Li Shan has also considered this issue. It is easier for Li Shimin to live alone. He can choose to live in Shangshu Province or Tiance Mansion, but he can't stay away from the palace forever. Besides, his wife and son are still in the Qian Palace.
If Li Shimin cannot move outside the palace in a short time, then the defense will mainly rely on the Beiya Imperial Army... Who makes Li Yuan so worried? In history, there are very few examples of adult princes and emperors living in the same palace. For this reason, It was impossible for Li Shimin to mobilize brave generals like Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong to guard the Qian Palace with their personal guards.
"In the Beiya Imperial Guards, the left and right Qianniu Guards are responsible for in charge of the Imperial Sword Guards and guarding the imperial palace." Li Shan had obviously thought about it for a long time, "The left Qianniu Guards General Zhang Jin, the right Qianniu Guards General Dou Gui .”
"The Qianniu Guard generals Zhang Cong and Yu Wenshao are on the left, and the Qianniu Guard generals Kan Ling and Li Keshi are on the right." Li Shimin showed a satisfied smile, "Huairen is determined."
The Beiya Forbidden Army has jurisdiction over the left and right Qianniu Guards and the left and right gate guards. The former is responsible for the defense of the palace, and the latter is responsible for access control. Li Shimin knew as soon as he thought about it that this was specially arranged by Li Shan last year.
Zhang Jin and Dou Gui are both independent. One is an old man and the other is a relative of the Dou family. There is no need to interfere. The remaining Zhang Cong and Li Keshi are both officials of the Tiance Mansion and Li Shimin's brother-in-law. Kan Ling was Li Shan's direct lineage's old tribe. Although Yu Wenshao was closely related to Qi King Li Yuanji, he was also Li Shimin's old tribe.
Now the ones staying in Chang'an are Yu Wenshao and Zhang Cong. When the war in Lingzhou is over, there is a high probability that the East Palace will transfer the left prison guard general Feng Li back, and then Li Shimin will be able to transfer the right Qianniu guard general Li Keshi back. .
Li Shimin thought over and over again, "We won't move out of the palace for the time being, and His Majesty may not be willing to see it... We will wait until the war is over."
"Your Highness, you need to bring personal guards when entering and exiting." Li Shan reminded: "After all, there are many personal guards under Luo Yi's command at the entrance."
"Well, don't worry Huairen." Li Shimin said confidently, "If something happens, Huairen may need to persuade the third sister."
"I'm afraid Third Sister has already guessed it." Li Shan said flatly, "Huo Guogong is quite a good person."
"Ignore it for now." Li Shimin affirmed with a smile. He remembered that Changsun Wuji once encouraged Li Shan to win over Princess Pingyang, but was embarrassed by Li Shan. Later, if he hadn't taken a concurrent position in Tiance Mansion, Su Dingfang would have blocked him from entering. Can't reach the imperial city.
At this moment, in Cui Mansion, Cui Xin was still waiting silently, but he heard light and rhythmic footsteps, and he couldn't help but frown.
"Mr. Lang." Mrs. Zhang opened the door and came in, asking in surprise: "Where is Huairen?"
"I heard Dazui, where is he housed?"
Cui Xin was speechless and could only mumble a few words. Mrs. Zhang frowned and stared at her husband, whispering: "Today Huairen invited the eleventh mother, and after that failed, they agreed on a cold meal for the official... It's true. Somewhat ignorant of etiquette.”
"Is it possible that you can still regret your marriage?" Cui Xin sneered, "Don't worry, although Li Huairen is not a kind gentleman, he also knows etiquette. There is another reason for today."
"Is there another reason?"
"Yeah." Cui Xin was a little distracted, "It's all a matter for the government, so don't interfere."
Mrs. Zhang was a little worried, "Where did Huairen go?"
"I don't know, maybe he is visiting friends. After the battle in Tiantai Mountain last year, he has a lot of connections."
Mrs. Zhang hesitated for a moment and didn't ask any more questions. She turned around and was about to leave when she saw someone walking quickly. Looking at it under the moonlight, it was clearly Li Shan.
