A snowy night attack on the camp forced Yuan Junzhang to surrender, Yanmen was victorious and Yugushe was captured alive, Shuozhou was recovered, and the people of Yunzhou moved to Yunzhou. Coupled with the civil strife in the Turks, Li Shan took advantage of the situation and sent a section of the Daizhou Army to station in Lingqiu County... Unlike Yunzhou, Daizhou and Yuzhou are within easy reach.
The terrain of Yuzhou is very different between the north and the south. Although there are many ravines and loess on the north side, cavalry can still travel freely, while the south side is covered by mountains and mountains, making it difficult for Turks to break through.
Therefore, Li Shan did not try to regain the entire Yuzhou, but only defended the southern part of Yuzhou and controlled Feihuxing... Well, this was also tacitly approved by Tuli Khan. In fact, this was an alliance between Tuli Khan and the Tang Dynasty. part of the contract.
The terrain of Feihuxing is not considered dangerous, but the road is narrow and there are high cliffs on both sides, stretching for hundreds of miles. As long as a military camp is stationed at the entrance, it will be difficult for the Turks to break through.
Li Shan's story gradually made Li Yuan's face look better. The latter frowned and said, "As Hongda said, if the Turks attack Yizhou after breaking through Youzhou, who will be the general manager of Yizhou?"
"Sang Xianhe." Li Shimin's memory is very good.
"But Cheng Mingzhen, the general manager of Luozhou, is now leading troops to camp in Yingzhou. He is afraid that it will be difficult to stop the Turks from attacking Yizhou." Li Yuan turned to look at Yang Gongren, "Zhongshu drafted an edict and ordered Cheng Mingzhen to deploy troops to help defend Yizhou. The flying fox must not be lost. border the stove."
"I then drafted an edict to go to Daizhou and ordered Huaiyang King Li Daoxuan to deploy troops and strictly guard Feihuxing."
Li Shan turned his attention to Pei Shiju again, his eyes full of suspicion. Why did this old immortal mention Fei Huxing?
It can't be that the Turks really want to attack Feihuxing, right?
What Pei Shiju is thinking now is how to prolong the war, and even how to create obstacles to make the war unfavorable, so that the East Palace has a small chance to make a comeback, and what Pei Shiju did is exactly the opposite. How can he not let Li Shan What about suspicion?
Just when the Liangyi Hall meeting was about to end, Li Shan suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I wonder if there is any news about Cui Mingan, the minister of Huangmen who is on an envoy to the Xue Yantuo tribe?"
As he spoke, Li Shan glanced at Pei Shiju from the corner of his eye. To his disappointment, he found nothing unusual.
Li Yuan was a little surprised by Li Shan's question, "More than ten days ago, Cui Mingan sent a letter to the leader of the Xue Yantuo tribe living in Mobei, asking for orders to leave the fortress, but no news has been sent back yet."
Originally, Li Shan and Li Shimin attached great importance to Longyou Road. On the one hand, it was because Xue Yantuo might attack Longyou Road, but Huai'an King Li Shentong... had never won a battle, no matter who the opponent was. On the other hand, Yan Tuo, who was attached to the East Palace, The prince of the county is in Luoyi, which is a huge hidden danger.
For this reason, Li Shimin specially discussed with Li Yuan to mobilize troops to station at the junction of Longzhou and Longyou Road to prepare for unexpected events. However, Cui Mingan, who was sent as an envoy soon, received news that the main force of the Xue Yantuo tribe was not located beyond Liangzhou. In the northern area, but in Mobei, the possibility of Longyou Road being attacked is not high.
And because Dubu Khan led an army of 100,000 troops south to attack Lingzhou, Li Yuan ordered the troops from Ningzhou, Jingzhou, and Longzhou to be transferred to Yuanzhou to prepare for the Turks to attack.
Therefore, Li Yuan was surprised by Li Shan's question, but Li Shimin guessed something and turned to look at Pei Shiju, who couldn't see anything strange at all.
The ministers slowly walked out of the Liangyi Palace. Li Shan glanced at the heavy and fast-footed Crown Prince Li Jiancheng, then looked back at Li Shimin who was left behind by Li Yuan. After thinking for a moment, he slowed down and paced at the end. Pei Shiju stood beside him.
