Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 23 Before the War

When Aboshe learned that the Tang army had attacked the camp, he immediately sent someone to Yi Nan's den to report the news. Similarly, when Yi Nan learned that the Tang army suddenly appeared in Yu Dujun Mountain, he was shocked and even a little panicked.

At first, Yi Nan thought that Lu Shan had lost it and suddenly lost the battle, so the Tang army was killed in the Khan Court. But after thinking about it, he had never received any news from Lu Shan, so Lu Shan should be fine. Then he learned that the Tang army was coming from the southeast, and he knew that this Tang army was mostly not most of the Tang army, but a partial division attacked by the Tang army.

The days of Yi Nan have been living a miserable life these days. Four armies of the Tang Dynasty attacked each other. The nearest Ashinasmo and Zhang Gongjin's tribe had already crossed the Soling River, which was only more than 500 miles away from the Khan Court. Qiao Shiwang tribe and Xue Wanche tribe in Lingzhou were gradually approaching, less than a thousand miles away from Yu Dujun Mountain. Even the rebellious son Dadushi and Uighur Bodhisattva took advantage of the situation to rob Xueyantuo Jinshan and Orhun River.

The Yi Nan is now surrounded by enemies, and I don’t know when the throne of the Khan Court can sit.

However, Yi Nan had no energy to think about these things carefully. The Tang Dynasty's partial army was already at the city, and the plan to block the Tang army outside the Yu Governor Mountain was no longer possible. Time was tight, and retreating to the enemy was the top priority. The only thing Yi Nan could do was to order people to prepare their troops immediately and fight with the Tang army and defeat the fierce Tang army outside the Khan Pavilion.

Originally, in Yi Nan's opinion, although this partial army was attacked and had a limited number of people, the one who could be appointed by Li Ke as a special commander in the Tang army was considered to be the important generals in the army. It is likely that they were one of Su Dingfang or Li Ji. Yi Nan dared not be careless at all.

More than twenty miles outside the Khan Court, along the Zhijushui, which the Xueyantuo people regarded as their belief, Khan Yinan led the army of 30,000 Xueyantuo, and the Khan Court's last family was in front of him and the Tang army.

Yi Nan thought he had already prepared enough mentally, but when he saw the commander of the Tang army in front of the two armies with his 30,000 troops, he was still shocked. It turned out that it was not Li Ji or Su Dingfang who was in charge of the army, but Li Ke himself.

Li Ke is the commander of the Tang army's three armies. Li Ke is here. Is this Tang army still a partial army? This is clearly the main central army of the Tang army.

"Why is Li Ke here?" Yi Nan looked at Li Ke who was standing in front of the Tang army from afar and said in surprise.

Beside Yi Nan, the official Tizhen asked in surprise: "Li Ke? Khan said that Li Ke, the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty, was in the formation?"

Li Ke's appearance was not only Yi Nan, but also as the magistrate of the Tizhen official Xueyantuopaxia. If this Tang army was just a partial army, perhaps it was just a responsibility to harass him. If one attack failed and was blocked, he would probably retreat. However, when Li Ke appeared in front of the two armies, everything changed.

If it were just a partial division that was harassing, it would not be led by Li Ke, the commander of the three armies. Yi Nan and Ti Zhen Daguan realized the seriousness of the problem. It turned out that the appearance of this partial division was to kill Xue Yantuo in one fell swoop and pierce their hearts.

The old official Tizhen was old and his eyes were not very good. Yi Nan pointed at the Tang army's formation and stepped down the white horse. The man standing in the middle and said to the Tizhenda official: "Look at the one with the silver armor and golden spear of the Tang army, isn't this person the Tang army commander Li Ke who you and I met in the Dabu River?"

In fact, Li Ke's appearance is not true. Tai Zhendaguan looked in the direction Yi Nan pointed, and the young man's appearance was indeed somewhat similar to Li Ke who had met in Junji Mountain. So he said worriedly: "If Li Ke was here, it would be difficult for today to be good."

Yi Nan said: "What Pasha said is very true. Li Ke has always had a big appetite. Since he is here, he is afraid that the right-wing army will be gone. Today he is aiming to destroy my Khan Court."

———————————————

At this time, Yi Nan was uneasy. In fact, how could Li Ke remain as calm as a mountain?

Bypassing Lushan and taking Khan's court, isn't it a dangerous move? If Li Ke takes this move correctly, he will take a critical step away from the position of prince.

But if he made the wrong move, he would be defeated by Yu Dujunshan. He had the Divine Horse Dingbei, and the peerless generals like Xi Junmai and Xue Rengui were guarded. It would be natural to be difficult to save his life. But even if he could save his life himself, the momentum of the Northern Expedition had been broken, and it would not be easy to escape back to Lushan and defeat Xue Yantuo again.

Li Ke thought about this in his heart and gently stroked Dingbei's mane under his crotch. The expression on his face couldn't help but feel a little solemn.

In the two positions beside Li Ke, Changsun Chong looked at Li Ke's appearance and couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

In Changsun Chong's impression, Li Ke treated people with a gentle and gentle expression, and his face was always light and laughter. Such a solemn expression was rare on Li Ke's face.

If it were in the past, Changsun Chong and Li Ke were both parties, Changsun Chong would naturally be too lazy to go to consult with Li Ke, but now it is different.

Today, Changsun Chong has been an official in the Grand Governor's Office of Li Ke's Mansion for nearly three years and has had a close relationship with Li Ke, especially in the past two months of the Northern Expedition, he has been sleeping in the open and sharing the joys and sorrows. As a child of the Changsun family, Changsun Chong has not said anything, but he has already regarded himself as a subordinate of the Chu Prince's Mansion in his heart.

This battle was the victory or defeat of the Tang Dynasty, the victory or defeat of Li Ke and Changsun Chong, and even more so the victory or defeat of their Chu Prince's Mansion. However, Changsun Chong looked at Li Ke's appearance, but he was a little worried. This was not the Li Ke he was familiar with, and he was also worried that Li Ke would become abnormal due to excessive tension.

Changsun Chong thought about it, and although he didn't know whether he should say something, he still spoke.

Changsun Chong pointed at the war horse that Yi Nan was crossing the opposite side and suddenly said to Li Ke: "Grandmaster, after the victory of this battle, can Yi Nan give me this war horse?"

As soon as Changsun Chong said, Li Ke was still unresponsive for a moment. Li Ke asked in confusion: "Why is this? Is Zijing good at horses?"

In Li Ke's impression, although Changsun Chong served as an official in the border prefecture, he was a civil servant in his bones and did not attach much importance to war horses and weapons.

Changsun rushed back and said, "Yinan is the Khan of Xueyantuo. What he rides must be a good horse that is not one in a thousand. If I can offer it to Your Majesty, wouldn't it be right?"

In fact, it is not just Changsun Chong who is worried that Li Ke will be abnormal because he is too nervous. Wang Xuance is the same. It’s just that Wang Xuance is not as identifiable as Changsun Chong, so it’s not convenient to speak rashly.

With Changsun rushing away this head, Wang Xuance followed the conversation and smiled and said, "Zi Jing wants this divine horse to present to His Majesty. Could it be that he wants to be the betrothal gift for marrying Princess Changle?"

"Hahaha..."

After hearing Wang Xuance's words, he couldn't help laughing. With this incident, the solemnity that had originally gathered in his heart was dispersed and he felt much more relaxed.
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next