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Chapter five hundred and fortieth three battles and three victories

The next day, Liu Rengui sent Li Ke and his group thirty miles outside Yingzhou City. Then he went back. Li Ke's horse team began to think about going southwest again, with the purpose of going to Youzhou, the last stop on the tour. Youzhou's geographical location is very important. You can control the Liaodong Peninsula outside and control half of the area of ​​Henan Road inside. Therefore, Li Ke placed Su Dingfang in his hands in Youzhou. Li Ke believed that with Youzhou's superior geographical location and Su Dingfang's ability to govern the army, even if he lost the military position of the Great Governor of the Northern Prefecture, as long as Youzhou is still in his hands, he would have the weight of speaking in the court.

Li Ke knew that the first battle had won, and the Iron Cavalry of the Tang Dynasty had entered Tuyuhun. I believe that in less than half a month, with Li Ji's ability to command troops, even if he could not destroy Tuyuhun, he would definitely make Tuyuhun bow down and surrender. Therefore, he asked the horse team to speed up the march and arrived in Youzhou in four days.

Ten miles outside Youzhou City, Su Dingfang had been waiting for Li Ke for a long time. Seeing a team of black cavalry coming out of the western sky, Su Dingfang knew that this was the Northern King's cavalry, so he led the Youzhou cavalry to meet Li Ke.

"Su Lie from Youzhou, please see His Highness the Northern King!" Su Dingfang got off the horse a hundred steps in front of Li Ke, and stepped forward and bowed to Li Ke.

"Dingfang doesn't need to be too polite!" Li Ke said to Su Dingfang.

At this time, a young man under twenty years old gave Li Ke a standard military salute to the Army Academy, "Student Pei Xingjian has met the principal!"

"Well——" Li Ke was just a little surprised and smiled, "Don't embarrass the college, work hard!"

"Students keep in mind the principal's teachings!" Pei Xingjian replied loudly.

On the way back to Youzhou together, Su Dingfang told Li Ke that Pei Xingjian was also a member of the Army Academy in Youzhou with Yuwenguo. However, Pei Xingjian was not outstanding in vain and horse volleys. The one who had the choice was that Xue Chong's staff was not the attention of the instructors in the academy. It was not until he came to Youzhou that Su Dingfang arranged a pair of people and was adjusted by him. Su Dingfang was surprised and immediately tortured Pei Xingjian and found that he was a talented man. When Yuwenguo, the deputy general, left Youzhou, left Pei Xingjian as his deputy general.

When Li Ke heard what Su Dingfang said, he remembered Pei Xingjian in his mind. Historical records show that Pei Xingjian was also a tiger general in the Tang Dynasty. When he was young, he learned military strategies with Su Dingfang. Later, he led troops to fight against the East and West Turks, and was good at predicting the victory of the enemy. He treated people sincerely and was loved by soldiers, so he often won the battle. In the first year of Dinglu (679), the Western Turks invaded Anxi (now Kuche, Xinjiang). At that time, Xingjian was ordered to send Persian prince Ni Ni to return to his country. When he passed through Xizhou, he recruited tens of thousands of cavalry and pretended to hunt and captured the Western Turkish capital branch. It can be seen that his talent is extraordinary!

Li Ke just sighed secretly, feeling that history really won’t let him calm down! Pei Xingjian was finally discovered by Su Dingfang and became his deputy general. Is this fate or fate?

"Your Highness, this is Youzhou City!" At this moment, Su Ding introduced to Li Ke.

"Oh, it's more imposing than before!" Li Ke said lightly. He came to Youzhou four years ago, and Youzhou City was not as imposing as you saw today.

"This city gate has been repaired for the past four years. Youzhou is the gateway between the Tang Dynasty and the Mobei region, so you cannot be careless!" Su Dingfang said.

"Be prepared for danger in times of peace, and the decision-making side did a good job!" Li Ke said happily.

Li Ke entered Youzhou City under Su Dingfang's escort. Su Dingfang settled Li Ke in a courtyard opposite the Youzhou Governor. This was the headquarters specially prepared by Su Dingfang for Li Ke. The headquarters was not in the area, but it was like the side courtyard of the state, which could accommodate more guards. There was also a good environment and was very clean and elegant.

