bastard seizes tang

Chapter 462 Grassland Spring Hunting
Li Ke stayed in Wenshui County for a day, and then left for Jinyang the next day. Li Ke set off from Wenshui early in the morning, and arrived at the Governor's Mansion in the afternoon.

In the main hall of the inner courtyard of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in Bingzhou, Li Ke was sitting upright in the hall, and in front of Li Ke, Sima Mazhou of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and Pei Xingjian, who Li Ke had just worshiped in the east of the Chu King's Mansion, were sitting respectively.

"Keeping the promise, I would like to introduce you. This is my right-hand man, Sima Zhou of Bingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, King Ma Bin." Li Ke raised his finger to Ma Zhou in front of him, and said to Pei Xingjian.

Although Pei Xingjian had never met Ma Zhou before, he had heard of Ma Zhou's name.

Pei Xingjian got up quickly, cupped his hands and said: "The younger Pei Xingjian has seen Ma Sima, and the younger generation has heard of Sima's name for a long time. Today, I can finally see his true face."

When Pei Xingjian saw Ma Zhou for the first time, his words were naturally somewhat polite, but what Pei Xingjian said was not all compliments, he had heard of Ma Zhou's name long ago, and it was true that he wanted to see Ma Zhou.

In the seventh year of Zhenguan, there was a flood in Huainan, and Li Ke fell into the hands of thieves again. At that time, Ma Zhou was ordered to take over the power in the southeast. Xiang, the right servant of Shangshu and Du Ruhui all praised Ma Zhou, calling him a talent for governing the world.

This kind of evaluation was unique in Du Ruhui's mouth, and Ma Zhou became famous for a while.In Pei Xingjian's view, one day, Ma Zhou may become Li Ke's disciple, after Cen Wenwen, the second person to worship the prime minister.

Li Ke said again: "King Bin, keeping the covenant is my new king's new appointment to the palace of the Chu King, and he is the governor of Yuanzhou, the second son of Duke Zhong of Hedong, and he is from a famous family. In the future, you should work together."

Pei Xingjian said: "This junior is new here, and many things are still unclear. In the future, I need to ask Sima for more advice."

Ma Zhou laughed and said, "If Pei Jijiu is valued by His Highness, he must also have great talents. You and I are just asking each other for advice."

Pei Xingjian and Ma Zhou exchanged a few pleasantries, and just now they took their seats, when Li Ke changed his mind and got to the point.

Li Ke asked: "After the king returns to Beijing, what is the important matter in the North?"

At the beginning of December, Li Ke went back to Beijing to visit the Supreme Emperor, and took care of the matter of the Supreme Emperor's death. After going there for more than two months, at the end of December, Li Ji also returned to Beijing according to the order, and the burden of Bingzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion fell on Ma Zhouyi on people.

Li Ke was not in Jinyang, and Ma Zhou acted as governor of Bingzhou. After returning home, Li Ke wanted to know about Bingzhou, so he had to ask Ma Zhou.

When Ma Zhou came to see Li Ke, he was well prepared. As soon as Li Ke finished speaking, Ma Zhou replied immediately: "It's not a big deal to seal the snow in Mobei. The only thing is that Xue Yantuo's spies came to report. Xue Yantuo It seems that there is an intention to increase troops to the west, except for Junji Mountain, tribes all over the country are mobilizing troops."

Li Ke nodded and said: "This is also expected by the king. Jinshan Kobuduo's magnanimity is a big problem for the barbarians. If the magnanimity cannot be eliminated, the west gate of Xue Yantuo is exposed to the front of foreign enemies. Next, Yi Nan naturally has trouble sleeping and eating."

Ma Zhoudao: "Although Dadushe once led his army to invade Nuozhenshui in the south, Dadushe has already fled to Jinshan. If he is kept, he will be a restraint to Yinan in the west. If Yinan flattens Dadushe , the pressure of Nanuo Zhenshui will be great."

Li Ke said: "Sir, don't worry. Although Yinan dispatched troops to the west to force Jinshan, the Dadu setup is not all for display. There are still 4 horses in Jinshan. This king knows that Dadushe has already colluded with various Western Turkic tribes and led the Western Turkic army into Jinshan, and it is not so easy for barbarians to flatten Dadushe."

