Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 1060 Burden
During the meal, Li Shan casually mentioned a few things about today's official election. Zhu Shi was not very interested in these, but Cui Shiniang secretly wrote them down, and asked them in a low voice when the couple returned to the small courtyard.

"Your Majesty is really in charge?" Cui Shiniang's mouth was wide open, but after a while she asked in a low voice vigilantly: "Your Majesty, this is..."

Not all descendants of aristocratic families are like this, but the direct descendants of the five surnames and seven families do have such qualifications. They have superficial respect for Li Yuan who sits on the throne, but they don't feel that much in their hearts, and even think that this family is just lucky.

"It shouldn't be a problem." Li Shan smiled, but went to the study and turned out the map, and put it on the couch to examine carefully.

"Lang Jun?"

Li Shan pointed to the map, "Have you seen it before?"

"Never seen."

"This is Baiquan County." Li Shan pointed to a black dot on the map, "This is Guyuan County."

Cui Shiniang took a closer look with the lantern in her hand, "Which way will Mr. Lang take to cross the mountains and attack Xiaoguan?"

"From here... to the north, along the Hulu River to the northwest, bypassing two mountains, resting for two nights, and then crossing the river from here..."

Cui Shiniang quickly found that her husband was a little absent-minded, "Mr.

Li Shan hummed subconsciously, his eyes still falling on the map. After a while, he came back to his senses and sighed: "The dynasty is constantly seizing the throne, which is really worrying. Brother Dingfang is returning to the court this time, not just one or two people." ah."

"There are also King Huaiyang, Ma Sanbao, Li Keshi, Duan Zhixuan, Kan Ling, and maybe Feng Li..."

"The Lingzhou Army has been weakened so far, once the Turks come back..."

Cui Shiniang listened quietly, and asked in a low voice, "How is King Qin?"

"The king of Qin sent Guo Xiaoke to be the governor of Lingzhou and Zhang Wu'an to guard Yuanzhou. Today, I recommended Li Mengchang to be the governor of Longzhou for my husband. The three prefectures can be connected as one." Li Shan said slowly: "But when the war is over, the soldiers of the government will go their separate ways. Returning home, the soldiers scattered in the countryside, if the Turks attack, the Duke of Xihe may not be able to resist."

Li Shan knew that Wen Yanbo might be a good prime minister, but leading troops into battle and scolding Fang Qiu was not his forte. Military strategy, let alone compared with Ren Gui, might not be better than Li Shenfu. A big defeat... Then the next situation will be much more complicated.

Therefore, although Li Shan bit the bullet and pushed Li Yuan's direct line up today, he still had his own thoughts. He specially arranged Xue Wanche in Xiazhou.

Hu Yan, Yang Ze, and Duan Decao are all extraordinary, plus Dou Gui should be able to hold Yanzhou and Yinzhou, the key is still in the northwest.

The Lingzhou Army led by Wen Yanbo and Zhang Zhongjian will be stationed at the border of Lingzhou and Yanzhou. Once the Turks attack, the situation will be bad. Li Shan doesn't know much about Guo Xiaoke, but he knows that he once stood by Guji Town together with him, and Xue Wanche, who was abandoned by Li Jing, would not sit idly by.

Li Shan was a little worried. After the great victory in Jingzhou, he felt that the Turks might not invade the south again, but it was basically impossible to replicate the history of drinking the Weihe River.

But now Li Shan found out that because of the situation of seizing the heir, both the king of Qin and the crown prince tried to transfer the confidant general back to Chang'an for backup, because Li Yuan did not dare to act hastily for a long time, which directly caused the general to be unable to go all out to defend the border.

It is also because of Li Yuan's fear that Li Shan had to ask himself to be transferred back to Su Dingfang. It can be said with certainty that since Li Shan became the head of the Lingzhou Road Marching last year until now, this is the time when the Lingzhou Army is at its weakest.

Li Yuan has weakened the Lingzhou Army too much. Once the Turks come back this year, the situation will be difficult to say.

"I don't know what happened to Wuyuan County?" Li Shan murmured, glanced at Cui Shiniang who was listening quietly, and said with a smile: "That good brother who is married to Jinlan, and Brother Sheer are said to have been married. There is so much trouble, and the territory is to be divided, and each of them is called a big sweat."

"It should be that Tuli Khan is not reconciled?" Cui Shiniang asked.

Li Shan stretched out his hand and scratched the bridge of his wife's nose, "My wife is smart."

The Khan Tuli Khan was appointed by Jieli Khan back then, and he was only a small Khan. Now he has won over many small tribes, and has the support of his tribesmen. , how can he tolerate being just a little khan?

Putting away the map, Li Shan lay on the bed after absent-mindedly washing up under the service of the maid, and spread his right hand to let Cui Shiniang's head lean over, thinking that if the Turks did not go south this year, it might be difficult to have a chance.

Within a year, this ten-year-delayed struggle for the heir apparent will definitely come to an end. Regardless of whether Li Yuan is the emperor or the Supreme Emperor, whether Li Shimin enters the East Palace or directly proclaims himself emperor, the son will be able to control the actual power.

The princes of the Tang Dynasty were not those who had little real power like the later Song and Ming princes, but to assist the emperor in handling most of the government affairs. This is also the main reason why Li Jiancheng has attracted a large number of courtiers over the years.

As long as Li Shimin remains respectful to Li Yuan, as long as there are no moths, then the plan against the Eastern Turks can be launched, but this life is not according to Li Shimin's deployment, but according to the plan of Wei Si Wang Li Huairen... Li Shan is a bit Blushing, unconsciously moving her right hand, Cui Shiniang murmured a few times.

But Li Shan didn't quite believe that everything would go so smoothly, not referring to the East Palace, but Turkic.

If the Turks really come to disrupt the situation this year, is it possible to rush in all the way and drink the Weihe River again?

The three states of Guo Xiaoke, Zhang Shigui, and Li Mengchang are connected together, and there is also the standing army of the Lingzhou Army. It is unlikely that the Turks will break through from Lingzhou. In the east, there are Xue Wanche, Hu Yan, Yang Ze, Duan Decao, and Dou Gui. The Tang army has stronger troops, and it is difficult for the Turks to penetrate.

The east side is even more impossible. Li Yaoshi and Li Daozong are two famous generals guarding the north and the south. How can the Turks fight through?
Is it Longyou Dao?
It's possible, but it needs to borrow Tiele's sphere of influence, and there can't be too many troops. In Wude's fifth year, there were only [-] partial divisions.

Li Shan was really puzzled. Li Shimin had lost so much face in the history of the Weishui alliance. From what route did the Turks come in?

In fact, Li Shan didn't know that during the Xuanwumen mutiny in history, Luo Yi, king of Yan County, served as governor of Jingzhou, governing Jingzhou, Ningzhou, and Yuanzhou, and Luo Yi was in Xiaoguan at that time, but he abandoned Xiaoguan and let the Turks go. Go south to Jingzhou, and then cooperate with the Turkic side to attack Yanzhou from Liang Guo, which has not yet been wiped out. With two prongs, they attacked Jingzhao as quickly as lightning and drank the Weihe River.

After the Turks retreated, Luo Yi was ordered to enter the court, but rebelled against him in Binzhou. After being defeated, he attempted to flee to the grassland to join the Turks. In Ningzhou, his subordinates beheaded him and sent him to Chang'an.

All in all, Li Shan was worried about the riots in the East Palace, worried that Pei Shiju would make troubles, but also worried that the Turks would disrupt the situation at a critical moment... Others may not have this burden, but Li Shan, a traveler, has to think about the rolling wheels of history.

(End of this chapter)