Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 522 Candidates

I have never seen such a well-behaved one before. This is Li Yuan's first reaction. Years and years later, Yuan Junzhang successively paid tribute to various treasures and hundreds of horses, and invited himself to the court. After entering the palace, he was so respectful that he sat there sideways. As for the body, it is so sensible!
Hey, this is Li Yuan who doesn't know how bad his reputation is!
Before the unification of the world, it was recognized that Li Tang was one of the forces most likely to win the world. The other two were Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande. As a result, one was captured and one was captured. On that day, Li Tang promised not to die, Xia Wangfang surrendered, and sent his officials back to Luozhou, and surrendered with Shandong, but Li Yuan was not relentless at all.

Another example is Pu Shangong Li Mi, and Wu Jun Li Zitong, both of whom voted to the Tang Dynasty, and were soon accused of intending to rebel and had their heads beheaded.

Li Yuan has no credibility in this regard, so Yuan Junzhang is naturally trembling and respectful. Afterwards, the crown prince, Pei Ji, and Yang Gongren tested the various conditions proposed one after another, and Yuan Junzhang gave in completely... For a local warlord who has no ambitions, it is safe to enjoy wealth and honor is the most important.

The troops were abolished, and the young and strong were scattered in the three states of Shuo, Dai, and Xin. Generals were transferred from the Daizhou Army and the Bingzhou Army to Mayi. Give it up, although in the next year or two, his name will still have a lot of influence in Shuozhou.

Being so well-behaved, Li Yuan couldn't help but stroking his beard and smiling. With a big wave of his hand, he also rewarded him a lot. In addition to the various rewards agreed upon, he was granted an extra house and allowed his son to be awarded the county baronship.

Yuan Junzhang bowed down to Xie En, "This year the Turks will inevitably invade the south. I invite you to lead the governor of Shuozhou. Please choose another good general to settle in Mayi, so that the important town will not fall."

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, glanced sideways, Li Shan quickly shook his head to signal... I didn't instigate this.

Indeed not, Pei Ji said with a smile: "We were traveling together just now, Duke Rui also asked about the famous generals in the imperial court... Liu Shirang, the Duke of Yiyang County, has been in Hedong for a long time, and he can be called a famous general, but he is old after all, and needs to be supplemented by good generals."

Li Yuan nodded slightly, his eyes turned to the eldest son and the second son. It is necessary to be stationed in Mayi. Only Liu Shirang can't last long alone, and many grassroots generals need to be stuffed in.

But stationing in Mayi may not be a good thing for the generals. Although Yanmenguan is the aid, they have to face the possible tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops. It is difficult for ordinary generals to bear such a heavy pressure. If you can't support the whole city and surrender, then all previous efforts will be wasted.

The reason Liu Shirang was able to garrison Mayi was not because he beheaded Yu Sheshe with his own hands, so it was impossible to surrender the Turks?

Therefore, those who are not both wise and courageous and have a strong mind cannot be allowed to do so. Moreover, because of Liu Shirang's headstrongness, this person also needs to be humble in temperament, not afraid of internal fighting, and united as one, in order to keep the Ma Yi.

Prince Li Jiancheng hesitated for a while, leaned over and said in a low voice: "Father, the Duke of Jiangxia has been working in the North for a long time, and now he is unemployed and returning to his hometown. Maybe he can return to Shuozhou Sima?"

Li Shimin on the other side was speechless. It's normal to think of others, but you can't be so stupid!

Others don't know, don't you know the deep hatred between Li Gaoqian and Liu Shirang?
Li Gaoqian framed Liu Shirang for surrendering to the Turks, and because of this, most of the imperial court lost face... At that time, everyone was shouting and shouting, but when he turned around, Li Shan took Liu Shirang as the vanguard and attacked the camp on a snowy night. Kill Yu Sheshe.

This is also a major reason why it is difficult to choose Shuozhou Sima.

But to Li Shimin's surprise, Li Yuan pondered for a moment before shaking his head, "Gao Qian is an old man from back then, and he deserves to recover, but he was defeated several times before, so it is not suitable for him to settle in Mayi, face the Turks directly, and give him the general of the left prison gate guard."

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and vetoed Li Gaoqian on the grounds of timidity, and avoided talking about his enmity with Liu Shirang. What does this mean?
Li Shimin didn't understand it, but Li Shan, who once said that he would send a general to be Liu Shirang's deputy, understood it... Li Jiancheng wanted to go to Shandong in person the year before last. This heart is immortal.

