Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

After the First World War in Jingzhou, the Tang army expelled the Turks, successively recovered Baiquan County and Pingliang County, and built a camp in the east of Baiquan County, which was not grand in scale, but very special in this era.

Over the past few months, more than [-] troops, nearly [-] civilians, and more than [-] war horses have made this camp extremely noisy, but at this time, when walking in it, no sound can be heard.

The news that the King of Handan took Xiaoguan on the snowy night of New Year's Eve has spread throughout Yuanzhou. Shi Wenyanbo, the commander of the army, led the army to station in Baiquan County to deploy supplies. The Tang army continued to march towards the northwest. At this moment, there are only more than 2000 people in this camp. The soldiers and the thousands of civilians who might leave at any time seemed empty.

"Today's official document, the soldiers of the Longzhou Mansion have already left Longshan Pass, Guo Xiaoke is well-behaved."

"Zhaode!" Zhang Wenguan glared at Li Zhaode who was open-mouthed, put away the official document, and said in a low voice, "Guo Xiaoke is the favorite general of King Qin, the Guo family of Taiyuan..."

Li Zhaode sneered and said: "That fellow was born in a reckless family, but he still wants to join the Guo family in Taiyuan, and he is not afraid of others making fun of him."

Years ago, the main force of the Tang army stormed the city. Li Shan ordered Guo Xiaoke, the general manager of Longzhou, to send troops. After a heavy snowfall, Guo Xiaoke chose to retreat and was chased by Liang Luoren, who suffered a lot.

Afterwards, Guo Xiaoke wrote a letter to the court. Although it was not considered impeachment of Li Shan, he also complained... Before the memorial entered Beijing, Zhang Wenguan got the news, and Zhang Wenxi and Yang Ze both sent the news.

Just as the memorial was sent away, the news came that Li Shan had captured Xiaoguan. Guo Xiaoke immediately led his troops to the north. According to the calculation of the time, it might be near Guyuan County now... but it is estimated that it will not be possible to catch up. Back to that memorial.

Li Zhaode was still complaining, but Zhang Wenguan ignored him and only cared about the paperwork. In fact, he couldn't do much. Most of the time, he just got familiar with these things and reviewed them one by one according to the main points in the letter sent by Li Shan. For example, the following Cavalry should be the main force in warfare, but in such a climate, horses need a lot of food and grass to support them, and they also need to provide a considerable amount of horseshoes.

Li Zhaode over there also lost interest, and after being silent for a while, he suddenly said enviously, "If the news of this battle is brought back to Chang'an, the whole city may be in an uproar."

"But it's also quite dangerous." Zhang Wenguan shook his head and said: "Brother Huai mentioned in the letter that more than [-] elite soldiers marched, and only [-] remained when they reached Xiaoguan, and half of the troops were lost on the way."

"That's true." Li Zhaode scratched his chin, "Speaking of which, brother Huai's military exploits over the years are not weaker than King Qin's, right?"

After a moment of silence, Zhang Wenguan said: "It cannot be compared."

"It's almost the same. The King of Qin defeated the Western Qin Dynasty, defeated Liu Wuzhou, the Luoyang Hulao battle, and the Luoshui victory." Li Zhaode pointed his fingers enthusiastically, "Brother Huai didn't mention the Wei County victory, but also the Yanmen victory and the three defeats of the Turks. Last year Another great victory in Jingzhou..."

Zhang Wenguan didn't say anything more. Although he was not good at military strategy, he had heard Su Dingfang, Ling Jing, and Li Shan discuss that King Qin's military achievements were world-class, but in fact it was not the battle of Qianshuiyuan, the victory of Baibi, and The world-famous battle of Hulaoguan was the Battle of Luoshui and the Battle of Luoyang.

Li Shimin led an army to attack the Central Plains in the third year of Wude. At that time, Wang Shichong was powerful and his territory was not small. However, Li Shimin used his superb command ability to divide and destroy the enemy one by one, cut off the grain roads, and forcibly blocked Wang Shichong in Luoyang City. Can't move.

The battle of Luoshui was similar. Li Shimin even suffered a lot in the early stage. The famous Luo Shixin died in battle, but in the end the food road was cut off, forcing Liu Heitai to fight on the Luoshui side.