As soon as Li Ke arrived at his headquarters to take a bath and change his clothes, he was chatting with Su Dingfang when he saw Wang Zhongchang walking in quickly and said to Li Ke, "Your Highness, Shuofang's good news!"

"Is it Chen Qi who won the battle again?" Li Ke asked with a smile.

"Your Highness's guess is so accurate. General Chen's 50,000 cavalry annihilated 20,000 Tuyuhun cavalry, forcing Tuyu 50,000 troops to retreat hundreds of miles without daring to approach!" Wang Zhongchang said excitedly.

"Chen Qi's cavalry has indeed become an army!" Li Ke said with relief.

"Your Highness, both times fought with the Turkic vanguard, they were all black cavalry. There must be problems here!" Su Ding said to Li Ke. He had heard of Chen Qi's first victory that annihilated 30,000 Tuyuhun cavalry.

"What's the problem? Li Ji took this opportunity to use the Black Cavalry to consume the Tuyuhun army. When the Black Cavalry and the Tuyuhun army were both injured, his new army was defeated by waiting for his own efforts to defeat Tuyuhun in one fell swoop, so as to accumulate merit for his new army!" Li Ke said disdainfully.

"Your Highness, can you bear it so much?" Su Dingfang asked.

"Dingfang, the Northern Palace has hundreds of thousands of troops, and they are the most elite cavalry in the Tang Dynasty. It is difficult not to be jealous of others. This time, I did not participate in the Battle of Shuofang, but took the initiative to send 100,000 elite cavalry. The purpose is to tell those people that the Northern Palace's elite soldiers are not me, Li Ke, but cavalry, but the elite troops of the Tang Dynasty. As long as the Tang Dynasty needs it, the elite soldiers of the Northern Palace are the sharp swords of the Tang Dynasty, and anyone can command him!" Li Ke said lightly.

"I will understand!" Su Dingfang replied lightly, obviously still a little unhappy.

"Well! How is the training of the Chongqi Camp?" Li Ke and Su Dingfang seemed not very happy, so he moved the topic to the Chongqi Camp. He knew Su Dingfang's thoughts. The elite soldiers he had spent so much money and energy to train, let others use them as cannon fodder to earn credit for himself and his weak army. Such a thing would be awkward for anyone. Moreover, the military expenditure of the entire Black-Clothed Guard Army of the Northern Prefecture was paid by Li Ke himself, especially Chen Qi's 100,000 Black Cavalry and Youzhou's 50,000 Heavy Cavalry were definitely like flowing water.

"The Chongqi Battalion has become an army, and what is missing now is the baptism of war!" Su Dingfang replied, "The current Chongqi Battalion is trained by Guo Shifeng!"

"Well, Guo Shifeng is a talented person. In time, he will definitely be an outstanding general!" Li Ke also admires Guo Shifeng very much.

"The last general really thinks!" Su Dingfang agreed with Li Ke's meaning.

Su Dingfang and Li Ke chatted for a while and then said goodbye and left, while Li Ke rested until the evening.

In the evening, Su Dingfang held a banquet at the Governor's Office. Li Ke, Li Zhi, Li Ren, Li Yi and Wu Meiniang all went to the banquet. Many generals in the Governor's Office in Youzhou knew Li Ke, such as Guo Shifeng, who followed Li Ke to participate in the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks. When they saw Li Ke, they naturally felt very unkind. Li Ke was also very happy to eat, drink and chat with these veterans.

When he came back in the evening, Wu Meiniang thought Li Ke was drunk again! She helped Li Ke to the bed and stared at Li Ke's handsome face in a daze! Unexpectedly, Li Ke was very awake. He opened his eyes and smiled, "Mei Niang, what are you looking at?" His tone was very ambiguous. Wu Meiniang was so ashamed that she was about to escape when Li Ke was pressed on the bed.

The next day, Li Ke watched the drills of the Chongqi Camp accompanied by Su Dingfang.

