Chapter 806: Reorganizing the Line of Defense (Part 1)
Chapter 806 Reorganizing the Defense Line (Part 1)
Author: gusty wind
Chapter 806 Reorganizing the Defense Line (Part 1)
"At that time, we made great efforts to conquer the Chen Dynasty, smoothed the Lingnan area, and later divided the Turks, and conducted the Western Regions. There were great talents in both the north and the south, both in the civil and military circles, but unexpectedly now..."
It has to be said that although the reason why Li Yuan was very good at the ministers who were retained by the former Sui Dynasty or came to vote for him was to check and balance the government, his identity as a former important minister of the Sui Dynasty and his decades-long friendship with those ministers were also a major factor.
reason.
Li Yuan felt pity for Pei Shiju, who lost his father in childhood, his mother in youth, his wife in middle age, and his son in old age. Of course, he would never blame Li Shan, who had just rescued him.
Several people listened silently to Li Yuan's low murmur in a sad tone. Li Shan tilted his head unnaturally and looked at Xuanling and Du Ruhui... the former was still gentle, but the latter cast a wary look.
After a moment, Li Yuan came back to his senses and glanced at his two sons, "Huairen will be in charge of all matters in Renshou Palace. The prince can return to Chang'an to supervise the country."
Everyone present was a person with a knot in his stomach. Hearing this, his heart was filled with excitement. Li Shan glanced out of the corner of his eye. Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui were still stable, but the prince Li Jiancheng had his hands in his sleeves.
They were all clenched into fists, and their faces were extremely ugly.
It has been eight years since the founding of the Li Tang Dynasty. Regardless of the clan, Emperor Li Yuan and his several sons have always been called father, dalang, and erlang. Today, Li Yuan calls Li Jiancheng "prince" instead of "dalang", which is obviously
Deliberately.
This can be understood as Li Jiancheng slightly delaying the opportunity to send troops this time, which made Li Yuan extremely dissatisfied with his son and even suspected that Li Jiancheng might sit back and watch.
It can also be understood that Li Yuan was only dissatisfied with Li Jiancheng's behavior, but there was no actual punishment... You must know that in any dynasty, the prince is the foundation of the country, and changing the prince is not a matter that can be decided at will.
After the former Sui Prince Yang Yong was deposed, the officials of the East Palace and a large number of ministers who relied on the East Palace met a very miserable end. However, in the court today, the ministers who relied on Prince Li Jiancheng formed one of the foundations of Li Yuan's power.
This made Li Yuan not easy to depose the crown prince... It can even be said that Li Yuan would not be easily saved unless it was absolutely necessary. Although Li Jiancheng delayed sending troops, he still arrived after all.
But it can at least be explained that obvious cracks have appeared in the almost unified political alliance between the supremely accomplished King of Qin Li Shimin, Emperor Li Yuan and Prince Li Jiancheng.
Extending from this aspect, the next two facts can be determined. First, from the past more than a year until now, the suppression of the Qin Palace by the East Palace has disappeared, whether from the perspective of power checks and balances, or from the fact that Li Shimin fought to the death to protect him.
, considering the heavy casualties suffered by the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Mansion, Li Yuan would no longer acquiesce or even encourage the East Palace to attack the Prince of Qin's Mansion.
Secondly, there was the sudden rise of Liang Shidu. This time, the Lingzhou army was almost completely wiped out. This forced Li Yuan to consider it from a military perspective. Just like he had to deal with the Xue family and his son, Liu Wuzhou, and Song Jingang before, he had to at least retain the title of King of Qin.
trump card.
In other words, before coming to Renshou Palace for summer vacation, Li Shimin had almost lost the hope of taking over the East Palace through normal channels... After all, Li Yuan had pretended to let Li Shimin leave Luoyang.
But after the battle at Tiantai Mountain, Li Shimin at least retained a glimmer of hope... Li Shan thought in his mind that with Master Liang making such a fuss, it seemed that Li Shimin would not cause another Xuanwu Gate incident in a short time.
