Cui Xin looked at Li Shan displeased, "The Marquis of Yiyang County is the guard general of Yanmen, and you are the acting magistrate. Although Yanmen Pass is affiliated with Dai County, it has always been separate and is not under your jurisdiction."
After hesitating for a while, Cui Xin asked: "You will be the leader of the reception today and the banquet tonight..."
Li Shan stared at the dancing candlelight and said casually: "Now in Yanmen, although Liu Shirang is ordered to guard the gate, and although Jiangxia County Duke Li Gaoqian is ordered to guard the gate, everyone above and below only obeys the orders of my nephew."
Cui Xin's eyes almost popped out of his head, and his brows were furrowed, "According to His Majesty's favor, acting wantonly is not the way of a minister."
Cui Xin thought that Li Shan relied on Li Yuan's favor and Princess Pingyang as his backer to dominate Dai County.
"Shibo doesn't know something." Li Shan sighed deeply and roughly described what he had experienced in the past six months.
The flesh on Cui Xin's cheeks jumped from time to time as he listened quietly. He didn't expect the situation to be so complicated.
Liu Shirang alienated Li Shan, so Li Shan had to rely on Li Gaoqian, who was guarding Yanmen Pass.
The grievances between Li Gaoqian and Liu Shirang, the defeat after the Mayi victory, and Yuan Junzhang's return.
The deep hatred between Xiangyi King Li Shenfu and Liu Shirang, as well as the latter's expectations for the general manager of Daizhou, and the obstruction of Li Shenfu and Li Gaoqian.
However, Liu Shirang was arrogant and fiery, and could not listen to any opinions.
Tujue, Yuan Junzhang, Li Shenfu, Li Gaoqian, Liu Shirang... mixed among so many forces, it was impossible for Li Shan to be alone.
Cui Xin couldn't help but think in his mind that compared with others, Li Shan was the weakest, and there was Pei Shiju, a mortal enemy in the court, watching over him.
But unexpectedly, the young man in front of him quietly did the most things. He went to the fortress to conduct trade and explore the military situation, guarded Yanmen Pass to repel the Turkic pursuers, and envoy Yuan Junzhang came to surrender during the large-scale population relocation.
After Huaiyang King Li Daoxuan led his army to Daizhou, Li Shan took control of Daizhou and Yanmen Pass, completely ousting Liu Shirang.
Previously, Cui Xin was surprised by Li Shan's knowledge, battlefield strategies, and talents. He did not expect that Li Shan also had such skills in this regard... Look at his opponents or allies, none of them are economical.
From pushing Liu Shirang to merit, forming an alliance with Li Gaoqian, and then sidelining Liu Shirang... these are closely related to Li Shan's own plan.
Cui Xin whispered after a long silence: "Will Liu Shirang really conquer the Turks?"
"Who knows." Li Shan said nonchalantly: "Unfortunately, King Xiangyi, Li Gaoqian pressed too hard, and Liu Shi left the court without help, and he was besieged on all sides... Therefore, my nephew made arrangements early, and successively sent Kan
Leng, Xue Zhong leads the army."
"Whether Liu Shirang will surrender or not, it doesn't matter."
"The important thing is, if Liu Shirang surrenders at a critical moment, does my nephew have the means to defeat the enemy?"
Cui Xin suddenly said: "So you asked Queen Huaiyang to personally take charge of Yanmen Pass."
"I went to Mayi to recruit Yuan Junzhang. How dare my nephew leave Liu Shirang at Yanmen Pass?" Li Shan sneered: "Liu Shirang has been in Hedong for a long time and there are many old troops. If we don't make this trip tonight, my nephew will definitely leave before setting off the day after tomorrow.
Let’s imprison him first!”
"Even if Liu Shi makes the old tribe want to cause trouble, Brother Daoxuan will definitely be able to wipe it out."
Cui Xin sighed, "The Marquis of Yiyang County severely criticized the lobbyists back then, but for a while he praised them..."
"But..." Li Shanyu hesitated, "Judging from my nephew's point of view, Liu Shirang may not have this intention."
