Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 475
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, morning.

The sun, which had been hanging in the sky for ten consecutive days, hid in the thick clouds at some point, and the biting north wind howled and the flags that closed Yanmen were whistling.

In the small room, Li Shan knelt and sat on the head, looking at Zhao Da who was reporting outside the door.

"The Turkic beheaded again..." Zhao Da paused, seemingly unable to continue.

Li Shan said with a blank face: "Send another letter to go to the fortress to fight today, but we need to keep thousands of Yunzhou people away from the battlefield."

"Yes."

Previously, Li Shan had people shoot letter arrows for three consecutive days, from scolding to making peace, from accepting the people of Yunzhou, to allowing the people to go out to fight immediately after entering the customs... It was nothing more than delaying time.

It's easy to say, but it needs to be thoughtful in practice... Li Shan is really afraid that if the food and grass are not enough, he will retreat when it is impossible to capture Yanmen Pass.

But Yu Gushe felt that he had grasped Li Shan's weakness, and forced the people to die again and again, trying to force Li Shan to go out to fight... In his opinion, Li Shan has refused to fight so far because he couldn't fight , but just can't see the tragic death of the people.

Uh, Yugushe is different from Ashina Sheer. The latter admires Sinology, while the former only has a rough understanding. He was shocked when he heard Li Shan's poems... Maybe he regarded Li Shan as a great Confucian.

"Go to battle today?" Xue Zhong hesitated, "Two thousand cavalry..."

"We can't wait any longer." Li Shan shook his head and said, "It's not just two thousand cavalry. Yesterday, hundreds of young men from Yunzhou who moved to Dai County came with armed horses. Brother Ding Fang selected five hundred cavalry from them to join the army."

Su Dingfang nodded and said: "If you select soldiers according to the method of Beifu, you must do your best."

Hundreds of years ago, Xie Xuan selected soldiers from the refugees who fled from the north. Because the refugees lost their land and destroyed their homes, he deeply hated the Hu people, and the battle of Feishui was brilliant.

Li Shan asked the exhausted He Lou Xingshu to spread the map on the ground and called everyone to come forward, "The most important thing in this battle is the timing. If the timing is not right, it is not difficult to defeat the enemy, but it is difficult to build the Jingguan!"

Last night Li Shan had already discussed with Su Dingfang in detail, and he had already prepared a draft and talked freely, Su Dingfang added from time to time.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Shan pointed his fingers on the map, and his gaze fell on Xue Zhong and Li Kai, "Please also ask Brother Xue and Brother Demou to guard the Yanmen Pass."

Xue Zhong nodded yes, but Li Kai raised his brows, "Hui Ren has done extraordinary feats, so is he going to be a brother today?"

Li Shan persuaded him patiently: "If you don't have a brother..."

Li Kai shook his head, "Mr. Xue is enough to guard the Yanmen Pass, so there shouldn't be any hindrance."

At this moment, Xue Zhong came to his senses and blurted out, "Huairen... you want to fight in person?"

Xue Zhong may be the one who knows the most about Li Shan's resume. From the battle in Shandong to Mayi in Yanmen, he is very clear, whether it was the night battle in Liting, the victory in Wei County, the capture of Liu Heita in Yongji, or the battle in Yanmen. Repelling the Turks, Mayi made a surprise attack on a snowy night, Li Shan didn't go into battle every time, and he was not good at leading the army.

A doctor always has a psychological barrier when it comes to killing people with his own hands. After all, he also holds a knife, and what a doctor does is the opposite.

It's hard to say whether Li Shan has not played in person, whether there are psychological factors in this regard.

But this time, with more than a thousand people dying tragically, what reason does Li Shan have to convince himself that holding a knife is to save people, not kill them?

The silence and the indifferent expression on Li Shan's face already explained everything. Xue Zhong glanced sideways at Su Dingfang and closed his mouth.

Li Shan withdrew his hand slowly, turned his head to look at a handsome young man, "Brother Baoxiang, the world says that Li Huairen often takes a slanted sword and takes risks on the battlefield, but it is not the case."

