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"Li Ke, long time no see!"
Sitting on the horse, Li Xiao looked at Li Ke in front of him, with a weird smile on his lips.
Chapter 439: The right is more help, the wrong is less help
"Bold!"
A forbidden soldier frowned and scolded: "You still don't kneel down after seeing His Majesty? How dare you be so rude?"
"Shut up!"
Li Ke scolded his subordinates, then looked at Li Xiao with a smile: "Are you that General Li? Have we met before?"
"Of course I have, and we have a good relationship!" Li Xiao continued to say playfully.
"Oh?"
Li Ke suddenly showed a pensive look, and said after a while: "Maybe I saw it when I was young. It has been many years, and I can't remember it clearly. I don't know the name of General Li Gao?"
But Li Xiao was silent.
Li Ke continued: "The general helped the imperial court defeat the Turks, and he made great contributions. I will definitely fulfill my promise and designate the general as the general who protects the country. But if you don't want to reveal your identity, how can I reward you?"
"Are you trying to win me over?" Li Xiao sneered.
"What do you mean by this, General?" Li Ke frowned slightly, "Is it the king's land in the whole world, and the soldiers who lead the land are the king's ministers, I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, you are my ministers, and you will be rewarded for your merits and punished for your mistakes. Why do you want to talk about it?"
"When you left Chang'an and fled alone, did you think about your own emperor of the Tang Dynasty?" Li Xiao sneered, "Have you ever recorded in the long history that any emperor would abandon his subjects because of fear of war? ?”
"That's just an expedient measure. Chang'an is only temporarily handed over to them. I have plenty of ways to get it back."
Speaking of this, Li Ke's complexion gradually became gloomy.
After a pause, he suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "General Li, I hope you understand that I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and only I can command the world. With my permission, you are the general of the Tang Dynasty. No, you are..."
"What is it?"
"I think that you have made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and I have tolerated you in every possible way. I hope you will not go too far and be your great general protecting the country. Don't wait for me to regret it."
"Haha..." Li Xiao couldn't help laughing, "I'm the Great General Protecting the Country, why do you need me?"
"What do you mean?" Li Ke suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Li Ke, can't you even hear my voice?"
Li Xiao slowly took off his helmet, revealing his true face.
"It's you!"
Li Ke's eyes widened, with an expression of disbelief: "How could it be you?!"
Although Li Xiao has grown a lot taller in the past three years, and his immature face has become much more resolute, Li Ke still recognized Li Xiao immediately.
At this moment, he was shocked in his heart and couldn't be more shocked.
He never expected that the mysterious general he was going to befriend was actually Li Xiao who he wanted to get rid of in his dreams.
He never expected that it was Li Xiao who defeated the [-] Turkic army.
He never expected that Li Xiao would cross hundreds of miles in an instant and arrive at Chang'an from Lantian County.
All of this was beyond his expectation.
But at this time, he unexpectedly encountered Li Xiao here.
Li Xiao dared to bring only a few hundred people here, he must be fully prepared.
At this moment, his situation is very dangerous.
In an instant, thousands of thoughts flashed through Li Ke's mind, and he became more and more anxious.
"Li Ke, didn't you expect it? You and I will meet at this time, aren't you surprised?" The corners of Li Xiao's mouth twitched slightly.
"What do you want to do?" Li Ke said with a gloomy face, "I am the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and I still have thousands of troops, you better think clearly!"
"Thousands of troops? Do you mean them?" Li Xiao pointed to the forbidden army behind Li Ke and said, "You don't even ask them. In their hearts, do they still recognize you as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty? They believe in you as the emperor. ?"
"Bold Li Xiao! How could you be rude to His Majesty?"
A commander of the forbidden army rode forward and approached Li Xiao.
But before he could make another move, a flower of blood burst out of his head suddenly, and he fell off the horse without making a sound.
The dignified commander of the imperial guards died just like that, under the eyes of everyone.
The place was dead silent.
"Who else thinks that Li Ke is the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, stand up!"
Li Xiao glanced at the audience and said coldly.
However, no one made a sound, and all the forbidden soldiers lowered their heads and remained silent.
In fact, many people were already dissatisfied with Li Ke's behavior.
After all, there are their relatives in Chang'an City.
But Li Ke did not hesitate at all, and gave up Chang'an, causing the Turkic army to enter the city and massacre.
And Li Xiao defeated the Turks and regained Chang'an, which is equivalent to saving their relatives.
At this moment, they are still thinking about their relatives in Chang'an City, and they feel resentment towards Li Ke, while they are grateful to Li Xiao.
It's just that due to their identities, they dare not speak out what is in their hearts.
At this time, if they want to attack Li Xiao who has been kind to them for the sake of the brutal Li Ke, they cannot do it.
