Liang Luoren held his head high, not because he claimed to be brave, nor because he wanted to show his unafraid of death. He also knew that beheading would be forgiveness for him. He just wanted to raise his head and look carefully at the man sitting on the horseback.
On young people.
Fundamentally speaking, even if the Liang State had Turks as its backing, it would be difficult for them to compete with the Tang Dynasty. However, judging from the direction of the war, within half a year, the Liang Army defeated the Tang Army several times and showed signs of taking root in the northwest of the pass.
There were so many wars in half a year, and if we talk about the key ones, they were just three battles at Tiantai Mountain, Jingzhou, and Guyuan, and these three battles were decided by the young prince in front of him. It can be said that the fate of the Liang Kingdom was ruined by this man.
in hand.
With such hatred, before going to Jiuquan, how could Liang Luoren not look at this face carefully and keep it in mind?
However, Li Shanke did not look at Liang Luoren's thoughts. He just smiled and said to Zhang Shigui: "Thank you so much, Brother Wu An, for bringing this person with me when I return to Beijing this time."
"Li Huairen, Li Huairen..."
Li Shan seemed not to have heard, "In the two battles in Jingzhou and Yuanzhou, the soldiers fought bravely, and you all took your orders, so we are here today. After Lingzhou is recovered, and after Huizhou, there will be rewards from the court. This time I am alone."
I will return to Beijing first and hope that you will make new achievements."
All the generals saluted together. In these three or four months, Li Shan accomplished everything he promised, regardless of faction, and his merits were clearly divided. He even achieved something that no one expected. The victory of the two battles was based on
Li Shan himself was the initiator, but the generals couldn't be more convinced.
"Li Huairen!" Liang Luoren struggled on the ground. It seemed that the Handan King's contempt for him was more difficult for him to accept than beheading.
Li Shan frowned. Before Wang Junhao could take action, Liu Heier had already jumped off the horse and kicked Liang Luoren in the face with a big foot. Blood splattered everywhere, and his face was covered with blood.
teeth.
The two personal guards dragged Liang Luoren away like a dead dog. It was estimated that what was waiting for this person was probably to be cut in half... This kind of punishment is not much better than being cut in pieces with a thousand cuts. Because being cut in half, a person will die in a short time.
No, it's extremely miserable.
Li Shan glanced at General Liang Jun who was being escorted by the soldiers, and pointed at the old man with a gray and defeated face, "Is it just false talk that day?"
The old man was Lu Jilan, who had been to the Tang army's camp several times as an envoy a few months ago. He was an important minister under Liang Shidu. After hearing these words, he could only lower his head. Who could have imagined that in such a wind and snow on New Year's Eve, this King of Handan would
Defeat Xiao Pass personally and turn the tide of the war in one fell swoop.
"Let you go back." Li Shan said with a smile: "If Master Liang surrenders himself and kills his head with just one sword, and does not harm the family, if all the generals offer their heads, they will be granted a title."
"His Highness's plans are unpredictable." Lu Jilan sighed: "If Xiao Pass is lost, everyone above and below will be daring. I'm afraid the Liang Army in Lingzhou and Huizhou will be the same. Your Highness doesn't need to be like this."
Li Shan said seriously: "Even if you are just a soldier, if you can survive the subsequent war, one less son, one less husband, and one less father will be lost in the world."
Lu Jilan was startled, and looking at Li Shan's expression, he suddenly fell to the ground.
"It seems that you know why." Li Shan said with a smile: "I will write a letter to you later. If I can persuade you to surrender, you will be forgiven."
Nowadays, Liang Jun must have unstable military morale. Li Shan has absolute confidence in Su Dingfang's ability, but it is always a good thing to kill less people. It is actually necessary to persuade them to surrender. However, Liang Jun followed the Turks into the pass and killed a lot of people. Most of them were killed.
The fate of General Liang is worrying. Lu Jilan, who is Liang Shidu's confidant, is a good candidate.
The Tang army was entering the city one after another, but Li Shan did not go in either. He planned to leave for Chang'an later. This time he took not many people with him. Zhang Zhongjian, Hou Hongtao, and He Fang were all serving generals, so they naturally wanted to stay in the army, and so did they.
