"Your Highness will enter the palace immediately to ask for a battle..."
"No, no, no... let's wait until His Majesty summons us!"
"But if it's the East Palace..."
Ling Jing looked at Changsun Wuji with an expressionless face, talking to himself there alone, quite dancing and joyful... For Changsun Wuji, it was good news that the Turks had broken through the barrier.
In fact, among the staff of the Tiance Mansion who knew Li Shan's life experience, Changsun Wuji had the worst impression of Li Shan... Although the relationship between Li Shan and the Changsun family and the Gao family was very good.
But Changsun Wuji... In Li Shan's words, it doesn't suit his aura.
The appearance of Turkic cavalry in Xinzhou means that Yanmen Pass has probably been breached. If King Ren of the city is unable to resist, then Qin King Li Shimin may return to the battlefield... This is indeed good news for Changsun Wuji.
Ling Jing didn't say anything, he knew it was not appropriate for him to speak... He even thought about the worst. Even if Li Shimin and others were worried, in this case, they were worried about Yanmen Pass and Hedong, not worried about Li Shan who was still in Shuozhou, and he
The relationship with Li Shan is too deep.
"When the battle report comes to Beijing, Your Majesty will definitely summon the Prime Minister, and His Highness will enter the palace immediately." Du Ruhui's thinking was very clear, "Now it is just a battle report, and the situation of the battle is unclear. Your Highness should assess the situation."
Fang Xuanling nodded slightly and agreed. It was necessary to enter the palace immediately... Because in terms of military strategy, Li Shimin was always the most important to Li Yuan.
But under the current situation, Li Yuan will not allow Li Shimin to take military power again unless it is absolutely necessary... Historically, Li Shimin led troops to Hedong to resist the Turks in this year. It was when Li Jiancheng captured Liu Heitai and held the
On the premise of military exploits.
Once Li Shimin returns with another victory, the prestige of the East Palace will be almost completely wiped out.
Li Shimin was thinking back and forth in his mind and asked tentatively: "Daozong, Daoxuan, Sanhu?"
When the Turks appeared in Xinzhou, Hedong, the DPRK was bound to appoint a marching general of Hedong Road to lead the war in Hedong. Regarding this candidate, the East Palace could not help but intervene.
Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng who is now the general manager of Bingzhou, is a personal choice, and Li Daoxuan, king of Huaiyang, who is in Beijing as the general of Zuo Weiwei, is also a personal choice, but Li Shimin doubts that the East Palace will introduce Qi Wang Li Yuanji... Although this person has few military exploits, his identity is
He is a prince and can hold his head firmly.
"There is another choice." Ling Jing suddenly said, "Li Shenfu, the general manager of Lingzhou, Xiangyi King."
"That's right." Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "We must not let King Xiangyi return to Hedong!"
After experiencing a series of changes, Li Shenfu has completely surrendered to the East Palace and can never look back. Once the war goes against him, the East Palace will probably send Li Shenfu back to Hedong.
In the fifth year of Wude, Jieli Khan plundered Hedong. Li Shenfu, who was the general manager of Bingzhou at that time, had considerable military exploits. In the next two years, the Turks did not break through the border again... Although Li Shenfu may not be worthy of this credit.
Yes, but the facts are before us.
After Du Ruhui was silent for a moment, he raised his voice and said: "The situation is unclear, Your Highness will enter the palace first."
Li Shimin stopped delaying, stood up and left the house. Ling Jing who was sent out sighed softly. If Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, could not resist the Turks, unless it was Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang, neither the king of Qi nor the king of Xiangyi would have any sight.
It will fall on Li Shan of Shuozhou.
The current situation is really dangerous.
In the Liangyi Palace, the atmosphere was quite depressing. Princess Pingyang stood beside Li Yuan with an expressionless face, and was ordered to take charge of the Beiya Imperial Army. She was able to speak well in the palace, and each battle report was sent to Li Yuan through her hand.
Seeing the guards appearing at the entrance of the palace, Princess Pingyang strode away. This was the fifth battle report today. When she was returning, she glanced at Feng Lun from the corner of her eye, who had only been appointed Zhongshuling for a few months... She was here
I thought to myself, Huairen has always been kind to others, how did he offend this guy?
The first battle report was sent. Fang Renyu, the governor of Xinzhou, wrote that thousands of Turkic cavalry attacked, overwhelming and killing heavily. Obviously, Fang Xuanling's uncle had not yet figured out the situation, so he sent the battle report immediately.
