Li Ji's combat style is to seek victory while maintaining stability, to be cautious in everything, and would rather lose his fighter plane than easily make a mistake.

However, in the task of blocking the enemy after the break, although Li Ji was the commander of the First Army, he handed over the power of strategy and tactics to Li Su, which seemed to be unintentional, but it was actually intentional.

The Li family has two fathers, and outsiders seem to be full of flowers, but in Li Ji's eyes, it is a blazing fire. A family is too prominent, it is not a good thing in the eyes of the emperor after all, the power of the minister is too big, the tail is too big, and it will inevitably threaten the imperial power in the future, Li Shimin may be okay when he is in power, but what about the next generation of emperors? Li Ji is scheming, and his eyes are farther, so when Li Shimin ordered the two uncles to stay behind, Li Ji would oppose it so fiercely.

If this battle is won, the Li family's uncle and nephew have made such a great achievement, Li Shimin can't say that he won't be rewarded, and it is difficult to hide the world's long mouth, but if he wants to be rewarded, the Li family is bound to become more and more brilliant and prominent, and it is difficult to say what kind of thoughts Li Shimin will have in his heart. If this battle is lost, Li Shimin is disappointed in the Li family, and the "Li family" in his eyes naturally includes Li Ji and Li Su, so the two families will be lost, not to mention that there will inevitably be countless courtiers participating in the impeachment, and the Li family is no longer powerful, and the glory is difficult to recover.

So as early as after Li Shimin left the two of them, Li Ji made up his mind, this battle after the break was handed over to Li Su to lead, if he won, all the credit will be given to Li Su, even if Li Shimin is suspicious in the future, it doesn't matter, because before the main force of the army retreated, Li Ji saw Li Shimin vomit blood with his own eyes, judging from the frightened faces of the imperial doctors, I am afraid that Li Shimin will lose his life because of this vomiting blood, and the future King of Jin will have a great chance of becoming the crown prince, if the credit is Li Su's, the King of Jin will ascend the throne in the future, and he will definitely not treat Li Su badly, Today's credit will be deliberately suppressed by Li Shimin, but with the deep friendship between Li Su and Li Zhi, Li Zhi will also pick up this credit again in the future, so it is most appropriate for Li Su to set up this great merit, if it falls on Li Ji's head, it is not certain whether Li Zhi will pick it up.

Jiang is still old and spicy, and when Li Su's eyes are only fixed on the war in front of him, Li Ji has already seen the court many years later.

From Li Shimin's withdrawal to the present, Li Ji, as the commander of the First Army, has almost obeyed the advice of his nephew Li Su, and the reason for this is probably the case.

"If you infiltrate Gyeongju as a civilian, I'm afraid you'll have to find a competent general......," Li Jisu muttered.

Li Su's expression moved, and he said, "Uncle, my nephew wants to recommend someone......"

"Oh? Who? ”

"The personal guard by your side, Xue Rengui."

Li Ji turned his head and glanced outside the tent, Xue Rengui was on guard outside the tent, his body was straight, straight like a pine and cypress.

"Xue Rengui is a good material, recently I have been learning the art of war with the old man, and his understanding is really high, but these are just words on paper, if he is allowed to lead the army to take on this important task, the old man is afraid that he will follow in the footsteps of Zhao Kuo, if he fails, he will fall short......" Li Ji shook his head, and seemed to disagree.

Li Su said with a smile: "My nephew has confidence in him, since he has studied with his uncle, he can be regarded as your disciple, he can't always talk on paper, he must always give him a chance to go into battle in person, otherwise, Zhao Kuo will always be Zhao Kuo, and he will not be able to make a difference for the rest of his life." ”

Li Ji frowned and looked at him: "The old man has a lot of good generals, why do you want to recommend him?" ”

"Oh, the day before yesterday, my nephew gambled with him, and his bad luck owed him 200 yuan, thinking that he would simply create a chance for him to die, and the debt he owed would be repaid......"

Li Ji's face turned green instantly, and his eyes widened angrily and pointed at him trembling: "You, you bastard......"

