Chapter 191 The Ghost Face Rider’s Virgin Battle

The next day, at the hour of Wu, the dusk had already shrouded in Taiyuan Prefecture. In the cavalry camp outside Taiyuan Prefecture, five thousand soldiers wearing black-clothed guard uniforms were wearing ghost masks, and rode on war horses and stood in a square formation waiting for the order to set off.

The Grand Governor of Bingzhou, Li Ke, King of Han, was wearing a black robe. Under the escort of Su Dingfang and Guo Shifeng, he stepped onto the general's platform. Behind him were two other Bingzhou military generals, Li Mengchang and Sun Erlang. They both had majestic faces, with tough and cold eyes.

"Soldiers!" Li Ke came to the general's platform and said to the five thousand cavalry wearing the green-faced and fanged ghost mask created by the Bingzhou Governor's Office, "In the winter of the first year of Zhenguan, the Turkic cavalry attacked Yunzhou and Suzhou, killing the people of the Tang Dynasty, stealing the finances of our people, and plundering the money of the Tang Dynasty. Our trip is not for life and death, but for avenging our shame."

"Kill! Kill - Kill!" The five thousand ghost-faced soldiers shouted and shook the earth.

"Okay—" Li Ke shouted, "A man is determined to leave Youguan, and he will not return until he destroys Hu Nu. Why do you need to bury his bones? There are green mountains everywhere in life. Today, we send troops to Mobei, and we will not return home until we kill Hu Nu."

"Black-clothed ghost-faced blood fights the world, killing enemies and serving the country and burying bones on the battlefield." Guo Shifeng shouted.

"Black-clothed ghost-faced blood fights the world, killing enemies and serving the country and burying bones on the battlefield." Five thousand ghost-faced soldiers shouted, Li Ke's words were like stimulants, arousing the bloodthirsty blood in their hearts.

"Set out!" Li Ke waved his hand, and five thousand cavalrymen left the barracks in an orderly manner, headed straight to Youzhou, and disappeared into the dark night.

The night was very dark, and the mountain road was difficult to walk, and the marching team was very slow. Li Ke, who was riding on the horse, seemed a little tired. The continuous marching of six nights made his body unable to bear it. Until now, he has not completely adapted from the upside-down time difference.

"Your Highness, are you okay?" Chen Qi suddenly reported to Li Ke and asked quietly.

"I'm fine, Chen Qi, what territory we are now? Are we about to reach Youzhou?" Li Ke asked yearningly.

"Report to Your Highness, you can reach the boundary of Youzhou before dawn." Chen Qi replied.

"Oh—" Li Ke remained silent and pondered for a moment. He suddenly said, "You go and tell Su Dingfang, Li Mengchang, Sun Erlang and Guo Shifeng to let them come over, and then I said that I have something to discuss with them."

"No." Chen Qi took the order and disappeared into the new army's ranks. Li Ke's trip was accompanied by 300 black-clothed guards, as well as Wang Zhongchang, Zhu Tong, and four personal guards among the six black-clothed Taibaos. So although he is in the central position of the Ghost Face Cavalry, he is surrounded by black-clothed guards. Su Dingfang and Guo Shifeng are leading the army in front, Li Mengchang and Sun Erlang are behind the back of the army. If he wants to discuss with everyone, he must send a message to them.

That night in the study of the Governor's Office, Su Dingfang and Guo Shifeng decided to set out from Taiyuan Prefecture, bypass Daizhou and Yizhou, and directly leave Youzhou. Therefore, Li Ke summoned the four of them to discuss how to leave Youzhou City. Seeing that he was about to reach the boundary of Youzhou, he did not want to go to the territory of Youzhou City, and he could not send troops from Youzhou City as the Great Governor, so he could only choose another place, so he found a few people to discuss this issue.

In fact, Li Ke could veto the marching route of Su Dingfang and Guo Shifeng because he could easily send troops to Mobei without being discovered, that is Yunzhou. Because the relationship between the governor of Daizhou and Li Ke made Li Ke trust that he would not refuse his request. However, the marching plan formulated by Su Dingfang and Guo Shifeng was mainly for Li Ke's combat purposes, and Li Ke could only follow the plan they formulated. There are two main reasons why Li Ke accepted the marching plan of Su Dingfang and Guo Shifeng: First, the army must pass through Dingxiang City from Yunzhou, and Dingxiang is guarded by a Turkic army. If you want to take five thousand people under the noses of the Dingxiang Turkic people without knowing it, it would obviously not work. Li Ke himself felt that it was not very sure.

The Ghost Face Rider he is now in his hands is just a group of new recruits who have not been baptized by war. The second point is that the advantage of sending troops to Youzhou is that the grasslands north of Youzhou are all ruled by Jie Li, and the Turkic king tent is in Yinshan three thousand miles west of Youzhou grassland. Jie Li has a relatively weak control over the grassland north of Youzhou, and the Dingxiang Turkic military power has limited radiation capacity on the grassland north of Youzhou. Therefore, the combat plan formulated by Su Dingfang and Guo Shifeng is to send troops to Youzhou and raid the scattered Turkic tribes in the grassland north of Youzhou. This can not only grab the war horses, but also constantly shuttle between the tribes, and can exercise the mobility of the Ghost Face Rider. Another thing is that it is far away from the two military-controlled areas. The Ghost Face Rider's chance of encountering large Turkic cavalry when fighting is very small.

"Your Highness - What's the matter with your highness looking for Mo Jiang and others?" Just as Li Ke was thinking about this action, Su Dingfang, Li Mengchang, Sun Erlang and Guo Shifeng had already arrived by his side.

