Jie Li’s personal guard

"Give them a way!" Li Ke said. He ignored everyone and quickly passed the frame of the Hou Mansion and disappeared from everyone's sight. Changsun Bingning's heart was by Li Ke's side at this time, and he could not stay behind Li Ke. Li Ke and Changsun Bingning galloped quickly and arrived at the city of Chang'an in a moment.

"Bing Ning, follow me back to the house!" Li Ke said sincerely.

"Your Highness, Bing Ning really wants to go back with you, but now that cannot, Bing Ning doesn't want to cause trouble for Your Highness." Changsun Bing Ning also knew Li Ke's mood at this time. She had known about him and Hou Ruoyi for a long time. It's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, not to mention that Li Ke is the prince of the Tang Dynasty. What's the problem with him if there are more women around him? Therefore, Changsun Bing Ning believes that as long as Li Ke really likes her, she is jealous, but can tolerate it.

"I am not afraid of me, what are you afraid of?" Li Ke's face suddenly turned gloomy, and a murderous intent appeared between his eyebrows, and he said in a deep voice, "I don't believe how he can do this?"

"Your Highness--" Changsun Bingning knew who Li Ke was referring to, and what else she wanted to say, but when she saw Li Ke's expression, she kept silent.

Li Ke ignored her. The black-clothed guards chased after her while the two were silent at the city gate.

"Your Highness, are you okay?" Wang Zhongchang asked carefully when he saw that the atmosphere between Li Ke and Changsun Bingning was not right.

"Go back to the house." Li Ke said coldly, then he glanced at Changsun Bingning beside him, "I'll wait for you in the Han Palace!"

More than fifty riders entered Mingde Gate in the blink of an eye, leaving only Changsun Bingning standing at the door. She looked at the direction where Li Ke was gone, and the person had disappeared, leaving only the dust on the ground. She understood his mood, but she needed time. She was like a statue, motionless, and everyone passing by was curious about why the girl on the horse was unable to move forward.

When Li Ke returned to the Han Palace, he saw several horses at the door, one of which was the horse he gave to Su Dingfang. Li Ke knew that Su Dingfang had returned from Mobei, and when he came to Juyi Hall, he saw Su Dingfang talking to Ma Zhou, Liu Rengui and Xu Jingzong. When he saw Li Ke, he hurried forward to salute Li Ke.

"Dingfang, no big gift is needed." Li Ke supported Su Dingfang and said, "All the way, I will tell me all your plans in Mobei. Tell me how many Turkic cavalry you annihilated." After Li Ke returned to Lingzhou, Liu Rengui told Li Ke about the separation between himself and Su Dingfang in Suzhou. After listening to Liu Rengui's report, Li Ke understood Su Dingfang's intention. Therefore, he had been waiting for Su Dingfang's news. He wanted to know the strength of the new army, wolf guards and Turkic cavalry in Su Dingfang's hands. He wondered whether Su Dingfang had built the wolf guards into a real wolf cavalry in Mobei.

Seeing Li Ke's anxious look, Su Dingfang understood what he wanted to know, so he told him in detail about his affairs in Mobei. Ma Zhou and Xu Jingzong who were here had just heard Su Dingfang say it briefly, but now the second time he heard Su Dingfang report to Li Ke was still frightened, especially when Su Dingfang said that they defeated Jie Li Khan's thousand personal guards, they couldn't help but exclaim.

Li Ke was also surprised. He didn't know why Jie Li Khan's personal guard was involved in the task of intercepting him. Could it be that the person who intercepted him was Jie Li Khan himself? So, he couldn't wait to ask, "Jie Li's personal guard? Can you be sure that it was Jie Li Khan's personal guard? Did you really defeat that cavalry?"

Jie Li Khan's personal guards were an extraordinary existence in the Turks. Just like the "Hundred Cavalry" around Li Shimin, they were all elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and they were all Turkic warriors selected from thousands of miles away. The most important thing is that they were absolutely loyal to Jie Li Khan. Therefore, being able to become Jie Li Khan's personal guards in the Turks is definitely the most enviable thing for all cavalrymen. Because this not only shows the special status of this cavalry, but also reflects their own strong strength in the Turks. Therefore, all ethnic groups in the grassland know that it is not scary to meet wolves in the northern grassland of the desert. What is scary is to meet Jie Li Khan's personal guards. Because they are more tenacious than wolves and more cruel than wolves.

"Your Highness, the Mo General is sure that they are Jie Li Khan's personal guards." Su Dingfang's tone was very serious. "After leaving Suzhou, the Mo General met a Turkic cavalry with two thousand people who wanted to raid ours. Their combat power was very strong, but they were wiped out by the encirclement and annihilation of our 6,000 people. The second time he encountered only one thousand people, but their combat power was very terrifying. He could lose two thousand people in a five-on-one situation and escape. The Mo General fought with the Turkic cavalry, and their combat power was very clear, but the Turkic cavalry that could make the Mo General lose two thousand cavalry but could not kill one thousand people was the only Turkic cavalry."

"If the cavalry of a thousand people you met you were Jie Li's personal guards, what was his purpose of sending his own personal guards?" Li Ke said in confusion, "It's easy for Jie Li to kill me, and there's no need to send his personal guards. Schroeder would definitely not be able to instruct this cavalry, and he wouldn't dare to instruct Jie Li's personal guards. If this cavalry was not coming to me, then wouldn't you meet in the grassland? Jie Li's personal guards wouldn't leave him easily."

