Li Sheng's face was gloomy and he snorted coldly before he turned around and sat down in his position. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As soon as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they heard Li Sheng's voice say, "Yang'er, you come!" ”

Li Yang stiffened, and suddenly complained in his heart: the current situation, if you don't turn back, you are waiting for death; On the contrary, a road is entered, a road is guarded, a good advance is based on survival, and a bad advance is accelerated death; If you can keep it, you will live, and if you can't keep it, you will wait for death in the same place; But is there any other choice?

Seeing that Li Yang was indifferent, Li Sheng couldn't help frowning, and reminded again, "Yang'er? Father asks you! ”

Li Yang was startled, quickly retracted his thoughts, got up and replied respectfully, "Back to my father, my son thinks ...... Thought it was ......"

Li Sheng frowned and said unhappily, "Why do you think so?" ”

Li Yang immediately clenched his fists and arched his waist and said, "Erchen thinks that this still depends on his father's decision, after all, his father is the most deciding person!" ”

Li Sheng looked stunned, laughed angrily, nodded and said, "What a Yang'er, what a Yang'er, my father didn't raise you in vain!" After all, you still know that you will use your father as a shield when you turn a corner, right?! ”

Li Yang's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly explained, "No, it's not a father, son, son, son, just ......"

Li Sheng interrupted Li Yang's words and said tiredly, "Sit down!" I didn't expect you to say anything useful! I'm your father, I naturally know how many pounds and taels you have, if you really suddenly offer a stunning strategy one day, I'm afraid I won't dare to recognize you! ”

Li Yang's face was a little ugly, and he sat down slowly.

"Qin'er, what about you?" Li Sheng asked and said that Li Qin was Li Sheng's second son, and in terms of military strategy, he was slightly higher than his eldest son Li Yang.

But it's only slightly higher.

If there really is a good strategy, who has not been diligent in offering it a long time ago, should they still hide it and wait for someone to take the initiative to find out?

So Li Qin stood up and did say a lot, so it seemed that he was really better than Li Yang.

In fact, hehe, fools can understand that Li Qin just summarized the two countermeasures mentioned by Cao Lu and Yang Jin earlier.

Li Sheng nodded and said with a smile, "Well, Qin'er's summary ability is good, and it deserves to be commended!" ”

Li Qin lowered his head slowly, not daring to look directly at his father's gaze above, his expression was extremely ashamed and embarrassed, but he didn't sit down immediately, but looked at the old man with Huafa who was still sitting quietly in the front position opposite since everyone gathered until now, and then arched his hand to Li Sheng and said, "Erchen is indeed incompetent, but Mr. Zhuang has been pondering but has not spoken for a long time, the old man has always been resourceful, I am afraid that now, only the old man should have better countermeasures!" ”

Li Sheng's face eased slightly, and he gestured for Li Qin to sit down, then he looked at the flower-haired old man in a dark blue cloth robe, and asked politely, "Mr. Zhuang, do you have any better way to do it now?" ”

The old man, who had been silent and motionless as if the old Buddha had settled down, finally moved, stood up, arched his waist slightly to Li Sheng, and said, "It's not that there is no way, it's just that it's still the second son's words, the key is that it depends on what you mean!" ”

Li Sheng finally got some interest, and asked with a light smile, "Oh? Let's hear about it? ”

The old man folded his hands, paused, and then said slowly, "Whether it is retreating or enterprising, the most important thing is to have an environment that is favorable to us, so what kind of environment is beneficial to us?" Of course, it is the imperial court that is in a hurry to take care of us, and it is better to make it overstretched, and there is no energy to deal with our environment again! ”

The old man paused slightly, Li Sheng couldn't wait, "Mr. Zhuang, please continue to finish!" ”

The old man smiled, "This method is not simple, but it is not difficult to say, that is...... Provoke a war between Da Chu and Da Chen!! ”

As soon as the words came out, the audience was in an uproar.

"Provoke a war!! This, this, how can this work......"

"yes, that's ...... too"

Indeed, although they have rebelled against the imperial court now, they still consciously or unconsciously classify themselves as a person of Da Chen in their hearts, and they have been fighting against Da Chu for so many years, and now they suddenly ask them to help the enemy they have fought for so many years to deal with the land they once tried so hard to protect, which seems to be really not easy to accept.

When Li Sheng heard this, his brows furrowed again.

