Because if they really shut out Ling Jing and Xie Shufang and forced Ling Jing and Xie Shufang to return to Beijing to invite Li Yuanji and Li Shentong, then everything they had done would be exposed.
Li Shentong was relatively easy to deal with. All he had to do was mention the prince's name, say some nice words, and say that the prince would definitely come to visit him afterwards.
There is an 80% chance that Li Shentong will return home.
But Li Yuanji was not so easy to deal with.
What kind of temper Li Yuanji had was well known to everyone in the Tang Dynasty.
Li Yuanji arrived at Hangu Pass and wanted to enter the pass. If anyone dared to say no, Li Yuanji dared to mobilize more than 10,000 troops from the Tongjun Mansion to break through the pass directly.
After all, with Li Yuanji's status, there was no place in the Tang Dynasty that he could not go to except Li Yuan's palace.
He wanted to enter Hangu Pass, but the people at Hangu Pass refused to let him in, so he could directly determine that the people at Hangu Pass were rebels, and then violently break through the pass.
Even if someone later proves that Li Yuanji was wrong and impeaches Li Yuanji, the punishment that Li Yuanji needs to suffer is nothing more than a painless grounding, a painless scolding, and a painless shave.
Close the account.
Everyone in the Tang Dynasty knew that there was no limit to Li Yuan's doting on his son.
Otherwise, he would not have created an unprecedented general who is superior to the three princes and is almost on an equal footing with the prince.
Nor would they quietly let out rumors that they wanted to split the Tang Dynasty in two and let one of his two sons sit in Chang'an and the other in Luoyang.
Yes, everyone in the center of power in the Tang Dynasty knew not long after Li Yuan released the rumor that it was Li Yuan's rumor, and that it was Li Yuan who released the rumor to test everyone's attitude.
Even though he didn't realize it at the time, he learned the truth from his colleagues not long after.
It is precisely because of this that if Li Yuanji violently broke through the Hangu Pass in a rage, nothing would happen. However, the culprit who caused Li Yuanji to violently break through the Hangu Pass would most likely kill his whole family.
After all, Li Yuan said that he would never kill his son, so even if his son made a mistake, it would not be his fault, but someone else's fault.
So if you want to kill someone, you will only kill others.
And he is the kind of person who is ruthless and will not spare anyone in the house.
It is precisely because of this that the lieutenants and captains in Hangu Pass did not dare to let Li Yuanji come to Hangu Pass.
They were not afraid that Li Yuanji would break Hangu Pass violently, and that they would be beheaded by Li Yuan, or that his whole family would be killed.
Rather, he was afraid that after Li Yuanji violently broke through Hangu Pass, he would attract the attention of everyone in the Tang Dynasty to Hangu Pass.
In that case, everything they planned in Hangu Pass would be exposed to the eyes of everyone in the Tang Dynasty.
In that case, the prince's plan will be exposed, and the prince will eradicate the roots. In order to protect the prince's reputation, the saint will blame everything on them, and will send the three clans down for treason.
Therefore, no matter what they say, they can't let the prince's plan be exposed.
Even if it is to be exposed, it cannot be exposed in front of everyone in the Tang Dynasty.
When faced with the lesser of two evils, they naturally choose the least serious one and execute it.
As for letting Ling Jing and Xie Shufang enter Hangu Pass, the prince's plan was seen. How to deal with it, they can only send someone to report to the prince to decide.
In short, Ling Jing and Xie Shufang entered Hangu Pass.
As soon as we entered Hangu Pass, we saw a group of tough soldiers who clearly did not belong to the Hangu Pass garrison training.
There are about three hundred people in total, all wearing black armor and black faces (masks). They are equipped with two swords, one long and one short, one curved. They are equipped with long spears. The spear heads are made of iron, which is extremely strong. They are equipped with powerful crossbows and crossbows.
The box can hold ten short arrows at a time, with a shooting range of about thirty steps.
Its combat effectiveness is no less than that of an army of 1,500 or 1,800 soldiers.
How strong their combat effectiveness is can only be seen when they fight.
This is Ling Jing's own judgment given in his letter.
Li Yuanji saw this, thought for a moment, and ordered people to go to Xinglu in Chang'an to convey Xue Wanshu's message.
If you don't know the origin of this soldier and horse, then it will be difficult to clearly judge its combat effectiveness when this soldier and horse are not fighting.
But Li Yuanji happened to know that there were people under his command who had fought with this army, so he had to call him over and ask.
The reason why Li Yuanji dared to conclude that this army only fought with Xue Wanshu and other people who came from Youzhou, and was not of the same origin as Xue Wanshu and other people who came from Youzhou, was because Xue Wanshu and other people came from the same family.
Most of them came to Youzhou with the four brothers Xue Wanshu.
They are the soldiers of the four brothers Xue Wanshu, and they are also the family members of the four brothers Xue Wanshu. They are guests of Youzhou, not the owners of Youzhou, and they are not considered soldiers of Li Yi.
So they will never get involved with Li Yi's soldiers.
Even if Li Yi is willing, the four Xue Wanshu brothers will not be willing.
Among the four Xue Wanshu brothers, although one is naive, the remaining three are smart people. How could they entrust all their family wealth to Li Yi when Li Yi lives in a corner?
Just like Yuchi Gong, even if he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, even if he entrusted his family wealth to the Tang Dynasty, he would still receive his own family wealth and his own soldiers.
