Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 834
In the Linhu Hall, Li Yuan listened to the debates of the people below with an unwavering expression. From time to time, he casually glanced at the blushing Prince, and then at the normal-looking King Qin.

After knowing the battle report of Lingzhou's defeat, Li Yuan's first reaction was that Da Lang's vision is so bad!
From Li Gaoqian back then, to Li Shenfu a few months ago, to Ren Gui this time, each of them lost their teachers, and each of them ended in a big defeat.

Li Yuan's second reaction was to immediately ask his second son, King Qin, without even waiting for the prince who hadn't arrived because the East Palace was a little far away.

The existence of Li Shimin is Li Yuan or Li Tangyichao's trump card and backhand in the military. When encountering difficult difficulties, as long as Li Yuan releases his son, all difficulties can be easily solved.

In the fourth year of Wude, Liu Heitai raised his army for the first time and defeated almost all the famous generals of the Tang army. Li Yuan had to let Li Shimin go out to fight, but in just three months he defeated Liu Heitai by the Luoshui River.

But this time, Li Yuan was even more anxious, because the battlefield was on the Guannei Road, not the Hedong Road separated by the Yellow River, let alone the Hebei Road in the Taihang Mountains.

Similar things actually happened. Li Yuan clearly remembers that just two months after the founding of the country eight years ago, the Western Qin invaded the south on a large scale. Turn the tide.

Qianshui was originally located in Jingzhou, but now the Turkic soldiers are approaching Jingzhou.

Therefore, Li Yuan's most direct idea is to play Li Shimin's trump card.

But obviously, the East Palace would never allow Li Shimin to return to the battlefield and hold the military power in his hands. That would simply put the head of Prince Li Jiancheng under the knife of King Qin.

Think about it carefully, you, Li Jiancheng, can use such insidious means to almost make your father and brother die on Tiantai Mountain. Wouldn't Li Shimin, who escaped from the sky, do the same?

Li Shimin's prestige in the army is second to none, and he has been unwilling to break the rules before... But now, you, Li Jiancheng, broke the rules first.

But to Li Yuan's surprise, Li Jiancheng's reasons were quite sufficient, and the candidates he recommended also had enough weight.

Li Jiancheng recommended Li Shan, the king of Handan. First, among the famous generals in the world, only Li Huairen has rich experience in fighting against the Turks, and he has defeated the Turks several times. Ashina Sheer, one of the Turkic generals, was also his defeat last year. Li Shan even captured him alive.

Second, when the Turks sent troops to attack Shuozhou, it was difficult for Li Jing, the prince of the country, to escape, and there was no time... At this time, Li Jing was urgently called back to Beijing. If the Tang army did not resist at all, the Turks could reach Chang'an before Li Jing received the order. up.

The third is what Li Jiancheng said now, "In the Tiantai Mountain battle, my second brother was injured, and he has not recovered yet, and he still needs to recuperate. What's more, the Tiance Mansion was severely damaged, and most of the generals were injured. How can I bear it for my brother? "

Li Jiancheng is sincere, and Li Shimin is expressionless, with MMP in his heart, but this is really true, at least on the bright side.

Not to mention Dugu Yanyun, Zhai Changsun, Liang Jianfang and other generals who died successively in battle, Qin Qiong is still lying on the bed, and the five or six generals Hou Junji and Cheng Yaojin can handle have either broken arms or broken legs, injured After working hard for a hundred days, I can barely get out of bed and walk a few steps.

Even Li Shimin himself is the same. Although he has already started to preside over Shangshu Province, he will go to the Yamen to inspect the affairs the next day. This is Li Yuan's order. , and will not allow Li Shimin to completely control Shangshu Province.

In fact, the reason Li Jiancheng gave was tenable and tenable, and it was nonsense if he said it was nonsense. Everyone in the palace knew the hurdles in it, and it was nothing more than pushing Handan King Li Huairen to stop Qin King.

The hall fell silent, Li Yuan stroked his beard and fell silent, all the ministers below were concentrating on their minds, but Pei Shiju raised his head and looked at Prince Li Jiancheng.

