Li Ke slowly came to Chang'an City under the escort of the Ten Thousand Wolf Cavalry Battalion. {Update uploaded by book friends} Since leaving Puzhou, his journey has been very slow, and he is not worried about the battle outside Chang'an City at all. He believed that Chen Qi's ability, coupled with the fact that he was surrounded by his most elite cavalry, was enough to contain Hou Junji's 150,000-strong army.
And the fact that he is traveling so slowly is also part of his strategy. He wanted the army to stop outside Chang'an City and put heavy pressure on the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, he also wanted to see the actions of the governors and generals in various places and see who their hearts were heading toward. Do you sincerely support Li Zhi and Changsun Wuji?
Until Li Ke spent ten days arriving at the camp on the Wei River, reinforcements from all over the country had not arrived at Chang'an City.
Li Ke knew very well that Changsun Wuji and Li Zhi were at the end of their fight, and the reinforcements they expected would never arrive at Chang'an City.
Because the governor of Youzhou is Cheng Zhijie, since the First World War in Liaodong, Youzhou has not had many troops available, and can only spare 10,000 troops at most. The foundation of Yangzhou and Li Tai, Li Tai has lost power in the court, causing Yangzhou's army to meet with Yang Wei, and will not obey the orders of Changsun Wuji and Li Zhi. Cheng Mingzhen, the governor of Yizhou, is Li Tai's confidant General, but he also followed Li Ke to participate in the war against the Turks, Tuyuhun and Tubo. His position as the governor of Yizhou was basically due to Li Ke's respect. Naturally, he would not listen to Changsun Wuji and Li Zhi. Military orders.
Therefore, when Li Ke rushed to the camp by the Wei River, although there were only 70,000 troops facing Hou Junji's 150,000 troops. But the soldiers in the camp had high fighting will and high morale. Because they ate Li Ke's food and took Li Ke's money. Now that Li Ke wants to be emperor, he will naturally support him with all his life. Looking at the camp on the opposite side, facing the Tang Dynasty's Optimus Prime and the Northern King Li Ke, and facing the Tang Dynasty's most elite black-clothed elite cavalry, the soldiers no longer had the confidence to fight. They are most aware of the treatment of the black-clad guards. They are very envious of these black-clad and black-armored cavalry, and they also hope that they can join this team that day. ) Therefore, in their hearts, they did not want to fight Li Ke's army.
In the commander's tent, Li Ke was sitting on the throne, while Chen Qi, Xue Rengui, Pei Xinglian, Hou Hu, Zhe Yu and other generals lined up on both sides.
"Your Highness, the morale of Hou Junji's army has been very low during this period. Should we take the opportunity to attack and annihilate these 150,000 troops in one fell swoop?" Chen Qi said excitedly.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Who is happiest when Li Ke becomes emperor, Chen Qi is undoubtedly one of them.
"There's no rush - Chen Qi, it's not too late for us to wait. Doesn't Changsun Wuji want reinforcements? The reinforcements he is waiting for will not arrive. The greater his hope, the greater his disappointment -" Li Ke said calmly He smiled and said, "Wouldn't this be better?"
"Nuo¡ª¡ª" Chen Qi accepted the order.
Li Ke added, "However, we can't waste time like this, and we can't let them relax. Tomorrow you will lead 20,000 black cavalry troops to test their military strength."
"Nuo¡ª¡ª" Chen Qi accepted the order.
Li Ke issued an order to Chen Qi. Although Pei Xinglian and Xue Rengui wanted to fight, they did not dare to fight with Chen Qi.
"You -" Li Ke hesitated for a moment, then said, "Let's all go and take a look tomorrow - don't think about how difficult it is to attack Chang'an City. As long as there is no father in the court, even if there are millions of people in Chang'an City, Even if you have a strong army, I can attack it."
Li Ke spoke very domineeringly, but everyone here doubted his words.
Indeed, the only person who can compete with Li Ke in the Tang Dynasty is Li Shimin.
Apart from that, no one can compete with him.
Changsun Wuji couldn't do it, not even Li Zhi, who had become emperor.
The next day, the two armies beat drums in front of the formation.
Li Ke rode a little white horse and arrived opposite Hou Junji, surrounded by Chen Qi, Pei Xinglian, Xue Rengui, Hou Hu, Zhe Yu and other close generals.
