Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 1443 Arrival

On November 23, Li Shan and Tuli Khan, who were all looking forward to it, finally arrived with reinforcements.

Tuli Khan has been trapped on the mountain for twenty days, and most of his generals have left... Well, leaving means surrendering.

Li Shan didn't care about the surrender of others, but he just didn't allow Tuli Khan to surrender... For this reason, he even sent people to build a house halfway up the mountain, and sent delicious food every day, as well as charcoal fires and cotton-padded clothes.

When hundreds of cavalrymen came galloping and stopped outside the military camp, Han Liang, Wen Daya, Wen Yanbo, and Yu Zhining all looked at Li Shan's back with extremely strange but also extremely admiring eyes.

This is amazing!

No wonder this King Si of Wei has always refused to surrender. It turns out that this is what he had in mind.

Princess Pingyang, who had a face as cold as frost, dismounted from her horse and pointed at Li Shan who was coming with her riding whip, "Isn't King Wei Si seriously injured by an arrow and difficult to recover from?"

Li Shan huffed, "Third Sister..."

"Is this the right thing to do in the military?!" Princess Pingyang scolded: "At such a young age, he is quite good at playing with power, but actually..."

Not far away, Li Kai and Ma Zhou looked at each other, both of them holding back laughter...Princess Pingyang was not bad to Huairen. She argued fiercely for her in the Liangyi Palace many times, but in the end she was tricked by Huairen. .

Listening to Princess Pingyang's continuous scolding, Li Kai smacked his lips and said, "I'm afraid Huairen is going to suffer."

Glancing at the confused Ma Zhou, Li Kai didn't say anything. After defeating the Turks three times that year, Ma Zhou had been given to Chang He, but Li Kai knew the origin of the riding whip... Half a month ago in Chang'an, he heard from his father I have said what role this riding whip plays in the Li family.

After a storm of rebuke, Princess Pingyang took out the edict and simply read it out, deposing the Wei successor Wang Li Huairen as the marshal of the March to the east of the river. Princess Pingyang temporarily controlled the army, hunted down the remaining enemies, and returned to Beijing years ago.

Han Liang took a few steps forward and said, "Hebei Army and Bingzhou Army have returned to their bases. Daizhou Army is scattered in Daizhou, Xinzhou, and Shuozhou. The more than 3,000 troops currently near Fanzhi County are all Guannei soldiers."

Wen Daya added: "The rest of the Guannei soldiers have already set off south to return home."

Princess Pingyang nodded, "Meet in Fenzhou."

"Moving north from Jiangzhou, the first battle was in Jinzhou, and there were several battles in Fenzhou, Bingzhou, Daizhou, and Yuzhou. More than 30,000 Turks were beheaded and about 6,000 were captured." Su Dingfang introduced the details on the side, "Qin Wu, the general manager of Daizhou Hu Yan, the general manager of Tong and Yinzhou, and Huang Junhan, the Sima of Youzhou, were killed. Cheng Mingzhen, the general manager of Luozhou, was seriously injured, but he recovered slightly. More than 3,000 soldiers were killed. "

Princess Pingyang pondered for a moment, "How many Turks escaped from Yanmen Pass?"

"About 20,000." Zhang Shigui explained: "At the end of October, Cao Guogong led 5,000 horses out of Yanmen Pass to attack Yunzhou. They defeated the Turks several times and brought back thousands of plundered young men and women, and brought them back to the former Sui Dynasty. Later with Yang Zhengdao."

Princess Pingyang twitched the corner of her mouth and glanced at Li Shan. You let me take the blame, and yet such a thing happened?

Li Shan was also helpless, and Li Shiji was too capable... Oh, no, this is not Li Shiji's fault, because Empress Xiao and Yang Zhengdao were kidnapped by Zhang Baoxiang.

Walking all the way to the central military tent, Princess Pingyang said loudly: "The Turks were defeated in this battle. You have made great contributions to the country, and your majesty should be generously rewarded."

In general, Li Shan mainly commanded about 20,000 Tang cavalry from beginning to end. He made a dangerous strategy and defeated Tuli Khan, who had at least 70,000 cavalry. This was an out-and-out victory.

Coupled with the previous battle at Jingzhao, Li Shan almost destroyed most of the Turkic Khanate's combat strength.

