In the city of Chang'an, the atmosphere during the ongoing New Year is not very good. Although the government has been dismissed, the memorial written by Guo Xiaoke, the governor of Longzhou, to the court, mentioning the unfavorable outcome of the war, caused quite a stir in Chang'an.
Li Zhaode and Zhang Wenguan could see it, and others could see it even more clearly... Although it was not named, this was actually a memorial to impeach Li Huairen, the king of Handan.
We sent out troops in a snowy day, but failed to attack Guyuan. There was no time, no favorable location, and no one to make peace with them. However, they refused to withdraw their troops, resulting in the loss of troops and generals.
In fact, this memorial did not have much influence. On the one hand, Guo Xiaoke was only the commander-in-chief of Longzhou, and his status and status could not be compared with that of the commander-in-chief of the march on Lingzhou Road. Li Shan had only achieved a great victory a few months ago. On the other hand, because
Because of the battle at Tiantai Mountain, most of the court officials had a relationship with Li Shan, at least with good intentions.
The key is to report the meritorious service sent to Chang'an by both front and rear. Just as Li Shan, Li Keshi and his son expected, the Prince of Handan personally led the warriors to Xiaoguan in the snowy night, Su Dingfang stationed in the snow and refused to retreat, and Guo Xiaoke suffered a small setback and died.
He retreated, but he also wrote a letter to the court to blame the king and even accused the King of Handan. The contrast was too stark.
To put it bluntly, Guo Xiaoke was stupid. He even had the meat in front of his mouth, but he had to turn his head away and refused to eat it.
Not only is he stupid, he is also bad. Even if he refuses to eat, he will bite the hand that handed him the meat.
Speaking more broadly, Guo Xiaoke is called the following offender. This does not mean that he is just a county official, far inferior to Li Shan, the county prince, but that Li Shan is the chief marching officer of Lingzhou Road and is ordered to control the army. In name only.
, Lingzhou, Jingzhou, Yuanzhou, Huizhou, Longzhou and Ningzhou are all under its jurisdiction.
The army under Li Shan was mainly directly under the command, with only one partial division, which was the imperial troops led by Guo Xiaoke and Yang Ze who were stationed in Longzhou and the southwest of Yuanzhou.
From this perspective, Li Shan is Guo Xiaoke’s upright boss.
The following offense is to put it mildly, but to put it more seriously, it is called disrespecting military orders.
And Guo Xiaoke happened to be the favorite general of Qin King Li Shimin, so in this case, eight hundred warriors went down to Xiao Pass. Although such legendary deeds are spread among the people, more people are paying attention to Guo Xiaoke...or in other words, they are paying attention to it.
They are the King of Qin and the prince behind Guo Xiaoke.
What kind of encounter Guo Xiaoke will have next will largely affect this year's court situation... To put it more directly, the decision will reflect Li Yuan's attitude and preference for the situation of seizing the throne.
To put it bluntly, this is a trend.
Countless people, including officials from the Tiance Mansion and the East Palace, were watching to see what Li Yuan would do this time.
In the palace of Princess Pingyang, Chai Shao couldn't help laughing when he thought of the two memorials, "His Majesty appointed him that day. Guo Xiaoke had many great achievements under the command of the King of Qin. This time..."
"Advancing in the greed of merit, and pushing back after defeat." Princess Pingyang snorted coldly, "You deserve it!"
"Going ahead greedily for merit?" Chai Shao was a little curious, "Did you receive a letter from Huairen?"
"It was mentioned in Zhang Zhigui's letter to the Duke of Qinghe County, but there is indeed a letter from Huairen. It just arrived." Princess Pingyang took out the letter from her sleeve and handed it over. She also knew herself. She was not very sensitive when it came to intrigues.
Far inferior to her husband-in-law.
Chai Shao took a few glances at the letter, then frowned slightly and said in surprise: "Huairen is going back to Beijing..."
Princess Pingyang did not say a word, but her brows were furrowed even more tightly than her husband's.