In fact, the East Palace received the news at dusk yesterday. After all, Ren Gui was appointed as the general manager of the Lingzhou Road, and the East Palace has recruited many generals and schools under his command. There are people in this area, and the envoy who entered Beijing today is Qian Jiu, the governor of Jingzhou. Those sent by Long sent to Beijing one day late.

After receiving the battle report, Prince Li Jiancheng was at a loss, and immediately summoned Wang Gui, Wei Zheng, and Pei Shiju.

There is no doubt that the East Palace has only one thing to do, and Li Shimin must not be allowed to regain military power. Under such circumstances, Pei Shiju recommended Handan King Li Huairen as the commander of the Lingzhou Road March... For this reason, Li Jiancheng, Wang Gui, and Wei Zheng all Can't help but be moved.

Although it is said that Pei Xuanji's death in Huating had no direct relationship with Li Huairen, but after all, he was somewhat involved, but Pei Shiju put aside his previous suspicions and resolutely recommended him. What kind of feelings is this!

Facing Wei Zheng's praise, even Pei Shiju had a thick skin and felt a little hot.

He has suffered so many losses before, why did Pei Shiju repeat it again?

Pei Shiju had thought deeply, he didn't believe that guy's luck would always be so good!

In the previous few confrontations with the Turks, when Mayi attacked the camp on a snowy night, the key was to turn back unexpectedly. The Yanmen victory, defending first and then attacking, the key is to cooperate from the inside and the outside. As a result, Yugu was defeated and captured.

The battle in Guji Town was even more lucky, not to mention that when Li Shan went out of the city to fight to the death, thousands of Tang cavalry came to help, but Li Shan shot down the sweat flag with one arrow... Pei Shiju found no precedent in all the history books.

This guy's luck is simple!

Moreover, Li Shan was able to stick to Guji Town for many days in that battle, largely because of Tuli Khan's sitting and watching.

But this time is different, according to time, Sheer has already joined forces with Tuli Khan to go south, obviously determined, Pei Shiju can't think of the possibility of Li Shan defeating the opponent... Tens of thousands of cavalry, and Guan Nei Dao After two major defeats within a few months, the troops were not enough.

I can't believe you are so lucky!
As for Li Shan's reluctance... Pei Shiju also thought about it. Li Shan had resigned from the previous two appointments as the commander of the Lingzhou Road with sufficient reasons.

But now that the Turks have reached the border of Longzhou and Jingzhou, this reason no longer exists. If Li Shan refuses to fight, not to mention that his reputation has plummeted, not to mention that Li Yuan's perception of him has plummeted, the key is that Li Yuan can only choose Use the king of Qin.

At that time, Pei Shiju would spread rumors about the relationship between Li Shan and Li Shimin. Even without any evidence, it would be enough to make Li Yuan suspicious... Was Li Shan unwilling to fight in order to push out King Qin?

After all, Li Shimin regained military power after many years, which is a deterrent to Donggong, and it is not a good thing for Li Yuan himself. If Li Yuan hears such rumors, Li Yuan will suddenly find out that Li Shimin has military power outside. It is said that Handan King Li Huairen, who is said to have been put under his command, controlled the Beiya Imperial Army and took charge of the palace ban.

Not to mention how much Li Yuan would believe him, at least as an emperor, this kind of natural vigilance is not lacking.

Prince Li Jiancheng said softly, "Father, why don't you let Huairen see you?"

Pei Shiju was overjoyed, and really wanted to see what choice that fellow would make... Whether he fought or refused, he would step into an unavoidable trap.

After hesitating for a long time, Li Yuan nodded and asked the palace servants to summon him. Unexpectedly, the palace servants reported that the King of Handan was nowhere to be seen.

Li Yuan cursed with a smile, he also knew that Li Shan returned to Zhuangzi every day after a round in the afternoon, and Pei Shiju almost blurted out... This official must have a secret discussion with the King of Qin to escape!

(End of this chapter)