Back to Tang Dynasty to be Emperor

"Come here!" Li Ke roared, "Bring a pen, I want to personally write inscriptions for the soldiers of the three armies."

"Promise!" As soon as the voice fell, the black-clothed guards brought a thick brush and three military flags to the general platform.

Su Dingfang, Li Mengchang and Sun Erlang didn't understand what Li Ke was going to do, inscription?They had never heard that Li Ke had made such an arrangement. From the suspicious eyes of the three, they saw that Li Ke soaked the brush in ink, picked up the brush and began to write on the three military flags.The inscription on the military flag is a way Li Ke came up with in order to gather the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. He wanted to let the soldiers form a sense of honor for the army they belonged to in this way.That's why there is such a play today, the purpose of which is to sacrifice the flag with inscriptions.

Li Ke's Wang style was deeply loved by Li Shimin, so the inscription on the military flag was completed in an instant.The black-clothed guard waited for Li Ke to finish writing, then raised the flag, and the bright yellow military flag fluttered in the wind, and the ink-black handwriting on it was clearly visible. The No.1 banner reads: Zuoying, bravely kill the enemy, and show off the country's prestige; the second banner reads: Right battalion, march forward bravely, and be loyal to the country; the third banner is a bit special, the outside of the banner is black , the white flag in the center of the flag has a big "death" written on it, and on both sides it says, black-clothed ghosts face bloody battles in the world, kill the enemy and serve the country and bury their bones on the battlefield.

The [-] soldiers looked at the three flags flying in front of them. They raised their heads and held their chests high, with a look of determination in their eyes.Li Ke threw the big pen aside, picked up the banner of Youying and shouted at Sun Erlang, "Sun Erlang takes the flag."

"No..." Sun Erlang was obviously stunned for a moment, then he reacted, shouted loudly, and strode up to Li Ke.Li Ke handed the battle flag to Sun Erlang. It was the first time for Sun Erlang to experience such a heroic scene and accept such a battle flag. His hands trembled a little, not because of fear, but because of excitement.Holding the stable battle flag in his hand, he turned around and faced the [-] soldiers of the right battalion and shouted vigorously, "Wherever the battle flag of the right battalion goes, we will go forward bravely to the death and be loyal to the country!"

"Go forward bravely, be loyal to the country, go forward bravely, be loyal to the country!" the soldiers of the right battalion roared.

"Li Mengchang took over the flag." Li Ke said loudly.

"No..." Li Mengchang walked up to Li Ke firmly, took the battle flag calmly, turned around and shouted to the soldiers of the Zuoying, "Wherever the Zuoying battle flag goes, we will fight the enemy bravely, Show off the country's prestige!"

"Fight the enemy bravely, show off the country's prestige!" Fight the enemy bravely, show off the country's prestige!" The soldiers of Zuoying shouted.

After Sun Erlang and Li Mengchang took over the battle flag, Li Ke did not call out the name of Su Dingfang, the cavalry battalion. He said angrily, "Do you know why you use the best weapons and ride the worst horses? Because you are not qualified to be equipped with good horses, and you don't have the strength to own good horses."

Hearing Li Ke's words, the ghost-faced soldiers slowly lowered their proud heads. They naturally knew that their mounts were the worst in the cavalry battalion.Because in the entire cavalry battalion, the heavy cavalry battalion has one man and two horses, and the wolf cavalry battalion has one man and two horses, and their horses are all the best war horses.

"You all know shame, don't you? Are you still embarrassed?" Li Ke said angrily, "Do you understand this flag?"

Hearing Li Ke's angry reprimand, the soldiers of the ghost rider raised their proud heads. Li Ke continued to reprimand loudly, "There is a big word "death" on this flag, do you know who this word is for? ?” Li Ke paused and continued, “It is written for you, and it is also written for the four of you. This king hopes that you will give up your life in front of the enemy, and I hope that the enemy will die in front of you. !"

"The black-clothed ghost fights the world with a bloody face, kills the enemy and serves the country and bury his bones on the battlefield." Guo Shifeng suddenly roared loudly.

"Black-clothed ghosts fight the world with bloody faces, kill the enemy and serve the country and bury the bones on the battlefield!"

Li Ke saw the ghost-masked cavalry filled with righteous indignation, and shouted loudly, "Su Lie takes the flag."

"No..." Su Dingfang stepped forward steadily, and took the battle flag steadily, and then he reincarnated and shouted at the cavalry battalion, "Wherever the battle flag goes, the enemy is in front of you."

"Death!" The soldiers of the cavalry battalion shouted loudly.

Li Ke looked at the 4 blood-boiling and emotional soldiers in front of him, and nodded in satisfaction.The purpose of gathering soldiers from the three battalions of Bingzhou to the Zuojun camp today is to stimulate his fighting spirit by giving flags and let them form a cohesive force with each other. Now seeing the reactions of the [-] people in front of him, it is obvious that he purpose has been achieved.

Li Ke's goal had been achieved, so he ordered Su Dingfang, Li Mengchang, and Sun Erlang, "Pass down the order and bring the soldiers back to their respective barracks. The three of you will follow me to the left camp to command the camp. I have something to say."

"No," the three of them took the order and said with a bow.

