Chapter 202 Hero's Tomb

"What?" Jie Likhan roared, "You tell me again?"

Jie Li Khan's face turned pale. He stared at Bonnar, the general under the tent of the Turkic Left King who was sent to intercept Li Ke, with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.

"Report to the Khan, Li Ke has escaped our encirclement five days ago. Commander Lang De and the Blood Wolf Guard are completely destroyed. The 20,000 troops of the Right Xian King's army are defeated. Commander Kujit has also been killed by Li Ke!" Bonnar said in a low voice. He knelt in the center of the tent with fear, and a bead of sweat oozing out of his face. The murderous intent captured in Jie Li Khan's eyes just now made his heart with luck depressed to the bottom.

"Get out - you are all a bunch of wastes--" Jie Li Khan finally admitted this fact that he couldn't believe. Five thousand iron cavalry, the most powerful Thousand Blood Wolf Guards on the grassland, were defeated by Li Ke's 5,000 cavalry. Twenty thousand army was defeated, the generals were killed in battle, and the entire Blood Wolf Guards were destroyed! Jie Li Khan showed a horrifying expression on his face, and he sweared at Bonnar who was kneeling in front of him in anger.

However, the left wise king Schroeder and the right wise king Ashina Roald, who were sitting upright on the left of the tent, both lowered their heads in shame. When they knew that Li Ke had left Youzhou and led 5,000 cavalry to ravage the Youbei grassland, they took the initiative to ask for the order to capture Li Ke. Jie Li Khan did not agree to their request at the beginning, but discussed with his chief adviser Zhao Deyan to capture Li Ke.

Because Li Ke's wisdom made him not want to send troops rashly and alarm him, and missed such an opportunity to capture him alive. Since Li Ke sent a mission to the Turks to return to the Tang Dynasty, he received news that the Western Turks Khan proposed to the Tang Dynasty. In order to express his sincerity in proposing to marry the princess, the Western Turks Khan presented Li Shimin with valuable gifts. Jie Li Khan knew the blows of the alliance between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks Khan on his own, so he ordered his Blood Wolf Guard to attack the Western Turks Khan's mission. However, the Blood Wolf Guard returned to him after leaving Yinshan.

Reported a piece of news that surprised him, saying that they encountered a 5,000-man Tang cavalry, and that cavalry had good combat power. They had no more entanglements with the Tang cavalry because they had a mission. Jie Li Khan was very shocked when he received such a message. There would be a population of 5,000 Tang cavalry in the Turkic territory. But he was puzzled. He believed that Li Shimin could bow his head and ask for peace with him and exchange money for the people for peace. He had no strength to send troops at all. He would not rashly send troops, and there must be fraud in this.

Therefore, after a brief thought, he turned his attention to the leaders of the tribes within the Turks, and the fact that Schroeder sent troops to chase Li Ke was exposed at this time. When Jie Li Khan knew Schroeder's stupid behavior, he wanted to kill his son on the spot. The envoy who pursued the Tang Dynasty was Li Ke, the third son of Li Shimin. If this was to be taken before, he would not say anything. However, since he knew that the Western Turks Khan wanted to form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty, he knew what the Western Turks Khan had made. Therefore, he felt that Schroeder's pursuit of Li Ke was the most stupid way, which was to anger Li Shimin to start a war with him and at the same time, he would benefit the Western Turks fisherman.

Jie Li Khan was very angry when he learned about his son's actions. He received news that the Western Turks wanted to form an alliance with the Tang Dynasty and sent people to intercept the money given to Li Shimin by the Western Turks to Li Shimin because of the destruction of this alliance. Because of this purpose, he did not put pressure on Li Ke in the negotiations with Li Ke to ask for too much money. The purpose was not to anger Li Shimin and let the Western Turks fisherman benefit. After all, the interception of the Western Turks' gifts given to Li Shimin had already had a conflict with the Western Turks.

Therefore, after Jie Li Khan knew the terrible result caused by this incident, he thought about countermeasures. At the same time, he learned from Schroeder that he was unsuccessful in chasing Li Ke, and there was no news to send a team of two thousand people. Therefore, Jie Li Khan contacted the Blood Wolf Guard to report the news to him, and through the relationship between the two, he understood the reason for the appearance of the Tang army in the Turkic territory.

