Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 348
The sky was as blue as washing, and in the vast desert, a cavalry squad of nearly a hundred people was galloping eastward. After more than two years of practice, Li Shan was able to adapt to this kind of marching speed.

Occasionally looking around, there are almost no people, only abandoned fields and ruined villages. Li Shan thought in his heart, no wonder the Turks had to attack Daizhou via Mayi, Shuozhou did not have the resources to supply tens of thousands of people Even hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops.

In other words, if the Tang army can firmly hold the point of Mayi, it will be able to push the front line to the front line of Shuozhou, and Hedong Road will not be threatened by the horseshoe scimitar of the Turkic army all the time.

He Lou Xingshu, who was in the front line, shouted loudly with the unique sharp tone of a young man, while Du Xiao reminded Li Shan, "Li Langjun, rest for a while before going on your way. You can reach Mayi today."

Now there is no need for someone else to lead the horse, Li Shan pulled the rein rhythmically, slowed down the horse, turned over and got off the horse, patted his two stiff legs, "Mr. Jiangxia must have gone to Mayi, right? "

Du Xiao took off the water bag and handed it over, "It should have gone to Mayi."

An hour ago, Li Shan and his party passed by the camp of Li Gaoqian's army, but Du Xiao went to check and found that Li Gaoqian was not in the camp...but a great victory is certain.

Du Xiao said in a low voice: "There seems to be a gap between Liu Gong and Jiangxia County Duke."

Li Shan didn't say a word, just drank a few sips of water, thinking that the situation in the Shuo Dynasty and the two prefectures is really complicated. Liu Shirang has made a great contribution this time. It is said that this man is so arrogant and domineering that even Xiangyi King Li Shenfu dared to offend .

However, Li Gaoqian was an important person in his plan. A large number of caravans went out of Yanmen, and it was impossible not to make friends with this...but he had Liu Shirang's personal letter to go to Mayi.

Throwing the water bag to Du Xiao, Li Shan turned his head and looked around. The two sides of the road were no longer abandoned fields, but bare ones, not even much vegetation. Looking around, where the heaven and the earth were united, there was only a vast expanse of yellow One piece is not considered Gobi, but it is also a desert.

Something seemed to be burning in the distance, and the long column of smoke stretched high into the sky. Li Shan blurted out, "The solitary smoke in the desert is straight, and the sun is setting in the long river."

He Lou Xingshu's eyes lit up when he walked in, "Do you have the whole poem, Mr. Lang?"

The corner of Li Shan's mouth twitched, "There are only two broken lines in the poem."

He Lou Xingshu felt very regretful, "Your lord will get the whole story in the future, and you will have to see it quickly."

Li Shan had a headache, and secretly scolded himself for being cheap, didn't he make up his mind a long time ago that he would never use poetry to deceive the world and steal his name in Dai County? !

In Chang'an, I can still deceive myself by saying that I was framed by Li Dewu, but now no one forces me!
After thinking about it, Li Shan felt that it might be because he was framed by Li Dewu, so he became a conditioned reflex... Well, it is still Li Dewu's fault!

Over there, He Lou Xingshu was chatting and joking with Wang Junhao and Zhou Zhoulang. Obviously, this person had already regarded himself as Li Shan's personal guard, and kept saying that he was "Langjun" instead of "Mingfu".

Li Shan frowned suddenly, and reminded himself once again that next time, even if you want to show yourself to others, you have to choose carefully, so don't make a joke!

The desert is solitary and straight, and the long river falls into the sun.

It seems to be Wang Bo's poem?
Next time I have to remember that I must not use the poems of the Four Great Masters of the early Tang Dynasty... In fact, Li Shan remembered wrongly, this is Wang Wei's poem.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and Li Shan put his mind on the business again, looking at Ma Yi who was not far away but still invisible.

In Chang'an, in Hedong, and then in Dai County, Li Shan was always inquiring about Ma Yi's news. He knew very well that what he could do in Dai County would ultimately require Ma Yi to support him.

Since leaving Yanmen yesterday, Li Shan immediately noticed the difference between Shuozhou and Daizhou, the difference is very obvious.

This is the most unique piece of land, where the farming civilization that has lasted for thousands of years collided fiercely with the nomadic civilization that is now in its heyday.

