Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 436 Fudge (continued)

Uh, actually, Li Shan was just talking nonsense. As a county magistrate, he overstepped his authority, took control of the army, and ostracized the generals... This kind of thing is too taboo, and only a fool would honestly write it in a secret letter.

This kind of thing, even if Li Yuan can understand it afterwards... After all, it is for the state, but it can't be put on the face.

But the memorial that Li Gaoqian sued Liu Shirang for secretly communicating with the Turks is still in Menxia Province, which is conclusive evidence.

Seeing the joy on Li Gaoqian's face, Li Shan coughed twice, "There is something troublesome, brother Gao Qian needs to mediate as soon as possible."

"Please Huairen..." Li Gaoqian, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, trembled a little.

"Cao Chuantuo has already entered Beijing..." Li Shan looked at Li Gaoqian sympathetically, "My younger brother learned in Mayi that Cao Chuantuo was captured alive by the Turks when the city of Mayi was destroyed that day."

"What?!" Li Gaoqian suddenly jumped up from the couch... Tsk tsk, he is almost 50 years old, and his waist is quite strong.

Li Gaoqian, who jumped up, did not do anything else, just stood there dumbfounded... Of course, he guessed it now with hindsight, and it was probably the Turkic envoy's trick. Last year, when Liu Shirang was absent, Jieli Khan made a large-scale attack for the first time. Invading Hedong, Jieli Khan also made a large-scale invasion the year before last, but was stopped by Liu Shirang.

"Yu Sheshe mentioned before his death that it was Yugushe who sent Cao Chuantuo back." Li Shan said softly, "I won't mention this matter in the secret letter..."

"Does Yuan Pu know?"

"I know, but how dare he offend the prince." Li Shan winked, this kind of thing can only be understood but not expressed in words.

"But there are quite a few people who know about Cao Chuantuo being captured alive by the Turks...I'm afraid it's hard to hide it for a long time." Li Shan thought for a while, "Brother Gao Qian, do you want to mention something to the prince?"

On such a cold day, Li Gaoqian was sweating profusely...Because of his personal grievances, he fell into the Turk's counter-intrigue and almost killed the general. Although Liu Shirang was blamed by various forces, isn't the situation changed drastically now? .

Maybe someone will ponder, did Li Gaoqian really fall for it?

Will it be smooth sailing?

Li Shan persuaded: "Little brother must keep his mouth shut. Brother Cui Sheren, Yuan Pu, and Daoxuan don't need to worry, but this matter still needs to be..."

"Thank you Huairen, thank you Huairen."

"Hey, even if he was caught in a trick, brother Gao Qian is no more than a general of the hussars now, at worst, he simply resigns." Li Shan moved Li Gao to the pit step by step, "Anyway, he is no more than the general of the hussars. , and the crown prince said Xiang, it must not be difficult to recover."

Li Gaoqian's eyes lit up, this is indeed a solution.

Before the matter was exposed, he used Liu Shirang Xue Ye to attack the camp and beheaded Yu She as an excuse, and resigned ashamed to go back to seclusion... If something happens in the future, according to the usual practice, it is unlikely that this dirty water will be poured on him again .

And as a hero of Yuanmou, with the crown prince as his backing, he will recover in the future...worse, wait until the crown prince ascends the throne, and he will recover himself!

Well, this is the hole Li Shan dug... Dirty water can't be poured on Li Gaoqian, it can only be poured on the Xiangyi King Li Shenfu who sued Liu Shirang for treason.

After walking back and forth for a few steps, Li Gaoqian squatted down and said in a low voice: "The king of Xiangyi went up to play two days ago, Liu Shirang may have defected to the enemy, and led the Turks to go south to Mayi to do bad things..."

Li Shan, who was drinking water, was choked by a violent cough, and he looked at Li Gaoqian dumbfounded.

Li Shenfu was desperately trying to put the blame on Liu Shirang's head, and Liu Shirang's swift action to wash away his stigma, Li Shan and Li Gaoqian wanted to transfer the blame to Li Shenfu's head.

It's all right now, before Li Shan and Li Gaoqian really started to act, Li Shenfu couldn't wait, took the initiative, and diligently insisted on taking the blame.

All kinds of things were agreed, and Li Shan sent Li Gaoqian, who had finally settled down, outside. It was still snowy outside, and it was useless to wear a coir raincoat and hold an umbrella.

Li Gaoqian looked worried, he was afraid that the messenger sent by Li Shenfu to Beijing would be blocked by the wind and snow, and he would not be chased back, right?
And Li Shan's face was not very good-looking, so heavy snow, did Liu Shi let the three thousand old troops arrive in Mayi smoothly?

At this moment, ten miles outside Mayi City, the two armies faced each other in the wind and snow.

Yugushe finally arrived in Mayi.

Yuan Junzhang and Liu Shirang led [-] soldiers to the north to confront each other, neither daring to retreat nor attack... After all, Yuan Junzhang's entire army has been attached to the Turks for many years.