Therefore, Li Yi's soldiers in Hangu Pass could only have fought with Xue Wanshu and others, but could not be one with Xue Wanshu and others.
As for the fierce soldiers presented by Li Yi, they probably have little to do with Li Yi's soldiers in Hangu Pass.
They should just be colleagues, but they belong to different families.
After all, the warriors Li Yi presented as gifts were just ordinary warriors. There were no traces of wearing visors, and they had no habit of wearing visors.
On the other hand, Li Yi's soldiers in Hangu Pass all wore face armor during training, which shows that they never leave their armor on weekdays.
So it definitely doesn't have much direct relationship with those powerful soldiers given by Li Yi.
As for indirect ones, there should be some.
After all, in this era, almost all families lived together in the form of clans, and clans often intermarried. They were both born in Youzhou and served together under Li Yi. There were some people who were related to each other.
It's reasonable to have a reason.
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The important thing is that since this troop is equipped with face armor, an equipment that only a very few special types of soldiers can equip, it was mysteriously given to Li Jiancheng as a great gift and the power to determine the outcome of the game.
Thinking about his origin, I'm afraid he is unusual. He is definitely not an ordinary soldier, nor an ordinary warrior.
Li Yuanji made a preliminary judgment about Li Yi's soldiers inside Hangu Pass and continued to read Ling Jing's letter.
After Ling Jing entered Hangu Pass and saw the soldiers and horses that were obviously not the defenders of Hangu Pass, he followed his instructions before leaving and did not make any noise, pretending not to see the soldiers and horses, and pretending not to notice the soldiers and horses.
What is the difference between the troops and the defenders at Hangu Pass?
He just took Xie Shufang and rushed to Yu Wenbao's residence.
After seeing Yu Wenbao lying on the bed with hemiplegia, wrapped like a mummy, he and Xie Shufang decisively made a statement to the deputy general of Hangu Pass and several captains.
After beating several people severely, venting his anger on Yu Wenbao, and getting assurances from several people that they would not hurt Yu Wenbao again, and promising to give Yu Wenbao some compensation, he let a few people go.
Then, after being tested by several people, he said he had seen nothing and knew nothing.
Several people also gave them a generous gift each for this purpose.
Two golden Buddhas weighing ten kilograms, and several large and exaggerated Lantian gems.
It's a bit vulgar, but it's real enough.
Ling Jing's letter is gone at this point.
Li Yuanji put down the letter, rubbed his eyebrows, and thought about how to deal with the chain reaction that would follow.
He sent Ling Jing and Xie Shufang to Hangu Pass, firstly to solve the trouble Yu Wenbao encountered, and secondly to find out whether Li Jiancheng was using Hangu Pass to transport troops, and to prepare to send people to keep an eye on Li Jiancheng when he started transporting troops.
With.
But he never expected that Li Jiancheng would not wait for complete control of Hangu Pass, or wait for Yu Wenbao, an outsider, to become deaf or blind, before he started transporting troops.
In this case, Ling Jing and Xie Shufang's trip was tantamount to defeating Li Jiancheng's plan.
To be precise, part of Li Jiancheng's plan was foiled.
Li Jiancheng would come to him either to silence the matter or to calm down the matter, or to pretend that nothing had happened.
Even if they don't come in person due to conflicts between them, they will send someone with weight to come.
Li Yuanji also guessed who it would be.
Just because you guessed it, you have to think carefully about how to deal with it.
While Li Yuanji was lost in thought, Xue Wanshu burst into the side hall wearing a green shirt and carrying a strong smell of medicine.
Before Li Yuanji saw anyone, he smelled the slightly pungent smell of medicine.
It was also the smell of the medicine that pulled him out of his trance.
"Your Majesty, Xue Wanshu, is here to see His Highness. I wonder what important matter Your Highness has summoned you for?"
Xue Wanshu walked into the hall, bowed and asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Li Yuanji also looked puzzled and asked: "What were you doing just now? Why does the smell of medicine on your body be so strong?"
Xue Wanshu smiled bitterly and said: "I was just helping Kan Leng and the others prepare medicine..."
Li Yuanji asked Xue Wanshu to sit down and asked even more doubtfully: "Isn't there a medicine boy for decoction? Why do you decoct it yourself?"
After Xue Wanshu sat down, he said with a mixture of laughter and tears: "I made a bet with Quan Xu and lost. Then I have to serve them for three days."
Li Yuanji was stunned and said: "Let you serve them as a commander. It seems that the bet you and Quan Xu made is not a small one."
Xue Wanshu smiled bitterly and nodded.
Li Yuanji sighed again: "It seems that Quan Xu is quite capable of beating you after you made such a heavy bet."
Although it was not painful for Xue Wanshu to let him serve others, for a person with status and status like Xue Wanshu, it was a very shameful thing to serve someone with lower status than him.
Quan Xu could let Xue Wanshu take this kind of thing as a bet, which shows that they were betting big.
Quan Xu can win, and can make Xue Wanshu willingly serve them. It can be seen that Quan Xu wins very thoroughly and openly, and Xue Wanshu is also convinced that he loses.
Although Xue Wanshu is far less intelligent than his second brother, he is not as stupid as his fourth brother.
Quan Xu can beat Xue Wanshu in terms of wisdom, which shows that Quan Xu still has something.
