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Sun Mansion, Sun Erlang's bedroom.

Sun Erlang lay on the bed and was silent after listening to Guo Xiaoke's narration. His injuries were serious, and the Thirty Army sticks had already been tied down and could not move.To be honest, it was the first time that Sun Erlang had tasted such a harsh punishment, hitting his butt with a military stick was like burning a burning iron on his butt.The guards who executed today were black-clothed guards, and their military tactics were different from the army sticks in the barracks in the past. The first time Sun Erlang was beaten, blood oozed from Sun Erlang's buttocks.Sun Erlang was also punished by Li Ji when he violated the military law before, but compared with the military sticks of the past, there is a world of difference between today's military sticks.Guo Xiaoke was shocked at the time. He didn't expect that Sun Erlang, who was usually silent when punishing him, would shout like that when he was beaten down with the first stick. Blood oozed from Erlang's ass.

fear!Absolute horror!At this moment, Sun Erlang only had this word in his mind, and today he just tried what is ruthless!Li Ke's method is ruthless, and those who disobey him will die, and he will not let you die easily, and will make your death very painful.Now Sun Erlang is not thinking about how to resist Li Ke, but how to make himself die without pain. He knows that Li Ke will never let him go.

Shock!Absolute shock!For Guo Xiaoke, the execution method of the guards in black beside Li Ke shocked him. It was also an ordinary military stick, but in their hands, it suddenly became like a torture tool in a cell, even more terrifying than the torture tool in a cell.He couldn't figure it out, he didn't understand what kind of terrifying existence the black-clothed guard beside Li Ke was.The first is their unique method of executing Sun Erlang.The second is the viciousness and ruthlessness of Su Dingfang's black-armored guards when they attacked the generals of the governor's mansion without any scruples.

The generals in the Dudu's Mansion are at a loss at this time, and they are now counting on Guo Xiaoke to come up with an idea to deal with the immediate crisis.With King Han's current attitude, they didn't dare to expect him to stop at once.What would he do if he caught anyone who disrespected him in the governor's mansion and wanted to deal with it by military law?Therefore, they were very uneasy, and they felt naive and ridiculous because they obeyed the former governor's will and gave the new King of Han the authority, and their plan at that time made the King of Han have the command of the governor without the governor's power. Ridiculous and dull.

"Guo Changshi, what should we do tomorrow?" It was Xu Hui, who joined the army, who asked the question, "Is it the case that everyone was humiliated by the King of Han in the Governor's Mansion today? You can swallow this breath, I Xu Hui can't swallow this breath!" From his name, Xu Hui could tell that the relationship between him and Li Ji was definitely not as simple as superior and inferior.Because Li Ji's original name was Xu Shi, and his style name was Maogong (also known as Maogong), Gaozu Li Yuan gave him the surname Li, and later changed his name to Li to avoid the taboo of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin.Xu Hui is Li Ji's nephew, and he is Li Ji's spokesman in Bingzhou Dudu's Mansion, and the reason why he suggested that Guo Xiaoke should not tolerate Li Ke's suppression of the Dudu's generals is that there are many generals in the Dudu's Mansion who are not If Li Ji's people tolerate Li Ke's suppression and let them fall to Li Ke's side, then their plan may fail.

"Guo Changshi, what Xu Canjun said is right. The king of Han gave us a disgrace when he first arrived. How can we tolerate it? If we continue like this, this Bingzhou will become his world sooner or later." Chong, like Sun Erlang, he was born and died with Li Ji as a veteran.

"What do you mean?" Guo Xiaoke didn't speak, he turned his gaze to the rest of the people and asked.

Except for Sun Erlang, Wang Chong, Xu Hui and some of Li Ji's people, the others are generals who are vassals of them. Guo Xiaoke is asking you about them now.Guo Xiaoke's mind was the same as Xu Hui's. Not all the people in the Dudu's Mansion belonged to Li Ji, so if he wanted to fight against the King of Han, he had to win over these people.

After Guo Xiaoke finished asking, Xu Hui, Wang Chong, Sun Erlang and other people from Li Ji all stared at them, with the purpose of getting them to express their opinions on the spot.

"Everything is subject to Guo Changshi's arrangement!" said one of the soldiers.

"Okay," Guo Xiaoke said, "Tomorrow His Highness the King of Han will be in the barracks, so please don't be late to avoid military punishment."

"Guo Changshi, what about you?" Xu Hui didn't expect Guo Xiaoke to issue such an order, he thought Guo Xiaoke would order everyone to ignore Li Ke's order.

"You go back, remember that everyone should not be late when the barracks are at midnight tomorrow." Guo Xiaoke said.

"No," the generals replied, and then only Sun Erlang, Wang Chong, Guo Xiaoke and Xu Hui were left in the room.

"Hmph!" Xu Hui ignored Guo Xiaoke and turned his head away. Guo Xiaoke also ignored Xu Hui's attitude towards him, and asked with a serious expression, "Xu Canjun, what did Dudu Li tell you and me when he left?"

"Control the military power of Bingzhou, don't let it fall into the hands of the King of Han." Xu Hui glanced at Guo Xiaoke and said angrily.

"Then what will happen if you encourage everyone to confront the King of Han?" Guo Xiaoke asked.

