It was the twenty-first day of the first month of the ninth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty.
Returning to the city of Chang'an again, Li Shan had mixed feelings in his heart. The first time was when he was forced to join the army and Shandong was beginning to show off his skills. The second time was when he went to Daizhou and the storm outside the Great Wall was fierce. The third time was when he went to Longzhou. Unexpectedly, the biggest change from the original space appeared, and now it is the fourth time.
From an insignificant chess piece, to the beginning of the official war with Pei Shiju, and now it is faintly about to end...
From being forced to join the army, to having no choice but to leave the capital to avoid the whirlpool of inheritance, and now to leaving the battlefield that he has been reluctant to leave, Li Shan feels a little empty at this moment. If there is no accident, he is afraid that he will never have another chance. Opportunity returns to the battlefield.
If there are no accidents, the Liang Kingdom is likely to be wiped out in the next few months, and there will be no rivals in the world except the Turks. When the Turks are conquered in the future, Su Dingfang, Zhang Zhongjian, Hou Hongtao, and even Liu Heier will all have a chance. There are opportunities, but it is difficult for Li Shan himself to have a chance.
"That's fine, that's fine." Li Shan murmured in a low voice, "Isn't it just what I want to live leisurely?"
"Brother Huairen?" Zhang Wenguan beside him asked without hearing clearly.
Li Shan smiled and said, "Do you still remember that you and I returned to Beijing the year before last?"
"Of course I remember that Duke Xihe, Duke Ying, and Duke Huo came to welcome him in Changlepo." Zhang Wenguan guessed with great interest, "Brother Huairen's merits this time are even better than those of the previous year. I don't know who came to greet him this time."
Li Shan was also very curious about this. Last time, the two ministers Wen Yanbo, Yu Wenshi and Chai Shao, the general of the Twelve Guards, came to greet him. Who would it be this time?
It may be possible for Yu Wenshiji, but Chai Shao is now in control of the Beiya Imperial Army and cannot leave the capital at will. Wen Yanbo is still in Baiquan County.
Fan Shiyi drove his horse in front, "Mr. Lang, Prime Minister Pei, Duke Jiang and Prince Xima and Duke Ling are five miles out to greet you."
Li Shan grinned, and Li Zhaode, who caught up from behind, clicked his tongue twice. Originally, Li Qianyou was not prepared to let him go back to Chang'an, but when he heard that Li Shan was going to marry him in advance, he insisted on coming back to be the best man.
Zhang Wenguan couldn't help but be envious. Although Pei Ji was attached to the East Palace and now had Li Shimin as the minister, he was still a prime minister who had a strong influence on His Majesty. Jiang Guogong Chen Shuda was also a prime minister who commanded your Majesty's respect.
The two prime ministers and assistants came out to greet them. This kind of courtesy... was slightly worse than the King of Qin who returned to the capital from the Central Plains in the fourth year of Wude. Back then, Li Yuan personally greeted them in Changlepo, and Wei Zheng and Ling Jing were the prince and King Qin's confidants respectively. No matter who takes the throne in the future, at least one of these two people will definitely be the prime minister.
In other words, there are three prime ministers and assistants coming out this time... If Li Shimin ascends the throne, maybe there will be four prime ministers and assistants.
Wang Junhao on the side explained in a low voice to Liu Heier, while Zhang Wenguan glanced at Li Shan. The candidates for the meeting this time were obviously very different, two from the East Palace, two from the lineage of King Qin... I don’t know what His Majesty was thinking. .
But Li Shan was wondering, was Li Yuan forced to do it or did he do it on purpose?
Last time, the adjutants of the three provinces came out to welcome him, but this time it was the prime ministers and assistants who came to welcome him. This was understandable. Most of the six prime ministers and assistants had clear stances, but Li Yuan did not choose the completely neutral Zhongshu Ling Yang Gongren, but Pei Ji and Chen Shuda.
Moreover, he also brought along Wei Zheng and Ling Jing, who had an old relationship with Li Shan and happened to be the crown prince and King Qin's confidants respectively.
Li Shan sighed. He already knew that Su Dingfang was officially appointed as the marching director of Lingzhou Road. Considering that he was recommended by the prince, Li Yuan's move was obviously tentative.
