Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 125

Everyone on Tang Jun's side heard it in a daze. The three hundred cavalry who accompanied Liu Jun out of the city this time were all under Tian Liu'an's command, but Zhou Zhao understood it as soon as he heard it, and Su Dingfang also looked over.

Li Shan squinted his eyes and thought for a while, "This time I have to ask Brother Su to protect me."

"It's my job to keep brother Li safe."

Li Daoxuan suddenly said: "Someone is going too!"

Li Shan hesitated for a while, looked at Li Daoxuan's expression, reluctantly nodded in response, and then ordered Guo Pu, Fan Laosan, Zhu Shitou and Zhou Zhao to come forward together.

When he got close, Li Shan glanced at the Turkic youth, and unexpectedly followed him, with a gloomy face and eyes full of resentment.

The Turkic leader who met more than an hour ago stepped forward, cupped his hands and said: "Your Excellency attacked and defeated the enemy at night, and captured the important ministers and generals under the Eastern King of Han Dynasty. I have not yet asked for their names."

"I don't change my name when I walk, but I don't change my surname when I sit. My real name is Li Shan, not a fake name." Li Shan laughed, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Liu Shishan bursting into anger.

Although Liu Shishan was Liu Heita's younger brother, his status in the army was not as good as that of Fan Yuan and Dong Kang. Both of them were captured and killed, and Liu Heita was heartbroken.

Liu Shishan was in charge of contacting the former Beizhou Ministry and raising food and grass in advance. Just now, he had confirmed from the mouth of the Turkic youth that this person in front of him planned a night attack and burned all the food and grass in Beizhou.

"Your Excellency is proficient in medical skills, but you are definitely not a doctor. This..."

Li Shan glanced at Zhou Zhao, "This is Ma Zhou, a well-known scholar in Beizhou. He used to be a teaching assistant in Bozhou, and later traveled to Guanzhong."

Ma Zhou moved his cheeks, barely showing a smile.

Li Shan looked at the Turkic leader with great interest. This person behaved very differently from the legendary Turkic people, "I wonder which Khan is in front of him?"

The Turkic leader shook his head and said, "I dare not pretend to be Khan."

Li Daoxuan behind him took two steps forward, and said in a low voice, "This man is the second son of Luo Khan, Ashinasheer, who is in the north of Tuoshe, Jianyaqi."

Zhou Zhao explained: "The so-called Tuoshe is the leader of the tribe, and he can also be a little khan."

Ashinasheer took two steps forward, "Your Excellency is a descendant of Li Tang's clan?"

"Although I regard King Huaiyang as a brother, he is not a son of the clan." Li Shan paused and added: "Neither Longxi Li nor Zhaojun Li."

He was not a member of a family. Ashinasheer looked surprised, "The Central Plains is full of talents. I heard that your Excellency asserted before the battle that the Tang army will be defeated."

Li Shan resisted not turning his head to look at Li Daoxuan's face, and said with a smile: "In the next battle, if the Tang army's infantry did not stop, the outcome would be unpredictable. Liu Heita is really lucky."

Liu Shishan shouted and cursed: "The King of the Eastern Han Dynasty ruled Hebei and Shandong, and it's your turn..."

"Liu Heikai used to be cunning, fought three times and retreated three times, lured the main force of the Tang army to attack, and persuaded the Turkic army to restrain its whereabouts before it reached Jizhou." Li Shan interrupted bluntly, "This plan, anyone who is not blind can see it. You can figure it out, if it wasn't for Shi Wanbao's stampede, how could Liu Heitai destroy the [-] elite!"

Liu Shishan's face was livid with anger, but he couldn't help being startled. The other party clearly explained his elder brother's plan, as if it was right in front of his eyes... And it was not an analysis after the battle, but a conclusion before the battle that the Tang army would be defeated.

Regardless of Liu Shishan's ugly face, Ashinasheer nodded after thinking for a moment, "The king of Huaiyang led his elite cavalry to charge into the battle. They are unparalleled in sharpness. If they are complemented by infantry, even if it is difficult to win, the entire army will not be wiped out."

