On the third day of April in the ninth year of Wude, Li Shan, who had been on his honeymoon, was preparing early in the morning. It seemed that he was going to enter Chang'an City. Cui Shiniang wanted to ask a few questions, but seeing her husband's face was very gloomy, she thought about it for a while. Still didn't ask about the exit.
In fact, Li Shan's face has not looked good in the past two or three days. Cui Shiniang could vaguely guess that it had to do with the fact that she and her family met Pei Shuying at Dongshan Temple the day before yesterday.
"Are you all ready?"
Fan Shi nodded, "They are all old people, Ah Hei doesn't know."
"Yes." Li Shan said expressionlessly, "Zhuangzi...you and Qi Shu should worry more."
"Don't worry, Alang." Fan Shiyi whispered: "There are some clues, and it seems to be related to Duke Rui."
Li Shan's expression moved slightly. Since returning to the Tang Dynasty, Rui Guogongyuan Junzhang has been living in Sun Moon Lake. Although he does not have a big house and only has dozens of people around him, he is the only force in Zhuangzi that is not controlled by Li Shan. If Pei Shiju Choosing Yuan Junzhang was a wise move.
But Pei Shiju should know that the relationship between Yuan Junzhang and me is not that close. He brought him to Sun Moon Lake that day mainly to gather the Mayi defenders. If Pei Shiju chose Yuan Junzhang as a breakthrough point, he should know that I would immediately Guessing this... Li Shan was a little hesitant. Should he drive Yuan Junzhang away?
It is a good thing to drive him away, but once he drives away, it means that there are no clues, and Yuan Junzhang’s son worships him as his teacher after all... Although he has not seen that guy for a long, long time, and Yuan Junzhang’s His sister-in-law, He Liu, accompanied him on the expedition last year and made many military exploits. He is still under Zhang Zhongjian's command.
"Keep an eye on him, don't just stare at Yuan Junzhang."
"yes."
At this time, a personal guard came quickly from outside and whispered: "We haven't entered the imperial city yet."
"Then we're at home." Li Shan chuckled, "Let's go."
Dozens of riders rode out of Sun Moon Lake and headed for Chang'an. Li Shan thought in his heart that Pei Xuanji's death was not necessarily a bad thing. In the past, he could only entrust Su Dingfang, Ling Jing and Fan Shiyi and others with many things. , but now the scope is much larger. The guards all guessed that Pei Shiju probably held a grudge against A Lang because his only son died in Huating.
Before reaching the city gate, Qi Laosan suddenly pointed to the west and said, "Alang, this seems to be an urgent report."
Li Shan turned around and saw several knights galloping over on war horses. They looked like they were messengers rushing to Beijing.
Tuesday Lang shouted loudly, "Apu, Apu!"
When the leading knight heard the call, he turned his head and looked with joy on his face. He turned his horse and galloped towards him. Seeing this scene, Li Shan knew in his heart that it should be the Lingzhou Army, otherwise Zhou Erlang would not recognize it.
"Greetings to the King of Handan...Greetings to His Highness the King of Wei!"
"Get up." Li Shan smiled and said, "How is the war?"
The knight excitedly reported loudly, "Your Highness, Helan has won a great victory!"
Li Shan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Are you originally Fan Shiyi's subordinate?"
"Yes." The knight chuckled and said, "It should be Huaiyuan, but I'm used to looking at maps, and all military lieutenants and generals are called Helan."
During the more than two months that Li Shan was in Baiquan County, the most important thing he did was draw maps. Through scouts' inspections and interviews with local people, Li Shan carefully drew a map that transcended this era. , ranging from the north of Jingzhou and Longzhou to Yuanzhou, Huizhou, and Lingzhou. Later, almost all senior generals and scouts had a map of this map.
