In the Liangyi Palace, Li Yuan was leaning on the soft couch and rubbing his temples, feeling his head swelling. The prince, King Qin and other ministers below all remained silent, only quietly listening to Princess Pingyang's story.
When Li Shan went to Daizhou, Princess Pingyang sent her personal guards twice to help, totaling about 200 people. This letter was sent back in handwriting by a personal guard who stayed in Guji Town. It is only comparable to the memorials of Qin Wutong and Er Zhu Yichen.
It was half a day late.
Although the letter was rather tactful and did not even mention it directly, the movements of Li Jing and Li Shan mentioned were enough to explain everything.
Li Jing, the Duke of Yongkang County, who had just been appointed as the Governor of Daizhou, and Li Shan, the King of Handan, who had once been in charge of the Governor's Office of Daizhou as Daizhou Governor, were no longer at odds with each other, but were hostile to each other.
Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin looked at each other, neither of them said a word... From a standpoint, both Li Jing and Li Shan were inspired by the saint Li Yuan, and were not involved in the battle for the right to inherit the throne, nor did they invest in the East Palace or the Qin Dynasty.
Under the palace gate.
From this perspective, the dispute between Li Jing and Li Shan was a civil strife.
Of course, Li Jiancheng thought so...but Li Shimin might not.
Li Shimin thought very highly of himself, whether it was his military exploits or his military prestige. He did not think of the two of them at the time, but he also admired Li Jing very much and thought that he might win over this former general. Unexpectedly, he ended up in such trouble with Li Shan.
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But it's okay, as long as they don't break up... The letter mentioned that Li Jing arrived at the Guji Town battlefield after Li Shan led his troops to pursue him, and the two hadn't met yet.
After all, there is still Li Kai here, and there is also the relationship between Li Keshi... Li Shimin still naively wants to make peace with Li Jing and Li Shan and let Li Jing and Li Shan put aside their past feud and join hands.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin coughed twice, "Li Pharmacist has mastered the secrets of military tactics. After leaving the fortress, he slowly marched to confuse the enemy, and then attacked with cavalry to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop..."
Before she finished speaking, Princess Pingyang raised the letter in her hand expressionlessly, "Before the cavalry arrived, Guji Town had already been defeated. Huairen, Zhang Shigui, and Xue Wanche led more than 800 remaining soldiers out of the city to fight to the death, and rushed to attack the Turkic Khan Banner.
It takes six thousand cavalry to defeat Jieli Khan and defeat the Turks."
Li Shimin had nothing to say when he was blocked. Under normal circumstances, six thousand Tang cavalry would indeed be unable to defeat tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry. If Li Shan, Zhang Shigui, and Xue Wanche hadn't fought to the death, biting Jieli Khan's ass and chasing him all the way, the battle would have been disrupted.
The world is turned upside down. This battle will at best be able to push back the Turks. It is hard to say whether they will win or lose.
Li Yuan let out a long sigh, glanced at his daughter, waved the Prime Minister to step aside, and then reached out to get the letter... In fact, everyone knew that Princess Pingyang had a choice when she read the letter.
After browsing through it slowly, Li Yuan nodded slightly, "It should be Zhang Wuan's contribution to holding on for eight days."
Zhang Shigui was highly valued by Li Yuan in the past few years. He was given extraordinary rewards several times and even hosted special banquets for him.
After a moment, Li Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Huairen actually beheaded Guo Ziheng with his own hands!"
Li Shimin was a little surprised. Guo Ziheng had escaped outside the Great Wall and died in the hands of Li Shan... Huairen was somewhat skilled, but he remembered that he was not good at fighting on the battlefield.
"Beheading a general and seizing the flag is unparalleled bravery. Xue Wanche beheaded the Khan flag and lived up to his reputation as a famous general in Hebei."
Li Jiancheng took the letter and looked at it for a few times, and couldn't help but huffed, "Jieli Khan... Yu Gushe... the father and son suffered a lot at the hands of Huairen..."
Li Yuan was also a little amused. Both Jieli Khan and his son were in the hands of Li Shan. He still remembered that at the beginning of the year, Huairen asked the Turkic envoy Ashina Simo here... I want to see how smarter Jieli is compared to his son.
point?!
