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Xue Yantuo was originally just a small tribe of the Turks, and when Jieli Khan ruled the Turks, the leader of Xue Yantuo, Yi Nan, in order to let his tribe survive, directly led more than 10,000 people in his tribe to join Jieli Khan.

Later, the Turks lost the war with the Tang Dynasty, and the Turkic leader Jieli Khan was also brought to Chang'an, and the Turks perished.

The Turks were gone, and Yi Nan, who saw the wind and the rudder, took refuge in the Tang Dynasty, and then merged the two tribes of Xue and Yantuo into one place, so that there is today's Xue Yantuo.

In other words, in fact, Xue Yantuo is a shepherd dog raised by Datang, in order to help Datang take care of the northern frontier.

However, Xue Yantuo's dog now bit the owner of Datang, which made everyone present very angry, and Cheng Yanjin immediately stood up and saluted Gao Ming with a fist.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister implores you to lead 100,000 people to defeat Xue Yantuo!"

As soon as Cheng Yanjin's words fell, Li Ji put it on his shoulder, and then shook his head at him.

"Zhijie don't be impatient, let's figure out the truth of the matter first, this time Xue Yantuo offended my Tang Dynasty, whether it was Yi Nan or his generals, if we don't figure this out, we won't be able to deal with it, Wei Guogong, what else is written on this letter?"

Hearing Li Ji's words, Li Jing immediately shook his head.

"The prince only said that Xue Yantuo committed my Tang Dynasty, and His Majesty has ordered Guo Xiaoke to be the head of the Xizhou Road march to crusade against them, Your Majesty's intention is to let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince send troops into Xue Yantuo to assist Guo Xiaoke in pacifying Xue Yantuo, and find out the reason for their attack."

"Do you still need to check this?"

As soon as Li Jing's words fell, Cheng Yanjin suddenly jumped up.

"According to my Lao Cheng, then Xue Yantuo just knows that my Tang Dynasty is attacking Goguryeo and has no time to take care of him, so he took advantage of my Tang Dynasty to take advantage of it, I have long understood the temperament of these Turkic people, His Royal Highness the Prince, please order the troops!"

"Zhijie, you ......"

Li Ji originally wanted to persuade Cheng to bite the gold again, but was interrupted by Gao Mingjiao.

"British Duke, you don't need to persuade Lu Guogong anymore, in fact, I think Lu Guogong is right, as the saying goes, if you are not of my race, your heart will be different, Xue Yantuo's submission to my Tang Dynasty more than ten years ago was just forced by the situation, and now it is not strange to have a different heart."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately set his eyes on Li Jing.

"Wei Guogong, how do you think this battle should be fought?"

Hearing Gao Ming take the initiative to ask himself, Li Jing immediately smiled and stroked his beard, and then bowed to Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, since His Majesty has ordered Guo Xiaoke to be the head of the Xizhou Road march, we should not get too involved in this matter, otherwise I am afraid it will attract criticism, Your Highness, you only need to send a cavalry of 10,000 people into Xue Yantuo and cooperate with General Guo to attack and harass the surrounding tribes of Xue Yantuo."

Li Jing understood what he meant, so he immediately nodded.

"Well, what Wei Guogong said is right, but there are fewer than 10,000 people, I plan to let Lu Guogong and E Guogong each bring 10,000 people to cooperate with each other to attack Xue Yantuo, do you think it's okay?"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong hurriedly saluted Gao Ming.

"I Lao Cheng thinks this idea is very good, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise!"

"The old minister also thinks it's good, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should give an order!"

Seeing that the two of them couldn't wait, Gao Ming suddenly couldn't help laughing, and then nodded at the two with a smile.

"Okay, then let's decide like this, but I also have a small request, I plan to let Xue Rengui participate in this battle, which of the two of you is willing to let him be your deputy general?"