After being silent for a long time, he finally replied slowly, "Provoke a war between Da Chen and Da Chu, and then take advantage of this time to quickly develop and strengthen yourself, and the frogs and mussels compete for the fisherman's profit!" While this is a very effective solution, it ...... Anyway, after all, I was also a person of Da Chen, and I no longer recognize and submit to Zhong Jing, the emperor, but it doesn't mean that I don't recognize Da Chen, and I want to betray Da Chen for this, I ...... Can't do it! ”

Li Yang immediately stood up and strived, "But father, now we are already opposed to the imperial court, so the sons think that Mr. Zhuang's method is ......."

"Shut up!" Li Sheng shouted angrily, "Do you think the war is a joke? Do you know how much a war costs? We are now in opposition to the imperial court, but this does not mean that we are opposed to Da Chen, of course, victory is another matter, even if it is defeated, your father and I may be the most famous in the history of Da Chen Qing is a Hou Bo who intends to rebel, but if I really do it in this way, then the crime is not a small rebellion, it is treason and collaboration with the enemy, it is to trap the people, and it is to bear the notoriety of the ages, do you know? ! ”

"But my father ......"

"That's it!" Li Sheng raised his hand to interrupt, "I, Li Sheng, have the heart of dominating the world, but I am still upright and upright, how can I do such a thing of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country and provoking the catastrophe of the world!" This is definitely not feasible! That's the end of this question, let's talk about something else! ”

Seeing that Li Sheng's own attitude has been resolutely so, others think that this is a good strategy, but what can the Lord do without them?

In the end, of course, the Dongping army did not adopt the most convenient and most secure way of provoking a war between the two major powers, and in terms of aggressiveness and stubbornness, Li Sheng had the same idea as the old man Banfa, and they chose to hold it firmly.

In fact, this choice is much wiser than attacking and winning to capture other cities, because the former only sees the immediate future, while the latter sees the longer term.

Of course, some long-term visions may not be able to achieve it.

Just as Li Sheng himself expected, on the afternoon of this day, the 8,000 "counterinsurgency" army assembled by the surrounding state capitals had already arrived outside the city of Cangzhou.

Eight thousand people are naturally not much, but they represent the imperial court.

The Dongping army did not go out of the city, and of course the imperial army knew that with the current conditions, there was no siege of the city to quell the rebellion, so the two sides were deadlocked.

.......

Night has come, and in a night without stars, darkness covers everything in heaven and earth.

Wen Bohou Li Sheng was pacing back and forth in the study in the mansion, frowning at a loss, the eldest princess of Zhao'an was sitting next to her youngest daughter's couch who had just fallen asleep, her delicate makeup had been removed, and she was silent looking at her daughter's quiet and soft sleeping face;

Su Jin held an "undercurrent" meeting in the study of the Jin Mansion, and there was more than one meeting every half month, and King Qing was discussing the strategy with a group of loyal subordinates and staff members in his palace;

Ning Qin'er was half-lying on the couch and hugged Zhong Ru to sleep until he fell asleep first, and Emperor Chen was obviously not worried about Wen Bohou's rebellion at all, he was turning clouds and rain under the gorgeous and charming beauty tent in Yiqing Palace......

As for Han Yu...... With the perfect cover of the inky night, Han Yu is now like a ghost, and he has swept straight up the Cangzhou City Tower, one after another behind him.

The night is still dark.

Finally, Li Sheng sat down in front of the bookcase and sharpened the pen, but he forgot to write again.

Because, the heart is restless.

There was a knock on the door of the study, Li Sheng simply threw away the pen, leaned on the chair tiredly, and said lightly, "Come in!" ”

The door was pushed open, and in came his wife, Zhong Chang, the eldest princess of Zhao'an, who was dressed in plain clothes.

"It's so late, why hasn't Madame rested yet?" Li Sheng's brows soothed slightly, and he asked.

Zhong Chang slowly walked into the room, put the snow clam soup in front of Li Sheng, and then sat down on the side of the bookcase, smiled faintly, and replied, "Like Master Hou, I can't sleep!" ”

Li Sheng smiled, picked up the snow clam soup, picked up the soup spoon, and drank it slowly little by little, and then put it down.

"The soup is very good, Madame has a heart!"