"Your Highness, is there such a possibility that Jie Li discovered that Schroeder intercepted you. Then he knew that this incident would definitely cause war between the two countries, so he sent his own personal guards to intercept you on the way back to Tang, and then blamed other tribes." Ma Zhou analyzed, "So, in order to cover up his eyes and prevent the Tang spies from discovering, he did not send cavalry to intercept them on a large scale, but only sent the most elite personal guards around him."

"Well, Binwang's analysis is very reasonable." Li Ke nodded and pondered, "Before discovering other clues, we can only explain the reason why Jie Li's personal guard appeared on the way to intercept me."

"Jie Li's move is also testing the truth and reality of the Tang Dynasty. His purpose of sending his personal guards to intercept His Highness may be to see the Tang Dynasty's reaction to this matter. If the personal guards are intercepted by the Tang cavalry, they will decisively withdraw their troops..." Xu Jingzong added Ma Zhou's analysis, but he did not say what happened later. Li Ke knew what he meant. If the Tang Dynasty knew that he was intercepted and if no specific measures were taken, he would probably have been buried in Mobei.

"Since Jie Li wants to test the truth and reality of the Tang Dynasty, how is the redemption of the people of Suzhou solved the problem of redeeming the people of Suzhou?" Li Ke fell ill after returning to Lingzhou. After returning to Chang'an, he happened to have the illness and Hou Ruoyi marrying the prince again. Therefore, he had no time to care about the people of Suzhou. Today, Su Dingfang returned to Beijing and happened to discuss the issue of the Turks, so he remembered this matter.

"The news that I just came from Yunzhou in the morning said that Deputy Envoy Di and his team were on the way back to Tang. Everything went smoothly during the exchange. The Turks did not make things difficult for them in this matter." Liu Rengui handed a secret report to Li Ke. Li Ke looked at the secret report in his hand and handed it to Liu Rengui. "It would be good that the people of Suzhou can redeem it before the New Year. Is there no news about Hou Hu and Mengshan?"

When Li Ke was on a mission to the Turks, he brought Viehouhu and Meng Shan with him, with the purpose of setting up a stronghold in the Turks and arranging intelligence personnel from the Black-Clothed Guards in the Turks. Therefore, the secret report in his hand was sent back by the Black-Clothed Guards through the investigation of Di Zhixun and his group of people.

"No, there was no news after they returned to Mobei from Jinzhou Inn." Liu Rengui said in a heavy voice.

"Did Dingfang meet your father after he comes back? What is his attitude towards you after listening to your report?" Li Ke did not want to worry about Hou Hu and Meng Shan anymore, so he asked him about his concerns. Su Dingfang's troops went out of Mobei and lost 2,000 new cavalry when he fought with the Turks. This was a new army that the Tang Dynasty had spent hard and money to cultivate. The Tang Dynasty and the Turks lost 2,000 people before the war started. He was afraid that Li Shimin would be angry about this and would punish Su Dingfang for this.

However, Li Ke was concerned about it and was in chaos. Su Dingfang 5,600 people wiped out the 2,000 Turks attacked him. Then he encountered Jie Li's personal guard and lost 2,000 people. Although the loss was huge, the defeat of Jie Li's personal guard, which was terrified on the grassland, was enough to discover Su Dingfang's leadership and command ability. Li Shimin was also a long-time general on the battlefield, how could he not understand the truth? Therefore, Li Shimin would definitely not blame Su Dingfang for the extra care of Li Ke. Not only would he not blame him, but would reuse Su Dingfang for this.

Su Dingfang said in a respectful tone, "Don't worry, Your Highness, the emperor not only did not blame the general, but was happy that the general was able to defeat Jie Li's personal guard." Su Dingfang didn't say much, but Li Ke still captured Li Shimin's joy after listening to Su Dingfang's report from his words.

"Did your father tell you about going to Bingzhou with me after the New Year?" Li Ke asked.

"The Emperor did not mention this matter." Su Dingfang said in surprise, "Your Highness is going to Bingzhou next year?"

"Yes." Li Ke sighed and stopped talking. Su Dingfang was quite puzzled by Li Ke's actions. He was about to ask Li Ke how to sigh when he saw Ma Zhou winking at him. He knew that there must be something hidden in this matter, so he swallowed the words he said.

Li Ke saw Su Dingfang's actions. He knew that Su Dingfang was worried about him, but he could not explain this matter to Su Dingfang. When did he see Su Dingfang with a tired face, he asked with concern, "When will Dingfang come to Chang'an?" Just now, he was eager to know about the Turkic incident, but he ignored the matter of Su Dingfang's return to Chang'an.

"When you go back to your highness, Mo Jiang will immediately meet the emperor after you arrive in Chang'an, and then you will come to the mansion, just to report to your highness about Mo Jiang's situation in the north of the desert." Su Dingfang said.

"Since that's the case, you go and have a rest. Now that the matter has been done, let's take a rest in the mansion for a few days." Li Ke said with concern.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Su Dingfang bowed his hand and bowed out of Juyi Palace with a little touch.

Li Ke glanced at Su Dingfang who disappeared in Juyi Palace, and said to Ma Zhou, Xu Jingzong and Liu Rengui around him, "Dingfang is too tired, so let him rest for a few more days. I have something to ask you, so let's go to the study to talk."
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