Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 149
"Stop, suspend the pursuit!"

Cheng Mingzhen's face was livid, he was the one who wanted to pursue him the most, but Li Daoxuan's cavalry had gone through two battles and suffered a lot of losses, while his own cavalry had no armor or even weapons, and was still wet from top to bottom. The cold enters the body.

He rushed to the front of the infantry formation, and Cheng Mingzhen's eyes fell on Tian Liuan, "Maybe Guantao City is blocking us?"

Tian Liu'an did not expect the battle to be so smooth, he only wanted to win, and did not arrange an ambush in Guantao, so he could only shake his head in astonishment.

Cheng Mingzhen gritted his teeth, and ordered his personal guards to go to Wei County to immediately fetch clothes, armor, and weapons, and prepared to continue the pursuit with his subordinates.

Li Daoxuan over there was even more so, even though Su Dingfang and Liu Jun repeatedly advised him, he refused to give up the pursuit.

"If you don't cut the weeds and get rid of the roots, the Liu thief will come back in the future, what can I do?!"

The long lance in Li Daoxuan's hand came out, and it was nailed to the enemy general whose thigh was pressed by the horse.

Su Dingfang looked down and saw that this person was Liu Heita's younger brother Liu Shishan.

Liu Shishan groaned a few times in pain, and stretched out his hand as if trying to grab the spear tip. Li Daoxuan ignored it, and pulled out the horse spear sideways, and blood gushed out along with the spear tip.

At this moment, Shi Xuezhong, the marching commander who had just arrived, shouted sharply: "Did Your Highness forget Li Huairen's words?"

Li Daoxuan gritted his teeth and didn't say another word. Su Dingfang on the side stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Huairen wanted to use His Highness's sharpness to break through the enemy, and he succeeded. Although there were only a few hundred cavalrymen who followed Liu Heitai to the north, but before Wang Xiao Hu has nearly a thousand cavalrymen fleeing north..."

"What Ding Fang said is true." Xue Zhong nodded and said, "Li Huairen once said that it is a good talk to break the enemy with sharpness. If you are not careful, you will be stubborn."

Liu Jun also persuaded: "The King of Qin ordered that Manager Tian preside over the battle here..."

Halfway through saying this, Liu Jun stopped talking and looked at Cheng Mingzhen warily.

On the bright side, Xia Bo was defeated, and the court did not deal with it. Li Daoxuan was still in charge of the Hebei Road Army, and Tian Liu'an should be his subordinate...at least in the army.

But Liu Jun said just now that Tian Liu'an will preside over the war... This is the order of King Qin Li Shimin.

All the people present, Li Daoxuan, Xue Zhong, Tian Liu'an, Su Dingfang, Liu Jun, and Qi Shanxing who just arrived were either from the Prince Qin's residence or from the King Qin's lineage, only Cheng Mingzhen was not.

Many people even knew that after the great victory in Luoshui at the beginning of the year, Li Shimin did not allow Cheng Mingzhen to pursue Liu Heitai who fled to the north, and the King of Later Qi hosted a banquet for the generals. Among them, only Cheng Mingzhen, who was regarded as the lineage of the King of Qin, attended the banquet happily.

If his mother, wife and children hadn't died at the hands of Liu Heita, neither Tian Liu'an nor Li Daoxuan would dare to take the risk of getting Ma Zhou to persuade him to send troops... Judging from various signs, Cheng Mingzhen is likely to attach himself to the East Palace.

Tian Liu'an looked at the battle situation outside Wei County, and it was already a tragic situation. Wang Junkuo led the cavalry to charge westward, and a large number of enemy soldiers were forced to fall into the Yongji Canal. Those who drowned were lucky, but those who did not drowned were in the icy cold water. Suffering...was even worse.

The two thousand Tang Army infantry on the other side of the river had already crossed the river, attacking in an orderly manner, and under the command of the general, defeated any small enemy army that dared to gather a crowd.

The Tang army in Wei County has also left the city to surrender, and a large number of soldiers abandoned their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy. Today's battle has already been a big victory.

Now the only problem left is Liu Heitai.

"Brother X and Shanxing led the infantry to stay and clear up the battle." Tian Liu'an said loudly: "All the cavalry from Xiangzhou and Weizhou will join the cavalry from Weizhou, and..."

Cheng Mingzhen was still wondering, who is this Li Huairen?

It can make Huaiyang King Li Daoxuan endure the anger for a while, and no longer ask for pursuit... Cheng Mingzhen experienced a similar thing at the beginning of the year, when he was so angry that he almost killed prisoners to vent his anger and hatred.

Tian Liu'an hesitated for a moment. He definitely wanted to stay in Wei County to take charge of the overall situation. This time Wei County defeated Liu Heita, no matter from which point of view, he was the leader of the war... Although he was not able to go to the battlefield in person , The knife has not yet been stained with blood.