Although the former Sui Dynasty had the embarrassment of Emperor Sui Yang being besieged by Yanmen, Shuozhou and Yunzhou belonged to Zhongtu for most of the period. Although the Turks were powerful, there were many famous generals in the former Sui Dynasty. Lead the army across the grassland Mobei.

However, since Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty moved his capital to Luoyang and went south to Jiangdu, Shuozhou and Yunzhou gradually got out of control, and then the world was in chaos. Guo Zihe, Liu Wuzhou, Song Jingang, and Yuan Junzhang raised their troops one after another. , all belong to the Turkic territory.

You can't expect Liu Wuzhou and Yuan Junzhang to manage the place well. Moreover, Shuozhou is sparsely populated and its area is larger than Daizhou. However, Daizhou has five counties under its jurisdiction, while Shuozhou has only two counties. Yu Chigong's Shanyang County, the second is Mayi.

Li Shan didn't know much about Ma Yi, and the news that Ling Jing inquired about was just old things, some of which Li Shan knew about in his previous life.

For example, it was Meng Kuo, the general of the Qin Dynasty, who chased the Xiongnu outside Yanmen to the north and besieged the city to raise horses, which gave him the name of Mayi. Later, during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the "Mayi Conspiracy" opened the curtain of the Northern Expedition of the Xiongnu in the Western Han Dynasty.

Liu Wuzhou of the former Sui Dynasty took Mayi as the foundation, attached themselves to the Turks, and marched eastward. Li Yuanji abandoned the city and fled. Pei Ji escaped with his own body. Almost all the Hedong Road was captured. To fight for the front, it is better to abandon the east of the great river and guard the west of the Guanxi."

If it weren't for the battle of Baibi, Li Shimin tried his best to turn the tide, and Liu Wuzhou might break into the Guannei Road and overthrow the Li Tang Dynasty, which had just been established for two years.

After deciding to go north to take up his post, Li Shan was always thinking about one thing. In the first year of Zhenguan in history, the Turkic army whipped the Weishui River. Did it come from Hedong Road?
According to the terrain, there are only two possible directions: Lingzhou and Daizhou. If it is the latter, then Mayi will inevitably fall in the future.

What can I do by myself?
Li Shan has been thinking that if he is an aborigine, he may not be able to do anything, but if he is a time traveler, he may be able to do something.

After resting for a quarter of an hour, the group set off again, and finally arrived in Mayi after more than half an hour.

This is a city that is not too big, but not too small. Soldiers holding weapons can be seen everywhere. Li Shan got off his horse and slipped and fell.

Looking down, there was a small puddle on the ground, but what was accumulated was not water, but purple-black semi-coagulated blood.

Before Du Xiao had inquired at Li Gaoqian's camp, Yuan Junzhang stormed Mayi for four days, but failed, then turned to attack Li Gaoqian, and was defeated by Mayi's cavalry raid.

Mayi was under fierce attack for four days, and it seemed that the battle was quite tragic. Li Shan looked back at most of the guards who had never been to the battlefield, thinking that this time he wanted to see if there were any talents among these people.

"Dare to ask, but the acting county magistrate Guan Tao County Gong Li Langjun face to face?"

There are four or five people coming in front, the leader is wearing soft armor, saluting respectfully.

Du Xiao who was beside him whispered, "This person is the leader of Jiangxia's personal guards."

Li Shan sighed, before entering the city, Li Gaoqian sent someone here... It seems that he really didn't get along with Liu Shirang.

But Li Gaoqian couldn't get around it.

A moment later, in the huge camp, Li Shan looked at the loose middle-aged general in front of him, and said with a smile: "The Duke of the county led the army out of Yanmen, defended like a rock, attacked like a thunderbolt, and chased the Turks from the north. praise."

Li Gaoqian looked at this young man who had risen to fame with great interest, "I've heard about Li Huairen for a long time, but it doesn't hurt to sit down."

Li Shan judged at the first time that even without the help of the East Palace, Li Gaoqian would not become an obstacle for the caravan to go out of Yanmen.

Because, as a leading general, Li Gaoqian already has a small belly!
(End of this chapter)