Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 411 Yanmen Pass
"Can't escape a knife?"

Cui Xin looked at Li Shan with displeasure, "The Marquis of Yiyang County is the guard of Yanmen, and you are the magistrate of Dai County. Although Yanmen Pass belongs to Dai County, it has always been listed separately and is not under your jurisdiction."

After hesitating for a while, Cui Xin asked: "We are going out today to greet you, and you will be the head of the banquet at night..."

Li Shan stared at the dancing candles, and said casually: "At present, in Yanmen, although Liu Shirang is ordered to guard the gate, and although there is Li Gaoqian, Duke of Jiangxia County, but the orders of my nephew are the only ones to obey."

Cui Xin's eyeballs were almost popping out, and his brows were furrowed tightly, "According to His Majesty's favor, acting recklessly is not the way of a courtier."

Cui Xin thought that Li Shan was relying on Li Yuan's favor and Princess Pingyang's backing to become the king and hegemony in Dai County.

"Shibo doesn't know something." Li Shan let out a long sigh, and roughly described what happened in the past six months.

Cui Xin, who was listening quietly, twitched the flesh on his cheek from time to time, he did not expect the situation to be so complicated.

Because of Liu Shirang's estrangement from Li Shan, Li Shan had to take advantage of Li Gaoqian who was guarding Yanmen Pass.

The grievances between Li Gaoqian and Liu Shirang, the great defeat of Mayi after the great victory, and the return of Yuan Junzhang.

The deep hatred between Xiangyi King Li Shenfu and Liu Shirang, as well as the latter's expectation for the governor of Daizhou, and the obstruction of Li Shenfu and Li Gaoqian.

However, Liu Shirang is arrogant and hot-tempered, and he can't listen to some opinions.

Turks, Yuan Junzhang, Li Shenfu, Li Gaoqian, Liu Shirang... Among so many forces, it is impossible for Li Shan to be alone.

Cui Xin couldn't help thinking in his heart that Li Shan was the weakest compared to the others, and there was still Pei Shiju, the mortal enemy in the court, staring at him.

Unexpectedly, the young man in front of him quietly did the most things, went out to trade and investigate the military situation, guarded the Yanmen Pass to repel the Turkic pursuers, and sent Yuan Junzhang to come to surrender.

After Huaiyang King Li Daoxuan led his army to Daizhou, Li Shan took control of Daizhou, took control of Yanmen Pass, and completely emptied Liu Shirang.

Previously, Cui Xin was amazed at Li Shan's diverse knowledge, battlefield strategy, and talent. He did not expect Li Shan to have such means in this regard...Looking at his opponents or allies, none of them are fuel-efficient.

From promoting Liu Shirang, forming an alliance with Li Gaoqian, and then removing Liu Shirang... These are closely related to Li Shan's own plan.

Cui Xin said in a low voice after a long silence: "Is it true that Liu Shirang will surrender the Turks?"

"Who knows." Li Shanruo said nonchalantly, "But King Xiangyi and Li Gaoqian are persecuting too hard, and Liu Shirang has no support from the court, and he is already in a situation where he is surrounded by all sides... Therefore, my nephew made arrangements early on. Ling and Xue Zhong lead the army."

"Whether Liu Shirang will surrender to the enemy is not important."

"The important thing is, if Liu Shirang surrenders, does my nephew have the means to control the enemy?"

Cui Xin suddenly said: "So you let the queen of Huaiyang personally sit at Yanmen Pass."

"Going to Mayi to appease Yuan Junzhang, how dare my nephew leave Liu Shirang at Yanmen Pass?" Li Shan laughed and said, "Liu Shirang has been in Hedong for a long time, and there are many old troops. If I don't make this trip tonight, my nephew will definitely leave before leaving tomorrow. Prison him first!"

"Even if Liu Shi asked the old department to make trouble, Brother Daoxuan would definitely wipe it out."

Cui Xin sighed, "The Marquis of Yiyang County severely reprimanded the lobbyists and praised them for a while..."

"However..." Li Shan hesitated, "From the perspective of my nephew, Liu Shirang may not have such intentions."