Facts have proved that the father and son are ordinary people. After all, Yugushe's troops are not very large. This time Jieli Khan sent 200,000 troops south.
After a pause, Li Jiancheng looked at Li Yuan, "I'm afraid of my reputation..."
"More than 100,000 troops besieged the fortress with 3,000 soldiers." Li Yuan was indifferent to this and sneered: "With such a huge disparity in military strength, it is natural to use every possible means."
Li Shimin took the letter and read it without saying a word, thinking that in fact, in terms of merit, Li Jing did have merit. If he hadn't sent the cavalry to rush north, Huairen would have died in the battle at Guji Town... But this was a great victory.
, Li Jing is indeed not the first contributor.
Huairen had a strong foundation in Dai. Zhang Shigui and Xue Wanche were both his comrades who fought side by side. Su Dingfang and Liu Shirang were all his direct descendants... In fact, the key is that Li Yaoshi stayed in the rear army for the sake of the overall situation and failed to rush to Guji Town in person.
, causing military power to change hands.
Li Shimin's thinking cannot be wrong...but if Li Jing really leads the army in person, I'm afraid Li Shan will openly break up, and the matter will be even more difficult to deal with.
In fact, everyone now knows that Li Jing garrisoned Yanmen Pass and sat back and watched the Turks attack Guji Town. It was not that he was unwilling to send troops, but that he wanted to choose the most suitable time to send troops... It was just that with three thousand Tang soldiers and Li Shan, Zhang Shigui, and Xue Wanche
His life is the price, the bet, the weight.
This is the fundamental reason why Li Shan and Li Jing turned against each other.
In this regard, Li Yuan seemed helpless and understandable... He almost died in the battle. If he didn't know before that Su Dingfang and Liu Shirang, who led the troops to help, were his direct relatives, how could Li Shan not know the news.
But it was Li Yuan who issued the edict, and it was up to the pharmacist to decide on the matter of substituting the land... It was up to Li Jing to decide whether to send troops to aid Guji Town.
Li Jiancheng glanced at Princess Pingyang, "Third sister, what else is there?"
Princess Pingyang snorted, "The personal guards came to report personally. Eight hundred cavalry came out of the city to fight to the death. Zhang Shigui and Xue Wanche were unable to survive after breaking the formation. Huairen charged with a spear, wearing five wounds..."
Li Yuan nodded slightly and glanced at Li Shimin, thinking that Huairen's temperament was a bit like that of Erlang, who would not let anyone fall behind at critical moments.
Speaking of this, Princess Pingyang was a little hesitant and paused before continuing: "It is said that Jieli Khan was deeply resentful and personally held a bow and shot coldly. Huairen was hit by an arrow, and he personally pulled out the arrow and fired it..."
"Uh... shoot down the Khan flag..."
"The Tang cavalry took advantage of the situation and defeated the king's troops. Xue Wanche cut off the flagpole. Hundreds of cavalry chased Jieli Khan all the way. The Turks were in chaos. Reinforcements from the east and west came out of the formation, and the Turks were defeated."
Princess Pingyang stuttered a little when she said the last part, obviously she didn't believe it.
After a moment of silence, Li Yuan and his son looked at each other a few times, all looking dumbfounded.
Are you kidding me?
Li Jiancheng didn't have any ideas yet, but Li Shimin couldn't help but wonder to himself... Could it be that Li Shan had hidden his clumsiness before?
He is young, but he has deep thoughts!
The next moment, Li Jiancheng asked in a puzzled tone, "Never heard of... Third sister, Huairen is good at shooting?"
Princess Pingyang replied in a decisive tone: "You may not be able to hit the target within twenty steps!"
Li Shimin's mouth twitched. He couldn't hit the target within twenty steps, but he could actually shoot down the sweat flag accurately?
Li Yuan closed the coffin and concluded, "This must be destiny!"
Okay, this is put in a nice way. The opposite version is that you can shoot down the sweat flag with just a few random shots. This is called bullshit luck!