Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 758
In mid-February, Li Yuan issued an edict that the governor of Lingzhou, Xiangyi Wang Li Shenfu, would be the commander of the Lingzhou Road March, with Duan Decao, the governor of Pingyuan County, as his deputy.

A large number of middle and low-level generals and schools are required for such a scale of preparations. The Ministry of War dispatched generals and schools from Hebei, Hedong, and Jianghuai.

However, it was not until the middle of March that the Eastern Palace Crown Prince Zuo Wei led Pei Longqian to leave Beijing as the left leading general, and arrived in Longzhou in late March.

"Fifth brother..." Pei Longqian was a little surprised, Pei Xuanji's heel was so busy that he almost kicked the back of the head, and the little officials around were made to turn around.

"That's right, that's right, just send these cloths over, it's the last time...forget it, I will tell His Highness later." Pei Xuanji looked up, "Jiulang is here, I heard from my father that he is going to Yuanzhou ?”

"Well, the army is stationed in Pingliang County." Pei Longqian nodded and said: "Before leaving, my uncle told me to pass by Longzhou to visit for a while."

"Is father in good health?" Pei Xuanji straightened his clothes and asked seriously, "I heard you got sick at the end of last year?"

Pei Longqian also said sternly: "At the end of last year, my uncle was bedridden with typhoid fever, but he has already recovered."

"That's good." Pei Xuanji relaxed and said with a smile: "This time Jiulang stationed in Yuanzhou, I think he can make another contribution."

Pei Longqian is also the younger brother of Wenxi Pei's Western Family, but his family has been in decline since his grandfather's time. When he was young, he couldn't even get enough food every day, but he was famous for being brave and ruthless.

In the last years of the great cause, the world was in turmoil. Li Yuan recruited warriors in Taiyuan. Pei Longqian came to vote at that time. The reason why Pei Ji went out of the same room was that he was the prince's confidant.

The crown prince's left guard rate is quite high in the East Palace... Coupled with the reasons of Pei Ji and Pei Shiju, Pei Longqian is the backbone of Li Jiancheng's command.

Hearing Pei Xuanji's blessing, Pei Longqian smiled wryly and shook his head slightly, leaned forward, and said in a low voice: "Uncle privately ordered that if the battle goes wrong, you must protect the fifth brother."

Pei Xuanji was very surprised, "Isn't it?"

"It's hard to say. The Turks suffered a few defeats in Shuozhou last year and suffered heavy injuries. Jieli Khan fled northward in embarrassment." Pei Longqian explained: "Now that the Duke of Dai is guarding the Yanmen Pass, it is difficult for the Turks to enter the Hedong. It is inevitable to use troops wantonly in Longxi and Guanzhong."

"Five years of Wude, thousands of partial divisions can break through the Great Earthquake Pass, if more than [-] cavalry attack..."

Pei Longqian sighed: "At the end of the day, it was the King of Handan who killed the Turks too hard in Shuozhou."

"Li Huairen." Pei Xuanji smacked his lips, just looking at his methods in the past few days, he knew that he was really not a cheap lamp.

Ever since he broke up with the manager Chang Da that day, Li Shan was so domineering that Pei Xuanji was speechless. At first, he only asked for food, sheep and pigs, and later he asked for farm tools, cooking utensils, and all kinds of things. Just hundreds of thousands of pieces, just sent a batch of cloth over...

Chang Da's authority is now in a great loss, and the three adjutant officials, Chang Shi Yang Ze, Bie Jia Zhang Shilong, and Sima Lin Xingcan, are quite turbulent. For a while, they enjoy fighting openly and secretly, and Li Shan just benefits from it...Anyway, he doesn't care about the chaos in Longzhou Governor's Mansion What is it like.

The final result was that no matter what Li Shan asked for, it was either Chang Da or the other three assistant officials, anyway, one of them would always agree... Of course, it was the unlucky Pei Xuanji who did the last thing.

Hearing Li Huairen's name, Pei Longqian said in a low voice: "Actually, the Crown Prince intended to recommend Handan King as the head of the Lingzhou Road Marching Army, but unfortunately, His Majesty failed to allow it."

"Why?"

"It is said that it is because the King of Handan has a deep enmity with the Turks. Think about it, he is in Daizhou..." Pei Longqian shook his head, "If he takes office, I am afraid that the Turks will attack the whole country."