"The next step is to sweep Huizhou and Lingzhou. Why are you returning to Beijing at this time?" Chai Shao looked back a few times and couldn't help but curling up the corner of his mouth, "Being wounded and sick...and being wounded and sick again?"
This sentence obviously meant something. After the Tang army defeated the Turks three times the year before last, Li Shan invited himself back to the court on the grounds of being wounded and sick. Chai Shao suspected that Li Shan was pretending again...
This look fell into the eyes of his wife, and the heroine couldn't help but stare. "The wind and snow were blowing hard, and it was difficult to see people five steps away. In three days and two nights, 800 warriors lost 15% on the way. Isn't it possible?"
Should we be traumatized and sick?”
That is to say, Li Shan's surname is Li, and his ancestral home is Chengji, Longxi, and he is also his wife's savior. Otherwise, Chai Shao would really feel a little uncomfortable. After thinking about it, he asked dryly: "Does your Majesty know?"
Princess Pingyang shook her head and said, "I will go to the palace tomorrow and tell my father."
Chai Shao, who had just returned from the palace, said with a smile: "It just so happens that today His Majesty sent an order to discuss matters in Linhu Palace tomorrow, which will probably be the follow-up to this battle."
Princess Pingyang was stunned and asked: "Guo Xiaoke?"
"Who knows..." Chai Shao coughed twice, "Are you going to persuade His Majesty to summon Huairen back to Chang'an?"
"Uh..." Princess Pingyang thought for a while and said softly: "The situation in the DPRK and China is complicated and difficult to describe. If Huairen returns to the capital... he might as well lead an army outside, at least to protect himself."
Chai Shao was silent for a while, then tutted: "If it weren't for Li Dewu, I would have thought Huairen was your biological brother..."
"You..." Princess Pingyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Would it be better for Huairen to return to Beijing or stay in the army?"
"Can you control him?" Chai Shao yawned, "Huairen is a man with a strong mind and will not be persuaded by others. I'm afraid he has made up his mind to return to Beijing."
Seeing that his wife remained silent, Chai Shao smiled and said: "I had only vague guesses before, but now I can conclude that Huairen will definitely vote for the King of Qin."
Princess Pingyang raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why do you see that?"
"I didn't stay in the army and asked myself to return to the court, maybe because I was worried about the rumors in the past, but if I say that Huairen was not involved in the battle to seize the legitimate son, do you believe it?" Chai Shao said with a smile: "Now that the East Palace is weak,
There is hope for the King of Qin, but Huairen can't just return to the court and turn the tide for the prince, right?"
"Impossible, Pei Shiju and Li Dewu are both at the East Palace." Princess Pingyang thought for a moment, "So Huairen returned to the court for the sake of his second brother?"
"Maybe." Chai Shao thought for a while, "Maybe it was the King of Qin who summoned him back to the capital."
"What?"
"Luo Yi is a little restless." Chai Shao said with a smile: "Huairen can't be Sinong Qing when he returns to Beijing, right?"
"Second brother intends to use Huairen to check Luo Yi?"
"Maybe there's still hope of controlling the Beiya Imperial Army." Chai Shao rolled his eyes, "It wouldn't be a bad idea to pass it on to him."
Princess Pingyang felt a little complicated. She held the letter tightly with dry and strong fingers. She didn't know what to say for a while. After a while, she asked in a low voice: "If Huairen returns to Beijing, do you want to ask..."
Chai Shao put away his smile and shook his head slightly, "If you ask clearly, then you have to choose."
"Of course he is the second brother." Princess Pingyang said firmly: "The prince has a cold heart, how can he be the great treasure!"
"But Huairen may not think so..."
"Didn't you assert that Huairen has surrendered to his second brother?"
"What I mean is that the matter of seizing the direct descendant is extremely dangerous. No one dares to say who will win or lose until the truth comes out. Huairen hopes that you and I will stay out of the matter."
After a pause, Chai Shao said: "You were kind to Huairen, so Huairen reciprocated."