Li Ke left Dianjiangtai, accompanied by Su Dingfang, Li Mengchang, and Sun Erlang, and came down to the commander's tent in Zuoying. Li Ke sat on the main seat, and Su Dingfang, Li Mengchang, and Sun Erlang also sat at the same time. He said with a smile on his face, "The three of you did not disappoint me. After two months of training, the combat capabilities of the soldiers have improved significantly. I am very pleased!"

"Killing the enemy and serving the country's duty as a Nai soldier, the last general dare not take credit for it." Su Dingfang and the other three said modestly, clasping their hands together.

"En!" Li Ke said with satisfaction, "I am very glad that you have such an awareness. I came to you today for one thing, to discuss how to solve the problem of riding a horse with a ghost face."

The last time Li Ke said that he would take care of all the horses needed to form the ghost-faced rider when he gathered for the drum beating in Youying, and now he said that he would discuss with him about the horses for the ghost-faced rider. the meaning of.

Li Ke didn't explain the doubts on the faces of the three people, and continued, ""Sun Tzu's Art of War" says: Those who are good at using soldiers will no longer serve, and the food will not last for three years. They will be used for the country. There is plenty of food. Since the rations needed for war can be raised from the enemy country, why can’t the horses that this king builds for the Ghost Face Rider not be obtained from the Turkic people?”

"Your Highness means that we can exchange the horses needed by the Ghost Face Rider with the Turkic people through trading?" Li Mengchang asked in surprise.

"No! General Li misunderstood what I meant. I didn't mean to buy it, but I said I wanted it from the Turkic people." Li Ke said word by word with aloofness on his face.

"Yes?" Li Mengchang couldn't help but shudder when he heard the word "want". He knew that what Li Ke said was actually robbing. He meant that the soldiers went out of Mobei to follow the Turkic people to rob war horses.Li Mengchang was shocked, he couldn't believe that His Highness the King of Han in front of him would have the courage to rob the Turkic people of war horses.He knew Li Ke's courage and courage through the previous hearing and Li Ke's vigorous actions in the Bingzhou military camp, but the Turkic people's robbing of the horses would lead to a war between the two countries.Therefore, he thought that Li Ke's behavior might be because his previous promise could not be fulfilled now, so he took the risk to seize the horse from the Turkic people, so he persuaded without thinking, "Your Highness, we can slowly solve the matter of the horse. Don't be in a hurry. Therefore, the method of plundering war horses from the Turkic people, His Highness, will be regarded as a bad policy in the end, and a little carelessness will lead to war between the two countries. I hope Your Highness will think twice before acting."

When Su Dingfang and Sun Erlang heard Li Ke say that they were going to snatch the horses of the Turks, the shock in their hearts was definitely no less than that of Li Mengchang, but Sun Erlang now had a kind of admiring trust in Li Ke in his heart. Li Ke said he could do it, so he didn't refute Li Ke's proposal when he heard Li Ke said that he would grab the war horse from the Turkic people, and chose to remain silent.And Su Dingfang has followed Li Ke for a long time, he knows that Li Ke is not a person who is aimless, he must have his reasons for saying this, so he didn't intervene and continued to wait for Li Ke's analysis and explanation.

"General Li, according to your opinion, only the Turks are allowed to rob the people of the Tang Dynasty for their money and food, and slaughter the lives of the people of the Tang Dynasty, but are the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty not allowed to rob the horses of the Turkic people?" Li Ke was conservative with Li Mengchang. Thinking a little angry, he yelled angrily, "The Turkic troops are indeed powerful, and the current capabilities of the Tang Dynasty are indeed not enough to compete with them. However, we can't hide in the city for this reason and dare not step out of the city gate halfway." For this reason, we cannot be suppressed by the Turks forever and remain in a passive position forever, allowing the Turkic cavalry to continue to ravage our borders unscrupulously and massacre our people."

"Your Highness" Li Mengchang was about to defend himself, but Li Ke stopped him and continued, "I understand what you mean. You think this may cause war between the two countries, but I want to know why you Are you sure that this king will rob the Turkic people and rob the war horses, which will definitely lead to war between the two countries?"

"Your Highness, the last general..." Li Mengchang was about to speak, but was interrupted by Li Ke, and said angrily, "You don't need to explain, I will explain it for you, you mean Turkic Jieli Khan has hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry, he is not afraid of Datang at all, but wants to fight with Datang in exchange for the food and money they need? Do you think this king will not solve the war horse of Ghost Face Rider, but will Will it give Xieli an excuse to attack Datang?"

"Yes, that's what the last general means." Li Mengchang saw Li Ke's gloomy expression and replied in a low voice.

"Hmph! This king knew you would think so, because there are too many generals like you in Tang Dynasty who have this kind of thinking. But, since you are so afraid of the Turks, then this king will explain to you why this king We want to plunder war horses from the Turkic people." Li Ke said with contemptuous eyes, "In the winter of the first year of Zhenguan, heavy snow fell on the grassland, and a lot of livestock died. In April of the year, the disaster had already passed for more than three months, but within just three months, they had recovered their vitality, and they were unable to send troops to attack Tang in a short period of time. Second, in October of the first year of Zhenguan, the Western Turks Tong Yehu Khan sent Zhenzhu Tong Qijin to follow Tang envoy Li Daoli