After entering February, the breath of early spring began to fill the land of the Central Plains, and the frozen rivers began to show signs of thawing.

In the imperial study, Li Shi was listening to the opinions of the two Xiangguo.

Li Mi bowed down and said: "Wechen understands His Majesty's determination to cut the domain, and Wechen does not object, in fact, now that the west is peaceful, so that we have no worries, it is indeed a better time to cut the domain, but Weichen still recommends mastering the ways and means, concentrating forces to break through, and avoiding full flowering." ”

"Then which one does Li Xiangguo think is better for me to cut first?" Li Shi asked.

"Wechen suggested that the first attack on the first Lie, there are three reasons, one is that the Lie threatens Yangzhou, it can cut off the Cao Yun at any time, which is a big trouble for us; Secondly, the Huaixi army is brutal, and the people have long hated it, so we will have the upper hand morally and win the support of the people all over the world; Third, **Lie is located in Jianghuai, and there is not much intersection with the north, and the blow to **Lie will not make the towns of Hebei have a sense of crisis, these three reasons are enough! ”

Li Shi was very hesitant, on the one hand, he accepted the various plans to break, but on the other hand, it was not ** Lie who he wanted to take the lead in attacking, but Li Na, he thought about it for a winter, but now Li Yu asked him to change his target, which really made him embarrassed.

Lu Qi had already figured out the mind of the Son of Heaven, and he knew how to do what he liked.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has a different opinion!"

"Lu Xiangguo, please speak."

"Your Majesty, Wechen completely agrees with Li Xiangguo's strategy of each break, this is a wise policy, as for the timing of cutting the domain, Wechen advocates that it should be sooner rather than later, to be resolute and decisive, and cut the domain to the end, but the first target is aimed at ** Lie, Wechen feels a little inappropriate."

Li Mi glanced at Lu Qi, held back the hatred in his heart and said, "What does Lu Xiangguo think is wrong?" ”

"Li Xiangguo forgot, Jianghuai is a water town, we don't have enough warships, first of all, we can't even cross the Huai River, it is said that ** Lie already has hundreds of warships, I'm afraid we can't have the upper hand in the water war."

"I don't agree with your idea, the Tang army will never dare to fight because of fear of the enemy, and those who make this decision will inevitably be nailed to the pillar of historical shame, if there is no warship, we can build it, and even we can go south from Xiangyang, but we just can't be timid before fighting."

Lu Qi was scolded so much that he was really annoyed in his heart, and he said to Li Shi again: "Your Majesty, to grasp the opportunity to cut the domain, it must be easy first and then difficult, and when you build a warship to defeat ** Lie, I am afraid that a few years have passed, and the Ziqing Army has grown again, Your Majesty, Li Na is now the weakest, and he must not be given a chance to breathe, and he must seize this opportunity to resolutely eliminate him." ”

Li Shi nodded, Lu Qi said that his heart was on the road, and he made up his mind to take Li Na first.

"Li Xiangguo, let's stop arguing about who to fight first, this has nothing to do with fear of not fighting, it's just a choice, I know that Li Xiangguo's idea is very reasonable, but I decided to fight Li Na first and finish the unfinished war last year."

Li Mi was helpless, so he had to sigh deeply, it was not wise to hit the Central Plains first!

Lu Qi was overjoyed, and hurriedly offered a plan: "Your Majesty can summon Li Na to Beijing, and he will definitely not agree, so he will be dismissed from his post as the envoy of the Ziqing Festival on the grounds of disobedience to the decree, and Li Mian will be ordered to take over the envoy of the Festival." ”

After a pause, Lu Qi said again: "The combat effectiveness of the Shence Army is very strong, in order to ensure the success of the reduction of the domain, I suggest that the Shence Army be sent again, cooperate with Li Mian, and exterminate Li Na in one go." ”

"Lu Xiangguo's strategy is very good, I accept it!"

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Shi issued a decree to summon the Ziqing Festival to make Li into the court.

Several messengers left Chang'an on fast horses and went straight to Licheng County, Qizhou.

At the same time, Li Shi appointed the eunuch Song Fengchao as the supervisor of the Shence army, and the Shence army made Qu Huan the main general, leading 30,000 Shence troops to the Central Plains to participate in the war, and Li Mian and Bo Yingjiedu led 30,000 troops to prepare to participate in the encirclement and suppression of Li Na.

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In Licheng County, Qizhou, Li Na just received a flying pigeon express letter from the Chang'an intelligence point.

Although he defeated his brother and regained the power of the feudal town, Li Na suffered heavy losses in this brotherly civil war, and Li Mian took the opportunity to lead a large army to sweep the Ziqing prefectures, and the troops he deployed in the prefectures were almost completely wiped out, and his army was only 20,000 men, so he had to surrender to the imperial court.