Jie Li Khan knew the whole story and felt confident. He knew that as long as Li Ke was still alive, Li Shimin would never fight against the Turks. Therefore, he stopped Schroeder from chasing Li Ke again, and treated Di Zhixun, who was on a second mission to the Turks, and let the people go to the Tang Dynasty without making any trouble. However, he was also shocked by Li Ke's wisdom and courage. When he negotiated with him in the tent, he felt that Li Ke looked very much like Li Shimin. In addition, he was able to escape the pursuit calmly, so he became even more certain of his thoughts. Ten years later, Li Ke was definitely a stronger opponent than Li Shimin.

Therefore, through some channels, when he learned that Li Ke led 5,000 cavalry out of Youzhou, he felt that the ordinary interception and killing could not catch Li Ke, so he discussed with his chief adviser Zhao Deyan and wanted to formulate a plan that would absolutely not fail.

Therefore, in the end, under Zhao Deyan's painstaking plan, Jie Li Khan abandoned four tribes that were easily slaughtered by Li Ke and ignored them. He used these four tribes as bait to set up two plans to attack the front and back, and the Blood Wolf Guard Cavalry at night. Schroeder and Ashina Roald's request for battle was persuaded by Zhao Deyan, and he agreed to let the Right King Ashina Roald send 20,000 cavalry as pursuers, and the Left King Schroeder sends 3,000 cavalry as ambush on Li Ke's way back, and the task of real attack on Li Ke was handed over to his personal guard, Blood Wolf Guard. At the same time, Jie Li felt that Li Ke had abandoned all the generals of the Tang Dynasty to the Turkic Republic. At the same time, Jie Li felt that Li Ke had abandoned all the generals of the Tang Dynasty and attacked the Turkic Republic. At the same time, Jie Li felt that Li Ke had abandoned all the generals of the Tang Dynasty and attacked the Turkic Republic.

With his attitude of war, he dared to send troops to Mobei to train Turks. He felt that Li Ke's strength was something he could not allow. The war between him and Li Shimin might last for twenty years, and his war with Li Ke might last for twenty years, but what after that? He knew what his son was, and he knew that even ten Schroeders could not compete with one Li Ke. Therefore, through Zhao Deyan, he issued an order to kill Li Ke on the spot to the commander of the Blood Wolf Guard. However, when sending troops, in front of the leaders of various Turkic tribes, he said to Wolf Ao with a high sound to capture Li Ke and Li Shimin for money.

At this time, when he heard the plan to go bankrupt, Li Ke not only successfully escaped, but also wiped out a thousand Blood Wolf Guards and 20,000 cavalry of the Right Wise King. Jie Li Khan, the king of the grassland, even the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, would be afraid of his king. Today, he would be severely taught a lesson by a young man. How could he bear Li Ke's slap in the face like this loudly?

In the final analysis, war is just a means. Like diplomacy, it is to achieve a certain political purpose. War always serves politics, and victory in the war is the greatest political capital that the superiors can obtain. But what if the war fails? What will the superiors do? He will not be responsible, and he will have a scapegoat to bear this responsibility for him, and Jie Li Khan's scapegoat is Bonnar kneeling in the big tent.

"Since the Blood Wolf Guard has been destroyed, the 20,000 troops of the Right Xianwang army were wiped out, and the chief general Kujit was killed in battle, why did you come back without any casualties and one soldier?" Jie Li Khan showed his murderous intent and asked gloomy.

Bonnar was now scared by Jie Li Khan's murderous intent. He was originally the subordinate of Schroeder Shouro, the new Turkic left-minded king. Schroeder was just a proud, narrow-minded, and talented person. He was the son of Jie Li Khan, but less than one-tenth of Jie Li Khan. He was simply a fool who was not good at controlling and discovering talents. Therefore, those who defected to him were all flattering people, and they were not good people, and Bonnar was one of them.

So, now it is not only him, but also the left and right wise king Schroeder and the right wise king Ashina Roald, who sat down on Jie Li Khan, both looked ugly and did not dare to look at Jie Li Khan. Schroeder wanted to kill Li Ke, and he was extremely angry after hearing Jie Li Khan's order to capture Li Ke alive. Therefore, he sent out Bonnar, a man who usually suited his appetite and understood his own, and wanted him to kill him directly when he met Li Ke. And Ashina Roald was quite dissatisfied with Jie Li Khan's use of 50,000 people and the Blood Wolf Guard to capture Li Ke. He was too arrogant and believed that Li Ke was not worthy of sending elite soldiers and strong generals, so his 20,000 people were all old, weak, sick and disabled people. Now, the plan went bankrupt, and Li Ke became famous with their failures. Schroeder and Ashina Roald were guilty and did not dare to look at Jie Li Khan directly!

