Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 107: I Won't Be Wrong This Time
This is the second time Li Shan has seen the cavalry charge into the formation on a small scale. The previous time Li Daoxuan organized the army in awe-inspiring manner, but this time, it largely relied on Su Dingfang's choice of timing to attack and the shock and awe brought by his personal force. .

But the same thing is that there are very few wounded. Only two Zhujiagou youths were slightly injured in this battle. Li Shan skillfully debrided, applied medicine, and bandaged.

When Li Shan came to Ling Bo's side, he only heard him say in a mocking but emotional tone: "The old master is not dead, and if he doesn't serve the new master, Xuansu will have a beginning and an end."

The middle-aged man's face was cold, although he was in a state of embarrassment, he was awe-inspiring. He didn't get angry when he heard this. He looked up at Li Shan, "No injury, no need for a doctor."

"Cough cough." Uncle Ling coughed twice, and said numbly: "Hedong Puzhou Renshi, Zhang Xuansu, Jingcheng Recorder joined the army."

Zhang Xuansu?
This name seems to be a bit of an impression... Li Shan was taken aback, but couldn't think of more things for a while.

Li Shanshi had just inquired, this person escaped from Guanzhou, he only asked: "Sir, why are there pursuers so hard when you come to the west?"

"But there will be pursuers coming west?"

Only then did Zhang Xuansu take a closer look at Li Shan, thinking he was a doctor.

"No." Zhang Xuansu said decisively: "I have a common hatred with Liu Hui, but he sent troops to chase and kill him, but it was a personal enmity. The hundred or so riders are Liu Hui's personal soldiers."

Li Shan was not at ease, and continued to ask, Zhang Xuansu sighed and explained the reasons of the matter one by one.

Liu Heikai broke through Dingzhou and went south in a big way, which made people persuade Liu Hui, the general manager of Guanzhou, to respond with troops. Liu Hui was Dou Jiande's former department.

Zhang Xuansu, who joined the army as a recorder in Jingcheng, made a decisive decision and actually detained Liu Hui. Unfortunately, the general manager of Gongzhou was skilled in martial arts, so he went out and rebelled, but his wife and children who stayed in the city died in the chaos. middle.

Now, the public hatred has turned into a personal enmity, and it is no wonder that Liu Hui sent his own soldiers to chase after him, and they even crossed Dezhou and chased him to Beizhou.

Li Shan didn't bother to care about this sad age, he yelled and prepared to go on the road, and he didn't know what the next journey would be.

But after he got on the horse, he was suddenly shocked, oh oh, it turned out to be Zhang Xuansu!
Li Shan didn't say much about the history of the early Tang Dynasty, and he said a lot. He roughly remembered some events and names, but he did remember the name Zhang Xuansu.

But I only remember one thing, this Zhang Xuansu was later an official of the East Palace during the Zhenguan period, and he advised the prince Li Chengqian many times, maybe it was very enjoyable to talk about.

Then... Then Li Chengqian got tired of hearing it, and ordered the assassin to assassinate Zhang Xuansu.

Li Shan racked his brains to think back... In the past 5000 years, is there such an unlucky official of the Eastern Palace?

"Going to Weizhou?" Zhang Xuansu glanced at several carriages, female relatives, and even children beside the road, "This is..."

"They are all family members of the old people back then, and they have to be taken in by a designated place. It is really hard to tell how to go south at this time." Ling Bo didn't say too much, "Tian Liu'an, the governor of Weizhou, is from the lineage of the King of Qin."

Zhang Xuansu nodded, "Thank you Brother Ling."

At the beginning of the year, the King of Qin conquered Hebei and defeated Liu Heitai. After the war, he ordered Zhang Xuansu to serve as the secretary of Jingcheng and join the army. Therefore, he can be regarded as a descendant of the King of Qin, and he naturally hoped to go south to Weizhou.

"What did Xie do?" Uncle Ling glanced at Li Shan, "it's not so-and-so who decides."

