Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 103
It was almost noon, and the cold wind was howling, and the trees of all sizes without leaves on the side of the road were shivering. Li Shan, who was trying to control the white horse under his crotch, was also shivering.

It was really cold, and my cold hands froze, as if the sun hanging high in the sky couldn't bring a trace of warmth.

Li Shan, who was a little bit unbearable from the cold, was thinking about finding an excuse to take a break, or at least cook some hot soup to warm his body.

Why don't you just get into the carriage... As a doctor, it's only natural to take care of the wounded!

Suddenly a winter coat was thrown from the front of the carriage and was covering the white horse's head.

"Put it on."

"Thank you Brother Su... hey hey..."

Li Shan bowed his hands in thanks, the head of the beast under his crotch was covered, and his four hooves turned to the side. Su Dingfang, who was sitting in front of the carriage, stretched his body, grabbed the rein and gently pulled it around, and the white horse came back on the road with a neigh.

"Hehe, hehe."

I don't know how many times it is, Li Shan doesn't know what to say except for a few dry laughs.

Guo Pu had always been with Li Shan before, but this trip didn't know the ominous situation ahead, Guo Pu needed to step forward to explore the way, Li Shan's poor riding skills...

It was still dark when we first set off, and if Su Dingfang hadn't taken care of him, Li Shande would have fallen several times... Falling from such a height, coupled with the force of his forward movement, would have broken his neck if he failed.

Su Dingfang replied with an expression of laughing or crying... After talking all night, although this young man was not yet weak, but judging from his speech and demeanor, Su Dingfang was sure that the other party was an extraordinary person, but he didn't expect that he could not ride a horse, could it? Is it because he was born in Lingnan?

In this era, not to mention the children of aristocratic families, even ordinary countrymen, they all know how to ride a horse, just like there are no young people in later generations who can't drive.

If you are good at riding, you can perform Thomas full spin right away... During the break in the morning, Li Shan saw with his own eyes a young man of seventeen or eighteen performing such a set of movements. Although it was not standard enough, it was smooth enough.

He is proficient in medicine and has a good relationship with the King of Huaiyang, but he doesn't know how to ride. Su Dingfang glanced at Ling Bo, who tried to find out Li Shan's origin several times, but Su Dingfang himself didn't care much about it.

Having been favored several times, Su Dingfang has his own standards of conduct. He knows that he can't jump out. Even if the other party doesn't accept the contract of sale, he still owes him a favor that may never be repaid in his entire life.

"Drive, drive."

There was a crisp shout, four or five horses passed the carriage from the side, and the last one looked back at Li Shan, leaving behind a series of laughter... The latter blushed a little, and the man who smiled at him looked only twelve Three years old, still a little girl!

"Be careful!" Li Shan yelled loudly, "Don't fall!"

Zhu Ba behind him smiled, "Lang Jun...uh, don't fall."

"Get out!" Li Shan scolded: "It's a deal, when I return to Beijing, I will let you accompany Uncle Dumb and practice closed-mouth meditation!"

Last night, Li Shan was still weighing... Weighing that Su Dingfang brought the villagers too slow down the speed of the journey, but it was not until he got on the road that he realized that he was the one who dragged everyone down... After a long time, the clown turned out to be me?

The village is full of colleagues and relatives picked up by Su Dingfang. Basically, everyone can ride a horse. There are a total of 87 people who followed Su Dingfang to the south, and only three of them are over fifty. Ling Bo on the other side of the carriage is one. Li Shan took a sneak peek Eye, the old man was in a daze while riding a horse.

There are 12 children under the age of ten, and the rest are teenagers, young people, and middle-aged people, all of whom are much stronger than Li Shan.

Su Dingfang only cared about driving. He was familiar with the terrain, and most of the roads he chose were flat and not slow.

Therefore, the slowest one, dragging everyone down, is Li Shan.

However, in just one morning, after two breaks, Li Shan managed to create an approachable character, chatted and laughed with the villagers, and became even more intimate with the children... Uh, the girl whose clothes were cut off by him refused to listen He tells stories.

