Before Li Po fell asleep, he was still thinking that Shen Qingnu was quite interesting. Even if he couldn't do anything important, he would be good as a housekeeper.
It’s just that my background is too bad... Oops, after staying here for a long time, have you started to pay attention to family status? But you can’t blame us. The nobles who have read books and pay attention to etiquette are indeed better than these thieving guys.
More pleasing to the eye...
Damn it, let’s put it this way, wasn’t this how we looked in the eyes of Madam Li Bi?
After thinking about it, Li Po gradually became confused.
In fact, since he entered the mode of fighting for world hegemony, most of the characters who appeared in front of him were from wealthy families, and few were from humble families, let alone these pure grassroots.
If he hadn't led troops to fight every time, otherwise, these people would never be able to get close to him.
What is an aristocratic family? When they surround you, they will block out people from other classes of their own accord or not. This is an aristocratic family, which occupies an absolute advantage over other types of people. A serious elite group is
A monster created by the nobles with the help of the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System.
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At this time, Li Po had already decided to return to Jinyang, explaining in disguise that he felt that it would be unprofitable to fight again this year, and there would be no more decisive and key battles.
This is obviously not a random guess, but a conclusion based on a collection of various information. It is unlikely that the Tang army will go to war, and Xiao Xian, Dou Jiande and others behaved quite politely, so there is no possibility of friction. So this year
Everyone is almost here.
Next year, if everyone recharges their batteries, the situation may become even more heated, who knows for sure.
At this time, the impact of the Battle of Tongguan was actually revealed in the Kansai territory.
Feng Yi, governor of Tongzhou.
Li Shenfu, the king of Xiangyi County, was discussing matters with everyone in the back hall.
Li Shenfu is in his thirties, and his appearance has some typical characteristics of a member of the Li clan, with long eyebrows, narrow eyes, and a round face. However, this prince does not actually have much of a Kansai aristocracy.
His speech and behavior are gentle, and he does not have the aura of being domineering among the Guanxi clan. If he and Li Shentong were put together, apart from their appearance, no one would think that they are brothers, because they have
The temperament is very different.
Therefore, this may be the reason why the news of Li Yuan's southward journey to Chang'an reached Kansai and why Li Shentong was able to escape Chang'an, but Li Shenfu was captured by Wei Xuan and thrown into prison, right?
Of course, all Kansai nobles know how to fight, and Li Shenfu is no exception. Moreover, he is quite famous among the Li clan for martial arts, but he is just not enterprising enough.
Now that his elder brother Li Shentong was captured in the Jin Dynasty, his younger brother has become the backbone of his group. He has not been affected by Li Shentong and is highly regarded by Li Yuan. He was in charge of the imperial city guard before. When the King of Qin Li Shimin returned to Beijing
Recuperating from illness was different from when his brother went to conquer Jin.
There were no longer so many people vying to lead the army in the east, so Li Shenfu was entrusted with the important task of guarding the Yellow River in place of Li Shimin as the king of Xiangyi County and the official Guanglu.
Counties on the West Coast.
It's no secret that Li Shenfu had a good relationship with Qin King Li Shimin. He was indeed different from his brother Li Shentong. When Li Shentong escaped from Chang'an, he complained that Li Xiuning didn't call him when he ran away. In addition, he was greedy for his niece's military exploits, so he later caused trouble.
His incompatibility and narrow-mindedness are evident.
But Li Shentong was completely different. Not only did he have a good relationship with Li Shimin, but he was also at odds with the prince. In the past few years, Li Shentong had taken the credit from Li Xiuning. He even went to Princess Pingyang's Mansion to apologize to Li Xiuning on behalf of his brother.
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It can be said that he is much more tactful than Li Shentong in dealing with people, and his popularity is naturally more than a little bit better than Li Shentong. His reputation in the court is also very good.
When he came to the bank of the Yellow River, the situation he faced was much better than when Li Shimin was there. The division of troops from Tongguan gave him sufficient troops to guard the key passes along the bank.
He met with Xiao Yu, the Shangshu of Shaanxi Province, and the two of them reached a consensus that Shaanxi Province would not interfere too much in the military affairs. In this way, he, as the general manager of Shaanxi Province's march, was more or less worthy of his name.
Then we went to Pingyang Princess Li Xiuning who was stationed in Yongfengcang. After some exchanges, the conversation was good. With the army having no worries about food and food, Li Shenfu got to know his subordinates, and the preparations for the army went smoothly.
In particular, everyone knows about his relationship with Qin King Li Shimin, so everyone who stayed in the Qin Palace also believed it.
This is Li Shenfu, the king of Xiangyi County. Although he has no great achievements, he can connect all parties and think that he can help. It is too early to say that he is a general. But with this move, the situation on the west bank of the Yellow River is better than that of Li Shimin.
It's much more stable now.
When Wang Shichong wanted to lead his troops to the west, he did not hold back Li Jiancheng and immediately ordered people to demolish the pontoon bridge on the river. He ordered all the departments along the coast to be on guard and not to slack off. His defensive intention was very obvious.
In this way, his meaning was very clear, which was to tell Li Jiancheng that you can fight Wang Shichong with peace of mind. We don't need you to worry about it here. Li Ding'an will definitely not be able to cross the Yellow River.
What he did was naturally in line with the situation at the time. When Li Jiancheng was fighting Wang Shichong, he really didn't think much about Li Ding'an taking the opportunity to attack Feng Yi, Hancheng and other places, and only focused on dealing with Wang Shichong.
