Chapter 225: A hundred thousand army was obtained during the conversation

The next day, Li Ke still maintained good habits and got up early to practice martial arts at the school ground. On the school ground, he first practiced gun skills and sword skills with Yang Gen, and then practiced bare hands with Chen Qi. He believed that the martial arts in the era of cold weapons were like the nine tails on the nine-tailed fox, and could save his life in danger. After practicing martial arts, he came back to the front hall, took a bath and changed clothes, and had breakfast, Li Ke ordered Chen Qi to prepare a frame because he was going to the palace to meet Li Shimin.

On the morning of July of the second year of Zhenguan, Chang'an City had already awakened in the hustle and bustle, and pedestrians were endless on the streets. Li Ke's frame was in a slow form on Zhuque Street, and in the crowd, it was like a huge turtle. In this way, after about a stick of incense, the frame finally arrived at Zhuque Gate. Li Ke walked off the frame and stepped into Zhuque Gate under Chen Qi's guard and came to Li Shimin's imperial study room in Ganquan Palace.

Li Shimin was reviewing the memorial when he heard Wang De reply, "Emperor, His Highness the King of Han is asking for a visit outside the study!"

Li Shimin did not look up, but still looked at the memorial in his hand, "Come in!"

"No" Wang De bowed and withdrew.

Shaoqing and Li Ke stepped into the imperial study room and politely said to Li Shimin, who was sitting on the jade couch reading the memorial, "I'm going to see my father!"

Li Shimin was very busy every day, and waved to Li Ke who was kneeling in front of him, "Get up!" and then continued to review the memorials in his hand. Li Ke got up and retreated aside, but he didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only wait for Li Shimin's question. Li Shimin seemed to have forgotten Li Ke, and he didn't say a word, and continued to read the memorials in his hand. When he finished reading the memorials on the table one by one, he looked up and said to Li Ke, "Tell me about your affairs in Taiyuan!"

"Your father, my son is living a good life in Taiyuan!" Li Ke suddenly heard Li Shimin's question, mistakenly thinking that he was asking if he lived in Taiyuan well, so he answered bluntly.

"You bastard, don't I know if you're doing well in Taiyuan?" Li Shimin was amused by Li Ke's answer. He cursed, "You have led the cavalry to Jie Li's Youbei Grassland. Can you be so unscrupulous if you want to live a bad life?"

"Father--" Li Ke felt misunderstood by Li Shimin's jokes. He felt a little embarrassed and scratched the back of his head and said silly, "I just went there to practice military training!"

"Li Ke! You are really brave! You have been deeply in the heart of the Turkic region for more than a thousand miles and wiped out four Turkic tribes. Do you still dare to say that this is just going there to practice troops? Then if I give you a hundred thousand army and you kill to Jie Li's Yinshan Holy Land, will you tell me that you are just taking a walk when you come back?" Li Shimin smiled, "But as my son, I am very pleased that you can say such things!"

"Father!" Li Ke suddenly realized that he was a little arrogant in front of Li Shimin, so he changed his words in time, "My son just wants..."

Li Shimin understood what Li Ke was thinking, and interrupted him, "You can break through the siege at a weak price when the 50,000 Turkic troops were surrounded and intercepted. It can be seen that you have unique talents in leading the army and fighting. Just tell me about your battle in Youbei!"

Seeing that Li Shimin didn't want to listen to his explanation, Li Ke knew that he didn't take his words seriously. When he saw that he asked solemnly, he said honestly without hesitation, "Father, my son has no special talent in leading the army and fighting, and he is not even as good as many low-level generals in laying out troops." Speaking of this, Li Ke glanced at Li Shimin and saw that he did not show any surprise, so he continued, "It's just that the Tang Dynasty and the Turks have been fighting for many years, and the Tang Dynasty has been in the past few years.

There was no great victory in the war, which led many of our generals to form a conservative idea in their minds, that is, when fighting against the Turks, they first thought of not attack but defense. The Turkish generals also began to become arrogant and did not take our Tang army seriously at all. Therefore, when he led the cavalry Turkic tribe, he caught them off guard, because they thought that the Tang army would go deep into the hinterland to take the initiative."

"Yeah!" Li Shimin nodded, "You are right. Not only are the generals in the army, but many ministers in the court have this mentality when facing the Turks."

"As for Erchen to be able to successfully break through the siege, it is to take advantage of the arrogance and arrogance of the Turks," Li Ke said in the war, and then talked freely, "The 50,000 Turkic troops surrounded and blocked us. They never thought that we would take the initiative to attack and attack our Zuoxian King's tribe in pursuit. Therefore, the Ghost Face Cavalry would attack the Turkic Zuoxian King's tribe at night, easily killing the 20,000 Zuoxian King's 20,000 cavalry! The Turkic Jie Li Khan was also very arrogant. He believed that his 1,000 Blood Wolf Guards were enough to annihilate my 5,000 Ghost Face Cavalry, so he adopted the siege but not attacking. He did not let the cavalry that surrounded and blocked us attack forward and backward, but only let the Blood Wolf Guards attack Erchen, hoping to use the 1,000 Blood Wolf Guards to kill the 5,000 cavalry in Erchen's hands, so he was defeated by the remaining 300 Eagle Guards in Erchen's hands."