Li Jing, who is going to be the general manager of Daizhou, was promoted by Li Yuan himself, and he is not attached to the Qin Palace. He may be won over by Li Jiancheng. If he can win Shuozhou...if Liu Shirang can be expelled, Li Gaoqian will be alone. In Shuozhou, the Donggong side will have an absolute advantage in Hebei.

Is it possible to expel Liu Shirang?
Of course it is possible.

On that day, Liu Shirang almost turned the court into an enemy, and had no support from the court. His only backer was Li Shan...and after Li Jing took office, even if Li Shan was not transferred back to the court, he would lose the authority to be in charge of the general manager's mansion.

Li Shan cursed a few swear words in his heart, Li Jiancheng's calculation was shrewd, but he didn't think about it, could that trash Li Gaoqian hold on to Mayi?

If there is another one who abandons the army and flees, the situation in the Northeast of Hebei will be corrupted!
I don't know if it was Li Jiancheng's own idea, or a bad idea from some staff member in the East Palace. I really don't want Bilian!
Obviously, Li Yuan also saw through this point, but what he considered was that, looking at the situation of the two prefectures in the Shuo Dynasty, Mayi could not be lost, and Li Gaoqian could not bear such a heavy responsibility, so he would rather redesignate him as the General of the Left Supervisor... This is also a senior general in the Sixteen Guards, belonging to the Beiya Imperial Army, and obeying orders under the command of Princess Pingyang.

In terms of military strategy, Li Yuan still trusted his second son more. He turned to look at Li Shimin, "Does Erlang have any recommendations?"

Li Shimin said with a smile: "Xue Wanke, the guard of Tiance Mansion, is worthy of a heavy responsibility. He has a humble temperament and rarely has any rifts with others. If the Turks attack, Daizhou will not sit idly by, right?"

While speaking, Li Shimin looked at Li Jiancheng with an ugly face.

Li Shan almost burst out laughing, Xue Wanjun's brother Xue Wanche is the secretary of Daizhou Governor's Mansion and joined the military, Li Shimin's reason... the prince is really hard to argue.

Li Yuan was also speechless, Erlang's attack angle was too tricky!

After pondering for a long time, Li Yuan made up his mind, "I remember that Qin Wutong returned home to recuperate after being seriously injured in the third year of Wude, and he has recovered now?"

Li Shimin nodded and said: "Yes, Qin Wutong entered Beijing at the end of last year, and he has not been appointed yet."

"That's him." Li Yuan looked at Yang Gongren and Feng Lun, "The Zhongshu drafted an edict to grant Qin Wu Tong Shuozhou Sima to lead the army to Mayi. I also ask Rui Guogong to help me with this matter."

Yuan Junzhang, who had been left out for a while, quickly responded, "I will live up to your Majesty's trust."

Li Shan glanced sideways, and Princess Pingyang said in a low voice: "This man is my father's former minister. In the third year of Wude, he captured Puzhou and captured the rebel general Wang Renben alive. Afterwards, he belonged to his second brother. His horse was seriously injured in the battle, so he resigned and returned to his hometown."

He was originally a traveler who was familiar with the history of the early Tang Dynasty. Coupled with all kinds of inquisitions in the past few years, Li Shan immediately remembered this person. , I have heard of Qin Wutong.

In the third year of Wude, Song Jingang was close to the Yellow River. He was attracted by Pei Ji's coquettish operation and did not go straight to Puzhou. Only then did Li Yuan have the idea of ​​abandoning Hedong and sticking to Guanxi.

Li Shimin led the troops of the Guanzhong government to cross Longmen and stationed in Baibi to turn the tide, but before Li Yuan personally ordered Qin Wutong to lead an army to attack Puzhou, Qin Wutong pretended to be defeated to lure the enemy out of the city, turned back to fight, defeated the rebels, and captured Wang Renben alive For this reason, Li Yuan rarely left Chang'an, came to Puzhou, ordered Wang Renben to be beheaded, and granted Qin Wutong Jiexiu County Duke, Shangzhu Kingdom.

After that, Qin Wutong was seriously injured and became an official... Li Shan thought in his heart, so that, Qin Wutong has the background of Qin Wangfu, but he is not regarded as the line of Qin Wang. Before Qianshuiyuan, after that, Luoyang, Hu He didn't participate in the prison and Luoshui battles, so he should be regarded as someone who was entrained by Li Yuan.

That's right, most of the ones who can fight are on the side of Prince Qin's Mansion, the Jianghuai war is still in the end, and Li Yuan has nothing to do.

Li Shan was thinking about this when Li Yuan's voice came from his ear.

"Guantao County Lord, on behalf of Governor Shi Li Shan listen to the seal."

(End of this chapter)