Chapter 443: Military Expansion Plan
The next morning, the army began to continue traveling eastward, and the route was naturally to Yunzhoucheng.
As for Dingxiang City, Liu Rengui is temporarily guarded by Liu Rengui, and Li Jing also appreciates Liu Rengui's talents. In addition, the court has not arranged for the generals and civil servants to defend the city, Li Jing let Liu Rengui be responsible for the entire Dingxiang City alone.
Li Ke's black-clothed guard and the ghost-faced cavalry were the personal guards who were in charge of Jie Li, and the burden of guarding Jie Li was still handed over to Li Ke.
During the march, Tuli finally met the Turkic Khan Jie Li who was escorted in the prison car.
The dramatic meeting between the two made Tuli and Jie Li look very awkward, but Tuli is the attitude of the winner, while Jie Li is the prisoner, which makes the two of them not know what to say for a while.
"Are you happy to see Ben Khan's fate today?"
Jie Li stared at Tuli with a hint of disdain on his face. Jie Li looked contemptuous of a person who easily surrendered to the Tang Dynasty like Tuli.
"Do you think I can?"
Tuli asked, "Why was the Turks so easily defeated by the Tang Dynasty?
Haven't you ever thought about the reason?"
Tuli was very disgusted with Jie Li's disdain and told the truth that he did not show mercy to Jie Li at all.
The two of them are also enemies, and neither of them will be left behind when they meet.
"Hmph" Jie Li snorted coldly and said nothing. He was also thinking about this question during this period. He led 100,000 cavalry to enter the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, but in recent years, tribes have repeatedly rebelled against his ruling area, which has significantly reduced the combat effectiveness of the Turkic cavalry.
But even so, why was the army he led hundreds of thousands of people defeated by the Tang army?
Although Jie Li is a proud and arrogant person, he is not a blind mind. He realizes that if he can't figure out this problem, he will not be able to rest even if he dies.
So, along the way, he kept observing Li Ke and the cavalry that escorted him, but he still couldn't figure it out.
When Duli saw Jie Li ignore him, he was too lazy to pay attention to Jie Li, the defeated general, and rode his horse back to Li Ke and Li Jing and his group.
The army was not very fast, and it took two days to arrive in Yunzhou City.
As a landlord, Du Junchuo, the governor of Yunzhou, naturally had to entertain Li Jing and his group.
Li Jing originally wanted to reject Du Junchuo's banquet, but when he thought that there were Tuli and his group around him, he was not easy to refuse.
While staying in Yunzhou for one day, Dajun spent another one and a half days to arrive in Daizhou.
Zhang Gongjin, the governor of Daizhou, dared not lose his face and held a banquet to entertain him. Li Jing accepted Zhang Gongjin's kindness.
In this way, the army marched very slowly, and the troops of Yunzhou and Daizhou stayed to guard the talented city of Yunzhou and Daizhou. Li Ke discussed with Li Jing and placed the remaining 30,000 troops of the new army in Dingxiang City. In this way, the entire army was left with Li Ke's four black guard camps, namely the Eagle Guard, the Wolf Cavalry Camp, the Ghost Face Cavalry and the Heavy Cavalry Camp.
After another six days, the army finally arrived in Taiyuan.
As soon as the army arrived ten miles outside Taiyuan City, they saw the Bingzhou Civil Service Group headed by Di Zhixun and Li Yan from afar to welcome Li Jing and Li Ke and his group.
When the two sides met, they were naturally polite. Li Ke did not be polite to Di Zhixun and asked Di Zhixun to arrange everyone in the inn in Taiyuan City, while he himself hurriedly returned to the governor's office.
Because there is a beauty waiting for him in the Governor's Office, and she is Changsun Bingning! Since Changsun Bingning came to Taiyuan Palace with Li Ke, she has become Li Ke's woman, and is gentle to him, and she is no longer the same as she did in the "Tang Dynasty" before.
Seeing Li Ke, Changsun Bingning suddenly threw herself into Li Ke's arms and said in a choked tone, "Your Highness, you are back!"
"Silly girl, why are you crying? I'm not back now?"
Li Ke gently patted Changsun Bingning's shoulder and comforted him.
"Well, Bing Ning knows, but Bing Ning is too happy!"
Changsun Bingning stopped crying when he heard Li Ke's words, looked at Li Ke carefully, and then said slowly, "Your Highness, you have lost a lot of weight!"
"Mobei is not like Taiyuan, and war is not traveling, and hardship is inevitable!"