The room was quiet for a moment. Although Wang Gui, the chief staff member of the East Palace, was very famous, his temperament was a little soft. The prince behind him, Wei Zheng, took a thousand steps to wash his horse and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the King of Xiangyi's army has been defeated and the outcome is unknown. The Liang thieves broke through."
The three prefectures have been lingering for a long time. Now we should reorganize the troops in the pass and set up a military headquarters."
Li Yuan looked at Wei Zheng for a few times and chuckled: "Wei Zheng in the East Palace and Ling Jing in the Tiance Palace. Both of them have the style of the Jiang Kingdom."
The so-called Jiang State refers to Chen Shuda, the Duke of Jiang State, who is in charge of his subordinates and has the power to grant and refute, which cannot be done without a strong minister.
Wei Zheng did not evade that Xiangyi King Li Shenfu was recommended by the East Palace, but he also pointed out that the top priority now was to reorganize the defense line and restore the lost territory.
Li Yuan pondered for a moment and then turned to look at Li Shan, "How about the deployment of troops in Huairen, Longzhou and Jingzhou?"
"I am about to report back to Your Majesty." Li Shan said solemnly: "I have been ordered to control the armies and prepare to send Qian Jiulong to lead his troops north to Jingzhou, and then send troops to Longzhou to reorganize the military affairs of the two states so that Liang Jun cannot
Feel free to go south and invade, and then plan later."
"Qian Jiulong?" Li Yuan nodded slightly, "This time Yongye worked bravely and was awarded the title of County Duke, and was promoted to the general of Zuojianmen. Later he was ordered to write an imperial edict."
Qian Jiulong, whose courtesy name is Yongye, is now the Zhonglang General of the Zuojianmen. This time he is under the command of Su Dingfang. He has made many meritorious deeds in the battle of Tiantai Mountain, and Li Yuan has also seen it.
Although Qian Jiulong has been under the command of the King of Qin for a long time and has successively participated in the Qianshuiyuan, Baibi, Luoyang, Hulao, Luoshui and other battles, and has a close relationship with Li Shimin, he is not actually regarded as a direct descendant of the King of Qin because he was convicted in his early years.
He was not a slave by birth, but he supported Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Dynasty for a long time, and he was regarded as a direct descendant of Li Yuan.
In the original time and space, Qian Jiulong accompanied the prince Li Jiancheng to conquer Shandong, captured and killed Liu Heita, and made outstanding achievements, and was granted the title of Duke of Xi.
After a pause, Li Yuan then asked: "Who will lead the troops entering Longzhou?"
Li Shan hesitated for a moment, "Yang Ze, the governor of Long, once served as the governor of Ling. He defeated Liang Shidu several times, so he is worthy of the important task."
This reply surprised Li Yuan. The Tang Dynasty followed the Han system, with one state governor and the general manager in charge of military and political power, but Li Shan chose the assistant officer instead of Chang Da, the general manager of Longzhou.
"I don't like the gossip behind the scenes..." Li Shan said with a bitter look on his face, "The general manager of Longzhou, Chang Gong, is good at managing politics, but not good at fighting wars. Now Longzhou is close to Yuanzhou..."
Li Yuan couldn't help but nodded when he heard that. It was indeed true. Although Chang Da was his direct descendant, he was indeed not good at leading the army. He hesitated for a while and said: "Let Chang Shi Yang Ze lead the army first. Later, Chang Da will be transferred back to the court and Long will be selected."
State Governor."
As Li Shan said, Longzhou is close to Yuanzhou and is now the front line. It is necessary to choose another general who can take charge of the army. The general who once commanded the army must not be worse than Qian Jiulong.
Prince Li Jiancheng seemed to have recovered from his depression. He glanced at Li Shancai and said, "Father, why don't you reset the Lingzhou Road Marching Administrator's Office or rename it Jingzhou Road or Longzhou Road?"
Although he didn't name him by name, everyone knew what Li Jiancheng meant... As long as he was not snatched away by King Qin's lineage, the East Palace was acceptable.
And Li Shan, who was standing next to Li Jiancheng, was undoubtedly one of the most suitable commander-in-chief candidates.
The corners of Li Shan's mouth moved, feeling MMP in his heart.
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