Chapter 189: Want a horse, sheep, and woman

"Come here-" Li Ke shouted, "Get a pen, I will write inscriptions for the soldiers of the three armies myself."

"No!" As soon as he finished speaking, the black-clothed guards brought the thick brush and three military flags to the general's platform.

Su Dingfang, Li Mengchang and Sun Erlang didn't understand what Li Ke was going to do and the inscription? They had never heard of Li Ke having such an arrangement. In the confused eyes of the three people, Li Ke soaked his brush in ink and started to write on the three military flags. Inscription of the military flag was a way Li Ke came up with to gather the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. He wanted to use this method to make the soldiers feel honor for the army they belong to. Therefore, there was such a play today, with the purpose of inscriptions and sacrifices to the flag.

Li Ke's kingly style is deeply loved by Li Shimin, so the inscription on the military flag was completed instantly. After Li Ke finished writing, he sacrificed the flag. The bright yellow military flag fluttered in the wind, and the black handwriting on it was clearly visible. The first flag reads: Left camp, bravely kill the enemy and show our power; the second flag reads: Right camp, bravely move forward and loyal to the country; the third flag is a bit special, the outside of the flag is black, and the white flag in the center of the flag is written with a big word "death", and on both sides it says, black-clothed ghostly face fights the world, kills the enemy and serves the country and burys the bones on the battlefield.

Forty thousand soldiers looked at the three flags floating in front of them. They raised their heads and chests, with a firm expression in their eyes. Li Ke threw the pen aside, picked up the banner of the right camp and shouted at Sun Erlang, "Sun Erlang receives the flag."

"No——" Sun Erlang was obviously stunned for a moment, then reacted, shouted loudly, and walked to Li Ke. Li Ke handed the battle flag to Sun Erlang. This was the first time Sun Erlang had experienced such a heroic scene. His hands were a little trembling, not because of fear, but because of excitement. He steadily held the battle flag in his hand, turned around and roared loudly, "Where the battle flag of the right camp goes, we swear to move forward bravely and be loyal to the country!"

"Go forward bravely and be loyal to the country - go forward bravely and be loyal to the country!" The soldiers of the Right Camp roared.

"Li Meng once received the flag." Li Ke said loudly.

"No." Li Mengchang walked firmly to Li Ke, calmly took the battle flag, turned around to face the soldiers of the Zuoying camp and shouted, "Where the battle flag of the Zuoying goes, we will definitely fight bravely to fight the enemy and show our power!"

"Strive to kill the enemy and show our power - fight to kill the enemy and show our power!" The soldiers of the Zuoying Camp shouted.

After Sun Erlang and Li Mengchang took the battle flag, Li Ke did not call Su Dingfang's name from the cavalry camp. He stepped forward a few steps and walked to the front of the general platform. Facing the five thousand ghost-faced cavalry standing in the front, he said angrily, "Do you know why you use the best weapons and ride the worst war horses? Because you are not qualified to be equipped with excellent war horses, you do not have the strength to have good horses and famous horses."

When the soldiers of the Ghost Face Cavalry heard Li Ke's words, they slowly lowered their proud heads. Naturally, they knew that their mounts were the worst in the cavalry camp. Because in the entire cavalry camp, the heavy cavalry camp had one person and two horses, and the wolf cavalry camp had one person and two horses, and their horses were the most exquisite war horses.

"Do you all know how ashamed? Are you still embarrassed?" Li Ke said angrily, "Can you understand this flag?"

When the soldiers of the Ghost Face Rider heard Li Ke's anger, they raised their proud heads. Li Ke continued to shout loudly, "There is a big word "death" on this flag. Do you know who this word is written for?" Li Ke paused for a moment and continued, "It is written for you, and it is also for the dead. I hope you can sacrifice your life in front of the enemy, and I hope the enemy will die in front of you!"

"Black-clothed ghost-faced blood fights the world, killing enemies and serving the country and burying bones on the battlefield." Guo Shifeng suddenly shouted loudly.

"Black-clothed ghost face bloody battles the world, kill the enemy and serve the country and bury the bones on the battlefield - black-clothed ghost face bloody battles the world, kill the enemy and serve the country and bury the bones on the battlefield!" Five thousand soldiers of the Ghost-faced Cavalry shouted loudly.

When Li Ke saw the indignation of his chest, the ghost-faced cavalry was filled with a rainbow, he shouted loudly, "Su Lie received the flag."

"No." Su Dingfang stepped forward steadily and steadily took the battle flag over. Then he turned around and shouted at the cavalry battalion, "Where the battle flag goes, the enemy is in front of you-"

"Die-Die-Die!" The soldiers of the cavalry camp shouted loudly.

Li Ke looked at the 40,000 soldiers who were excited and excited in front of him and nodded with satisfaction. His purpose of letting the soldiers from the three battalions of Bingzhou gather in the Zuojun camp today was to inspire their fighting spirit by giving flags and form a cohesion between them. Now seeing the reactions of the 40,000 people in front of him, it was obvious that his purpose had been achieved.

Li Ke's purpose had been achieved, so he ordered Su Dingfang, Li Mengchang and Sun Erlang, "Send the order and take the soldiers back to their respective military camps. You three follow me to the Zuoying Commander's tent. I have something to say."

"No." The three of them took the order and bowed.

