Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 466 The thief dares to listen!
The horse under the crotch galloped along the road smoothly and swiftly. Li Shan, who is excellent in riding skills, undulated his body calmly, holding the rein with one hand and stroking the mane with the other hand, smooth and gentle.

In fact, Li Shan seems to have excellent riding skills, even if he is rushing to Yanmen now, he can keep up, largely because of the black horse under his crotch... Yu Sheshe is really interesting, sending him off like this A BMW.

That's all for the rest, the key is that this horse has been trained, has a docile temperament, and is very spiritual. Li Shan only needs to slightly rein in the rein and exert force on his legs, and the BMW under his crotch can quickly slow down, Accelerate, turn various actions.

Yu Sheshe is really a good person... Li Shan couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

Wang Junhao's cheers sounded ahead, and the cavalry team slowed down and stopped near a three-way intersection, preparing to take a rest.

Li Shan glanced at the intersection, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional. A few months ago, he first passed this intersection to go to Nao County, but he witnessed the fight between Li Shenfu and Liu Shirang. Both of them ruined state affairs because of their hatred. Turning around, he passed the intersection for the second time and returned to Dai County, summoned his guards, and passed the intersection for the third time that night and rushed to Yanmen Pass.

The vicissitudes of the past few months began from that night.

Li Shan got off his horse, took a sip of water from the bamboo tube handed over by his personal guard, "Brother Dingfang, you haven't been to Yanmen Pass, have you?"

"I moved to Jingzhao when I was young, and then moved back to my original place. I passed through Hedong, but unfortunately I didn't reach Yanmenguan." Su Dingfang looked around, and at the end of his sight in the distance, there were hills rolling up and down. The most important thing is the Yanmen, which rises from the ground and has the effect of covering."

"A place in the east of the river, with mountains and rivers inside and outside." Li Shan paced and soothed his calves, and said casually: "Yanmen Pass is located at the intersection of Mount Heng and Luliang Mountain. The state is a shield, so it can cover the east of the river."

"As for the west of Yanmen Pass, the terrain is flat and can reach Mobei directly, so Yanmen Pass is really where the eyes of the chess are, and even more so the throat."

"Brother Dingfang, do you know why Jieli Khan attacked Yanmen first?"

This problem is not a problem for people like Su Dingfang. He only thought for a while and said: "Since the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty established Mayi, although the Hu people entered the pass, the Central Plains has repeatedly left the fortress, and successively established Shuozhou and Yunzhou. This is the key point." road."

Li Shan nodded and said: "Whether it is infantry or cavalry, the cities along the way must be used as supply points. Therefore, whether it is China going out of the fortress or Hu people going south, the main force must pass through Yanmen."

The two most critical areas of Li Tang's first dynasty, which were also Li Tang's headquarters, were Hedong Road and Guannei Road. From the point of view of the way, in fact, the Turks attacked Lingzhou and moved southward and eastward, and they could quickly reach the vicinity of Jingzhao. In the fourth year of Germany, thousands of Turkic partial divisions broke through the Great Earthquake Pass.

However, Chuluo Khan and Jieli Khan always took the main force to break through Yanmen Pass and ravaged the east, mainly because the towns in Yunzhou and Shuozhou could provide supplies along the way.

Among them, Mayi is the most important, and it is also the closest city to Yanmen Pass, so it is very important to the Tang army and the Turks.

Of course, the Turks did not give up other roads, such as attacking Hexi and Longxi, such as attacking Lingzhou from the north of Guannei Road.

Li Shan once wondered why the Turks didn't directly enter the Guannei Road, and it was Li Daozong who visited a few days ago to explain his doubts.

It's not that the Turks don't want to, but the large area north of Lingzhou was ceded to the Turks by Prince Li Jiancheng, which is quite desolate. Moreover, Lingzhou is sparsely populated and there are not many towns. Attacking with a partial division, unless you can break through the main cities of the state capital, Yinchuan, and Anle, and obtain a large amount of food and grass supplies.

However, Yang Shidao and Li Daozong, the two general managers of Lingzhou before and after, were ruthless people. Every time the Turks invaded, they would fortify the walls and clear the fields, and stick to the city. If the timing was not right, they would rather let the Turks go south instead of attacking.

