Li Qi looked at the surprised eyes of the little marquis Cao Lie, and he smiled and said, "It's because I know it's going to be like this, so I came." ”

Cao Lie asked: "From the beginning, if you want to come to Anyang, you are here to be a hostage?" ”

Li Qi nodded: "There is no choice." ”

Cao Lie asked: "The incident has not happened yet, why do you feel that you have no choice, it is arbitrary." ”

Li Qi smiled, looking completely unworried about what his future would be, or because he had gambled everything.

He walked to the edge of the lotus pond in the courtyard and looked at the fish that seemed to swim freely in the lotus pond.

He bent down and picked up a pebble and threw it into the lotus pond, and the fish scattered in shock.

The crowd looked at him and waited for his answer.

There was a brick fence around the lotus pond, and he sat down and watched as the scattered fish quickly swam back again.

He sighed softly: "People and fish are different after all, they forget their fear for a moment, and people are frightened, but they can't forget it for a long time." ”

After he finished saying this, he looked at Meng Kedi and asked, "Not long ago, were there many dignitaries and nobles in Jizhou City who came to Anyang City to take refuge?" ”

Meng Kedi frowned slightly, he didn't seem to expect Li Qi to ask this, and after pondering for a while, he nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Li Qi said: "Luo Jing is going to attack Yanzhou, and now he has sent troops, he has ambitions, but there are three major drawbacks, so that his troops are endlessly hidden." ”

Meng Kedi asked, "Tell me which three are you?" ”

Li Qi said: "First, he is not more than 50,000, but he wants to go on an expedition to Yanzhou, although he takes away Jizhou's money and grain, but there are no reinforcements and no food and grass. ”

"Second, the climate in Yanzhou is cold, and the time for which he can start a war every year is no more than half a year, and if he doesn't go to Yanzhou for half a year, he will definitely be defeated."

"Third, he has no one available, and if he wants to fight Yanzhou, he can't distinguish people to defend Jizhou, so he has to use a group of Yanshan thieves."

Meng Kedi nodded: "That's right." ”

Li Qi said again: "The leader of the Yanshan thieves is just a group of people with rat eyes, they only look at the small profits in front of them, and in order to snatch money and food, they have confiscated all the rich gentry and all the dignitaries in Jizhou City, and all the dignitaries and nobles......"

After saying this, Li Qi looked at Meng Kedi and asked: "These people fled to Anyang to seek refuge, even if I don't know the art of war, I also know that the truth of Jizhou will be known by the general." ”

Meng Kedi nodded again: "That's right." ”

Li Qi said: "What did I say just now?" ”

He asked himself, "People are different from fish, and the fish are frightened and forget about it after a while." ”

"But people are different, Jizhou has been fighting for many years, and the people are not living, my Shen Yitang survived in this war, and only I know what I have experienced."

He exhaled slowly and said, "I'm scared. ”

Cao Lie's face changed.

Li Qi sat there, was silent for a moment, and then continued: "There will be a battle in Jizhou, whether I come or not, if there is no accident, General Meng will definitely attack Jizhou." ”

He looked at Meng Kedi: "General Meng, what I said is right. ”

Meng Kedi nodded for the third time: "That's right." ”

Li Qi said: "Although those Yanshan thieves are blind, but the city defense of Jizhou is strong, and General Meng cannot fight for a long time, I guess that General Meng's army will fight in Jizhou for half a year at most, and if he can't capture Jizhou, he will have to withdraw his army, and Luojing will come back in half a year whether it is a defeat or a big victory." ”

Meng Kedi snorted coldly and said: "Everyone in the world says that Luo Jing is the first brave general in the north, but in my eyes, he is just a yellow-mouthed child, you mean, I am afraid of Luo Jing, so I will return in half a year?" ”

Li Qi shook his head and said: "The general is naturally not afraid of any Luo Realm, it doesn't matter whether Luo Realm is invincible in the north or not, the important thing is that he came back from Yanzhou, the soldiers and horses have traveled a long distance, they have come from afar, and they are tired, so it is impossible to be the general's opponent." ”

Meng Kedi said: "Then why do you say that I must withdraw my troops in half a year?" ”

Li Qi said: "Because."