"Great Khan--" Bonnar was about to continue his defense when he heard Jie Li Khan's order, "Put Bonnar out of the tent and behead him. Ben Khan would use the head of this cowardly beast to pay tribute to my dead Turkic warriors."

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After seeing Bonnar being dragged out of the tent, Jie Li Khan looked at everyone in the tent. Everyone in the tent was all Jie Li Khan's confidant. The three powerful generals around him were transferred to the border with the Western Turks because of their tense relationship with the Western Turks. He stopped on Schroeder's face, and at the same time, a scream came from outside the tent. When the personal soldiers took Bonnar's head with copper plates, Jie Li Khan took a look, waved his hand and asked him to withdraw. After a moment of silence, he said, "Since Li Ke has returned to the Tang Dynasty, let's forget about this matter! He is lucky this time, you all go down, Schroeder stays!"

Everyone in the tent left the big tent like a general amnesty, and only two people were Jie Li Khan and Schroeder.

Silence, Jie Li Khan did not speak, Schroeder was even more afraid to speak.

After a moment of silence, Jie Li Khan finally said, "You can't deal with Li Ke's scheming or wisdom. Don't interfere in anything about him in the future!" Jie Li Khan's face was gloomy and his tone was cold, which made Schroeder very frightened.

"Father Khan, my son understand!" Schroeder said tremblingly.

"You can contact the people from the Tang Dynasty and get important news that Li Ke sent troops to Youzhou. It can be seen that his status in the Tang Dynasty is not low. In the future, you must maintain this relationship with him. You must also try to meet all his requirements and make him the eyes of ours in the Tang Dynasty in the future!" Jie Li Khan's attitude was still the same, without any change.

"My son understand!" Schroeder agreed respectfully.

"Go down!" Jie Likhan finished speaking and stopped talking.

Schroeder wanted Jie Li Khan to say this. As soon as he finished speaking, Schroeder left the tent like a fleeing. Jie Li Khan glanced at Schroeder who was fleeing, and thought of Li Ke, who was extremely intelligent and brave, and sighed slightly.

"Khan, do you still miss Li Ke's affairs?" Zhao Deyan came to Jie Li Khan at some point and asked.

"Li Ke showed a heroic appearance at such a young age. Ben Khan is afraid that in another ten years, Ben Khan will be gone. By then, I am afraid that no one will be his opponent anymore!" Jie Li Khan swept away his former domineering side, and a worried look on his face.

"Khan, you don't have to worry about this matter, because the rules set by the imperial families in the Central Plains are different from those of the Turks, and they cannot be decided by force. Their rules are that those who can inherit the throne must be the eldest son and then the legitimate son. Now, Li Shimin has the eldest son Li Chengqian who has entered the Eastern Palace, and he has the legitimate son Li Tai afterwards." Zhao Deyan said this, paused for a moment and continued, "I heard that Empress Changsun was pregnant recently. If he could successfully give birth to a baby boy, he would be another legitimate son. There were three people in the Tang Dynasty who could be qualified to inherit the throne. It was not Li Ke's turn. As long as Li Ke did not become the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, his threat to the Turks would not be worth mentioning!"

"Yeah!" Jie Li Khan nodded, "I hope so!"

Zhao Deyan's words made Jie Li Khan feel a lot more comfortable. His expression calmed down a lot. He asked Zhao Deyan about the recent situation in the Tang Dynasty. Zhao Deyan reported to Jie Li Khan in detail. Then, the two talked about the recent situation of the Tang Dynasty. Zhao Deyan then retreated from the king's tent.

The conversation between the king's tent and Jie Li Khan made Zhao Deyan capture a message that made him happy. Jie Li Khan said that when he was not in the Turkic state, no one of the Turkic states would be Li Ke's opponent. Isn't his meaning metaphorical about Schroeder's successor to the position of Khan in the future, and Schroeder could not be Li Ke's opponent?

"Well! It seems that I want to plan something for myself!" Zhao Deyan thought so. He wanted to go back to his base and rode a horse to King Zuo Xian's station, Schroeder's tent.

Zhao Deyan didn't know what he had talked to Schroedermi. At least when the two were talking in the tent, Schroeder gave an order that no one could get close to his tent without his order. The two had a secret conversation for two hours. It was not until the evening that Zhao Deyan came out of Schroeder's tent. The Zuo Xianwang, who had always been arrogant and rude, actually sent Zhao Deyan out of the tent. From this, it can be seen that the two had a happy conversation, and from Schroeder's smile, we can see how much impact what Zhao Deyan and him had had on him!

