This is the second time Li Shan has seen cavalry charge into a small-scale formation. The previous time Li Daoxuan organized his army solemnly and had the style of a military formation. But this time, it largely relied on Su Dingfang's choice of timing to attack and the shock brought by his personal force.
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However, the same thing is that there were very few injured. Only two Zhujiagou young men were slightly injured during this charge. Li Shan skillfully debrided, applied medicine, and bandaged.
When Li Shan walked to Ling Bo, he heard him say in a mocking but emotional tone: "The old master is not dead, and he will not serve the new master. Xuan Su has a beginning and an end."
The middle-aged man had a cold expression. Although he was in a sorry state, he had a dignified demeanor. He did not get angry after hearing these words. He raised his head and glanced at Li Shan, "He was not injured and does not need a doctor."
"Ahem." Ling Bo coughed twice and said: "Zhang Xuansu, a native of Puzhou, Hedong, joined the army in Jingcheng."
Zhang Xuansu?
This name seemed a bit impressive... Li Shan was stunned, but couldn't think of anything else at the moment.
Li Shanshi had already inquired about this person and found out that this person had escaped from Guanzhou. He only asked: "Sir, when you come to the west, why are there pursuers chasing after you?"
"Will there be pursuers coming from the west?"
Only then did Zhang Xuansu look at Li Shan carefully, originally thinking he was a doctor.
"No." Zhang Xuansu said flatly: "A certain person has a public hatred against Liu Hui, but he sent troops to pursue him because of his private hatred. Those more than a hundred cavalry are Liu Hui's personal soldiers."
Li Shan was not at ease and continued to ask. Zhang Xuansu sighed and explained the reasons for the matter one by one.
Liu Heitai conquered Dingzhou and marched southward, convincing Liu Hui, the general manager of Guanzhou, who was Dou Jiande's old corps, to raise troops to respond.
Zhang Xuansu, who joined the army to record affairs in Jingcheng, made a decisive decision and actually detained Liu Hui. Unfortunately, the Gongzhou general manager was skilled in martial arts and actually killed him and raised his troops to rebel. However, his wife and children who stayed in the city died in the chaos.
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Now, the public hatred turned into a private hatred. It is no wonder that Liu Hui sent his own soldiers to pursue him, even after crossing Dezhou and reaching the territory of Beizhou.
Li Shan didn't bother to care about this person's sad age, and shouted to get ready to go on the road. He didn't know what the rest of the journey would be like.
But when he got on the horse, he suddenly thought, oh oh oh, it turned out to be Zhang Xuansu!
Li Shan said he knew more or less about the history of the early Tang Dynasty. He roughly remembered some events and names, but he did remember the name Zhang Xuansu.
But I only remember one thing. This Zhang Xuansu was later an official of the Eastern Palace during the Zhenguan period. He admonished the crown prince Li Chengqian many times, and he may have enjoyed his rhetoric.
Then...then Li Chengqian got tired of hearing this and ordered an assassin to assassinate Zhang Xuansu.
Li Shan racked his brains to think back... In five thousand years, was there such an unlucky official of the East Palace?
"Going to Weizhou?" Zhang Xuansu glanced at several carriages, women's families, and even children on the roadside, "This is..."
"They are all the family members of the old family, and we have to find a way to take them in. It is really difficult to tell the secrets of going south at this time." Ling Bo didn't say much, "Tian Liu'an, the general manager of Weizhou, is from the lineage of the King of Qin."
Zhang Xuansu nodded, "Thank you so much, Brother Ling."
At the beginning of the year, the King of Qin conquered Hebei and defeated Liu Heitai. After the war, he ordered Zhang Xuansu to serve as the official of Jingcheng and join the army. Therefore, he was considered a member of the King of Qin's lineage and naturally hoped to go south to Weizhou.
"What did Xie do?" Ling Bo glanced at Li Shan, "It's not Xie who made the decision."
"That young man is..."
