Chapter 49: The Truth of the Matter
Pei Xingjian told Liu Yi what he knew.
Li Yiyan, Cen Changqian, Di Renjie and their entourage arrived in Shanzhou about 20 days after their departure from Chang'an, and after inquiring about Li Jingxuan and some other generals in the army, as well as Wang Xiaojie, who was released back by Tubo, and several of Liu Xianli's subordinate generals, the truth of the matter was revealed.
Liu Renliang had always been at odds with Li Jingxuan and held a grudge, so he recommended to the emperor Li Jingxuan, who was then the Zhongshu Order, to lead the army, and said, "The west is guarded, and it is not Jingxuan!" Although Li Jingxuan, who did not understand military affairs, repeatedly refused, Li Zhi still agreed to Liu Renliang's request, appointed Li Jingxuan as the general manager of the Taohe Road march, and recalled Liu Renliang back to Beijing at the same time, and Li Jingxuan had to take office hard.
Liu Xianli and Wang Xiaojie, who led the front army, were both people who had led troops to fight for many years and were familiar with military affairs, and they repeatedly suggested that they take the initiative to attack the Qinghai Tubo defenders led by the Qinling in order to regain control of the Qinghai area, and Liu Renliang, who initially led the army, also agreed to their request and formulated a detailed attack plan.
Liu Xianli led 30,000 troops, and together with the deputy general Wang Xiaojie, attacked the Tubo army in the Hehuang Valley, Li Jingxuan personally led the remaining army to follow, but to everyone's surprise, after Liu Xianli and Wang Xiaojie led the army to fight with the Tubo army, Li Jingxuan, who was supposed to lead his troops to rush to help, did not move and did not send troops to support Liu Xianli; After receiving the distress letter sent by Liu Xianli, he also did not lead his troops to support on the grounds that the Tubo army was powerful, our army was unable to attack, and the whole army might be annihilated, so that Liu Xianli was surrounded by nearly ten times the Tubo army, and finally all of them were annihilated, and Li Jingxuan learned that Liu Xianli's entire army was annihilated, and he actually led the army to retreat overnight, and the army was in turmoil for a while.
Hearing this, Liu Yi's eyes seemed to be erupting with anger, and things were really the same as he thought, Li Jingxuan, who should have been cut with a thousand cuts, was indeed the culprit of his father's unfortunate death.
However, this time Liu Yi held back the anger in his heart and did not vent it, still with a calm look, waiting for Pei Xingjian to continue.
Pei Xingjian's face was surprised, and after looking at Liu Yi's face for a while, he also continued to talk about the following situation.
After Li Jingxuan learned of the defeat of Liu Xianli's army, he immediately led his troops to retreat, camped in Chengfeng Ridge, dug a deep ditch to resist the attack of the Tibetan army, and collected the rout.
After the Tubo army solved the Liu Xianli Department, a part led by the general Badishe, also attacked the area of Chengfeng Ridge, and occupied favorable terrain, formed a semi-encirclement of the Tang army, and sent troops to attack the defense line of the Tang army several times, the Tang army with an unstable army was unable to resist and suffered heavy losses, Li Jingxuan wanted to flee back to Shanzhou on the grounds that the army was no longer able to resist, but the troops would be behind the Tubo army, if our army retreated, it was bound to be chased and beaten by the Tubo army, and it was quickly defeated, and the losses would be immeasurable.
Fortunately, the left leader of the foreign general Hei Zhi Changzhi took advantage of the night to lead 500 sergeants to attack the Tubo camp led by the Badi set, and the Tubo people who won the victory were caught off guard, the camp was in chaos, and the main tent set up by the Badi was also set on fire by the Tang army, and I don't know how many Tang troops came to steal the camp Badi had to lead the army to flee for their lives, and the Tubo army was in turmoil, trampling on each other and losing countless losses, so that the threat of the Tang army was eliminated, and Li Jingxuan was able to lead the remnants to retreat to Shanzhou.
After returning to Shanzhou, the number of people was counted, and only about 100,000 of the 180,000 army remained, with nearly half of the losses, and countless soldiers scattered after the rout!
In response to the imperial court's "Edict of Raising Warriors" and the military supervision of the imperial history Lou Shide, in his own capacity to collect the remnants, actually got nearly 10,000 people, Lou Shide led these patchwork soldiers, several times to repel the attacks of the Tubo people, Li Jingxuan did not dare to hide Lou Shide's exploits, the imperial court because of Lou Shide's outstanding achievements, sent him to Tubo, and the Tubo generals discussed Zanbo and Chiling, I don't know what tricks Lou Shide made, the Tubo army agreed to negotiate peace with my Tang Dynasty, and led the army to withdraw to the Hehuang area.
Hearing this, the anger in Liu Yi's heart was even greater, the lives of tens of thousands of Tang Dynasty soldiers were lost in vain because of the cowardice of Li Jingxuan, the main general, and his father was captured because of this, so that he was reborn in this world, and he never saw it once, at this moment, Liu Yi really wanted to sneak to Shanzhou and stab Li Jingxuan, so that he could pay for his dead father and tens of thousands of Han family sons.
However, although Liu Yi had a lot of anger in his heart, he still didn't show it, but his breathing became a little short, Liu Yi also hurriedly adjusted the rate of breathing, stabilized his mind, and asked calmly, "Pei Shilang, what's more, is there any news from my uncle and two brothers?" ”
Pei Xingjian was even more surprised by Liu Yi's calm expression, and he was also very puzzled, and when he heard Liu Yi ask him like this, he replied: "Li Jingxuan was afraid that your uncle and the two eldest brothers would be unfavorable to him after returning to Beijing, so he detained them and his party in Shanzhou, but fortunately, the sergeant who was in custody took pity on the loyalty of your uncle and two elder brothers, and did not embarrass them... After the court sent a group of people to investigate the case arrived in Shanzhou, they were also released, and Cen Shilang sent a sergeant, together with your uncle and two brothers, to escort your father's coffin and rush back to Chang'an, presumably after a while, you can arrive in Chang'an..."
Hearing this, Liu Yi could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, and scolded angrily: "Li Jingxuan is incompetent, does not understand military affairs, and is cowardly, he did not send troops to rescue his father when he was besieged by the Tubo army, he was the culprit who caused his father's death, and he dared to lie about the military situation, slandered his father, and put all the blame on his father.
Hearing what Pei Xingjian said just now, Liu Yi was a little afraid, what if Li Jingxuangou jumped over the wall in a hurry and killed his uncle and two brothers in order to cover up his crimes?
Although this didn't happen, if it happened, how would he, Liu Yi, face the mess left in the mansion alone?
Or Li Jingxuan's heart is not ruthless enough, he can't kill his family, maybe someone else stopped him, so he had to give up, Liu Yi now understands why his uncle ordered the two servants to go back to Chang'an directly from Qinghai, and he didn't go to Shanzhou, presumably considering that Li Jingxuan might have such a strategy, for fear of being surprised, so he did so.
"The imperial court did make a mistake in employing people, and I didn't expect that Li Jingxuan, who is a Zhongshu Ling, would be such a villain!" Pei Xingjian was also quite emotional.
Hearing Pei Xingjian say this, Liu Yi gritted his teeth and said: "Liu Renliang used his personal interests, ignored the general interests of the country, recommended Li Jingxuan to lead the troops, and vainly wanted to achieve the goal of revenge with his defeat.
"Virtuous nephew, don't talk nonsense about such things!" Pei Xingjian was taken aback...
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