Su Dingfang only cared about driving, and the young and strong in the village were led by Guo Pu and Fan Laosan.

Guo Pu arranged manpower and personally led the team to explore the way. Fan Laosan led his clansmen to the rear, and only Zhu Ba, Zhao Da, and Shitou followed Li Shan.

Li Shan didn't understand anything about these things, and he didn't dare to command blindly, so he could only use people without suspicion.

"Da Lang, my lady is awake!"

There was a cry of surprise in the car, Su Dingfang immediately reined in the horse, turned around and got into the car, Li Shan was also very pleasantly surprised, and finally could rest.

"Mother, mother..."

After struggling to get off the horse, Li Shan bent his legs and climbed into the carriage, and immediately reprimanded him, "Shut up!"

Su Dingfang immediately held his breath... he was always obedient.

Li Shan checked briefly, and found that the wound did not rupture, and his forehead did not feel hot, but whether there were complications or not, he had to observe for a few more days.

"Take a break first, change the dressing, and re-bandage."

"Brother Su, call some strong women, it will hurt a lot later."

The woman lying on the quilt was about forty years old, with clear crow's feet on her forehead, and her eyes were dull, but she was clearly awake. Seeing her usually stable only son scrambling around, she couldn't help but smile slightly at the corners of her mouth. It seems to be laughing.

After a while of busy work, Li Shancai got out of the carriage, not wanting to waste salt water washing his hands, he simply rubbed the white horse's hair vigorously.

"How is it?" Su Dingfang asked, while muttering to himself, this person is also seventeen or eighteen years old, why is he still so childish.

"It's okay, I'm recovering pretty well, if I don't have a fever these few days... er, my forehead doesn't feel hot, I'll use more tonics when I get to Weizhou..."

As Li Shan was speaking, Guo Pu, who was exploring the way ahead, rushed towards the horse with a few scouts.

"I ran into Turkic soldiers." Guo Pu walked over quickly and said in a low voice, "About two or three hundred soldiers, it seems that they washed up the village last night and met each other, but they didn't come after them."

"Don't worry, we won't chase after you." Zhou Zhao said with certainty, "We are going south to Zaoqiang. The route is extremely biased. The Turkic soldiers should be heading northwest."

Li Shan thought in his heart, either today or tomorrow, the big battle will start, and the Turkic soldiers will scatter and plunder. At this time, they will naturally rush to the direction of Xiabo, concentrate their forces, and don't care about small fish and shrimp.

"That's right, it's in the northwest direction." Guo Pu sighed, "Liu Heita was originally from Hebei. He lured wolves into the house and caused disasters in the village. The King of Qin once said that this official has forgotten his ancestors..."

"If the Tang army hadn't bullied people too much, it wouldn't have come to this point." Ling Bo, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Wang Shichong was exiled, but Xia Wang was beheaded, and even his wife and children were in danger. If it weren't for this, how could Liu Heitai sweep Hebei last year? "

"You old man talking nonsense?!" Fan Laosan couldn't move his left arm, but he had already grasped the handle of the knife with his right hand, and cursed viciously: "Liu Heita lured the Turks into the bandits, is it still reasonable?!"

Su Dingfang took a step forward but didn't say a word, but Ling Bo pushed Su Dingfang away, "If many of my colleagues hadn't been hunted down by the Tang army, why would the boss of the Su family hide us, the old and the weak, women and children in the countryside?"

"I heard that the people of the world praised the king of Qin for his great military exploits, but he still practiced the way of benevolence and righteousness... Hehe, hehe..."

Fan Laosan was born as a soldier in the Guanzhong government, and was selected into the Xuanjia Army for his bravery. He respected King Qin like a god, and immediately drew his sharp blade after hearing this.

"stop!"

"stop!"

The previous sentence was Su Dingfang, but Fan Laosan ignored it and took a step forward instead.

The last sentence was Li Shan, Fan Laosan immediately stopped, gritted his teeth and took a step back.

"Not yet put away."

