Chapter 544: Li Ke's doubts
In winter, the night is long and the day is short. When night falls, the palace is dim. All Li Ke’s confidants gather in Taiyuan gather in the hall, but Li Ke is missing. *** Li Ke is still standing under the plum blossom tree, quietly silent. Wang Zhongchang has several guards standing straight beside him, and he is in the middle. For a whole day, Li Ke stood quietly silent, without saying a word, and has not moved an inch, just like a cold statue of a clan, but his eyes are always staring at the western sky, the Shuofang sky, and the sky that disturbs the orchid.
Wu Meiniang, Changsun Bingning and Ashinayun came several times, but were blocked by the Eagle Guard. The three of them had no choice but to summon Li Ke’s confidant in Taiyuan City to the mansion to discuss matters. This was also what Wu Meiniang meant. She felt that she could not be the prefect of the law when necessary. Her words were also supported by Ashinayun and Changsun Bingning. Therefore, in the current Beiwang Mansion Hall, Di Zhixun, Li Yan, Yuan Deqian, Yu Kailun, Xu Jingzong, Zhu Tong and Hou Hu, and Fang Yiai also became Li Ke’s confidant. He was also qualified to attend this party. Of course, Li Ke’s sister Princess Gaoyang was also present.
However, no matter how many people discussed, it was difficult to solve the situation in front of Li Ke. They could not think of a solution. Everyone could only sit and remain silent. At this moment, Dong Boren and Li Chunfeng came together, and everyone hurriedly greeted each other. Everyone knew Dong Boren's identity, and everyone knew Li Chunfeng's ability. When the two were welcomed to the hall, Di Zhixun said, "Old Dong, what should you do?"
"You all go back! Don't wait here! Your Highness will be fine!" Dong Boren's first sentence came to everyone present.
"Old Mr. Dong, is your highness really okay?" Wu Meiniang stepped forward and asked.
"Huh--" Dong Boren had not spoken yet. Li Chunfeng next to him was very frustrated when he saw Wu Meiniang. Everyone was surprised by Li Chunfeng's abnormal behavior. As Yuan Tiangang's apprentice, Li Chunfeng had never been so disobedient in front of everyone. How could he be so surprised when he saw this young princess? Everyone was puzzled! However, everyone's mind was not on Li Chunfeng and the princess, but on Li Ke, so they didn't pay attention to him. Instead, they looked forward to Dong Boren's words.
"Your Highness is an extraordinary person. His determination cannot be judged by ordinary people. He needs to think quietly now and use time to resolve the guilt and apology in his heart. Just let him go!" Dong Boren said lightly, and after he said that, he kept silent.
Seeing that Dong Boren said this, Di Zhixun discussed with Ashinayun and asked everyone to go back to rest. Seeing that the princess ordered, he regrettably left the Northern Prince's Mansion, only Dong Boren stayed in the Prince's Mansion. Dong Boren was Li Ke's teacher. Li Ke specially prepared a small courtyard for him in the mansion, so that Dong Boren would always live in the mansion. Therefore, after everyone left, Dong Boren also returned to his own courtyard and refused Ashinayun, Changsun Bingning and Wu Meiniang's visit.
Li Chunfeng, who had just left the palace, frowned. He never expected that Wu Meiniang would appear in the palace of the Northern Palace, and her fate had been changed because of the appearance of Li Ke. Could it be that the changes in the celestial phenomena are so unpredictable? Since it is so confusing, what should I do if I have to be a star master? Wouldn't I become a cheater? Could it be that if I have been a mistake in "Tuibei Tu" that I have been in trouble for decades?
Li Chunfeng was confused for the first time and doubted the image research he was engaged in for the first time. Because, an anomaly appeared in his eyes, the woman whose fate had long been calculated. Her fate has been changed, and she has been changed in life, and there is no trace to follow.
Li Chunfeng quickly walked into Yuan Tiangang's courtyard of Han Academy. He wanted to tell his master Yuan Tiangang what he saw, and wanted to hear how he understood it! He wanted to hear his opinions.
The night was quiet, and Li Ke looked at the sky in the west from afar. He was relieved of his guilt and began to think about the real reason why Li Ji was defeated. He knew very well that the Tang Dynasty was indeed defeated by the Turks in history.