Zhong Chang just smiled, lowered his eyebrows, and said calmly, "Have you ever regretted it?" Married me as a wife. ”

Li Sheng was slightly stunned, then recovered, and said with a light smile, "What did Madam say?" ”

The corners of Zhong Chang's lips hooked slightly, and said slowly, "I am the eldest princess of Da Chen, flowing with the most noble royal blood, but at the same time, since I was born, I have been destined to be inseparable from the struggle for imperial power, and because I knew this very early on, so when the fourth brother Yu Wang Zhong Jing framed the hidden prince and took the throne bloodily, I was also a royal child, but I did not hesitate to ignore what little conscience I had left, and stood on King Yu's side without hesitation to support him."

"So you see, Zhong Jing succeeded, and you instantly became a second-grade Huwei general in the imperial court from a five-grade squire and a first-grade servant, then a general of Zhendong, and then a first-grade Wen Bohou, holding an army of 50,000 in Zhendong, stationed in Cangqi and two states, at this time, I will make your Li family extremely glorious! Of course, I don't say this to emphasize how much merit I have for your Li family, on the contrary, I know that it is also my bloodline that has brought ruin to your Li family, such as right now. “

Li Sheng was a little touched in the end, stretched out his warm palm and covered the back of Zhong Chang's fair and thin hand, and said softly, "Zhao'an, actually I ......"

Zhong Chang slowly withdrew his hand from under Li Sheng's generous palm, looked at Li Sheng seriously, and said, "Coming to this point, you and I both know that every moment we live in the future may be the last moment of our lives, and I'm afraid that if you don't say something now, there will be no chance to say it again, so husband, no matter what you want to say next, listen to me first, okay?!" ”

Li Sheng's empty hand stiffened, and he withdrew it a little unnaturally, then smiled faintly and nodded, "Okay!" You say, I'll listen. ”

Zhong Chang lowered his eyes, smiled, and said, "I told you this, and I never expected you to think how clean my methods were, not to mention that my hands were not clean in the first place!" From the time I chose to help my half-brother, I don't even know how much blood I've had on my hands, directly or indirectly; Not only that, but I also indirectly killed your fiancée who was almost about to be promised for life, and made you marry me under the pressure of identity and status, and after marrying you, I poisoned two of your beloved women one after another, and strangled three children who didn't even have time to look at the world, and even your mother's death was because I personally poured poisoned wine on her niece who almost became my 'sister' in front of her, causing the recurrence of the old disease of anger and blood......"

Zhong Chang's voice was so calm and soft, but Li Sheng's face became ugly little by little, and his fingers were slowly clenched into fists, as if he was trying his best to suppress and avoid something, and finally, he interrupted Zhong Chang in a cold voice, "Enough!" Zhao'an. Now that it's all in the past, don't mention it again, okay?! ”

He looked straight at Zhong Chang, and the last two words he spit out were almost begging.

This has always been the deadliest wound between the two of them, the most insurmountable barrier. It wasn't until after so many years of silence that he thought he could no longer care, that the barrier had disappeared, but now he realized that it was not, the original wound still existed, and once touched, it could still ooze blood......

"So, you actually hate me, right?" Zhong Chang laughed at himself and said, "At this point, the road ahead is unpredictable, and I don't expect you to be able to let go of those grudges against me, I just want to hear a sincere word: Li Sheng, have you ever regretted marrying me?" ”

Li Sheng lowered his head, and after a long silence, he raised his head, and slowly spit out two words between his lips and teeth, "Yes!" ”

Yes, no.

But now it doesn't seem to make any difference, Zhong Chang thought lightly.

This is also true, Li Sheng did have it, and it was a long, long time. From the moment he married Zhong Chang into the Li Mansion, he began to regret it, especially when he knew the truth about the death of the woman he loved the most, he even wrote a letter of resignation, but it was just ...... Hehe, he married a princess, the princess is the daughter of the royal family, and it is the supreme honorable status, even if she is married, there has never been a princess in the world who has no husband and no princess, if he really does this, it is right with the royal family!

So he can only endure again and again, and at the same time let his ability and status continue to improve, so high that the world has forgotten that he is not only the general of Zhendong, but also the marquis of Wen Bohou, and at the same time the concubine of the eldest princess of Zhao'an.

But when he really did this, he found that the hatred and disgust that had filled his heart for so many years had gradually faded away unconsciously.

Although they were no longer young at this time, and their eldest son had begun to toddle even his own children, she seemed to be bright and beautiful, and he was getting old, but not long ago, he thought that maybe they would have time to love again.

It was only very soon that he knew that their days might be numbered.

(To be continued.) )