Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

In the camp on the east side of Xinping County, basically everyone was present except for a small number of generals such as Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, and Zheng Rentai who were leading the army to prepare for the Turks' night attack.

Five people came over the night, including the new minister's right servant Shefang Xuanling, the newly appointed minister Jiang Guogong Chen Shuda, the new minister minister Ling Jing, as well as Huo Guogong Chai Shao and Princess Pingyang.

Among the five people, Fang Xuanling had been in contact with Li Shan as early as the fifth year of Wude, and he was the most trusted confidant of Prince Li Shimin. Chen Shuda had the best relationship with Li Shan among the older batch of prime ministers. Ling Jing simply I have Li Shan's background, and the relationship between Chai Shao and his wife is unusual.

Obviously, in the eyes of many people, this was sent by Li Yuan and Li Shimin to support Li Shan.

Moreover, so many generals in the Chinese military tent are basically related to Li Shan to some extent. The only few people such as Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, Changsun Shunde, and Zhang Cong were all absent at the right time... They are either Li Shan's cronies or Li Shan's old subordinates.

If Du Ruhui hadn't pulled his sleeves, Li Jing would have really wanted to walk away.

Li Shan thought the same way, and couldn't help but whisper to Ma Zhou beside him: "Believe it or not, if Duke Ming lets go, Li Yaoshi can stuff his sleeve into his hand!"

The corner of Ma Zhou's mouth twitched. I didn't expect that you, Li Huairen, would be no worse than me when you said such things!

However, Ma Zhou also agreed in his heart. Li Jing failed to gain any military exploits, and then Yanzhou Road failed to send troops south to rescue... This matter will be discussed.

Su Shichang, Duan Decao, and Yang Ze arrived late because they were led by infantry. Hu Yan arrived at Chang'an late at night on October 11th with only 400 cavalry.

No matter what Li Jing's reasons were, the blame fell on him after all... Zhang Gongjin was Li Shimin's confidant, but Li Jing was not.

But what no one expected was that Jiang Guogong Chen Shuda scolded Li Shan as soon as he entered the tent!

Not to mention Li Shan himself, even Li Jing was stunned!

Chen Shuda did not talk about Xue Yantuo's bad things, but criticized Li Shanjiao for allowing him to completely exclude the Yanzhou Road Marching Director, who was at the same level... Li Shan was speechless, the hatred between Li Jing and me... I don't pay for personal expenses!

"I just want to ask you, Li Huairen, whether Pharmacist Li was guilty of trying to hit Hu?" Chen Shuda's beard and hair spread out, "Why did you rebuke him?"

Li Shan licked his dry lips and said in a very sincere tone: "I just want to embarrass him!"

Li Jing's face... Someone nearby could not help but laugh out loud, probably because they wanted to make Li Jing more embarrassed.

"Shut up!" Princess Pingyang scolded: "This is a major military matter!"

"If there is any grudge, keep it private...at least not so openly..."

"Pfft..."

Several displeased glances were cast at Ma Zhou, who had a distorted face and covered his mouth with force. He really didn't mean it this time. Princess Pingyang's words were really too... You can embarrass Li Jing, but you can't hide it. , don't make everyone look like they're just watching the fun.

Chen Shuda drove all the generals out with a dark face, leaving only Li Shan, Li Jing, and Du Ruhui.

"How is the situation?" Chai Shao asked with a smile: "I just passed through the north of Chunhua County, and the Turks seemed to be moving."

"Additional troops have been deployed, and only a hundred cavalry have fled." Li Shan said casually: "Anyway, if you run north, you can't get around Ziwu Ridge. Let's wait until the main force of the Turks is gathered and wiped out, and then use the rangers to search for them."

"Are you sure?" Ling Jing frowned and said, "If the casualties are too heavy, we can open a way and cover them from behind."

"The infantry is in formation, making camp step by step. Troops and civilians have been mobilized." Li Shan responded: "Early tomorrow morning, we will use chariots to form formation, use bows and crossbows to cover up the killing, march from the east and west sides, compress the space, leave a way out in the north, Su Dingfang and Yuchi Respectfully lead the heavy cavalry to attack from the side, wait until the Turks are defeated, and then pursue again."

