Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 909 Prisoner
"Hurry up, the manpower has been transferred, and the work should be completed before the snow falls."

On the hill, Cui Xin looked around, and there were rows of brick kilns on the left, a large number of red bricks were piled up in the open space, and the carriages carrying the red bricks drove southward, and there is now a huge construction site , Ant-like crowds are repairing and building houses.

Li Shan picked up a red brick, weighed it, held it in his left hand, and chopped it down vertically with his right hand... As a result, he grinned in pain, making Zhang Wenguan beside him chuckle.

Wang Junhao took the red brick and came again, but now the red brick was broken.

"The quality is not as good as green bricks, and much worse than Zhuangzi's batch." Li Shan nodded, "but overall it's not bad, and the price is high."

"There is no need to build a city wall or a moat, but there are still trenches and sheep and horse walls on the periphery."

Li Shan turned around and explained: "The sheep and horse wall was built last, let Qi Laosan pay attention to it, and don't ignore it."

"Yes."

Cui Xin watched Li Shan explain various matters little by little. What surprised him was that Li Shan seemed to pay more attention to various details, from wound medicine, diet to building camps, and even defecating. Good doesn't care.

Cui Xin thought in his heart, maybe he has everything under control.

At this moment, Zhang Shigui climbed up the hill, holding a roll of blueprints in his hand, "Your Highness, Mr. Cui."

"Brother Wu An." Li Shan greeted him with a smile, "Although the interior is not yet finished, but as long as it is done step by step, the outside will depend on Brother Wu An."

The main persons in charge of building the camp were Dou Gui and Wen Yanbo, but Li Shan specially named them, and Zhang Shigui presided over the surrounding sheep and horse walls, trenches, watchtowers and various military facilities.

Li Jing chose places in Shuozhou to imitate Guji Town to build villages, and Zhang Shigui was mainly in charge.

Unfolding the map, Zhang Shigui gave a detailed explanation, the focus of which was the Wengcheng that he worked with many generals and schools to improve in Shuozhou.

Li Shan nodded again and again. Last year, when the battle in Guji Town came to an end, it was largely because after the Wengcheng was breached, although a large number of Turkic people were killed and wounded, there was no follower. In fact, the Tang army was powerless at that time. On the second day, the whole army will go out of the stronghold and fight to the death.

"Then I'll leave it to Brother Wu An." Li Shan smiled and said, "Being in charge of the central army, but also in charge of the peripheral operations, Brother Wu An has worked hard."

"Responsibility."

Now tens of thousands of Tang troops have built a defense line around Baiquan County, and selected three camps to build, which are connected with Baiquan County and two nearby towns, forming a large-scale defense line system scattered front and back.

Li Shan was still divided according to the division of the front, back, left, and middle armies, and was still led by Zhang Zhongjian, Dou Gui, Li Daoxuan, and Qian Jiulong respectively, and the Chinese army was entrusted to Zhang Shigui.

In addition, only cavalry was set up, with Su Dingfang as the leader, and Feng Li and Xue Wanche as the assistants.

After chatting with Zhang Shigui for a while, Li Shan and Cui Xin went back to the Chinese army, still thinking about it, they ran into Jiang Guogong Chen Shuda who just came back.

In the past few days, Cui Xin basically followed Li Shan, but Chen Shuda was different. He came here to work under the holy order. Sink to the level of Hussar General and Sixteen Guards Zhonglang General in Zhechong Mansion.

For example, Hou Hongtao, He Fang, and Qu Silang all had to be comforted by Chen Shuda. Cui Xin speculated that this might be because they were from Li Huairen's personal guards.

"Uncle Shi, does Chang'an have faith?"

"Huairen, don't worry." Chen Shuda waved his hands helplessly, "It's okay to talk to the Weapons Supervisor, but Shaofu..."

"Bah!" Li Shan scolded: "Back then in Daizhou, the Shaofu was causing trouble, not to be a son of man, not to be a son of man!"

