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Li Ke returned to the Governor's Mansion and summoned Xu Jingzong and Su Dingfang to the study to discuss about today's banquet at the Governor's Mansion. He believed that the conflict in the Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou might be a situation, which was deliberately set up for him by others.

The candles flickered in the study, and the atmosphere was dull. Li Ke told Xu Jingzong and Su Dingfang what he had said in Li Yan's study, and they both fell silent after listening.

Li Ke himself was also thinking, if it is really what Li Yan said, then this matter is really difficult to deal with.

First of all, there will be no one else except Changsun Wuji who can start planning the merger of the state when he is on his own mission to Turkic.Secondly, besides Li Shimin, the only person who can make Li Ji obey him is his grandson Wuji.Li Shimin's impossible, then only Changsun Wuji.

Li Ke connected the thoughts in his heart to form this story, and things became like this: After he and Hou Ruoyi met, his eldest grandson Wuji began to plan the prince's wedding and planned to hit him. The imperial court must be responsible for the regret, and hitting himself may not be fatal at that time, so he designed the incident against himself by the Governor of Bingzhou.It's just that Li Ke didn't understand two things. How did Changsun Wuji know that he could return to Chang'an alive.Second, how did he know that Li Shimin would demote himself to Bingzhou.

"Your Highness, if this matter is really planned by someone secretly as you said, and this person is Changsun Wuji," Xu Jingzong said after a moment of silence, "What is his purpose?"

"The purpose is to make this king unable to control the military power of the Governor's Mansion of Bingzhou?" Li Ke shook his head and denied after speaking, "I'm afraid it's not that simple?"

"What Your Highness said is that the purpose of keeping you from controlling the military power of the Dudu Mansion is understandable if someone else came up with it. It would be a big mistake to say that Changsun Wuji's strategy is absolute. It would not be so if he planned a conspiracy with his personality. Simple." Xu Jingzong said calmly, "So I think we don't need to think too much about the conspiracy behind this matter now, the most important thing is to solve the immediate problem first and control the power of the Dudu Mansion in our own hands, as long as we If the generals of the Dudu Mansion control the military power of the entire Bingzhou, it will disrupt Changsun Wuji's deployment, and even if Changsun Wuji has another move, we can calmly deal with it, and it will also make him fear us three points."

"Hey! Now we can only do this first, and wait until the immediate problem is solved!" Li Ke said, "I don't know if you two have any opinions?"

"What the Yan family said makes sense. Your Highness's plan for now is to first resolve the hostility of the generals in the Dudu Mansion and the issue of soldiers and horses in the Dudu Mansion."

"Well, what really should be done," Li Ke pondered, "What do you two think of the hostility towards this king from the generals in the capital governor's mansion? Is there any good solution?"

"Your Highness, generals, marching and fighting, leading the army to deploy the formation, it is better to kill one person than ten people who disobey the military order. Killing chickens to make an example is the best strategy." Su Dingfang said very seriously, "Generals in the army have always He has a straight temper and doesn't like to beat around the bush. If we use too many tricks, we will be inferior. Not only will the generals not be convinced, but it will also give the soldiers a sense of good use of intrigue and tricks to influence them to resent them."

"En" Li Ke nodded. Su Dingfang, who was born in a soldier, is worthy of being a general. In his heart, decisiveness is the most important quality for a commander. This is the case in the military camp in peacetime, and the same is true on the battlefield. Li Ke's face There was an undetectable glint of prey, "Killing the chickens to scare the monkeys is a good way to kill the chickens to scare the monkeys, haha, let's do it according to the rules. Tomorrow Maoshi outside the city camp, I want to see how much Guo Xiaoke and the others still have." Courage." Li Ke said with a domineering smile, "Dingfang, tomorrow you will lead three thousand cavalry to go with me to the barracks outside the city."

"No," Su Dingfang replied.

"Yanzu, the position of military officer in the governor's mansion is very important, and I hope you can take up this responsibility." Li Ke said suddenly.

"This is Your Highness?" Xu Jingzong paused for a moment, and said happily, "I will definitely not disappoint Your Highness's expectations." Xu Jingzong really did not expect that Li Ke would let him serve as the secretary of the Governor's Mansion and join the army. Xu Jingzong is only a seventh-rank now Bo, the head of the Royal Palace, joining the army in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is an official position under the fourth rank, how could Xu Jingzong be unhappy.

On the second day, Taiyuan Mansion in winter was still immersed in the twilight, like a sleeping baby, calm and calm.The five hundred wolf riders outside the Dudu's Mansion were ready to go, and Xiao Sha's stern face made them look like death gods from hell.Li Ke, surrounded by Chen Qi and the eagle guards, left the Dudu Mansion and Xu Jingzong and went straight to the military camp outside the city.When Li Ke and his party arrived at the gate of Taiyuan Fucheng, Su Dingfang had already assembled three thousand cavalry, and the generals guarding the city did not dare to walk down the tower slowly to salute Li Ke.

"Open the city gate!" Li Ke said coldly.

"Squeak!" It was like a woman lamenting outside the city. Li Ke ignored the crowd and urged the horse to pass by. The eagle guards, wolf cavalry, and iron cavalry followed closely behind.The guard kneeling on the ground looked at the iron cavalry who looked like a devil coming out of hell, and felt uneasy. A faint blood-red morning light emerged from the thin clouds in the east. The guard kneeling on the ground suddenly trembled, and he was in a daze. I feel that the blood-red scene of the eastern sky will happen in the Bingzhou military camp outside the city.