Chai Shao nodded in agreement, "The Turks are in a desperate situation... Your Majesty and the Crown Prince both praise that this battle is Huairen's first." Li Shan glanced at Li Jing, "It is also quite dangerous. We don't have the troops to gather to cover the north side of Chang'an, so we can only try our best. The delay was delayed, but fortunately my brother-in-law gathered powerful troops in Xinfeng, and the troops from Hedong came to the rescue in time."

The most dangerous part of this battle is here. Because of Li Jing's hasty dispatch of troops, a large area on the north side of Chang'an lacked troops. If Li Shan hadn't delayed his time, Li Shimin would not have had enough troops to deal with the city. Bu Khan.

Ling Jing turned to look at Li Jing with a calm expression, "On behalf of the Duke, he sent troops to Lingzhou, but the imperial edict had not yet arrived in Yanzhou. His Majesty and the Crown Prince did not take this as a punishment. Moreover, on behalf of the Duke, he led troops south from Yuanzhou to intercept the Turks. There is meritorious service.”

Li Jing remained silent, and he only had the credit of leading 6,000 cavalry to climb mountains and ridges. After arriving at the battlefield, his military power was gone.

"You, Li Huairen, have great achievements, so why are you so arrogant?" Chen Shuda snorted, "Everyone in the tent is your Li Huairen's close confidants..."

"Mr. Jiang Guo!" Princess Pingyang shouted, "Be careful what you say!"

Chen Shuda has always had a bad temper, and he openly disagreed with Li Yuan more than once or twice. Historically, he even had a quarrel with Xiao Yu in the Taiji Hall, which made Li Shimin furious and dismissed both prime ministers and assistants from office.

"Is there something wrong with this statement?" Chen Shuda rolled his eyes, "I have gone through several dynasties and seen people who are proud of their merits, such as He Ruobi and Gao Jiong!"

He Ruobi and Gao Jiong were both famous former Sui officials. Both were reused by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, and were later killed by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty... They were all charged with the same crime, slandering the government.

"What Mr. Jiang Guo said makes sense." Ling Jing glanced at Li Shan, "Taking credit without being proud is the way to stay safe."

Li Shan was speechless. I have always taken credit and not been proud, okay?

That is to say, he severely dealt with Li Yaoshi, who had made mistakes himself.

Princess Pingyang didn't say anything. The reason why she finally agreed to make a trip was simply because Li Shan went too far this time... She didn't want Li Shan to leave an introduction in the minds of her father and second brother that might cause disaster in the future. .

Well, in Li Shan's own opinion, he didn't do anything...but in the eyes of others, he was really arrogant.

The key to making Li Yaoshi, a famous general who is recognized as one of the top three in the world, so embarrassed is that all the generals under Li Yaoshi are unwilling to obey orders... Refusing to obey orders is one key, and the other key is to only listen to him, Li Huairen. The command.

Li Shan sighed and looked sideways at Chai Shao... Li Jing is Li Yuan's direct descendant, and is also valued by Li Shimin. You are just here to make trouble.

Fang Xuanling, who had been silent all this time, smiled and said, "Huairen, we can't let you take all the military exploits by yourself, right?"

"Is that dismissal?"

Li Shan didn't care about his position as the commander-in-chief of the Jingzhou Road March. To put it bluntly, he had already grasped the first contribution to this great victory. Even Li Shimin couldn't take it away... He had already surpassed Li Jing's extraordinary achievement. The road is blocked.

The only problem is that Li Shan doesn't want to see Li Jing replace him.

Of course, if Li Yuan and Li Shimin had asked Li Jing to replace them... they would not have sent Princess Pingyang and Ling Jing.

After waiting for a while, Li Shan asked: "Who will take over?"

Then Li Shan followed everyone's gaze and saw Chai Shao, who was slightly embarrassed.