"See Your Highness¡ª¡ª" Hou Junji saluted Li Ke, but he did not call Li Ke a traitor like Changsun Wuji's confidant generals did.
"Hou Shangshu, I haven't seen you for a few days and you still managed to shoot the right servant of Shangshu - I am envious of you -" Li Ke said with a faint smile.
"Your Highness, we are born from the same roots, why are we in such a hurry to fight each other?" Hou Junji said worriedly.
"Hou Shangshu, do you think the current court is Li Zhi's or Changsun Wuji's?" Li Ke sneered coldly, "If Changsun Wuji is not eliminated, this king will not be at peace. There is no room for maneuver.¡±
Hou Junji did not speak, he remained silent. He knew very well in his heart that Li Ke was telling the truth. The only solution between Li Ke and Changsun Wuji was one word: death! Whoever can kill the other party will win.
"Your Highness, can you take good care of Ruoyi?" Hou Junji suddenly said.
Hearing this name, Li Ke's body was shocked.
After a while, he said, "I have failed her. As long as there is a chance, I will never give up as easily as before -" Then, he said fiercely, "No one can stop me - ¡ª¡±
"Okay - with His Highness's words, I feel at ease -" Hou Junji said.
Knowing that the conversation between the two was over, Li Ke urged his horse to leave the formation and gave up the battlefield to Chen Qi.
Chen Qi pulled out his sword, looked at the Tang army opposite with murderous eyes, and shouted loudly, "Don't you dare to fight?"
The title of the most brave general of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Qi, was given to him by himself. It was given by the people of the Tang Dynasty and also by his enemies.
Therefore, when he stood on horseback in front of the two armies, the Tang generals opposite did not dare to look into his eyes. This is a fear that arises from the bottom of my heart.
Seeing that his side's military morale was a little shaken, Hou Junji glanced at the confidant generals around him.
These generals are all old subordinates who have followed him in hundreds of battles in the south. Now seeing the look in Hou Junji's eyes, how could he not understand what he meant. Although they were no match for Chen Qi, after Hou Junji gave the order, they rushed out and attacked Chen Qi.
"Drive¡ª¡ª"
"Click-click-"
Hou Junji gave the order, and a total of six generals rushed out to kill Chen Qi.
¡°Shameless¡ª¡ª¡± Xue Rengui roared, and was about to rush out to support Chen Qi, but was stopped by Li Ke, ¡°No need to go¡ª¡ªChen Qi will take care of it¡ª¡ª¡±
"Nuo" Xue Rengui reined in the horse.
The six generals charged at Chen Qi, but Chen Qi remained unmoved and just watched the six men rushing towards him quietly.
When the six people were only ten steps away from him, Chen Qi suddenly urged the war horse, and the war horse jumped out, faster than the reaction of the six people.
Suddenly, there was a flash of white light, followed by two screams. Blood spurted out. Two corpses fell under the horses.
Chen Qi only used one sword to kill two of the enemy generals with one simple blow.
¡°Kill¡ª¡ª¡± The other four generals glanced at him and also killed Chen Qi.
However, they were originally afraid of Chen Qi, and their military force was far inferior to Chen Qi's. In less than three rounds, two more people were beheaded by Chen Qi.
The three of them wanted to look at each other, looking at the two Tang Army generals opposite them.
Chen Qi said coldly, "You go back, Chen Qi's sword doesn't want to be stained with too much blood of his own people -"
His voice was so loud that both armies in front of the formation heard it.
When Li Ke heard Chen Qi's words in the rear army, he couldn't help but smile with relief. He felt that Chen Qi had indeed matured.
"General - thank you, general -"
The two members of the Tang Army could not believe that Chen Qi would let them go.
But when the two of them heard Chen Qi's words, their faces showed pain.
They didn¡¯t know that if the Northern King Li Ke succeeded to the throne, he would be greatly strengthened by the Southern King Li Zhi, so they never thought about going against the Northern King. But as generals of the Tang Dynasty, could they disobey the court's orders?
Yes, how can a sword be stained with the blood of one's own people?
The two men thanked Chen Qi, swung their swords and killed themselves in front of the two armies.
Chen Qi just looked at the two people who fell on their horses coldly and remained silent for a long time. In front of the two armies, the silence was a bit suffocating.
Seeing that today¡¯s effect had been achieved, Li Ke ordered the troops to withdraw.