Although it was not yet night, the setting sun had already disappeared into the mountains, leaving only a faint afterglow. In the small tent, Li Daoxuan and Li Shan sat opposite each other.
Seeing the worried look on Li Shan's face, Li Daoxuan smiled and said: "Someone is involved in this matter. Shi Wanbao can't afford to make any trouble, so don't worry."
Today Li Daoxuan led his cavalry to commit suicide again, beheading more than a hundred cavalry, and sent his personal guards to the wounded barracks, just to support Li Shan.
Li Shan was a little speechless. He was just following professional habits. They were all wounded soldiers. Should he save the ones with minor injuries or those who were basically hopeless? For doctors, this was a simple multiple-choice question.
The purified liquor brought from the capital has been tested and found to have a certain disinfection effect. Limited medical resources should be used for the intended purpose and save more people. This is the basic principle.
In this era, wounded barracks were never a formal component of an army, just like food, grass and baggage were often the responsibility of the local area.
Once injured in battle, if you are a lieutenant general in the army, you can still call a doctor, but if you are an ordinary soldier, medicine is extravagant, and at most you can get some care from a civilian.
Therefore, the location of the wounded barracks is often next to where the soldiers and civilians are stationed.
Although Li Shan was only in charge for six or seven days, what he did was witnessed by Li Daoxuan. It eliminated the lifeless atmosphere in the wounded barracks and had a positive effect on the morale of the army.
In the past six or seven days, the relationship between Li Shan and Li Daoxuan has become much closer, especially after Li Daoxuan listened to Li Shan talk about meeting Princess Qin that day...well, and listened to Li Shan carefully describe how Yuchi Baolin was captured.
After being stunned.
"When the saint went north, only the second brother and the second sister-in-law were left in Taiyuan Mansion. If the second sister-in-law hadn't taken care of him..."
Li Shan remained silent, listening to Li Daoxuan's mutterings. This King of Huaiyang looked gentle and elegant, and was very brave when he went into battle, but he turned out to be a talker.
From the Princess of Qin to the King of Qin, from the Battle of Luoshui to Hulao Pass, from Tiance Mansion to Daxingtai of East Shaanxi Province... Li Shan lowered his head and saw that the wine cup on the table was indeed water, not liquor.
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However, after listening so much patiently, it was not without any benefit. Li Shan learned a lot of secrets from this... at least it would definitely be a secret in future forums.
Sometimes, the interactions between people are based on fate. Li Shan has been in this era for more than a year. Among the people he interacts with, there are children from Prince Qin's palace who are strangers to each other, Wang Renbiao who has the same problem, and someone who feels like old friends at first sight.
Li Kai.
But in terms of feeling, I can still get along best with Li Daoxuan.
The reason is very simple. The so-called secrets mentioned by Li Daoxuan are basically gossip.
And Li Shan...has been extremely interested in these gossips in his past and present lives.
For example, Princess Qin once asked the Hongnong Yang family's daughter to be the concubine on behalf of her husband. Unfortunately, the Hongnong Yang family refused, but the next year she was promised to the King of Qi as the princess.
Oh oh oh, Li Shan immediately thought of that... No wonder!
In later generations, there were people who forcibly washed the land for Li Er and took in his younger brothers and sisters. This was to stabilize the Hongnong Yang family... It's really nonsense. Is it that the Taiyuan Wang family with five surnames and seven families is so unranked?
I'm afraid the princess is almost forty years old. Such an old woman... Li Shimin's teeth are not very good.
In this era, women after thirty can call themselves old!
That's why Li Shimin took revenge after Xuanwumen... If you don't want to be a concubine, then you won't even have a tablet in the palace!
That "Concubine Yang" was not canonized until her death.
Li Daoxuan also mentioned in a vague tone why Li Shimin deliberately asked Yuchi Gong to humiliate Li Yuanji during the Luoyang War last year... Thousands of people saw it in person and was snatched away by his opponent empty-handed three times. Li Yuanji was so angry that he was so angry.