While chatting, Li Shan pondered in his heart, the Weishui alliance in the primitive sky, Jieli Khan has fought outside the city of Chang'an, did he also take the road of Yanmen Pass?
Who was the Governor of Bingzhou at that time?

Li rune?

But from Yanmen Pass to Chang'an, you have to travel thousands of miles, and you have to cross the Yellow River... Could it be that you entered the pass from Lingzhou directly?
Li Shan didn't have much impression of this aspect, and after thinking for a while, he threw it away, and suddenly heard the noise of the soldiers not far away, and glanced sideways, Su Dingfang had already walked over quickly, only glanced away, and immediately fell silent.

Every general has a different style of leadership. Su Dingfang led his troops into battle, sometimes in the front line, sometimes in the rear. It was not normal, but he was very strict on weekdays and had the style of willows.

Zhu Shitou beside him muttered in a low voice, "A group of bumpkins..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Shan turned his head and stared, lowered his voice and reprimanded: "When it comes to beheading and military exploits, what do you compare with others?"

"Is it brighter than the armor you wear?"

Su Dingfang is now serving as Zhonglang General in the Twelve Guards, and he is already a high-ranking general. Foreign officers can bring personal guards. Most of these personal guards are from his old troops during the Western Expedition. He has long heard the name of Dongshan Li Huairen.

In this era, there is no so-called Confucian commander-in-chief, because before the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was no clear distinction between civil and military. These warriors who fought on the battlefield both respected and feared Su Dingfang, and their attitude towards Li Shan was a bit... To put it nicely, Respectful, but fearless.

After all, in comparison, Li Shan's image is a little weak, which doesn't fit well with the legendary deeds of forcing down the enemy general in the formation of thousands of troops.

The respect for Li Shan mainly comes from the mounts, ordnance and armor that he just got. Some of these personal guards were called by Su Dingfang from the Nanya imperial guards on duty, and some were called from the government soldiers on rotation. Armor and ordnance are not Available and of varying quality.

And what Li Shan configured... there are strong bows and crossbows, various armors, shiny long knives, and new-style stirrups and harnesses. Of course, the best ones are those war horses.

These were all brought back from outside the Great Wall and sent to Jingzhao. A horse is worth tens of thousands of dollars. How can ordinary people afford it... After handing it out, the excitement of those horseless guards is beyond words. How can they be disrespectful to Li Shan? ?

Su Dingfang mentioned this matter directly, implying that these people are no better than Qi Laosan or members of the Zhu clan, and they only show kindness to them, but they may not be able to accept them.

But Li Shan didn't care. From the very beginning, he never thought about keeping Su Dingfang by his side. Now that he is a senior general, he should have his own team... Uh, the main thing is that both Li Shan and Su Dingfang knew in their hearts that As far as political standpoints are concerned, the two people are inseparable in this life, and the relationship is too deep.

After resting for a while, the group was about to continue to set off. Su Dingfang glanced at the bright light armor on the bodyguards not far away, and couldn't help asking a few more questions.

In the Li and Tang dynasties, swords, bows and arrows were not banned among the people, but armor was banned. Even for soldiers, armor preparation had to be reported at the Zhechong Mansion. After an ordinary soldier put on armor, his combat power immediately increased by [-]%.

Li Shan didn't take it seriously. These armors were sent by Du Xiao under the escort of Princess Pingyang years ago. Among them, fifty pairs of Mingguang armors...a very heavy gift. Generally speaking, middle and low-level officers in the twelve guards system There may not be a pair.

However, these armors were all reported to Emperor Li Yuan in private... After all, fifty sets of bright light armors are not too much to be in charge of the Daizhou Governor's Mansion.

After more than half an hour, they finally arrived at Yanmen Pass. Li Shan and Su Dingfang went straight to the top of the wall. They saw the guards' faces were all ugly, and they heard a few obscenities and cursing from time to time, but they didn't hear any shouts of killing.

Li Shan had a bad premonition in his heart. Regardless of the obstruction of his personal guards, he looked around. There was a steep landslide under the towering city wall. There were more than a hundred unarmed civilians standing on the slope, and hundreds of Turkic cavalry were either shouting or cursing, or bending their bows. arrow.

Li Shan understood immediately, and slammed his fist on the top of the wall, "The thief dares to listen!"

(End of this chapter)