Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

On the second day, Li Ke still maintained his good habits. He got up early and went to the school to practice martial arts. On the school ground, he first practiced spear and sword skills against Yang Gen, and then practiced hand-to-hand combat with Chen Qi.He believes that martial arts in the cold weapon era are like the nine tails on a nine-tailed fox, which can save his life in times of danger.After practicing martial arts, he came back to the front hall, took a shower and changed clothes, and had breakfast, Li Ke ordered Chen Qi to prepare the frame, because he was going to the palace to meet Li Shimin.

On the morning of July in the second year of Zhenguan, the city of Chang'an had already woken up from the hustle and bustle, and there was an endless stream of pedestrians on the street.The slow form of Li Ke's frame is like a huge turtle in the crowd on Suzaku Street.In this way, after about a stick of incense, the carriage finally arrived at Zhuque Gate. Li Ke got off the carriage and strode into Zhuque Gate under the guard of Chen Qi to Li Shimin's imperial study in Ganquan Palace.

Li Shimin was reviewing the memorial when he heard Wang De report back, "Your Majesty, His Highness the King of Han is asking to see you outside the study!"

Li Shimin didn't look up, but still looked at the playbook in his hand, "Show him in!"

"No." Wang De bowed and withdrew.

Shaoqing, Li Ke strode into the imperial study room, and saluted Li Shimin who was sitting on the jade couch reading the memorial, "My son knocks on my father!"

Li Shimin was very busy every day, and he just waved to Li Ke who was kneeling in front of him, "Get up!" and then continued to review the memorial in his hand.Li Ke got up and stepped aside, not knowing what to say for a while, so he could only wait for Li Shimin's question.And Li Shimin seemed to have forgotten Li Ke, he didn't say a word, continued to read the memorials in his hand, and waited until he had finished reviewing the memorials on the case table one by one, then raised his head and said to Li Ke, "Tell me about your time in Taiyuan. !"

"My father, my son is doing well in Taiyuan!" Li Ke suddenly heard Li Shimin's question and mistook him for asking how his life in Taiyuan was. He replied bluntly.

"You bastard, don't you know how you are doing in Taiyuan?" Li Shimin was amused by Li Ke's answer, and he laughed and scolded, "You led the cavalry to the Youbei Grassland in Jieli, Can you be so unscrupulous if you want to live a bad life?"

Faced with Li Shimin's ridicule, "Father Emperor" Li Ke suddenly felt that he had misunderstood the meaning of Li Shimin's words. He was a little embarrassed, scratched the back of his head and said naively, "I just went there to train soldiers!"

"Li Ke! You are really courageous! You have penetrated more than 1000 miles into the Turkic hinterland and wiped out four Turkic tribes with a thousand people. How dare you say that this is just to train soldiers there? Then if I give you a [-] army, you will kill them." When you come back to Jieli’s Yinshan Holy Land, why don’t you tell me that you went there just for a walk?” Li Shimin laughed, “But as my son, I’m very pleased that you can say such a thing!”

"Father!" Li Ke suddenly realized that he was a little arrogant in front of Li Shimin, so he changed his words in time, "I just want to..."

Li Shimin understood what Li Ke was thinking, so he interrupted him, "You were able to break out of the siege at a low cost when the [-] Turkic army was chasing and intercepting, which shows that you have unique talents in leading troops and fighting. Tell me about your battle in Youbei this time!"

Seeing that Li Shimin didn't want to listen to his explanation, Li Ke knew that he didn't pay attention to what he said just now, and seeing the seriousness of his question, he said honestly without hesitation, "Father, my son is leading the army to fight He doesn’t have any special talents in terms of military affairs, and he is even inferior to many low-level generals in the formation of troops.” Having said this, Li Ke glanced at Li Shimin, and seeing that he did not show any surprise, he continued, “It’s just that the Tang Dynasty and the Turks Years of fighting, Datang has not achieved much victory in the wars of the past few years. This has led many of our generals to form a conservative thinking, that is, as long as they fight against the Turks, the first thought is not to attack but to defend. Turks The generals also began to become arrogant and conceited during the war, and they didn't pay attention to our Tang army at all. Therefore, when I led the cavalry Turkic tribes, I caught them by surprise, because they didn't think of Da Tang's army at all. The Tang army will go deep into the hinterland and take the initiative to attack."

"En!" Li Shimin nodded and said, "You are right. Not only the generals in the army, but also many ministers in the court have such a mentality when facing the Turks."

"As for the successful escape from the encirclement, the ministers took advantage of the arrogance and arrogance of the Turkic people," Li Ke talked about the war, "the [-] Turkic army chased and intercepted them, and they never thought that we would take the initiative to attack and fight back." To attack the Zuoxian King's tribe who was chasing us. Therefore, the ghost-faced cavalry attacked the Turkic Zuoxian King's tribe at night, and easily killed the Zuoxian King's [-] cavalry soldiers! The Turkic Jieli Khan did the same Very arrogant, he thought his [-] blood wolf guards were enough to annihilate my [-] ghost face riders, so he adopted the attitude of encircling and not attacking, instead of letting the cavalry chasing and intercepting us attack back and forth, he only let the blood wolf guards attack Erchen, I wanted to use a thousand blood wolf guards to kill the five thousand cavalry in my son's hands, so I was defeated by the remaining three hundred eagle guards in my son's hands."

