Chapter 292: Rise (5)

Li Song jumped up from the chair in surprise and shouted: "What are you saying? The Great Soviet invasion? What does the 120,000 troops of the Southern Dian Prefecture do for food? How can the Southern Dian Prefecture fall?"

Li Ming seemed very quiet. The invasion of the Great Su Kingdom was long as he expected. With the ability of Li Qing and Liu Zhang, it was not too difficult to persuade the Great Su Kingdom to send troops. What's more, the two countries have not stopped the friction on the border for so many years. Now that the Great Su Kingdom knows about the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty, it would be strange if he doesn't take the opportunity to get a kick. But he didn't expect that the other party's actions would be so fast. Before Wang Wen's army was in place, the Southern Dian Prefecture was already in danger.

He helped Li Song to the chair and sat down, then asked B: "Did you send a message to Wang Wen? I'm urging him to march overnight and arrive at the destination as soon as possible. Be sure to block the army of the Great Soviet Kingdom in the area of ​​the Southern Dian Prefecture, and a 200,000 army. If the attack of the Great Soviet Kingdom cannot be blocked, he will not come back to see me."

Yi Yi hurriedly went down to convey the order. Here, under Li Ming's comfort, Li Song gradually regained his peace and went to bed under Li Ming's persuasion.

The next day, the army re-loaded under the dawn. Like the previous day, they were still walking and stopping and not moving too fast. Along the way, Li Ming always had to drink tea and chat with Li Song while resting. Of course, the battle reports on the front lines from all over the streets kept piled up in front of Li Ming like snowflakes. This efficiency made Li Song often dumbfounded.

In the evening, the army camped early again. Nearly midnight, Yi Yi rushed over again.

"Lord, the soldiers who came to the imperial city to deliver the letter have all returned. There are a lot of people, and there are so many people who have left. After they come back, they started to wander around camps everywhere. Seeing their busyness, I doubt that there seem to be many of their people in the Imperial Guard. Should we let our people clean up overnight?"

Li Ming smiled and shook his head, saying, "There is no need for the time being. Most of the people in the Imperial Army are still very loyal to the emperor. Li Qing was so smart back then that he was unable to invade the Imperial Army, let alone a female? I believe that even if there are Princess Changle in the Imperial Army, they are also new recruits who have joined the army in the past two years. The loyalty of veterans and generals is credible. So, you send orders to the officers of the Imperial Army to strictly restrain their soldiers and strictly prohibit anyone from running around for no reason. I will catch them all at the most appropriate moment."

B nodded and went out, leaving Li Ming alone in the tent, looking at the swaying candlelight beside him, with a confident smile on his lips. Over the past year, the ups and downs he has experienced have made him unstoppable and he has become more steady in doing things. He seems to have no regard for the various crises that are about to come in front of him.

Li Mingzai slept very late, mainly because he had too many psychological considerations. As the troops increased and the territory increased, more and more things needed to be considered. Every day, he never stopped thinking about problems. Even though he was drinking tea and chatting with Li Song, he was also thinking about various things. Over time, he felt that he had become a little nervous.

Just as he fell asleep, a voice suddenly woke him up. He opened his eyes alertly and saw that Yi Yi appeared anxiously in front of him. Behind him, there was still a nervous little Fugui who was pulling Yi Yi backwards.

"Is Princess Changle taking action? Report the details to me." Yi Yi rushed over at this time, for sure, for this matter, so Li Ming did not show any more surprise and anger. He just sat up on the bed and asked while putting on his clothes.

"That's right, I just received a telegram from Nanguo City. Princess Changle took advantage of the middle of the night and led tens of thousands of people from unknown places to capture all the soldiers defending the city. By the time of the time of sending the report, they had occupied all the city gates. This information was investigated with the assistance of Senior Lin Shuang, so it is very credible."

Li Ming sighed with relief and asked with a smile: "They have only tens of thousands of people? How strong is they? Send a report to Lin Shuang and let him find out the strength of these people."

"I mentioned it on the telegram, saying that many of them seem to be martial arts people. According to Senior Lin Shuang, their martial arts seem to be good. I think if Senior Lin Shuang said it well, those people would be really clever. I will send them a new report and ask them to investigate in detail."

"It's amazing. He has attracted so many martial arts people." Looking at Yi Yi's disappearing back, Li Ming sat on the bed and blurted out. There were many martial arts people around Princess Changle. Li Ming knew about it, but the specific number and strength have always been a mystery. In order to completely eliminate this hidden danger, he spent so much effort to do this scene. It's not that he was afraid of the power in Princess Changle's hands, but he was really unwilling to fight against some opponents who were hiding deeply, which would be very tired. If both sides were on the surface, Li Ming would not care about it. After the battle in Linjiazhuang, no such master would be taken into consideration.

