Yuchi Gong helped Li Ke up with both hands, his eyes changed from wandering to firm, he looked at Li Ke with slightly raised brows, and said solemnly.
"Your Majesty, Yuchi Gong is a rough man, but he also has feelings for his family and country. Although the friendship between the general and the emperor in Chang'an City is a fate, in front of the country, Yuchi Gong is willing to put aside his personal friendship and serve your majesty!"
Li Ke looked at Yu Chigong's firm eyes and was deeply moved. He knew that Yu Chigong was a responsible person, and his feelings for his family and country made him choose to stand on his side at critical moments.
Li Ke held Yuchi Gong's hand tightly and said gratefully: "General Yuchi, I deeply admire your loyalty and bravery.
With generals like you, our country, the Tang Dynasty, will surely be stable and everlasting. If you and I work together, we will definitely eradicate that witch. "
Yuchi replied respectfully: "Your Majesty has given you too much praise. I will only do my best to serve the country and the people."
Li Ke nodded and said: "Okay, now we still have a lot to do. We must stabilize the situation in Chang'an City as soon as possible and create a stable living environment for the people."
Yuchi responded respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty, the top priority is how we are going to face the next round of attacks that are about to be launched in Chang'an City?"
Qin Zaiming, who had been beside Li Ke, had a sly smile on his face. He walked forward, clasped his fists at Yuchi Gong, and saluted: "General Yuchi, don't worry, your Majesty has already prepared a countermeasure."
Yuchi Gong looked at Qin Zaiming and then at Li Ke suspiciously, as if asking again about such a complicated battle situation and such a tense battle.
Not only was Li Ke not worried, but he was able to deliberately betray Wu Yuanqing under such circumstances, pretending that he had lost the war, forcing Yu Chigong to lead troops to rescue, and pulling him to raise the banner against Li Shimin.
Yuchi Gong not only sighed secretly in his heart, he even felt that Li Ke was a little scary at this time. At such an age, he was actually strategizing like this, which was really scary.
But after thinking about it, this might not be a bad thing. It shows that Li Ke has the demeanor of a general. If he replaces Li Shimin in the future, it will also be a blessing for the people of the Tang Dynasty.
"General Yuchi, please come with me to the general's tent. The general will tell you his plan later."
As Qin Zaiming spoke, he lowered his waist and made a respectful gesture of invitation, inviting Yuchi Gong to learn about Li Ke's war plan.
With a smile on his face, Li Ke looked at Yuchi Gong and nodded, indicating that he would follow Qin Zaiming to the military tent.
Arriving at the general's tent, all the soldiers who accompanied Li Ke on the expedition were already waiting in the tent, as if they had known that Yuchi Gong would come!
When everyone saw Li Ke and Yuchi Gong behind Li Ke, smiles filled their faces unconsciously, and they said in unison: "See your Majesty, see General Yuchi!"
"My dear friends, please get up quickly. I have brought General Yuchi, whom you most admire, here! He will fight with you for the future of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Ke looked at the soldiers with firm eyes, and finally his eyes fell on Yuchi Gong. He knew that Yuchi Gong was not just a general for him and this group of soldiers, but a reassurance on the battlefield.
Qin Zaiming unfolded the map of Chang'an City that everyone had memorized long ago in front of everyone, and looked at the generals confidently.
"Everyone, according to the report of the spies in Chang'an City, the only generals who can lead troops in Chang'an City are Liu Shili and his subordinate Wu Yuanqing, who has little war experience."
"But Wu Yuanqing is very happy with his achievements and is eager to express himself. In the battle a few days ago, His Majesty deliberately let him win. I am afraid that he no longer knows how high the sky is!"
Li Ke added in a timely manner: "A arrogant soldier will be defeated. This is a law since ancient times!"
"I deliberately lost the battle before. Firstly, I wanted him to think that I was nothing more than that, so that he could relax his vigilance! Secondly, I wanted to make that man and that witch in Chang'an City have greater confidence in Wu Yuanqing. Only in this way can the court be aroused. The disgust of all the loyal ministers who are against the Wu clan."
"When the time is right, I will lead you all to attack Chang'an City and eradicate the witch!"
After listening to Li Ke's words, Qin Zaiming nodded and said: "Your Majesty is wise. Now that the situation in Chang'an City has stabilized, we should also start preparing for a counterattack."
Li Ke looked at the generals and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, we must be careful in our counterattack on Chang'an City this time. Although Wu Yuanqing is very happy with his victory, his soldiers are all experienced veterans. We cannot take it lightly."
Qin Zaiming nodded and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have asked people to find out the defense situation of Chang'an City. We can attack from the east gate, south gate and west gate at the same time to distract their attention."
After listening to Qin Zaiming's words, Li Ke nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, then follow your plan. Generals, are you all ready?"
All the generals responded in unison: "Your Majesty, don't worry, we are ready!"
Li Ke looked at the generals, a firm light flashed in his eyes, and said: "Okay then, we will set off tomorrow, attack Chang'an City in one fell swoop, and eradicate the witch!"
"Your Majesty, we are attacking from three directions at the same time. I'm afraid we don't have enough troops?" Yuchi Gong was worried that the number of defenders in Chang'an City had exceeded hundreds of thousands.
However, the troops and horses Li Ke brought during this expedition were less than one-third of the defenders in Chang'an City. If the attack was dispersed, the combat power would be greatly weakened.
"General Yuchi, I have also considered the issue you mentioned, but most of the military power of the garrison in Chang'an City is in the hands of Liu Shili, and Wu Yuanqing has no right to deploy it!"
"Although Liu Shili is still a general on the surface, his desire to get rid of Wu Meiniang is no less than ours. In addition, now that Wu Meiniang is using Wu Yuanqing, Liu Shili will not hand over the military talismans."
"So, I bet that not more than half of the defenders in Chang'an City will participate in the resistance."
Li Ke analyzed the political situation in Chang'an City logically, and Yu Chigong seemed to think that there was some truth to it.
"General Yuchi, tomorrow you lead a group of troops and attack from the Zhengdong Gate of Chang'an City!"
"General Qin and General Quan will each lead a team of troops from the south gate and west gate to launch an attack with you."
"I will take the remaining troops to help you! Fight for tomorrow, and we can capture Chang'an City in one fell swoop."
Yuchi listened respectfully to Li Ke's order and responded respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Qin Zaiming and Quan Wanji also responded in unison: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will definitely go all out to capture Chang'an City for Your Majesty!"
The next day, at dawn, Li Ke's army set off. They divided into three groups and attacked from the east gate, south gate and west gate respectively. Yuchi Gong, on the other hand, led a group of troops and launched an attack from the Zhengdong Gate.