Pei Xuanji clicked his tongue twice, it's really not a fuel-efficient lamp, troubles can happen anywhere... It's only been a month since he came here, and Longzhou, which has been quiet for a long time, has been turned into a pot of porridge.

"Pingyuan County Duke Duan Decao has quite a strategy, but Xiangyi King..." Pei Longqian sighed: "Originally, His Royal Highness planned to use Guan Guogong as the general."

Pei Xuanjichi questioned, "After all, the king of Xiangyi once guarded Hedong and served as the governor of Bingzhou, he should..."

"It's only been more than a year, and the Turks almost penetrated the entire Hedong." Pei Longqian sneered and said, "Among the children of the clan, apart from King Qin, King Zhaojun is the most skilled fighter, followed by King Rencheng, uh, The King of Handan is also one of them."

After all, he was a son of an official, so Pei Xuanji could understand that Li Shenfu was a son of the clan, and if he took the post of deputy, the chief general must be a son of the clan, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really couldn't pick anyone.

"Once the battle is unfavorable, my younger brother will send personal guards to report." Pei Longqian instructed: "You can go down the river and wait and see at the border of Longzhou and Qizhou."

Pei Xuanji could only nod his head, seeing a small official staying outside the door, he stood up with a smile and said, "I'm going to visit the King of Handan, Jiulang will go with me?"

Although Pei Longqian's official position was higher than Pei Xuanji's, his status within the family was far inferior. Who would make him a good father, but he also hoped to have some relationship with the legendary county king.

Half an hour later, on the small slope of the valley, Li Shan looked at the pair of brothers with twitching corners of his mouth... Pei Xuanji was fine, why are you so enthusiastic about me, Pei Longqian?
Could it be that I hope to establish friendship first, and hope that I will leave some vitality for Wen Xi Pei's West Family House in the future?
"I have been to the East Palace several times, but I have never talked to Brother Longqian." Li Shan smiled reluctantly: "This time I will be able to make meritorious deeds and become a nobleman."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Pei Longqian didn't want to talk about the wars that bothered him, looked around and said: "It's a beautiful view, this village is quite unique."

Pei Xuanji scratched his itchy cheeks. He hadn't been here for half a month. He didn't expect that he had changed his world... The abandoned village suddenly looked brand new. They were all new houses made of red bricks, neat and orderly The arrangement, the straight roads lead in all directions, from the perspective of overlooking, it is like drawing on a blueprint.

At dusk, the young and strong returned to the village after finishing work. The busy women raised the smoke from every household, and the children in new clothes played on the road. They completely lost the appearance of the refugees a month ago.

Li Shan didn't feel anything strange, and instead brought up the battle situation in Lingzhou, "At the end of last year, the prairie was very cold, and this year it will definitely come. Brother Longqian needs to be careful when going here. If you want to go to war, don't rush into it."

Pei Longqian's pupils narrowed slightly, "Your Highness thinks the border is unstable?"

"It's hard to say." Li Shan lowered his voice and said in a low voice: "A few days ago, I heard that the king of Xiangyi and the Duke of Pingyuan were at odds. Brother Longqian should know that the king of Xiangyi was transferred from the governor of Bingzhou to the governor of Lingzhou. , breaking the Turks frequently, I am afraid that the king of Xiangyi has the heart to fight for success."

Pei Longqian's cheeks twitched, Wei Zheng also explained it before leaving, in the final analysis it was Li Shan who played too well in Hedong, which overshadowed Li's talisman.

Several people were talking on the hillside, and Wang Junhao on the side suddenly reminded: "Lang Jun."

The three of them turned their heads to look, and were surprised to find that a large number of villagers were rushing towards this side. He Fang and a few old men were leading the way. There are children bouncing around.

He Fang and several old men climbed up the hillside, kowtowed to the ground, and bowed. The old man in the lead said in a hoarse voice: "Your Highness is benevolent and righteous, let him be told."

Li Shan smiled lightly, broke up with the governor of Longzhou, asked for food and cloth for these villagers, and even built a new village, finally winning the hearts of these two thousand people.

Speaking of it, I really want to thank Pei Xuanji and Chang Da. Li Shan just arrived in Longzhou and couldn't find a breakthrough, but they forced these people in.

Two thousand people, nearly a thousand young and strong, plus their own name, are placed in Longzhou. This is a force that cannot be underestimated.

More than a thousand men, women, young and strong children at the foot of the hill fell to the ground one after another like weak grass in the wind.Pei Xuanji was inexplicably shocked.

(End of this chapter)