Goryeo wanted to negotiate peace with the Tang Dynasty, which made the Tang army new army in Baiyan City very happy. ""/"/*. To be honest, no one wants to fight and no one wants to bleed. It is naturally a good thing to be able to negotiate peace! After all, the new army is not a professional soldier like the Black Guard, and he doesn't want the Turkic cavalry to like killing.

Therefore, the atmosphere in Baiyan City has been much easier than usual.

However, in the afternoon, in the evening, a rapid sound of horse hooves broke through the tranquility of the evening. A group of black-clothed cavalry, about a hundred people, rushed to Baiyan City and headed straight for the General's Mansion of the King of Northern King. The cavalry on the horse were torn clothes and blood-stained, as if they had experienced a great battle. When the cavalry arrived at the General's Mansion, the centurion jumped off the horse's back and landed steadily in front of the General's Mansion, shouting loudly, "Chang'an Six Hundred Miles Secret Report--"

As soon as he finished speaking, the guards outside the mansion did not stop him. The centurion strode into the general's mansion.

Li Ke was reading a book in the study and heard Wang Zhongchang coming in a hurry, his face looked very heavy, "Your Highness, Chang'an has a secret report."

"Well——" Seeing Wang Zhongchang's face, Li Ke's heart burst out and said, "Let him take the centurion into his study and speak."

"No--" Wang Zhongchang left.

In a moment, he led the blood-stained centurion of the black-clothed Eagle Guard into the study.

"See Your Highness--" The centurion bowed to Li Ke.

"Did you encounter an ambush?" Li Ke asked when he saw the centurion's appearance.

"We encountered three ambushes along the way, and one hundred soldiers were killed--" the centurion said in a heavy tone, "Your Highness, the emperor has already made His Highness the Southern King the Prince the Prince, and the ascension ceremony will be held in the Tai Chi Hall soon--"

"What?" Li Ke said in surprise, and stood up from the chair and asked, "Say it again - who is going to ascend the throne?"

"The Eastern King Li Zhi has been enthroned as the crown prince. The throne ceremony will be held in the Tai Chi Hall on the fifth day of the fifth month—" the centurion took a breath and continued.

"What about the father? How is he? Now—he——” Li Ke asked hurriedly, but at this point, he didn't dare to continue asking.

"The emperor is seriously ill and cannot speak or act now. The current national affairs are handled by Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and Cen Wenben——" the centurion continued.

"Stroke?" Li Ke took a deep breath. According to the centurion's description, he knew Li Shimin's current condition. He was definitely suffering from a stroke. He knew very well that the cure rate of stroke was very low.

"Where is Fang Xuanling?" Li Ke asked again.

"Fang Xuanling can't get out of bed--" the centurion continued.

"You go down--" Li Ke said to the centurion lightly.

"No" the centurion left the study.

"The King of Kings - summoning the generals to my study to discuss matters-" Li Ke said coldly.

Wang Zhongchang took the order and left.

Half a stick of incense, the generals had already arrived at Li Ke's study.

They are Liu Rengui, Pei Xinglian, Xue Rengui and Lan Dong, Hou Hu, and Xu Zhong of the new army.

"The father was not in good health and had passed the throne to the Southern King Li Zhi. The Southern King will ascend the throne on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month—" Li Ke said slowly.

"What--" the generals were shocked.

Xue Rengui was the first to speak, "What qualifications does the Southern King have to be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty? The throne should belong to Your Highness. Please give the Third General 30,000 elite cavalry. The Third General will surely kill to Chang'an City and capture the Southern King Li Zhi alive."

Xue Rengui yelled angrily, and even the usual title of principal was gone, calling Li Ke the Lord.

"Principal, the 50,000 new soldiers will follow you to Chang'an City!" Xu Zhong also spoke.

"Ah--the throne is not your highness?" Lan Dong roared, "Your Highness, the Turkic cavalry is on standby at any time - kill to Chang'an City--"

Pei Xinglian and Liu Rengui were also indignant, and Hou Hu was about to pull out his sword.

The atmosphere in the study suddenly became irritable.