Unlike the commanders of the imperial army, they were reluctant to lose their status, because they themselves had no status at all.
Therefore, this happens.
No one at the scene stood up to speak out for Li Ke.
"Come on!"
Li Ke roared angrily: "The king of Yue, Li Xiao, intends to conspire against me, and wants to do something wrong to me, let me take him down!"
The words fell, but no one moved.
Maybe it was because they were frightened by the death of the commander of the imperial army, or maybe it was because they were unwilling to do anything to Li Xiao.
In short, the scene was silent.
Li Ke was completely anxious now.
The only hole card he has left now is the three thousand forbidden troops.
If the three thousand forbidden troops don't listen to his orders, he will be completely finished.
"Old Yun!"
Li Ke looked at Yunlong who was on the side, and cast a hopeful look at him.
Yunlong slowly let go of the rein in his hand, and said loudly: "Dare to approach the old man within ten feet, you really don't take the old man seriously!"
"Young man, you have to pay for your actions!"
After finishing speaking, Yunlong stared at the stirrup, and his whole body soared into the sky.
But instead of flying towards Li Xiao, he rushed towards the jungle not far away.
The speed is astounding!
Seeing that the situation was not right, he actually wanted to run away alone.
"you!"
Li Ke's eyes widened, unable to bear the huge gap.
However, as a bullet flew by, Yunlong fell down and fell into a pool of blood before flying a few feet away.
This weird scene made Li Ke terrified.
The two strongest masters under him both died of unknown reasons like this.
Li Xiao's strength and strangeness made him terrified.
"Everyone lay down their weapons and turn to the light, or they will be killed!" Li Xiao shouted at the three thousand imperial guards behind Li Ke.
"You must not be frightened by him. He only brought hundreds of people with him. He is by no means your opponent. As long as you kill him, I will definitely let the past go and do good deeds." Li Ke shouted eagerly.
However, no one responded to him.
After a moment's hesitation, all the guards dismounted silently and surrendered.
At this moment, what they want to do most is to return to Chang'an to visit their relatives.
"Stupid! Stupid!" Li Ke yelled loudly, "Do you really think he will let you go? Naive!"
"enough!"
A forbidden soldier looked at Li Ke angrily: "You are not worthy to be the monarch of the Tang Dynasty. If the king of Yue hadn't led people to defeat the Turks, how could there be a Tang Dynasty at this moment?"
"Not bad!"
Another imperial guard also said: "You are a stupid king, selfish, betraying loyal ministers, just to create opportunities for yourself to escape, this kind of stupid king should be executed immediately!"
"It was King Yue who saved Datang, he is my hero in Datang, you foolish lord, you still want us to fight against heroes, it is simply unforgivable!"
More and more forbidden troops began to denounce Li Ke angrily.
Li Ke's face turned pale.
At this moment, he realized that it was over for him this time.
but……
Li Ke stared at Li Xiao with a gloomy face: "Li Xiao, don't be complacent. When Changsun Wuji's army arrives, I want to see how you will deal with it?"
"We'll talk about it when he comes." Li Xiao shouted without thinking, "Take them all away!"
Chapter 440: Put Li Ke in jail!
Lantian Villa.
Li Xiao escorted Li Ke and three thousand imperial troops here.
After three years, when he returned to his hometown, Li Xiao was filled with emotion.
However, the current Lantian Villa has been regarded as a den by the refugees.
Since Cheng Chumo was captured by Li Ke, the rest of the servants were also dismissed by Li Ke, leaving only one army to garrison.
After the Turkic attack, Li Ke also transferred the last soldiers who stayed behind, and there was no one to guard here.
During the war, the people were displaced, and there were refugees fleeing everywhere.
Seeing that there was no one living here, and the surrounding fields had food, they stayed here.
For them, this is heaven.
No one would think about whether they would offend the big shots in the city, they only knew that they were starving to death.
But the arrival of Li Xiao broke the calm.
From far away, someone saw a large number of troops entering the villa. The refugees panicked and fled in all directions, but they were all stopped by Li Xiao's men.
"Your Highness, what should we do with these people?" Lu Li asked Li Xiao.
"Take them all to the main hall, don't miss one." Li Xiao said expressionlessly.
"Your Highness, they also acted helplessly and did not intend to offend His Highness." Lu Li persuaded with some concern.
"What do you mean by that?" Li Xiao stared at Lu Li, "I asked you to bring them all here, because I don't want them to continue wandering and starve to death outside."
"what?"
Lu Li was stunned, then cupped his fists and said, "This subordinate is talking too much, please punish him, Your Highness."
Seeing this, Li Ke sneered: "Do you want to imprison me here? Li Xiao, don't be complacent, soon my mother and all civil and military officials will find here."
"I am still the emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"
"And you will be regarded as a traitor by my people, and you will be grouped up and wiped out."