Under such circumstances, Tian Liu'an is unwilling to pursue Liu Heita... A tree is as good as a forest, but the wind will destroy it.

It's okay if he can't catch up, once Liu Heita is captured, such a great achievement...Tian Liu'an really doesn't want it.

The war in Hebei has become a battleground for the Eastern Palace and the King of Qin to win the throne, and Tian Liuan suppressed all of these... How does the Eastern Palace think of Tian Liuan?

But who will lead the cavalry going north?

In terms of title and official position, Li Daoxuan, King of Huaiyang, is the most suitable candidate, but he is too straightforward and focused on revenge, so he is not a suitable candidate.

Cheng Mingzhen is proficient in the art of war and is a veteran on the battlefield, but his qualifications in the Tang Dynasty are too short, and he has not been involved in the Qin Palace like Qi Shanxing... Of course, the most important thing is that, except for Cheng Mingzhen, everyone else is from the Qin Dynasty.

Tian Liu'an hesitated for a long time, then his eyes fell on Su Dingfang.

An hour later, outside Guantao City, Li Shan was so angry that he jumped his feet, secretly scolding Tian Liu'an for being unkind... He managed to persuade Li Daoxuan to stand out, but Tian Liu'an insisted on bringing Su Dingfang up.

There were about [-] fine cavalry from the three states, how many generals of the Tang army, and people like Cheng Mingzhen, the general manager of Weizhou, and Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang...it turned out that the little-known Su Dingfang led the army.

Su Dingfang was able to lead the army independently in Weizhou. This was the result of his prestige and military exploits gained in several battles in Beizhou and Weizhou. But how could the generals in Weizhou and Xiangzhou be convinced?
Tian Liuan's brain was flooded... Li Shan pondered for a while, and immediately thought of a scapegoat, "Wang Junkuo has already led the army north?"

Xue Zhong nodded, "I'll pursue first and let Wang Junkuo follow."

"No hurry, no hurry!" Li Shan snorted coldly.

Brother Wang Junkuo's face in history is a bit vague, but now he is secretly following the order of King Qin to cross Hebei to help... It is a wall that blocks the wind.

Seeing Li Shan's silence, Li Daoxuan couldn't help shouting: "Huairen, the speed of soldiers is so important!"

"No rush." ​​Li Shan replied briefly, then turned to look south.

Just as he was thinking about it, Wang Junkuo had already led the troops to arrive... Before the war started, the enemy was outnumbered, the victors were few and the defeats were many, so the parachutist possessed him.

Now that the victory is decided, Kou Shou fled north, so the current Wang Junkuo... looks like Wei Huo.

Li Shan went up to meet him with a smile, and under Xue Zhong's introduction, he whispered a few words to Wang Junkuo who met him for the first time, and the latter hesitated for a moment before nodding.

Let Li Daoxuan lead the army...Tian Liu'an is not at ease, and Li Shan is also not at ease, don't let Huaiyang King die in battle at the end, the credit will be discounted at least on Li Shimin's side.

Let Su Dingfang lead the army... Others are at ease, but Li Shan is not at ease. After all, this person is now Li Shan's direct descendant, and he himself may not be involved in the battle for the king of Qin in the Eastern Palace. How can he just hand over Su Dingfang like this? ?

Once handed over, Li Shan could no longer control Su Dingfang.

Therefore, Li Shan chose Wang Junkuo. This is a wall that blocks the wind... and this person was appointed by the King of Qin to help him, and he is the most suitable person to lead the army in pursuit.

It's hard to say whether Li Shimin's handling is right or wrong. After all, there is no real-time communication and there is no telegram, so it is difficult to command accurately.

But one thing is necessary. After the defeat of Xiabo, it was Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang, who was in charge of the army of Hebei Road, who presided over the victory of Wei County, and personally led the troops to chase Liu Heita who fled.

This is related to who has the power to appease Hebei Province after the war... Therefore, Li Shimin made Tian Liuan the leader out of war considerations, while Li Shan insisted on pushing Li Daoxuan out of political considerations.

The pursuit of Liu Heita was led by Wang Junkuo, but in name, it must be led by Li Daoxuan... What Li Shan wanted to explain was just this sentence.

For the fairly familiar name Wang Junkuo, Li Shan has the vigilance that a traveler should have.

Yuchi Baolin was already wearing a helmet and armour, and she followed closely behind Li Daoxuan with a horse in her hand. It seemed that she couldn't drive him away.

Li Kai did not intend to fight in person, his eyes fell on his friend, he just sighed why Li Shan's surname was Li... Otherwise, he would have to persuade his father and uncle to marry off as the first daughter of the Li family in Longxi.

However, after one month in Hebei Road, Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang, Tian Liuan, the general manager of Weizhou, down to the elite cavalry and ordinary soldiers in the army... Li Shanshi chose the general, and almost no one raised any objections.

(End of this chapter)