For the thieves in Qingzhou, seeing that the general has not returned from a long battle, he will come to attack and disturb. ”

He looked at Meng Kedi and continued: "Luo Jing is not to be afraid, but if the Qingzhou army goes around to the general's back road, this victory or defeat is not known. ”

Meng Kedi's brow furrowed again.

Although this Li Yiyi is a businessman, he has seen the situation very thoroughly, and what he said is exactly what Meng Kedi is worried about.

He really only had half a year.

sent troops and walked for a month to Jizhou, when the summer grain was just about to be harvested, and he didn't need to worry about grain and grass.

The time suitable for attacking Jizhou is only three months, and if it does not fall for three months, he must withdraw his troops as soon as possible.

So that's half a year at most, and that's not wrong at all.

Li Qi said: "If the general wins a big victory and invades Jizhou, will the general defend Jizhou?" ”

Meng Kedi did not answer.

Li Qi shook his head and said: "The general's troops can't be stationed in Jizhou at all, so the general's attack this time is only for plunder." ”

Meng Kedi still didn't answer.

Li Qi continued: "If the general only goes to plunder, one is summer grain, the other is money, and all the money of dignitaries and wealthy families has been robbed by Yanshan thieves, who else can the general attack?" ”

He raised his hand and pointed to his nose: "Me, and a businessman like me. ”

Meng Kedi still didn't speak.

Li Qi got up, walked up to Cao Lie and said, "That's why I'm here, I didn't have to come but I still came." ”

Cao Lie understood.

He looked at Li Qi and said, "What you said just now is actually quite tactful, let me help you make it clear." ”

After saying this, Cao Lie glanced at Meng Kedi, and Meng Kedi was also looking at him, and the meaning in his eyes seemed to be that he didn't want him to say anything.

However, Cao Lie is not afraid of Meng Kedi, what is he afraid of with such a temperament?

He had told Meng Kedi before, I don't understand the battlefield, I don't understand it, you have to grasp it yourself, in case I play the surnamed Li to death, it's not impossible.

At this time, it was just the opposite, he didn't play Li Qi to death, but he was helping Li Qi speak.

Meng Kedi said: "General Meng's team, whether it is a big victory to capture Jizhou, or fail to break through Jizhou, will definitely loot everywhere it passes, even if the Shen Yitang in Jizhou is fine, the Shen Yitang in other places will not be able to save it." ”

Li Qi nodded and said, "That's right." ”

Cao Lie said: "That's why you came, you had a conflict with my Xingshengde people in Jizhou, and it was also within your plan to deliberately target." ”

Li Qi hummed and said, "Yes." ”

Cao Lie said again: "You just want to find an opportunity to get close to General Meng, even if General Meng doesn't look for you, you must find him." ”

Li Qi nodded again: "Yes." ”

Cao Lie let out a long breath: "The purpose of your coming to Anyang is to take yourself as a hostage in exchange for the safety of your Shen Yitang." ”

Li Qi said: "People like Xiao Hou Ye can play or not, people like me have no choice." ”

Cao Lie said: "But General Meng may not be able to speak his mind, detain you, and let your Shen Yitang people join forces with him to take Jizhou, and still copy your Shen Yitang." ”

This sentence made Meng Kedi's face cold.

Li Qi said: "I just said, I don't have a choice." ”

Cao Lie said: "You really don't have a choice...... You're gambling with your own life, and this time you're still betting like you were in prison with the three drummers? You can't...... This time, you're the drummer. ”

Li Qi said: "I gave them the silver." ”

Cao Lie looked at Meng Kedi because of these words, and Meng Kedi naturally understood what Cao Hunt meant.

He was angry, very, very angry.

