Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 423
The north wind howled past, blowing snowflakes as big as goose feathers dancing wildly in the air. On the city wall, Wang Junhao tilted the oil umbrella in his hand slightly forward to block the gust of wind mixed with snowflakes.

"No problem." Li Shan stretched out his right hand to push away the oil umbrella, and looked eastward. The snow was so heavy that the road was difficult to walk, but it had been four days, and the food and grass had not been delivered, so he had to guess, the Yanmen Pass What happened.

In the Turkic camp outside the city, the neighing of horses could be heard from time to time. With such heavy snow, it is easy for war horses to lose weight if they do not add fodder, and Yuan Junzhang himself is not enough. Yuan Xiaozheng has asked Yuan Xiaozheng to inquire about this several times. up.

Li Shan guessed like this, other people can do it too, Liu Shirang on the left is still stable, but Cui Xin on the right can't help but ask in a low voice: "The king of Huaiyang is stationed at Yanmen Pass..."

Given the relationship between Li Shan and Li Daoxuan, the person who was dispatched was Zhu Shishitou, whom Li Daoxuan recognized, but it has been delayed until now... Li Shan glanced at Liu Shirang from the corner of his eye.

It's not that Li Shan suspects that Liu Shirang has left something behind. Fan Shiyi has been closely monitoring the past few days and confirmed that the old man has no contact with the Turks, but this matter... Li Shan suspects that Liu Shirang is still to blame.

The reason is also very simple. As the king of the county, Li Daoxuan is Li Shimin's steadfast supporter. He also made great contributions in Shandong. With such an identity, only one person in the entire Hedong Road can hold back.

The head of the army of Hedong Road, the head of Bingzhou, and the king of Xiangyi, Li Shenfu.

And why did Li Shenfu do this... probably because of Liu Shirang.

Anyway, we have already reached an agreement with Yu Sheshe. Even if the food and grass are in short supply and Shuozhou withers, Li Shan doesn't think that Yu Sheshe will break the covenant between Tuli Khan and Li Tang... This is a fact recorded in the history books.

"If you don't arrive today, leave tomorrow..."

Halfway through Li Shan's words, Liu Shirang on the left suddenly pointed forward, "That's... coming, coming!"

Liu Shirang's voice trembled slightly. For him, there was still a glimmer of hope left, and going back was just waiting for death.

Li Shan snatched the binoculars to take a closer look, and after a while, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth. Li Daoxuan finally held it... In the absence of success in recruiting Yuan Junzhang, it would take a lot of risk to transport grain and grass to Mayi.

Cui Xin, who didn't know Li Shan's plan at all, saw Li Shan's mind relaxed, and asked with a smile: "It's snowing today, is there any good work?"

Li Shan has a headache, and the father-in-law is a little tight... In the past seven or eight days, he has searched for one or two songs almost every day, and I only have so much in stock.

Sometimes Li Shan is thinking about whether he should get out long and short sentences in advance... Most of his inventory is full of words.

Yuan Xiaozheng on the side responded: "After going to Chang'an, I heard that Mr. Li came to the sky for a night of snow, can you have a drink?"

Cui Xin didn't bother to talk to Yuan Xiaozheng, just stared at Li Shan, and Liu Shirang on the left also looked sideways.

Li Shan poked his hands in the air, and countless snowflakes were flying between his fingers. He squinted his eyes and looked up, and whispered softly: "After the battle, there are 300 million jade dragons, and the broken scales and armor are flying all over the sky!"

Cui Xin frowned slightly, "Only two broken lines?"

Li Shan leaned forward and looked around. Not far from the city was the Turkic camp. Liu Shirang on the left raised his eyebrows slightly. He was not good at poetry, but he could hear the faint meaning of war.

When the convoy carrying grain and rice arrived outside Mayi City, the slightly tense atmosphere of the past few days immediately eased. Yuan Junzhang was all smiles, and Yu Sheshe also relaxed... reassessing Li Shan's attitude towards Yanmen in his heart control strength.

Such a large amount of food and grass is not a small amount.

Yuan Junzhang thought in his heart, listening to Yu Sheshe's tone, this batch of food and grass would not be the last time, even though Shuozhou was ransacked by Turks before, it's not like he didn't save any food and grass.

"Lang Jun." Zhu Shitou walked quickly with twinkling eyes, behind him was Zhao Da who went to Yanmen together, and a short middle-aged man.

"Yuan Pu?" Liu Shirang asked in surprise, "What is he doing here?"

"Ok?"

Liu Shirang said in a low voice: "This person is from Yanmen County. He used to live in Taiyuan back then. He is an old acquaintance of the saint. He should be in Chang'an..."

"Yuan?" Cui Xin took a few glances, "But the Tuoba family?"

