Six hundred and ninetieth chapters of the minds of the generals
Li Ke was in the northwest, but he knew everything that happened in Chang'an City, such as Changsun Wuji began to mobilize troops to deploy city defense, the meeting between Hou Junji and Prince Li Chengqian, Changsun Wuji was preparing to mobilize elite soldiers from Luoyang and Qizhou, etc. These have been placed on Li Ke's desk by the secret guards in Chang'an in the form of secret documents._
Seeing the intelligence on the desk, he fell into deep thought.
In fact, according to the current situation, if Li Shimin is really seriously ill, he will definitely make the most appropriate arrangements for the crisis he is about to face. But it is not the turn of Changsun Wuji, who is in Chang'an, to worry about it. However, before the emperor's hand-broken edict arrived in Chang'an City, Changsun Wuji and Li Chengqian took action without authorization and mobilized a large number of troops. Will Li Shimin remain indifferent when he knows it? It is impossible! Therefore, Li Ke believes that since Changsun Wuji and Li Chengqian want to take the initiative, why not wait for an opportunity to act?
Therefore, Li Ke took a cold-eyed attitude towards Chang'an's Changsun Wuji and Li Chengqian's deployment. He believed that Li Chengqian's large-scale transfer of troops as the prince would definitely be suspicious of Li Shimin. Why should he be involved? But even so, he still wrote a letter to Chen Qi, asking Chen Qi to ignore the dispatch of troops from the surrounding troops and command his black-clothed guard cavalry. He also sent a letter to Fang Yiai, who was in charge of the Army Academy, telling him that it is necessary to ensure that the students of the Army Academy should maintain restraint in this incident and not have any violent phenomena.
By the time Li Ke finished dealing with these trivial matters, it was New Year's Eve.
On this day, the generals under Su Ding, the king of Qinghai, the northwest, came to Qingtang City one by one. Guo Shifeng, Xue Chong, Yuwen Guo, Zadler, Sun Erlang, Tuyan and others were all loyal to the Northern King Li Ke. In addition, there were three brothers Li Yan, Li Zong and Chai Zhewei. In addition, Su Dingfang and Di Zhixun. The General Hall of Qingtang City became the gathering place for the Northern Kings.
"See Your Highness--" When the generals saw Li Ke and Su Dingfang, Di Zhixun and the other two walked into the hall, they stood up and saluted.
Even though he was granted the title of king and became the commander of the Northwest Army, Su Dingfang was still very low-key and fell behind Li Ke when he walked into the hall with Li Ke.
"Please sit down!" Li Ke walked into the position of commander and said with a glance at everyone.
"Thank you, Your Highness——" Seeing Li Ke and Su Dingfang, Di Zhixun and the other two sat down, the generals then sat down.
"Today, we will gather everyone to Qingtang City. There is no important thing, I just want to have a good New Year!" Li Ke said with a faint smile.
His words were plain, but the generals looked very serious, and everyone was very serious.
The emperor personally marched to the Goryeo. The army in the northern expedition did not have the Black Guard, and it was not even the Northern King Li Ke, who became the cornerstone of the Tang Dynasty's military. This clearly told the generals a signal that the emperor's attitude towards the Northern King is now. However, the Tang Dynasty's war against Goryeo has not been achieved for a long time, and the army was besieged in Baiyan City and could not move forward. When the generals heard the news, they were indignant, and they all believed that as long as the Black Guard attacked Goryeo, Goryeo had been defeated. This is also the pride and arrogance of the generals after following Li Ke in a hundred battles.
Therefore, for the generals, they only had the Northern King Li Ke in their hearts, but no court. Especially the generals who stayed in the northwest, such as Zadler, who was a Turk, who was loyal to Tuli, and Asunayun was a Turkic princess, and Li Ke married Asunayun. Therefore, the person he was loyal to was Li Ke. For example, Tuyan, they were originally from Tuyuhun, and they had been staying in the northwest after surrendering to Li Ke, and naturally had no good impression of the Tang court. The other generals Yuwen Guo and Xue Chong came from the Army Academy, and they were loyal to Li Ke. Sun Erlang and Su Dingfang's old confidants for more than ten days.
