Chapter 133
: The blade is in the bone and has to fight
A team of more than 800 people rushed out of Yinshan before dark. Qianniu Guards are worthy of being the most powerful guard in the Tang Dynasty. Each of them is a veteran of all kinds of battles, so they acted very quickly when choosing a base and the tents they built, which made Li Ke and the black-clothed guards feel what it means to have a wild marching.
During the evening break, Li Ke went to Chen Qi's tent to see his injuries. Seeing that the gauze wrapped around him oozing blood, Li Ke personally changed the ointment for Chen Qi, which moved Chen Qi very much.
The night is quiet, the sky is blue, and the night on the grassland is less warm but more vast. Therefore, Li Ke was not sleepy and walked out of the station under Chen Qi's escort to the riverside not far away.
"Follow me, I will make you suffer." After a moment of silence, Li Ke said to Chen Qi calmly, "This time you have made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and I will definitely reward you heavily when I go back."
"Your Highness," Chen Qi was about to speak when he heard Li Ke continue, "I have obvious merits and demerits, so you don't need to say more. Follow me when I am on the way tomorrow and hand over what I have to do to Hou Hu and Mengshan." Having said this, Li Ke turned around and patted Chen Qi on the shoulder, "Take care of the injury and don't get any disease. I still need you in the future."
"Your Highness," Chen Qi, a seven-foot man at this time, said with a choking and crying voice.
"After leaving Yinshan, I was restless and always felt something would happen." Li Ke said lightly, "I hope I'm too lazy. I'll send more people to the patrol tonight, so that Hou Hu and Mengshan will be responsible, so don't take it lightly."
"No" Chen Qi reflected his military style when Li Ke gave the order.
Li Ke and Chen Qi stood by the stream for nearly a stick of incense before returning to the base. Then Chen Qi arranged for patrol matters. He chatted with Di Zhixun who came to see him for a long time. After Di Zhixun left, he took out his sword Yuanhong and said nothing for a long time. Schroeder's words, "Li Ke, you will pay the price for what you do today." And Ashinayun's words, "Be careful, he will not give up with Schroeder's character." They kept lingering in his ears.
Li Ke found that this trip to the grassland changed a lot of his thoughts. After seeing Jie Li, he felt even more touched. He didn't understand what kind of person he was before. After seeing Jie Li, he saw Jie Li's eyes, the arrogance of despising everything and the obsession with power, so he truly understood what he really needed? He understood that the same kind of person he and Jie Li were different only one was like a wolf on the grassland, born with bloodthirsty; the other was a golden scale in the pond, which turned into a dragon when it encountered wind and clouds.
At the same time, Li Ke thought of Jie Li's attitude towards him, "He actually understands himself very well and understands what he thinks in his heart. Otherwise, how could his attitude towards him change so much after the peace talks?" Li Ke thought that only by treating his enemies would Jie Li treat him with an equal attitude, because this is respect for the enemy and also respect for himself. Li Ke sighed, "Did Jie Li treat himself as his real enemy? Is this happiness or misfortune?"
The next morning, Li Ke still ordered the team to speed up the march, and he didn't want to waste time on the road. However, just as they were bypassing a small hill, their eyes suddenly became clear, and then they were facing thousands of Turkic cavalry.
Li Ke was stunned at first, then calmed down, then looked straight at the head of the Turkic cavalry in front of him, dressed like the commander of the thousand-man Su Tu, but the man looked more fierce than Su Tu. The man looked hesitant, seemed to be struggling in his heart, his face changed, and an old man in his fifties kept winking him, and at the same time whispered something in his ear.
"Whose tribe of your Turkic tribe is ordered by anyone to stop the Tang envoys from returning to the country to report their lives." Di Zhixun rode forward at this time and scolded angrily, "Is it the way you Jie Li Khan manage the troops?" Di Zhixun said very skillfully. He was testing whether the Turkic people were sent by Jie Li. If so, they would refute him with confidence. If not, they would remain silent or argue.
When Li Ke saw the Turkic cavalry in front of him, he immediately understood his uneasiness last night. At the same time, he knew that these cavalry might be sent by Schroeder to chase him. So, he quietly told Chen Qi behind him, "For the unchanging reason, as long as they dare to take action, you can shoot the commander of the thousand-man first."
Chen Qi nodded to show his understanding.
Then, Di Zhixun heard a stern voice roaring, "Your Turkic warriors, your loyal and brave men of Jie Li Khan, have not received the order of his Khan today, so he was sought to stop the envoys of the Tang Dynasty. Is it that you are showing your loyalty to you Khan?" Di Zhixun saw the actions of the old man in his fifties, and knew that these people were most encouraged by this person to chase and kill his group. He didn't understand the reason, but he knew how to talk to them.
