In the large hall, clear voices echoed, such as Su Dingfang, Xue Zhong, and Guo Pu. It seemed that they were back in the winter of the year before last. In Guantao City, this young man also analyzed the situation and planned designs. Liu Heitai, who had traveled across Hebei several times,
It was destroyed and he was defeated and died.
"As timid as a mouse?"
Li Shan walked slowly and stopped in front of Sun Erlang, "Advancing with force and snatching back more than ten children is a righteous act, but there are thousands of men and women outside the city. Do you only rely on the knife in your hand?"
"The courage of one person is the courage of an ordinary man. If he doesn't send out troops to fight, he will be as timid as a mouse?"
"Ask the garrison at Yanmen Pass, is there any one who thinks that I, Li Huairen, am timid?"
The surrounding generals, guards, clerks and minor officials were holding their breath and concentrating. Just a month ago, they attacked the camp on a snowy night and forced Yuan Junzhang to surrender, which was enough to be called audacious.
"Yugu came here to threaten thousands of people and force someone to send troops, just to kill someone for a certain project... nearly a thousand people in Yunzhou lost their lives, children died tragically, fathers lost their sons, sons lost their mothers, such a tragic situation..."
"Tell me, if two thousand elite cavalry come out of seclusion, are you sure of victory?"
"If we are not sure of victory, it will be difficult to save the lives of thousands of people."
"More importantly, even if the enemy is defeated...is it enough to simply defeat the enemy?"
Li Shan slowly turned around and scanned the faces of everyone in the hall, "Fighting on the battlefield, life and death are determined by life and death, but this time the Turks are killing people, this revenge must be avenged, and this hatred must be unavoidable!"
Although the hall was still silent, the atmosphere gradually became tense.
"During the Warring States Period, the famous general Li Mu defeated the Xiongnu with more than 100,000 horsemen outside Yanmen Pass, and maintained peace in the border fortress for more than ten years."
"Zu Long unified the world and sent General Meng Tian to lead an army of 300,000 men. He left the fortress at Yanmen, attacked the Hu people in the north, and took over all the land in Henan."
"During the Pre-Han Dynasty, the famous general Wei Qing, the champion Hou Huo Qubing, and the flying general Li Guang galloped around Yanmen. The bones of many Han family members are buried here. The cemeteries in the pass are all filled with Han family members who died defending the country's borders!"
The voice went from low to high, the rhythm changed from slow to fast, and the tone gradually increased from plain to high. Li Shan suddenly pointed to the north and shouted: "The barbarians killed nearly a thousand Han people, so I will take the heads of two thousand Turks."
The piles outside Yanmen Pass form Jingguan Pass!"
With a bang, the hall exploded. The royal family of Li and Tang Dynasty originally had Xianbei blood. Although the Turks invaded the border, there was no obvious racial hostility... This concept lasted until the end of the Tang Dynasty.
During the Anshi Rebellion, which turned the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline, An Lushan, who was born in the Sogdian tribe, was a Hu, Shi Siming, who was born in a Turkic tribe, was also a Hu, and the unjustly killed general Gao Xianzhi was born in Goguryeo and was also a Hu.
Ge Shuhan, who was forced to leave the fortress at Tongguan and was ultimately defeated, was born in Turks and was a Hu. Li Guangbi, who was second only to Guo Ziyi in suppressing chaos, was born in Khitan and was a Hu!
When he was studying history in his previous life, Li Shan was quite dissatisfied with this. This kind of ethnic policy created the "Khan of Heaven" and created the once-prominent Tang Empire, but it also laid the foundation for its disaster.
In a sense, after the Tang Dynasty, the rise of the Khitan and the melee of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms largely originated from this... Among them, there will be countless foreign princes.
Whenever future generations read history, they will generally become nationalists.
In the past, cutting off the messenger's ears was only done in private, but today Li Shan publicly raised the distinction between Hu and Han, and everyone couldn't help but talk about it.
After the riot lasted for a while, it soon gradually subsided under Li Shan's close gaze. Some people did not expect that there were so many people, some were angry at the Turks' ruthless killings, and some people knew very well that Li Shan was now in charge of acting as the governor of the state.
The government was so powerful that even Li Daozong, the governor of Bingzhou, had no power to stop him.
