Looking at the stars in the sky is like countless twinkling eyes. In Li Chenghui's eyes, it was as if countless deceased comrades-in-arms were looking at him from the sky. Looking at it, Li Chenghui couldn't help but feel sad, and suddenly picked up the wine glass in his hand and drank it all.

Since last year's large-scale attack by the Silk Country, the territory of Goryeo can be said to be devastated, and the flames of war have burned almost everywhere from the border to the capital Pyongyang. Although in the end, it was the country of silk that withdrew its troops and retreated, but the element of luck accounted for the vast majority -- if the country of silk had broken through the outer city wall of Pyongyang City one day earlier, if it had not been for Li Kancheng's successful assassination of Chang Miao, and if it had not been for the fact that the Liaodong Army had no one to lead the whole army except Chang Miao, then Pyongyang City would probably have been captured.

In this war, Li Chenghui was a defeat as the commander of Goryeo, he was besieged in the city of Anju, and failed to prevent Chang Miao's Liaodong army commander from driving straight into the Jingshi, if it were not for his subordinate Lu Xuan to organize a defense in time, I am afraid that the matter would be irreparable. Therefore, as soon as the war ended, Li Chenghui returned to his hometown, and King Cui Wende did not even have a symbolic retention, and directly approved his letter.

Regarding this, Li Chenghui himself didn't care much about it, but Lu Xuan, who became famous in this battle, expressed extreme dissatisfaction. In Lu Xuan's opinion, in the unfavorable situation at that time, if it weren't for Li Chenghui using himself to attract the army of the Silk Country in Anzhou, Chang Miao's army would probably go south, and then the situation would be really out of control. Although King Choi Wende can think that Li Chenghui is ineffective in fighting, it is really chilling to let him retire without any hesitation in the face of such a veteran who has fought for Goryeo all his life.

For this reason, Li Chenghui had to comfort Lu Xuan with kind words. Let him continue to play for the king. He returned to his hometown with his family and lived a secluded life.

In fact, Li Chenghui really felt tired, and he lost his eldest son Li Yong in this war. He also lost his beloved grandson Li Kancheng. Although Li Kan became the one who saved Pyongyang and was willing to sacrifice himself to assassinate the enemy commander Chang Miao, he really deserved to die. At that time, Cui Wende also posthumously named him a loyal and righteous candidate, but for Li Chenghui, nothing is more important than his beloved grandson to live well. No matter how great his expectations for Li Kancheng were originally, but now that all this has disappeared, it should be said that Li Kancheng's death is the main reason why Li Chenghui is discouraged and bent on going into hiding.

Not long after Li Chenghui retired, his second son Li Meng also resigned from the military and returned to his hometown to accompany his father. Li Meng has no sons, only two daughters. Li Yong, who passed away, also has a son who has just turned two, plus the daughter-in-law of two sons, and an old family member who has served Li Chenghui for many years, this is all the current personnel of the Li family. Li Chenghui not only plays with his grandson every day, but also teaches his granddaughters to practice literature and martial arts, which is to discuss combat methods with Li Meng. Li Cheng will understand that the country of silk will attack again one day, and he may no longer be alive at that time, Li Meng will inevitably be conscripted into the army again at that time, and his current guidance may allow Li Meng to save his life on the battlefield in the future.

The comfortable days are ordinary and boring. But this is exactly the life that Li Chenghui has always wanted. After so many years of riding horses, countless comrades-in-arms around him sacrificed their lives for the country, and in the end, there was only one thing left for him to enjoy this idle day alone, and Li Chenghui would feel a little embarrassed.

After a few glasses in a row. The flask is empty. Li Chenghui looked at the starry sky and sighed, it seems that his mood tonight is only melancholy. It's better to rest earlier. Li Chenghui stood up and walked slowly towards his bedroom. At this time. The old family suddenly hurried into the inner courtyard and came to Li Chenghui.

"What?" Li Cheng looked different when he saw him. He asked.

"Back to my lord, Lord Lu Xuan is asking to see you outside the door."

Li Chenghui was shocked when he heard it, Lu Xuan's late-night visit would definitely not be a good thing. asked the old family to invite him to the living room, and the old family agreed and turned away.

Li Chenghui hurriedly tidied up his clothes and walked towards the living room.

