Li Shan, who was lying on the bed, opened his eyes. Within his sight, there was a roof with a hole. Outside the roof was the night sky with countless stars. The moonlight shone slantly on the wall through the hole, making Li Shan clearly understand.
I saw the horse leaning there.
He just wiped it casually, and there were still a few traces of purple-black blood on the tip of the spear. Li Shan, who couldn't sleep anymore, started to calculate how many people he had killed today... Oh, it must have been past twelve o'clock, it should have been yesterday.
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But the calculation is still unclear. In fact, no one can calculate it clearly.
Yesterday, we pursued to the northwest. In the last two battles, the Turks were defeated. Jieli Khan fled north. Ashina Sheer and Ashina Simo were captured alive. Li Shan fell asleep on the battlefield exhausted.
Su Dingfang and Li Kai found this dilapidated village nearby, but Li Shan, who was carried over by his personal guards, could no longer sleep after eating some dry food and drinking some hot water.
As soon as I closed my eyes, those vivid faces seemed to flash in my mind, Zhu Shiliu, Zhu Ba, Tan Wu...
Whenever I feel sleepy, I will be awakened by the sudden flash of pictures, those bloody pictures...
The whole day yesterday, from the despair that started in the early morning, to the hopeful surprise attack, the determination to die in the battle, the arrival of reinforcements, and the divine arrow...
A fierce attack driven by unparalleled hatred, a relentless pursuit...
All these filled Li Shan's body with various emotions, leaving him no time to think about anything more, until now in the dead of night.
The words of Li Kai, Su Dingfang, Liu Shirang, and Xue Wanjun appeared in Li Shan's mind. Zhu Yichen and Ma Sanbao were defeated in pursuit of Ashina Sheer in Hedong. Li Jing strictly prohibited the dispatch of troops at Yanmen Pass and the crowd was excited...
The sage Li Yuan issued an edict that all affairs in the land should be handled by Li Jing, the Duke of Yongkang County. Princess Pingyang recalled Ma Sanbao, the prince, and the King of Qin respectively sent Wei Zheng, and Xue Wanjun rushed to Yanmen Pass...
These are not things that Li Shan should consider, or they are not things that need to be thought about right now. The key now is whether to break up with Li Jing?
If Li Jing is still south of Guji Town, then there is nothing to say. He deserves not to get the credit for this achievement, but what if he rushes to the army?
With such a great victory, Li Jing, who was only over 50 years old, had to be reused, and it was the first time that he was actually serving as a general in name. Will he tolerate being deprived of power?
Li Jing is the general manager of Daizhou. Logically speaking, except for Zhang Baoxiang, the rest of the people, including Li Shan himself, should listen to Li Jing's deployment.
Li Shan quietly stood up, opened the door of the dilapidated house, and asked himself in his heart, can I tolerate it?
I am not Tang Lian. After being harmed by someone in an upright way, I can still swallow my anger and put aside my past grudges!
Where do I have such a good temper?!
Coming to this era, Li Shan has met countless big figures who will be passed down to future generations. Those who can leave their names in history are not fuel-efficient lamps. Among so many people, the one who really has an inextricable grudge against Li Shan is
, it’s just Wang Renyou, Pei Shiju, and Li Dewu, although they are mortal enemies, they are also the ones who took the blame for their predecessors.
There is one more person now.
In history, Li Jing and Li Yaoshi were the famous military god-level generals of the Tang Dynasty who destroyed the Eastern Turks.
Li Shan made a gesture to Guo Pu who suddenly woke up to continue sleeping, walked slowly in the village, and had a bad relationship with Li Jing, which might not necessarily be a bad thing.
Now that we have a grudge, will others doubt that I don't hate him and believe that I am so generous?
Even if some people believe it, Li Jing himself will definitely not believe it.
Anyway, if there are no accidents next, he will step down as Acting Governor Shi and return to Chang'an... Now the crown prince and the King of Qin have taken over the throne. It's hard to say who is the latter, but the former is trying to recruit Li Jing.
Are you still going to let yourself and Li Jing stage a show of peace between generals and prime ministers in Daizhou?
Faintly making up his mind, Li Shan walked outside a small courtyard and saw that there were still lights inside. He pushed the door in and saw Liu Shirang, Su Dingfang and Zhang Zhongjian.