Li Shan also casually asked about some things that interested him, but he didn't see any clues in the capital.
For example, is Fang Xuanling really afraid of his wife?
Li Shan once made some insinuations, but there was nothing strange about Fang Yizhi anyway, and he didn't know if the jealous allusion was fabricated.
For example, did Wu Zetian really get married in her forties?
Women in their forties now have grandchildren!
For example, how old is Princess Changle this year?
After chatting for a long time, Li Shancai turned back to the topic, "The King of Huaiyang..."
"Um?"
"Brother Daoxuan." Li Shan smiled and said, "You and Duke Yuan..."
Li Daoxuan snorted, "That old man is going too far!"
At the beginning of the year, Li Shimin conquered Hebei. After the Battle of Luoshui, he was urgently recalled to Beijing, and Li Daoxuan became the general manager of Luozhou.
This is a very special position. Dou Jiande and Liu Heitai both used Luozhou as their capital, and because they relied on the Luoshui River and had convenient transportation, it was a battleground for military strategists.
And because there is no Daxingtai in Hebei Province, General Manager Luozhou can directly govern at least half of Hebei Province, and many generals of the Qin king's lineage such as Shuang Shiluo, Qi Shanxing, Wang Xu, Tian Liu'an and so on left by Li Shimin can also do so.
Ensure Li Daoxuan's governance.
However, Li Shimin was urgently recalled to Beijing, and Li Yuanji temporarily commanded the armies of Hebei Province. Shi Wanbao hunted down Liu Heitai's remnants in Luozhou with brutal methods, while Li Daoxuan followed Li Shimin's instructions and tried to be gentle. As a result, the two fell out completely.
In the end, the young and vigorous Li Daoxuan suffered a loss, and the manager of Luozhou was snatched away by Li Yuan, the king of Lujiang County. This man, like Shi Wanbao, was a direct descendant of the East Palace.
But unexpectedly, Liu Heitai came back to power in a blink of an eye. Because of Li Shimin's recommendation, Li Daoxuan was promoted to the chief marching officer of Hebei Province, while Shi Wanbao was only his deputy.
Under such circumstances, how could Li Daoxuan not vent his previous hatred? Shi Wanbao was tortured quite hard.
Not to mention other things, they attacked Jizhou, defeated Liu Shishan, went north to attack Shenzhou, and Shi Wanbao did not gain any benefit from the three battles.
Li Dao
Shi Wanbao was so angry that he vomited blood. He had two thousand cavalry under his command, but they were forcibly removed by Li Daoxuan and transferred to General Sang Xianhe, the Marquis of Youwu.
In other words, when Youwuhou General Sang Xianhe defeated Liu Heitai in Shenzhou, he used mostly Shi Wanbao's old troops.
Li Dao
"It's very different from last year. Liu Heitai is already discouraged. He will definitely win this battle."
Li Shan was silent for a while and said softly: "If a war breaks out and I have no use for you, maybe I can return to Shaanxi Province to deliver orders?"
"Huh?" Li Daoxuan was shocked, "Why are you going back now?"
"Managing the wounded barracks is not a military achievement, but it can boost morale and make one's name famous. This is what I mentioned in my victory report."
Li Shan on the opposite side remained silent, and Li Daoxuan, who noticed something unusual, closed his mouth.
After another period of silence, Li Daoxuan's face turned slightly livid, "Do you think this battle will be difficult for me to win?"
After all, he is a young man who is not yet twenty years old. It is his first time to stand alone, so naturally he is not favored by others. But it is normal for Shi Wanbao not to be favored, and the friends he has just made are not favored either... Li Daoxuan's face is a little ugly.
Li Shan lowered his head slightly, "Does King Huaiyang want to hear the truth or a lie?"
"How about a lie?"
"This battle is difficult to win."
Li Daoxuan was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Where is the truth?"