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Chapter 593 Backhand?

No one is a fool. Jieli Khan attacked Yanmen Pass so fiercely, with heavy casualties and still not retreating. Even if the tribal soldiers and other tribes were perfunctory, they did not hesitate to fill in the king's tent soldiers and stormed with all their strength.

This abnormal phenomenon quickly aroused suspicion from all parties, the most direct ones being of course Su Dingfang and Tuli Khan.

Both of them are on the battlefield, so they naturally know that the Turkic onslaught seems to be a fierce battle, but the actual effect is very limited. If the Yanmen has no reinforcements for many years, or even deliberately does not send reinforcements, it is possible to break through... For example, a few hundred Years later, "Yang Wudi".

Uh, the person who framed him was also a white-faced treacherous official in the novel, Grand Master Pang.

But the situation is very different now, and it is almost impossible for Li Shan, the nominal master of Yanmen, to encounter such a situation.

His Majesty loves him, Princess Pingyang supports him, and there are many helping hands in Hedong Road... The most direct one is Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng.

The key point is that Li Shan was not caught in the fight for the heir apparent in name, and there was no need to hinder the court and the rear... This is also the reason why Li Shan was determined to conceal his connection with Qin Wang Li Shimin when he decided to go to Daizhou.

Well, in fact, Li Daozong also vaguely has this intention... No one wants to be the next Huaiyang King Li Daoxuan, and no one wants to have someone like Yuan Guogong Shi Wanbao behind him.

This is also a major reason why Li Daozong, who has been working outside, did not choose a position... In case he falls into the situation of his cousin Li Daoxuan, there will be no second Li Huairen.

Therefore, Yanmen Pass has sufficient back-up in terms of military strength, food, grass, and ordnance. Jieli Khan must have back-ups for such a grandiose attack.

Su Ding was so sure because of his military intuition, but Tuli Khan found actual evidence.

Ashina Sher, the second person in the Ashina tribe attached to Jieli Khan, disappeared quietly on the second day after arriving at Yanmen Pass.

Not only Ashina Sher alone, but also the elite cavalry of his tribe disappeared. Tuli Khan even suspected that Jieli Khan had sent some of the king's tent soldiers.

Although Tuli Khan didn't know the inside story, he was sure that Ashina Sher was Jieli Khan's backhand, but he didn't know where the backhand was?
After thinking and thinking, Tuli Khan sighed, that's all, that's all, it's the most appropriate if you don't understand, what should you do if you find out?
Could it be that the cronies were asked to detour to report the news?

If something goes wrong, I will really blame him, and Jieli Khan will definitely use this to make a lot of bad things... It's better not to take this risk.

But although he was coerced to go south this time, he violated the covenant a few months ago after all... What would Emperor Tang think of him?

How would the King of Handan, who made him so afraid, think of him and how would he deal with him?

Tuli Khan felt a headache when he thought about it, and cursed in his heart, why do you want to force Yuan Junzhang to surrender, why do you have to kill Yu Sheshe? !
It really hurts to stand and talk without back pain!
If you don't kill Yu Sheshe, how can you force Yuan Junzhang to join the Tang Dynasty? If you don't kill Yu Sheshe, how can Li Shanhe dare to trust Yuan Junzhang?

If you don't kill Yuan Junzhang, how can you stir up Turkic civil strife?
You can't kill Ashina Association rate, right?

That is the younger brother of Tuli Khan, and even if he was killed, he would not be able to provoke Turkic civil strife.

Not far from here, Li Shan in Guji Town also thought of this, and was highly recognized by Zhang Shigui.

The Turkic main force has been going south for four days, leaving only ten thousand Turkic soldiers staring at Guji Town. Although Zhang Shigui did not dare to send cavalry to kick Jieli Khan's ass, nor did he dare to send troops to the southwest, these ten thousand Turkic cavalry It's okay to stare at Gu Jizhen, but it can't stop Li Shan and Zhang Shigui from inquiring about the news.

The easiest way is to go out of the stronghold at night. Most Turkic soldiers are night blind. At most, they guard around the camp to prevent the enemy from attacking at night, but it is impossible to cover the battlefield at night.

Of course, there are many inconveniences for the scouts to go out to investigate at night, but there are more than a thousand cavalry in Guji Town. Zhang Shigui led the attack with Xue Wanche, Wang Junhao and others. Go to Yanmenguan and Mayi to investigate the military situation.

There are about [-] or [-] troops in Mayi, of which only [-] elite cavalry are Yuan Junzhang's old troops. On the whole, if the Turks do not attack with the main force, Liu Shirang will have no problem defending Mayi.

But when Li Shan listened to the scout's detailed report on the battle situation in Mayi, he looked envious.

Uh, if compared with the tragic Yanmenguan offensive and defensive battle, Mayi's side can be said to be fighting a fake war.

And it was a fake war with a tacit understanding between the two sides.

In the words of Zhang Zhongjian, who made the most sorties, there are often thousands of cavalry on both sides, and they are eyeing tigers, but after a battle, the combined casualties of both sides may not exceed a hundred.

If it weren't for the lack of food and grass in Guji Town, Liu Shirang and Qin Wutong would have sent part of their troops to Guji Town on purpose.

"They don't know?" Li Shan was a little nervous.

Zhu Wei's old face twitched, "The scouts who went there were all Zhang Wu'an's personal guards, and Fan Shiyi and others have not arrived in Mayi."

Li Shan breathed a sigh of relief, if Ma Yi knew that he was in Guji Town, there might be another incident.

In the past few days, Li Shan had been looking forward to Jieli Khan's fierce attack on Yanmen Pass, resulting in heavy casualties... You must know that on the grassland, the leader maintains his own status, the tribe's population and livestock are very important, and the most important thing is the population.

Jieli Khan spent so much money to attack Yanmen Pass. If there is no progress, or no hope, after a long time, the food and grass will not be enough, and the withdrawal of troops is almost certain.

But now, Li Shanxin has doubts.

Jieli Khan made such a big commotion, even at the expense of his only son, and took Tuli Khan to the south.

Everyone knelt and sat in the house, not because there were no stools, but because there was no such a big table, and a huge map was laid on the ground, which was sewn from multiple sheepskins.

As early as last year, when Li Shan had just been appointed as acting county magistrate, he started to make this calculation. He couldn't possibly not know what territory he owns, could he?
Afterwards, the scope of Li Shan's powers and responsibilities gradually expanded, but Xiashi's business grew bigger and bigger, and only then did this map cover the expansion of Shuozhou, Daizhou, and Xinzhou.

Li Shan was almost lying on the map, and touched the border between Shuozhou and Daizhou with his fingers, "Could it be a trail?"

"Isn't that likely?" Wang Junhao hesitated and said, "At most one rider can pass through, once it's blocked... and it's impossible for Brother Dingfang not to guard against it. For example, at Xijingkou, Brother Dingfang sent three hundred infantry to defend."

Wang Junhao is from Hebei, Zhang Shigui is from Luoyang, and although Zhu Wei is from Guanzhong, he also moved from Henan, so he is not very familiar with the terrain of Hedong.

Sitting at the bottom, Wen Bang, who was born in the Taiyuan Wen family in Taiyuan, pointed to the map and said decisively: "It must be this place!"

(End of this chapter)