"The news from Taiyuan talked about your record of defeating one thousand Blood Wolf Guards. I couldn't believe it at the time. After all, Jie Li's Blood Wolf Guard was the most powerful cavalry on the grassland. Later, it was confirmed by the Ministry of War that this was true. Then tell me how you did it?" Li Shimin talked to Li Ke about war affairs, but he had no emperor's majesty at all, and it was like a father discussing problems with his own children.

"Father, the prairie wanderers are born with fierceness and wildness. If you want to defeat them, you must first defeat them from your heart. And the son minister used the duel with their generals and killed their four centurions and the blood wolf guards' commander Lang Ao with bloody means, thus defeating the blood wolf guards' invincible heart defense line, which made them timid and lost the courage and confidence to resist. Only then were they eliminated by the strong morale Eagle Guard." Li Ke said seriously, "On the battlefield, a group of sheep led by a wolf will always be more lethal and aggressive than a group of wolves led by a sheep!"

"Well said! A group of sheep led by a wolf will always be more lethal and aggressive than a group of wolf led by a sheep!" Li Shimin repeated what Li Ke said just now, with a smile on his face, "I didn't expect you to have such a deep understanding of the war in the Turks. It seems that my decision to let you go to Taiyuan is still right!"

After hearing what Li Shimin said, Li Ke understood that it was Li Shimin's meaning to let him go to Taiyuan. But he didn't dare to ask why Li Shimin asked him to go to Taiyuan. He could only listen quietly to continue Li Shimin's words, "When I received the news that you defeated the 50,000 Turkic cavalry in the Youbei Grassland, do you know what I was thinking? I was not thinking about this hard-won victory, but worried about your safety!"

"Father!" Li Ke did not expect Li Shimin to reveal his feelings of being imprisoned, and his tone was choked.

"Now, I feel relieved. Following your explanation just now, I know your ability and talent. I feel relieved to hand over hundreds of thousands of troops from Hebei Road, Hedong Road, and Hebei Road to you!" Li Shimin said earnestly, "Only my son, you like to be aware of literature and martial arts, and both civil and military. I hope you don't disappoint me!"

"Father! My son is not afraid to be me! My son is——" Li Ke was frightened after hearing this. Although he was moved by Li Shimin's concern, he was still very clear-headed. He had hundreds of thousands of troops from Hebei Road to hand them over to him. He did not have the courage to accept it. Even if he had the courage, he would not want to be afraid of his ministers. The second was that he did not want Li Shimin to be suspicious of him.

Li Ke always seemed to be unable to escape Li Shimin's wise eyes. Seeing Li Ke's refusal with fear, he interrupted his words and chanted slowly, "I was angry and rushed to the crown. I leaned on the railings. I looked up and roared at the sky, and my heart was fierce. Thirty fame, dust and soil, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon. Don't wait, I turned my head blank and was so sad! The Wei River is ashamed, but I haven't yet been relieved. When will my hatred be destroyed? Drive a long car and step on the van of Helan Mountain. I am hungry and eat the meat of the barbarians, laugh at the thirst and drink the blood of the Huns. Wait until I turn back, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and go to the sky." After chanting, Li Shimin suddenly asked, "Is this what you wrote?"

"Yes!" Li Ke answered as he listened to the plagiarized and revised "Manjianghong" that he did not change his face and did not turn red.

"A man is determined to leave Youguan, and he vows not to return until he is destroyed. Why do you need to bury his bones? There are green mountains everywhere in life. This poem was written when you left Taiyuan, right?" Li Shimin continued to ask.

"It was done by my son!" Li Ke replied respectfully.

"If a strong enemy dares to offend our Tang Dynasty, he will be punished even if he is far away! You said this sentence, right?" Li Shimin continued to ask.

"Yes, it's what my son said!" Li Ke said firmly and neither humble nor arrogantly.

"You can write such a heroic verse and say such a deafening oath. I trust you, why don't you trust yourself?" Li Shimin asked back, "Don't you understand what I am thinking?"

"Father!" Li Ke was afraid of Li Shimin's suspicion of him. Now that he heard Li Shimin's words understand so clearly, he couldn't help but blame himself for being too cautious and thinking too hypocritical. He knelt in front of Li Shimin with a "stop" and said without hesitation, "Father, my son knows his mistake, please rest assured, my son will definitely live up to his father's expectations. In the future, if the strong enemy dares to offend our Tang Dynasty, my son will lead the iron cavalry in his hands, even if it is far away, I will punish him!"

"Okay! I am worthy of being my son!" Li Shimin said boldly, "I hope you can remember what you said to me today, and the oath you made today!"

"Thank you, Father!" Li Ke could only thank him when he heard Li Shimin's bold words. What could he say besides this? Li Ke was still dizzy in his mind, thinking about the conversation between Ganquan Palace just now. Today, his words with Li Shimin took hundreds of thousands of troops from Hebei Road, Hedong Road, and he still couldn't believe it.
Chapter completed!