Gao Ming asked Xue Rengui to follow, just to rub experience, this Cheng Yanjin and Yu Chigong both understood, and after the two glanced at each other, Yu Chigong shook his head.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, please forgive me, the old minister of this war only plans to take Huzi there!"

After speaking, he hugged his fist towards Gao Ming and put on a posture of "what do you like".

Seeing that Wei Chigong was so faceless, Gao Ming could only shake his head helplessly, and then set his eyes on Cheng Yanjin.

In fact, Cheng Yanjin also wanted to take Huzi there, because everyone saw Huzi's performance during this time, as long as he was present, the combat effectiveness of the army could be doubled, and it was not an exaggeration to describe him as "soldier courage".

But now that he has been preempted by Wei Chigong, Cheng Yanjin doesn't have much to say, he glanced at Gao Ming, and then at Xue Rengui who was standing beside Li Jing, and then nodded.

"Okay!"

Although Cheng Yanjin agreed, the reluctant look on his face fell into everyone's eyes.

Gao Ming naturally saw it, but he simply pretended not to see it, and directly hugged Xue Rengui's neck.

"Okay Rengui, this time you follow Lu Guogong to Xue Yantuo, just follow him to learn skills, if you don't understand something, just ask, I believe he will definitely not be stingy."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming turned his head again and raised his chin towards Cheng Biting Jin.

"Lu Guogong, do you think I'm right?"

"Uh......"

Seeing Gao Ming's appearance as if he was smiling but not smiling, Cheng Yanjin hurriedly squeezed out a smile.

"Of course, I don't know how to hide my secrets, hehe...... Hey, hey, hey, hey......"

Hearing Cheng Yanjin agree, Gao Ming turned his head to look at Li Ji again.

"Then during the time when Xue Rengui left, the army and security of this peninsula will be handed over to the British duke, no problem, right?"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Li Ji bowed towards Gao Ming.

"Yes, Weichen obeys!"

Seeing him so crisply, Gao Ming's face suddenly showed a satisfied smile.

"Okay, the work is over, my stomach is hungry, please don't let the beef wait for a long time!"

"Hahahaha!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, everyone laughed again.

After eating, everyone dispersed, Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong were busy going back to integrate the soldiers and horses, and Li Ji also had to go back to deal with the affairs of the soldiers and horses stationed in the cities.

Everyone has their own things, so in the end, only Gao Ming and Li Jing were left at the wine table.

At this time, Gao Ming was also a little drunk, and after putting down the wine glass, he immediately smacked his mouth.

"Tsk...... Wei Guogong, now there are only two idlers left in this Pyongyang city, and when Huzi comes back from Luoyang, let's take a boat back to Chang'an by water! ”

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately stretched out his arms around Li Jing's shoulders, and then squinted his eyes and smiled at him.

"When the time comes, let's put a small stove on the boat, eat beef along the way, drink wine, and go back to Chang'an comfortably, what do you think of my thoughts?"

Looking at Gao Ming's blushing face, a bit of kindness flashed on Li Jing's face, and he immediately smiled and nodded.

"Okay, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has warmly invited, then the old minister is better to be respectful than to obey his fate, speaking of which, this expedition is the easiest and most comfortable one for the old minister in the past few decades, and it is all stained with your light, Your Highness!"

"Haha, it's easy to say, it's easy to say!"

Hearing Li Jing's flattering words, Gao Ming immediately laughed from ear to ear.

"If Wei Guogong doesn't dislike it, I will take you wherever I go to fight in the future, by the way, Wei Guogong, I have a question that I have been deflated for a long time, and I have always wanted to ask you, and I hope you can answer truthfully!"

"His Royal Highness the Prince, please ask, the old minister must know everything!"

"Well, that's good!"

Hearing Li Jing's words, Gao Ming nodded suddenly, and then looked at him with a serious face.

"Wei Guogong, I heard that your wife was pregnant for one year and six months, gave birth to a meat ball, and then a son popped out of this meat ball, named Nezha, is there such a thing?"

Li Jing: "......"