Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Will Chapter 1395 be different?

That night, Li Yuan and Li Shimin were waiting eagerly in Tai Chi Palace, Li Shan was preparing to attack in Qixian County, Yu Chigong was impatient in Wenshui, and when Li Daoxuan was preparing to move in Jinyang City, the Hebei Tang Army at Guguan and Jingxing Pass also did the same. Ready.

Jingxing Pass is named after Jingxing. It is one of the Eight Trails in Taihang. It is the main passage connecting Bingzhou and Hebei. The road is narrow. Since ancient times, it, together with Huguan and Tianjing Pass, has been called the "Three Shangdang Passes".

Among them, Jingxingguan is the most famous and was regarded as one of the nine fortresses in the world during the Qin and Han Dynasties.

On October 13th, the Turks successfully ambushed the Tang army in Hebei and won a great victory. They then conquered Shouyang. Qi Shanxing, the general manager of Zhaozhou, withdrew hastily, abandoned Shiai and retreated all the way to Jingxing Pass... In fact, Jingxing Pass could not garrison too many troops. , so Qi Shanxing actually withdrew to Hebei.

It was not until October 17 that Cheng Mingzhen, the general manager of Luozhou who was ordered to control the Tang army in Hebei, arrived with reinforcements and stationed himself at Jiuguan, west of Jingxing Pass.

In the Chinese military tent, Cheng Mingzhen remained silent and let his generals read the letters sent by the messenger one by one... The messenger set off on October 19th, walked through Tongjun River, and climbed over the mountains until the dusk of October 21st. We arrived at Jiuguan just before.

Originally, Li Shan was planning to advance slowly, step by step, and only sent cavalry to attack at the critical moment, so he asked Cheng Minzhen to lead the Hebei Tang Army to advance westward on October 22... But he did not expect the Turks to escape, so Li Shan had no choice but to send cavalry. Traveling in a hurry, he was still thinking that the Hebei Tang Army might not be able to catch up.

But Cheng Mingzhen didn't know this. Qi Shanxing was defeated. Sang Xianhe and Wang Xu were killed in battle. After a battle of 6,000 Tang troops, only a thousand soldiers returned to camp in the final check. Such a defeat, coupled with the previous failure to take precautions, made The Turks broke in from Hebei and broke through Feihu Trail... Naturally, Cheng Mingzhen would not give in.

Most of the generals sitting below are from Li Shimin's lineage, including Sima Huang Junhan of Youzhou, Shuang Shiluo, the general manager of Dingzhou, Qi Shanxing, the governor of Zhaozhou, Xue Zhong, the general manager of Beizhou, and Tian Liu'an, the general manager of Weizhou. Some are Li Shimin's old troops, and some are simply Tiance. An official of the government.

The messenger brought a total of three letters, one of which was an edict. Li Huairen, the successor king of Wei, was appointed as the marching marshal of Hedong Road, and the Tang army in Hebei was controlled by him.

However, Li Yuan didn't get anything good. After returning to Chang'an, he was involved in the rebellion in the East Palace and has now been deposed as a commoner.

Huang Junhan, the Duke of Guo State, responded. He came to serve as Sima of Youzhou after the Renzhi Palace Incident. He got into trouble before his butt was even hot. If Li Yuan, the governor of Youzhou and Prince of Lujiang County, had not abandoned the city and fled, Youzhou would have been destroyed. There was an opportunity to assist Sang Xianhe in blocking the Turks' marching route.

Cheng Minzhen glanced at the generals and said, "Tomorrow, we will take the Duke of Guo as the vanguard and lead three thousand cavalry to the west. We will take Shiai first and then Shouyang."

News of the Xuanwumen Incident had already reached Hebei, which was the main reason why Cheng Mingzhen led all the troops led by Li Shimin's faction this time.

One was a letter from Prince Li Shimin, with only a few words mentioned. The last one was an official document stamped with the seal of the Marching Marshal of Hebei Province, ordering Cheng Minzhen to lead his army to march westward on October 22nd.

