Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 154 Ending the Curtain (continued)

"He actually captured Liu Heita alive?!"

"Could it be that he was tied up by Liu Heita's general?"

"Why did Yuchi Baolin get involved?"

"This guy can really kill!"

While chattering with Su Dingfang, Li Shan hurried to the county government. The battle report of almost encircling and annihilating Liu Heita's remnant troops outside Yongji County had already come, and what he was waiting for now was the result of the final pursuit of Liu Heita.

Hearing the news, Li Shan began to discuss with Ling Jing... But unexpectedly, there was a disturbance in the county government.

Before entering the door, Li Shan heard an unfamiliar voice bluffing, it was Wang Junkuo.

"In the final analysis, I was the one who entangled those hundreds of cavalrymen first!" Wang Junkuo looked displeased, "Anyway, Liu Heita is sure to die, so why did this happen?"

Qi Shanxing, who just arrived in Guantao today, persuaded softly: "Brother Ming Zhen, capturing Liu Heita alive is a great achievement, the saint will definitely reward him heavily, and lynching him to death, I'm afraid the saint will not be happy..."

Li Shan walked in slowly, and with a glance, Cheng Mingzhen's face was livid, Li Daoxuan and Xue Zhong sat there silently, and Yuchi Baolin was playing with the dagger in his hand boredly.

Wang Junkuo and Qi Shanxing are all trying to persuade Cheng Mingzhen... For them, the rewards for beheading Liu Heita and sending prisoners to Beijing are likely to be quite different.

"Huiren is here." Li Daoxuan stood up and greeted him, and Xue Zhong also stood up.

"This is Li Huairen?" Qi Shanxing acted resolutely, with a strong body, but with a round and fat face, he said with a smile: "Two times of burning ships and two times of disrupting the enemy army, he is really a young hero."

"I don't dare to be Director Qi so highly praised." Li Shanxing saluted, and looked at Cheng Mingzhen who had a look of hatred in his eyes, "Director Cheng, this is..."

"It's just a trivial matter." Qi Shanxing smiled, "By the way, Mr. Li Lang came to the county government office, why?"

The smile on Li Shan's face gradually disappeared, and there was a hint of sarcasm at the corner of his mouth. When we met for the first time, this guy seemed a little confused about the situation... Just want to send me away with one word?
Qi Shanxing's performance in this battle in Hebei was quite outstanding. The burning of the granary made Liu Heitai very embarrassed. He led the army twice to the south to gather troops, and led the army to the east. He also made great contributions in the great victory of Wei County.

But Li Shan did not underestimate himself. He knew what he had done in this battle in Hebei, and what weight he had in the three battles of Guantao, Weixian, and Yongji.

After all, he was from Prince Qin's mansion, so Li Shan didn't need to speak out against him, he just turned his head slightly and walked aside.

Qi Shanxing was stunned for a moment, with an angry look on his face, but then he saw Huaiyang King Li Daoxuan quickly following him.

Asked a few words in a low voice, Li Daoxuan replied in a low voice, Li Shan chuckled, "Brother Daoxuan, who do you think Cheng Mingzhen is?"

"It's rare to be able to manage the military and manage the government at the same time." Li Daoxuan nodded and said, "At the beginning of the year, Luoshui was cut off and Liu Heita was forced to fight... After the victory in Luoshui, Brother Qin praised him many times."

Li Shan walked back and forth a few steps, said with a smile: "Brother Daoxuan has made such a great achievement this time, and making some small mistakes is just a pleasing act."

Before Li Daoxuan could speak, Li Shan turned around and shouted, "Bring that fellow Liu Heita here!"

Wang Junkuo coughed twice but didn't speak. He came from Shandong Road. He knew a lot about Li Shan through Jiang Guogong Qu Tutong, Shangshu Zuocheng Hanliang, Yu Zhining, and Li Kai and Yuchi Baolin who came from Beijing. Information.

But Qi Shanxing didn't know anything, and immediately said angrily: "Liu Heita has caused troubles in Shandong for two years, since he was captured alive, he will be escorted to Beijing!"

"What is the unequal hatred?" Li Shan turned a deaf ear and shouted, "Bao Lin?!"

Yuchi Baolin grinned, turned around and left, thinking that this guy is very imposing now, and he doesn't have the cautious and introspective appearance in Beijing back then.

Qi Shanxing still wanted to ask, but he saw that Li Daoxuan, Xue Zhong and others were silent. What surprised him most was that Wang Junkuo, who had just been admonishing Cheng Mingzhen with him, also remained silent.

