Chapter 683 Ten-day bet
Li Guichen is still fishing.
Although Li Wangji's tea leaves are fragrant, they are not very refreshing. He dozed off while fishing.
Soon someone came to him, took the fishing rod he had despised before, and started fishing. After a while, he changed two baits and caught two fish.
Li Guichen stopped drowsy and turned to look at the man in plain clothes, looked at the two fish in the bamboo basket, couldn't help but sigh, and said, "Li Jixing, Li Jixing, I am really a blessing in my previous life. I have raised such a good son like you, and it's okay if I don't see you a few times a year. You like to slap me in the face when you show up, right?"
The man whose face looked a bit similar to him, but his expression always looked a little serious, turned his head and looked at him, and said, "I am also a blessing in my previous life. I have reincarnated and found you like me. It's okay if you pretend to be in front of others, but you have to pretend to be in front of your son. It's not easy to catch a few fish. You just want to catch the big fish that is hidden the deepest in the pond and the most difficult to catch? Other fish have been hooked, and you have used your true energy to shake it off the hook."
Li Guichen immediately smiled, "You are still much smarter than those idiots Li Wangji and others."
Li Jixing looked at him again and said, "I'll just tell you by the way, those two idiots went directly to Mingyue Pavilion."
Li Guichen was stunned.
After a while, he said, "Two people who claim to be the most shameless, they have been the most shameless after a long time?"
Li Jixing smiled at this time and said, "This may be what you usually say. Are you lucky to be stupid?"
While speaking, he picked up the fishing rod and caught another fish.
Li Guichen picked up the teapot on the small table next to him, poured him a cup of tea, and then asked, "What do you think next?"
Li Jixing said, "Others are not regulated, I have to regulate."
Li Guichen slanted his eyes and said a little disbelief, "What's your trick?"
Li Jixing said, "According to the current situation, the person under supervision is considered a confidentiality department of the Li family. I am not under supervision. How can I justify the search for the rest of the people and bring the money, magical tools and magical objects under the control of the rest of the people?"
Li Guichen immediately smiled and said, "I can see that you are smart since childhood. In this way, you can be legitimately responsible for robbery and secret departments."
Li Jixing said calmly, "You think it's good, then I'll do it."
Li Guichen smiled and said, "My son is grown up, I can't control you. Do whatever you like."
Li Jixing nodded, drank a cup of tea himself, poured another cup of tea for Li Guichen, and then stood up and said before saying goodbye, "Father, you want to adjust the most cunning big fish in the wild fish pond, and you think it's troublesome to bite your bait, so would you catch all the other fish first?"
Li Guichen smiled, and when Li Jixing walked away, he sighed, "What kind of world is this? My son has come to teach me how to do things, but what he said makes sense."
"No!" He suddenly slapped his forehead and shouted at Li Jixing's back, "I'll say a few more words. I'm old and forgot about it. I have something to ask you about."
Li Jixing seemed to be walking forward, but in the blink of an eye he seemed to have walked back. He turned around and came to Li Guichen's side and said, "What's the matter?"
"What do you think we have different ways of being in the same way as us?" Li Guichen said.
Li Jixing said, "The wealth is moving, and many people in the world are willing to work hard for money. The most important thing for our Li family is to do is what ordinary practitioners cannot desire. If you throw out something that is enough tempting, maybe the Dao Sect itself will be in chaos, and the Chang'an will be in chaos. If you don't have enough power, let the enemy's power be consumed first."
Li Guichen nodded.
Li Jixing said, "Then nothing else?"
Li Guichen looked at him and said, "Be careful."
Li Dixing waved his hand, turned around and left without saying anything.
Looking at his back, Li Guichen sighed deeply.
No one knows a son is better than a father.
He knew very well about his son's abilities, and his son's views were exactly the same as his views.
Some institutions that originally served the Li family and the Tang Dynasty, who had a large amount of power, were often easily separated from their original intentions because of the personal ideas of some of the people in power.