In this regard, Li Shan was not disappointed, nor did he think that Li Yuan's temptation was suspicion. This was the instinct of a superior... He just hoped that Li Yuan would not vomit blood when everything is revealed in the future.
It was getting closer and closer. Although hundreds of cavalry came slowly, they returned from the battle with the force of wind and thunder. Pei Ji and Chen Shuda looked at each other without saying a word. Wei Zheng behind them praised: "The King of Handan always leads the army, so his bodyguards We are all willing to die, so we should have such power."
"Not as brave as King Qin, but he often takes risks." Ling Jing shook his head and said: "This is a lesson. If it weren't for luck, it would be difficult to break through Xiao Pass, and the whole army would be annihilated."
Pei Ji and Chen Shuda are also helpless. Although they have different positions, they are both prime ministers after all, and they always have to talk about some cards. However, the two behind them are tit for tat. As far as what I saw today, they are almost at war with each other... ...However, Wei Zheng and Ling Jing were colleagues under Dou Jiande back then, and it is said that they were not dealt with at that time.
Pei Ji and Chen Shuda rode their horses to take the lead. Li Shan dismounted from a distance and walked on foot. He saluted and said, "How dare you bother Prime Minister Pei and Duke Jiang to come out to greet them together? It's too much."
"Huairen fought hard for several months, and even rushed for more than a hundred miles in the wind and snow to break through Xiao Pass. I and Zicong only took a few steps more." Pei Ji held Li Shan's hands and said with a smile, "His Royal Highness, I intend to go out in person." welcome……"
"Don't dare." The smile on Li Shan's face was a little bitter. Is it necessary to be so impatient?
Chen Shuda on the side said calmly: "With such a great achievement, it is normal for the prime minister to come out to greet him. Huairen now looks like the King of Qin."
Li Shan was speechless. Has the situation between North Korea and China reached this point now?
"I don't dare to compare with King Qin..." Li Shan reluctantly kept a smile and looked at the two people behind him, "Uncle Ling, brother Xuancheng."
Ling Jing nodded slightly, while Wei Zheng had an unlucky look on his face... When they first met, Li Shan insisted on treating Wei Zheng, who was in his forties, as brothers because of their marriage relationship. At the time, it was to disgust Li Dewu, but it became a rule after that.
But this time, Li Shan's "Brother Xuancheng" still made Wei Zheng feel a little aggrieved... He had been bickering with Ling Jing for a long time today. He was only five years younger than Ling Jing, so why should he call him "Uncle Ling"? ?
"Can you still hold on?" Ling Jing looked Li Shan up and down carefully. He clearly remembered that when Li Shan returned to Beijing the year before last, the aura he exuded was as sharp as an unsheathed sword. The cats and dogs in Zhuangzi Everyone would be frightened away, and it would take a long time before they gradually dissipated. But this time, the aura all over his body was ordinary, not like a coach who had returned from a hundred battles, but like an elegant man.
"The cold air entered my body that day, and I really couldn't bear it, but after receiving medical treatment, I gradually got better." Li Shan said with a smile: "This time I returned to Beijing slowly, and there was no serious problem."
"That's good." Pei Ji waved his hand, and someone pushed a carriage from behind and took out the golden armor. "Your Majesty has an order. Huairen will change the armor and escort the prisoners directly to Chang'an."
Li Shan huffed, swallowed, leaned closer and whispered: "Mr. Pei, isn't this a bit..."
Pei Ji smiled and said, "Your Majesty is so kind and loving, Huairen cannot refuse."
"Your Majesty once said that Handan is like the King of Qin." Chen Shuda also smiled and said: "This great victory should be likened to him."
This sentence naturally refers to something... In the fourth year of Wude, King Qin swept through the Central Plains and captured two kings in one battle. On the day he returned to the court, he wore gold armor, beat drums and trumpets, and presented prisoners to the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
Well, it seems that the situation in Beijing has reached a fever pitch now. Li Shan smacked his lips and could only accept his fate and let a few personal guards come up to help and put on the golden armor.
On this day, Li Shan also wore gold armor, and behind him were two hundred cavalrymen wearing helmets and armor, escorting dozens of Liang Jun generals headed by Liang Luoren into Chang'an.
(End of chapter)