"That young man is..."

Uncle Ling didn't say a word. He inquired many times and made indirect remarks. So far, he only knows that Li Shan's ancestral home is Chengji in Longxi, was born in Lingnan, and now lives in Chang'an, but he is not a member of the Li clan in Longxi.

Only then did Zhang Xuansu confirm that Li Shan was the one in charge.

The grace of saving my life has not yet been thanked back then, Zhang Xuansu led the horse and approached, and Zhen heard Li Shan scold: "Zhu Ba, you idiot, let you stare at... look!"

Zhu Ba went around to look behind the Turkic youth carefully, couldn't help but exclaimed, drew his knife in his hand, and kicked the ferocious-looking Turkic youth down.

"It was almost earned by him." Zhou Zhao came over and took a look, "This fellow has great strength."

"It's not something you can break free with great strength."

"Do you have experience?"

After the village incident that day, Li Shan only left this Turkic youth who refused to speak but was obviously of extraordinary status, and the rest, including Fan Yuan's eldest son, were all slaughtered.

In the past few days, the Turkic youths have been riding on horses with their hands bound by hemp ropes. They only use their legs to drive the horses.

Unexpectedly, most of the people attacked today, and the Turkic youth almost broke free by relying on the tree trunk to grind a little bit.

After scolding Zhu Bayi, Li Shan saw that he was about to set off, so he quickly pulled out his dagger, and the Turkic youth on the ground looked miserable.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you." Li Shan smiled gently, and asked the Turkic youth to tie his hands behind his back again, and then cut a long gash on his arms with a dagger, and bright blood gushed out immediately , dripping on the ground.

"Bleed some blood, and he'll lose his strength."

"Don't bandage, let it flow more."

Li Shan handed the dagger to Zhu Ba, "Come here two or three times a day, and you will never have the energy to make trouble again."

Standing nearby, Zhang Xuansu could clearly see the fear in the eyes of the Turkic youth, which was in sharp contrast with Li Shanyou's gentle smile.

Li Shan smiled and said, "Actually, bloodletting is beneficial, really."

The Turkic youth gritted his teeth, and everyone around him was silent... Li Shan was a little aggrieved. Really, regular bloodletting is really good for the human body, and the western world has long regarded bloodletting as a formal medical method.

Of course, two or three times a day... this frequency is a little bit high.

Sure enough, the Turkic youth didn't make any more troubles along the way, and he didn't know if he didn't dare to be a ghost or he really lost his strength.

However, the overall speed of the group also slowed down.

Originally, it was just Su Dingfang's mother riding in a carriage, but after several battles, several people were injured, plus four or five wounded around Zhang Xuansu who were treated later.

Coupled with the fact that the road ahead was not smooth and the carriage was not traveling fast, the overall speed naturally dropped a lot.

Staying overnight in a village that night, Li Shan had to pay a high price to buy three more carriages to carry the wounded soldiers, as well as a lot of bedding... Fortunately, there were still plenty of horses.

In the early morning of the second day, the group set off again. Zhou Zhao was a native of Beizhou. This time, with him as the guide, the group turned to the southwest.

After many days of practice, Li Shan can ride a horse... Although he is still not proficient, he will not fall, and he can even chat a few words.

"Yesterday it was an accident... But what I said is correct. Guanzhou Chief Liu Hui sent his personal guards to chase and kill Mr. Zhang, which also proves that the Guanzhou rebels have no intention of coming west." Li Shan said, waving his horsewhip: " Looking carefully at the map last night, as long as we bypass Zhangnan County, it will be smooth sailing."

Ling Bo and Zhang Xuansu beside the carriage didn't say a word, but Su Dingfang said with a smile: "Brother Li, tell me in detail."

"Zhangnan County is the hometown of Liu Heita, and there may be his old department. I was afraid of bumping into Brother Su before, but now I have bypassed it. Naturally, there is no problem."

"As I said before, what Liu Heitai has in mind now is to return to Luozhou, so why would he care about Beizhou?"

