Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 395 The Beginning
On the eighth day of November, under Yuan Junzhang's relentless attack for more than a month and no reinforcements for more than a month, Mayi finally declared its fall.

Although the Turks once tried to make Gao Manzheng surrender...but how dare Gao Manzheng, who had beheaded Yuan Junzhang's eldest son, dare to surrender?
In the end Gao Manzheng tried to break through to Yanmen Pass, but Du Shiyuan, the Marquis of Right under his command, rebelled and beheaded Gao Manzheng... Even so, Yuan Junzhang personally beheaded Gao Manzheng's head and hung it on the city gate of Mayi.

In addition to the two sons Gao Xuanji and Gao Miao who were sent out in advance, Gao Manzheng's family was destroyed, and the Turks invaded the city and plundered wantonly. Mayi was almost a hell on earth.

Yu Gushe looked at the tall and thin man kneeling in front of him with great interest, "Can you say Jiangyanmen Pass?"

The tall and thin man gasped and said, "Liu Shirang's recovery this time has made him fall ill with Li Shenfu and Li Gaoqian, and he is in a desperate situation..."

"Impossible." Yu Sheshe, who came over, sneered, "When tens of thousands of troops besieged the city for more than a month, Liu Shirang refused to surrender!"

Yu Gushe glanced at Yu Sheshe with displeasure. The two of them are cousins ​​by blood, but they have different political stances. One is the only son of Jieli Khan, and the other is attached to Tuli Khan.

After thinking for a while, Yugu waved for the tall and thin man to approach, and said a few words in a low voice.

Yu Sheshe looked at this scene with disdain, and waited until the tall and thin man walked away before he sneered and said, "Can Liu Shirang be convicted without sending troops to help Ma Yi?"

"Even if convicted, he may not raise Yanmenguan to vote."

Yugu She didn't bother to answer, and walked away. All this was not his idea, but Ashinasheer's plan, but he felt... There is still a possibility of success.

The caravans traveled to and from Shuozhou and Yunzhou, and even went as far as the grasslands. It was not only Li Shan who tried to find out about the interior of the Turks, but the Turks were also able to learn about the situation in Yanmen Pass through the caravans.

Although Li Shan had issued a gag order that no one in the caravan was allowed to mention the county magistrate, the grievances such as Li Shenfu and Liu Shirang were not a secret.

Yugushe raised his head and looked at Mayi, and then turned his head to look at Yanmen Pass, which was out of sight on the east side, thinking that Mayi had finally captured, the next one was Yanmen Pass, and maybe the next one would be Taiyuan Mansion in Hedong... just I don't know where that Li Shan is now!
Uh, Li Shan in Yanmen Pass had cold sweat on his forehead, "Did you really ask?"

Zhou Zhoulang and Fan Shiyi looked at each other and nodded silently.

"See it clearly, is it really the wish valley?"

Fan Shiyi smiled wryly, "It was captured by the villain and the third brother that day, how could he not recognize..."

Li Shan wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, Yugushi, Yugushi, didn't he just arrest you once, and didn't do anything to you, why do you have to miss me so much? !
Li Shan is not afraid that Yugushe will attack Yanmen Pass because of his anger. It is freezing cold, even if Yugushe smashes tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers, he can only smash his head and bleed before the pass... What he is afraid of is Yugu set up an attack on the caravan.

If it's Ashinasheer, it's easy to deal with, this kind of person can be traded... But Yugu set up this kind of person, they don't care so much when they get angry.

Throughout Hedong, many people were looking forward to the fall of Mayi, including Li Shan, but his reason for looking forward was different from others.

Both Li Shenfu and Li Gaoqian couldn't wait to smash this pot on Liu Shirang's head, but Li Shan hoped that after the fall of Mayi, the Turks would lead the troops back to the grassland, so that he would have the space and time to use his next method.

But at a critical moment, Yu Gushe suddenly inquired about himself... Could it be that he knew that he was in Dai County, or even that he was in Yanmen?
You won't suddenly ask yourself for no reason, right?
After staying for a while, Li Shan jumped up, "It's all in the name of Duke Liu, the Marquis of Yiyang County!"

Tuesday Lang grinned, "Mr. Lang, is there still time?"