"Mother-in-law..." Li Shan was also a little surprised, why did Mrs. Zhang come to the front yard.
"Huairen..."
"Ahem." Mrs. Zhang turned around and glanced lightly, and Cui Xin immediately stopped talking.
"Where has Huairen gone?"
Li Shan was startled, "I drank too much with Dalang and Zhigui today, and I just went to change clothes."
The corner of Cui Xin's mouth twitched... He couldn't explain it. Li Shan went out to find a friend's house to pay respects, right?
After respectfully sending Mr. Zhang away, Li Shan cast a look of disdain at Cui Xin. It was too cowardly. Just one look could shut you up.
Cui Xin entered the study with a dark face and asked angrily: "Is everything going well?"
"It went well." Li Shan was reviewing tonight's secret meeting along the way. "The King of Qin is quite generous and tolerant."
"Accommodating capacity?"
Li Shan really had nothing to say about Cui Xin's political sensitivity. He grinned and said: "Since the world has been unified, the world will have strong armies. One will be the Daizhou Army and the other will be the Lingzhou Army."
"The Daizhou Army was established by my son-in-law himself. Even though it is now under the jurisdiction of Daigong Li Yaoshi, but..."
"The current coach of the Lingzhou Army is Su Dingfang."
"Your Majesty despises the prince. Although he has made no move, he already has the intention to save the prince. The King of Qin has been able to suppress the East Palace. If there is no room for him, why should he accept the son-in-law?"
To put it bluntly, if Li Shimin did not accept Li Shan, or was suspicious of Li Shan, then there would be no secret meeting tonight... Cui Xin naturally did not expect these things, but he also acted like I understood.
Urging Cui Xin to go to the backyard, Li Shan lay down in the inner room. It was already late at night, but he didn't feel sleepy. He tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. He simply paced back and forth in the courtyard with his clothes on, repeatedly considering whether there was anything else. Loopholes... In the previous confrontations with Pei Shiju, to put it bluntly, they were fighting against each other from afar, but this time it was a face-to-face fight with real swords and guns.
Although Li Shan has confidence in an old fox whose name has gone down in history and has survived many dynasties, he is also very wary.
I no longer think about how Pei Shiju will encourage the prince, but as long as the Qianniu Guards on the left and right can protect the Chengqian Palace, and as long as Ma Zhou can control the Xuanwu Gate and prevent Changlin's army from entering the Taiji Palace, he will basically be invincible. Li Shan was slightly relieved.
The next step is to wait for the end of the Lingzhou war. A few days ago, Li Kai wrote that Su Dingfang used Jihu cavalry as the vanguard to attack Wenchi and Zhulong, occupying the southeast corner of Lingzhou, and then sent Zhang Shigui with cavalry and infantry. From the north of Hulu River, he crossed to the southwest corner of Lingzhou to block the connection between the Liang army in Huizhou and Lingzhou. Then he sent the captured Liang State Minister of Rites, Lu Jilan, to Huizhou to try to persuade the Liang army in Huizhou to surrender.
Just now, Li Shimin was still praising Su Dingfang for his skill in using troops and his strategy.
It is now the end of February. If all goes well, this war that lasted for more than half a year should be over before April. After all, Jihu has attached itself to the Tang Dynasty, Xiaoguan has fallen, and Liang Luoren has been captured alive. This has made Liang Jun Little desire to fight.
As for whether the Liang Kingdom can be overthrown, it depends on Dou Gui's actions in Yanzhou, and whether Su Dingfang can take advantage of the victory and pursue it. However, Su Dingfang's strengths are thunder and lightning, and the ability to attack and defeat the enemy quickly.
After that, the battle merits must be discussed, and then Li Keshi and Kan Ling should be transferred back to Chang'an as soon as possible to prevent the East Palace from intervening in the key position of General Qian Niuwei.
Further on... Li Shan suddenly stopped and turned to look at the dark backyard of the Cui Mansion. No, the first thing he has to do now is to welcome the bride. He still doesn’t know what Cui Shiniang’s temperament is, and how good she is. We haven’t seen each other for a long time. I need to take a good look and measure them when the wedding ceremony is over.
(End of chapter)