Therefore, the generals knew very well that the emperor was in the north to the north, and the king of Northern visited the northwest in the distance, and handed over Chang'an to his great enemy, Crown Prince Li Chengqian and Changsun Wuji. Today, he specially invited him and others, and it would definitely not be as simple as the New Year.
"Your Highness, the Emperor's Northward Expedition to Goryeo is not going well. It's time for our Northwest Army to ask for a fight!" Sun Erlang was the first to speak, "There is no good thing for the Goryeo people, they must die. Back then, when the Great Sui Dynasty conquered Goryeo, how many soldiers died, this is our shame, and we must not refuse to repay."
In fact, he didn't know the news that Li Shimin is critically ill now.
Among the generals present, except Su Dingfang and Di Zhixun, no one else knew.
"Principal, the students are ready, and 30,000 elite cavalry under his command are on standby at any time!" Yuwen Guo said, calling himself a student, calling Li Ke the principal, deliberately showing his loyalty to Li Ke.
"I am a 30,000 Turkic sons and sons follow His Highness!" Zadler said loudly.
"Tuyan will definitely follow His Highness!" Tuyan also spoke.
"The last general will lead the way!" Guo Shifeng also spoke.
Li Ke did not speak, his eyes swept across everyone's face coldly.
Everyone saw Li Ke's sudden serious face, and they didn't dare to speak.
"Everyone, Changsun Wuji mobilized 30,000 elite troops from Luoyang to guard Gu Pass, and mobilized 20,000 elite troops to garrison Puzhou. Do you analyze what he wants to do?" Li Ke said.
quiet!
The hall is quiet!
All the generals were in deep thought!
After a while, Xue Chong spoke, "Your Highness, Wuguan is the only way for my northwest army to go to Chang'an, and the only way for Taiyuan in Puzhou to go to Chang'an. The deployment of the two routes of Changsun Wuji is actually aimed at my northwest army and the Bingzhou Jingqi."
"Hmph——The old thief Changsun Wuji!" Sun Erlang cursed in a humming manner.
"Third brother, my father is still in Baiyan City. Changsun Wuji dispatched troops privately. He must not be kind to him. We cannot take it lightly!" Li Zong said.
"Three brother, ask me to tell me, go to Chang'an City and shave him alive-" Li Yan said fiercely, his face full of evil spirits, very fierce.
"Catch to Chang'an City--"
"Cutting Changsun Wuji--"
There were constant insults coming from below.
Through these words, we can be sure that these generals only have Li Ke in their eyes.
Especially after experiencing the Northwest War and the Black-Clothed Guards defeated the two powerful countries, Tuyuhun and Tubo, the generals of the Black-Clothed Guards became even more lawless.
Li Ke did not stop everyone from verballying, and just kept silent.
Su Dingfang glanced at Li Ke, understood what he meant, and said, "What's the point of making a noise? - shut up the king-"
Suddenly, the hall was silent, and everyone bowed their heads and dared not look at Su Dingfang.
Since Su Dingfang pacified Tubo, he was the only king of opposite sex in the Tang Dynasty and the absolute confidant of Li Ke, among the Black Guards, Su Dingfang and Chen Qi were the most important to speak.
"The emperor was invading Goryeo, and the army was trapped in Baiyan City. Foreign enemies were in front of you. Can't you tell the difference between priorities? The most important thing about our northwest army is to stand by and prepare for combat. As long as your highness gives the order, we must kill to Liaodong and destroy Goryeo." Su Dingfang said coldly.
But his speech was very skillful. He just said that His Highness gave the order, but did not say the orders of the court, which was enough to show his thoughts.
Chapter completed!