Li Shan's words were understated, and although Fan Laosan's eyes were spitting fire, he still sheathed his sword.

Su Dingfang turned his head to look at Li Shan. Along the way, this young man was easy-going and joked with his servants. He even laughed at the children in the village who made fun of riding skills, but he didn't expect such a ban.

Su Dingfang didn't just focus on driving along the way, he could see very clearly that Guo Pu and Zhu Ba's group belonged to Li Shan's trilogy, while Fan Laosan's group wore Tang army uniforms, obviously they were the elite of the army.

It's not surprising that Li Shan can reprimand his own trilogy, but it's a bit strange to be able to reprimand the elite soldiers of the Tang army... Su Dingfang was born in the middle and lower ranks of the army, and he knew that such power could not be obtained by relying on the status of the children of the aristocratic family .

"It's just a small chat. Does the King of Qin need you to draw your saber to intimidate the old man and force His Highness to recognize your benevolence?" Li Shan smiled gently, rubbing his hands vigorously to keep warm, "This idiot...don't blame Uncle Ling."

"Don't dare to call it that."

Li Shan glanced at him, the old man had a tough expression on his face, obviously a bit tough tempered.

"I can afford it, I can afford it." Zhou Zhao, who had been watching the excitement, said with a smile, "One word that day almost made the king of Qin lose his feathers. Such a character naturally deserves it."

Ling Bo looked at Zhou Zhao intently, "Who are you?"

Li Shan looked at Zhou Zhao amusedly, and asked you to use a fake name. Now it's up to you how you get around.

"Beizhou's junior high school graduate... meet Jijiu." Zhou Zhao said vaguely.

"The locals are still road idiots..." Li Shan muttered, and then asked: "What sacrificial wine?"

Zhou Zhao explained a few words to Li Shan in a low voice. After all, he is from Hebei, and he doesn't know much about Dou Jiande's subordinates, but he is very concerned about those famous people.

It was also after knowing that the villagers were all relatives of Dou Jiande's old tribe last night, Zhou Zhaocai observed carefully, and just now made a tentative statement, and finally confirmed the identity of Uncle Ling.

After all, Dou Jiande started in the grass, and there are not many celebrities who can recruit. Ling's surname is originally a small surname, so it is easy to guess.

This Ling Bo was named Ling Jing, originally a famous scholar in Shandong, and was recruited by Dou Jiande later.

Dou Jiande was blocked for more than a month in the battle of Hulaoguan, which determined the overall situation of the world. Just before Li Shimin was about to attack, Ling Jing suggested to Dou Jiande to cross the Yellow River and attack Heyang. , joined the Shangdang, and attacked Fenzhou and Jinzhou.

After the war, someone once commented that if King Xia adopted this strategy, the Xia army might not be able to invade the Hedong Road, but King Qin might not be able to sweep the Central Plains.

It's so awesome... Li Shan's resumption of the plan in his heart is really possible. Guanzhong and Hedong are Li Tang's basic plans. Li Shimin led most of his troops out of the pass, and there should not be many troops left behind in Hedong Road.

If Dou Jiande sent an army to attack Hedong Road, it would obviously be impossible to stop Li Shimin's three thousand cavalry brought to Hulao Pass... If the troops were deployed, the siege of Luoyang would be empty talk, and Wang Shichong would not surrender in white.

A typical encirclement of Wei and rescue of Zhao.

Su Dingfang who was on the side also came over and said in a low voice: "Uncle Ling is on good terms with his adoptive father, but he is not on good terms with the King of Eastern Han. After the battle at Hulao Pass, he retired to the countryside. Last year, the Eastern King of Han raised troops and forcibly called him into his account. After the Luoshui battle, a certain general Ling Bo took him to Jizhou."

Li Shanrao looked at Ling Jing with interest, bowed and said: "You are ignorant and ignorant, you don't know Uncle Ling's name, just now you were rude."

"But Uncle Ling didn't go to Guanzhong, so he didn't know the inside story, so he made a lot of nonsense...Don't blame Uncle Ling for his gaffes."