Li Ke looked at everyone quietly and then said, "I must go back to Chang'an--" Seeing everyone listening carefully, Li Ke continued, "But also have to make some plans--"

Everyone remained silent and waited for Li Ke's orders.

"On the rule, Liaodong will be left to you. Be sure to destroy Goryeo for me!" Li Ke ordered.

"No" Liu Rengui received the order.

"Xu Zhong, Lan Dong, your elite cavalry stay in Liaodong to assist Zhengzhou-" Li Ke continued to say to Lan Dong and Xu Zhong.

"Your Highness--" Lan Dong and Xu Zhong wanted to speak, but Li Ke stopped him, "Lan Dong, there are too many cities in Goryeo, and the task of massacre will be completed by your Turkic army. Xu Zhong, the task of the new army is to destroy Goryeo, not to return to Chang'an for many thrones--"

"No--" Seeing that Li Ke was so serious, the two of them were not arguing.

"Pei Xinglian, Xue Li, Hou Hu——" Li Ke ordered, "Prepare the troops and set off tonight——”

"No——" Pei Xinglian, Xue Li, and Hou Hu took the order and strode away from the study.

Immediately, Li Ke discussed the battle plan against Goryeo with Liu Rengui, Lan Dong and Xu Zhong, and then let them leave.

Afterwards, Li Ke asked the Eagle Guard to send orders to Chen Qi in Taiyuan, asking him to start gathering a large army, and sent orders to Su Dingfang in the northwest, asking him to guard the Western Regions and not to easily transfer troops back to Chang'an. After these were done, the army was ready.

Li Ke followed Wang Zhong to the general's mansion.

Outside the general's mansion, 20,000 Eagle Guards were ready to go.

Li Ke rode out of Baiyan City, and there were 30,000 Black Cavalrymen and 10,000 Wolf Cavalry Camp outside the city.

Seeing Li Ke leave the city, Pei Xinglian, Xue Rengui, Hou Hu and the other two stepped forward to follow Li Ke. The Eagle Guard was in the middle, the Wolf Cavalry Camp was the front, and the 30,000 black cavalry troops followed closely. Three elite cavalry generals Li Ke surrounded the middle and headed towards the south sky in the twilight.

Along the way, Li Ke's itinerary took the Youbei Grassland into Yunzhou, and then took the Taiyuan road.

Because the Great Governor of Youzhou was Cheng Zhijie, not his person, and he was afraid that he would not be able to pass the Youzhou level. If he insisted on attacking hard, he would waste time. Yunzhou was under the rule of the Daizhou Governor of Daizhou, and the Daizhou Governor of Daizhou Li Mengchang was his confidant general. This road can be unobstructed to Taiyuan.

So Li Ke chose this path.

In fact, he didn't want to take the 30,000 black cavalry away. However, when he thought of the importance of Taiyuan, if he mobilized too many troops to Chang'an, the Taiyuan guards were empty and the enemy had an opportunity to take advantage of him, it would make him very passive.

It took Li Ke only eight days to arrive in Yunzhou. When he arrived in Yunzhou, he found that the governor of the state Li Mengchang was already waiting for him in Yunzhou. The two met and exchanged greetings for a while. Li Ke rested in Yunzhou for a day, and continued on the road the next day. After nearly five days, he arrived in Taiyuan.

Taiyuan City has already entered the preparation period.

In the special Royal Army Academy, the students were very angry when they heard that the Southern King Li Zhi was appointed as the crown prince, and they were full of righteous indignation to ask for the fight. Because these students had been poisoned by Li Ke's colonial and aggression ideas. For these hawkish militants, the cowardly King of the Southern King became the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and they would lose the opportunity to make achievements, expand their territory, and be appointed as prime ministers. Only the warlike King of the Northern King Li Ke and the Northern King who likes to fight inherit the throne can they have their place to use their skills.

When Li Ke returned to Taiyuan, he did not go too far, but instead invited his confidant to the study in the royal palace to discuss matters.

This time, Li Jing did not come to discuss with Li Ke, but sent a letter. Li Ke opened the envelope, and there were only six words on the letter: Don’t let people get into trouble. Li Ke knew Li Jing’s thoughts, so he no longer forced him.


Chapter completed!