The atmosphere in the Liangyi Hall was a bit solemn. The prime ministers and ministers all looked at their noses and their minds. King Qi Li Yuanji had an indifferent expression on his face. The saint Li Yuan who was sitting at the top frowned and couldn't help but stretched out his hand to gently rub the center of his eyebrows.
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It's almost two months, and it's urgent to prepare troops on the Guannai Road, with Lingzhou Road as the core. However, the marching general manager and deputy general manager have not yet been announced.
During these days, with Li Yuan's acquiescence and even instigation, although the Qin King's lineage could not be said to be unpopular, their power was gradually declining, and the East Palace became arrogant and aggressive.
Li Yuan had already planned that it would be impossible for Erlang and his family to control Lingzhou Road, but he did not expect that Prince Li Jiancheng would recommend Li Shenfu, the king of Xiangyi County, to be the commander-in-chief.
Li Yuan was thinking about the same question as Li Shan who was far away in Huaqingchi. Li Shenfu had the qualifications, but did he have the ability?
"Xiangyi..." Li Yuan turned to look at Li Shimin, "What do Erlang think?"
Li Jiancheng couldn't help but move his body. In his father's mind, he would never be as good as his second brother in this regard.
Li Shimin had no expression on his face and pondered for a moment, "Uncle Wang of Xiangyi once served as the military commander of Hedong Road and the commander of Bingzhou. The prince recommended him, so he must believe in his abilities."
Anyway, in the recent period, the prince has been pressing hard, and he has retreated, just waiting for a good show... Li Shimin suddenly remembered that retreating is Huairen's specialty.
Li Yuan sighed. He could hear what his second son meant. He was not very optimistic about Li Shenfu, but he was also unwilling to compete with the East Palace for this position.
Li Shenfu served as a general for several times as a clan general, but from the fifth year to the seventh year of Wude, not only did he have no outstanding achievements, but he framed his colleagues, which almost led to the fall of Mayi.
Eventually he was driven to Lingzhou.
Among them, in the fifth year of Wude, Li Dayen, the general manager of Daizhou, attempted to capture Mayi and was eventually killed in Shuozhou. Most of the main forces of the Tang army in Hedong were near Taiyuan Prefecture, and they were all under the command of Li Shenfu, who was the general manager of Bingzhou at that time.
However, Li Shenfu had no courage to go north, causing Jieli Khan, Yuan Junzhang, Gao Kaidao and other troops to easily capture Yanmen Pass and plunder Hedong with an army of more than 100,000 people.
Moreover, Jieli Khan was stationed in Xinzhou, which was very close to Taiyuan Prefecture. He sent his generals to separate routes southward and penetrated almost the entire Hedong Road. It was not until Qin King Li Shimin led his troops to come from the source that the Turks took thousands of men and women hostage and returned a large amount of property.
, and Li Shenfu's record is...killing five hundred people.
Having so little record is not the key. The key lies in the battlefield...Fendong.
Fenzhou is located southwest of Taiyuan Prefecture. In other words, Li Shenfu did not dare to stand against Taiyuan Prefecture and retreated to Fenzhou... At that time, Princess Pingyang had no choice but to summon soldiers to fight the Turks in Taiyuan Prefecture and was hit by an arrow.
He fell off his horse and almost died.
Li Yuan glanced at Li Jiancheng, why did Dalang recommend Li Shenfu?!
As a superior, Li Yuan instinctively hopes to see the battle between the East Palace and the Prince of Qin's Palace, but he is also the lord of the world, and it is impossible not to consider the actual situation.
"This matter will be postponed for later discussion." Li Yuan glanced at Li Jiancheng angrily. He had recommended Li Shenfu as deputy general before, but after a year he insisted on recommending him as chief general!
Li Jiancheng felt as if he had eaten Coptis chinensis and felt very aggrieved. He was helpless.
In fact, Li Shenfu, the king of Xiangyi, was not a man with great ambitions, hoping to make achievements and leave a name in history. He even had little dignity in the army. All changes stemmed from the incident at the end of the previous year.