Uncle Ling didn't say anything. He made many inquiries and made insinuations. So far, he only knows that Li Shan's ancestral home is Chengji, Longxi. He was born in Lingnan and now lives in Chang'an, but he is not from the Li clan in Longxi.
Only then did Zhang Xuansu confirm that Li Shan was the person in charge.
Before he could express his thanks for saving his life, Zhang Xuansu led the horse and approached. Zhen heard Li Shan scolding: "Zhu Ba, you idiot, let you stare... look!"
Zhu Ba walked around behind the Turkic young man and took a closer look. He couldn't help but exclaimed, drew his sword in his hand, and kicked the ferocious-looking Turkic young man down.
"He almost broke him out." Zhou Zhao came over and took a look, "This guy is so strong."
"It's not something you can break free with great strength."
"Do you have experience?"
After the incident in the village that day, Li Shan only left this Turkic young man who refused to speak but was obviously of extraordinary status, and the rest, including Fan Yuan's eldest son, were all killed.
In the past few days, the Turkic young man has been riding on the horse with his hands tied with hemp rope, and he is able to keep up with the horse by using only his legs... Of course, if he can't keep up, he can only be killed with a knife.
Unexpectedly, most of the people attacked today. The Turkic young man almost broke free by grinding against the tree trunk.
After scolding Zhu Badu, Li Shan saw that he was about to leave and quickly pulled out his dagger. The Turkic young man on the ground looked miserable.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you." Li Shan smiled gently, and asked someone to tie the Turkic young man's hands behind his back again, and then used a dagger to make long cuts on his arms, and bright blood immediately gushed out.
, drops fell to the ground.
"Let him bleed a little, and he will lose his strength."
"Don't bandage it, let it flow more."
Li Shan handed the dagger to Zhu Ba, "If you come here two or three times a day, you will never have the strength to cause trouble again."
Standing nearby, Zhang Xuansu could clearly see the fear in the Turkic young man's eyes, which was in sharp contrast with Li Shanyou's gentle smile.
Li Shan smiled and said: "Actually, bloodletting has benefits, it's true."
The Turkic youth gritted his teeth, and everyone around him was silent... Li Shan felt a little aggrieved. Really, regular bloodletting is really good for the human body. The Western world has long used bloodletting as a regular medical method.
Of course, two or three times a day...this frequency is a bit high.
Sure enough, the Turkic young man never caused any trouble along the way. I don't know whether he didn't dare to be a ghost or because he really lost his strength.
However, the overall speed of the group also slowed down.
Originally, Su Dingfang's mother was riding in a carriage, but after several battles, several people were injured, plus four or five wounded people around Zhang Xuansu who were later treated.
In addition, the road ahead was not smooth and the carriage was not traveling very fast, so the overall speed naturally dropped a lot.
Staying overnight in a village that night, Li Shan had no choice but to pay a high price to buy three more carriages to carry the wounded soldiers, as well as many beddings... Fortunately, there were still plenty of horses.
In the early morning of the next day, the group set off again. Zhou Zhao was a native of Beizhou. This time, with him as a guide, the group turned to the southwest.
After many days of practice, Li Shan was able to ride on a horse... even though he was not yet proficient, he would not fall off and could even chat for a few words.
"It was an accident yesterday...but what I said is right. Liu Hui, the general manager of Guanzhou, sent his personal guards to hunt down Mr. Zhang, which also proves that the Guanzhou rebels have no intention of coming west." Li Shan waved his riding whip and said: "
I looked at the map carefully last night and realized that as long as we bypass Zhangnan County, everything will be smooth sailing from now on."
Neither Ling Bo nor Zhang Xuansu said anything at the carriage side, but Su Dingfang smiled and said, "Brother Li, tell me in detail."
"Zhangnan County is the hometown of Liu Heitai, and he may still have his old troops. I was afraid of running into Brother Su before, but now I have bypassed it, so there is no problem."
"As I said before, Liu Heitai's current obsession must be to regain Luozhou, so how can he care about Beizhou?"
