On the tenth day of April, Liangyi Hall.
Li Shan stood listlessly at the back, looking quite tired and even a little awake.
Although he still maintains a good work and rest habit, even if he goes to bed a little later, he still wakes up early. But during this period, Li Shan was addicted to games every night and deliberately woke up a little late in the morning because he felt sorry for his wife.
However, Li Shan was also mentally reviewing his depravity in this life. Subtly, he began to be arrogant and extravagant, and completely lost the energetic outlook he had in his previous life after being woken up by the alarm clock in the middle of the night.
But people are always like this. If they can live a comfortable life, they will never deliberately embarrass themselves. The ascetic monk is just a legend. If Li Shan is not time traveled but reborn, he will never study medicine again... Not to mention other things, at least he can do it at night Sleep peacefully until dawn.
Therefore, Li Shan has basically not appeared in the morning court in the past two years. Who wants to go to the imperial city in the middle of the night under the stars and the moon without doing anything serious?
Therefore, Li Shan, who was temporarily summoned from Zhuangzi by Li Yuan's emissary, was very unhappy. I have already been careful and cautious. Is it necessary to drag me to Liangyi Hall to discuss matters?
My teeth have not been brushed, my face has not been washed, and my stomach is empty... Li Shan was complaining when he heard Pei Ji in front of him mentioning business. This is why Li Yuan brought Li Shan here temporarily.
"On the second day of April, Liang Shidu set up an ambush in Baichi. Linji County Gong Kanling personally led the soldiers to break it. Bishui County Marquis Zhang Baoxiang and You Qianniuwei General Li Keshi led their troops to pursue." Pei Ji said with a smile: " On the fifth day of April, all Liang divisions fled back to Shuofang, and the Duke of Fou led his army northward..."
Li Shan's sleepiness faded away and he pricked up his ears. He knew about the battle at Baichi, but he had not yet received news about the subsequent battle in Shuofang County. The military report should have just arrived in Beijing.
Liang masters all said that they occupied Shuofang and proclaimed themselves emperor. In fact, Liang's territory was not small. Lingzhou, Qingzhou, and Yanzhou in the northern part of the Guannai Road were all Liang's territory. Li Shan was about to conquer Jingzhou after his victory. When facing Liang Jun, I carefully looked at the map and asked Wen Yanbo and others. The Great Wall was the main dividing line between Liang and Datang.
Needless to say, Shuofang County, most of Yanchuan County in the west and Yulin County in the northeast are north of the Great Wall and are under the jurisdiction of Liangshidu. In addition, Diaoyin County, which borders Yanzhou, is also within the Great Wall during the last years of Daye. Captured by Liang Shidu, the so-called Diaoyin County was Yinzhou and Suizhou during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. Li Shan saw a very familiar place name on the map, Mizhi.
At that time, Li Shan lamented that Duan Decao was really not simple. To the east of Yanzhou was the Yellow River, and to the rear were several state capitals at the core of Guannai Road. The entire northern defense line had to face attacks from Liang troops from several directions. In this way, Liang could be defeated several times. All the teachers scurried away with their heads in their hands.
At that time, Li Shan could understand why Li Yuan and Li Shimin valued the Liang division so much. Before October last year, the Liang divisions with Turkic backing had reached their peak in the territory. According to the administrative division during the Sui Dynasty Emperor Wen, the Liang division at that time The country occupies eight state capitals on Guannai Road!
Except for the independent Jingzhao Mansion in the entire Guannei Road, there were only eleven state capitals still in the hands of the Tang army at that time... Well, this is why from last year to now, everyone from Li Yuan to the courtiers are dissatisfied with the East Palace. A reason.
When the Tang Dynasty was first established, Fengzhou was abolished and Yulin was ceded. This was all done by Prince Li Jiancheng... Hetao area, a key strategic location in the Central Plains to resist nomads, was given to the Turks.
Zhang Changxun, the general manager of Fengzhou at that time, also felt bitter. He returned to the Tang Dynasty. However, after the Tang Dynasty agreed, he turned around and abolished Fengzhou and gave Yulin to the Turks.
