Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 1394 Chang'an

Tai Chi Palace, inside the Ganlu Palace.

The atmosphere was a little solemn. Except for a few palace servants standing in the corner, there were only two people, Li Yuan and Li Shimin, father and son.

Li Yuan hesitated for a while and asked in a low voice: "Can Huairen use his full strength?"

Obviously, Li Yuan suspected that Li Shan, a famous general in the world who had already made enough achievements, went to Hedong for a formality, sending Tuli Khan away and then returned to the army.

Li Shimin also scratched his head and whispered: "Father, although Huairen is angry about the looting of Dai Dai, he has also mentioned before that he will not let Tuli Khan take away too much food, grass and population, but he may not..."

Li Yuan's cheek moved, "But in the first battle...Liu Heier defeated thousands of Turks."

"You should do your best to protect your retreat and food routes." Li Shimin sighed: "Who wants to get Dubu Khan..."

Late last night, the battle report that Dubu Khan committed suicide at the foot of Guzang Mountain was sent to the Tai Chi Palace. Li Yuan urgently summoned Li Shimin to see him. Both of them were dumbfounded... Ashina She'er, you are too useless. , it’s all gone, and you can’t even run away!

Reluctantly, Li Yuan sent a messenger out of Beijing overnight to rush to Hedong. With the death of Dubu Khan, the strategic purpose of the war in Hedong had to be adjusted.

The most perfect thing is to capture the Turks and completely plunge the Turks into civil strife... So before dusk, after Li Yuan received the report of Liu Heer's first battle against the Turks, he summoned Li Shimin for discussion.

"Calculate the time..." Li Yuan calculated in his mind with a frown on his face. He couldn't even look at his old face with ravines. "The messenger should be able to reach the army before dusk tomorrow. On October 22, it will still be there." Can you make it?"

Li Yuan was not an emperor who was born in a deep palace and was skilled in the hands of women, but the founding emperor of an empire and a veteran on the battlefield. He knew very well what Liu Heier's defeat of thousands of Turkic cavalry in northern Jinzhou meant.

"You actually crossed Queshu Valley with infantry!" Li Yuan couldn't help complaining: "Back then, Erlang, you pursued with cavalry. There were eight battles a day in Queshu Valley. At dusk, Lingshi was defeated. Jiexiu was defeated two days later. Huairen was too slow."

This means that the Turks have begun to withdraw their troops, and the Turks will return to the grasslands with food, goods, and people... When he returned and found out that Dubu Khan had committed suicide, he naturally wanted to take action as soon as possible to unify the Turks.

Li Yuan hesitated for a while and asked in a low voice: "Erlang, do you want to change the commander?"

Li Shimin remained silent, thinking that the troops in Longyou Road were wiped out by the Turks and Xue Yantuo. After Xue Yantuo's troops withdrew northward, Zhang Zhongjian crossed the river to investigate the military situation. Isn't this natural?

Well, two days ago, Li Yuan summoned Li Jing. It was basically to recall the past and look at the future. Anyway, Huairou had a lot of words, and he also said some subtle things about Li Shan... that is to say, Princess Pingyang was not present.

Besides, Zhang Zhongjian wrote clearly in the battle report that everyone, including Guo Xiaoke and Hou Junji, only knew that the enemy was Dubu Khan when they saw the body of Ashina Sheer.

According to this standard, if you want to blame Zhang Zhongjian, you must first blame Li Jing, who was appointed as the marching commander of Yanzhou Road, but insisted on going to Lingzhou to defeat the Turks.

Li Shimin grinned, thinking that Li Shan was too unjust to take the blame... In fact, this was decided after he and Li Shan discussed it, not to mention that Dubu Khan had already escaped from Li Yaoshi's encirclement. .

Li Yuan continued to complain: "Huairen is good at knowing people. Su Dingfang will not say it. Liu Hei'er is also a famous general. He can defeat the Turks in the first battle, but Zhang Zhongjian... is obviously the deputy general manager of the Lingzhou Road March. He went to Longyou What are you doing?!"

The corners of Li Shimin's mouth twitched, "Father, are you still in time?"

Li Yuan sighed, indeed, it was too late.

"Even if the commander is changed, let Li Yaoshi go?" Li Shimin whispered: "It is difficult for Li Yaoshi to make the generals respect him... To be fair, Li Yaoshi back then... was really not too much." "Indeed." Li Yuan sighed. : "Such things happen everywhere. Didn't Medicine Master Li send troops in the end?"

"In the battle of Qianshuiyuan, Erlang also used Liang Shi and Pang Yu to guard the dangerous position. There was no water for several days. Zong Luohu led his army to attack fiercely for many days, and it was almost impossible to stop it. Only then did Erlang lead his army to attack and defeat it."

"Is it possible that Liang Shi and Pang Yu are at odds with Erlang because of this?"

Li Shimin nodded repeatedly after hearing this. There is no reason for this. This is a common occurrence on the battlefield... But now, the trouble has made Li Yaoshi lose all his prestige.

Li Shimin was still thinking about letting Li Yaoshi lead the army out of the border in the future. Now it seems that he can only use generals who have no relationship with Li Huairen as assistants, otherwise it will be difficult to win the hearts of the army... Well, Zhang Gongjin can be used, between him and Li Shan The relationship is not bad, but I have been following Pharmacist Li.

But Li Shimin also knew why Li Shan and Li Yaoshi had such a quarrel... too many people around him died.

Li Shimin didn't know it before, but now he knows it. The concubine Zhu's surname is actually Erzhu's, and the Sun Moon Lake where she settled was originally Zhujiagou. It is estimated that the surname was changed by the Erzhu people.

In other words, after the Turks were defeated, almost the whole village of Sun Moon Lake was in vain, and most of the people who died were Zhu's clan members. This was the reason why Li Shan was heartbroken.

Of course, both Li Shimin and Li Yuan also knew that Li Shan's relationship with the Danyang Fang of the Li family in Longxi was too close, and Li Shan also deliberately cut it off.

After thinking about it in his mind, Li Shimin advised: "Father, this may not be the case."

"Huairen mentioned that day that Dubu Khan had lost nearly 100,000 troops, and only 10,000 to 20,000 troops stationed in Lingzhou could return to the grassland. Therefore, he did not want Tuli Khan to sweep away the grain, wealth, and population of Hedong."

"Liu Hei'er defeated the Turks. Huairen should know that the Turks intend to retreat and return north, so they should attack... If the messenger arrives before dusk tomorrow, Huairen should take action."

"I hope so." Li Yuan didn't have much hope for this. No matter how fast Li Shan moved, he couldn't catch up with Tuli Khan who wanted to withdraw his troops.

At this time, someone from the palace reported, "Your Majesty, urgent report from Hedong."

Li Yuan was shocked. During this period, whenever there was an urgent report, he would be sent to the palace as soon as possible.

After taking it apart and looking at it for a few times, Li Yuan couldn't help but laugh and looked at Li Shimin, "Erlang is really wise!"

Li Shimin took it and looked at it, and couldn't help but smile. This was the battle report written by Li Shan yesterday before setting off for Lingshi County.

After realizing that the Turks were about to retreat, Li Shan sent Yuchi Gong and his cavalry to quickly pass through Queshu Valley, and caught the retreating Turks in Lingshi County. After three moments of fierce fighting, Liu Heier led his troops to help, and together they defeated the Turks.

This battle report made Li Yuan's heart go back to his stomach. This was an obvious signal. Although he didn't know that Dubu Khan had committed suicide, Li Shan was not ready to let Tuli Khan Shi Shiran return to the army. .

The situation in the war in Hedong will definitely change.

(End of this chapter)