Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 95 Unbearable
Just as Li Shan looked back, Li Daoxuan, who had already led the army to the north, was also looking back immediately.

Although he is young and has his own chances of winning, Li Daoxuan also knows that the friend who has only been with him for less than ten days is for his own consideration.

"Your Highness, two more Turkic rangers have gone around."

The one who came to report was the guard Liu Jun, a son of the Liu family in Jingzhao Prefecture.

Li Daoxuan frowned and watched, there was indeed some smoke and dust in the distance from the flank, "How many people?"

"No more than two or three hundred rides."

Li Daoxuan pondered for a moment, and said: "Send troops to drive away, don't chase, send more scouts."

According to the plan, march today and start the war tomorrow, but Li Daoxuan found out that what Li Shan said last night was true.

The Turkic soldiers did not return to the north, but went south with Liu Heizai in a large scale, and sent a large number of rangers, almost covering the battlefield. Many rangers bypassed the main force of the Tang army and went west, east, or even south, making it difficult for Tang army scouts to investigate Liu Details of the main force of the black door.

Li Daoxuan looked back again, wondering which way Li Shan would go, if he went to Xingzhou, he might encounter Turkic cavalry.

After all, it was the first time to lead an army alone in battle. Li Daoxuan seemed calm and composed, and he had a comprehensive plan, but he always felt a little unsure of himself, and began to recall the details of his second brother's command of the battle.

Indeed, as Li Shan said, the second brother often leads hundreds of riders across the battlefield to investigate the military situation, but it is true that he will not start a war casually, but try to know himself and the enemy as much as possible. Before the war, they all experienced a stalemate for one or two months.

During a day's march, Li Daoxuan was never in a hurry. Sometimes he galloped the horse, and sometimes he led the horse on foot, so that his subordinates were in a state of neither too tight nor too loose. This is what he learned from Li Shimin's side.

Until dusk, Li Daoxuan summoned the generals in the temporary tent to discuss the strategy.

What Li Shan said last night was a thorn in Li Daoxuan's heart... If Shi Wanbao stops moving forward when you personally lead the elite cavalry, what can you do?

Li Daoxuan didn't quite believe it... Although Shi Wanbao was favored by the saint and his brother Shi Wansui was an old friend of the saint, but as a prince himself, would Shi Wanbao dare to put himself in danger?

When Li Daoxuan looked over with flickering eyes, Shi Wanbao said with a sullen face: "Although Your Highness has gone through a battle in a tiger's prison, the battle tomorrow will be with Turkic cavalry. Why don't I lead the fine cavalry and your Highness lead the infantry to follow?"

"The Duke of Taiping County in the former dynasty was good at riding and shooting, and he was famous in northern Yi, but..." Li Daoxuan rebuffed flatly, "Mr. Yuan, let's take a closer look at the enemy's formation. If the formation is loose, lead the troops forward."

A vicious light flashed in Shi Wanbao's lowered eyes, "All obey His Highness's orders, wait for His Highness to lead the elite cavalry to charge the formation, and the old man will continue to march as the warlord."

The so-called Duke of Taiping in the former dynasty refers to Shi Wanbao's eldest brother, Shi Wansui, who was not only a famous general in the Sui Dynasty, but also famous on the grasslands.

After the generals were ordered to leave, Li Daoxuan ordered his personal guards softly, and a moment later a middle-aged general entered the account quietly.

"Your Highness?"

"Brother Xue." Li Daoxuan squinted his eyes and said in a low voice: "Tomorrow, the king will lead the elite cavalry to charge, and you stay behind."

The middle-aged general was Li Daoxuan's marching officer Xue Zhong, bowed and said: "Your Highness will go to the battle, and the officials will stay behind..."

"Keep an eye on Duke Dianyuan." Li Daoxuan asked with a blank face, thinking that he wouldn't be so unlucky, right?
Under the same sky, hundreds of miles southeast of Xiabo County, Li Shan secretly gritted his teeth, thinking how unlucky he was!

