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Guo Jia was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Li Li with confusion. He could not understand what Li Li said and could not grasp Li Li's attitude.

Is this possible or not, is it a compliment or a derogatory reprimand?

However, there is one thing that Guo Jia already has a clear mind, that is, his lord Li Li is not angry, that is enough.

Seeing Guo Jia's puzzled eyes, Li Li smiled faintly and asked, "Have Fengxiao ever thought that if I waited for the defeat today, wouldn't everything you did indirectly help the enemy weaken our army's strength?"

"Uh?" Guo Jia was stunned when he heard the sound, and then shook his head quickly and said respectfully: "My lord is really not able to bear this. However, as the lord said, our army was defeated, then everything that Mr. Wei did is even more important, and it is imperative. The sooner the better."

"Why? There is no need to avoid being filial, it's okay to speak out in a blunt manner." Li Li said in a slight look stunned.

"Report to lord, if our army is defeated, then the situation we face next will be very difficult, and even the stable situation in Xiliang will be turbulent. In such an unstable situation, the stability of the army is undoubtedly the top priority. Only when the army is stable can the entire situation not change much. However, if the army is stable, the first thing to do is to eliminate all unstable factors and eliminate hidden dangers. Faced with this situation, lord might as well imagine, are people like Hu Zhen, Yang Ding, Wang Fang and others reliable? Perhaps they will be deceived into mutiny at the first time, endangering the Chang'an Imperial City, thereby triggering turmoil in the entire Xiliang army, and even large-scale internal strife. Therefore, it is imperative to eliminate those who have different ambitions as soon as possible. Do not hesitate, as soon as possible, change will occur."

"Oh? Is it so serious? Why don't I feel it?" Li Li pondered in surprise.

Guo Jia looked at Li Li in shock, staring straight, without blinking. After a while, he shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, and finally knew the true meaning of Li Li's repeated questions. It turned out that the reason why Li Li asked the most was actually knocking on him.

In fact, Li Li was not opposed to eliminating some swaying generals in the army, and had even made plans long ago. When the time came, he could clear the hidden dangers in one fell swoop. This kind of thought was known to Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Li Xuan and Li Ru, and then these four counselors who depended the most had formulated detailed and hidden plans, and then removed some generals with two ambitions one by one. As of now, most of them had been removed, and the rest were some middle and low-level generals, which were not very harmful. They could clear the hidden dangers calmly.

But they kept hiding this matter and finished it all with Li Li on their backs. This move undoubtedly touched the bottom line of trust Li Li in them, which made Li Li very unhappy. Today, Guo Jia understood the reason and was immediately beaten by Li Li.

And this is exactly what Guo Jia just mentioned about the emperor's way, and both kindness and power are used.

Guo Jia was not aware of it before. Therefore, he could not understand Li Li's intentions at all, and did not know whether Li Li recognized their actions. But now Guo Jia has completely understood, and it can be said that he suddenly realized what the monarch and emperor's way of controlling people.

In fact, Li Li could not have known what Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Li Xuan and Li Ru planned before, or Li Li had already noticed it, but pretended to be completely unaware of it and let them let them do it. This is Li Li's trust in the four counselors and also favor. But after the matter was done, Li Li hit Guo Jia regardless of slightness or seriousness because Guo Jia was the executor of the plan. This is the majesty of the superior, which made his subordinates feel fear and uneasy, so he realized his own faults and then was in awe of the Lord.

This is what Guo Jia, who is similar to Li Li's interests and has a unruly personality, will directly point out the whole story and hit him hard. If it were Li Ru or Li Xuan, they would face Li Li's severe scolding and even punish him. Guo Jia can now confirm this point. After this battle, Li Xuan, Li Ru and Jia Xu will not only not receive rewards and promotions, but will instead be punished to a certain extent.

This is the end of concealing Li Li and making arbitrary claims. Guo Jia has already punished him now and will not be punished again. However, it is obvious that Li Li will not punish them too severely. The meaning of punishment is greater than the punishment itself. After all, they did this for Li Li, and although they did it, there was no big mistake.

After a false alarm, Guo Jia finally knew that his lord actually understood everything, but pretended to be confused when he understood it. After the matter was clear, he would settle the score later.

This is the real emperor's way. It uses the art of kindness and power to the extreme, without any trace. It seems that it is not very smart, but in fact everything is in control. Things that he wants to do but is inconvenient to do can be revealed to his subordinates in obscurely. After the things are done, he comes forward and makes his subordinates afraid after a while. Then he raises them and lets them go lightly, and gives them both kindness and power. In this way, he can achieve his goal successfully, and not lose his reputation and have the best of both worlds.

Thinking of this, Guo Jia inexplicably remembered a novel word "black-bellied" mentioned by Li Li. He had never understood what the black-bellied meant before, but now he completely understood. It turned out that the lord Li Li was a veritable black-bellied person. In other words, since ancient times, the monarchs and emperors of all dynasties have been black-bellied people. They eat people without spitting bones, and killing people is not worth their lives!

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The battle was about to happen. Seeing Guo Jia lowering his head and thinking, Li Li then removed all distractions, focused on dealing with the current war without distraction, and once again turned his attention to the battlefield in front of the formation.