Glancing sideways at Li Shan, Princess Pingyang asked, "Has the report of merit been sent to the capital?"

Memorials to report victory are different from memorials to report merit. The former only reports victory, while the latter lists those who have meritorious service.

"The merits have not been listed yet." Li Shan coughed twice. Originally, he was planning to list his merits after the war, but he thought of Qin Wutong, Huang Junhan, and Hu Yan, so he postponed it for a while.

"Tomorrow Xu Tuli Khan will come to surrender." Princess Pingyang said decisively: "There will be a banquet tomorrow night to commemorate our achievements, and we will set off to return to the army the day after tomorrow to represent the people..." Li Shan replied: "I have sent a letter to the court to represent the governor's history. Cao Guogong Li Shiji has both civil and military talents and may be the governor of Jin Dynasty. "

Princess Pingyang emphatically asked Cheng Mingzhen, who was seriously injured, and exchanged a few words with Xue Wanche, the only confidant of Li Jiancheng among the generals, and let everyone disperse, leaving only Li Shan.

"Third sister..."

Princess Pingyang still had a straight face, "Before leaving, Madam Zhu specifically asked, don't be careless because the ground is cold."

"Third sister, don't worry." Li Shan chuckled and said, "There are no exceptions during the war, but after the war, I have changed into cotton clothes."

Princess Pingyang reached out and touched it, "Well, it's quite thick."

"Of course...ah!"

Halfway through Li Shan's words, Princess Pingyang had already raised the riding crop in her hand that had never been put down, and whipped him hard.

The guard leader Wang Junhao and Er Zhuhuan who were guarding outside the tent looked at each other and pretended not to hear...Wang Junhao had met before, and Er Zhuhuan felt that Princess Pingyang was really kind to her nephew, but the nephew was actually like this It's a good thing to get slapped for cheating.

After being whipped seven or eight times in a row, Li Shan wanted to escape... Unfortunately, the Chinese army's tent was so big that there was no place to escape.

After being whipped hard, Princess Pingyang eased the anger she had accumulated along the way and scolded: "You have good intentions!"

"Third sister, you can't blame me for this, right?"

"Who's to blame?!"

Li Shan rolled his eyes and cursed: "It's all Zhang Sanlang who caused the trouble, we'll deal with him later!"

Princess Pingyang threw away the riding whip and said coldly: "Father has issued an edict that the Duke of Guangling County will be promoted to the title of Duke of Guangzhou and promoted to the Commander-in-Chief of the Lingzhou Road March."

This was reasonable, and Li Shan was not surprised. He only muttered a few words... If Zhang Zhongjian hadn't forced Dubu Khan to death, would he have been in trouble?

Princess Pingyang sat down and asked in detail about the pursuit from Bingzhou, and sighed: "If the fire in Dingxiang hadn't forced Tuli Khan to flee north, and the trapped beasts were still fighting, I'm afraid this battle would have been tragic, and only three generals would have been killed. "

Li Shan nodded silently. It was true. If it hadn't been for the fire, Tuli Khan would not have rushed northward. In addition, Su Dingfang and Yuchigong seized Yanmen Pass, and Cheng Mingzhen and Tian Liuan blocked Yuzhou. The tragic war would have happened in Daizhou and Xinzhou. break out.

Even if Su Dingfang came south to help, with the troops in the hands of Tuli Khan at that time, 80% of the Chinese army would not be able to carry it... At that time, the infantry had not yet bypassed Tiezhoushan.

Thinking of Hu Yan who died in the battle, Li Shanlue felt a little sad. Hu Yan was under his command in the several battles after he left Daizhou.

No longer thinking about these things, Li Shan asked seriously about everything at home, including his mother and wife.

Princess Pingyang answered one by one and whispered: "Next year during the Lantern Festival, my father will abdicate and his second brother will ascend the throne."

"So fast?"

"It's a bit fast." Princess Pingyang nodded, "Originally, my father wanted to wait, but when Tuli Khan came and Dubu Khan killed himself, my father didn't care anymore."

Li Shan nodded in agreement. Li Yuan, the founding emperor, was not as good as his son in terms of achievements in founding the country, but his direct lineage captured and killed two Turkic Khans... which was enough to leave a mark in history.