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Chapter 1146 The Li Family in Longxi (Part )

Seeing that no one on the scene agreed with him, Li Gu had no choice but to say, "No matter what, the interior of the pass is more important, and the Right Wise King must be on guard. Once the interior of the pass is empty and the Right Wise King's troops move south, it will be a real fatal crisis for us."

"What Patriarch Li said is true."

Wei Mingshan quickly explained: "It is precisely because of this concern that the court decided not to use the northern troops, but to mobilize the troops from various prefectures around Hebei Province to encircle and suppress the rebellion. However, Hebei Province is full of infantry, and there are very few cavalry."

"We have decided to mobilize the Longxi Flying Cavalry and cooperate with the infantry to eliminate the Turks in the shortest possible time and prevent them from fueling the fire of 'dividing the land'."

"The Longxi Flying Cavalry was not originally part of the imperial cavalry, and the Turks don't know about it. Using this force is stealth. Even if the Right Wise King has some plans, he won't dare to act rashly in the face of the impregnable defenses in the north."

Li Gu also regretted that he had supported the Guanlong clan to attack Li Shimin, which was a bit too hasty. In any case, Li Shimin was also a highly prestigious Khan, and had a great deterrent effect on the northern Turks.

Just issuing a decree to divide the property equally caused a fierce backlash from the nobles in the court.

After all, the cake of the vassal states in the northwest had been divided up, and the aristocratic families were afraid that Li Shimin would regret it, so they got rid of him and eliminated future troubles.

But everything has its pros and cons.

Li Shimin's accident made the Right Wise King of the Northern Desert lose control and start to make moves again. Seeing these short-sighted families who only saw the benefits but not the disadvantages, Li Gu secretly sighed, the noble families are also getting worse with each generation.

The mere existence of Hebei Province made them so confused that they unanimously decided to use the power of the noble families to suppress the enemy.

Li Gu grew up in the era of the "Six Pillars of the State" and witnessed the strength and terror of this force at that time. In addition to fighting for power and profit, the Guanlong nobles now began to decay and degenerate. The decadent life in Chang'an during the prosperous times also eroded their enterprising spirit.

This is why Li Gu has been stubbornly living in Lintao. He wants the wind and sand from the north to always remind the descendants of the Li family not to be greedy for pleasure, to always be vigilant, and to always maintain a positive and enterprising ambition.

Well, one person can never defeat a group of people. Li Shimin couldn't reverse the trend, and neither could Li Gu.

In front of the group, the individual must always obey.

If he kept making excuses to stop them, they would probably doubt his intentions. Perhaps this move was a joint effort by these noble families to test whether their common will could overwhelm him and mobilize the Longxi Flying Cavalry.

After all, maintaining the unity of the Guanlong clan was more important than Li Gu's personal assessment of the situation, so he decided to compromise.

"What is the emperor's attitude?" After thinking for a while, Li Gu asked unwillingly.

Cui Benshan stood up and said, "Patriarch Li, the emperor has clearly demanded the extermination of the Turks, and has also issued an order that the Turks must be completely pacified before the New Year and the arrival of the Kaiyuan New Dynasty."

"The important officials in the court also formulated a strategy of encirclement and suppression from all directions, intending to mobilize 500,000 troops from Liaozhou, Yanshan, Hedong, Henan, and Qi to quell the rebellion."

"But this time is too short. There are still two months before the Chinese New Year. In these two months, the Turks can completely take over all of Hebei. At that time, the 500,000 troops of the imperial court will not face 300,000 Turks, but millions of Hebei people."

"Therefore, all the major clans unanimously agreed that this matter must be quelled in the shortest possible time by dispatching cavalry."

"Patriarch Li, you also know that the Tang Dynasty has a total of 300,000 cavalrymen, but only 50,000 are in Chang'an. The other 250,000 are scattered along the border line of tens of thousands of miles from east to west. It will be difficult to gather them all in a short time. Besides, the border still needs to be defended."

"The Longxi Flying Cavalry is the only force that can be mobilized at any time, so the family heads asked us to come and seek your opinion."

Li Gu looked at the other three elders, who all seemed noncommittal. He then sighed and said, "Although the Longxi Flying Cavalry is controlled by the Li family, it does not belong to the Li family alone, but to all the Guanlong clans."

"Since you have unanimously decided to send troops, I have no objection."

"It is a force that protects the Guanlong clans. Once it is used, all the clans will bear any consequences. But I want to remind you that if you use this force, it means touching the foundation of my clan."

Wei Mingshan sighed and said, "Patriarch Li, now is a matter of urgency. You know, the Turkic people's move to divide the land equally is not only harmful to the Hebei clans, it is also fatal to us."

"We can't wait until they bring trouble into the country. By then it will be too late."

"The important officials in the court also hold the same view. Before I left the capital, Lord Changsun personally visited the heads of the families and made it clear that with the power of the court, we can only take it step by step. We cannot wipe out 300,000 Turkic cavalry in a short period of time."