"Of course, as the saying goes, those who don't know are not guilty."

Ling Bo narrowed his eyes and stared at Li Shan, "According to what Da Lang said, you are a hero under King Qin's command?"

"Although the boy has been praised by the King of Qin, he has not entered the Palace of the King of Qin. Today, he speaks frankly and asks Ling Bo for advice." Li Shan took the hot soup that Guo Pu handed over to warm his hands, "Last year, the King of Qin swept the Central Plains and conquered Zheng Xia captured King Xia and Wang Shichong alive, and urged the saint to be soft, but unfortunately..."

"Of course, there are different opinions on this matter, and it cannot be determined, but since then, the Eastern Shaanxi Province has been calm, while the Hebei Province has been in chaos."

After a pause, Li Shan added before Ling Bo: "At the beginning of the year, before King Qin conquered Hebei, he was left idle for several months."

Ling Bo was startled, nodded after a moment and said: "Yes, the King of Qin has great military achievements, but he is the second son... Otherwise, Liu Heita would not have been in Hebei for half a year, and the Tang army was wiped out, so that the King of Qin was sent to Hebei..."

"Shaandong Road... is controlled by King Qin's confidant?"

Tsk tsk, Li Shan admired him a little, this man's thoughts changed so quickly, "Shangshu Ling of Daxingtai in Eastern Shaanxi Province was personally led by King Qin, servant She was Jiang Guogong, Shangshu Zuocheng was a scholar and worked as a Zhonglang in Qin Wangfu, Shangshu Youcheng Mr. Han He also worked as a Zhonglang in the Palace of the King of Qin."

Guo Pu on the side couldn't understand, but Su Dingfang and Zhou Zhao understood after a little thought.

The situation in Eastern Shaanxi is calm, obviously the officials are soft under the orders of Li Shimin, while Hebei...does not belong to Li Shimin's sphere of influence, and Dou Jiande has repeatedly defeated the Tang army. There was an incident.

"Wang Shichong was exiled, but King Xia..." Ling Jing still had resentment in his words, "Tong'an couple, Xu Shiji and Xu Gai, Li Shentong..."

These people were all captured by Dou Jiande but sent back to Chang'an in the end. Even when Li Shiji fled, Dou Jiande didn't kill his father Xu Gai, which can be called benevolence... Li Yuan is indeed outrageous about this matter.

But today Li Shan is not for Li Yuan, but for Li Shimin, these words are also for Guo Pu.

"The great victory in Luoshui was reported to Beijing, and the sage summoned King Qin to return to Beijing, and made King Qi lead the army in Hebei to hunt down Liu Heita's remaining party, using brutal methods."

Li Shan sighed: "Brother Huaiyang Wang Daoxuan was the governor of Luozhou at that time, because of this, he had a rift with Yuan Guogong Shi Wanbao, and finally the East Palace made a move, and the crown prince's descendant Lujiang County King took over as the governor of Luozhou."

"King Huaiyang and Shi Wanbao don't get along?" Ling Jing frowned, and turned to look at Su Dingfang, "I remember that King Huaiyang is the chief of the Hebei Road Army, and Shi Wanbao is his deputy."

Li Shan smiled wryly: "This is also the reason why the boy hurried south."

Ling Jing was old, but his thoughts were quick enough, and he immediately pointed to the carriage, "Dalang, go and ask, if you can support it, let's set off quickly."

Obviously, Ling Jing noticed that the next journey to Weizhou would never be smooth sailing.

Li Shan climbed onto the horse silently, wondering how much Guo Pu wrote down just now, whether he would report it to Master Li Ke or Li Kai after returning to Beijing, and whether the information would be transferred to Li Shimin in the end.

After knowing Ling Jing's identity, Li Shan had a vague idea in his heart that this old man is very useful.

Ashamed, ashamed, although Mrs. Zhu always wants to set up a personality that puts righteousness first for her son, but Li Shan's ups and downs in his previous life made him often use usefulness or uselessness as a criterion for judging.

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