Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 469 Decision
In the large hall, clear voices are echoing, such as Su Dingfang, Xue Zhong, Guo Pu, it seems that they have returned to the winter of the previous year. In Guantao City, this young man also analyzed the situation and made plans. In this way, it was destroyed, and the soldiers were defeated and died.

"As timid as a mouse?"

Li Shan paced slowly, and stopped in front of Sun Erlang, "It's a righteous deed to go forward with force and snatch back more than a dozen young children, but there are thousands of men and women outside the city, are they just relying on the sword in their hands?"

"The courage of a man is the courage of a man. If you don't send troops to fight, you will be as timid as a mouse?"

"Ask the guards at Yanmen Pass, does anyone think that I, Li Huairen, are timid?"

The surrounding generals, guards, clerks and small officials all held their breaths and concentrated their minds. Just the attack on the camp on a snowy night a month ago and the act of forcing Yuan Junzhang to surrender was enough to be called bold.

"Yugu set up this place to force someone to send troops under the threat of thousands of people. It was nothing more than to kill someone... Yunzhou people lost nearly a thousand lives, children died tragically, fathers lost their sons, sons died of their mothers, such a tragic situation..."

"Tell me, if two thousand elite riders go out, are they sure of victory?"

"If there is no certainty of victory, it will be difficult to save the lives of thousands of people."

"More importantly, even if the enemy is defeated...is it enough to just defeat the enemy?"

Li Shan turned around slowly, his eyes swept over the faces of everyone in the hall, "Fighting on the battlefield is life and death, but this time the Turks killed the people, this revenge must be avenged, this hatred must be given!"

Although the hall was still silent, the atmosphere gradually became tense.

"During the Warring States period, the famous general Li Mu defeated the Xiongnu by more than [-] horsemen outside the Yanmen Pass, and kept the frontier fortress in peace for more than ten years."

"Zulong ruled the world, and sent general Meng Tian with 30 troops to go out from Yanmen, attack the Hu people in the north, and take over all the land in Henan."

"During the former Han Dynasty, the famous general Wei Qing, the champion Hou Huo Qubing, and the parachutist Li Guang galloped around Yanmen. How many Han family members were buried here, and the cemetery in the pass is full of Han family members who died defending the country!"

The voice changed from low to high, the rhythm changed from slow to hasty, and the tone gradually rose from flat. Li Shan suddenly pointed to the north and shouted sharply: "The Hu people killed nearly a thousand Han people, so a certain one will take the heads of two thousand Turks in the The Yanmen Pass is piled up to form the Jingguan Pass!"

With a bang, the hall exploded. The Li and Tang royal family originally had Xianbei blood. Although the Turks invaded the border, there was no obvious racial hostility... This concept lasted until the end of the Tang Dynasty.

During the Anshi Rebellion that turned the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline, An Lushan, who was born in the Sogdian tribe, was a Hu, and Shi Siming, who was born in a Turkic tribe, was also a Hu.

The "Ge Shu Ye with a knife" Ge Shuhan who insisted on Tongguan and was forced to go out of the fortress was eventually defeated. He was born in Turkic, and he was also a Hu.

Li Shan was quite dissatisfied with this when studying history in his previous life. This kind of ethnic policy created the "Heavenly Khan" and created the once prominent Tang Empire, but it also planted the root of disaster.

In a sense, after the Tang Dynasty, the rise of the Khitan, and the melee of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms all stemmed from this to a large extent... Among them, there will be countless princes of different races.

Posterity who read history, under normal circumstances, will always become a nationalist,
Cutting off the messenger's ears was done privately before, but today Li Shan openly raised the distinction between Hu and Han, and everyone couldn't help talking about it.

After the turmoil lasted for a while, it gradually subsided under Li Shan's staring eyes. Some people didn't expect so much, some were furious at the ruthless killing of Turks, and some people knew very well that Li Shan is now in charge of acting state governor Even Li Daozong, the general manager of Bingzhou, has no power to stop him.