Starting from Xiabo County, there were no accidents all day long, but when I wanted to find a village to stay overnight at dusk, I bumped into Turkic soldiers.

But luckily, Guo Pu and Fan Laosan were veterans of the march, and they sent scouts to scout the way ahead, and they didn't alarm when they found the Turkic soldiers.

Climbing up the small hill, Li Shan set up a pergola and tried to open his eyes to take a closer look, while Guo Pu was explaining.

"There are more than a hundred houses in the village. There are no bunkers and walls. There are only twenty or thirty Turkic soldiers. There seem to be some...Fan Shiyi?"

Fan Shiyi, a scout on the side, danced and said, "The horses ridden by the Turks are different from the local horses, and the decorations are also different. There are at most thirty horses. They have already entered the village. Only two people are left outside to take care of the horses."

Fan Laosan licked his lips, "Twenty or thirty Turkic soldiers, if you can disperse the horses...you can kill them!"

This kind of killing... Now I'm running away, I want to calm down as much as possible, but I still want to kill people... Li Shan coughed twice, "Be patient if you can bear it."

Fan Laosan rolled his eyes, muttered a few words, and said nothing more.

"It has something to do with the Turkic people... I'm afraid it's not good to stay overnight." Guo Pu changed the subject, wondering: "But now it's winter, the weather is cold, sleeping in the open... I'm afraid my husband can't bear it."

Li Shan stomped his feet, thought for a while and asked, "How far is it from Wuyi County?"

"At least sixty or seventy miles." Zhou Zhao on the side shook his head and said, "It's impossible to get there unless you lead a horse and walk."

In this era, a horse is naturally highly maneuverable, fast, and has a long range, but it also has many restrictions.

For example, the continuous use of horses requires careful attention. You can’t just let the horses eat grass, you need specific food and grass, and you have to feed them in the middle of the night. In addition, you can’t ride horses at night, otherwise it’s normal if one falls to death.

Li Shan was speechless, that is to say, he could only settle in this village?

As for why he couldn't find another place to settle down, you have to ask Zhou Zhao, who claims to be familiar with the topography of Hebei's various prefectures.

"It seems like there is a fight inside?" Fan Shiyi had the sharpest eyes, and it was because of this feature that he was sent out as a scout.

"Where?" Li Shan's eyes were not very good in this life, and while trying to open his eyes, he wanted to go back and try to make a spotting telescope.

Soon, there was no need to search hard, and the commotion had already spread in the village. The smoke column that rose into the air was not cooking smoke, because two houses were set on fire, and there seemed to be a sharp and mournful cry for help echoing in my ears.

Li Shan firmly grasped the handle of the knife in his hand, gritted his teeth, squatted down and lowered his head, and said in a low voice: "If you can't bear it, you will make trouble..."

This small group of Turkic soldiers doesn't matter, but if they are entangled, they will cry without tears when they turn around!
He could faintly hear the children's wailing, and Li Shan suddenly looked up. A Turkic soldier waiting outside the village got on his horse, galloped away like lightning, and leaned over to pick up a small black shadow.

"This is……"

Li Shan's words stopped abruptly, and he could only watch the child being thrown by the Turkic soldiers and hitting a big tree.

There was a commotion behind him, and Li Shan only felt a little sweetness in his tongue, and reached out to touch it, only to realize that he had bitten his lip at some point.

"Tolerate……"

Li Shan jumped up suddenly, drew the knife in his hand with an awkward movement, and shouted: "I can't bear it, I don't need to bear it anymore!"

"Hold up!"

"Fuck them!"

"Chop them up!"

There was only a second of silence, followed by Fan Laosan's rough shouts, Fan Shiyi's sharp echoes, and Zhu Ba, Zhao Da and others' loud echoes.

After a short period of confusion and harmony, there was only one word "良" left.

Only Guo Pu didn't say a word, and he didn't know when he had already drawn the knife in his hand.

(End of this chapter)