On the second day after Chen Shuda and Cui Xin arrived, Li Shan formally asked the court to allocate armor and ordnance. There were so many heavy cavalry that were damaged before, and they needed to be reorganized. Although the cavalry who died before left some armor and ordnance, Obviously not enough.

In fact, the Weapons Supervisor has no power in this area, and they are not the main force in making ordnance and armor today. The Shaofu is... The reason is very simple. Mining is the power of the Shaofu. Sufficient manpower and craftsmen.

The year before last, Li Shan communicated with Princess Pingyang in Daizhou. He mined iron ore in Daizhou and manufactured some ordnance and horseshoes.

As for why Li Shan scolded the Shaofu for not being a son of man so much, there was another reason.

Chen Shuda smiled and said, "Huiren's price is too high, no wonder the Shaofu refuses."

"Go and believe the third sister later, if you don't believe they have the guts!" Li Shan grumbled: "The things that were agreed at the beginning of the year, but they never admit it, and they don't even give the third sister face!"

Cui Xin sneered: "The cotton armor has never been used by the army, and the price is almost the same as a pair of iron armor. How can the Shaofu agree?"

"Then you can't refuse the call of armor and ordnance!" Li Shan snorted, "Could it be that heavy cavalry wear cotton armor to charge?"

"By the way, the Shaofu supervisor is now the king of Lujiang County... seems to be friendly with the crown prince?"

"The power of the Shaofu is too heavy, and the manufacture of ordnance and armor should belong to the Weapons Superintendent!"

"There are also managing craftsmen, collecting taxes, supervising projects, not only embezzling weapons supervisors, but also embezzling generals, Taichang Temple, and even the Ministry of Civil Affairs!"

Chen Shuda was speechless. In a sense, the Shaofu was dedicated to serving the royal family, and its functions and powers overlapped with many yamen. This was not only unique to the Tang Dynasty.

"I also invite Jiang Guogong to return to the court to report to His Majesty Ming. Li Huairen of Handan, who is stationed in Baiquan County, is unable to march due to lack of armaments." Li Shan's mouth fluttered up and down, "I remember that the Lujiang County King had a lot of complaints back then!"

Uh, it’s true. Back then, Hebei Road didn’t have a platform, and Li Yuan, the governor of Luozhou, had the highest status in name. But after the defeat of Xiabo, Li Yuan abandoned Luozhou and fled back to Chang’an... Unexpectedly, in a blink of an eye Liu Heikai was captured and killed. In the second year, Li Shan was named Guantao County Duke because of planning a war. The contrast was so stark that Li Yuan complained constantly.

This time Cui Xin understood, and glanced at Chen Shuda out of the corner of his eye... Li Shan complained about the prince in his words, and Cui Xin, who knew the inside story, knew that this was a test for Chen Shuda.

Chen Shuda didn't change his expression, only smiled and tried to persuade him, he was full of doubts, he didn't know whether Li Shan's complaints vaguely pointing to the prince were intentional or unintentional.

Li Shan did not guess wrong. Chen Shuda had some contacts with Qin Wang Li Shimin after receiving Li Yuan's hint...Of course, in name, it was because Li Shimin started to perform the duties of Shang Shuling, and he and his disciples naturally had to communicate with each other. Pei Shiju, a servant, is attached to the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace.

"Lang Jun."

"Huh?" Li Shan tilted his head to signal Fan Shiyi to approach.

"A letter from the north."

Li Shan raised his brows, took the letter and looked at it for a few times, with a smile on his lips, and handed it to Chen Shuda casually.

"It seems that Tuli Khan has the upper hand." Chen Shuda said with a smile after reading it: "If it wasn't so, I can't guarantee that Liang Shi will be released to King Xiangyi and Duke Pingyuan."

"It's just a prisoner exchange between the two sides." Li Shan's eyes flickered, "Ashina Sheer was hurt in the battle of Jingzhou, and his foundation was shaken... But I'm afraid that this person will be able to overwhelm Tuli Khan in the end."

“How come you see?”

Li Shan said quietly: "Tuli is not as ruthless as Sheer."

(End of this chapter)