"Joke, joke, uncle, don't take it seriously, my nephew just thinks the atmosphere is too serious, adjust ......" Li Su hurriedly said.

Li Ji had a crazy expression on his face, and then he held his forehead with one hand, as if he had a migraine, and his expression was very painful......

"Let's go out, the old man doesn't want to see you......" Li Ji sighed bitterly and waved his hand in disgust.

Li Su quit the tent.

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The army was assembled, the flag was hidden, 20,000 light cavalry divided into 5,000 men and horses to move eastward, their task was to contain the 150,000 pursuers of Quangai Suwen, and the other 15,000 people were led by Li Ji, unhurriedly marching in the direction of Gyeongju Fortress, of which 500 people were divided, disguised as Goguryeo civilians, and Xue Rengui led them forward, this team of 500 people was the key to capturing Gyeongju City.

Li Su followed Li Ji's main team, his expression was still leisurely and lazy, staggering on his horse, and seemed to be dozing off.

The boring march was the most difficult process for Li Su, but he had to endure it, but fortunately he was not lonely, and his own troops surrounded him in the middle, which made him feel very secure At the same time, he also had a lot of people to chat with to pass the boredom of the road.

Gao Suhui was also on a horse, not far from Li Su, since the Yan cavalry raided the logistics of the Tang army and burned most of the grain and grass, she was very silent and very careful, as if she understood that the Tang army was holding back a belly of anger in her heart, and her captive of the enemy country would ignite this anger if she was not careful, and she would be the first to be unlucky at that time, so she behaved exceptionally well in the past two days.

Li Suyi turned his head and saw Gao Suhui, who was silent behind him, then smiled, waved his hand at her, and motioned her to come over, Gao Suhui turned his head to the side, pretending to look at the scenery, Li Suhui stared, but Gao Suhui didn't see his fierce gaze, the threat was ineffective, and Li Suhui was suddenly angry.

"Woman, you are playing with fire...... Li Su smiled evilly, with a hoarse and magnetic low voice, very domineering president.

Gao Suhui finally heard it, her body trembled slightly, and she reluctantly urged her to step forward and stand side by side with Li Su.

Li Su looked straight ahead with his eyes and said lightly, "Did you sleep well last night?" ”

After being a captive for so long, Gao Suhui gradually understood the virtue of Tang people's speech, first of all, small talk, chatting about food and cosmetics, and finally slowly talking about the topic, no one who is impatient is qualified to be a Tang person.

"Grandpa Xie asked, the slave and maid slept well."

"Someone gave me good news in the middle of the night last night, my wife gave birth to a daughter for me, you know about this, right?" Li Su couldn't help but get shook.

Gao Suhui hung her head and said, "Yes, the slave and maid congratulate the grandfather." ”

"Can't you just congratulate, come have some dry goods, send me something?" Li Su looked at her expectantly.

"Huh?" Gao Suhui subconsciously stretched her hand to her waist, intending to take out the money, but she thought that she was already a captive, not only was she penniless, but theoretically speaking, the ownership and use rights of her person belonged to the grandfather in front of her.

Secretly rolling her eyes, Gao Suhui stopped squeaking.

"Sure enough, it's a stick that has never been educated in a foreign country, and he doesn't know how to ......count etiquette at all," Li Su sighed in disappointment.

Gao Suhui's eyes were filled with anger, and in view of the cruel fact that he was a captive, he had to decide to endure it secretly.

Fortunately, Li Su, a powerful person in the Tang Kingdom, didn't talk much nonsense, and quickly entered the topic.

"We're going to attack Gyeongju City now, what do you think?"

"Grandpa has his own decision, why bother asking the slave and maid to be captives?"

Li Su glanced at her and said, "I found that no matter which city our Tang army attacked your sticks, or how many sticks you killed, your expression was very calm and indifferent, and you didn't seem to care, are you a Goryeo or not?" Or are you from Baekje or Silla? ”

Gao Suhui endured her anger and said in an aggravated tone: "The slave is a Goguryeo. ”

"Aren't you angry that we killed your own people?"