"We can only rely on our clan to take action. We must destroy Shi Luodie with the force of a mountain and the speed of lightning, curb this momentum, and then correct the wrongs and take back all the land that was distributed."

"The sooner this happens, the better. We can't let the people have any chance of luck."

After listening to this, Li Gu nodded silently. It was useless for him to make more guesses, and he could not use his feelings as a basis to hinder everyone. When Lu Yigong saw Li Gu's words, he was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "Patriarch Li, I wonder how many troops we can mobilize this time. You know, the Turks have 300,000 people. If the number is less, it will not help."

"Two hundred thousand at most."

Li Gu said calmly, "The Longxi Flying Cavalry are all good fighters picked from a hundred miles away. They use the strongest horses from the north. They have been trained for a long time and have excellent armor. Each of them can fight ten enemies at once. On the battlefield, they can defeat more than twice the number of Hu cavalry."

"Two hundred thousand is enough to wipe out three hundred thousand rabble from the grassland."

Seeing everyone's happy faces, Li Gu waved his hand, and an old man who looked like a butler came up to him, whispered some instructions, and took out a bronze key.

After a while, the butler brought a tray with a piece of brocade on it and writing brushes and ink beside it.

Li Gu picked up the brush and wrote an order to mobilize troops with great precision. Then he took out a seal he carried with him and pressed it heavily on the back.

Then he said, "Since you are here, you should have brought tokens from your families. Even I do not have the authority to mobilize the Longxi Flying Cavalry without authorization, because all the officers and commanders in the army are the most trusted descendants of each family and clan."

"Without the seals of their respective family heads, they will not agree to send troops."

"You all fill in your signatures and put the marks you brought with you. Only with these can you mobilize the flying cavalry."

The butler carried a tray and walked past the representatives of each company one by one.

Everyone present finally understood why the master had given them a private seal when they came. Everyone looked down and saw that, as expected, on the cloth was an order to mobilize 200,000 Longxi cavalry to Hebei to destroy the Turkic Khan Shiluodie.

The signature of Li Gu from the Longxi Li family has been left below, followed by a private seal.

Each family seal is different, some are family emblems, some are the names of the family heads, some are honorific titles, and some are just some patterns of flowers, birds, fish and insects. However, the generals of each family in the army naturally know what the content is.

As long as one of them doesn't match, it will affect the mobilization of the army.

They were all close confidants of their respective family heads, and it was their first time to come into contact with these contents. After thinking about it carefully, they felt that it was very reasonable. For an army composed of many aristocratic families, the power to mobilize troops must naturally be controlled by their own family.

These seals, together with the generals of all ranks in the Longxi Flying Cavalry, can naturally ensure that this army will not get out of control and will not be monopolized by the Longxi Li family.

Finally, all the clan representatives completed the authorization ceremony.

Li Gu then stood up and said, "It's not easy for everyone to come to Lintao. Tonight, I, the Li family, will do my best to be the host. Everyone can take a good look around these few days. The scenery of Hexi is very different from that of the capital, and it has its own characteristics."

"The place where the troops are stationed is far away from here. I will deliver this order to the army overnight. If any officers have any doubts, they will inevitably need to confirm it again."

"If everything is correct, you can leave now, and the army will be transferred to Hebei later."

Everyone was stunned, and then they realized that they had to do a final verification. Yes, these were 200,000 well-trained cavalry. Back then, Li Shimin's 30,000 to 50,000 Flying Tigers, led by Li Jing, broke through Jie Li's lair, not to mention that there were 200,000 of them, so they had to be extremely cautious.

Then everyone nodded in agreement, except Cui Benshan who asked in surprise: "Mr. Li, won't the army follow us into the capital?"

Li Gu's face became serious. He glanced at Cui Benshan coldly, snorted, ignored him, and turned away.

Normally, each of the major forces had their own territory, and they actually enjoyed the taxes and support of the people, so they naturally had to protect their territory. However, several major clans in Hebei actually let the Turks in, causing such a big mess.

Now the Guanlong gentry had to use their trump cards to help clean up the mess, so Li Gu naturally didn't have a good face towards them.

If Li Gu had not been afraid that the Turkic people's "dividing the land" might set the prairie on fire, and Hebei would eventually become the fuel that fueled the fire, he would not have sent troops for them. As a vested interest group, they feared unrest the most.

Because in chaos, various uncontrollable factors are likely to emerge, greatly impacting the order they have established.

Lu Yigong quickly pulled Cui Benshan and whispered, "This army is the last resort of the Guanlong clan. Naturally, they have to hide it from the court, and usually they will use ordinary soldiers as a cover. How can these people explain to the emperor if they go to Chang'an so carelessly?"

"To put it bluntly, this is a private army. They can't even be hidden, so how can they be announced to the public?"

(End of this chapter)