Li Ke left the general station, and accompanied by Su Dingfang, Li Mengchang and Sun Erlang to the commander's tent in Zuoying. Li Ke sat in the main seat. Su Dingfang, Li Mengchang and Sun Erlang also sat at the same time. He smiled and said, "You three did not disappoint me. After two months of training, the combat ability of the soldiers has been significantly improved. I am very pleased!"

"Killing the enemy and serving the country is the duty of a soldier. The last general dares not take credit for it." Su Dingfang and the other two bowed their hands and said modestly.

"Yeah!" Li Ke said with satisfaction, "I am very happy that you have such enlightenment. I came to you today for a matter and discuss how to solve the problem of riding a horse on the ghost face."

When Li Ke gathered the generals in the right camp last time, he said that he would solve the problem of the horses needed to form the Ghost Face Riding. Now he said he would discuss the problem of Ghost Face Riding with them. The three of them were stunned, and they didn't know what Li Ke meant.

Li Ke did not explain the doubts on the faces of the three people and continued, "The Art of War" says: Those who are good at using military forces will no longer be registered. The food will be used for the country for less than three years. Because the food is from the enemy, the army can be sufficient for food. Since the military rations required during the war can be raised from the enemy country, why can't the war horses that I formed the Ghost Face Cavalry from the Turks?"

"Your Highness means that we can trade with the Turks to exchange it for war horses?" Li Mengchang asked in surprise.

"No! General Li misunderstood what I mean. I didn't say I wanted to buy it, but said I wanted to ask the Turks." Li Ke said word by word with aloof expression.

"Yes?" Li Mengchang couldn't help but shudder when he heard the word "Yes". He knew that what Li Ke said was actually robbing. He meant that he was going out to the north of Mo and robbing the war horses with the Turks. Li Mengchang was shocked. He could not believe that His Royal Highness of the Han King in front of him would have such courage and dare to rob the war horses from the Turks. Through his previous hearings and Li Ke's decisive behavior in the Bingzhou military camp, he knew that Li Ke's courage and courage were, but robbing the war horses with the Turks would cause the two countries.

In war, the current military power of the Tang Dynasty is not enough to compete with the Turks. Therefore, he thought that Li Ke's actions may be because his previous promises cannot be fulfilled now, so he would risk his troops to rob the Turks of war horses. He couldn't think about it and persuade him, "Your Highness, we can slowly solve the problem of war horses, and we cannot rush for a moment. Therefore, the method of robbing the Turks of war horses is the worst strategy. If you are not careful, it will cause a war between the two countries. I hope your highness will think twice before doing it."

When Su Dingfang and Sun Erlang heard Li Ke say they wanted to steal the Turkic horses, the shock in their hearts was definitely no less than that of Li Mengchang. However, Sun Erlang now had a kind of trust in Li Ke. He felt that Li Ke would do it if he said he could do it, so when he heard Li Ke say that he would steal the Turkic horses, he did not refute Li Ke's proposal and chose to remain silent. Su Dingfang has been following Li Ke for a long time. He knew that Li Ke was not a targetless person. He must have his reason for saying this, so he did not interrupt and continue to wait for Li Ke's analysis and explanation.

"General Li, as you mean, only the Turks are allowed to rob the money and food of the people of the Tang Dynasty and massacre the lives of the people of the Tang Dynasty. Are we not allowed to rob the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty and the war horses of the Turks?" Li Ke was a little angry at Li Mengchang's conservative thoughts. He shouted, "The Turks' military strength is indeed strong, and the current ability of the Tang Dynasty is indeed not enough to compete with them. However, we cannot hide in the city for this reason and dare not step out of the city gate for half a step. We cannot be suppressed by the Turks for this reason forever, always in a passive position, and allow the Turkic cavalry to continue to ravage our borders and massacre our people."

"Your Highness—" Li Mengchang was about to defend himself, but Li Ke stopped him and continued, "You know what you mean. You think that this king may cause a war between the two countries, but I want to know why you are so sure that if I snatch the Turkic horses, it will definitely cause a war between the two countries?"

"Your Highness, last general." Li Mengchang was about to speak, but Li Ke stole his words and said angrily, "You don't need to explain, I will explain for you. What you mean is that the Turkic Jie Li Khan has hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry. He is not afraid of the Tang Dynasty, but rather wants to fight with the Tang Dynasty in exchange for the food and money they need, right? Do you think that this king will not only not solve the war horses of the Ghost Face Rider, but will give Jie Li an excuse to attack the Tang Dynasty, right?"

"Yes, this is what Mo Jiang means." Li Mengchang answered in a low voice when he saw Li Ke's sinister face.

"Hmph! I know you would think so, because there are too many generals like you in the Tang Dynasty who have such thoughts. However, since you are so afraid of the Turks, I will explain to you why I plundered the Turks' horses." Li Ke said with contemptuous eyes, "In the winter of the first year of Zhenguan, heavy snow fell on the grasslands, and many livestock died. The Turkic people also suffered from freezing and starvation, and suffered heavy casualties. Although it is April of the second year of Zhenguan, the disaster has long passed for more than three months, but in just three months they have not recovered their vitality at all. In a short period of time, they have no ability to send troops to invade the Tang Dynasty. Second, in October of the first year of Zhenguan, the Western Turkic commander Ye Hu Khan sent Zhenzhu Tong Shijin to come to Tang to marry the princess with the Tang envoy Li Daoli. In order to express his sincerity, he sent people to offer tens of thousands of nails, gold belts and five thousand horses. The Eastern Turkic commander Jie Li Khan did not want the two countries to marry.
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