The same is true for Li's confidentiality.
After resolving a large number of external conflicts, at this time, the secrets of the split Li family have become the root cause and biggest hidden danger of the current Tang Dynasty.
Li Buxing's starting point has not changed. He always wanted to solve the factors that were unfavorable to the Tang Dynasty, but the only thing that worried him was that his son's methods were very ruthless. He would not show any mercy when dealing with those who were confidential to Li.
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Duke Pei held the reins, and the war horse in black armor stood still like a dead object.
Unlike in the past, he was wearing heavy armor and facing Gaimocheng not far ahead. The armor on his body was still shining brightly under the clouds, and the lion-headed bronze heart-protecting mirror on his chest reflected the array of the Goryeo army opposite.
With several low calls, the Goryeo army began to separate like a dark tide, revealing more than a dozen extremely large wooden cars. Even though they were hundreds of steps away, a unique decay still drifted in the wind.
It was not an ordinary corpse odor, but a special smell of lime and mold.
"Keep the formation."
The voice of a Tang army general sounded.
The orders spread throughout the army in an instant through the flag verbs, and neatly collided armor leaves sounded in the Tang army formation.
Several generals behind Prince Pei suddenly narrowed their eyes, and they recognized the tall figures in front of the wooden carts.
That was Gasuwen, a famous general in Goryeo.
In some wars before Goryeo and the Tang Dynasty, this man used extremely deceitful troops, and the guerrilla attacks from small groups of troops were elusive, but what he was best at was defending the city. As long as he led his army to guard the fortress, the Tang Dynasty's army had never conquered it.
This man is very tall and has a burly and powerful body, but his face is fleshless and very recognizable. His face seems to be tightly attached to the bone, making his eye sockets look particularly deep and his cheekbones are particularly tall.
So he has the nickname of General Skeleton in Goryeo.
Gai Suwen's eyes did not stop at Duke Pei too much, and his eyes quickly turned to the carriages that were draped far away behind Duke Pei's army.
The murderous aura began to appear deep in his eyes, and the decaying aura on the wooden platform behind him seemed to gather at the folds at the end of his eyes.
When he marched until fifty steps away from Duke Pei, the war horse under him stopped, but he did not salute, but just sat upright on the horse, with his right hand always following the handle of the knife.
This action seemed to be a provocation in the Tang army's eyes, and the sound of the shaking armor in the Tang army suddenly became louder.
The sergeant under Gai Suwen's seat had already begun handover according to the agreed procedures, but when he heard this voice, he slowly raised his head and sneered in Gaoli's words, "You have nothing to be dissatisfied with. As soldiers, you did not defeat us with real skills and real swords and guns. They stepped on our bodies and took back these two Jingguans. This is just a transaction between the powerful and the powerful."
There are many people under Duke Pei who can understand these words.
Duke Pei laughed as he heard the explanation of an aide behind him. He looked at Gai Suwen and said slowly, "Gai Suwen, why don't we make a bet? There are about 30,000 people in your Gai Mu City now? I will use 3,000 troops. We don't call reinforcements on both sides. I will capture your Gai Mu City. What do you think?"
Most of the Goryeo defenders in Gaimu City could understand the Tang Dynasty. At this time, when they heard Duke Pei's arrogant words, they were immediately in an uproar.
Gasuvin's body trembled slightly.
The murderous intent in his eyes seemed to condense into substance.
The handover of two Jingguans was just a deal between the powerful and had nothing to do with humiliation. The reason why he was full of murderous intentions at this time was because one of the commanders in the army that had gone to Fufeng County before was his younger brother.
He now knew what kind of people were among the carriages behind Duke Pei's army, and he also wanted to kill those people in the carriages to avenge his younger brother, but such a bet seemed to be impossible for him to take it as long as he wanted to.
At this moment, an aide behind Pei Guogong came to Pei Guogong and said a few words softly.