While agreeing, Li Shan recalled in his heart... Ashina Sheer, who is this?

Later, the Eastern and Western Turks were destroyed one after another, and many Turkic royal families were attached to them, and there were also several famous generals of the Tang Dynasty with the surname Ashina. Who is this?
Was it later captured and captured by the Tang army?
Or was it later attached or even became a general of the Tang Dynasty?
Having no idea at all, Li Shan glanced at the Turkic youth, "I haven't asked for advice yet, this is..."

"This is Uncle Wang's eldest son, the Han people call him, Yugu She."

Li Daoxuan explained in a low voice: "Jieli Khan is the only son."

Only then did Li Shan understand, no wonder tens of thousands of Turkic troops marched south to Weizhou, no wonder Ashinasheer not only allowed the Tang army to enter the city, but also willing to exchange dozens of people including Li Daoxuan and Xue Zhong, who turned out to be the only son of Jieli Khan.

Such a character is indeed worthy.

Li Shan glanced at Su Dingfang, and couldn't help thinking about it.

There was no self in the original history, and Su Dingfang was likely to be forced to join Liu Heitai's tent again that night, and there would be no more night raids on the camp to burn food and grass.

After Liu Heikai was captured and killed, Su Dingfang hid in the countryside again, and did not come out of the mountain until the Zhenguan period... After that, Su Dingfang broke through the tent of the Eastern Turkic king and raised his troops to destroy the Western Turkic.

That is to say, the two Ashina royals in front of them... nine out of ten have dealt with Su Dingfang.

Li Daoxuan in history should have died in Hebei, and Liu Jun, Xue Zhong, and those generals are probably not spared.

Although it is winter now, Li Shan thinks it should be autumn... Looking around, it is golden, and it is all bent rice.

Harvest season!

Li Daoxuan was a descendant of the clan, and was very close to Li Shimin. Liu Jun had participated in the two battles of Luoyang and Hulaoguan with Li Shimin.

Over there, Ashina Sheer was about to leave, and it was unknown whether the Turkic army would attack Weizhou, or go to Luozhou to join Liu Heita, or even return to the north, but Li Shan stepped forward a few times. Step by step, "I still have a few words to babble, if I am not satisfied, would you like to listen to it?"

Ashina Sheer said with a smile: "Although the two armies are facing each other, I am willing to listen to the next story."

Tian Liuan, Zhang Xuansu and others on the city wall looked at each other. Although they couldn't see clearly, they also found that the two sides had exchanged hostages. After all, dozens of people followed Li Daoxuan.

But then Tian Liu'an stared blankly at Li Shan, Su Dingfang and others talking with the Turks... After talking for a while, he got off his horse and sat on the ground, looking like they had a happy conversation.

"Can scouts be rewarded?"

The side general nodded and said: "The scouts have reported back, and there is no trace of Turkic soldiers within fifty miles."

Tian Liu'an scratched his itchy neck and wanted to ask Zhang Xuansu and Ling Jing a few words, but he didn't know where to start.

"You don't need to hide your words." Li Shan sat cross-legged on the grass, talking and laughing happily, "Because my uncle is the order of Chang'an, I have carefully checked the county annals over the years, and also consulted the officials of the county government. Later, some refugees went south, and I took in refugees. I have also inquired carefully. .”

"Since the first year of Wude, the climate has been colder and colder year after year, and Guanzhong is still barely able to support it, but the grain production in the northeastern part of the river has mostly decreased."

"However, since the second year of Wude, the number of prairie tribes going south to plunder has been increasing year by year. In the third year of Wude, Chuluo Khan passed away and Jieli Khan succeeded. Almost every year, they command troops to go south to attack Hedong."

Li Shan sighed: "If I guess correctly, since the first year of Wude, the grassland has become more and more difficult every day. Every cold winter, the weather gets colder, and it is difficult for cattle and sheep to survive the winter."

Zhou Zhao took a closer look, Ashinasheer's expression remained unchanged, but Yugushe's expression changed again and again, obviously Li Shan was not talking nonsense.