"The army will reach Youzhou at dawn tomorrow. I don't want to send troops from Youzhou City. Do you have any good routes for sending troops?" Li Ke asked. The general stationed in Youzhou was Cheng Zhijie, the general of the left-leading army. Li Shimin was a trusted and hardcore confidant. Li Ke didn't dare to take this risk and told Cheng Yaojin that he would go to Mobei to grab the Turkish horses, cattle, sheep and women.

"This matter is my negligence, and I hope your highness will forgive me." Su Dingfang suddenly said.

"Why did Dingfang say this?" Li Ke asked.

"Your Highness, the general of the Imperial Palace has received the reward from the scouts in front just now. He said that there is a steep mountain road near Youzhou City that leads to the outside of the city. The general of the Imperial Palace has now sent people to check in detail to see if the cavalry can pass. Therefore, after the army enters the Youzhou territory before dawn, we have to rest for a day. After the scouts investigate and report the specific information, we will continue to set off tomorrow night. We will probably leave Youzhou and enter the Turkic territory at the hour of Hai tomorrow night!" Su Dingfang said confidently.

"Yeah." Li Ke was very satisfied with Su Dingfang's answer, especially with Su Dingfang's confirmation of the news of the scout's return without confirming whether the cavalry could pass through the mountain road, which made him appreciate. The general should have the spirit of seeking truth from facts. He smiled at the four people around him, "Dingfang is indeed very thoughtful. It's my king Yueju. This action should be commanded by you, so I shouldn't be involved in this matter."

"I will follow the instructions of Your Highness." Su Dingfang did not flatter Li Ke as hypocritically as others. He agreed firmly, but his meaning was also very obvious. That is, since you let me command with full authority, I will never refuse, nor will I lose the absolute power that I should have as the head coach.

Li Ke handed over the power to Su Dingfang, and he ignored the things encountered during the march, which seemed very relaxed. The army arrived at the boundary of Youzhou before dawn. Su Dingfang decisively issued an order to rest. Shen Shi received information from the scouts ahead, saying that a horse could be accommodated on the mountain road. Su Dingfang hurriedly reported the matter to Li Ke. Li Ke was very happy after hearing this.

At the time of Wu, the army set sail towards the mountains near Youzhou. After two hours of difficult march, they finally left Youzhou and stepped onto the Turkic territory.

In the north of the Mo River, Li Ke looked at the beautiful scenery in the poet's poems. Under the stars at night, he could not feel the poetic and picturesque feeling of a literati. He rode forward in the middle of the ghost-faced riding horse, and he had a premonition in his heart that he might meet the Turks tonight.

Finally, his premonition was finally verified after the army left Youzhou for nearly two hours. Su Dingfang ordered the army to dismount and rest when he received the information from the scouts in front. Then he told Li Ke the news in time. When Li Ke learned that there was a Turkic tribe with about 1,000 people ten miles away, he felt much more relaxed. He summoned Li Mengchang and Sun Erlang to his central army to discuss countermeasures.

"Your Highness, since the Turks are right in front of you, then you can give orders!" After Li Mengchang's heart-wrenching reprimand, he changed his mindset towards the Turks greatly and was the first to stand up and ask for a fight.

"Yes, Your Highness, there are eight out of ten people who can fight in the tribe of a thousand Turks, and only eight hundred people are there. Five thousand of us are enough to wipe out them all." Guo Shifeng was very excited, but it did not affect his thinking. His analysis was very reasonable.

"Dingfang, what about your opinion? You are the commander of this marching. You must express your own opinion, right?" Li Ke did not take the Turkic tribe with 800 combat power in mind, but his people seemed very relaxed.

"If your highness only wants a horse, a charge of the Ghost Face Rider is enough, and it doesn't take much trouble. If you want to wipe out a tribe, you may need to arrange some things, so as not to avoid the Ghost Face Rider who lacks experience when fighting against Ghost Face Rider at night." Su Dingfang is worthy of being a general's talent, and his words made Li Ke and everyone admire him in his heart for his meticulousness.

Quiet, the north wind whistled, all you could hear was the breathing of soldiers several feet away and the breathing of war horses. Li Ke was silent, and he could not see his expression at this time in the dark. Su Dingfang, Li Mengchang, Sun Erlang and Guo Shifeng also stopped talking, and the night also drowned out the expressions on the faces of the four of them. What is the concept of total annihilation that Su Dingfang just said, they knew that it was that men, women, old and young. The purpose of their trip was to conduct a raid and practice the Ghost Face Rider with the small tribe of the Turks. However, even if the grassland north of Youzhou was weak in military control, as long as there was a fish that escaped the net to report the news alive, they were very likely to be surrounded by Turkic cavalry. Leaving a living mouth would be equivalent to leaving a clue to the enemy, and only dead people could keep the secret.

Therefore, Li Ke was making a decision, and the four of Su Dingfang, Li Mengchang, Sun Erlang and Guo Shifeng were also making decisions in their hearts.

After a while, Li Ke suddenly sighed, "All annihilation! No living mouth left, all the corpses will be cremated!" After giving the order, he left the crowd alone. His words were a thousand lives. He knew what he was doing, and he knew that since he chose this path, he should know what he was going to do.

"No." Su Dingfang agreed after Li Ke left. He was not like Li Mengchang, Sun Erlang and Guo Shifeng, who looked incredible. He knew what Li Ke was thinking. He did not think that such a decision would show Li Ke's cruelty and ruthlessness. He understood the truth that a general became famous for eternity, and then he understood one truth more, that is, anyone can become ruthless, as long as you have experienced the experience of being assassinated, being chased, and being taken away by his own woman.
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