Datang: From exiled prince to eternal tyrant

Chapter 87 Arriving in Liaodong
Following Ma Liuzhi's finger, Li Ke looked in the direction of Chang'an.

At this moment, a horse team was parked at the gate of Chang'an City.

At the front of the horse team was a bright yellow carriage. That yellow color was dazzling, and it was the color that the Holy Majesty could only use today.

Li Ke's heart moved, Li Shimin thought that he had received a letter from an official along the way, and knew that he would pass by Chang'an soon, so he waited here.

But he can't stop, this is a great time to make a leap forward and raid Goguryeo, and he can't waste time diverting to Chang'an.

At this time, he could already see a person coming out of the carriage. Although he couldn't see his face clearly, he could already identify the person in the carriage by his bright yellow clothes. It was Li Shimin.

Li Ke cupped his hands in the direction of the carriage as a gesture.

Then, without further delay, he turned his face away and stopped looking in the direction of Chang'an.

He was worried that if he looked at it a few more times, he might change his mind if his heart softened.

"drive!"

Hurry up to hit the horse and move on, Li Ke led the mobile troops northward.

At this moment, outside Chang'an City, Li Shimin was looking at the retreating troops in a daze.

Seeing Li Ke leading his troops into danger, he felt infinite sadness in his heart.

Du Ruhui and others had already made it clear to him that Li Ke's departure was dangerous.

Going deep into the enemy's back and cutting off the enemy's back route is tantamount to sending yourself under the firepower of the enemy's main army and allowing the enemy to attack wantonly.

The opponent is 30 Goguryeo soldiers. How can he defend Anshi City and cut off the enemy's supply line?

Every time he thought of the dangers involved and the dangers he would face, Li Shimin felt frightened and uneasy.

Li Ke was his prince, his flesh and blood, how could he not feel distressed?

People say that the Tian family has no kinship, but Li Ke is not an ordinary prince, he is an unborn genius, the hope of the Tang Dynasty, how can Li Shimin not love his talent?

At this moment, the army was advancing rapidly and was about to completely disappear from his sight.

Li Shimin sighed and retreated into the carriage.

"Ruhui, you just saw that Ke'er cupped his fists at me?"

Li Shimin asked Du Ruhui who was also sitting in the carriage.

Du Ruhui nodded: "That's right, just now His Royal Highness King Shu bowed his hands to this side, presumably to respect His Majesty from afar."

Hearing this, Li Shimin's heart felt warm all over his body, but this warmth immediately turned into worry about Li Ke.

"Alas! My majestic emperor is sitting peacefully in Chang'an, but he wants his own children to go to the battlefield to protect me..."

Li Shimin sighed and said with emotion.

He also remembered that when he was desperately killing the enemy outside Li Ke's Chang'an city, he had promised Concubine Yang on the hospital bed that he would never let her mother and son down in this life.

But just a short time later, he personally sent Li Ke to the most dangerous battlefield.

"I... have failed Ke'er!"

Closing his eyes, Li Shimin looked up to the sky and sighed.

"Your Majesty, don't do this!"

Du Ruhui respectfully said: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. He will sit in the capital and take charge of the overall situation. His Royal Highness the King of Shu is extremely brave. He should kill the enemy in front of the battle and command the battle ahead. The two of you will work together to ensure the eternal prosperity of our Great Tang!"

Hearing Du Ruhui's compliment, Li Shimin sighed inwardly. He muttered the phrase "Work together to protect the Great Tang", and he was dazed.

Du Ruhui's words of course refer to something, Li Shimin is the emperor, and Li Ke and the emperor work together, which imperceptibly entrusts Li Ke to the position of prince.

Working together with the emperor to assist the emperor in governing the world, only the prince who is the crown prince has such authority.

When Li Shimin heard this, he thought that Li Ke's literary and martial arts skills were unparalleled in the world. If he became the prince, he would definitely help him govern the Tang Dynasty to become more prosperous and powerful.

This is not only related to the continuation of the Datang regime after a hundred years, but also whether the Datang under his rule can develop better.

Of course Li Shimin is confident that he can govern Li Tang well, but wouldn't it be better if he had such an outstanding person to help him govern the country?

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Li Ke led the vanguard to march quickly, and the infantry and cavalry units turned into mules and horses were extremely fast. He did not encounter any obstacles on this journey, and rushed all the way to Liaodong City.

Going forward, we will reach the boundary of Goguryeo.

Since leaving the pass, Li Ke has been waiting and watching. He sent agents to clear the way and spy on the situation ahead.

What Li Ke was worried about was meeting Goguryeo's army.

The detailed mission he dispatched has been found out, the armies of the three countries have all dispatched, and their meeting place is Changshan County.

Goguryeo was going to Changshan, and he was heading to Anshicheng, so he might meet him on the way.

Although his journey was much longer than that of Goguryeo's army, the goals of the two sides were different, and the efficiency of the march was of course different.

On Li Ke's side, with the high speed of the mobile unit and a clear mission, they went straight to Liaodong, and the marching efficiency was of course very high.

But on the Goguryeo side, there is still a period of time for them to meet up, and this march is for the purpose of burning, killing, looting, and capturing Datang, so the mood is naturally much more relaxed, and the speed of marching is much slower.

Along the way, Li Ke kept dispatching spies to investigate, hoping to find out the whereabouts of the Goguryeo army.

The ultimate purpose of occupying Anshi City was to cut off the food and grass of Goguryeo, so that the Goguryeo army could not return home and could not eat food.

But in case the Goguryeo army receives the news that Anshicheng has been attacked, they will definitely try their best to go back to rescue.

Therefore, Li Ke had to figure out the location of the Goguryeo army, so as to prevent himself from being chased by the army before he captured Anshicheng, and died in a pincer attack.

Now that the exact location of the Goguryeo army has not yet been obtained, and it is already approaching Goguryeo, Li Ke has also slowed down and ordered the army to rest here first.

He tried his best to find out clearly the movements of the Goguryeo army nearby.

At the same time, he also wanted to give the army enough rest to cope with the upcoming bitter battle.

In order to hide his whereabouts, he could not choose to rest in the city, nor could he get too close to the official road or the city gate. He could only choose to camp in remote mountains and forests, in inaccessible places.

After the spy was dispatched, there was no news for a while, Ma Liuzhi and others were impatient, and persuaded Li Ke to march quickly.

But these urgings were all suppressed by Li Ke. He was afraid, so he had to wait until he found out the location of the Goguryeo army before sending troops to attack Anshicheng.

Finally, in the evening of the second day, Xi Zuo came to report and found that the Goguryeo army had appeared near Liaodong City.

"You lead the army to guard here. Remember, you must supervise the whole army and don't make too much noise. We must not be discovered by the enemy!"

After ordering Ma Liuzhi, Li Ke led the spy to the direction of Liaodong City in a hurry.

He wants to visit in person, one is to confirm the accuracy of the news, and the other is to explore the strength of the Goguryeo army.

(End of this chapter)