Li Shan's eyes fell on Sun Erlang again, "I disobeyed the military order and should have been beheaded in public. Today I will spare your life. He will leave the fortress in the sun..."
Sun Erlang's face flushed red, and he suddenly knelt down on one knee and shouted loudly: "I am willing to be a pioneer and fight to the death without retreating!"
"Everyone has ten heads to atone for his sins. If one is missing, he will pay for it with his life!"
The seven people behind Sun Erlang all bowed down.
Li Shan nodded slightly and said in a loud voice: "Send messengers, one of them, to Taiyuan Prefecture and ask the King of Rencheng to send his generals and their elite cavalry."
"Secondly, in the past, two thousand people were summoned from Guo and other counties."
"Third, immediately summon the acting county magistrate Li Demou to Yanmen Pass."
The officials and guards in the hall retreated one after another. Xue Zhong asked softly: "Do you really want to go out and fight?"
"There must be a battle!" Li Shan looked expressionless and glanced at Su Dingfang, "At this time, we must not let down the spirit of the army."
Su Dingfang has been thinking in his mind, "If we get more than two thousand fine cavalry, it will not be difficult to defeat the enemy, but there are still five thousand Turks..."
"It's the association's leadership." Li Shan snorted, "If it wasn't the association's leadership, why take the risk?!"
Xue Zhong, who has basically been squatting at Yanmen Pass for the past two months, his eyes lit up, "Association rate is the younger brother of Tuli Khan. He does not get along with Jieli Khan and his son, so he may not come to help."
Li Shan paced back and forth, reviewed the situation again, and murmured: "Yuan Junzhang will not send troops... The messenger has already gone to the association headquarters. If he can be persuaded, there may be a good opportunity."
Xue Zhong and Su Dingfang looked at each other, and both thought of He Lou Xingshu and Li Sanlang who had left... These two people were from Yanmen, were familiar with geography, and could find Yanmen Pass from the trail.
"Brother Daozong should not refuse. There are at least a thousand elite cavalry...Does Brother Daozong have a general of cavalry under his command?"
Xue Zhong thought for a while, "The King of Rencheng was appointed as the general manager of Lingzhou, and Zhang Baoxiang of the old department was transferred as his deputy. This man was born in Hexi and was good at riding and fighting. He defeated Liangshidu last year. King Rencheng took this as his vanguard. He will be transferred accordingly."
Bingzhou."
Zhang Baoxiang...Li Shan vaguely remembers the name, but can't recall the details.
Historically, Zhang Baoxiang has always been Li Daozong's deputy. During the Tang Dynasty's battle to destroy the Eastern Turks, Li Daozong was the general manager of the Datong Road march, and Zhang Baoxiang was his deputy. He led the army from Lingzhou to the northwest, and ran into Jieli Khan who was fleeing in embarrassment.
It was Zhang Baoxiang who captured Jieli Khan alive.
Li Shan wrote down the name and murmured: "The key is still the Duke of Yiyang County..."
Yuan Junzhang may not be trustworthy, and the association rate may not be trustworthy either, but what about Liu Shirang?
The last adventure was actually insignificant to Liu Shirang. Regardless of whether he was willing or not, Li Shan had already made up his mind to attack the camp on a snowy night.
In this adventure, Liu Shirang plays a very important role. His choice determines whether Li Shan will go out of the country, and whether this war can achieve Li Shan's intended goal.
From a military point of view, sending troops to Yanmen Pass to aid Mayi is the right way to go. On the other hand, it is hard to say. Liu Shirang had enough reasons... Because at this season, it is impossible for five thousand Turkic cavalry to capture Yanmen Pass.
But from another perspective, when he was surrounded by enemies and fell into a desperate situation, it was Li Shan who insisted on using Liu Shirang, and saved him from being questioned by the court, and even promoted him to the county prince.
Li Shan was very kind to Liu Shirang.
Moreover, the reason why Liu Shirang suffered such hardships was largely due to the fact that he had no help from the DPRK... and Li Shan had become his backer.
Although he is young and is only a county official, with Li Yuan's trust and Princess Pingyang as his support, Li Shan, who is in charge of the prefecture's general administration, has the qualifications.