Hearing this, Ma Zhou replied, "In this way, Mobei should be lively from now on."

Datang guarded the pass of Junji Mountain and stationed troops in Nuozhenshui, which greatly threatened Xue Yantuo. Although Datang never sent a single soldier to the north, it had restrained nearly half of Xue Yantuo's troops.

Xue Yantuo didn't dare to go west with all his strength, but Dadu set it up to protect himself, and led Xue Yantuo's strong enemy from the west to pass Jinshan. It was not easy for Xue Yantuo to win this battle, and Li Ke also made some moves in the south. I'm afraid it will take some time to fight a battle.

However, Li Ke smiled, but said to Ma Zhou: "This is not lively enough. Although Dadu set up a strong enemy from the west to cross Jinshan to help the battle, Xue Yantuo is strong and Dadu set up a weak situation. Only this battle can last for a long time, this king wants to make this battle last longer and more lively."

When Li Ke said that, Ma Zhou knew that Li Ke must have already made up his mind, so he asked, "What are your orders, Your Highness?"

Li Ke said: "Send a letter to the Turkic Khan Ashina Simo on behalf of the king, telling him that the king invited him to hunt in Nuozhenshui, please go."

As soon as Li Kezhi's words came out, Ma Zhou understood Li Ke's meaning. The so-called hunting in the north was just a gimmick. What Li Ke really wanted to do was to make Yi Nan timid. The intention of attacking Junji Mountain must not be careless, and troops must be dispatched south to take precautions. In this way, Jinshan's troops are bound to be limited, which can be regarded as sharing the pressure on Dadu.

"No." Ma Zhou immediately agreed.

Pei Xingjian was born in the general family, he was young and knew how to fight, and Li Ke's intentions were also clear to Pei Xingjian. Pei Xingjian thought for a while and asked Li Ke: "In order to balance the situation in Mobei and cause internal friction in Mobei, it is reasonable for His Highness to set up a generous side. But Your Highness has ever thought about it, what if Dadu sets up victory, or if Xue Yantuo is flattened after His Highness’s Northern Expedition in the future, but Dadu is set up in the Jinshan area, it will be another Turkic."

What Pei Xingjian said is not completely unreasonable. Jinshan is rich in water and grass, and it is a fertile land. It is by no means a coincidence that Turks were able to change from a vassal of Rouran to a grassland overlord and rise to Jinshan. Turks were able to accomplish things back then. Don't take Dadu too lightly.

If Xue Yantuo is eliminated and another "Turk" is raised, then the loss outweighs the gain.

Li Ke asked: "Is there a good way to keep the contract?"

Pei Xingjian said modestly: "It's not a good strategy, but there is a way, I don't know if it will work."

Li Ke said: "Just keep the promise."

Pei Xingjian asked: "Your Highness has been in Turkic for four years, but do you still know Ashinasheer?"

Li Ke nodded and said: "Naturally, I know that Ashinasheer is also a member of the Turkic Khan family. Back then, Ashinasheer was ordered to garrison Qibei Dazhai to control the nine tribes of Tie Le. After leaving Dazhai, he fled to Futu City in the West Turkic. Thinking about it now, if Ashinasheer had descended to Tang Dynasty with Jieli, he should be the best candidate for the Turkic Khan now."

Pei Xingjian said: "Dadu set up to lead all the tribes of the Western Turks to Jinshan, and Ashinasheer is located in Khan Futu City, and he must be among them. If your highness is worried about Dadu's establishment, why don't you win over Ashinasheer, so as to restrain yourself?" Great design."

Li Ke knew Ashinasheer when the Turks were hostages. At that time, both of them were not tolerated by Jieli, and they were in a very difficult situation. On the contrary, these two people were able to talk. There are also some friendships.

Moreover, in recent years, Ashinasheer seems to be majestic in Khan Futu City, but it is not the case. Ashinasheer is surrounded by Western Turks to the west, Gaochang to the south, and Jinshan, where Xue Yantuo is located to the east. Sheer was attacked on three sides, and he only relied on the strong city to hold on. If Li Ke was willing to form an alliance at this time, it would be an opportunity for him to help him.

Li Ke said: "This is a good strategy. This king will order someone to come here to find out what Ashinasheer has said."

(End of this chapter)