It has been half a month since Li Lu Dongzan left Liangzhou City.

At noon that day, Li Ke was reading a book in the study room, and Xu Jingzong strode into the study room.

"Your Highness, the Yangzhou army has arrived!" Xu Jingzong said when he saw Li Ke.

"Continue, how many ten thousand people did they come?" Li Ke asked lightly.

"There are 50,000 infantry and cavalrymen, and the general who led the troops was Cheng Mingzhen!" said Xu Jingzong.

"Well, let's go to the military camp!" Li Ke said with a smile.

He knew very well that as long as the Yangzhou army arrived in Liangzhou, the commander of the generals would definitely be Cheng Mingzhen. Because, in the war with the Turks, Cheng Mingzhen followed him, and the imperial court had their intention to make such arrangements.

"No" Xu Jingzong accepted the order.

When Li Ke and Xu Jingzong arrived at the military camp, they saw that the Yangzhou army was already stationed in their camp.

When the two walked to the central army's tent, Cheng Mingzhen was already waiting.

Seeing Li Ke, he stood up and bowed to Li Ke and said, "The last general Cheng Mingzhen has met His Highness the Northern King!"

"General Cheng doesn't need to be polite, please sit down!" Li Ke smiled and said, "The environment in Shuofang is harsh, the climate is severe and harsh. Your Yangzhou army must be prepared to endure hardships!"

"Don't worry, your highness, the Yangzhou army will never embarrass the Tang Dynasty!" Cheng Mingzhen promised.

Regarding Cheng Mingzhen, Li Ke still believed in his ability to command troops. Although his ability was not as good as Liu Rengui, let alone compared with Su Dingfang. Then, among the new generation of generals in the Tang Dynasty, Cheng Mingzhen was also an intermediate force.

"General Cheng, what I mean is to let you be the commander of the middle army's attack on Tuyuhun this time. What do you think?" Seeing that Li Ke had said almost the same thing, he spoke up and raised his own question.

"Your Highness, the last one is difficult to be competent!" Cheng Mingzhen refused.

"Why should General Cheng be polite?" Xu Jingzong said, "Your Highness really wants you to lead the Tuyuhun battle. Your Highness has been on the battlefield for a long time, so it's time to rest!"

"Your Highness--" Cheng Mingzhen didn't know how to speak.

"General Cheng, the battle against Tuyuhun in the Tang Dynasty will last for a period of time. If we want to completely eliminate Tuyuhun, we must be prepared for a hard battle. I am not feeling well recently, and whether Shuofang has a leading general, I can only hand over this burden to you!" Li Ke said very tactfully.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will never let you down!" Cheng Mingzhen said gratefully.

After saying this, Cheng Mingzhen saw that Li Ke was very sincere, so he stopped refusing.

"Okay, you go and rest first. After two days, I will order you as the general in the middle to launch the last battle against the Turks!" Li Ke said.

"No" Cheng Mingzhen took the order and left the central army's tent.

"Yan tribe, the battle of Shuofang is over. I heard the secret protection of the Eagle Guard and said that Tuyuhun Khan was looking for his own way out to the West. Tuyuhun could move westward, which is a good thing for the Tang Dynasty!" Li Ke said lightly, "But we cannot tell the court that this is Tuyuhun's own idea. We must make the court believe that this is the result of our tens of thousands of troops."

"So, what does Your Highness mean?" Xu Jingzong asked.

"What I mean is to let Cheng Mingzhen lead the army and eliminate the remaining forces!" Li Ke said lightly, "and our goal may be to Chang'an City!"

"Chang'an City!" Xu Jingzong said in confusion.

"Yes, news came from Taiyuan yesterday. Li Chunfeng's letter told me that the sky in the imperial capital was dim and there might be bad omens. I still believe in Li Chunfeng's ability." Li Ke said meaningfully, "So, we cannot take it lightly. If necessary, we must return to the city of Tang Chang'an."

"Then I will make arrangements now!" Xu Jingzong seemed to understand the meaning of Li Ke's words.

He had no doubt about Li Ke's words at all. Xu Jingzong also believed in Li Chunfeng's ability.

"Go! Go!" Li Ke said lightly.

Three more days passed, and Li Ke summoned the generals to discuss military information at the General's Mansion.

Today, in addition to the generals of Shuofang, there is also Cheng Mingzhen.

"Your Highness the Northern King is here!" Wang Zhongchang shouted.

Li Ke strode into the hall.

"See Your Highness!" The generals saluted.

"You don't have to be too polite, just sit down!" Li Ke said lightly.

Li Ke sat down, and then the generals sat down.

"Yan tribe, tell me about the recent situation in Tuyuhun!" Li Ke said to Xu Jingzong.

"Your Highness, Tuyuhun has been silent recently. There is no sign of using troops in their country, but our scouts reported that they have deployed their troops on the front line of Zalan. The purpose is very obvious, to defend Zalan!" Xu Jingzong said.

"Well, what about our preparations?" Li Ke continued to ask.

"Your Highness, our army has been resting for two months, and its morale is very strong, and it is very urgent to seek war!" Xu Jingzong replied.

"It's very good!" Li Ke said with a smile.

Then, he glanced at Cheng Mingzhen again and said, "General Cheng, tell me about your opinion on the war!"

"No" Cheng Mingzhen received the order.

Ever since Li Ke told him to lead the army to the west to Tuyuhun, he had conducted some investigation and understanding.

So, he is confident now.

"Your Highness, Tuyuhun shrinks his defense line, his purpose is to concentrate his troops against our army. Our solution is to divide the troops into three groups, siege them from three sides, wait for an opportunity to find the flaws, and then capture Zolan in one fell swoop." Cheng Mingzhen said confidently.

"What about your opinions?" Li Ke asked the generals again.

The generals began to express their thoughts in a verbal way, but the main content was to understand Cheng Mingzhen, which was to attack multiple ways and find flaws.

"Okay!" Li Ke said lightly, "Since you have the same opinions, the generals of your troops going to Tuyuhun this time are composed of Yangzhou Army, Guard Army, Ghost Face Cavalry, Youzhou Iron Cavalry and Tutuji Spirit Cavalry."

When Li Ke said this, he glanced at the generals, saw the expression on the general's face without any reaction, and continued, "This time, the army cannot act alone, and must unify the dispatch of the general's central central general. Now, I will order Cheng Mingzhen to be the general of the central army and Li Xianzhong to be the deputy general."

"No" Cheng Zhenming and Li Xianzhong received the order.

"Sun Erlang, when the army goes out of the city to fight, you are the supreme commander of Liangzhou City, and you will be fully responsible for the military and political affairs of Liangzhou!" Li Ke continued to order.

"No" Sun Erlang received the order.

"Do you have any other opinions?" Li Ke asked.

The generals didn't say anything!

"Then you go down! As for when to go out of the city to fight and what tactics to adopt, you can discuss it yourself!" Li Ke said lightly, "However, I only have one requirement, that is, I must eliminate Tuyuhun and not leave even a little threat to the Tang Dynasty."

"No" the generals responded and strode away from the general's mansion.
Chapter completed!