This incident directly caused Datang to lose the key Hetao area and nearly a thousand miles of strategic depth. In other words, from the map, the northern part of Guannai Road, from the Yellow River to Lingzhou, was lost. This is also the main reason why Master Liang can easily attack Lingzhou and Yanzhou.
Of course, before the cession of Yulin, the Tang Dynasty moved all the people there, so the national power of the Liang Kingdom could not be compared with the Tang Dynasty.
Liang Shidu was not an emperor with great talent and strategy who could lead the army as well as govern. His governance and control over the state capitals below were very weak. The main force was still in Shuofang County... Basically, he came to fight the autumn wind every year. You know this guy level of governance.
Pei Ji was still thinking about the memorial. On April 7, Liang Jun and Yanzhou Army met south of Wuding River. Dou Gui did not urge the army to attack fiercely, so Liang Jun successfully arrived at Tongwan City.
Dou Gui, who was the commander-in-chief of the Yanzhou Road March, stayed put for three months and did not go to recover Yinzhou and Suizhou, which actually had little resistance. However, since Dou Gui wanted to make great achievements, how could he not take action? He secretly instigated the rebellion of Tongwan City. The garrison general.
However, the capital of Liang Division was refused outside the city. Dou Gui personally led an elite attack. After a fierce battle for half a day, Liang Jun gradually became weak. Tang Jun's follow-up troops continued to flow. Zhang Baoxiang and Li Keshi led two thousand light cavalry to assist Liang Jun. There was a huge defeat. Most of the generals abandoned their weapons, dismounted and knelt down, and the defenders of ten thousand cities also opened the city and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
Liang Shidu led his remnant troops to flee to Wuyuan County, but Dou Gui led his troops to pursue him. Zhang Baoxiang, the Marquis of Bishui County, pursued them. On April 8, they fought again at the border of Yulin County and Shuofang County. Liang's army was defeated again, and Dou Gui's relatives Sanitation captured Master Liang... Li Shan clicked his tongue twice, it was Zhang Baoxiang again, this lucky general.
Well, Dou Gui specially picked Zhang Baoxiang because Li Shan said several times in private that this general was a lucky general.
Li Shan glanced at Li Yuan, who was sitting in the first place... His face wasn't very pretty.
Although Yinzhou and Suizhou will be recovered one after another and Shuofang County will be controlled in the future, the fall of the Liang Kingdom is already certain. Li Yuan also has a heartache. Why does his face look so gloomy?
In fact, everyone in the palace except Li Yuan was a little uneasy, because no one knew why the usually lenient emperor looked like this after hearing the battle report.
The rest were filled with formulas. Li Shan stopped listening and kept thinking about these messy things. For a moment, he thought, since he had won a great victory and captured Master Liang alive, what could he do with his former coach?
Fortunately, I was still trembling just now, thinking that Dou Gui was defeated and I had to go into battle again.
For a while, I was wondering what happened to Li Yuan today. I didn't hear anything happened to the prince and King Qin recently.
At this time, Pei Ji finally finished reading the memorial, his mouth was dry, and he finally said: "The Duke of Fou proposed to expand the territory and establish a county. Please ask the saint for instructions."
Li Yuan took a deep breath, "The Liang Kingdom has been destroyed, and it borders the Turks to the north. What does Huairen think?"
Only then did Li Shan understand why he was brought here temporarily. Dou Gui captured Shuofang County, and his troops arrived at Yulin County. He proposed to establish a county and purchase land... This was to expand the territory.
But it seems that the DPRK and China have some objections to this. After all, the Liang Kingdom was destroyed. If the Tang army did not stop after taking Shuofang and then took the Hetao area, it would border the Turks.
Throughout the entire dynasty, the person who talked the most about dealing with the Turks was Li Huairen, the heir to the throne of Wei. It was impossible for Li Yuan not to refer to Li Shan's opinions.
(End of chapter)