The word Helan was blurted out by Huangfuzhong that day. It refers to an area north of Huaiyuan County in Lingzhou and outside the Great Wall. It is located at the foot of the mountain. The peaks are vigorous and green and white. From a distance, they look like barge horses. People call it "Huola", and its transliteration is probably "Helan".
At that time, Li Shan's first reaction was that it was a pity that this was the Tang Dynasty, otherwise he could have "drove a long car and traversed the gap in the Helan Mountains" and pretended to be big. But then he guessed that it was probably Yue Fei's Helan with a red middle finger on the river.
The guards present all followed Li Shan back from Yuanzhou, and they all asked about the war. After Li Shan captured Xiaoguan on New Year's Eve, Su Dingfang was ordered to succeed Lingzhou on the 22nd of the first month. Although the general manager of Dao March sent Jihu cavalry and Xue Wanche to attack several towns and advance northward, and also sent Lu Jilan to persuade the Liang army in Huizhou to surrender, in general, there was no large-scale battle for nearly two months.
The situation remained stalemate until mid-March, approximately after Li Shan's marriage. Su Dingfang commanded the army to slowly move north, while Liang Division led troops to retreat, and the two sides formed a stalemate inside and outside the Great Wall.
Six days ago, Su Dingfang sent Xue Wanche and Duan Zhixuan to lead their cavalry across the Anle River and detoured to make a surprise attack from the west. Liang Jun's right wing collapsed at the first touch. Zhang Zhongjian, who was attacking from the front, led his troops straight into the central army. Liu Rengui cut down the flag. Liang Jun was in chaos. Su Dingfang took advantage of the victory to pursue it. , fought three times in one day, and once again defeated the Liang army at the foot of Helan Mountain, killing more than 5,000 people, capturing more than 10,000 people, and capturing tens of thousands of horses.
Li Shan recalled the map in his mind, "Where is Master Liang?"
"The Liang thieves led the rest of their troops to flee eastward." The messenger hesitated for a moment before saying, "The Duke of Zhao ordered You Qianniu Guard Generals Li Keshi and Kan Ling to pursue them."
Li Shan chuckled. No matter in terms of fame, qualifications or title, Li Keshi could not compare with generals such as Xue Wanche, Duan Zhixuan, Feng Li, Ma Sanbao, etc. Kan Ling was an infantry general and was not good at mounted combat.
Su Dingfang did this deliberately, giving Dou Gui a chance first... The best result is that Dou Gui captures and kills Liang Shidu and captures Tongwan City. In this way, Su Dingfang may continue to sit in charge of Lingzhou Road's march. in this position.
This was the plan Li Shan made with Su Dingfang when he was in Xiaoguan, but now the situation is different. Li Yuan has probably decided to transfer Su Dingfang back to Beijing... Li Shan thought in his heart, if Master Liang can escape this disaster, maybe Will Su Dingfang not return to Beijing so soon?
"Let's report the victory." Li Shan smiled and drove his horse slowly into the city, thinking repeatedly about the upcoming changes in the court situation.
Li Shan began to doubt his own judgment... He had previously judged that there was not a deep relationship between Li Jing and Li Shimin. After all, Li Keshi was on the side of King Qin, so Li Jing did not need to make a choice. This was the natural instinct of the family. Determined by the awareness of protection.
But in history, Li Shimin immediately took control of the situation after the Xuanwumen Incident... From the Weishui Alliance, we can see that Jieli Khan did not intend to fight. To a large extent, Li Jing from behind was probing. Cut off the Turks' retreat.
When the mutiny was launched in Chang'an, the general Li Jing who was in charge of Guanzhong at the time did not show any rejection of Li Shimin. This made it difficult for Li Shan to believe that there was really no connection between Li Jing and Li Shimin.
"Alang, we're here."
Li Shan reflexively tightened the reins, and the horse stopped obediently. Zhu Ba jumped off the horse and handed the name card to the bewildered porter, "His Royal Highness the King of Wei has come to pay a visit to Prime Minister Pei."
(End of chapter)
