The time soon came to night, and although it was already the scorching summer season, the night on the grassland was still cold.
The cold wind stirred up the weeds and carried the smell of livestock manure, raging everywhere on the grassland.
The ruined city of the Han Dynasty was blown away with a whining sound, as if something unclean was about to appear.
Li Jing sat by the bonfire, surrounded and covered by the tribesmen, and finished writing a letter to Li Shiji. He handed over Yi Nan's affairs to Li Shiji, and then gradually put down his pen and his eyes became sharp.
The firelight kept jumping in his eyes, giving him a mysterious and majestic feeling.
"Is it almost time?"
Li Jing suddenly asked.
The leader of the tribe Liu Fu who was guarding one side looked at the waning moon in the sky, judged the time, and nodded solemnly: "It should be almost..."
Li Jing handed the letter to another tribe leader and told him to dry the letter and send it to Li Shiji, and then asked: "Where is Sanlang?"
The Sanlang in Li Jing's mouth refers to Li Keshi.
Li Jing has an elder brother above him and four younger brothers below him. Li Ke is the third in the line.
Liu Fu lowered his head slightly and said, "Sanlang went to inspect the war horses..."
Li Jing snorted and said, "I still know some of the importance..."
Liu Fu didn't say anything, just stood with a bow.
Li Jing asked again: "Did any news come back from the scouts?"
Liu Fu lowered his head again and said: "Back to Alang, the former army scouts have discovered all the conditions of the Geshube Grassland, and have determined that Jieli's Golden Wolf Tent is in the Geshube Grassland, at the foot of Yin Mountain.
The flattest piece of Muma River.
However, there are many guards around the Jieli Golden Wolf Tent, and there are soldiers and horses from the Geshu tribe guarding the outside. It is difficult for the former army scouts to penetrate, and the specific deployment of various parts of Muma River has not yet been ascertained."
Li Jing nodded and said without any surprise: "This is reasonable. If the former army scouts can be allowed to infiltrate, it will not be Jieli's Golden Wolf Tent."
After saying this, Li Jing turned his head and asked: "Have you ever found out the number of soldiers and horses under Jie Li and Ge Shuhan's command?"
Liu Fu hurriedly said: "It has been found out, and it is consistent with the information we have received before. Jieli has more than 30,000 elite cavalry under his command, Geshu has more than 10,000 elite cavalry, and more than 40,000 wandering cavalry."
Li Jing nodded thoughtfully and said with emotion: "It seems that these successive blows have made Jieli lose his ambition and made him learn to shrink.
If this were Jie Li in the past, he would never hide in the territory of the Geshu tribe and command the troops of each tribe through Xinqi.
He will travel to the most dangerous places."
After saying this, Li Jing did not give Liu Fu a chance to respond, and decisively ordered: "Send an order to the scouts of the front army and tell them that they can take action. Then send an order to the elite cavalry who came out of the Twelve Guards to prepare the kerosene."
Wait until the front army scouts have eliminated the enemy's sentinel cavalry, and then immediately charge into the Muma River from the north of Yinshan Mountain.
After the elite cavalry from the Twelve Guards are dispatched, the remaining people will follow me from the east of Yinshan Mountain to sneak into the Muma River to stab Jie Li in the butt."
Liu Fu solemnly clasped his fists and said: "Here!"
And the order was quickly passed on to all the lieutenants lurking inside and outside the ruined city of the Han Dynasty, and then the lieutenants passed it on level by level until it was conveyed to everyone.
After hearing the order, Master Li hurried back. As soon as he returned to the campfire, before he had time to speak, Li Jing asked first, "How is the situation of the war horses in each department?"
Li Keshi hurriedly said: "The war horses of all units are in excellent condition. Except for the dozens of war horses that were damaged in the hurry on the way here, only the horses of the front army scouts were damaged.
But I have ordered someone to replace them.
Now there are one person and three horses in each department, and all of them are good horses, without any damage."
In terms of taking care of livestock and understanding their condition, in the Tang Dynasty, Li Keshi was ranked second, and no one dared to be ranked first.
So when he said that all the war horses were in excellent condition, he couldn't be wrong.
"good!"
Li Jing nodded with satisfaction and said: "I have given orders to the soldiers to get ready. You should also prepare."
Master Li was anxious, so he asked what he had wanted to say since he came back, "Second brother, do you really want to go into danger yourself?"
Li Jing glared and shouted: "There is no second brother in the army, only generals!"
Master Li took a deep breath, adjusted his address and said, "Commander, do you really want to go out in person to take risks?"
Li Jing said without hesitation: "I brought them here personally, so naturally I have to take them there myself."
Li Keshi was anxious and said hurriedly: "But this trip has a narrow escape, and you are the commander-in-chief of all the armies of our Tang Dynasty. If you are harmed in any way, then my Tang Dynasty's war against the Turks will probably fail.
What will you explain to His Highness King Yong when the time comes?"
Li Jing opened his mouth and wanted to say something. If I were injured in any way, it would be 90% fatal and our whole group would be wiped out. What would I have to say to King Yong then?
However, the words came to his lips but were not spoken.
Because there are not only two brothers in Danyang Li family, but also the lineage of their elder brother Yaowang, and the lineage of their three younger brothers.