The soldiers standing guard on the watchtower several feet higher than the gate of the Bingzhou military camp suddenly exclaimed, "Cavalry?" Because the distance was too far to distinguish, he immediately rang the horn in the military camp.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo " , the soldiers of Bingzhou Camp have started to assemble chaotically.The commander of the camp, Liang Chong, strode out from the main tent with disheveled clothes, grabbed a soldier who was running over, and asked, "What's going on? What's the situation?"

"General, there is an enemy attack." The soldier said nervously.

"Bastard" Liang Chong scolded, "Taiyuan Mansion is an important town in the Tang Dynasty, how can I not know if there is an enemy attack? They are all a bunch of trash, idiots" Liang Chong scolded.However, as soon as his words fell, the ground began to vibrate, and the sound of horseshoes came from far and near.

"Get ready for the battle!" Liang Chong shouted.

However, before his horse and saber were brought, Li Ke and [-] cavalrymen had already rushed into the Bingzhou barracks.Li Ke just wanted to see the reaction of the Bingzhou military camp to the enemy's attack, so he and Su Dingfang made this surprise attack plan after leaving the city.When they rushed to the gate of the camp, the Bingzhou camp was still in chaos. The general guarding the gate saw Li Ke and let him into the barracks. That's why Li Ke came to the commander's account so quickly and smoothly.

"The last general Liang Chong sees Your Highness" Liang Chong panicked and hurriedly saluted Li Ke.

"See Your Highness" the generals and soldiers in the barracks shouted at the same time.

"Liang Chong, maintain the order of the barracks and gather the generals!" Li Ke said expressionlessly.

"Nuo" Liang Chong respectfully said, now is Mao Shi, Li Ke suddenly beat the drums to gather the generals, he didn't know what the King of Han in front of him, and the Governor of Bingzhou, wanted to do, but he didn't dare to ask, he could only obey orders.

"Dong dong dong dong dong!" Li Ke was sitting in the handsome tent and heard the sound of drums in the barracks. He had a serious expression and cold eyes, "Su Lie"

"The end will be here," Su Dingfang cupped his hands.

"This king ordered you to lead the wolf to ride to the gate to supervise the army. If you dare to fail after three drums, I will escort you to the commander-in-chief military law." Li Ke said sternly.

"No..." Su Dingfang took the order to leave the command post.

Su Dingfang walked out of the commander's tent, and Li Ke began to look through the basic booklets on the top of the military camp's commander's tent, and found that they were all records of daily inspections in the army.Li Ke glanced at Chen Qi with the booklet still on the table, and Chen Qi tactfully took out a book from his body and handed it to Li Ke.Li Ke turned the pages of the book and began to read it seriously.

"General Li Mengchang of the left battalion of Daying in Bingzhou Governor's Mansion met with the governor." Li Mengchang was the first general to come to the barracks after beating the drums.

"En! General Li, please sit down." Li Ke nodded and continued to read his "Sun Tzu's Art of War". Li Mengchang clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Commander" and sat in the second seat on the right.

After a while, the drum outside the tent began to sound, "Boom, boom, boom, boom!", Li Ke remained unmoved, and Li Mengchang took it calmly.

"Report to the Governor, Shi Guo Xiaoke, the Chief of the Governor's Mansion, and Sun Erlang, the Sima of the Governor's Mansion, to see the Governor and the school lieutenant Guo Shifeng." Guo Xiaoke and Sun Erlang came together. The key is that Guo Xiaoke is worried about Sun Erlang, a reckless young man. He was afraid that he would disobey Li Ke's military order, so he deliberately went to his house and came to the military camp with him before leaving the city.

"Guo Changshi, Sun Sima, please sit down." After Li Ke finished speaking, he continued to read the book, and then one after another, the generals in the army began to gather in the commander's tent, thinking of Sima Wang Chong and other generals in the governor's mansion.The big and small generals, meritorious officers, and soldiers of Bingzhou Dudufu all sat in the center of the big tent anxiously waiting for Li Ke's order.

However, at this moment, Guo Xiaoke was very anxious. Looking around, he found that there was still one person in the Dudu Mansion who hadn't arrived, and he was Xu Hui, the secretary who joined the army.Could it be that Xu Huiqian blatantly turned against the King of Han to fight against the authority of the King of Han and the Governor of Bingzhou? Guo Xiaoke couldn't help turning pale when he thought of this. Things are not good.

"Dong dong dong dong dong!" The sound of the drum was like a hammer outside the tent, and it hurt Guo Xiaoke's heart. He understood the consequences of beating the drums to gather those who could not reach the generals. They will be dismissed during normal training, and those who are serious will be beheaded if they join the battlefield.

The drumbeat stopped, and Li Ke put the book on the table, looked around, glanced at everyone, and said nothing.The handsome tent was lifted, and the person who walked in was Liang Chong, "His Royal Highness" before he finished speaking, Li Ke waved his hand to stop him, and reprimanded in a cold tone, "The military camp only has the governor and no highness, only military law and no personal affair. "

"No..." Liang Chong didn't dare to look at Li Ke's face, especially his eyes. His heart suddenly turned cold, and his body seemed to become a little cold.