Li Ke said indifferently, and then Changsun Bingning began to give Li Ke a loose clothes and let Li Ke take a bath. However, Li Ke looked at Changsun Bingning with a wicked smile. Changsun Bingning knew what Li Ke was thinking when he saw the smirk on Li Ke's face, but before she could speak, she heard Li Ke's request to let her serve her bath. Changsun Bingning's cheeks flushed, but her heart was still sweet and she shyly agreed to Li Ke's request.
Indoor... When Li Ke came to the study while taking a shower and changing clothes, the generals of the Bingzhou Governor's Office were already waiting for him.
"Li Mengchang, Sun Erlang, this time when the Turks fought against us, our troops in Bingzhou suffered heavy losses. My father would be able to let us form another elite Bingzhou army.
Therefore, you hand over the troops to the deputy general, and this time you follow me to Beijing to meet your father!"
Li Ke thought of Li Mengchang and Sun Erlangdao indifferently.
"No" Li Mengchang and Sun Erlang said happily that although their official positions are not low, as soldiers guarding the area, they rarely see Li Shimin. This time they made great contributions and could meet Li Shimin, which would make Li Shimin remember him even more, which would be very helpful to his future career.
"Chen Qi, this time the Eagle Guard suffered a great loss when fighting Jie Li's Blood Wolf Guard. So far, there are only less than a thousand people left. Choose the elite soldiers in the Wolf Cavalry Camp and add the number of Eagle Guards to three thousand and then hand it over to Wang Zhongchang. As for the Wolf Cavalry Camp, they also need to expand after returning from Chang'an, so the number should be set at about five thousand!"
Li Ke told Chen Qi that the Eagle Guard was formed by Chen Qi, and Chen Qi is now the head general of the Wolf Cavalry Camp, so Li Ke gave such an order to Chen Qi.
"No" Chen Qi replied.
"Dingfang, if you make great contributions this time, your father may let you take charge. Therefore, you cannot have a soldier that shocks others in your hand. Let's hand you over to you. However, if you want to expand the HQ camp to 10,000, I will give you the money you need."
Li Ke seemed to be very clear about Su Dingfang Feng's official position and said confidently.
"No" Su Dingfang Gujing Bubo replied.
"As for the ghost-faced rider..." Li Ke hesitated for a moment, but he said, "Your oath is too horrible. Recruitment will definitely be a problem, but it will also be expanded by 10,000. As for the source of troops, I will solve it for you!"
Li Ke is now very enthusiastic about the Ghost Face Rider. It can be said that since the Ghost Face Rider made such a vow, he knew that the Ghost Face Rider would definitely become an important force for him.
Therefore, no matter what, he must be worthy of supporting the expansion of the Ghost Face Rider! "Nuo" Ren Hu said happily. He did not expect Li Ke to expand the Ghost Face Rider, which he never thought of.
Because, since the Ghost Face Rider made such a horrifying oath under the leadership of Zheyu, Ren Hu was worried that the court would make a fuss about this matter. Li Ke might have ignored the Ghost Face Rider under the pressure of the court, but he did not expect that Li Ke still cared about Ghost Face Rider so much.
The reason why Li Ke dared to give everyone this right is because he had a clear mind! Now, Li Ke's opponents may be envious and jealous because of the excessive power in his hands! However, when they knew that Tuli and Li Shimin proposed his marriage with Ashinayun and himself, they would definitely not care whether the rights in their hands were too great. At that time, they would find a way to make Li Shimin agree to this marriage, exile himself to the border, lose his position in the East Palace, rather than how much rights in his hands were.
After dealing with this series of problems, Li Ke came to the hall of the Governor's Office.
As the Grand Governor of Bingzhou and Taiyuan is the capital of the Bingzhou Governor's Office, Li Ke naturally wanted to serve as a gift from the landlord to invite Tuli, Li Jing and others.
The banquet at the Bingzhou Governor's Office was naturally not comparable to the banquets in Yunzhou and Daizhou. Li Ke also arranged entertainment results such as sword dancing and fist competitions at the banquet, which made everyone very happy.
After all, the Tang people were martial, and sword dancing and fist fighting were more in line with everyone's intentions. Besides, except for a few officials in the governor's mansion, the others in the hall were all generals in the army, so naturally they liked such powerful programs.
The banquet ended in a lively atmosphere! Li Ke returned to his study, and Changsun Bingning had already brewed a pot of tea and placed it on the desk. He knew that this was Li Ke's habit and he would always drink tea when reading.
From beginning to end, I didn't see Li Ke's younger brother Li Yan, two sworn brothers Chai Zhewei and Li Zong, but Li Ke seemed to be fine and did not ask anyone about where the three of them were going.
Chapter completed!