Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 924 Morale is available
Li Zhengbao and Xin Liaoer, who were released in Guyuan County, had different choices, and their fate took different paths. For the time being, it is difficult to say who made the right choice and who made the wrong choice.

In the Tang army camp, the situation is similar.

When Li Shenfu walked into the Chinese army camp tired and ashamed, and saw the figure standing with his hands behind his back in the wide hall, complex and resentful emotions grew deep in his heart.

At that time in Hedong, I was the king of the county, and I was the governor of Bingzhou. But he never put it in his eyes.

It's only been two years, but in two years, everything has changed drastically... There are always some people who habitually blame others for their faults, and Li Shenfu is obviously such a person.

Li Shenfu can only think that if Li Shan hadn't insisted on using Liu Shirang when he attacked the camp on a snowy night, he would not have been driven to Lingzhou. The army was defeated and captured.

However, Li Shenfu's mental activities can turn several pages, and Li Shan has no impression of this waste county king. , and Li Shenfu was imprisoned, that is, because his relatives were far away, so he was not beheaded with Li Zhiyun.

After that, Li Shenfu first served as the governor of Bingzhou, and after getting rid of his boss Liu Shirang, he became the governor of Bingzhou.

Li Shan didn't pay attention to this, but Liu Shirang was very concerned and went to investigate... There were only two battles in total, one was a battle with the Turks on the east side of Fenshui, beheading [-] horses and capturing [-] horses.

The second was to defeat the Turks in the north of the Shahe River, capture the Turkic minister Yili Daguan alive, capture the horse and armor of Jieli Khan, and present them to Chang'an for victory.

It is basically nonsense. From a strategic point of view, Jieli Khan stationed troops in Xinzhou. After passing through the entire Hedong Road, we are almost drinking the Yellow River at Longmen.

From the point of view of the battle, Li Shenfu has tens of thousands of elites, and they fought a total of two battles, and only beheaded [-]. If you change generals, you will definitely have no face to list this as a military exploit.

And the Turkic minister was captured alive, and Jieli Khan’s horse and armor were captured... It’s unbelievable to say that there are at least thousands of king tent soldiers around Khan. If the Tang army can force Jieli Khan to remove his armor and abandon his horse Well, the Turkic cavalry can still sweep the east of the river?
But Li Shan didn't bother to care about these things. At least the big defeat half a year ago was enough to prove that Li Shenfu was a waste. It's just that in the early Tang Dynasty, as long as the clan's children were not rebellious, Li Yuan wanted to give them dignity... ...otherwise it would not be exchanged back.

How to dispose of the Li talisman is Li Yuan's business, but Li Shan can be sure that as long as Li Yuan is still in the position, it is impossible for the Li talisman to recover... Generals who were defeated and captured were restored. Dynasty is a common thing, such as Pei Ji, Liu Hongji, Liu Wenjing, Changsun Shunde, and Li Gaoqian are examples.

But the Li talisman is different. Not only did he hand over the land of the three states, but he also almost wiped out Li Yuan, Li Shimin and half of the court in Tiantai Mountain by Liang Jun... To put it bluntly, the situation in the court has now reversed. To a large extent, it was due to the defeat of Li Shenfu.

Not to mention Li Yuan and Li Shimin, even the crown prince Li Jiancheng would hate the Li talisman to death... If it weren't for this guy, his position as crown prince would have been secure.

Therefore, Li Shan didn't bother to care about what Li Shenfu thought, but paid attention to the middle-aged man, Duan Decao, the governor of Pingyuan County.

On the one hand, it was because Duan Decao was Li Yuan's direct descendant, and he was deeply trusted. He had guarded Yanzhou for many years and did not get involved in the struggle for succession; on the other hand, it was because of Duan Decao's ability.

He has been the general manager of Yanzhou for many years, and he has to fight Liang Jun every year. In so many battles, big and small, Duan Decao has never been defeated.

Although the battle of Lingzhou lost his reputation, Duan Decao's own ability is not a problem. Li Shenfu, the main general, ruined most of the main force. Can the deputy general still be able to turn the tide?

Strong and powerful, full of discontent... This is Li Shan's most intuitive impression of Duan Decao. The former shows his ability, and the latter shows his mentality.

This is a chess piece that can be used. If used well, it will be a sharp weapon against Liang Jun.

Of course, Li Shan also had to admit that part of the reason was Duan Decao's hatred for Li Shenfu.

For Li Shenfu, on the one hand, Li Shan is disdainful and contemptuous, and on the other hand, he is extremely repulsive. He has not forgotten that on the tenth day of Mayi, if he hadn't kept his mind and asked Huaiyang King Li Daoxuan to guard the Yanmen Pass, Li Shen Fu Bacheng will send a large army out of the fortress... As long as he pretends, Li Shan, Cui Xin, and Liu Shirang must be in Mayi.

Besides, Li Shenfu is attached to the East Palace and has a close relationship with Pei Shiju, so Li Shan's attitude towards Duan Decao... Favorability automatically +1.

After a few words of consolation, Li Shan asked his personal guards to lead the two of them to the rear army to rest, and they will be sent back to Chang'an tomorrow or the next day. How to deal with them is a matter for Li Yuan and Zaifu.

"Duan Decao's father is Duan Shao, a famous general in the Northern Qi Dynasty. He didn't dare to attack Hu, and was ridiculed by Hu Luguang as Duan's mother-in-law. Therefore, Duan Decao has ruled the border for many years and often crossed the border to attack Hu." Dou Gui commented: "Both courage and strategy, Being defeated and captured this time is regarded as a lifelong humiliation, if His Highness uses it, he will disregard life and death when he is in battle."

Li Shan smiled and nodded, "Duan Decao is not the only one."

Indeed, the Tang Dynasty has ruled the world for several years. In addition to the surrender of Tuyuhun and the defeat of the Turks several times, the Tang army now has the immature form of overwhelming the world. From the generals to the soldiers, they all have arrogance.

And in the past six months, the Liang division, which only occupied one county in Shuofang, swept across the three states twice. Many generals were defeated, and many soldiers of the Tang army were buried in the battlefield. This made many soldiers feel angry, especially after the great victory in Jingzhou... But If there is a group of soldiers who have the most desire to fight, it must be the thousand or so captives released with Duan Decao.

Not everyone has the idea of ​​avenging shame, but this idea must have covered most of the soldiers.

Li Shan, who just went on a tour, thought in his heart that morale is available. If Duan Decao can be kept and used as an arrow, then this sharp arrow of revenge will definitely play a role that cannot be ignored at the critical moment.

(End of this chapter)