Demanding to hand over Li Shan... Yuan Junzhang's face is full of bitterness. If Yugushe arrives two days earlier, then everything is easy to say. Anyway, Li Shan is here, and Yu Sheshe and the association rate are at the top, so there is no need Worry about yourself, but now...

He beheaded Yu and shot himself to throw his head into the Tang Dynasty, and he was granted the title of Duke Rui, carrying an iron certificate... Li Shan had already said it all that night.

At this time in history, Yuan Junzhang still had some ambitions, but after two months of Li Shan poaching corners with business, Yuan Junzhang was already disheartened.

But Yuan Junzhang was disheartened, but his generals didn't think so.

Originally the number one general under Yuan Junzhang's command was Gao Manzheng, but later the two turned against each other. Yuan Junzhang promoted Guo Ziwei, a native of Yunzhou, to the position. This person was the cousin of Guo Zihe, a separatist force in Yunzhou. In the Tang Dynasty, the surname was given to Li, and the title was Duke of the Kingdom of Yi, but Guo Ziwei and Guo Zihe parted ways and went to Yuan Junzhang.

Guo Ziwei looked at Yuan Junzhang's face, and asked tentatively, "Mr. Yuan, what did you do today?"

"The Duke of Guantao County has returned to Yanmen Pass a long time ago." Yuan Junzhang sighed, "If he has the ability to break through Yanmen Pass, let him cut Li Huairen into pieces..."

"But you don't believe me..." Guo Ziwei said with a wry smile, "This is the only son of Jieli Khan, and it is said that he suffered a great loss at the hands of that county magistrate."

Yuan Junzhang was also speechless, the envoy had already gone back and forth three times... But Yu Gushe on the opposite side just didn't believe it.

Yugushe already knew about the Mayi incident, and he secretly rejoiced at the death of Yu Sheshe and the fruit yield, and he didn't care that Yuan Junzhang voted for Tang, all he wanted was Li Shan.

In Yugu, imagined that under such heavy snowfall, Li Shan would turn around and attack the camp on a snowy night, beheading Yu Sheshe and his association rate, forcing Yuan Junzhang to surrender to the Tang Dynasty... Under such circumstances, he should not return to Yanmen Pass so soon.

Well, Li Shan will not return to Yanmen Pass so soon after he succeeds. He will definitely discuss everything with Yuan Junzhang, at least until Liu Shirang’s old troops settle in Mayi... But this is not Yu Sheshe telling Li Shanyu Gu She went south.

Now that Yu Sheshe's soul has returned to the underworld, the rate of association is probably in Wuyuan County now... Yugushe naturally didn't think that Yuan Junzhang really couldn't hand it over to anyone.

Three thousand Turkic cavalry came to attack, Yuan Junzhang was quite helpless, he was not afraid to attack from the opposite side, although there were only one thousand cavalry among the five thousand soldiers under his command, but the power of the cavalry was greatly reduced in such heavy snow.

Guo Ziwei glanced sideways at Liu Shirang who was on the other side of Yuan Junzhang, and said in a low voice, "If you want to appease the nobleman's anger, this subordinate has a plan."

"Huh?" Yuan Junzhang was stunned for a moment and immediately sensed Guo Ziwei's meaning, handing over Liu Shirang was also an explanation.

At this time, Yuan Junzhang remembered the few words that Li Shan had warned before his departure... It was really exhaustive!

On that day, Liu Wuzhou was involved in the conflict between Jieli Khan and Tuli Khan, and was beheaded tragically. However, he was beheaded by Jieli Khan and led Liu Wuzhou's old troops, thus occupying Yun and Shuo states for several years... I can do it, and Guo Ziwei can do it too. Can.

There was a sneer on the corner of Yuan Junzhang's mouth, but before he could figure out how to deal with it, there was a commotion in the Turkic formation opposite.

"what happened?!"

The scouts in front reported that about [-] or [-] cavalry suddenly appeared from the snowstorm, appeared on the flank of the Turkic army, took advantage of the wind and charged in, the Turkic army was in chaos and their positions were loose.

"It's reinforcements!"

Liu Shirang shouted: "It's Yanmen's reinforcements!"

Without waiting for the surroundings to react, Liu Shirang, who was wearing a bright light armor, kicked the horse's belly with both legs, holding a long spear, galloped out of the line, and rode alone into the formation.

When Liu Shirang made such a charge, the soldiers in the army were confused for a while, and many people followed behind Liu Shirang.

Yuan Junzhang gritted his teeth secretly, pulled out the saber from his waist, and stabbed it straight into Guo Ziwei's abdomen.

"kill!"

On November [-]th, Yugu, the son of Jieli Khan, led [-] Turkic cavalry to drive to Mayi. Liu Shirang's younger brother Liu Bao led his troops to help. Yuan Junzhang went into battle in person, defeated the Turkic cavalry, beheaded [-], and Yugu retreated to Yunzhou.

(End of this chapter)