"First, more than a month ago, Yuan Junzhang's troops stormed Mayi. Tens of thousands of Turkic soldiers ravaged Shuozhou. Liu Shirang did not dare to send troops to help. Mayi fell. The DPRK and the Central Government were bound to ask questions. Liu Shirang was in a desperate situation... but that was
From that time on, my nephew successively asked Wang Junhao, the leader of the bodyguard, and Kanling, the Marquis of Linji County, to seize military power, without Liu Shirang hindering him at all."
"Second..." Li Shan suddenly stopped, thinking of the tall and thin man, Yuan Xiaozheng was on his way to Chang'an, Zhu Ba reported that Li Gaoqian and Cao Chuantuo appeared in Xinzhou.
However, Yuan Xiaozheng saw with his own eyes in Mayi that Cao Chuantuo was captured alive by the Turks... How did he come back and what did he want to do?
Li Shan couldn't figure out what Li Shenfu and Li Gaoqian would do, but one thing was certain, he was probably targeting Liu Shirang... What role did Cao Chuantuo play?
"Second?" Cui Xin reminded.
"Second..." Li Shan came to his senses, "Even if there was no nephew here, Liu Shirang would not surrender at this time. In the cold winter months, the Turks would not invade the south in large numbers."
Cui Xin nodded in agreement, "The Turks pay attention to the season when sending troops."
Why did Liu Shirang take the initiative to follow him to Mayi?
In Li Shan's opinion, there are only two possibilities. One is that he hopes to use this to get rid of the experience of being imprisoned. In any case, Ma Yi eventually defected to the Tang Dynasty again.
The second is that Liu Shirang had indeed secretly communicated with the Turks. Seeing that he was unable to surrender, he wanted to use this trip to escape to Wuyuan County alone.
Li Shan once considered that Cao Chuantuo, who was captured alive by the Turks, appeared in Xinzhou, and Liu Shirang took the initiative to follow him to Mayi... If Yuan Junzhang faked his surrender, then he might become a target.
But Li Shan quickly ruled out this possibility. Although he was in charge of Yanmen Gate, he was only acting as the county magistrate in name, and his life and death had nothing to do with Yanmen's defense.
Of course, there is another possibility... Yuan Junzhang wants to capture himself alive and sacrifice him to Yu Gushe.
However, Yuan Xiaozheng kept his promise, and Yu Gushe did not know that Li Shan was at Yanmen Pass until the Turks returned to the west.
Li Shan still has a certain degree of trust in Yuan Xiaozheng's words. More importantly, Yuan Junzhang does not need to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but he can be trapped by surrendering to the Tang Dynasty. Once this method is used, it will cut off Li Tang's retreat.
Yuan Junzhang lived between Li, Tang and Turks, so he would not be so stupid.
Li Shan's eyes fell on the dark curtain outside the window. After a long silence, he whispered: "Shibo was born in the Cui family of Qinghe, and his reputation is greater than that in the country. He went to Mayi to recruit people from Zhongshushe."
This is all nonsense. Just as Cui Xin was about to ask, Li Shan continued: "Although my nephew is only acting as the county magistrate, he now holds military power. The King of Huaiyang is my nephew's close friend. Shibo is a close official of the emperor and should not be approached."
Without waiting for Cui Xin to ask questions, Li Shan got up and asked his guards to arrange for him to go to bed. He summoned Yuan Xiaozheng and asked him to send his guards to deliver the letter to Mayi early tomorrow morning.
Li Shan vaguely felt that although there was no evidence at all, his trip to Mayi to appease Yuan Junzhang might not go well.
Once an envoy is sent, whether it is his own personal guards or the personal guards sent by Princess Pingyang, they will protect themselves as the first goal... This is something Li Shan cannot change, and once Cui Xin falls into the enemy's hands, if he has anything to do with Li Shan
Regardless of the relationship, according to Jieli Khan's usual behavior style, it may not be what he will do.
After all, Cui Xin's trip was caused by himself... Li Shan thought in his heart, if something happened to Cui Xin, let alone his relationship with Miss Cui, between himself and the Cui family of Qinghe... Could it be that this