"If you stopped the envoys of the Tang Dynasty from returning to the Tang Dynasty today and destroyed the peaceful relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, do you want to provoke the war between the two countries that your Khan would not want? Now you are blocking us like this, don't you want the food and silk that the Tang Dynasty gave you? Are you just foolishly doing something because you were deceived by others today, just like letting your tribe members starve to death without the food of the Tang Dynasty?"
Di Zhixun said here and continued, "I don't know what this general is called?"
"Deputy Envoy Di, Your Highness, Your Highness, My Name is Sande. Although I don't understand your words very well, I understand what you mean. I don't want to be a sinner of the Turks." After saying that, he glanced at the back, "Let's go." Then he ignored the old man who winked him around him and disappeared in front of Li Ke.
Di Zhixun returned to Li Ke. Li Ke saw that his forehead was sweating in the cold weather, which showed how much pressure he was just now. "Your Highness, this is just a temporary solution. We should set off immediately to avoid encountering the Turkic pursuers again. Wei Chen had just observed carefully that the old man around Sander was the mastermind who encouraged these people. In Wei Chen, he saw that Sander was not the opponent of the old man, and sooner or later they would catch up."
"Hey! There are at least 1,500 people, and we can't beat them at all," he said to himself, and then he heard him shouting, "Setting out" and the eight hundred people continue to come towards the Tang Dynasty again.
Along the way, he told Di Zhixun his guesses. Di Zhixun thought for a long time and agreed to Li Ke's explanation. These people were not sent by Jie Li, nor were they sent by a certain tribe leader, but Schroeder secretly sent a cavalry to hunt down Li Ke. However, they chose the most powerful cavalry around Jie Li, but they did not choose the general who led the troops, so they would fail. Otherwise, with the more than 1,500 people in front of him, the 800 people behind Li Ke were not their opponents at all.
Li Ke and Di Zhixun didn't speak, and they were struggling in the wind to make it difficult for them to speak. After a while, Li Ke suddenly stopped. No one knew why he suddenly stopped and couldn't leave. Just when everyone was confused, Li Ke suddenly shouted, "Wang Hu Mengsan."
"The last general is here" the two of them appeared in front of Li Ke on horseback at the same time.
"You lead your own troops to escort Deputy Envoy Di back to Chang'an. I will drag you back and lead the pursuers away." Li Ke's firm eyes were not allowed to resist Hou Hu and Meng Shan.
After a long time, the two finally received the order.
During this period, Di Zhixun wanted to speak, but Li Ke stopped him with his hands. Seeing Hou Hu and Meng Shan accepting the order, Li Ke said, "Together, if this is Schroeder's personal idea, then our peace talks will always be effective. I hope you can return to Chang'an as soon as possible and then negotiate with the Turks."
Di Zhixun was about to speak, but Li Ke continued, "The people of Suzhou are still waiting for us. Don't refuse. Hou Hu and Mengshan will protect you along the way. Let me have fun with these thousand cavalry!" Li Ke said this, his face showed a long-lost domineering aura. His eyes looked cold, which made Di Zhixun shudder.
Di Zhixun did not argue with Li Ke after all, but Li Ke saw tears in his eyes when he left. Di Zhixun knew that Li Ke had basically no chance of winning with the 800 Tang army and more than 1,500 Turkic cavalrymen. But what could he do? With Li Ke's character, he would not let himself stay and drag the Turkic cavalry back by himself. Therefore, he left decisively, hoping to return to Yunzhou early and let the Tang Dynasty send troops to support Li Ke.
Di Zhixun left, Hou Hu and Mengshan took away twenty Eagle Guards and fifty Qianniu Guards. Li Ke looked at the remaining eight hundred people in front of him and suddenly smiled, "Are you afraid?"
"Not afraid"
"Speak loudly, are you afraid?" Li Ke roared.
"Not afraid" more than 800 people shouted at the same time. Although it was an empty grassland, its momentum was completely mobilized by Li Ke.
"I know what you are facing?" Li Ke shouted.
The "Turkish" soldiers shouted in unison.
"Then do you know what they are going to do?" Li Ke said.
Everyone was silent, but there was a magnificent fire in their eyes. They knew what to do and what to do.
"Will we fight if the blade is in the bone?" Li Ke asked again.
"war"
"Yes, we have to fight when the blade is in the bones." Li Ke roared.
"Fight" on the empty grassland, eight hundred people were full of murderous intent.
"Chen Qi, send a scout to investigate the news about the Turks, and the rest of them were dismounted and rested and prepared to fight." Li Ke shouted, knowing that he and Schroeder must fight, and could only fight.
Chapter completed!