It was during the reign of Emperor Gaozong, when Xue Rengui was appointed as the captain of Andong, Tubo gradually became stronger and destroyed Tuyuhun established by the Murong Xianbei, and invaded the western regions of the Tang Dynasty. To this end, Emperor Gaozong of Tang was transferred to Xue Rengui as the chief officer of the Lupodao Army, and appointed Ashinadaozhen and Guo Daisheng as deputy general, leading more than 100,000 troops to fight against Tubo. Xue Rengui was ordered to travel west and the army reached the Cheji Plain in the southwest of Gonghe County, Qinghai. It was said that the Buha River in Qinghai Lake is now in the west, and it will go to Wuhai, the bitter sea in the southwest of Guanghai County, Qinghai. Xue Rengui said to Ashinadaozhen and Guo Daifeng: "Wuhai is dangerous and miasma, and we die. It can be said that it is dangerous. However, if it is quick, it will be successful, and if it is late, it will be defeated. Now Dafeiling is wide and flat, two gates can be set up, and all the baggages are left to guard them. I will double the road to cover the thieves.
If it is not done, it will be destroyed." Guo Zhifeng voluntarily stayed at his back, and Xue Rengui told him not to act rashly. After Xue Rengui made arrangements, he led his troops to Wuhai. When he arrived at Hekou, he encountered tens of thousands of Tubo defenders. Xue Rengui led his army to charge and killed them all. Xue Rengui collected more than 10,000 cattle and sheep, rode westward, and headed straight to Wuhai City, and then sent more than a thousand cavalry back to Dafeichuan to transport the baggage, but Guo Zhifeng had been defeated by Tubo at this time. Xue Rengui mobilized 400,000 troops to attack, and the Tang army could not resist and was defeated. However, Tubo was not poor and negotiated peace with Tang on the condition that the Tang army did not go deep. Xue Rengui had no choice but to agree, and then led the defeated army to the east. After the war, he was dismissed as a commoner for his defeat.
But what about now? It’s only the eighth year of Zhenguan. How could Tubo collude with Tuyuhun to deal with the Tang Dynasty? Because of the lessons of history, Li Ke always stared at Tubo, not wanting this country to have an opportunity to take advantage of the Tang Dynasty. But he didn’t expect that he was still a trick, and the Tang army was still the way to Tubo. Li Ke was deeply regretful. He felt that he believed in history too much and believed in historical records. He believed that Tubo would not have any intention of the Tang Dynasty at this time, so he did not care about this powerful enemy, and he would have a sense of dealing with Li Chengqian, let him be the military supervisor, and let Li Ji be the commander-in-chief.
So how did Tuyuhun connect with Tubo and let Tubo send troops to attack the Tang Dynasty? What price did they pay to make Tubo dare to start a war with the Tang Dynasty? Who plotted against Li Ji and Li Chengqian from the beginning, and introduced them and 150,000 troops step by step into their own encirclement, which made Li Chengqian and Li Ji ignorant? What made Tuyuhun willing to pay the price of 100,000 troops to lure the enemy and be annihilated to complete the siege of Li Ji, so as to annihilate the more than 100,000 troops of Li Ji? Nearly 100,000 Tuyuhun's army exchanged for 120,000 troops to 100,000 troops
Tang Jingrui, is this deal worth it for Tuyuhun? At the moment when Li Ke was awake, all kinds of questions surged into his mind. Thinking hard, Li Ke still couldn't get the point. He suddenly felt that the information about Shuofang he had obtained was limited. Now, what he had to know exactly was how many troops Tuyuhun sent, how many troops Tuyuhun sent out in the process of annihilation of the Tang army? How did Li Ji and Li Chengqian break out in the heavy siege? Is the remaining 30,000 troops belonging to Li Ji's new army or the iron cavalry of Tongyou provinces that Xue Li and Yuwen Guo?
"Wang Zhongchang--" Li Ke suddenly shouted.
"I am in a humble position!" Wang Zhongchang said.
"Is there any news sent from Chang'an or Shuofang?" Li Ke asked lightly.
"No!" Wang Zhongchang replied.
"You go and invite Di Zhixun and Xu Jingzong to the study room!" Li Ke said lightly, "It seems that the teacher has come to the mansion, and you invite him to my study room too!"
"No" King Zhongchang received his order and left.
Li Ke walked into the study step by step!
Wang Zhongchang withdrew his guards. Wu Meiniang and Ashinayun, Changsun Bingning breathed a sigh of relief. They were very happy. This means that Li Ke is fine! So, all three of them came to the study and asked Li Ke if he wanted to have some food, asked him if he caught a cold, and wanted to drink some ginger soup and other trivial issues. But Li Ke didn't have the heart to eat now, so he replied indifferently, "Go back, I will discuss the problem with them!"
"Nuo" three women could only leave in disappointment.
When Di Zhixun and Xu Jingzong returned to the mansion, they hurriedly came to the Northern Palace after receiving the order from Li Ke. Dong Boren in the palace courtyard also got up and came down to Li Ke's study under the escort of the Eagle Guard.
Chapter completed!