In accordance with the terms of the court's surrender, he removed the state vassals, abolished all the rules he had set himself, and disarmed 10,000, so that his army was reduced to 10,000.

But Li Na did not really disarm, but dispersed 10,000 troops in the form of state soldiers to the five prefectures of Deng, Lai, Qing, Mi, and Zi, which were still under his control, and Li Na knew very well that once the epidemic in Hebei ended, the imperial court was likely to attack him.

Unexpectedly, not long after the beginning of spring, Li Na's worst worry still came.

"It's shameless!"

In the lobby, Li Na was furious and scolded Li Shi, the son of heaven, "He is still the son of the Tang Dynasty, and he goes back on his word, where is what he says, it is clearly a maggot in the dung pit, and even the pigs and dogs are more trustworthy than him!" ”

Fortunately, in addition to his personal soldiers in the lobby, there is only Wu Shan, Wu Shan, who is Li Zhengji's most relied on staff, who has followed Li Zhengji for many years, is resourceful and loyal, supports Li Na's ascension, was thrown into prison by Li Jing, almost killed, and was rescued by Li Na who spent a lot of money to buy off the jailer, and was named the chief staff member by Li Na.

Wu Shan persuaded: "Even if Your Highness scolds for three days and three nights, it will be useless, and now the top priority is to think of a countermeasure, otherwise as long as Your Highness refuses to enter Beijing, the imperial court will find an excuse to start a war, and time will not wait!" ”

Li Na slowly calmed down and said: "Mr. is right, I am mainly dizzy, now how should we deal with it, please teach me sir!" ”

Wu Shan smiled and said, "Have you forgotten the story I told Your Highness before?" ”

Li Na suddenly came to his senses, "What did Mr. say about the combination of vertical and horizontal? ”

Wu Shan smiled slightly: "The imperial court is the Qin State, they are using the strategy of Lianheng, if they want to break through each other, we alone cannot resist the imperial army, we must use a strategy to deal with it, and we must use a combination of strategies to deal with it, and unite Tian Yue, Wang Wujun, Zhu Tao and ** Lie, the five of us join forces to rebel, which is the only way to thwart the imperial court's continuous strategy." ”

Li Na took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and said a little worriedly: "I'm afraid that they won't respond." ”

Wu Shan persuaded him: "Tian Yue will definitely respond, he and we are cold-tongued, we are destroyed, the next one is him, and then Wang Wujun." ”

"Wang Wujun killed Li Weiyue, will he respond?"

Wu Shan sneered: "Those civil officials in the imperial court are still a group of nerds, if I am the person in charge of the imperial court, I will crown Wang Wujun as the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu or crown him as a lieutenant, a general and a general, and the king of Zhaojun, give him a high-ranking official and a good lord, and let him leave Zhaozhou happily."

As long as he leaves Zhaozhou, he is a fish that has been dehydrated, and he can only be slaughtered by the imperial court, which completely cuts off the town of Chengde Jiedu, but Lu Qi, that idiot, actually named Wang Wujun as the soldier and horse envoy of Zhaozhou, and the 40,000 troops of Chengde Jiedu Mansion are still in his hands, he is so stupid, isn't this forcing Wang Wujun to rebel? ”

Li Na nodded slowly, "I understand, what about Zhu Tao?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, Zhu Tao is the most treacherous and cunning, but his ambition is greater than anyone else, he should know that once the three towns of Ziqing, Weibo, and Chengde are destroyed, the next one will be his Lulong Jiedu Mansion, but on the other hand, his strength is also the strongest, as long as His Royal Highness agrees, he will be the emperor in the future, I believe he will definitely raise troops and swallow the Yiwu Jiedu Mansion, his goal is Hedong, the old prince has already told me that Zhu Tao has been eyeing Hedong, if he gets the support of Hui Hui, the first emperor must be him."

"Finally, there is ** Lie, do you think Mr. will follow?"

Wu Shan said with a smile: "** Lie this person is bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, he will definitely take the opportunity to apply to the court to restore the throne of the prince, if the court does not pay attention to him, he may not dare to rebel, but if the court agrees to restore his position as the king of Nanping County, he will definitely see that the court is afraid that he will follow the rebellion, then he will definitely follow the rebellion, either to the east to attack Yangzhou, or continue to annex the states of Xiangyang." ”

Li Na made up his mind that instead of being exterminated by the imperial court, it was better to break the net and fight with the imperial court.

Wu Shan also suggested: "There are two things to do now, one is to store grain and fight a protracted war, and the second is to recall the armies of the states. ”

Li Na gave a thumbs up and praised: "Mr. is Xiao Wang's Zhuge Liangye!" ”

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