Li Shan's eyes fell on Sun Erlang once again, "I disobeyed the military order and should have beheaded to show the public, but today Rao Er waited for his life, and he will rise at sunrise..."

Sun Erlang blushed, suddenly knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "Wish to be the vanguard, fight to the death and never retreat!"

"Each person has ten heads to atone for their crimes. If one is missing, they will pay for it with their lives!"

The seven people behind Sun Erlang all bowed down.

Li Shan nodded slightly, and raised his voice: "Send messengers, first, go to Taiyuan Mansion, and ask Ren Chengwang to send a general Jingqi."

"Secondly, go to Dai, Nao and other counties and call [-] civilian husbands."

"Thirdly, immediately summon the acting county magistrate Li Demou to go to Yanmen Pass."

The officials and guards in the hall withdrew one after another, Xue Zhong asked softly: "Do you really want to go out to fight?"

"There must be a battle!" Li Shan looked at Su Dingfang with a blank face, "At this time, don't lose your spirit in the army."

Su Dingfang had been thinking in his mind, "If you get more than [-] fine cavalry, it will not be difficult to defeat the enemy, but there are still [-] Turks..."

"It's the rate of association." Li Shan snorted, "If it wasn't for the rate of association, why take the risk?!"

Xue Zhong, who has been squatting at Yanmen Pass for the past two months, his eyes lit up, "The association leader is Tuli Khan's younger brother, and he is not in harmony with Jieli Khan and his son, so he may not come to help."

Li Shan paced back and forth, replayed the game again, and murmured: "Yuan Junzhang will not send troops... The messenger has already gone to the association rate office. If he can talk, there may be a good opportunity."

Xue Zhong and Su Dingfang looked at each other, and they both thought of He Lou Xingshu and Li Sanlang who had already left... These two were born in Yanmen, familiar with geography, and could find Yanmen Pass from the trail.

"Brother Dao Zong should not refuse, at least there will be more than a thousand elite cavalry... Is there any cavalry general under Dao Zong's command?"

Xue Zhong thought for a while, "The king of Rencheng was appointed as the general manager of Lingzhou, and Zhang Baoxiang from the old department was transferred as his deputy. This person was born in Hexi, and he was good at riding and fighting. Bingzhou."

Zhang Baoxiang... Li Shan vaguely remembered the name, but couldn't remember the details.

Historically, Zhang Baoxiang has always been Li Daozong's deputy. In the Tang Dynasty's battle against the Eastern Turks, Li Daozong was the general manager of the Datongdao march, and Zhang Baoxiang was the deputy. He led the army from Lingzhou to the northwest, and ran into Jieli Khan who was fleeing in embarrassment. It was Zhang Baoxiang who captured Jieli Khan alive.

Li Shan memorized the name and murmured: "The key is Yiyang County..."

Yuan Junzhang may not be credible, and the rate of association may not be credible, but what about Liu Shirang?

In the last adventure, Liu Shirang was actually insignificant. Whether he was willing or not, Li Shan had already made up his mind to attack the camp on a snowy night.

In this adventure, Liu Shirang plays an important role. His choice determines whether Li Shan will go out of the fortress, and also determines whether this battle can achieve Li Shan's predetermined goal.

From a military point of view, it is the right way for Yanmen Pass to send troops to help Mayi, but it is hard to say the other way around. Liu Shirang has enough reasons... because it is impossible for five thousand Turkic cavalry to capture Yanmen Pass in such a season.

But from another point of view, when he was besieged on all sides and fell into a desperate situation, it was Li Shan who insisted on using Liu Shirang and saved him from the situation of being questioned by the court, and even promoted him to be the county prince.

Li Shan is very kind to Liu Shirang.

Moreover, the reason why Liu Shirang has suffered so many times is largely due to the lack of support from the court...and Li Shan has become his backer.

Although he is young and only a county magistrate, with Li Yuan's trust and Princess Pingyang as his support, Li Shan, who is in charge of the acting prefectural governor's office, has this qualification.

(End of this chapter)