The north wind roared past, blowing snowflakes as big as goose feathers dancing wildly in the air. On the city wall, Wang Junhao tilted the oil umbrella in his hand slightly forward to block the strong wind mixed with snowflakes.
"No problem." Li Shan stretched out his right hand to push away the oil umbrella and looked eastward. It was snowing so heavily that the road was difficult to travel. However, it had been four days and the food and grass had not been delivered yet. This forced him to guess what was over Yanmen Pass.
What happened.
In the Turkic camp outside the city, the sound of horses neighing could be heard from time to time. It was snowing so heavily that war horses would easily lose weight if they did not add fodder. Yuan Junzhang himself did not have enough, so Yuan Xiaozheng had asked Yuan Xiaozheng to inquire about it several times.
Already.
Li Shan guessed that others could do it too. Liu Shirang on the left was still stable, but Cui Xin on the right couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "The King of Huaiyang is stationed at Yanmen Pass..."
Due to the relationship between Li Shan and Li Daoxuan, it was Zhu Shitou who was sent as a personal guard that Li Daoxuan recognized, but the delay has been so far... Li Shan glanced at Liu Shirang from the corner of his eye.
It's not that Li Shan suspected that Liu Shirang had some back-up plan. Fan Shiyi had been monitoring closely in the past few days and confirmed that the old man had no contact with the Turks. But this matter... Li Shan suspected that Liu Shirang was to blame.
The reason is also very simple. As the king of the county, Li Daoxuan was Li Shimin's loyal supporter. He also made great achievements in Shandong. He once served as the marching commander and marshal of Hebei Province. Now he is stationed in Daizhou as the general of the Twelve Guards and personally guards Yanmen Pass...
With such a status, there is only one person in the entire Hedong Road who can suppress him.
Hedong Road Marching Commander, Bingzhou Commander, Xiangyi King Li Shenfu.
And why did Li Shenfu do this... probably because of Liu Shirang.
Anyway, we have already reached an agreement with Yu Sheshe. Even if the food and grass are not enough and Shuozhou is withered, Li Shan does not think that Yu Sheshe will break the alliance between Tuli Khan and Li Tang... This is a fact recorded in history books.
"If we don't arrive today, we will set off tomorrow..."
Halfway through Li Shan's words, Liu Shirang on the left suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed, "That's... coming, coming!"
Liu Shirang's voice trembled slightly. For him, there was still a glimmer of hope in staying. Going back would just mean waiting to die.
Li Shan grabbed the telescope and took a closer look. After a moment, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Li Daoxuan finally managed to hold on... It would be a big risk to lose grain and grass to Mayi without successfully recruiting Yuan Junzhang.
Cui Xin, who had no idea what Li Shan was planning, saw Li Shan relaxed and asked with a smile: "It's snowing heavily today, can you do anything good?"
Li Shan has a headache, and my father-in-law is a little tight... I have been searching for one or two songs almost every day for the past seven or eight days, and I only have so much in stock.
Sometimes Li Shan is wondering whether he should come up with long and short sentences in advance...most of his inventory is composed of words.
Yuan Xiaozheng on the side responded: "After I went to Chang'an, I heard Master Li's song "It's snowing in the sky. Can I have a drink?"
Cui Xin was too lazy to talk to Yuan Xiaozheng and just stared at Li Shan. Liu Shirang on the left also looked sideways.
Li Shan put his hand in the air, and saw countless snowflakes flying between his fingers. He squinted his eyes and looked up, and softly chanted: "After defeating the three million jade dragons, the broken scales and armor are flying all over the sky!"
Cui Xin frowned slightly, "Just two lines of poem?"
Li Shan leaned forward and looked around. Not far outside the city was the Turkic camp. Liu Shirang on the left raised his eyebrows slightly. He was not good at poetry, but he could also hear the faint meaning of war.
When the convoy carrying grain and rice arrived outside Mayi City, the slightly tense atmosphere in the past few days immediately relaxed. Yuan Junzhang was smiling all over his face, and Yu Sheshe also relaxed... He re-evaluated Li Shan's attitude toward Yanmen in his mind. strength of control.
Such a large amount of grain and grass is not a small amount.
Yuan Junzhang was thinking in his mind, and from what Yu Sheshe said, this batch of food and grass would not be the last. Although Shuozhou had been plundered by the Turks before, he did not save any food and grass.
"Lang Jun." Zhu Shitou came quickly with twinkling eyes, followed by Zhao Da, who was going to Yanmen together, and a short middle-aged man.
"Yuan Pu?" Liu Shirang asked in surprise, "What is he here for?"
"Um?"
Liu Shirang whispered: "This person is from Yanmen County. He used to live in Taiyuan. He is an old acquaintance of the saint. He should be in Chang'an..."
"Yuan?" Cui Xin took a few glances, "But Tuoba?"