"The news from Taiyuan said that your three hundred eagle guards defeated a thousand blood wolf guards. At that time, I couldn't believe it. After all, Xieli's blood wolf guards were the most powerful cavalry in the grassland, and they passed the military department later. The official document has confirmed that this is true, so tell me now how you did it?" Li Shimin chatted with Li Ke about the war, without the majesty of the emperor at all, like a father talking to himself The children discuss the same issues.

"Father, the nomads on the grasslands are naturally tough and wild. If you want to defeat them, you must first defeat them from the heart. And this son-in-law used the method of duel with their generals to kill four of them with bloody means. A centurion and the chief general of the Blood Wolf Guard, Lang Ao, broke down the invincible line of defense of the Blood Wolf Guard, which made them timid and lost the courage and confidence to resist. Only then were they wiped out by the Ying Guard with high morale " Li Ke said solemnly, "On the battlefield, a group of sheep led by a wolf is always more lethal and aggressive than a group of wolves led by a sheep!"

"Well said! A group of sheep led by a wolf will always be more lethal and aggressive than a group of wolves led by a sheep!" Li Shimin repeated what Li Ke said just now, with a smile on his face, "I didn't expect You have such a deep understanding of the Turkic war, it seems that my decision to let you go to Taiyuan is still right!"

Hearing what Li Shimin said, Li Ke understood that it was Li Shimin's intention to let him go to Taiyuan, but he didn't dare to ask Li Shimin why he wanted him to go to Taiyuan, so he could only listen quietly and continue Li Shimin said, "I received news that Do you know what I was thinking when you defeated the [-] cavalrymen from Tugeng*xin ajue in the Youbei Grassland? What I thought was not about this hard-won victory, but about your safety!"

"Father!" Li Ke didn't expect that Li Shimin would express his feelings of confinement to him, so his voice was a little choked up.

"Now, I am very relieved. After listening to your explanation just now, I know your ability and talent. I am very relieved to hand over the hundreds of thousands of troops from the two places of Hedong and Hebei to you!" Li Shimin said earnestly, "My Among my sons, you are the only one who likes both literature and martial arts, and I hope you will not let me down!"

"Father! I dare not be my son! My son" Li Ke was terrified after hearing this. Although he was touched by Li Shimin's expression of concern, he was still very clear-headed. He didn't have the guts to accept it, and even if he had the guts, he wouldn't want to. First, he didn't want the officials to be jealous, and second, he didn't want Li Shimin to be jealous of him.

Li Ke's thoughts always seemed to be unable to hide from Li Shimin's wise eyes. When he saw Li Kezhen's fearful refusal, he interrupted his words and said leisurely, "I am angry, leaning on the railing, resting in the rain. Look up and look up to the sky." Howling, strong and fierce. Thirty years of fame and dust, eight thousand miles of roads and moons. Don't wait for nothing, the boy's head is white, empty and sad! The shame of the Weishui River is still not snowed. When will the hatred of the courtiers be wiped out! Drive a long car and step through it Helan Mountain is lacking. Aspirations eat the meat of the barbarians hungry, laughing and talking about drinking the blood of the Huns thirsty. Waiting to start all over again, tidy up the old mountains and rivers, and face the sky." After singing, Li Shimin asked suddenly, "You wrote this?"

"Yes!" Li Ke replied without changing his face when he heard the "Man Jianghong" he had plagiarized and modified.

"My son is determined to get out of the secluded pass. If you don't destroy the Hu slaves, you will not return them. There is no need to bury your bones. There are green hills everywhere in life. Did you write this poem when you left Taiyuan?" Li Shimin continued to ask.

"It was made by my minister!" Li Ke replied respectfully.

"A strong enemy who dares to attack our Tang Dynasty will be punished even if he is far away! You also said this sentence?" Li Shimin continued to ask.

"Yes, it's what my son said!" Li Ke said in a firm tone, neither humble nor overbearing.

"You can write such heroic poems, and you can make such a deafening oath, I trust you, why don't you trust yourself?" Li Shimin asked back, "Don't you understand what I think? ?"

"Father!" What Li Ke was afraid of was that Li Shimin was suspicious of him. Now that he heard Li Shimin's words so clearly, he couldn't help secretly blaming himself for being too oversimplified and thinking of Li Shimin too hypocritically. In front of him, he said without hesitation, "Father, I know my mistake, please rest assured, my son will definitely live up to my father's expectations. He must be killed!"

"Okay! You are worthy of being my son!" Li Shimin said proudly, "I hope you can remember what you said to me today, and the oath you said today!"

"Thank you, father!" Li Ke could only thank Li Shimin for his bold words, what else could he say.After exiting the imperial study room of Ganquan Palace, Li Ke was still dizzy in his head, thinking about the conversation in Ganquan Palace just now. Today, his conversation with Li Shimin captured hundreds of thousands of troops from the two places of Hedong and Hebei In his own hands, he himself still can't believe it.