Indeed, based on Li Ke's understanding of cavalry warfare, he believed that as long as he encountered this heavy cavalry camp in a flat place and a small number of cavalry guarding both wings, this cavalry camp was definitely the same as the armored divisions in the later hot weapons era, and its power was incalculable. Especially when charging and breaking the formation, it was absolutely unstoppable. Of course, Li Ke knew very well how expensive the heavy cavalry camp was. Even if he was rich, he had reached his bottom line. Therefore, he also knew the disadvantages of the heavy cavalry camp, which was that it was expensive and difficult to form an army.

"Well, you have trained very well. I didn't expect that you have made great progress in the past four years. This is all the contribution of Dingfang!" Li Ke smiled at Guo Shifeng.

"Thank you for your praise. I will work harder and live up to your expectations!" Guo Shifeng said respectfully to Li Ke, "I will ask the Grand Governor humbly!"

"Yeah!" Li Ke was very satisfied.

Su Dingfang looked serious and didn't say much. This was his attitude towards his subordinates.

After inspecting the training of the Chongqi Camp, Li Ke and Su Dingfang had just returned to the headquarters when they saw Wang Zhongchang hurried into the hall again.

"Your Highness, good news!" Wang Zhongchang shouted excitedly.

"This is the victory of the third battle, why are you still so excited!" Li Ke said with a smile.

"Your Highness, General Chen led 40,000 elite cavalry to wipe out all the 50,000 elite cavalry of Tuyuhun!" Wang Zhongchang said hurriedly.

"Really?" Li Keteng stood up and asked.

"Really, it was the secret security sent by Zhu Tong!" Wang Zhongchang said seriously.

"Your Highness, the black cavalry is here!" Su Dingfang said happily.

Li Ke smiled and said, "Yes, the Black Cavalry has finally formed an army!"

The army that Li Ke and Su Dingfang said was that after these three great victory, the black cavalry led by Chen Qi has met the standard requirements of cavalry and can be truly formed! Although the black cavalry before was become the black cavalry, in the hearts of Li Ke and Su Dingfang, the army that had not been baptized by war was not an elite cavalry, and was not enough to form an army alone. In Li Ke's black guard, the formation of a cavalry must be through the baptism of war and the accumulation of military merits before it can be confirmed, such as the Eagle Guard, the Wolf Cavalry Camp, the Ghost Face Cavalry and the Heavy Cavalry Camp. Therefore, in Li Ke's black guard, it can be said that all cavalry are names made on the battlefield, not Li Ke's seal of one's own.

With a name, you can be called the elite army, which will be ridiculed by other cavalrymen of the Black-Clothed Guard. It is precisely because of this that the Black-Clothed Guard is called the elite in the Tang Dynasty. Of course, there is also Li Ke's military management idea, which is the professional military system and the pension system. These two systems not only solve the problems of soldiers eating and supporting their families, but also solve the livelihood problems of soldiers after being disabled or after being discharged from the army. Therefore, in Li Ke's Black-Clothed Guard, except for the perverted person Zheyu, who made the oath of being a ghost-faced rider for one day and being a ghost-faced rider for the rest of his life, which greatly increased the power of the ghost-faced rider, the soldiers in other cavalry were all the first and the people who dared to fight for Li Ke.

"Dingfang, what do you think of these three battles?" Li Ke asked Su Dingfang.

"Three battles and three victories, this achievement has been won by Pang Xiaotai and Chen Qi. It is estimated that Chen Qi and Pang Xiaotai will not have anything to do in the future war! They may be arranged by Li Ji to passively defend in other unimportant aspects!" Su Dingfang analyzed, "Li San wins three battles have increased the morale of the army and have greatly encouraged the new army. Li Ji will definitely seize this time to send the new army to fight Tuyuhun!"

"I hope!" Li Ke smiled faintly. He felt that Li Ji was a little petty in this regard, and sent Chen Qi and Pang Xiaotai to a place outside the main battlefield to passively defend. However, when Li Ke thought that Xue Rengui and Yuwen Guo were still with Li Ji and could still participate in the battle, Li Ke didn't think much about it.
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