In terms of strategy, it cannot be said that it was good or bad. The two army commanders, who tended to be conservative, chose defense together, which indeed gave Wang Shichong no chance to take advantage of it, and he was finally defeated at Tongguan.
But if it was Li Shimin on the shore... the situation would definitely be different. His Highness the King of Qin would not be confused by the suspicious soldiers and do something stupid to warn Tongguan, nor would he demolish the pontoon bridge in advance and lose the opportunity to take the initiative.
Chance.
How should I put it, anyway, the result was that Li Po feinted with a shot on the east bank of the Yellow River, but he hit Li Jiancheng hard.
When the news reached Feng Yi, Li Shenfu was astonished and couldn't help but feel "greatly ashamed". He sent someone to Tongguan to comfort his nephew and apologized to him. He had poor vision. He didn't expect that the traitor Li Ding'an was so cunning and chose to
Cross the river at Fengling Ferry.
By the way, he also congratulated his nephew for defeating Wang Shichong's army of more than 200,000 in one battle. With such military achievements, you, the Prince of the East Palace, seem to be worthy of your reputation.
Li Jiancheng was very worried at that time. Victory does not count as victory, and defeat does not count as defeat. How was this battle fought?
In fact, almost all the generals of the Tang Army who have experienced this battle understand what victory or defeat is, and they suffered a big loss in this battle.
The Tongguan garrison consisted of nearly 80,000 men. After the first battle, they lost between 20,000 and 30,000 men. The numerical losses alone are frightening. That’s nearly half of them damaged.
And this is not any other military force. The essence of the Tongguan garrison lies here... It looks like only a piece of flesh has been lost, but the blood is spurting...
It can be said that after the war, Tongguan's military strength seemed to increase rather than decrease, but in fact the strength of the Tongguan defenders was weakened, and the surrender of Henan troops could not make up for the losses of the Tang army.
Almost without any surprise, Li Shenfu received the troop deployment document from the Prince of the East Palace, and did not ask for anything more from him. He only wanted 20,000 reinforcements, and a private letter from Prince Li Jiancheng.
The person sent was also Feng Li, the cavalry general of the East Palace Yi Guard. This person was from Feng Yi in Tongzhou. Obviously, the prince Li Jiancheng was a little anxious.
Tongguan was in a lot of embarrassment, but Li Shenfu was not in a hurry, and even said to himself, even if Tongguan suffered a defeat, it is still as stable as Mount Tai. You can't think of it if you mobilize 20,000 troops from me.
Even though Li Shenfu was a kind-hearted person, he was not stupid. He knew Li Jiancheng's intentions very well. This was not a question of the number of troops at all, but a key issue of who would lead the war in the east in the future.
"The prince's order has arrived and he wants to mobilize 20,000 troops and horses to Tongguan. Can you tell me who can take on this important task?"
If outsiders heard it, it must be that the prince had already intended to mobilize troops to reinforce Tongguan. It was just a question of who would lead the army. However, his confidants knew that the prince had never nodded his head on this matter.
Huang Pu'ao, the governor of Tongzhou, was an outsider and said immediately: "I am willing to lead troops to Tongguan to help His Royal Highness."
Li Shenfu smiled and nodded, as if he was pleased. General Feng Li, who was watching, was also very happy. He didn't expect that the king of Xiangyi County had such a clear understanding of justice, and he was much better than those bastards in the Qin Palace who didn't care about the overall situation.
However, the turning point came quickly. Someone stood up and saluted and said: "Your Majesty, please wait, this matter is inappropriate. Your Majesty is the commander-in-chief of the march of Shaanxi Province. He is also the Minister of the Ministry of War of Xingtai. There is the Emperor above, and there is Xingtai of Shaanxi Province below to mobilize troops."
How can you obey orders from the East Palace?"
What he said was very unpleasant, and the man was young and was accompanying the last one. Feng Li didn't know who he was, but the other party turned to look at Feng Li and said: "General, in addition to the prince's orders, the imperial court is here."
An imperial edict? Or a document from the Ministry of War or the Military Government? If there is one, please submit it as soon as possible. If not, use a private order from the East Palace to mobilize the troops. Where do you want to place the king?"
"Shut up, how dare you, a young soldier, be so rude to General Feng? Why don't you apologize to General Feng?"
Li Shenfu naturally did not speak, but frowned. He glanced at the young man who spoke rather unhappily, and he was scolding Yang Wenqian, the son-in-law of the county prince's palace chief.
The young man was quite reluctant, but he still saluted Feng Li and said: "The official said that he did not hesitate to accompany General Feng, but the official thought that General Feng's trip was unreasonable..."
Feng Li was not confused either, he thought to himself that it would be quite a big battle if you were to put on a show with others and show it to me.
Ignoring the young man, he just raised his hand to Li Shenfu and said: "The military situation is urgent, so I did not come here to invite troops. I am indeed negligent... His Highness the Prince said that the prince is a wise man, and he will definitely take the overall situation into consideration and act expediently. After that,
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely send letters to the court, complete the omissions, and talk about the achievements of the prince. Is this so good?"
Huang Pu'ao, the governor of Tongzhou, also said at this time: "Your Highness, the importance of Tongguan is well known to everyone. If there is any mistake... we will be guilty of a great crime..."