He can't be too selfish.
You can't just care about yourself and ignore the lives of your elder brother's descendants, as well as your younger brother and nephews.
Li Jing rolled his eyes at his younger brother angrily and said, "Do you really think that my army of the Tang Dynasty can't move around without me?"
Li Keshi didn't say anything, but he felt that Li Jing was the commander-in-chief of the army. If something went wrong with him, the army would be leaderless and it would definitely not be able to turn around.
Li Jing continued: "Don't forget, during this expedition, His Highness King Yong appointed Li Shiji as my deputy, and also ordered Su Dingfang to stay in Daizhou.
Any one of them can replace me, so even if I am in any danger, my Datang army will not be unable to move.
Also, His Highness King Yong himself and His Highness the former King of Qin were supervising the battle in Lingzhou.
Even if I, Li Shiji, and Su Dingfang encounter any danger, our Tang army can still turn away."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Just kidding, Li Shimin is still the invincible commander with the most outstanding military exploits in the history of the Tang Dynasty.
Wherever he is, there will be a shortage of commanders, and the army will not be able to turn around?
Master Li's worries were obviously unnecessary.
Not to mention that within the Tang Dynasty, there were still people like Li Xiaogong, Qu Tutong, Liu Hongji, Li Xiuning, Chai Shao, etc. waiting to be recruited and qualified to serve as commander-in-chief.
It can be said that the Tang Dynasty lacks everything now, except for strong generals and commanders who can fight.
Now everyone is competing for jobs, and anyone can leave.
The army of the Tang Dynasty should look like what it should do, and it should do whatever it should do.
Master Li also knew this situation, but he still said anxiously: "I'm not worried about you!"
Li Jing stared and said: "It is our fate for warriors to die on the battlefield, what do you have to worry about? If you think your life and mine are more important than other people's, then stop being warriors and don't even think about being a warrior.
After you have made great achievements on the battlefield, go back to Chang'an City and become a rich man!"
Li Keshi gritted his teeth and said: "The number of enemies we have to face this time is not small, and the enemy situation is far greater than before. It is very likely that we will be buried here. It doesn't matter if I die, but it doesn't matter if you die.
If you do anything bad, I, the Li family of Danyang, will probably fall!"
Li Jingpi said with a smile: "Do you think that the Danyang Li family will not decline as long as I am alive? Can't you see that today's saints and His Highness King Yong cannot tolerate aristocratic families?"
Master Li's face suddenly darkened, and he said in a bad tone: "What do you mean, second brother? We have worked so hard to help them conquer the world, but they can't tolerate us?"
Li Jing rolled his eyes at his younger brother and said angrily: "I said that today's saints and His Highness King Yong cannot tolerate aristocratic families, but I didn't say that they cannot tolerate us."
Master Li was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly and said, "Is it because those families in Hebei Province have lost the dignity of saints?"
It is a well-known fact that Li Yuan helped his son to marry a girl with the fifth surname, but was rejected.
Because of this, Li Yuan hated Qiwang, the fifth surname, and it was reasonable for the entire clan to also hate Qiwang.
Li Jing nodded, shook his head and said: "There are reasons for this, but the most critical reason is not this..."
Master Li blurted out: "What is that?"
Li Jing sighed and said: "It is the origin of the saint and His Highness King Yong..."
Li Keshi is a smart man, and he can tell the truth at one point, "You are saying that both the saint and His Highness King Yong came from aristocratic families, and the saint founded the Tang Dynasty with the help of his family background.
The saint will worry that other aristocratic families will imitate him, so he cannot tolerate aristocratic families."
Li Jing solemnly nodded and said: "This is the real reason why the Saint and His Highness King Yong cannot tolerate the aristocratic family. After all, since ancient times, no emperor has been willing to give up the country after seizing it.
So at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, they would try every means to eradicate everyone who looked like them.
They cut off the possibility of others following their example.
Let their descendants live in peace and harmony."
Speaking of this, Li Jing said with a smile: "It's ridiculous that after the sage established the Tang Dynasty, those people from wealthy families not only didn't realize that the disaster was coming, but actually went against the sage.
Isn't this looking for death?
If my guess is correct, when the Saint established the Tang Dynasty, he wanted to tie the wealthy families to the chariot of the Tang Dynasty through marriage.
That's why he would sacrifice his dignity and personally go to Prince Yong to ask for a daughter with the fifth surname.
It's a pity that the people with the fifth surname and Qiwang were ignorant and didn't give the saint this face, and slapped him hard on the face.
Nowadays, whether it is a saint or His Highness King Yong, I am afraid that he has already developed murderous intentions and is sharpening his sword.
People from wealthy families may be in bad luck!"
Li Keshi said in astonishment: "Are you saying that against all the wealthy families, the winner will be the Saint and His Highness King Yong?"
Without waiting for Li Jing to speak, Li Keshi hurriedly said: "But as far as I know, from the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty to the present, people from wealthy families have always had the upper hand against saints.
It would be difficult for the saint to win over them in his lifetime, and it would not be easy for His Highness King Yong to win over them during his lifetime.
How can you be sure that the Saint and His Highness King Yong will definitely win?"