Thinking about it in his heart, Qi Shanxing looked at the young man with brand-new eyes, hesitated for a while, and then closed his mouth... It is better not to provoke such a character who can make Yu Chigong's eldest son so obedient.

Not long after, Liu Heikai, with disheveled hair, was escorted in. There were wounds on his shoulders and thighs, but they were all bandaged.

Cheng Mingzhen's body was trembling slightly, his right hand unconsciously grabbed the handle of the knife at his waist, and his eyes were fixed on Liu Heita.

The desperate Liu Heita didn't seem to show any fear, he shook his head and let go of his long hair, his eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one.

Everyone in the courtyard, Qi Shanxing, Li Daoxuan, and Cheng Mingzhen are old acquaintances, Liu Heitai's eyes fell on Su Dingfang, "Gao Yaxian persuaded him softly that day, so I had to go out of the mountain, but today I saw brother Gao's adopted son."

"This time you vote in Tang Dynasty, what is your official position?"

Hearing such words, Su Dingfang looked indifferent, "If the adoptive father has not yet died in battle, and sees the King of Eastern Han leading the Turks into his homeland, he will definitely surrender to the Tang Dynasty to fight."

Liu Heikai's chest tightness is unspeakable, how can he stand up if he doesn't borrow troops from the Turks?

But it was a fact that the Turks were brought into Shandong, and Liu Heita didn't bother to refute, so his eyes fell on Li Shan again, hesitating for a moment.

"My Li Shan, whose name is Huairen." Li Shan took a step forward with a pleasant smile, "By the way, it is Mr. Jijiu Ling, the son of King Xia, who chose the word for me."

"Ling Jing..." Liu Heizai looked gloomy, "If he is willing to assist..."

"That's all, that's all." Li Shan interrupted with a long smile: "Don't you know why you were defeated?"

"Is it because of insufficient troops?"

"Is it because Tang Jun is good at fighting?"

"Is it because the Turks returned to the north?"

"No, no, neither."

"Back then, King Xia was defeated and captured at Hulaoguan. However, more than ten prefectures in Hebei and the sons of King Xia are still there, but the old troops of King Xia dedicated all their land in Shandong to the Tang Dynasty."

"Why?"

"Since the attack on Goguryeo during the Daye period of the previous dynasty, there have been frequent wars in Shandong and Hebei. The people are in dire straits, and both officials and civilians want a truce."

"King Xia was beheaded in the middle of the capital, and the old army fought without anger. The foot was able to sweep Hebei last year, but this year, the war resumed and the Turks invaded. It also caused the people to wither and the fields to be barren. Who expects the foot to come back?"

Li Shan explained Liu Heitai's defeat from another angle. After these words, most of the people present were from Shandong, and they couldn't help nodding their heads in agreement. Xue Zhong smiled and said, "The so-called analyzing the truth is nothing more than that."

Su Dingfang thought to himself, maybe this is the reason why Ling Bo chose to go to Beijing... The land of Shandong, from the founding of the Northern Qi Dynasty to the present, has been fighting for a hundred years, and it really can't last.

Even Liu Heikai had nothing to say. Unlike Cheng Mingzhen who cut off his supply chain at the beginning of the year, this August, when the Turkic soldiers went south, it was the time when the fields were being harvested. There was a shortage of food in the middle of the country, and eventually it was defeated.

"Ashina Sheer praised you for your ovary plan, Chen Ping's wisdom...as expected..." Liu Heita smiled miserably, closed his eyes and remained silent.

Li Shan took a few steps back and nodded slightly.

Cheng Mingzhen came striding forward and kicked Liu Heita to the ground. Before the latter could react, a sharp knife light flashed in the air, and Liu Heita's leader of the Six Suns flew up, his eyes seemed to be closed but not closed. The blood column sprayed from the neck soared into the sky and sprinkled on the white snow on the ground, which looked shocking.

On the third day of November, Liu Heita, who rose again and swept most of Hebei for the second time, was defeated and fled in Wei County.

On the fourth day of November, Li Daoxuan and Cheng Mingzhen led the Tang army to defeat it again outside Yongji County, and captured Liu Heita alive.

In the night of the same day, Cheng Mingzhen, the general manager of Weizhou, beheaded Liu Heikai in the government office of Guantao County to sacrifice his mother, wife and children.

(End of this chapter)