Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 613
On May 28, Yanmen Pass.

Li Jing at the top of the city was wearing armor and a big cloak, with a stern expression and lightning-like eyes. Within sight, a dark Turkic army was slowly retreating in the distance.

Under the nearby city, there are countless stumped limbs and flesh, and the soil is all purple and black, which is daunting. Obviously, these days, the Turks stormed Yanmen Pass for no reason.

There was silence on the top of the city, a group of generals stood behind Li Jing, most of them asked Li Jing to order to go out and pursue them when the Turks were retreating, but no one said anything now.

On May 26th, Li Jing, who had gathered troops in the south of Nao County and had been worried for a long time, finally went north. He arrived at Yanmen Pass on the same day to serve as the governor of the acting prefecture.

But on May 27, Erzhu Yichen, Ma Sanbao, and Kan Leng who were chasing the Turks returned without success. Although they fought back and forth with the Tang army stationed in Lanzhou, they defeated the Turks twice.

But Ashina Sheer remained calm in the face of danger, and when he was approaching Loufan Pass, he turned around and set up an ambush. More than a thousand Turkic cavalry survived and defeated the Tang soldiers. Ma Sanbao was injured by an arrow and retreated. If it weren't for Kan Leng, even if he arrived, the entire army would have been wiped out.

However, the Turkic people also abandoned their horses to cross the river when they were at the end of their ropes, and fled from Loufan Pass in a hurry.

As Li Jing had speculated, on the second day, May 28, the Turks did not make any further efforts and directly withdrew their troops to the north.

But what Li Jing didn't expect was that starting from Su Dingfang, the chief general of Yanmen Pass, most of the generals and schools immediately dispatched troops in unison to pursue the Turks, even Li Jing's nephew Li Kai did the same.

After Er Zhu Yichen, Ma Sanbao, and Kan Leng pursued them regardless of the military order, Li Jing immediately knew what these people were thinking, but he did not expect that the young King of Handan County had such a high reputation in Daidi .

Even Zhang Gongjin vaguely mentioned that he might be able to send a partial division to the north to relieve the Turkic pressure on Guji Town... Now everyone knows that although Niu Bin was beheaded by Ma Sanbao, Guo Ziheng escaped Outside the pass, the Turkic people will definitely pass by Guji Town on their way back to the north. Could it be that Jieli Khan is expected to let Li Shan go?
After all, Li Jing was new here, and he wanted to be more tactful, but he didn't expect that even the soldiers, government soldiers, young men and even civilian husbands below became agitated.

At such a time, Li Jing was furious... It's impossible not to be angry, these guys all hold the Handan County King in their palms, and they can hardly see the Daizhou Chief in front of him!

Therefore, Li Jing made a decisive decision and strictly ordered him not to leave the customs... At the beginning, he was planning to take Li Shan's confidant, his historical direct disciple Su Dingfang into the knife, but he did not expect that although Su Dingfang was politically insensitive, he had a very high military talent , with a stable temperament and not impulsive, it is only recommended to send scouts to go out to investigate, at most.

Therefore, Li Kai, who spoke the most fiercely, was in bad luck. He was punished for forty and rushed back to Dai County.

Using his own nephew to perform surgery made everyone shut up temporarily. At the same time, Li Jing also successfully controlled the whole army.

Seeing that the Turks were going away and gradually disappearing on the horizon, Li Jing turned his head and looked around, and many generals had expressions of displeasure on their faces... Also, in the eyes of many people, Li Shan went to Daizhou and did so many great things. Li Jing came here to pick peaches, but he was desperate to save him.

But Li Jing also clearly saw that there were two people with a calm demeanor, one was Zhang Gongjin and the other was Su Dingfang.

Li Jing stood at the head of the city until the scouts reported back.

When the Turkic army returned north, they did not leave Shuozhou, but besieged Guji town heavily. When the scouts climbed up and looked far away, they saw cavalry scattered everywhere.

At the same time, the scouts to the west reported back, and the army besieging Mayi withdrew to the north... Maybe they also went to Guji Town.

This time the Turks almost came out in full force, with a force of about 15 to 20. Although the attack on Yanmen Pass suffered heavy casualties, and none of the [-] elites who took advantage of Daolou Fanguan Pass survived, Guji Town is like a city in a storm. How can the bumpy small sampan keep the onlookers from jumping in fear.