Li Shan was stunned again, yes, is there still time?
Ten to ten is too late, and more importantly, the focus of the next caravan going out will be on attracting the people and encouraging the residents of Shuozhou and Yunzhou to move to Dai County... Do you want to give this credit to Liu Shirang?

At this moment, there was an uproar from outside, and Wang Junhao stepped inside quickly, "Your Majesty, the Turks are here."

Li Shan shook his body, did he really come? !
"Lang Jun?"

Wang Junhao was a little strange. Li Shan and the generals at Yanmen Pass had agreed long ago that once the Turks and Yuan Junzhang came to attack, everyone would listen to Li Shan's orders... not to trust Li Shan's command ability, but to guard against Liu Shirang.

Li Gaoqian was to prevent Liu Shirang from stealing credit, while Xue Zhong and Kan Leng were to prevent Liu Shirang from defecting to the enemy in the name of Li Shan.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Shan paced back and forth in the room, "Go and call Xue Zhong."

A quarter of an hour later, outside Yanmen Pass, Yu Sheshe pointed boringly, "Under the banner is Liu Shirang."

Yu Gu set Gu Pan on the side, and several subordinates nodded in agreement. He had never been in the east of the river before, and he didn't know Liu Shirang.

Liu Shirang under the big banner watched this scene boredly. He was not quick-witted, and he was still a little ignorant... Although in fact he was emptied, he was the guard of Yanmen in name after all. Hearing the Turkic attack, he naturally wanted to Go up the city wall to see the battle.

But unexpectedly, as soon as they climbed the city wall, Xue Zhong, Wang Junhao and others swarmed up and squeezed Liu Shirang under the banner... Well, in fact, the banner was resisted to the top of Liu Shirang's head.

Li Shan, who was running around like a headless fly in the room, suddenly stamped his feet, and heard the desolate sound of the horn, and vaguely remembered that this rhythm seemed to be a signal for the Turks to retreat.

Sure enough, not long after, Wang Junhao rushed back, "Mr. Lang, the Turks have retreated."

Li Shan frowned, "There is no siege."

"It is true that there is no siege."

After a moment of silence, Li Shan asked in a low voice, "How is Liu Shirang?"

"I can't see any difference."

At dusk, the scout Fan Shiyi, who was ordered to go out to investigate, returned to the pass. He was very sure that the entire Turkic army retreated westward, and they should have gone straight back to the grassland.

"Yuan Junzhang garrisoned Mayi, and the Turks retreated west." Li Shan murmured, "I want to set up... I want to set up..."

There were only three people in the room, Li Shan, Xue Zhong and Wang Junhao, and even Kan Leng, who temporarily gained Li Shan's full trust, was not there.

In the tense atmosphere, Wang Junhao tentatively asked: "Mr. Lang, today Yugu set up to lead the army to the front of Yanmen Pass, but it is a bit strange to withdraw the army westward for no reason."

"You suspect that Liu Shirang secretly set up a conspiracy?" Xue Zhong shook his head with a smile, "Probably not."

Li Shan, who was deep in thought, nodded in agreement, "Indeed, Liu Shirang became famous in the frontier fortress because he fought against the Turkic army several times in Hedong. If he wants to surrender to the enemy, he must surrender."

Seeing that Wang Junhao still didn't understand, Xue Zhong explained: "Now Yanmen Pass is in the hands of Huairen, if Liu Shirang wants to surrender, Yugushe must know that Huairen is here."

Wang Junhao was stunned, "Today Yugushi didn't attack Yanmen Pass, so Liu Shirang probably didn't intend to surrender to the Turks?"

"Who knows?" Li Shan said with a sneer, "It's not uncommon to change your appearance around Yanmen Pass."

For Liu Shirang, Li Shan has deep vigilance... At least, at least, it is impossible for Li Gaoqian and Li Shenfu to surrender to the Turks, but Liu Shirang is not sure.

Li Shan took a deep breath, "Send people to investigate the movements of the Turks, and send people back to Dai County...The next batch of caravans can start."

After a pause, Li Shan emphasized his tone, "Call the guards that Xiaozheng left in Dai County."

"Since master and apprentice are equal, even if the sword is facing each other, it shouldn't be a problem to write a letter, right?"

(End of this chapter)