At this time, he frowned and a strong murderous aura flashed in his eyes. But on the battlefield in front of the formation, Gan Ning, who was seriously injured, had fought fiercely with Yan Liang for dozens of rounds. At this time, Gan Ning's face was gray and his eyes were slightly dim. He could only fight back with no power to fight back. He was completely at a disadvantage and was in danger.

With Li Li's extraordinary eyesight, he could instantly think of why Gan Ning was so passive and how Yan Liang was firmly at the upper hand.

Obviously, the scene of Yang Ding being attacked by Yan Liang made Gan Ning extremely blame himself, and then he was furious and attacked Yan Liang desperately in order to avenge Yang Ding. Gan Ning's loss of rationality was undoubtedly the only thing that hit Yan Liang's mind. Yan Liang immediately retained his strength, turned off attack to defend, and consumed Gan Ning's physical strength in his anger. When Gan Ning was unable to do anything after more than ten rounds of attack, Yan Liang suddenly exerted force and counterattacked fiercely, quickly turned the situation around, completely suppressed Gan Ning, and then firmly gained the upper hand to defeat Gan Ning, barely supported, and was about to lose.

This scene made Li Li's sword-brows rise, and his anger was burning, and his whole body emitted a fierce murderous aura that was as solid as the substance, and he had already developed a desire to kill Yan Liang. The reason why he was so angry was not just because Gan Ning was defeated by Yan Liang, but because Yan Liang was too arrogant and arrogant and repeatedly used deceptive methods and was clever, and he didn't take the Xiliang Army seriously.

Yan Liang's actions in front of the formation fell into Li Li's eyes, and he was to provoke him, mocking the generals of Xiliang for only knowing to fight brute force but not knowing how to use their brains to humiliate the generals of Xiliang.

In Li Li's impression, Yan Liang was definitely the first person. In the countless battles before this, no one has ever been as insidious as Yan Liang, who openly used fraud in public and deceptive methods to emerge one after another.

Previously, Yan Liang relied on conspiracy and tricks to kill Hu Zhen and Yang Ding, and now he used the same trick again. The purpose of attacking Yang Ding was to anger Gan Ning and induce Gan Ning to lose his mind and attack fiercely. The reason why he did this was to see that Gan Ning was injured, and the blood hole in his left leg was shocking. It was expected that Gan Ning would be seriously injured and would be unable to last for a long time, and he would definitely lose after a long battle. Once Gan Ning was unable to achieve his strength, then Yan Liang's chance came; killing Hu Zhen and Yang Ding was just an appetizer, and killing Gan Ning was his ultimate goal.

Such tricks may be able to hide from most of the people in front of the two armies, but they cannot escape Li Li's eyes.

Seeing that Gan Ning was in a worrying situation, Li Li immediately shouted sternly: "Zhang Liao, where is Xu Chu? Zhang Liao came out to rescue Gan Ning, and Xu Chu came out to fight Yan Liang!"

"No, the general will accept the order!" Zhang Liao and Xu Chu rushed forward and responded with bow.

In fact, Li Li had intended to let them fight before, but Hu Zhen and Yang Ding took the lead and went to fight without permission before they received the military order. As a result, Hu and Yang failed to make a contribution, but both died tragically under Yan Liang's sword. It can be said that they died before they could succeed. Zhang Liao and Xu Chu were already ready to fight. When they heard Li Li's military order again, they immediately took the order happily and rode their horses to the front of the formation.

Just as Xu Chu Yueyue rushed out of the military formation with a sword, Li Li drove the Jinqi Beast King to catch up with Xu Chu with a step, and then said in a deep voice: "Zhongkang remember, no matter what means and methods you use, be sure to kill Yan Liang. If you can't take Yan Liang's head, even if Zhongkang wins this battle, it will be useless!"

"Uh?" Xu Chu was shocked when he heard the sound. Then Zheng responded with a key head: "The last general is obeying the lord's military order and swears to take off the dog's head of Yan Thief. Please rest assured!"

"Well, Zhongkang should not be careless." Li Li nodded gently and whispered: "Yan Zhe is sinister and cunning, and has many tricks, so you don't have to worry too much. No matter what method you use, as long as you can kill Yan Zhe, you will make a great contribution!"

As soon as he finished speaking, seeing Xu Chu nodding knowingly, Li Li patted Xu Chu's armor on the back and nodded, "Zhongkang doesn't need to say much, go to fight. When he returns to the formation, he will raise Yan Zhe's head to see him!"

"No!" After a loud response, Xu Chu took a sword and rode his horse, and rushed towards the formation as fast as the wind.

Watching Xu Chu come out of the formation, Li Li controlled the King of Jinqi Beasts to slowly retreat back to the army. At this time, Guo Jia asked softly: "Why is the lord so sure that Xu Chu will be able to kill Yan Liang? If Xu Chu fails to take down Yan Liang's head, would the lord really want to blame him?"

Li Li smiled indifferently when he heard the sound: "Yan Zhe is definitely not an enemy of Zhongkang, I believe it deeply. If Fengxiao does not believe it, let's wait and see."

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Chapter completed!