"At most, we will send partial divisions to attack Beizhou, and the main force will attack Xingzhou and Luozhou."

Zhang Xuansu nodded slightly, "This statement makes sense."

This old man is much cuter than Ling Bo. Li Shan said with a smile: "What's more, Beizhou has outstanding people and many rich families. Liu Heita's troops must not dare to send heavy troops to attack the city."

"If Liu Heitai can capture Xingzhou and Luozhou, Beizhou might surrender..."

"Yes, Beizhou is indeed an outstanding person."

"I'm not talking about you." Li Shan coughed twice, "It seems that the Qinghe Cui family is in Beizhou?"

Zhou Zhao's face darkened.

"That's right, Qinghe is a hundred miles away, and Qinghe County is located upstream." Zhang Xuansu explained: "Beizhou was Qinghe County before the Sui Dynasty, and the Cui family was the largest family in Qinghe County, followed by the Wucheng Zhang family. It is a family that has been passed down for hundreds of years."

Li Shan waved his hand and said, "So, even if Liu Heitai sends some partial troops to attack Beizhou, he won't cross Qinghe County and go east."

"So, even if the journey is a little slower, it will definitely be fine."

Li Shan heaved a sigh of relief seeing the approving expressions on everyone's faces. He was ashamed yesterday... this time it should not be wrong.

Zhang Xuansu hesitated for a moment, and approached Li Shan on his horse, "King Huaiyang..."

This was a question that lingered in Zhang Xuansu's mind for a long time. If Liu Heita attacked Xingzhou, Beizhou, and Luozhou, he would definitely conquer Jizhou first.

But a few days ago, I heard that Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang, led his troops to the north, won three battles and three victories, returned to Yizhou, and attacked Shenzhou.

"Huaiyang King Li Daoxuan led the Tang Army's main force to the north of Xiabo City, facing Liu Heitai and tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry." Ling Bo said with a half-smile, "If this Li Langjun said, the Tang Army will be defeated."

Zhang Xuansu blurted out, "The king of Huaiyang is the direct line of the king of Qin!"

The meaning is obvious, Li Daoxuan is a member of Qin Wang Li Shimin, you Li Shan and Li Daoxuan do not get along, you can conclude that he will lose before the fight, how dare you go to Weizhou to join Tian Liuan who was born in the Qin Palace?

Zhou Zhao on the side explained a few words... Although Li Shan and King Huaiyang had known each other not long ago, they were quite speculative.

"Your minister advises, but the master abandons it." Zhang Xuansu's voice was like a bell, and he said sharply: "Could it be that the master abandons it, and the minister can avoid it at a distance?"

Li Shan's perception of this guy immediately turned around. Why is this the early Tang Dynasty, not the Ming and Qing Dynasties, your way of thinking is poisonous, right?

In fact, Zhang Xuansu was this kind of person. He was Cao, a householder in Jingcheng in the Sui Dynasty. Dou Jiande swept Hebei to recruit Zhang Xuansu.

It was the same afterwards. After the First World War at Hulaoguan, when the Tang Dynasty rectified Hebei, Zhang Xuansu lived in seclusion until Dou Jiande was killed in Chang'an. Then he was recruited by Li Shimin after the First World War in Luoshui to join the army as Jingcheng's secretary.

After listening to Ling Bo's explanation, Li Shan thought so... This is someone who likes to erect archways.

"Ahem, someone is not under the command of the King of Qin." Li Shan just dropped this sentence, and regardless of what Zhang Xuansu thought, he turned his head and asked: "Brother Su, take a short rest, and wait for the younger brother to check on Auntie's injury."

Su Dingfang nodded and was about to speak, when a long shout came from a distance, and the scouts who came forward to explore the way galloped like flying horses.

"Lang Jun, there are rebels ahead!"

Everyone's expressions changed drastically, Li Shan gritted his teeth and asked, "Where did you come from?!"

"Come from the west!"

(End of this chapter)