Gao Suhui showed helplessness: "What's the use of anger? The slave maid's own life is counted as a day, maybe one day the grandfather sees that the slave and maid are bored, so he orders a knife to cut down, when he can't protect himself, where is the slave and maid qualified to pity others? ”

Li Su said angrily: "Nonsense, am I such a cruel person? My principle is to make the best use of people's talents and materials, even a piece of bamboo chips that scrape the ass has its use, not to mention that you are such a big living person, even if you are useless, you can also use it to make manure fields......"

Gao Suhui: "............"

Closing his eyes, Li Su's expression gradually became serious, and after a while, he said slowly: "Gao Suhui, you ...... What is the origin? I've been guessing this question for a long time, don't tell me anything about the assassin adopted by Yang Wanchun, it's too insulting to my IQ. ”

The sudden showdown, Gao Suhui was startled, her face suddenly turned pale, and she gritted her teeth and said: "The slave doesn't understand what the grandfather is talking about, the slave and the maid are indeed orphans adopted by Yang Wanchun." ”

Li Su sneered: "I look like a Peugeot, I really don't want to be punished by a Peugeot woman, and make the flesh and blood blurry, Gao Suhui, don't force me." ”

"The slave is Yang Wanchun's person!" Gao Suhui gritted her teeth and didn't let go.

"It doesn't matter if I don't say it, the reason why I kept your life is purely for recreation, to pass the boring days, of course, if one day I drink too much beastly hair, and there is a ready-made woman around me who can use it, you won't think that you are very important, so I don't dare to kill you, right?"

Gao Suhui's face turned red: "The slave is the prisoner of the grandfather, this life has long been handed over to the grandfather, how the grandfather treats the slave and the maid, the slave and the maid are not surprised, let the killing and the chopping be." ”

Li Su sneered: "Okay, it's a man, I believe you already know that the main force of my Wang Division has retreated, leaving us alone to contain Quangai Suwen's pursuers, our situation is very dangerous, maybe the ending will not be too good, but let me tell you, if we are unlucky and the whole army is about to be wiped out, I will order you to be cut down, and it will be our burial, Gao Suhui, before that, if you want to live, it is best to tell me a few words of truth, otherwise, let's go to Huangquan together." ”

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In the evening, when the winding avenue outside Gyeongju was covered with snow, and the gates were about to close, the Goguryeo soldiers guarding the gate held their spears and stamped their feet on the spot to keep warm while soaking hot air on their hands, and from time to time they looked up and cursed a few damn weather.

Xue Rengui, disguised as a civilian, put his hands in his sleeves, his neck shrunk in his collar, and wandered around the city with his waist bent, not far behind him, followed by a group of men dressed as civilians in twos and threes, some young and middle-aged, these people were like Xue Rengui, seemingly bored wandering in the only small market in the city, and some men dressed in tatters like refugees squatted in the snow outside the city gate, looking at the passing soldiers and civilians, staring at everyone who passed by with a longing expression, I hope to meet a kind person and give a little food at will......

The sergeant guarding the gate casually glanced at the men, and then quickly shifted his gaze.

Everything was normal, there was nothing to be suspicious, and after Liaodong City and Daxing City were broken by the Tang army, a large number of refugees fled and scattered into these cities that had not yet been trampled by the Tang army, such as Gyeongju City.

These days, Gyeongju City has received a lot of refugees, the city was originally only 40,000 or 50,000 people, these days are particularly lively, many unfamiliar faces poured in, the streets and alleys of Gyeongju City are full of people, Gyeongju City has always been lonely, now you can smell a bit of prosperity.

Today, the people who gathered together to ask for food outside the city gate did not attract too much attention from the defenders, because they were too ordinary, no different from the refugees who fled before, the weather was so cold, the sergeants guarding the city gate did not even bother to interrogate, when Xue Rengui arrived outside the city of Gyeongju, the sergeants just waved their hands in disgust and let them take the city, so Xue Rengui and his five hundred people mixed into Gyeongju City in batches.

Seeing that the city gate was about to close, Xue Rengui suddenly stood up straight and glanced at the soldiers under his command scattered left and right.

There is no moon or stars tonight, and it is an auspicious day for murder and arson.