Li Shan also knew about this, when Emperor Wei Xiaowen Sinicized, Tuoba's surname was changed to Yuan surname, just like Po Yetou was changed to Yuwen surname.

When Yuan Pu came close, he was about to speak without being polite, but Li Shan frowned and raised his hand to interrupt, "Is this trip going well?"

Zhu Shitou and Zhao Da looked at each other without saying a word.

Li Shan looked as usual, "Did those people sent by Yuan Junzhang play tricks?"

The number of vehicles, horses and manpower needed to transport such a large batch of grain and grass is not small. Neither Yuan Junzhang nor Yu Sheshe would allow Yanmenguan to send a large number of young and strong to transport... Li Tangxing's military system, the young and strong in the North are basically the top have been on the battlefield.

So, in fact, Yanmen Pass delivered grain and grass out of the pass, and Yuan Junzhang's staff picked it up on the way and sent it back to Mayi.

Zhu Shitou and Zhao Da looked at each other again and shook their heads.

That is to say, the problem still lies in the Yanmen Pass. Li Shan looked back, and Cui Xin was looked at inexplicably. When he found that Liu Shirang pushed away quietly, he suddenly realized that he snorted before shaking his sleeves and leaving.

"The sage's edict." Yuan Pu was short in stature, with a slightly pointed chin, and his face was really not very good-looking. "It's for the Marquis of Yiyang County."

Li Shan said coldly: "Say."

Yuan Pu hesitated for a moment, remembering that the king of Huaiyang at Yanmen Pass was about to fight with the king of Xiangyi, and said in a low voice: "The Duke of Jiangxia County informed the Hou of Yiyang County that he had secretly communicated with the Turks and wanted to raise the pass and surrender. The sage ordered Yiyang The county marquis returns to Beijing immediately."

"Turkish communication?" Li Shan repeated in a murmur, "Is there anyone to prove it?"

"Gao Manzheng's subordinate general Cao Chuantuo entered Beijing as a witness."

"Cao Chuantuo?" Li Shan's eyes were dark, and some things, several points, were quickly connected in his mind.

Yuan Pu rubbed his hands nervously. He left Yanmen Pass and was taken all the way to Mayi by Zhu Shitou, Zhao Da and Yuan Junzhang, only to find that the Turkic camp was just outside the city.

If I had known this earlier, I would have refused to die... Isn't this courting death?
In fact, Li Daoxuan was the only one who knew that the Turks had arrived in Mayi at the Yanmen Pass, and Li Gaoqian had sued Liu Shirang for secretly colluding with the Turks.

"Thank Huaiyang King on behalf of Huairen." Ma Zhou smiled wryly with a tired look on his face, "The King of Xiangyi doesn't know the truth about Ma Yi, does he?"

"I shouldn't know." Li Daoxuan said softly: "Since Huairen set off, no one has left the customs, even the caravan has suspended trade.

Ma Zhou was summoned by Li Daoxuan to rush to Yanmen Pass yesterday, after listening to his description of the situation in Mayi, he immediately made a judgment. Li Shenfu may not know what happened to Mayi, but it is certain that something happened ... The one-day and night journey from Yanmenguan to Mayi Kuaima took only four or five days including all the recruiting and care, but it has already been eight days today, so there must be an accident.

The sage summoned Liu Shirang back to Beijing to inquire about his crimes, but Liu Shirang went to Mayi... Since Liu Shirang had secretly communicated with the Turks, it must be a big event to appease the Turks!

This logic is very smooth, so Li Shenfu, the general manager of the east road march and the general manager of Xiangyi, sent troops to the north to go out of Yanmen Pass and attack Mayi... As for the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month are really not the season to send troops, Li Shenfu didn't care.

Anyway, it's not really going to attack, but as long as troops are sent, no matter what happens to Mayi's recruiting, the recruiting will definitely not continue!
Liu Shirang's blame is definitely on his back.

As for Li Shan, it can only be regarded as his bad luck... disaster.

But Li Shenfu and Li Gaoqian don't care about Li Shan, but Li Daoxuan, who personally sits at Yanmen Pass, cares a lot.

The 21-year-old county king unceremoniously rejected the request of his elder Li Shenfu, and secretly followed Li Shan's instructions to transport grain and grass out of the customs, and tricked Yuan Pu from Chang'an Went to Mayi.

"Yu Sheshe, association rate..." Ma Zhou muttered to himself in a low voice, "The recruiting has failed..."

Li Daoxuan interjected, "Why hasn't Huairen returned to Yanmen?"

Ma Zhou said quietly: "Li Huairen is a man with a way of doing things, and he likes to take the edge of the sword..."

(End of this chapter)