"Of course we will continue to pursue!" Liu Shirang said decisively: "Most Turks are night-blind and it is difficult for them to travel at night. Even if they can barely travel at night, it will be difficult for their war horses."
Li Shan interrupted and asked: "Is this place still in Shuozhou?"
"Your Highness." Liu Shirang saluted, "It should be on the southwest side of Yunzhou."
"Continue to pursue..." Li Shan repeated several times, "There is no news about Li Jing yet?"
"No." Anyway, all the people present were direct descendants of Li Shan. Liu Shirang said directly: "So what if Li Yaoshi rushes to the army!"
The stance of this sentence couldn't be more obvious. Li Shan was not surprised and just turned to look at Zhang Zhongjian.
"If the Turks don't flee all night, it will be difficult to escape." Zhang Zhongjian said calmly: "If they flee all night, the organization will be even more scattered, making it difficult to gather troops... After all, it was already dusk when Jieli fled north."
Su Dingfang nodded slightly in agreement. Under the current situation, there was not much risk in attacking. In any case, it would be difficult for the Turks to gather at night.
Li Shan calculated in his mind that he had now arrived in the west of Yunzhou, and the northeastern part was the territory of Tuli Khan. This sworn brother... he wished he could cut off Jieli Khan's head, and he would definitely not come to disrupt the situation.
And the Tiele tribes were stimulated by what he said that day... They worked very hard when they attacked Guji Town, but their current direction of attack is Wuyuan County, which is still quite far away from the traditional territory of the nine Tiele surnames, so they wanted to come.
It was too late to save him.
What's more, if I remember correctly, the Xueyantuo Khanate was established in the early years of Zhenguan. Now it has been Wude for seven years. If you say that Yi Nan, the leader of Tiele, did not have this intention, you will not believe it.
The all-out attack on Guji Town that day proved Tiele's alien intentions. If he really appeared suddenly, it was hard to say whether he came to stop the Tang army or to kill Jieli Khan.
Li Shan made up his mind, "Early tomorrow morning, we will set off to attack. Brother Dingfang and I will be the vanguard. Apart from fighting, we will only follow orders when advancing or retreating!"
The three of them should be called "His Royal Highness" at the same time, but Su Dingfang and Liu Shirang called him "His Royal Highness", while Zhang Zhongjian called him "Lang Jun".
Li Shan heard it this time and decided to join me.
Although he still doesn't know why, Li Shan can be sure that this person is not favored by Li Jing... Also, on the way north yesterday, Zhang Zhongjian was assigned to Su Dingfang and Liu Shirang this way.
Liu Shirang suddenly asked in a low voice: "Brothers of the Xue family, Zhang Baoxiang..."
"If it's Zhang Gongjin, it's hard to say..." Li Shan sneered and said decisively: "These three people... don't worry!"
Xue Wanche lived and died with him, and was sworn to Jinlan. Xue Wanjun was his brother. Zhang Baoxiang was sent by Li Daozong and was not Li Jing's general. He also contributed to the great victory of Yanmen... Li Shan had full confidence.
In fact, Li Shan thought too much. At this moment, in a small village on the border of Shuozhou and Yunzhou, Li Jing opened his hands expressionlessly and asked his bodyguard to bandage his wounds.
Li Jing traveled south and north, experienced many battles in more than three years, and finally arrived in the humid Lingnan where the soil and water were not suitable for him. He had only a hundred personal guards with him. This time he rushed north because he ordered Linji County Hou Kanling to draw men from the Jianghuai soldiers...
Li Jing, the state soldier, was really worried.
These Jianghuai elites can all ride horses... well, they can only ride horses.
On the way to the north, Li Jing encountered a group of Turks one after another. Li Jing did not expect that the main force of the Tang army would pursue the northwest direction, and he would be unlucky to encounter the Turks. During the battle, the weakness of the Jianghuai soldiers who were not good at riding was completely exposed.
Li Jing, who was over fifty years old, went into battle with a sword...The Turkic soldiers who did not dare to fight dispersed.
What was even more unfortunate was that Li Jing was cut with a knife on his left arm and stabbed in his right leg.