Zhang Wenguan thought to himself that Li Shan did not demonstrate such overall commanding ability. Even the great victory in Jingzhou and this battle in Yuanzhou were based on points and did not involve complicated command decisions.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wenguan's thoughts flew away, and Li Shan's sudden appearance made the current court situation very mysterious...at least in his opinion, because he didn't quite believe that Li Shan had always been neutral.

"It's a pity that my father refuses, otherwise I really want to go to Xiaoguan with my sixth brother." Li Zhaode was depressed when he mentioned this, and Li Kai, the magistrate of Baiquan County, was ordered to lead his men to the north to deliver food, grass and military equipment.

"Brother Demou is about to arrive." Zhang Wenguan murmured, "Brother Huai mentioned in his letter that cold air enters the body..."

"It shouldn't be a big problem, right?" Li Zhaode suddenly chuckled, "It seems that the memorial service has just been sent to Chang'an?"

"Ok?"

"Guo Xiaoguo's memorial..." Li Zhaode laughed and said, "It's like recruiting Yuan Junzhang back then."

Zhang Wenguan couldn't help but also smiled. Back then, Xiangyi king Li Shenfu wrote a letter to the court, Liu Shirang rebelled, and Li Huairen and Cui Xin were both trapped in Mayi. As a result, news soon came that Li Shenfu was driven to Lingzhou. The reason for this.

This time is similar, Guo Xiaoke's memorial is estimated to have already entered Beijing, and the memorial of acknowledgment of merit will be delayed for a day or two before entering the court, and Guo Xiaoke will really become a joke by then.

When the two were talking about Guo Xiaoke, Li Shan, who was leaning on the bedside hundreds of miles away, also looked at Master Li Ke, Li Kai and his son speechlessly, "Does Guo Xiaoke have any grudges against someone?"

"This person was born in Wagang, he was highly valued by King Qin during the Luoyang Hulao battle, and he is quite familiar with Li Shiji..." Li Keshi was also quite speechless.

This matter is so troublesome...the left hand hits the right hand, if it's just a fight, it's okay, the problem is that the trouble has gone to the imperial court.

Li Kai was even more speechless. He was listening to Li Shan's instructions to the messenger. When sending troops from Longzhou, one must be cautious and not to enter rashly... As a result, Guo Xiaoke knew that the main force was attacking that area of ​​the city, so he chose to rush forward lightly, trying to steal the first place. He failed to succeed, but was defeated by Liang Luoren in a heavy snowstorm. Who can blame this?

Shi Yang, governor of Longzhou, had read the memorial and asked Zhang Wenxi to write a letter to Zhang Wenxi. The letter mentioned that the King of Handan attacked Guyuan on a snowy day regardless of the casualties of his soldiers. He even said that if Guo Xiaoke hadn't run so fast, Longshan Pass would have been lost.

All in all, it was Li Shan who took the blame, and Guo Xiaoke was not responsible.

Li Kai said in a low voice: "I heard that Guo Xiaoke was quite extravagant in Longzhou, and the bed curtains and utensils in the military tents were often made of gold and jade, so many soldiers were not angry."

Li Shan sighed, Li Shimin has many heroes under his command, but there are also many birdmen... Look, Yang Ze wrote to complain.

In fact, Li Shan didn't care about Guo Xiaoke's memorial, but the problem is that in this battle, from himself, Zhang Zhongjian, and Duan Decao who attacked Xiaoguan, to Su Dingfang and Xue Wanche who led the attack on the city, to Dou Gui, who was in the army, Li Daoxuan, everyone has credit, but Guo Xiaoke has no credit.

And there must be a sharp contrast between this memorial and the memorial that has already been sent. In this case, the position of Guo Xiaoke, the general manager of Longzhou, is not safe.

A few months ago, Li Shan spent a lot of effort to get Luo Yi away, in order not to let the position of the head of Longzhou be controlled by the prince's line... Once there is a change in Chang'an, as long as it passes through Qizhou, Longzhou's troops will be defeated. Being able to quickly enter Jingzhao is an extremely unstable factor.

If Guo Xiaoke leaves, maybe this position will fall into the hands of Donggong... The reason is very simple, Guo Xiaoke is the favorite general of the King of Qin, so Li Yuan will probably rule out the lineage of the King of Qin when considering his successor.