The little marquis doesn't understand military affairs at all, and he doesn't understand what the current situation is, he is just a person who protects his shortcomings, and the person he wants to protect his shortcomings at this time is Li Yiyi!

A little demon king with such a personality, behind him is Prince Wu, Meng Kedi wants to scold his head and cover his face, but he has to endure it.

After being watched by Cao Lie for a while, it was impossible for Meng Kedi to continue to pretend to be stupid.

He smiled and said: "Li Gongzi just rest assured, today I will talk to the full, as long as the people from Shen Yitang in Jizhou cooperate with my Anyang army, no matter whether I can take Jizhou or not, I will protect Shen Yitang." ”

The words he said were like Li Qi giving the drummers the silver again, and they were of the same nature.

Li Qi leaned over and bowed: "Thank you for the kindness of the general." ”

Cao Lie glanced at Li Qi and said: "The house where your people live now is my Cao family, you stay in Anyang, and you will live there in the future, not many people in the Cao family's house dare to disturb." ”

Li Qi bowed down to him: "Thank you, little marquis." ”

Cao Lie walked up to Meng Kedi and said in a very serious tone, "Can his family leave Anyang?" ”

Meng Kedi is a general, and he still has to be responsible for the war.

So he shook his head: "It's good to stay for the time being." ”

Cao Lie asked again: "When will I return?" ”

Meng Kedi said: "When I return from Jizhou with the army, Shen Yitang will also fully cooperate, and I will let Li Gongzi and his family leave." ”

Li Qi asked: "My wife also came with me, this is my determination, but also my attitude, we can all stay in Anyang, but my people have to go back a few, and arrange for Shen Yitang to cooperate with the general in various places." ”

Meng Kedi pondered for a moment and nodded: "Yes." ”

Li Qi smiled, as if he was very relieved.

Cao Lie looked at Li Qi and said: "During the days you stay in Anyang, you can build the Anyang branch of your Shen Yitang, I guarantee that no one will bully you, the first business, I Xingshengde and you did." ”

Li Qi felt a little guilty about this Cao Hunt.

This little marquis is a true temperament.

Li Qi is a liar, Cao Lie is not.

Ding Shengjia smiled beside him and said, "Since the matter is so clear, it is almost noon when you see the hour, it is better to find a place to sit down and eat and talk." ”

Li Qi said: "I am indeed a little hungry. ”

Ding Shengjiaxin said that there are so many buns in the morning, this is gone?

"I think I'll eat it in the house."

Meng Kedi also smiled and said, "Although the cooks in my house are not as good as those used by the little marquis, they can barely get on the table." ”

Cao Lie nodded: "Then eat it at your place." ”

After lunch, the matter was almost discussed.

Li Qi was sent back to the compound, and when he arrived at the door, Li Qi turned around and bowed down again to Cao Lie, who had sent him back.

This gift is a sincere gratitude.

Cao Lie didn't care, waved his hand, and turned to leave.

Li Qi entered the compound, and the courtyard was full of his people, and when he entered the door, everyone greeted him.

Li Qi motioned to go back to the house and said, everyone followed him back to the living room, and assigned people to guard it, so that he dared to speak with confidence.

After telling the story again, Shen Ruzhan, who was sitting there listening to Li Qi's words, gradually widened his eyes.

She didn't expect Li Qi's plan to stay in Anyang City.

Not only did Li Qi stay, but as Li Qi's nominal wife, she must also stay.

So the way she looked at Li Qi's eyes became a little complicated.

Li Qi said apologetically: "Don't worry, I'll arrange to go back." ”

Shen Ruzhan frowned and asked seriously, "Why, did you come back with a change of clothes?" ”

Li Qi was stunned.

Shen Ruzhan said: "Last night, was he really locked up in prison, or did he go to the Qinglou with those people to fool around?" ”

This time it was Li Qi's turn to widen his eyes.

Except for Shen Ruzhan, no one noticed that he had changed his clothes.