"First, more than a month ago, Yuan Junzhang's troops stormed Mayi, and tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers ravaged Shuozhou. Liu Shirang did not dare to send troops to help. Mayi fell, and the court would inevitably question him. Liu Shirang was in a desperate situation...but that is From then on, my nephew successively let the head of the personal guards, Wang Junhao, and Linji County Hou Kanleng take over the military power, and Liu Shirang did not obstruct him at all."

"Second..." Li Shan suddenly stopped talking, thinking of the tall and thin man in his mind, Yuan Xiaozheng was on his way to Chang'an, Zhu Ba reported that Li Gaoqian appeared in Xinzhou with Cao Chuantuo.

Pianyuan Yuan Xiaozheng saw with his own eyes in Mayi that Cao Chuantuo was captured alive by the Turks... How did he come back and what did he want to do?
Li Shan couldn't figure out what Li Shenfu and Li Gaoqian would do, but one thing was certain, it was probably targeting Liu Shirang... What role did Cao Chuantuo play?

"Second?" Cui Xin reminded.

"Secondly..." Li Shan came back to his senses, "Even if there is no nephew here, Liu Shirang will not surrender at this time. The Turks will not invade the south in a large scale in the cold winter."

Cui Xin nodded in agreement, "Turks pay attention to the season when sending troops."

Why did Liu Shirang take the initiative to go to Mayi?

In Li Shan's view, there are nothing more than two possibilities. One is to use this to get rid of the experience of being imprisoned. In any case, Ma Yi will vote again in the Tang Dynasty.

The second is that Liu Shirang did secretly communicate with the Turks, and seeing that he was unable to lift the pass and surrendered, he wanted to use this trip to escape to Wuyuan County alone.

Li Shan once considered that Cao Chuantuo, who was captured alive by the Turks, appeared in Xinzhou, and Liu Shirang took the initiative to follow him to Mayi... If Yuan Junzhang pretended to surrender, then he might become a target.

But Li Shan quickly ruled out this possibility. Although he was in charge of Yanmenguan, he was only acting as the county magistrate in name, and his life and death had nothing to do with Yanmen's defense.

Of course, there is another possibility... Yuan Junzhang wants to capture himself alive and sacrifice him to the Desire Valley.

But Yuan Xiaozheng made a firm promise that Yugushi didn't know that Li Shan was at Yanmen Pass until the Turks returned to the west.

Li Shan still has a certain degree of trust in Yuan Xiaozheng's words. More importantly, Yuan Junzhang does not need to vote for Tang, but to ensnare him by voting for Tang. Once this method is used, it will cut off Li Tang's retreat.

Yuan Junzhang would not be so stupid to survive in the cracks between Li Tang and Turks.

Li Shan's eyes fell on the black screen outside the window where he couldn't see his fingers. After a long silence, he said in a low voice: "Shi Bo was born in the Cui family of Qinghe, and his reputation is more important than in the country. This time he went to Mayi, and he was recruited by Zhongshushe."

This is all nonsense, Cui Xin was about to ask, Li Shan continued: "Although my nephew is only acting as the county magistrate, but now he holds the military power, the King of Huaiyang is my nephew's close friend, and Shi Bo is a close minister of the emperor, so don't get close."

Without waiting for Cui Xin to ask questions, Li Shan got up and asked the guards to arrange bedtime, and summoned Yuan Xiaozheng to send the guards to deliver the letter to Mayi tomorrow morning.

Li Shan felt vaguely that although there was no evidence, the trip to Mayi to appease Yuan Junzhang might not go smoothly.

Once on a mission, whether it is his own bodyguard or the bodyguard sent by Princess Pingyang, his first goal will be to protect himself... This is something that Li Shan cannot change, and once Cui Xin falls into the enemy, if he talks to Li Shan It doesn't matter, according to Jieli Khan's consistent style of acting, he may not be able to do anything about it.

In the final analysis, Cui Xin's trip was caused by him... Li Shan thought in his heart, if something happened to Cui Xin, let alone that he and Miss Cui had no fate, between him and Cui Shi of Qinghe... Could it be that this Is it Pei Shiju's method?

(End of this chapter)