"At most, we can send a partial force to attack Beizhou, and the main force must attack Xingzhou and Luozhou."
Zhang Xuansu nodded slightly, "That makes sense."
This old man is much cuter than Ling Bo. Li Shan smiled and said: "What's more, Beizhou has outstanding people and many wealthy families. Liu Heitai's troops will definitely not dare to send heavy troops to attack the city."
"If Liu Heitai can capture Xingzhou, Luozhou, and Beizhou, he might be able to surrender the entire city..."
"Yes, Beizhou is indeed a place of outstanding people."
"I'm not talking about you." Li Shan coughed twice, "It seems that the Cui family of Qinghe is in Beizhou?"
Zhou Zhao's face darkened.
"Yes, a hundred miles away is Qinghe, and upstream is Qinghe County." Zhang Xuansu explained: "Beizhou was Qinghe County before the Sui Dynasty. The Cui family was the largest family in Qinghe County, followed by the Zhang family in Wucheng.
It’s a family that has been passed down for hundreds of years.”
Li Shan waved his hand and said: "So, even if Liu Heitai sends a partial army to attack Beizhou, he will not cross Qinghe County and advance eastward."
"So, even if the journey is a little slow, it will definitely be fine."
Seeing everyone's expressions of approval, Li Shan breathed a sigh of relief. He was embarrassed yesterday... he should be right this time.
Zhang Xuansu hesitated for a moment, then approached Li Shan with his horse, "King Huaiyang..."
This was a question that had lingered in Zhang Xuansu's mind for a while. If Liu Heitai attacked Xingzhou, Beizhou, and Luozhou, he would definitely conquer Jizhou first.
But I heard a few days ago that Li Daoxuan, king of Huaiyang, led his troops northward, won three battles in three battles, restored Yizhou, and attacked Shenzhou.
"Li Daoxuan, king of Huaiyang, led the main force of the Tang army in the north of Xiabo City, facing Liu Heitai and tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry." Ling Bo said with a half-smile but not a smile: "If we go by what Li Langjun said, the Tang army will definitely be defeated."
Zhang Xuansu blurted out, "The King of Huaiyang is the direct descendant of the King of Qin!"
The meaning is obvious. Li Daoxuan is a member of Qin King Li Shimin. You, Li Shan, and Li Daoxuan don't get along. You have concluded that they will lose before they even fight. How can you dare to go to Weizhou to defect to Tian Liuan, who was born in the Qin Palace?
Zhou Zhao on the side explained a few words... Although Li Shan and the King of Huaiyang had not known each other for a short time, they were quite speculative.
"I am admonishing you, but you are abandoning me." Zhang Xuansu's voice was like a bell, and he said sternly: "If your master abandons you, can I stay away from you?"
Li Shan's impression of this guy immediately changed. This is the early Tang Dynasty, not the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Isn't your thinking mode poisonous?
In fact, Zhang Xuansu was this kind of person. He was a household minister in Jingcheng during the Sui Dynasty. Dou Jiande swept across Hebei and recruited Zhang Xuansu. The old man refused until Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty died in Jiangdu and became the Huangmen Minister.
It was the same later. After the Battle of Hulao Pass, the Tang Dynasty reorganized Hebei, and Zhang Xuansu lived in seclusion. It was not until Dou Jiande was killed in Chang'an that he was recruited by Li Shimin after the Battle of Luoshui and joined the army as a Jingcheng official.
After listening to Ling Bo's explanation, Li Shan thought this... This person likes to set up memorial arches.
"Ahem, I am not under the command of the King of Qin." Li Shan only lost this sentence, and regardless of what Zhang Xuansu thought, he turned around and asked: "Brother Su, take a rest for a while while I wait for my younger brother to check on my aunt's injury."
Su Dingfang nodded and was about to speak when a long shout came from the distance, and the scouts who came forward to explore the road came running like flying.
"Lang Jun, there are rebels ahead!"
Everyone's expressions changed drastically. Li Shan gritted his teeth and asked, "Where did it come from?!"