, with Guan Guogong Rengui as the chief general, and Changxing County Gong Qian Jiulong as the deputy, commanding Longzhou, Huizhou, Lingzhou, Ningzhou, Yuanzhou, and Jingzhou There are six state soldiers in the state.
On August 14, Guan Guogong Ren Gui sent Ningzhou Governor Hu Yan to lead 3,000 elite cavalry northward and invaded Lingzhou. Liang Shidu personally led the army to meet the enemy. The two sides fought bloody battles for a whole day without deciding the outcome, but Liang Jun took the initiative to retreat to the front line of the Great Wall.
On August 15, the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Yuan held a banquet in Renshou Palace, summoned all the ministers, and said during the dinner that he would leave for Chang'an the next day.
That day, Li Shan did not recommend returning to Beijing immediately for the sake of recuperation. This was also in line with Li Yuan's mentality at the time. It was really shameless to return to Chang'an in such a mess and dejected this time.
Now that the Tang army had achieved several great victories and had recovered Yuanzhou, Huizhou and a small half of Lingzhou, Li Yuan had saved some face.
However, the atmosphere of this banquet was a little strange. Many courtiers were full of thoughts and looked at them strangely, because the seats were very different from usual.
In the past, when banquets were held in the palace, Li Yuan naturally sat in the center. On the left were the descendants of the clan, headed by Prince Li Jiancheng, followed by King Li Shimin of Qin, King Li Yuanji of Qi, etc. On the right were the ministers and ministers, and the other courtiers were further down. shift.
This time, Prince Li Jiancheng still sat in the first place on the left, while King Qin Li Shimin was not below him, but sat in the first place on the right.
This change caused countless speculations among everyone... Everyone knew that the prince lost points this time, especially with the King of Qin fighting to the death to protect him.
Of course, the prince Li Jiancheng is sitting on the left, slightly taller...after all, he is the prince of the East Palace.
But when two princes sit opposite each other, does that mean they are equals?
Could this be a signal...that His Majesty intends to store it easily?
Although Li Yuan also briefly explained a few words... In the past, the first person on the right side was Pei Ji, the prime minister who was most trusted by Li Yuan, but now Pei Ji is in charge of Chang'an, and the King of Qin Li Shimin is the minister.
But obviously this reason was not enough to convince the crowd. Li Shan looked sideways and saw that Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were fine, Changsun Wuji was already looking happy, while Wang Gui, Wei Zheng, Wei Ting and other East Palace staff all frowned.
In addition to the different seats of the Crown Prince and King of Qin from the past, Li Shan's seats were also different this time. In the past, he sat among the courtiers as Sinong Qing, but this time Li Yuan insisted that he sit among the clan members.
The third person from the left is the gloomy-looking Crown Prince Li Jiancheng, followed by the expressionless King Qi Li Yuanji, followed by his friend Li Daoxuan, King of Huaiyang, who also had great protection this time.
"Does Huairen really want to recruit officials?" Li Daoxuan said with a smile: "It is said that Liu Rengui was the vanguard in many battles. In addition to being sharp in the battle, he was also familiar with the art of war."
Li Shan was speechless, "On that day, Duke Guan brought the leader of the bodyguard with him. Duke Zhang and the third brother-in-law were not happy. I just wanted to smooth things over."
"But those who were favored by Huairen...except Brother Dingfang and Wang Junhao." Li Daoxuan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty and the King of Qin inquired about the war in detail, and they both said that Zhang Zhongjian has general talents, and Hou Hongtao and Qu Xian are also brave generals. "
Li Shan was completely speechless. He also didn't expect that in addition to people like Su Dingfang and Zhang Zhongjian who would leave their names in history, Hou Hongtao, Wang Junhao, and Qu Silang would also appear around him.
It can only be said that there are many outstanding people in the wilderness, who rise to the occasion and take advantage of the situation.
Li Yuan smiled and asked, "What did Daoxuan and Huairen say?"
Li Dao
"Thousand-mile horses are always there, but bole is not always there." Chen Shuda stroked his beard and said: "Huairen has not written a poem for half a year..."
Li Yuan nodded repeatedly, "Do you have the full story of Huairen?"
Li Shan huffed and thought again and again... I memorized it in middle school, and I remember the full text, but who is the author?
After thinking for a while, Li Shancai determined that it should be Han Yu, one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties... Although it was from the Tang Dynasty, it was definitely not from the early Tang Dynasty.
After a while, Li Shancai slowly recited: "There are Bole horses in the world, and then there are thousand-mile horses. Thousand-mile horses always exist, but Bole horses do not always exist. Therefore, although there are famous horses, if they die in parallel in a stall, they are not called thousand-mile horses."
A lot of attention was cast on Su Dingfang, Wang Junhao, and Zhang Zhongjian. Without Li Shan, how could these three people be in high positions and be awarded titles... At least it was impossible for Zhang Zhongjian. His appearance alone was not enough.
This is also true. In history, even Su Dingfang, although he was the vanguard to break through the king's tent in the battle to destroy the Eastern Turks, it would take more than thirty years before he could single-handedly destroy the Western Turks.
Li Shan's eyes also swept over the several personal guards commanders before and after him. He just deliberately shortened the sentence "only humiliated by the hands of slaves", which did not fit the sentence.
"A horse that can run a thousand miles can eat up as much millet or a stone in one meal. Those who eat horses eat without knowing that it can run a thousand miles. Even though it is a horse that can run a thousand miles, it is not full of food, lacks strength, its talent and beauty are not visible, and it wants to compete with others. A long-lasting horse is unavailable, how can you expect it to be able to run a thousand miles?"
"The horse cannot be driven according to its proper direction, the food cannot be used to its full potential, the horse cannot make sense of its cry, and when one approaches it with the force of the horse, it is said: 'There is no horse in the world!'"
"Wow! Is there really no horse evil? I really don't know horses!"
Li Yuan savored it for a long time and nodded in praise: "Huairen's article can be left to future generations. Huairen's plundering of Su Dingfang's generals from the grassland should be regarded as a good story by future generations."
Yang Shidao, who had just composed several poems in a row and was praised highly, was a little frustrated. He was famous for his quick thinking, but he also had self-awareness... The best of the poems he had written could not be compared with the worst of the King of Handan. .
Of course, Li Shan thought to himself, there was one more person he had to apologize to... But if you have too many lice, you don't need to itch, and if you have too many debts, you don't have to worry. The list is already very, very long.
Well, judging from the current situation, there are relatively few people from Song Dynasty in Li Shan's apology list.
But Li Shan had also thought about it, and deliberately let Xiaoman, a former singer, try it. In this era, there was no formal term for Ci, but there were already long and short sentences.
In fact, there were long and short sentences in the Nanliang period. The so-called tunes have fixed patterns and sentences have lines. There are not many fixed patterns that can be filled in in this era. It will not appear in large numbers until the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
Li Shan thought that his inventory would eventually be used up. In a few decades, he would not be able to start writing lyrics... By then, he would have to regret Su Dongpo, Liu Qi, and Xin Qiji.
On this day, there was a lot of joy in Renshou Palace, the war in Lingzhou was progressing smoothly, and the dense dark clouds surrounding the head seemed to have completely dissipated.
It was on this day that a dramatic change began in Wuyuan County, thousands of miles away.
(End of chapter)
