On June 11, Li Shan left Renshou Palace and returned to Qianyuan County.
On the way back, Li Shan pondered all the way. He was deeply worried. On the one hand, he was worried about when Li Shimin would take action, and on the other hand, he was worried about what kind of plan Pei Shiju would have.
On the other hand, Li Shan is also worried about the changes in the Turks... In his view, any behavior that is inconsistent with logic must be reasonable, but it is just a logic that he does not understand.
It is impossible for Ashina Sheer not to be feared by Jieli Khan, but to be so determined... In Li Shan's opinion, it is illogical.
After returning to the valley, Li Shan immediately summoned everyone. Wang Junhao, Zhang Zhongjian, Qu Silang, Hou Chen, He Fang, Hou Hongbin, Fan Shiyi and others were all seated.
After a brief silence, Li Shanxian looked at Hou Chen, "Remember you mentioned that you had an old relationship with the grassland tribe?"
"Yes." Hou Chen was a little surprised, "His Highness wants to sell it in the grassland... but I'm afraid it will be difficult to sell soap bars in the grassland."
"Send a batch over." Li Shan said slowly: "Send a hand... It's best to send them to Wuyuan County. I heard that Ashina She'er is at war with Tuli Khan and investigate."
Hou Chen had heard of the name Ashina She'er. The King of Handan personally captured him alive in the battle last year and sent him back to the grassland at the beginning of this year.
"Yes." Hou Chen nodded in agreement, "There were several small tribes that attached themselves to Lingzhou, and we could promise them generous profits."
Li Shan nodded slightly and continued: "Jun Hao."
"exist."
"How many people can we have if we want to be young and strong?"
Wang Junhao calculated in his mind, "Three hundred personal guards and nearly nine hundred young people in the village."
"Nine hundred people..." Li Shan licked his tongue, "Fan Shiyi, go back to Chang'an and bring all the free horses."
"Yes." Fan Shiyi said as he stood up.
Li Shan sighed, no matter whether there was a sudden change on Li Shimin's side or something unexpected happened on the Turks' side, only with a war horse in hand, no matter whether it was rushing to the rescue of Chang'an or escaping thousands of miles away, he would have enough confidence.
Because of the previous preparations for the establishment of Xia City, and because Ma Zhou has been managing Ma Yin for a long time, no one in the world has more horses than Li Shan... Most of them are good horses. Although it is impossible to make up for it, it should not be difficult to make up three or four hundred horses.
However, the ordnance, armor, bows and arrows in Dongshan Temple's secret warehouse have almost been used up. In this regard...
"Nine hundred young men are strong enough for Zhechong Mansion." Li Shan thought for a while and whispered: "Sanlang, go to the county seat tomorrow and ask for weapons and armor... Go straight to the chief minister Yang Ze."
Although he didn't know what was going on, Zhang Zhongjian immediately agreed. Recalling that Li Shan had asked people to investigate the inside story of Wuyuan County before, he almost concluded that it was to deal with the Turks.
Wang Junhao couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "Lang Jun, is your Majesty interested?"
Li Shan glanced at the guy and said, "No."
After a pause, Li Shanpi snorted with a smile, "It's just a precaution. I didn't say anything this time."
Wang Junhao resisted the urge to roll his eyes... In Ling Gong's words, wherever Lang Jun appears, there will be trouble, just like the legendary drought demon that spreads thousands of miles across the red land.
Changing from Tongzhou to Longzhou, newcomers such as Zhang Zhongjian and Qu Silang are fine, but old people like Wang Junhao, Fan Shiyi and Zhu Ba have already been prepared.
"The women and children have all been sent back to Chang'an." Li Shan glanced at Hou Chen, "Mr. Hou needs to be comforted."
"Has it come to this?" Hou Chen was at a loss what to do, he didn't find any clues at all.
Li Shan said quietly: "Your Majesty mentioned the day before yesterday that Ashina She'er and Tuli Khan went to war..."
"Turkish civil strife?" Hou Chen felt even more strange. People are fighting among themselves, but we want to send women and children away?
"This matter is very strange and must change." Li Shan sighed: "Li Shenfu, the king of Xiangyi... I'm afraid it will be difficult to stop the Turks from attacking."
Most people were confused about Li Shan's explanation, but Zhang Zhongjian echoed in a low voice: "Ashina She'er is an extraordinary person. It is indeed strange to start a war with Tuli Khan despite being suspected. "
"Yes." Li Shan smiled bitterly and said, "I have to prepare for a rainy day. Ashina She'er hates being alone..."
Wang Junhao muttered a few words in a low voice. If he had known this, he would have killed him with a knife that day.
"Why are you talking about this now!" Li Shan frowned, "He Fang, Hou Hongbin."
"You two select 400 young people from the village and train with the personal guards."
"The Guards are headed by Wang Junhao, with He Fang, Hou Hongbin, Zhang Zhongjian and Qu Silang as their deputies."
Everyone agreed one by one, what to do, Hou Hongbin was quite suspicious, but Wang Junhao was full of confidence in Li Shan... After leaving the room, Fan Shiyi was still explaining to the newcomers, probably because Lang Jun's promise didn't work. Even if it is said to be bad, it is usually very effective.
That night, Li Shan pinched his fingers and made calculations in his mind. It was mid-June now, and the war between Ashina She'er and Tuli Khan would begin around the end of May. If the former wanted to do something, it should have been revealed by now.
In July and August, the autumn harvest is about to begin on the Guannai Road, and Turks usually choose this time to invade south.
Calculating it this way, I have enough time. Most of the about a thousand young men have mounts, and they can advance and retreat freely by relying on the Lianshui River... The most important thing is that I am not a local official in Longzhou, so I don't have to consider the responsibility of defending the land. , if the situation is not good and you run away, no one can blame yourself.
Besides, even if someone wants to accuse, there is no good reason. They have already reached Liyuan County. The first people to chase should be Li Shenfu and Duan Decao.
Starting from the next day, the entire valley was busy, and the tense atmosphere gradually became intense. It was because of Li Shan that Long Governor Shi Yangze was able to share power from Chang Da, which was very embarrassing.
It was taboo to send armor to Sinong Qing's personal guards, but Yang Ze perfectly understood what Li Shan asked Zhang Zhongjian to bring, and submitted a request to the Ministry of War to establish a new Zhechong Mansion in Liyuan County.
The Zhechong Mansion in the world is divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower. There are 1,200 people in the upper mansion, 1,000 people in the middle mansion, and 800 people in the lower mansion. This can provide exactly 800 young men. Although the Ministry of War has not yet sent a reply, but Yang Ze has already officially sent a large number of ordnance to the valley.
"Your Highness, this is..." Pei Xuanji looked at the hundreds of cavalry training on the plains outside the valley and whispered: "I haven't heard of the Turks invading the border."
Li Shan hummed and explained: "It's just a practice or two."
After a pause, perhaps feeling that this reason was a bit perfunctory, Li Shan added: "That day, Brother Xuanji mentioned that Brother Long Qian had written a letter, and the King of Xiangyi and the Duke of Pingyuan County were in conflict..."
"That's true." Pei Xuanji smiled bitterly and said: "Jiulang's letter, if the Turks invade in large numbers, I'm afraid the war will be unfavorable... But after hearing about the civil strife in the Turks, they shouldn't go south, right?"
"Last year there was heavy snow on the grassland, what do you think?"
Li Shan thought to himself that he could only find this reason. The reason of Ashina Sheer could not be put on the table. On the one hand, it was difficult to convince the public, and on the other hand, Li Yuan put the person back... and he felt proud of himself.