It was almost noon, the sky was slightly dark, and large dark clouds shrouded the sky above Yanmen Pass. Er Zhu Yichen pressed his hand on the city wall and looked around. The slope outside the pass was covered with purple and black patches, and the color seemed to have penetrated deep into the soil.
"Go back ten miles and go out to fight immediately."
A clear and resolute voice sounded not far away. Er Zhu Yichen turned his head and looked sideways. The young man with a stern face looked like a bowstring that had been fully drawn, and seemed to be flying like a shooting star in the next moment.
After thinking about it in his mind, Er Zhu Yichen took a step forward, cupped his hands and said: "I will be appointed Sima of Daizhou. I would like to lead the troops out of the fortress and ask the county police to sit in the pass."
A few eyes flickered on Er Zhu Yichen's face. After a moment, Li Shan waved his hand and said: "General Xue is stationed at Yanmen Pass, and the rest will go out to fight. Everyone, get ready."
Su Dingfang, Li Kai, Zhang Baoxiang and others walked down the stairs to the top of the city. Regardless of whether Yu Gushe agreed to retreat or not, the battle would soon begin.
When Xue Zhong also walked away, Li Shan told Wang Junhao, Zhao Da and others to prepare for battle, and he walked slowly along the road on the top of the city. Er Zhu Yichen seemed to have noticed something and followed behind him quietly.
"Su Dingfang is the main general in this battle." Under such circumstances, Li Shan had no time or inclination to go around the bush and said directly: "The left army is divided into two armies. The left army is led by Su Dingfang himself, and the right army is led by Zhang Baoxiang. If you are interested,
You can follow me to the right army."
Regardless of whether it was Su Dingfang, Li Kai or Guo Pu, Xue Zhong insisted that if Li Shan wanted to go to war, he must be in the Left Army, because the Left Army had Su Dingfang, Li Shan, and Li Kai's personal guards, so his safety was guaranteed.
Li Shan insisted on leaving the fortress, on the one hand because of the anger that kept boiling in his heart, and on the other hand to boost the morale of the army... In the past few days, the killings by the Turks had made Yanmen close and the generals and soldiers extremely depressed. This kind of emotion can be transformed
for morale, but it may also be the opposite.
But there is no doubt that Li Shan himself is not good at charging into battle, and he does not have much experience. Moreover, Li Tang's army has always had a military system in which the general is killed in battle and all the bodyguards are killed. What's more, the bodyguards around Li Shan are more than just
The relationship between the general and his bodyguard should also be taken into consideration on Su Dingfang's side.
As a result, the left army is likely to be constrained by Li Shan's presence and unable to fully exert its combat power... However, the left army is far more important than the right army.
But once Er Zhu Yichen comes, he can perfectly resolve this difficulty... Er Zhu Yichen rushed to Yanmen Pass all night, wasn't he just to collect Li Shan's body, right?
"Huairen..."
"Don't worry, even if you don't win, you won't be defeated." Li Shan interrupted: "Now, the arrow is on the string and we have to shoot it."
Er Zhu Yichen frowned. He rushed to Yanmen Pass overnight, not for the war, but for the safety of the young man in front of him. "Even so, Huairen does not need to go into battle personally."
"A general should not raise an army out of anger." Li Shan's voice was low, "But this war started because of a certain person, and the desire valley came for a certain person. Thousands of people had butcher knives hanging from their necks, and more than a thousand men and women were slaughtered..."
"Too risky."
"That's why I asked Brother Zhonggui to help me."
Er Zhu Yichen, who was just thirty years old this year, looked a little strange. After thinking about it, he changed the topic, "Are you and Li Kai close friends?"
"Yes, we were in such a difficult situation that day, if not for Brother Demou's help..." Li Shan saw that Zhu Yichen looked a little apologetic, and said with a smile, "Times have changed, not to mention that we already have a place to stay."
"Li Kai is also going to fight?"
"Well, if Brother Zhonggui hadn't rushed to Yanmen Pass, Brother Demou should have stayed in the pass." Li Shan smiled, "There has to be a balance between one and two."
After a pause, Li Shan suddenly changed the topic, "The person who will serve as Daizhou's military official this time is the famous Hebei general Xue Wanche."
"good."
