Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 802 After the War

It was almost dusk, Li Shan was standing halfway up the mountain, followed by Wang Junhao, Hou Hongtao, Qu Silang, Qi Laosan and other personal guards, Longzhou Sima Lin Xingcan, Huo Guogong Chai Shao, Qizhou Governor had also arrived with his troops, The related defense Li Shan has been sold.

In fact, Li Yuan still wanted Li Shan to be in charge of defense, but the latter refused on the grounds that within two days, he went north and south, and his guards were exhausted... He was already in control of the army, and he was also in charge of defense.

Li Shan also knows that since he personally appeared on the top of Tiantai Mountain today, Li Yuan will have a high degree of trust in him for quite a long time... Even if Pei Shiju reveals the matter, it will not cause Li Yuan's attitude to change 180 big turn.

Uh, in fact, this is also the main reason why Li Shan insisted on personally leading troops across the river and sneaking into Renshou Palace despite the objections of Zhang Zhongjian and Wang Junhao.

Zhu Ba walked over quickly, and said in a low voice: "Twelve people were collected, including three veterans."

Li Shan frowned, "Treat everyone equally."

Wang Junhao expressed apology to Hou Hongtao, the so-called veterans refer to Li Shan's personal guards, and the rest refer to the young and strong selected from the exiles.

Hou Hongtao didn't take it seriously, this kind of distinction should have been made in the first place, but Handan Wang Mingyan treated them equally which surprised him a bit.

Zhang Zhongjian, who went north to pursue him, just stared at the Liang army, and the latter was in a hurry to escape. Logically, there would be no damage. The soldiers of Liang Jun who were captured said that several courtiers who were captured alive were also taken away, presumably as hostages in the hope of saving their lives.

In the battle of Huating, the city broke through, and at dusk, the Liang army was defeated. A total of 42 personal guards were lost, and 12 people were lost when they came to help Renshou Palace... In fact, Li Shan was a little surprised. Unexpectedly, the casualties were so small.

In fact, the real sword and gun was the breakout in Huating County. After that, it was either an ambush, a pursuit, or a long-distance confrontation, so the casualties were not large.

Calculated, a total of 54 personal guards were lost, nearly [-]%, Li Shan sighed in his heart, no wonder there was a saying "I would rather be a dog of peace than a troubled world".

The setting sun was gradually setting, and in the afterglow, hundreds of cavalry came from the east. Li Shan squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, then said: "I may have to stay in Renshou Palace for a while, should you stay in Qianyuan County or move out?" Chang'an?"

Hou Hongtao knew that he was asking himself, and immediately replied: "I would like to move to Chang'an and settle in Sun Moon Lake, and please allow your highness."

Li Shan was not surprised by this answer. In fact, if Li Yuan hadn’t been likely to stay here to recover from his injuries, he would have wanted to go back to Chang’an. After all, he didn’t go to Liyuan County for cotton. At that time, on the one hand, it was because Chang'an was seizing the sun, and on the other hand, it was because Su Dingfang restrained the Beiya imperial army.

However, after the battle of Tiantai Mountain, the situation in the court changed. The King of Qin resisted desperately, but the crown prince arrived after Li Shan. The attitude will definitely soften.

Moreover, Su Dingfang was injured this time, and it will take two or three months to recover... So Li Shan hopes to return to Chang'an.

It's a pity that it's still June, it's hot summer in Chang'an, and the imperial city is even hotter. The wounded, including Li Yuan and Li Shimin, are traumatized and not suitable for returning to Chang'an... The key is that if Li Yuan stays in Renshou Palace, then Very good at trauma, Li Shan, who once rescued Princess Pingyang, must also stay in Renshou Palace.

Now Li Shan is most worried about two things, one is whether Pei Shiju will go crazy, the old man doesn't know about this yet, and the other is whether he will be pushed into the chief general who confronts the Liang army when he restrains the army .

Sighing in his heart, he was able to save him, but there were still a lot of troubles to come. Li Shan temporarily put these aside, and walked down the mountain to meet the newly arrived Prince Li Jiancheng and his party.

"Meet Your Royal Highness."

"Huiren." Li Jiancheng supported Li Shan with a complex expression, "Is father okay?"

"Your Majesty was hit by an arrow in his left arm, but it has been dealt with properly." Li Shan paused, and added: "His Royal Highness King Qin was wounded in six places, but none of them were serious."

"That's good, that's good." Li Jiancheng looked up at Tiantai Mountain, "Fortunately, Huairen arrived in time..."

Li Jiancheng had already received a report from his cronies on the way here. If it weren't for the Handan King, Liang Jun would have broken through the defense line. At that time, his father and second brother who were trapped on the mountain would either have been killed or killed captured.

What a pity... The reason why Li Jiancheng delayed dispatching troops was simply because he wanted to see that scene, and the reason why he led his troops here was because he was afraid of this scene, where his father and second brother were still there.

"Gu went up the mountain to visit his father, and Huai Ren arranged for him on his behalf."

"Yes."

Li Shan scratched his beard on his chin in annoyance. Renshou Palace has two inner and outer cities. The main hall has been demolished and turned into rocks, and now Li Yuan and others live at the foot of the mountain.

The outer city was quite large, but it was badly destroyed by the Liang army, and as many as 5000 reinforcements arrived one after another, they could only camp outside the palace.

But before Li Jiancheng could move, a servant had already arrived.

"Your Majesty summoned the crown prince to see him, and the rest are waiting in the outer city. All the troops are controlled by the King of Handan."

Li Shan caught sight of Li Jiancheng's expression changing, and the expressions of several staff and generals behind him became even more gloomy, so he hurried forward a few steps and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty seems relieved when the third brother-in-law met before."

Li Jiancheng was silent for a while before forcing a smile, "Huiren's rescue this time is as it should be."

"Before the Liang army attacked Longzhou and Jingzhou consecutively, His Majesty issued an order to restrain the army." Li Shan had to explain.

Li Jiancheng's expression relaxed slightly, and he reached out to shake Li Shan's arm, "Thank you Huairen."

What Li Shan meant was that Li Yuan asked me to restrain the army long before the battle of Tiantai Mountain. It was not because you, as the prince, did not send troops to help in time, that I let you meet alone and take away the military power of the reinforcements... It was Li Jiancheng who worried most.

Seeing the back of Li Jiancheng leaving with the servants, Li Shan smiled and greeted Wang Gui, Wei Ting, Wei Zheng, and Zheng Shanguo who were familiar with him one by one, and asked people to arrange accommodation for hundreds of cavalry.

Among the staff members of the East Palace, Wei Zheng and Wei Ting had the best relationship with Li Shan. The former was upright, while the latter was smooth. He directly asked in a low voice about the casualties of the battle, and his words were quite gloating.

To be honest, among the staff of the East Palace, Wang Gui, Wei Zheng, and Zheng Shanguo are the ones the crown prince relies on the most, but Wei Ting is the one closest to him, but this one's ability is not a bit worse than the first three.

Wei Ting was gloating, while the faces of the others were gloomy, obviously thinking about it. The Tiance Mansion suffered heavy casualties, and the pressure on the East Palace would naturally be greatly reduced, but this may not be a good thing for the East Palace... More importantly, God Cefu suffered such heavy casualties to protect Li Yuan.

(End of this chapter)