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Not to mention Li Yuan, the Crown Prince, and the King of Qin, none of the ministers or ministers below said anything. After all, the situation was unclear. It was the new Zhongshu Ling Feng Lun who suddenly jumped out unexpectedly and asked the acting governor Shi Handan County Prince Li Shanzui.
According to common sense, the Turks' invasion of Xinzhou means that Yanmen Pass has been breached and Daizhou has fallen... But the problem is that the Daizhou Army has been holding Yanmen Pass for many days. If it really fell, Daizhou Army should have entered Beijing first.
Feng Lun is not an ordinary person. He cannot be unclear about this reason. Why should he jump out to plead guilty?
Among the several prime ministers, Pei Ji and Pei Shiju were noncommittal, but the latter did not add fuel to the fire at this critical moment... Well, maybe it had something to do with Princess Pingyang's sharp and cold eyes.
Xiao Yu and Yang Gongren defended themselves wisely, but Chen Shuda, the Duke of Jiang State, who was under his command, objected. But before they could finish their words, the second battle report came to Beijing, and Li Daozong, the governor of Bingzhou, the king of Chengcheng, wrote a letter.
On May 22, Turkic soldiers invaded Bingzhou, plundered Yangqu County, Taiyuan Prefecture, and looted a town.
Everyone in the hall immediately realized that it was possible that Yanmen Pass had not been breached and that the Turks had invaded Hedong through other routes, because the Turks invaded Xinzhou on May 23rd.
When attacking Hedong from outside the Great Wall, the most important pass was Yanmen Pass. Invading Hedong from other ways would have many obstacles. Li Daozong's memorial also mentioned that the Turkic troops were not many, only about a few thousand horsemen, which was consistent with this characteristic.
The two people with the highest military attainments in the palace, Li Yuan who had guarded Hedong for more than ten years, and Li Shimin who had once defeated Liu Wuzhou in Hedong, found the answer immediately.
Loufanguan.
Subsequently, the third battle report confirmed the suspicions of the father and son. On May 21, the Turks came from the north and attacked Jingle. Zhong Mo, the governor of Lanzhou, was unable to resist, and the entire army collapsed. Zhong Mo himself was defeated and died.
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Now Taiyuan, Lanzhou, and Xinzhou are in chaos. The Turks all selected elite cavalry and marched very fast. Li Daozong, the general manager of Bingzhou, had no time to mobilize his troops. The Turks had already gone north to invade Xinzhou. Instead, the memorial of Fang Renyu, the governor of Xinzhou, entered the capital first.
However, Li Daozong's memorial was only half an hour late.
At this moment, everyone saw the battle situation clearly, and no one expected that the Turks would choose Loufan Pass and send their elite cavalry to break through the pass.
There is no platform on Hedong Road, and the north and south are under the jurisdiction of Bingzhou General Manager, acting as the prefectural general manager.
The General Administrative Office of Daizhou governs Daizhou, Yuzhou, Xinzhou, Shuozhou, and may also govern Yunzhou in the future.
The general jurisdiction of Bingzhou is Bingzhou, Shuzhou, Jinzhou, Taiyuanfu, Fenzhou, Yizhou, Mizhou and Luzhou.
Theoretically, there are only three state capitals along Hedong that are not under the jurisdiction of Daizhou General Administration Office and Bingzhou General Administration Office. Puzhou and Jiangzhou, which are close to Jingzhao, Zezhou and Shuozhou are adjacent to Henan.
Lanzhou is separated by mountains.
Because Lanzhou is located to the west of Xinzhou, no matter whether it was Liu Wuzhou or the later Turks, Gao Kaidao, and Yuan Junzhang, once they captured Daizhou and went south to Xinzhou, the first target would always be Taiyuan Prefecture, and they would not go over the mountains to attack
Lanzhou.
This also led to Lanzhou's insufficient military strength and poor armaments. When it was attacked by Turks, it had almost no ability to resist.
However, Lanzhou was not nominally under the jurisdiction of the General Administration of Merger. Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, was a very cautious man. He once agreed with Li Shan that if the Turks attacked, he would be willing to lead troops out of the fortress. However, Li Yuan refused to comment, and Li Daozong stopped, so he never stopped.
Regardless of Lanzhou, even if the Turks attacked Lanzhou and Ma Hoo arrived at the junction of Taiyuan Prefecture and Xinzhou, he didn't know it yet.