"But his brother Xue Wanjun joined the Tiance Mansion." Li Shan said softly: "Ling Gong still lives in Zhujiagou."
Well, Er Zhu Yichen can be sure. The young man in front of him has already known that brothers Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun went to the East Palace and Tiance Mansion respectively, just like the brothers Li Keshi and Li Qianyou of the Danyang House of Longxi Li Family went to Prince Qi Mansion and Tiance Mansion respectively. generally.
By analogy, Ling Jing has joined Tiance Mansion and is said to be highly valued by the King of Qin. Ling Jing still lives in Zhujiagou... Obviously, joining Tiance Mansion was a deliberate arrangement by Li Shan, just for the sake of balance.
Ling Jing threw himself into Tiance Mansion, and on the other side... naturally his uncle's family was in the East Palace.
Er Zhu Yichen once asked, Zhu Wei did not reveal much, but Li Shan was able to find out the truth... He is truly worthy of his reputation, and he is worthy of being famous all over the world in just three years.
"The Erzhu clan was no longer in danger during the Li and Tang dynasties." Erzhu Yichen thought for a while and whispered: "But it's best not to leak this matter... You and I are different, and your mother is even more different."
Li Shan was stunned for a moment. After he vaguely discovered the truth, he once considered this issue. The Erzhu clan had officials in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the former Sui Dynasty, and the Li and Tang Dynasties. Logically speaking, even if their identities were leaked, it should not matter. Why? Mother, has Zhu Wei been hiding it?
The most famous of the Erzhu clan is probably Erzhurong, and the thing that this person did that will have the greatest impact on future generations was not the suppression of the Six Towns, the eradication of Ge Rong, or the killing of the young emperor, but the infamous Heyin changes.
The Xianbei nobles in Luoyang and the powerful families who served in the Northern Wei Dynasty were completely killed. After learning about his life experience, Li Shan had consulted historical materials and read the "Book of Wei". Just reading... I was sweating profusely watching this.
Basically none of the seven families with five surnames and even the big families in the Central Plains ran away. For example, Li Xuandao, the chief secretary of Tiance Mansion and one of the eighteen bachelors, was born in the Li family of Longxi, and his grandfather Li Jin died in the Heyin Incident.
Similar ones include Wang Zunye, who was the minister of Huangmen at that time, the ancestor of the first family of the "Four Fang Wang Family" of the Taiyuan Wang family, and Wang Guangye, the ancestor of the second family of the "Four Fang Wang Family"...
The children of the aristocratic family who have the best relationship with Li Shan are Li Kai and Wang Renbiao...their ancestors all have enemies.
What makes Li Shan most uneasy is that... Er Zhu Yichen was able to serve as an official in the Zhou, Sui and Tang Dynasties, but he and his mother wanted to remain anonymous. There was only one explanation: his mother was a direct descendant of Er Zhu Rong.
Gao Huan almost killed all the Erzhu clan in the Battle of Hanling. Only Erzhuchang, who was still a young boy, escaped from the dog hole and moved to the Zhou and Sui Dynasties. On the one hand, it was because At that time, Yuwen Tai of the Northern Zhou Dynasty needed it. On the other hand, Er Zhuchang's father was Er Zhurong's cousin, not his direct descendant.
In other words, all the surviving Erzhu clan either changed their surname to Zhu, or are all descendants of the Erzhu Chang clan... Where is the mother?
Seeing the drastic change in Li Shan's face, Er Zhu Yichen patted his shoulder and comforted him: "You said it just now, times have changed, circumstances have changed, so be careful and it should be fine."
Taking a deep breath, Li Shan tried his best not to think about those things as the battle was about to begin, when Xue Zhong's slightly excited voice came from not far away.
"Huairen, the Turks have retreated!"
Li Shan suddenly turned around and strode down the stairs, "Brother Zhonggui, please protect me."
Er Zhu Yichen followed closely, but he said: "It's too bad, the seniority is wrong!"
Li Shan paused for a moment and called him brother for a long time. He turned out to be uncle and nephew.
The gate was pushed open by dozens of soldiers, and the dark doorway suddenly lit up. Li Shan, who was wearing bright light armor, put down his binoculars, took the horse from Zhao Dashi, and was the first to follow the horse out of the city.