Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 1044 Inquiry

On the tenth day of April, Liangyi Hall.

Li Shan stood listlessly at the back, looking quite tired, even a little sleepy.

Although he still maintains a good work and rest habit, even if he goes to bed late, he will get up early, but during this time, Li Shan is not addicted to games every night, and he feels sorry for his wife in the morning, so he deliberately wakes up late.

However, Li Shan was also reviewing his depravity in this life in his heart, and subtly began to indulge in extravagance, leisure, and work. He completely lost the energetic mental outlook after being woken up by the alarm clock in the middle of the night in his previous life.

But people are always like this. If they can live comfortably, they will never deliberately make things difficult for themselves. Ascetic monks are just legends. Sleep soundly until dawn.

Therefore, Li Shan has basically not appeared in the morning court for the past two years. Who wants to go to the imperial city in the middle of the night without serious business?
Therefore, Li Shan, who was temporarily summoned from Zhuangzi by Li Yuan's servant, was very upset. I have been cautious, so is it necessary to drag me to Liangyi Hall to discuss matters?
I haven't brushed my teeth, haven't washed my face, and my stomach is empty... Li Shan is complaining, and I heard Pei Ji in front of me mention something serious, which is why Li Yuan brought Li Shan here temporarily.

"On the second day of April, all the Liang divisions set up an ambush in Baichi. Gong Kanling of Linji County led his soldiers to defeat it. Zhang Baoxiang, Marquis of Bishui County, and General Li Keshi of Youqianniuwei led the army to pursue them." Pei Ji said with a smile: " On the fifth day of the fourth lunar month, all the Liang divisions fled back to Shuofang, and Duke Feng led his army northward..."

Li Shan's drowsiness faded away, and he pricked up his ears. He knew about the Battle of Baichi, but he hadn't received any news about the upcoming battle in Shuofang County. The military newspaper should have just entered Beijing.

Master Liang said that he occupied Shuofang and proclaimed himself emperor. In fact, the territory of Liang State is not small. Lingzhou, Qingzhou, and north of Yanzhou in the north of Guannei Road are all territory of Liang State. After Li Shan's victory in Jingzhou, he will soon When facing Liang Jun, he had looked at the map carefully, and asked Wen Yanbo and others. Liang Guo and Datang were mainly separated by the Great Wall.

Needless to say, Shuofang County, most of Yanchuan County on the west side, and Yulin County on the northeast are all in the north of the Great Wall, under the jurisdiction of Liang Shidu. In addition, within the Great Wall, Diaoyin County bordering Yanzhou is also at the end of Daye Captured by Liang Shidu, the so-called Diaoyin County was Yinzhou and Suizhou in the period of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. Li Shan saw a very familiar place name on the map, Mizhi.

At that time, Li Shan felt that Duan Decao was really not easy. To the east of Yanzhou is the Yellow River, and behind it are several state capitals at the core of Guannei Road. The entire northern line of defense has to face Liang Jun from several directions. In this way, Liang Jun can be beaten several times The teachers all ran away with their heads in their hands.

Only then did Li Shan understand why Li Yuan and Li Shimin attached so much importance to Master Liang. China occupies the eight state capitals of Guannei Road!
In addition to the single Jingzhao Mansion in the entire Guannei Road, there were only eleven state capitals in the hands of the Tang army at that time... Uh, this is also from last year to the present, from Li Yuan to the courtiers are all dissatisfied with the East Palace a reason.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Fengzhou was abolished and Yulin was ceded. This was all done by the prince Li Jiancheng... Hetao area, a key strategic place for the Central Plains to resist nomads, was given to the Turks.

Zhang Changxun, the general manager of Fengzhou at that time, was also bitter and returned to Tang himself. As a result, after Datang agreed, he turned around and abolished Fengzhou and gave Yulin to Turks.

This incident directly caused Datang to lose the key Hetao area, and also lost nearly a thousand miles of strategic depth. In other words, from the map, the northern part of Guannei Road, from the Yellow River to Lingzhou, was lost. It is also the main reason why Master Liang can easily attack Lingzhou and Yanzhou.

Of course, before Yulin was ceded, the Tang Dynasty relocated all the people, so Liang Guo's national power could not be compared with that of the Tang Dynasty.

Liang Shidu is not a talented emperor who can both lead the army and govern the government. The governance and control of the state capital below is very weak. The main force is still in Shuofang County... Basically, you know this guy if you come to fight the autumn wind every year. political level.

Pei Ji was still reciting the memorial to reward his achievements. On April [-]th, the Liang army and the Yanzhou army met south of the Wuding River. Dou Gui did not urge the army to attack, so that the Liang army successfully arrived at Tongwan City.

Dou Gui, who served as the general manager of the Yanzhou Road, stood still for three months, and did not recover Yinzhou and Suizhou, which actually had little resistance. However, since Dou Gui intended to make contributions, how could he not act? garrison general.

Liang Shidu was rejected from outside the city, and Dou Gui personally led an elite attack. After half a day of fierce fighting, Liang Jun gradually seemed to be out of support. In the great defeat, most of the generals abandoned their weapons, got off their horses and knelt down, and the defenders of Tongwan City also surrendered to Tang Dynasty.

Liang Shidu led the remnant troops to flee to Wuyuan County, Dou Gui led the army to pursue, and Zhang Baoxiang, the Marquis of Bishui County, pursued him. On the eighth day of April, they fought again at the border of Yulin County and Shuofang County. Liang's army was defeated again. Sanitation capture Liang Shidu... Li Shan clicked his tongue twice, and it was Zhang Baoxiang, the lucky general again.

Uh, Dou Gui specifically picked Zhang Baoxiang because Li Shan privately said several times that this general is a lucky general.

Li Shan glanced at Li Yuan who was sitting at the top... This guy doesn't look too good-looking.

Although Yinzhou and Suizhou will be recovered one after another, and Shuofang County will be controlled, but the fall of the Liang Kingdom is certain, and Li Yuan also has a heart problem. Why is his face so gloomy?
In fact, everyone in the hall except Li Yuan was a little uneasy, because everyone didn't know why the usually tolerant emperor had such an expression after hearing the battle report.

The rest are full of routines, Li Shan stopped listening, thinking about these messy things in his heart, thinking for a while, since he won the victory and captured Liang Shidu alive, what did he call himself, the former coach?
Fortunately, I was still trembling just now, thinking that Dou Gui was defeated, and I had to go into battle again.

For a while, I was thinking about what happened to Li Yuan today. I haven't heard what happened to the prince and King Qin recently.

At this time, Pei Ji finally finished reading the memorial, his mouth was dry, and finally said: "Mr. Feng proposed to expand the land and establish counties, and I ask the sage to show me."

Li Yuan took a deep breath, "The Kingdom of Liang is destroyed, and it borders on the Turks to the north, what does Huairen think?"

Only then did Li Shan understand why he brought himself here temporarily. Dou Gui captured Shuofang County, his troops arrived in Yulin County, and he made a statement to set up a county and land... This is to expand the territory.

But it seems that the court has some objections to this. After all, Liang Guo was destroyed. If the Tang army did not stop fighting after taking Shuofang, and then took the Hetao area, it would border on the Turks.

In the whole dynasty, Li Huairen, the king of Wei, had the most dealings with the Turks. It was impossible for Li Yuan not to refer to Li Shan's opinion.

(End of this chapter)