Su Dingfang was an important helper in commanding the army.
So Li Shan only selected Wang Junhao and Liu Hei'er, along with two hundred personal guards, and planned to take Zhang Wenguan back when passing through Baiquan County. He had already received a letter from his mother, and they were going to get married in March. Zhang Wenguan was
The chosen best man just didn't know if Li Zhaode wanted to follow him back.
Nowadays, the situation in Chang'an is relatively stable, and Guo Xiaoke's memorial did not cause too much trouble. Li Shan was thinking in his heart, how will Li Yuan arrange himself this time when he returns to Beijing?
Before the expedition, he served as the minister of Sinong Temple. At the same time, he and Su Dingfang controlled the Beiya imperial army and took charge of the imperial palace. But if he goes back this time, there is no hope... Pei Shiju will not just watch.
He handed over the control of the Beiya Imperial Army to Chai Shao. This was something that the East Palace or Pei Shiju could tolerate, because they knew that even if Princess Pingyang and his wife were inclined to lean toward the King of Qin, they would not have a clear position.
Choose neutral.
But if he returns to Beijing and takes control back from Chai Shao, on the one hand, it means that Princess Pingyang and his wife have actually chosen a side. At least Pei Shiju knows it, and this is exactly what Li Shan does not want to see.
He didn't want Princess Pingyang to be involved.
On the other hand, this is absolutely intolerable to Pei Shiju. Once this happens, it may become the trigger of the incident... Ling Jing has already written a letter and mentioned it in a vague way. I'm afraid Li Shimin doesn't want to be too aggressive.
After the battle at Tiantai Mountain, everyone could see Li Shimin's thoughts. The King of Qin hoped and had great hope to replace Li Jiancheng in the East Palace... Li Shan knew more about this guy's mental state. If he hadn't pursued perfection, Li Shan would have
2. The original air force did not end a mutiny until the last moment.
In this case, Li Shimin hopes to maintain stability.
However, Li Shan was not very optimistic about this. From a political point of view, Pei Shiju was much stronger than Li Shimin, who was only in his twenties, and himself, so he might be able to find some opportunities.
Every time he thought of this, Li Shan had the urge to yell at Liang Shidu. If it weren't for this guy, he wouldn't have invited him to go to war. Then he and Su Dingfang would firmly control the Beiya Imperial Army and find another opportunity to transfer Chang He away.
If you control the Xuanwu Gate, you will basically be in an invincible position.
Over there, Liu Heier and Wang Junhao were ready. Li Shan ordered the departure. Before leaving, he summoned Guo Xiaoke, the new general manager of Lingzhou who was about to go north to Xiaoguan, and Yang Ze, the new general manager of Longzhou.
"Now inside and outside Xiaoguan, Zhao Guogong Su Dingfang is in charge. Needless to say, brother Dingfang was born as a personal guard of the Solitary King, so he inherited the Solitary King's will."
"He will not make things difficult for you because of your memorial, nor will he give you preferential treatment because you are the favorite general of King Qin."
Guo Xiaoke fell to the ground in shame, "I must obey His Highness's order."
Li Shan slightly nodded and looked at Yang Ze, "Part of Longzhou's troops will follow Guo Xiaoke to the north to Lingzhou, and some will stay in the southwest of Yuanzhou to guard Liupan Pass and Longshan Pass, but Longzhou's defense cannot be slackened."
"yes."
Li Shan emphasized his tone, "Now that Xiaoguan is in hand, and there is civil strife in the Turks, they will not go south again for a while, but if they go south, they will probably go to Liangzhou or Yanzhou."
Yang Ze's face changed slightly, "Big earthquake pass?"
"Well, in the fifth year of Wude, three thousand Turkic troops entered Liangzhou from Huizhou, defeated Qinzhou, entered Longzhou, captured Dazhen Pass, and Chang'an was shaken."
Li Shan had a vague premonition that the trajectory of history had changed a lot, but the wheel of history seemed to have its own inertia. At the moment when the victory was about to be decided in the battle for the right to the throne, would the Turks be like the original sky?