"Lü Guogong and Linqing County Duke led two thousand cavalry as backup, and Dao Guogong and Fenyin County Duke led the Chinese army to the rear." Cheng Minzhen continued: "It is late October, and the Turks will not stay for a long time, but they cannot be hasty. To attack, the vanguard needs to send more scouts to investigate."

After a pause, Cheng Minzhen said in a more serious tone: "You have already read it. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mentioned in his letter that King Wei Si has strict military orders. If he is slow to advance, he will be guilty."

After it was quiet for a moment, Xue Zhong, the general manager of Beizhou, smiled and said: "Speaking of which, except for Lu Guogong, all of you are old acquaintances of Wei Si Wang."

In his early years, Xue Zhong was the long history of Li Daoxuan, king of Huaiyang. He was captured together and later transferred to the Bingzhou Army. At that time, Li Shanshan defeated the Turks in Yanmen and captured Yugushe alive. It was Xue Zhong who stayed at Yanmen Pass and was granted the title of Fen after the war. The Duke of Yin County was transferred to the position of general manager of Beizhou until now. Following these words, everyone felt a little emotional. Cheng Mingzhen and Qi Shanxing both participated in the great victory in Wei County. Huang Junhan was controlled by Li Shan after the incident at Renzhi Palace.

Cheng Mingzhen still clearly remembers that it was Li Shan who made the decision and he was able to cut off Liu Heitai's head with his own hands.

That past event is still fresh in the minds of Cheng Mingzhen and others. At that time, Li Shan was already very important in Hebei and Shandong. However, they did not expect that in a few years, this young man would rise to the top, become the heir, and defeat the Turks repeatedly. He was regarded as the most powerful person in the world. Famous general.

Cheng Mingzhen said with a smile: "Brother Liu'an has the best friendship with King Wei Si."

Although Cheng Mingzhen was ordered to control the Tang Army in Hebei, his current position was only the commander-in-chief of Luozhou, and he did not join the post of commander-in-chief of the march in Hebei Province, so he could not and did not want to act like a superior... No one here has more seniority than him, even the former Xia Guo Zuo Qi Shanxing of Pushe is also an official of Tiance Mansion.

Tian Liuan smiled, recalling all the things that young man did in Guantao County back then, as well as the battle with Ashina She'er, who is now the Great Khan, while looking at Shuang Shiluo, "Back then, King Wei Si went to Hebei and brought several letters, including some to the King of Huaiyang, some to a certain person, and some to Duke Lu Guo."

"Huh?" Shuang Shiluo was a little shocked, and after thinking for a while he asked, "At that time, King Si of Wei had already joined King Qin?"

Although Li Shimin is now in charge of the East Palace, the canonization ceremony has not yet been performed. Cheng Mingzhen calls himself the prince, while most of his direct descendants, such as Shuang Shiluo and Tian Liuan, still call him the King of Qin.

Tian Liuan shook his head, "Then I don't know."

Xue Zhong on the side squinted his eyes and stroked his beard. He was from the Xue family in Hedong and was well-informed. It had been more than half a month since the Xuanwu Gate incident, so he had a certain understanding of most of what happened that night.

Li Huairen suddenly sent troops to quell the rebellion, and the prince was not only defeated but also died... With everything that happened, it is difficult for people to believe that there was no relationship between King Si of Wei and King of Qin.

At this moment, in the camp outside Yangqu County, Tuli Khan's face was gloomy, and his heart was pounding. It was Li Huairen who came.

As the saying goes, everything that has happened to the Ashina clan in recent years is basically related to Li Huairen. Tuli Khan always has a feeling that since Li Huairen attacked the camp at night to recruit Yuan Junzhang, he has Everything you do is based on what the other person wants.

He had to rush to accommodate the tribes left by Yu Sheshe, had to break with Jieli Khan, had to form an alliance with Li Tang, and even had to continue the internal fight with Dubu Khan after Jieli Khan's death.

It was not that Tuli Khan had not struggled, but the final result was a huge defeat in Jingzhou, and he was released after giving away 5,000 good horses, which was humiliating.

And this time, will the ending be different?

It has to be said that Tuli Khan was indeed inferior to Ashina Sheer in terms of qualifications. Hesitation and hesitation prevented him from making a decision in the first place.

(End of this chapter)