Li Shan also knew about this. Emperor Xiaowen of Wei was Sinicized and the Tuoba surname was changed to the Yuan surname, just like Poyantou was changed to the Yuwen surname.
Yuan Pu came closer and started to speak without saluting. Li Shan frowned and raised his hand to interrupt, "Is this trip going well?"
Zhu Shitou and Zhao Da looked at each other without saying a word.
Li Shan looked as usual, "Are those people sent by Yuan Junzhang causing trouble?"
The number of chariots and horses needed to transport such a large batch of grain and grass is not a small number. Neither Yuan Junzhang nor Yu Sheshe will allow Yanmen Pass to send a large number of young people to transport... Li Tangxingfu's military system, the young people of the North are basically the top Having been on the battlefield.
Therefore, it was actually Yanmen Pass that transported grain and grass out of the customs, and Yuan Junzhang's men picked it up on the way and sent it back to Mayi.
Zhu Shitou and Zhao Da looked at each other again and shook their heads.
That means the problem still lies at Yanmen Pass. Li Shan looked back, and Cui Xin was looked at in confusion. When he found Liu Shirang quietly pushing away, he suddenly realized, snorted, rolled up his sleeves and left.
"The sage's mouth." Yuan Pu is short in stature, has a slightly pointed chin, and his face is really not very good-looking. "It is for the Marquis of Yiyang County."
Li Shan said coldly: "Say."
Yuan Pu hesitated for a moment, remembering that the King of Huaiyang and the King of Xiangyi were about to fight over Yanmen Pass, and said in a low voice: "The Duke of Jiangxia County announced that the Marquis of Yiyang County secretly communicated with the Turks and wanted to raise the pass to surrender. The sage ordered Yiyang to The county prince will return to Beijing immediately."
"Secret communication with the Turks?" Li Shan muttered and repeated, "Is there anyone who can prove it?"
"The entry of Cao Chuantuo, a subordinate of Gao Manzheng, into the capital is evidence."
"Cao Chuantuo?" Li Shan's eyes were deep, and some things and several points were quickly connected in his mind.
Yuan Pu rubbed his hands nervously. After he left Yanmen Pass, he was taken all the way to Mayi by Zhu Shitou, Zhao Da and Yuan Junzhang, only to discover that the Turkic camp was outside the city.
If I had known this, I would have refused to come even to death...Isn't this looking for death?
In fact, the only person in Yanmen Pass who knew that the Turks had arrived in Mayi was Li Daoxuan. Knowing that Li Gaoqian had accused Liu Shirang of secretly collaborating with the Turks, the saint was furious and accused Liu Shirang... Let alone Yanmen Pass, the entire Dai County knew about it.
"Thank you to the King of Huaiyang on behalf of Huairen." Ma Zhou, who had a tired look on his face, said with a bitter smile: "Does the King of Xiangyi not know the true situation in Mayi?"
"You should not know." Li Daoxuan said softly: "Since Huairen set off, no one has left the customs, and even the caravan has suspended trade.
Ma Zhou was urgently summoned by Li Daoxuan yesterday and had just arrived at Yanmen Pass. After listening to his description of the situation in Mayi, he immediately made a judgment. Li Shenfu may not know what happened in Mayi, but he is sure that something happened. ...The journey from Yanmenguan to Mayi is a quick one-day and night-long journey. Including the recruitment and recruitment, it only takes four or five days. And it has been eight days since then. There must have been an accident.
The saint summoned Liu Shirang back to Beijing to question him, but Liu Shirang went to Mayi instead... Since Liu Shirang had secretly communicated with the Turks, his going there must be a bad recruitment event!
This logic is very smooth, so the marching commander of Hedong Road and the governor of the state merged with Li Shenfu, the king of Xiangyi, to send troops north to leave Yanmen Pass and attack Mayi... As for the cold winter, the twelfth lunar month is really not the season to send troops, so Li Shenfu ignored it.
Anyway, we don’t really want to attack, but as long as we send troops, no matter what happens to the recruitment in Mayi, the recruitment will definitely not continue!
Liu Shirang took the blame.
As for Li Shan, it can only be considered his bad luck... the disaster of Chi Yu.
But Li Shenfu and Li Gaoqian didn't care about Li Shan, but Li Daoxuan, who was personally in charge of Yanmen Pass, did.
The 21-year-old prince unceremoniously rejected the request of his elder Li Shenfu, and secretly followed Li Shan's instructions to transport grain and grass out of the customs, and sent Yuan Pu who came from Chang'an
I was tricked into going to Mayi.
"Yu Sheshe, the association rate..." Ma Zhou murmured to himself in a low voice, "The recruitment has failed..."
Li Daoxuan asked: "Why hasn't Huairen returned to Yanmen?"
Ma Zhou said quietly: "Li Huairen is a person who likes to take the wrong approach with his sword..."