Jie Li Khan's plan against Li Ke was broken, and he had no choice but to blame his own heads for his own people. The real perpetrator Li Ke, His Highness of the King of Han of the Tang Dynasty, had already circled around a big circle and led his three thousand ghost-faced cavalry to successfully enter Yunzhou City.

After the Turkic attack on the border and Tuli attacked Yunzhou City, Li Shimin took the opportunity to remove the position of Lin Quanyong, the representative of the aristocratic clan in Yunzhou, and appointed his confidant. Du Junchuo, who participated in the Xuanwu Gate coup and was known as one of the nine pioneers of the Xuanwu Gate coup, and the deputy general was still served by Yang Ruo. After all, Du Junchuo trusted the Yunzhou garrison and was not familiar with Yunzhou military affairs. He needed a deputy general like Yang Ruo. Yang Ruo's familiarity with military affairs and his performance after following Du Junchuo made Du Junchuo very satisfied. Therefore, after thinking about it, he wrote to the court to suggest that the Ministry of War remain Yang Ruo. Li Shimin trusted Du Junchuo very much. Du Junchuo's suggestion Li Shimin only symbolically passed on Fang Xuanling, and Li Jing and others agreed.

Therefore, when Li Ke led three thousand ghost-faced cavalry into Yunzhou City, in addition to the Yunzhou guardian Du Junchuo, who was greeted by him, there was another Yang Ruo who had met when he was on a mission to the Turks to pass through Yunzhou. Li Ke rode on the horse and looked at Du Junchuo, who was about thirty years old, square and big face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. Some of his information couldn't help but come to his mind: Du Junchuo, one of the nine pioneers of the Xuanwu Gate coup, was the general of the Left Rong Guard of Emperor Gaozong, and was granted the Duke of Huaining County.

"Well, Du Junchuo is indeed talented. For a general who can become the general of the Left Rong Guard when Li Zhi was emperor and is granted the title of Duke of Huaining County, he can foresee his martial arts strategy!"

"The chief general of Yunzhou, Du Junchuo, has met the Grand Governor!" Du Junchuo bowed and polite to Li Ke.

"Yang Ruo, deputy general of Yunzhou, has met the Grand Governor!" Yang Ruo saw Du Junchuo saluting Li Ke, and at the same time stepped forward and said.

Du Junchuo is worthy of being Li Shimin's confidant and one of the nine pioneers of the Xuanwu Gate coup. Li Ke's words were neither humble nor arrogant, which immediately made Li Ke appreciate it. He jumped off the horse quickly, helped the two of them up, and followed them into the Yunzhou General's Mansion. Li Mengchang and Du Junchuo were both confidants of Li Shimin, and both participated in the Xuanwu Gate coup. They were both one of the nine pioneers of the Xuanwu Gate coup. They had a lot of personal relationships. Therefore, with Li Mengchang, the atmosphere of the conversation between Li Ke and Du Junchuo was relatively active, and through Li Mengchang's statement, Du Junchuo also had a good impression of Li Ke.

However, Li Ke had issued an order before, ordering that in mid-May, all the generals of the prefecture under the Bingzhou Grand Governor's Office would come to his Taiyuan Governor's Office to report their duties. It is now the fifth day of the fifth month. Li Ke is going to inspect the new army of Sun Erlang and Li Mengchang in the year of his report. After returning from Youzhou, he has a lot of things to deal with. Therefore, he only stayed in Yunzhou for one night, and the Ghost Face Cavalry took a break and started marching urgently. Finally, he appeared in Taiyuan Prefecture at dusk three days later.

When he returned to Taiyuan, Li Ke's first order was to build a hero tomb in Taiyuan Prefecture.

No matter whether he is a soldier or a general, no matter whether he has made great achievements or not, as long as he is a soldier of the Tang Dynasty, as long as he sacrifices his life for the Tang Dynasty, he is qualified to enter the Hero Tomb. The Hero Tomb must worship all the soldiers who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield for the interests of the Tang Dynasty. I want their heroes to get eternal rest here!

This is a passage from Li Ke on the construction of the hero tomb. Li Ke did not let the capital for the construction of the hero tomb be released, but donated it in his personal name.

The second order he issued was that all generals above the lieutenant who followed the Ghost Face Rider to participate in the battle would write a summary of the war for him. Through this report, he would understand the understanding of each general who participated in the battle's understanding of this Turkic operation.

The third order is to verify the military achievements. He will issue the warriors in the war the efforts he made in the war as soldiers, and use his own performance to reflect the quality of the soldiers. This reward is the sword he designed.
Chapter completed!