It was late at night, and after half a month of fighting, Yanmen Pass fell into silence, but there were still guards on the top of the city patrolling the night. The Turks came and went, and the erratic style kept Tang Jun generals on guard.

"Meet the manager."

"Meet the manager."

Li Jing, who was looking beyond the Great Wall, did not turn around, but said softly, "I heard that Handan King Yu Dingfang has a great favor?"

"Yes." Su Dingfang simply said one word.

"A certain heard about the Western Expedition to Tuyuhun, and decided to attack with hundreds of cavalry. Eight battles a day, the magic soldiers descended from the sky, confronted thousands of enemy troops, beheaded the generals and captured the flag, which was a great success." Li Jing said leisurely: Gates, deployed troops, defended like a rock, can be said to be good at attacking and defending."

Su Dingfang remained silent, while Zhang Gongjin beside him smiled and said, "Handan Wang Huiyan, Dingfang will definitely become a famous general in the future."

"A certain order not to leave the customs to pursue, can Ding Fang be angry?" Li Jing turned around slowly, "You can tell me as much as you want."

Li Jing nominally controlled the Daizhou Army, but in fact...he knew very well in his heart that Su Dingfang, as Li Shan's confidant, had been in charge of the Daizhou Army for half a year, and this influence would not dissipate so easily.

Now that the Turks are lingering in Shuozhou, Handan King Li Shan is trapped in Guji Town, if he and Su Dingfang disagree, it is really not a good omen... The easiest way is to kill Su Dingfang, but this is also the stupidest way. Well, there will be a mutiny.

Only a few days after arriving in Daizhou, Li Jing already deeply felt how much influence Li Shan had in Daizhou.

After a long silence, Su Dingfang bowed and saluted, "Turks rule the world with their cavalry, and they wander around indefinitely. If they leave the customs rashly, the Turks will turn around and attack them. I'm afraid it will be difficult to break out of the siege, and they will be defeated outside the Great Wall."

"Brother Wu'an mentioned that the fortress of Guji Town is extremely strong?" Zhang Gongjin added: "Even if Jieli Khan's army attacked fiercely, it may be difficult to break through for a while... It is said that Jieli Khan attacked Guji Town for two days without making any progress. , to detour south?"

"So, it is the best policy to just sit back and watch the Turks storm Guji Town." Su Dingfang's words could not help but bring out a trace of anger, "It has been half a month since the Turks went south, and neither Mayi nor Guji Town has been breached. insufficient."

Zhang Gongjin closed her mouth, of course he knew what Li Jing was thinking, and also what Su Dingfang meant... If the Turks attacked Guji town and couldn't stop, the food and grass were exhausted, and people were looking forward to it, then Li Jing led the army to attack, and the winning rate would be much higher. .

But whether the Turks can capture Guji Town, whether Li Shan will be beheaded... This is not in Li Jing's consideration, or it is not Li Jing's first consideration.

Su Dingfang, who has received Li Shan's great favor and is regarded as his confidant, must put Li Shan's life and death first.

After a pause, Su Dingfang saluted again, "I would like to listen to the commander's order."

Li Jing's expression eased, but Su Dingfang turned and left without hesitation.

Tens of thousands of troops besieged Guji Town. Su Dingfang knew very well that it was difficult to rescue him alone, and Li Jing also expressed his attitude... If he disobeyed orders, he would have no choice but to be transferred to Nao County or Dai County. Therefore, he You must stay at Yanmen Pass.

Su Dingfang was thinking as he walked, it's a pity that Ma Binwang is not here, otherwise he can be hired as a ghostwriter... Well, it's better to go to Daixian County, although Li Demou was punished for forty years, but the buttocks were injured, and his hands were not injured.

No matter how stupid Su Dingfang was, he knew that at this time, in order to influence Li Jing, he could only use power from the court, and his writing was not good, so if he wanted to hire someone to write for him, he had to find someone he could trust.

Although Li Shan didn't reveal the matter, Su Dingfang knew it well, and Li Kai should have vaguely guessed something about Li Shan's joining the King of Qin's command.

(End of this chapter)