"Hmph! They're all a bunch of cowards!" After Xu Hui finished speaking, he sat down on the nearby stool in silence.

"Xu Canjun, you should understand the current situation. If we encourage everyone to confront the King of Han, I would like to ask you, whether we are under the jurisdiction of the Dudu Mansion in terms of rights, and in terms of strength. How can the new army be comparable to our government army? Also, Li Mengchang obviously supports the King of Han. He has [-] soldiers and horses in his hands. How do you think we can confront the King of Han with [-] soldiers and horses in our hands? In the end Do you know what the result is?" Guo Xiaoke's tone became more severe when he said this, and he roared, "For the present plan, we can only avoid their edge, and don't give the king of Han an excuse to deprive us of military power, that's the only way Only in this way can we ensure that the military power in our hands will not be taken away by the King of Han."

"Guo Changshi is right, let's just bear with it!" Wang Chong advised Xu Hui, who agreed with Guo Xiaoke's analysis of the current situation, "As long as the soldiers and horses in Bingzhou are still in our hands, we will We have completed the mission Li Dudu entrusted to us, why bother to compete with the King of Han for a while."

"Huh!" Xu Hui snorted softly, his face softened a bit, not as livid as before.

"Don't you think that as long as we still have the soldiers and horses of Bingzhou in our hands, with the 1 cavalry in the hands of the King of Han and the [-] horses of Li Mengchang, don't we have room to deal with him? Is it that easy? Let him slaughter it? Don’t forget the governor’s mansion. Although the current governor, Di Zhixun, belongs to the King of Han, the governor’s mansion in Bingzhou has been the territory of the Taiyuan nobles since ancient times. How can they allow the king of Han to get involved? So, as long as we can hold our breath , temporarily avoid the current edge of the King of Han and keep the soldiers and horses in your hands until the time when the King of Han and the governor's mansion have a dispute..." Guo Xiaoke didn't have the rest, but the four people in the room understood. After listening to Guo Xiaoke's words, they They laughed at the same time.

The four of them talked happily in Sun's mansion, when they heard someone report from outside the door.

"Come in!" Sun Erlang said, and then a sergeant walked in and reported to the four that the governor Su Dingfang had transferred three thousand cavalry into the city from outside the city.After the sergeant finished speaking, Guo Xiaoke's face turned pale. He waved his hand to let him back out. He glanced at the crowd and saw that they had the same expression as himself. I can't see the sun tomorrow.

At Wushi, Li Mansion, study room, candlelight was flickering, two people were talking in a low voice, they were Li Yan and Li Ke.

Li Ke said apologetically to Li Yan, "What happened in the governor's mansion today, because it happened suddenly and it was too late to tell my brother, brother Hanwang forgive me."

Li Yan said with a smile, "Your Highness is worrying too much. The matter in the Governor's Mansion is a malicious disturbance by the generals of the Governor's Mansion. Your Highness's emergency response is very appropriate. How can I blame His Highness."

Li Ke was a little disappointed when he heard that Li Yan called himself His Highness when he was in the Li Mansion, and called himself a humble minister.He originally wanted to narrow the distance between the two of them through brotherhood, but now it seems that Li Yan's performance is naturally not as he expected.At the same time, Li Ke also found out what Li Yan meant. He wanted to tell Li Ke his attitude with the Governor's Mansion in this way, that is, to remain neutral and not to participate in the battle between Li Ke and the Governor's Mansion.

That's fine, Li Ke thought to himself after understanding Li Yan's meaning that the purpose of the governor's mansion's neutrality might be to make money for the fisherman.However, Li Ke didn't think too much about it. The most important thing right now was to deal with the affairs of the Governor's Mansion. The most important thing was to grasp the military and horse power in Bingzhou as soon as possible.

"This king is not very familiar with the military affairs of the Governor's Mansion when he first arrived in Bingzhou. Can you give me some advice?" Li Ke thought that since you remain neutral, you will not be stingy with giving me some information.

"Your Highness" Li Yan said after a moment of silence, "When Li Ji was the governor of Bingzhou, there were four tiger generals in Bingzhou. They were Guo Xiaoke, Sun Erlang, Wang Chong and Xu Hui. You should know what it means."

"En!" Li Ke nodded. He also felt that the confrontation between the Governor's Mansion and him was definitely instigated by someone behind the scenes. From Li Yan's words, he was sure that Li Ji was very likely.

"Before Li Ji was transferred to Shuofang, guests from Chang'an used to visit the Dudu Mansion frequently." Li Yan continued,

"When? Time!" Li Ke asked suddenly. He felt that this might be the reason why everyone in the Dudu Mansion was fighting against him.

"It happened years ago, because it should be the time when the court heard that you were intercepted and killed by Turks in Mobei." Li Yan said.

Li Ke was startled, if the people in the capital governor's mansion fought against him because of someone else's instigation, and this person's Li Ji.So what is certain is that Li Ji is not the ultimate instigator, he may have been instigated by others to instruct everyone in the Dudu Mansion to fight against him.However, just now Li Yan also said that the person from Chang'an who came into contact with Li Ji was when he was robbed in Turkic the year before last. Doesn't that prove that when he was robbed in Turkic, others were already planning to let the Bingzhou Governor's Mansion deal with him?However, at that time his life and death were uncertain, how could he think