Li Shan attacked the Turks at night in Mayi, beheaded Yu Sheshe, and forced Yuan Junzhang to surrender... These are not the key. The key is to activate Liu Shirang. The key is to expose the fact that Li Gaoqian and Li Shenfu framed Liu Shirang for secretly collaborating with the Turks.
These two points directly led to Li Shenfu being transferred to the position of General Manager of Lingzhou, and King Rencheng Li Daozong, who was the General Manager of Lingzhou at the time, was appointed as the General Manager of Bingzhou.
They are both general managers in name, but the general manager of Lingzhou is far from comparable to the general manager of Bingzhou in every aspect...the latter is one of the top three feudal officials in the world.
In other words, Li Shenfu was sent to Lingzhou.
Being driven away from Hedong like this is something no one without ambition can bear. It was so humiliating that Li Shenfu was now suspicious, and he felt that the generals were looking at him with mockery.
Especially the great victory of Yanmen soon followed, and then the great victory of Guji Town, and the great victory of Cangtou River, which made Li Shenfu hold a grudge... If he stayed in Hedong and was still the marching general manager of Hedong Road, the biggest piece of meat should be himself.
Food.
But who to hate?
The first one to hate is of course his old enemy Liu Shirang, and the second one is naturally Li Shan.
Therefore, Li Jiancheng never considered recommending Li Shanlai to be the commander-in-chief of the Lingzhou Road March... Li Shenfu had to rebel.
But Li Jiancheng did not consider Li Shenfu's psychological state... Not long ago, Li Shenfu told the prince that he would either serve as the military commander of Lingzhou Road or abandon the military commander of Lingzhou and return to the court to cultivate.
Now Li Jiancheng was at his wits end. His plan was to let Li Shenfu be his deputy, eliminate all the other candidates, and then transfer Guan Guogong Ren Gui from Jianghuai to be the chief general.
Although the Duke of the country is the chief general and the prince of the county is his deputy, which is a bit inappropriate, Li Jiancheng feels that Li Shenfu is acceptable as they are both disciples of the East Palace.
It's fine now. Li Shenfu refused... The reason for his refusal was also very appropriate. After all, he was the prince of the county. In the end, after long discussions in the East Palace, Li Jiancheng bit the bullet and recommended Li Shenfu to be the commander-in-chief of the Lingzhou Road March.
You must know that after the Battle of Luoyang Hulao in the fourth year of Wude, Li Shenfu was the first general to join the East Palace, and the only clan general to join the East Palace... For the sake of the East Palace, the Bingzhou Governor was lost, and Li Jiancheng showed his kindness
He is famous for his degree, how can he chill the hearts of his ministers?
After Zaifu and his three sons retreated, Li Yuan returned to Ganlu Palace, still thinking about it. There were many generals in the clan, but it was difficult to choose one who could suppress Li Shenfu...
Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang who had great military exploits, was too young and was a direct descendant of Erlang. Li Daozong, the city king of Bingzhou, was actually quite suitable, but he turned out to be the general manager of Lingzhou. Because of that swap, Li Shenfu was quite dissatisfied with Li Daozong.
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Neither can Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an. On the one hand, he is a direct descendant of Erlang, and on the other hand, he is currently stationed in Longxi Road, and he is also the direct brother of Li Shenfu.
Handan King Li Shan... Li Yuan paused and shook his head slightly. If Li Shan really wanted to be used, he could only transfer Li Shenfu away, otherwise the morale of the army would be unstable.
Although Li Shan made a secret report last year, in fact, Zaifu, the prince, and the King of Qin all knew about it. Not to mention other people, the prince knew about it, which meant that Li Shenfu definitely knew why he was driven to Lingzhou.
Li Yuan then thought about it, perhaps with Li Shenfu as the main general and a deputy... Just like in the attack on Xiao Liang, Zhao Junwang Li Xiaogong was the main general, but in fact it was Li Jing who took full control.
Then the candidate for this deputy needs to be carefully selected.