This young man is Zhang Baoxiang, the leader of more than a thousand cavalry sent by Li Daozong the day before yesterday... the lucky man in history who captured Jieli Khan alive.

"The battles in Liting, Wei County, and Yongji, a certain plan and plan, are all sure, even if they returned to Mayi to attack the camp on a snowy night more than a month ago, they are [-]% sure."

"But this time is different." Li Shan said sincerely: "Even if the timing is right, it is only [-]% sure."

It has only been two days since Zhang Baoxiang arrived at Yanmen Pass, but everyone can see that this person is cautious and stable, and he rarely speaks, but at this time he said enthusiastically: "It is only right and proper to go out to attack the barbarians, the Turks are tyrannical, and I would like to fight with the county magistrate." !"

After a pause, Zhang Baoxiang continued: "Before leaving, the king of Rencheng ordered that this battle is only based on the order of Guantao county magistrate."

The order before and after the two paragraphs shows that it was Zhang Baoxiang's own wish to attack Hu, not just because of Li Daozong's order.

Li Shan nodded slightly. He had inquired about Zhang Baoxiang's background through Xue Zhong and Li Kai.

This person is from the Hexi family. He joined the army in the first year of Wude, and was selected by Li Daozong as the leader of the personal guard. He participated in the battles of Qianshuiyuan, Xiaxian, Baibi, Luoyang, and Hulaoguan. At that time, he was promoted to Lingzhou Recorder and joined the military.

In other words, this person has the shadow of Prince Qin's Mansion...but this is helpless, but anyone who can stand out from the army can basically be regarded as Li Shimin's old department.

"The master of this battle will be Brother Dingfang, and he will follow his orders to advance and retreat." Li Shan continued: "However, the left and right armies will be divided into two armies. The left army will be led by Brother Dingfang himself. Brother Baoxiang is the main guard, and the right army is led by Baoxiang brother and the state army."

Li Shan glanced at Guo Pu, "I have to ask Uncle Guo again for this battle."

Guo Pu lowered his head slightly. Last year when he went south from Xiabo, if he encountered an enemy, it was Su Dingfang who led the army, and he stayed by Li Shan's side to protect him.

Seeing Li Shan's distribution of troops, Li Kai became a little anxious. This time, he was appointed as the deputy county magistrate, and he came to be gilded. Opportunity, but can not play.

Seeing Li Kai's appearance, Li Shan was a little funny. In fact, there would be no problems with his friends... The reason Li Kai was called to Yanmen Pass before was largely because of Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng behind him.

Although they hit it off right away, and even though they all had the position of avoiding the matter of seizing the heir, Li Shan judged others by himself and dared not trust Li Daozong completely... Although this later King of Jiangxia was rated as a famous general by Li Shimin during the Zhenguan period.

But now that the court situation is complicated, who knows what Li Daozong's position is... Xue Wanche, the confidant of the Eastern Palace, is still a famous general in the Zhenguan period, and Wang Gui and Wei Zheng, the aides of the Eastern Palace, are still famous officials in the Zhenguan period!
But now, Li Daozong sent Zhang Baoxiang to lead more than a thousand fine horses to help... Basically, the problem is not a big one, otherwise Li Daozong himself would be involved.

You must know that although this battle may not be complete, it should not be defeated, let alone a big defeat. Li Daozong would not be so stupid... Before Li Shan opened his mouth to test Zhang Baoxiang, it was also to confirm Li Daozong's position.

Just as Li Shan was about to speak, he saw a figure outside the door. Zhao Da reported from the outside, "Your Majesty, please see him on behalf of Sima."

"Sima?" Li Shan was startled, "Er Zhu Yichen?"

"Yes."

"It came so fast!" Li Shan rolled his eyes and looked at Li Kai with a smile, "It seems that Brother Demou has to go to battle."

Among the people present, except for Zhang Baoxiang, everyone could understand this sentence. Er Zhu Yichen was a direct descendant of the Eastern Palace, and it was impossible for Li Shan, who had personally experienced many things, to leave him at Yanmen Pass.

Since he wanted to bring Er Zhu Yichen to the battle, he had to bring Li Kai, whose father was an official of Tiance Mansion.

(End of this chapter)