Uh, Li Shan is actually talking nonsense. There are four Little Ice Ages recognized in Chinese history, the end of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the Three Kingdoms and the Western Jin Dynasty, the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and the end of the Ming Dynasty...the beginning of the Tang Dynasty was not among them.

"I often read history books, and similar situations happen every few hundred years. For decades, the grasslands are cold and wintery, a large number of cattle and sheep are frozen to death, and many tribes are wiped out..."

Yu Gushe suddenly shouted angrily, "What are you talking about?!"

"Let me explain in detail." Li Shan withdrew his smile and looked at Ashinasheer, "The last time was from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the end of the Western Jin Dynasty."

Ashinasheer smiled instead, "Your Excellency, you mean traveling south in clothes?"

"Hahaha, that's right!" Li Shan laughed and said, "I can't live on the grasslands anymore, so I naturally migrated to the south. But at that time, the Three Kingdoms War, the population of the Central Plains dropped sharply, and the Western Jin Dynasty was born insufficient and difficult to resist. Dressed up and traveled south."

Everyone present, whether they were on the side of the Tang Dynasty or the Turkic side, felt strange. Li Shan's words... sounds wrong.

Ashina Sheer's smile grew wider, "Although I am a foreigner, I also know about the chaotic wars of the Three Kingdoms, just like the heroes of the late Sui Dynasty."

"At this time and at that time, just listen." Li Shan seemed to be talking more intensely, "In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the king was in charge of the country, the ministers were in power, and the heroes rose together. It seems very similar to the former Sui Dynasty, but it is actually different."

"At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population of the Central Plains was 8000 million. By the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty, it was already less than ten million."

"However, it took nearly 90 years from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Western Jin Dynasty." Li Shan analyzed in detail, "In the former Sui Dynasty, Wang Bo took the lead in raising troops in the seventh year of Daye, and the chaos in the world has only been 12 years."

"In the past 12 years, all the heroes of the Central Plains rose together, but Li Tang established the country, first established Guanzhong, then swept the Central Plains and Hebei, broke through Yizhou, and pacified Jiangnan and Lingnan... The world is already unified except for Liu Heita."

"In the past 12 years, the Central Plains has been unified, so why fear foreign enemies?"

"Don't forget that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although the world was in turmoil, expeditions were still possible. Emperor Wu of Wei whipped Wuhuan, and no one was afraid of the grassland."

"It seems that the Turks are powerful now, but the Tang Kingdom has almost ruled the world. The cold weather will last for decades, and the grassland tribes are declining..."

Speaking of this, Ashinasheer's expression gradually became serious, and Ma Zhou glanced sideways at Li Shan... He suspected that this guy was talking nonsense.

Well, Li Shan is indeed talking nonsense...but it's not completely nonsense, he infers it through summarizing various information from past and present lives.

Before Li Daen wanted to attack Mayi, he wrote a letter to ask for a fight. One of the reasons was the Turkic famine.

And Li Shan remembers very clearly that later Li Shimin ordered Li Jing and other generals to attack and destroy the Eastern Turks because of the cold climate and the famine and lack of food and grass in the Eastern Turks.

At this time, Yugu She yelled sharply: "My father has 50 strings under his command, breaking Chang'an is easy!"

Li Shan looked at the ruthless Yugu She gently, with a smile on his face, until the other party finished ruthless, then said gently: "Don't forget, the weather is cold, it is difficult to survive the winter, and the cattle and sheep freeze to death..."

Yu Gushe sneered and said: "It's so good, the grassland tribes are all going south, and there must be more than a million people who control strings!"

Li Shan let out a long sigh before saying the most crucial sentence.

"In a severe winter, cattle and sheep froze to death, and the population dropped sharply. I am willing to go south to plunder, but what about other tribes?"

The faces of everyone present changed drastically, and everyone understood this sentence.

If it is true as Li Shan said, the cold winter on the grassland is difficult, and the strength has dropped sharply. It is more likely that a large number of tribes will do...to plunder other tribes to make up for it, instead of going south to touch the hard land of the Tang Dynasty, which has already ruled the world. Stone.

(End of this chapter)