Prince Pei smiled again and said loudly: "This bet has nothing to do with the Jingguan duel. It is limited to ten days. In these ten days, I happened to arrange people to count Jingguan and load the car here. I will use the extra manpower to attack you, Gaimu City. Just guard the city. If you don't go out, it is not considered a violation of the king's order. If you can't defeat Gaimu City within ten days, my Pei family will never set foot in Liaodong. How about it?"
Gassuwen took a deep breath. For him, this proposal contained endless dangers, but also full of irresistible temptations.
"General!"
Looking at his hesitant appearance, several Goryeo generals behind him shouted in unison, full of eagerness to try.
Three thousand soldiers and horses are against 30,000 soldiers and horses, and three thousand soldiers and horses are about to attack the city. If you don’t accept this kind of bet, it would be a shame for being a soldier.
At this moment, Duke Pei laughed and said, "Seven days! The city breaking period for this bet is set to seven days! Within seven days, I will not defeat Gaimu City, and my Pei family will never step into Liaodong!"
Gassuvin's knuckles made the reins of the war horse creak, and at this moment he felt ashamed.
"Ten days!"
His hoarse voice cut the air ahead, and then a strange buzzing sounded between the sky and the earth, as if many small drums were beating at this time, "In ten days, if you can break through Gaimu City, I will commit suicide at the top of the city."
"Okay! Then start from now on!" Duke Pei laughed loudly, "It's a man, I will bring your head back to Chang'an."
Gassuwen didn't say anything, but just rode his horse and turned around.
The generals who followed him also drove their horses to follow him. One of the generals sneered. Just as he wanted to say something, the sneer on his face was instantly frozen.
His breathing suddenly became more severe, and the breathing instantly turned into a wave that swept the army.
A huge pillar of smoke was rising in Gaimu City at this time.
That is where the granary in the city is located.
The deputy general behind Gai Suwen suddenly turned around, but only saw Duke Pei and several aides around him pointing fingers, and still pretending to say, "Why are wolf smoke coming out in Gai Mou City?"
"Walk!"
Gai Suwen shouted loudly, and he drove his horse toward the city gate.
The summer wind blew on him, but it could not offset the chill that rose in his heart.
Half a month ago, Gaimu City had carefully investigated everyone in the city, especially after learning that many powerful practitioners should be coming with the army, early warning arrays and magic weapons for cultivators have been arranged in the walls of Gaimu City and everywhere in the city.
In addition to the city guard dogs of the Jin family and Park family, within half a month, Gaimo City had already cut off the caravans and entered the city. Logically speaking, it was impossible for strangers to lurk into the city and burn the granary when they handed over to Jingguan.
However, such a thing happened under his nose.
The bet between Duke Pei and him was definitely not a temporary plan, but had already planned it!
He wished that the war horses under him would give birth to two more legs so that he could return to the city immediately to find out what was wrong.
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In the carriage camp followed by Duke Pei's army, Shen Ruoru, Shangguan Zhaoyi and Gu Liubai sat together to taste fragrant and drink tea. Looking at the huge smoke pillars rising in Gaimu City, Shen Ruoru was a little surprised, "Gu Shiwu, the people of the Jin family look so unreliable, how can they do things so reliable?"
Gu Liubai smiled and said, "It is often very reliable for people like them to deal with people outside, and they are more clever when fighting in the nest. They are taking advantage of their own people. Especially now they are helping us cook food and grass? That's not, they are burning out their own future. How can they not be reliable when they do things for themselves?"
Shen Ruoruo and Shangguan Zhaoyi looked at each other and realized that they had thought less than this dog fifteen before.
Both of them thought that Gu Liubai must have sex with Duke Pei, because he wanted to let the Li family see what power he had in confidentiality and the entire Tang Dynasty. He wanted to let the Tang Dynasty see that there were only three thousand soldiers and horses, and with the power of cultivators he had, he could even destroy this fortress that was difficult for the Tang army to conquer, especially when generals like Gai Suwen were in charge.
But Gu Liubai actually has another layer of calculation.
Chapter completed!