"Your Majesty, you'd better take a break as soon as possible. It's getting late." Xiao Fugui felt regretful for not being able to hold Yi Yi and saw that Li Ming was still in a daze there, and hurriedly reminded him in a low voice.

"Li Ming smiled and said, "I have nothing to do. No matter when Yi Yi comes in, don't stop him. He is my messenger. There are many important things that need to be passed on through him. Xiao Fugui, I am different from the Supreme Emperor. I have to ask about some things myself. Look at Yang Ping, he did not stop Yi Yi."

"Who said no, he wanted to kill Yi Yi with one palm, but fortunately I arrived in time." The old chef's voice came in from somewhere.

Li Ming's expression changed drastically. Yi Yi was the most important confidant around him. If he was killed by Yang Ping, the loss would be extraordinary. Yang Ping was too bold. Thinking of this, Li Ming couldn't help but think of Li Song's words. Although Yang Ping was completely in accordance with the orders of the old emperor at that time, Li Ming could not completely resolve this grudge. Yang Ping, who wanted to deal with him at the time, has now become the yellow sect manager around him, and he can approach him without notice. With his skills, if he wants to be unfavorable to him, no one can stop him. It seems that this matter must be solved. Li Ming, who has experienced countless lives and deaths, has now become extremely careful, and he must be prepared for anyone who is threatened.

"Your Majesty, it is my duty to protect you. No matter who you are, if you break in without notice, the old slave will kill him. Although the master around the emperor has very high martial arts skills, he does not understand this unwritten rule in the royal family." Like the old chef, Yang Ping's voice came from somewhere, but it was very clear to Li Ming's ears.

"You two are here for me!" This feeling of not finding the target made Li Ming the most depressed, so he shouted in displeasure.

Almost at the same time, the old chef and Yang Ping suddenly appeared in the tent. Looking at the ghostly skills of the two people, even Li Ming couldn't help but feel frightened.

"Yang Ping, in the future, you can come to me directly whenever you have anything to do. All my orders must be passed on through him. Therefore, don't treat him like being guarded against assassins in the future."

"Emperor, this is not in line with the ancestral system." Yang Ping's reaction was beyond Li Ming's expectations. He had always followed Li Ming's orders these days and actually contradicted him: "As the chief supervisor of the Huangmen Department, I have the responsibility to protect the emperor's safety. The Tang Dynasty's ancestor system has regulations. In order to prevent those ministers, concubines and anyone else from being unfavorable to the emperor, no matter who they are, if they want to see the emperor when the emperor is asleep, they must be informed through the yellow gate guarded outside. We can only pass on the secret guards after we arrive. Your Majesty, you have just ascended the throne and may not understand this matter yet. Let me explain it to you."

"Secret Guard?" Li Ming couldn't help but feel curious about this new term he had never heard: "What is a Secret Guard? Why haven't I ever heard of it?"

"Emperor, in this world, there are not many people who have heard of the name of the secret guard. Today, all the people present are the emperor's confidants, so the old slave will not shy away. In fact, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the secret guards have begun to exist. The secret guards are the most secret existence in the royal family, and they are even more mysterious than the secret spies around the emperor. The secret guards are specially protected by the emperor. No matter when and where they are, they must guard the emperor. The old slave is the leader of this generation of secret guards. The martial arts mastered by the secret guards are passed down from generation to generation. We must select personnel from the potential small yellow gates for training. In the end, those who pass will join the secret guards, and those who fail will be destroyed on the spot. Now, there are more than a dozen secret guards around the emperor to protect them."

Li Ming was suddenly shocked and quickly turned his head to the old chef and asked, "It's really like this? Have you noticed it?"

The old chef still had no expression on his face and replied, "I realized it. I thought you knew it a long time ago. I didn't care if they threatened you. I asked Yang Ping and knew what they did."

Li Ming felt his cold sweat suddenly pop up. He looked at Yang Ping weirdly and asked, "So, when my elder brother went to see me, there were secret guards around him to protect me?"

"No." Yang Ping and the old chef denied almost at the same time.

"At the request of the Supreme Emperor, the old slave transferred the secret guards without authorization. Although it violated the ancestral system, it only involved the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty. " Yang Ping looked at the old chef and continued.

"Since that's the case, you can make an exception for Yi Yi. This way, I have secret guards around me and an old chef by my side. It can be said that no one can attack me. Now I have an important task, requiring you to rush to the imperial city immediately." Li Ming said that this was originally intended to take the opportunity to transfer Yang Ping away, but his face suddenly changed, because suddenly, he thought of a tragedy in history.
Chapter completed!