"Huairen, what is this?"
"Will the Turks attack Feihuxing?"
"Perhaps." Pei Shiju said calmly, "How can we speculate on military and state affairs at will? We should worry about defeat before thinking about victory."
"What Mr. Pei said is true." Li Shan squinted at the buildings in the distance. It was dusk, and the palace was reflected in a golden color, making it look magnificent. "Will Xue Yantuo attack Longyou Road?"
"Huairen was at home a few days ago, so you probably didn't know, right?" Pei Shiju said slowly: "Before Cui Minqian, the minister of Huangmen, left, Prince Consort Qiao Shiwang, who was also the envoy, wrote that the leader of the Xue Yantuo tribe lived at the foot of Yu Dujun Mountain."
"Yu Dujun Mountain?" Li Shan looked confused. He had never heard of this place name. Where is this?
Pei Shiju kindly reminded: "On the east branch of Dujin Mountain, nearly a thousand miles northwest of Wuyuan County, it should be too late for this battle."
Wuyuan County is nearly a thousand miles away, so isn't it all Mongolia?
Li Shan remained silent, but Pei Shiju continued: "Qiao Shiwang secretly brought a book and a drum. If the leader of the Xueyantuo tribe is interested, he should give him a drum and canonize the khan... By the way, this is still the battle of Guji Town. At that time, there was Huairen’s proposal.”
After leaving Chengtian Gate, Pei Shiju went straight back to Menxia Province, while Li Shan walked slowly, thinking carefully as he walked, got on his horse after leaving Zhuque Gate, and headed back to Sun Moon Lake.
More than half an hour later, Ling Jing, who had just returned home, saw Liu Heier outside, "Huh?"
"Your Highness, please ask Ling Gong to go to the study."
Ling Jing stood up and walked out. Seeing Liu Heier looking a little haggard, he smiled and said, "Zhang Sanlang is holding on to the camp. The Turks are difficult to defeat, and Ji Hu will not rebel."
Liu Heier did not say anything. He had been under a lot of pressure during this period. Ji Hu had a criminal record... Although he was forced to rebel by the crown prince Li Jiancheng, he had a criminal record after all. The court had already accused King Wei Si of arbitrarily Xu Jihu included the remarks.
Ling Jing admired Liu Hei'er quite a lot and smiled and chatted for a few words. Li Shan's bodyguards were full of heroes one after another, but in terms of general talent, after Su Dingfang and Zhang Zhongjian, Liu Hei'er had to be the last. And because Liu Hei'er's father Liu Bicheng He died in the hands of Li Jiancheng, so this person is trustworthy at critical moments.
"Huairen has been in the study since he came back?"
"Yes, I didn't go to the backyard."
Ling Jing's face gradually became serious. During this time, the first thing Li Shan did when he returned home was to go to the backyard to see his pregnant wife. Today was so abnormal, something big must have happened.
Watching Ling Jing close the door and standing by the wall looking at the map, Li Shan turned around and said, "It's Xue Yantuo."
"What?"
Li Shan's face was gloomy, "Xue Yantuo will attack Longyou Road."
After listening to Li Shan's account of what happened in Liangyi Hall today, Ling Jing slowly sat down and pondered for a long time before saying, "Because Pei Shiju mentioned Feihuxing, that's why you thought of Longyou Road?"
"Yeah." Li Shan responded. It was impossible for Pei Shiju to mention Fei Huxing for no reason. It was just to attract everyone's attention to Hedong and Hebei.
Li Shan has a dirty heart, so I think Pei Shiju also has a dirty heart.
"You deliberately tested after leaving Liangyi Palace, but Pei Shiju explained so much..."
"This is called concealing the truth." Li Shan said in a conclusive tone, and then murmured in a suspicious tone: "But what exactly did he do?"
Ling Jing was a little at a loss. He only relied on these guesses to confirm Xue Yantuo's movements. Is this really good?
Even if it is true, this reason can be brought before Li Shimin, but it cannot be brought before His Majesty.
(End of chapter)