When he came to the living room, Lu Xuan was already standing there waiting, and as soon as Lu Xuan saw Li Chenghui, he greeted him and said, "I've seen my lord." ”

Li Chenghui waved his hand again and again: "The old man has been disarmed and returned to the field, and he is not an adult anymore." ”

Lu Xuan said with an embarrassed face: "My lord, I have been calling you for so many years, and I can't speak if I suddenly want to change my words." ”

Li Chenghui shook his head and smiled, and said, "Whatever you want." ”

As he spoke, he invited Lu Xuan to sit down, and ordered the old family to serve wine. Then he said: "Lord Lu came to visit late at night, is there anything important?" ”

Lu Xuan took a sip of wine and moistened his throat, and said, "That's right." The Silk Country has invaded our country again. ”

Li Chenghui's eyebrows moved, the comeback of the Silk Kingdom was expected by him, but he didn't expect it to be so soon. Then he said: "Who will lead the army this time?" How many centaurs are there in total? ”

Lu Xuan replied: "This time the enemy is led by Gao Dingbian and Wang Hanxin, with a strength of about 6,000 horsemen. ”

Li Chenghui couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Just these two little babies with some soldiers, does Lord Lu still need to run to the old man in person?" ”

Lu Xuan's face was solemn: "My lord doesn't know, this time they didn't attack the city after entering our country, their target was a small town that lacked garrisons and almost defenseless villages. ”

"Oh? Looting? ”

"No, it's worse than that. Their goal is to burn the grain, my lord. It was the season of ploughing, and they set fires everywhere, burning seedlings, houses, and food stocks of the villagers, all but plundered for their military use. ”

Only then did Li Chenghui realize the seriousness of the situation, straightened up and said angrily: "Don't they know that they will only provoke the anger of our people by doing this, and when they want to attack again, the whole country of Goryeo will be the same enemy and the enemy will be the enemy!" ”

Lu Xuan's face became even more solemn, and he said, "My lord, you don't know how harsh their methods are. All the villages and towns they conquered, in addition to the food burned, they, they also cut off everyone's thumbs! ”

Li Chenghui suddenly froze and sat heavily in the chair. He immediately understood in his heart the intentions of the Silk Country. When a person's thumb is cut off, let alone holding a weapon, it becomes difficult to even do farm work, and such a person will not be able to take up arms against the invaders, or even call them laborers. The Silk Country deliberately left their lives to be thrown to Goryeo, and it was impossible for Goryeo to let them starve to death, so the mouths of these people without labor force became a burden on Goryeo, and those who had labor force had to feed them, and the Silk Country also burned all the grain that could be destroyed, so Goryeo had to mobilize food from other regions to feed these people, and the cost and consumption of transshipment would undoubtedly increase the burden on Goryeo. If such a strategy is carried out for a long time, then Goryeo will exhaust its national strength without waiting for the Silk Country to attack again. Thinking of this, Li Chenghui asked, "Have you ever grasped their whereabouts?" They must be destroyed! ”

Lu Xuan shook his head: "It's this that is the headache, these people are all cavalry, and the six thousand cavalry are each equipped with three horses, one to pack food, and two horses to change with each other, so they move very quickly, and our army, which is dominated by infantry, cannot pursue them at all, so they can only take the method of setting up an ambush in advance." But these cavalry were very cunning, their lines of action were never regular, and they did not move for small profits, and they only attacked the unarmed villagers. ”

"Damn! The army of the Land of Silk has degenerated into such acts of bandits and bandits! Do they still have the honor of being a warrior! Li Chenghui slammed the table hard, and the wine glasses on the table let out a sharp protest.

Lu Xuan waited for Li Chenghui's anger to subside a little before he said: "In the face of this kind of enemy army, we can only treat others in the way of others, so we urgently need to form a new cavalry unit to fight against it." I would like to ask your adult to go out of the mountain and help me get through this crisis in the next. ”

Lu Xuan's words made Li Chenghui difficult: he finally returned to seclusion, and it was only a few days after this peaceful birthday, but the national disaster arose again. He has fought for Goryeo for many years, even if he fights this old bone, he should be, but if he goes into battle, Li Meng will naturally follow him, to be honest, he is really afraid that his son will have something to lose, then the Li family will have no successor. But looking at Lu Xuan's earnest eyes, Li Cheng would understand that if he had a way to think about it, he would not come to beg for himself, and this time the enemy was as elusive as a mouse, and it was indeed difficult to deal with.

In the end, Li Chenghui nodded and agreed. (To be continued......)