Chapter 176: Drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle
"What endures a momentary humiliation, then changes the sun and the moon to a new sky!" Suning looked around at his subordinates in the room, his face like the bottom of a pot. I'm afraid that when the time comes, Chengde's master will be replaced by Li Ze's wild seed, and he will ride on my Su's head to and pee."
Since regaining his freedom, Suning has never lived in the Thorn Mansion again, but has stayed in the barracks. As his most powerful subordinate, Du Teng did not give up his efforts to regain strength for him even during Suning's house arrest. His work was fruitful, and by the time Suning had once again gained power, Du Teng had already reorganized an army of about five thousand men for him.
Among them, naturally includes the 1,000 armor soldiers brought by Hu Twelve.
Don't underestimate these five thousand. This is a group of troops that have experienced a long and fierce battle, and it is very different from the government soldiers that are assembled on weekdays.
After several brutal battles to defend the city and the battle that turned defeat into victory, those who can survive can basically be regarded as elite.
Of these 5,000, 3,000 have now been re-elevated to the rank of armor.
In addition to the 1,000 people led by Hu Twelve, Suning's original 300 veterans, there were also 1,000 armor soldiers led by Du Teng himself, and 1,000 armor soldiers led by Huang Cheng, the son of Huang Shang, the long history.
There is no shortage of people in the Chengde region, and there is no shortage of armor and the like, and when they are relieved, the war potential will be manifested step by step.
In order to prepare for this war, Chengde gathered a large number of military supplies in Shenzhou, and when he was rearmed, Du Teng, who had these materials in his hands, naturally got the moon first near the water, and preemptively armed his own people first, but Cao Xin later received less supplements.
But this is in Shenzhou after all, and Cao Xin doesn't have much to say, the 20,000 soldiers he brought, and now 3,000 elites have been upgraded to armor, which actually makes him satisfied. After all, these armor and weapons are all the old books of Li Anguo, and after returning to Yizhou, he can naturally use his old books to arm some more people.
Chengde's policy of resting troops and supporting the people for more than ten years has come to an end, and next, it will enter a period of brutal military struggle. Chengde not only has to guard against Lu Long, but also has to take revenge on Zhenwu and Henghai.
This is the grievances and hatred between the festival envoys, you have been bullied, if you do not retaliate back, you will be recognized as a good bully, the so-called people are good at being bullied, horses are good at being ridden, this is the truth. Only a tooth for a tooth and blood for blood can deter others.
Hu Twelve is naturally not qualified to sit on the meeting presided over by the Jiedu Envoy, but now he is fully qualified to sit in front of Suning. He is now one of the few generals under Suning, and in terms of strength, he is slightly worse than Huang Shang and Du Teng, after all, these two have been entrenched in Shenzhou for many years, and their foundation is naturally far from being comparable to him.
Suning's fierce gaze stared at Huang Shang.
For Huang Shang, he is not completely at ease, because Huang Shang was sent by Li Anguo to assist him in governing Shenzhou, but in fact, he is one of Li Anguo's henchmen. Unlike Du Teng, he is the one who pulls it out, and he is both a glory and a loss.
Huang Shang sighed, stood up, and arched his hand: "Brother Su, I have been in Shenzhou for more than ten years, and the Huang family has also taken root in Shenzhou, and the interests of the Huang family have long been entangled with the interests of the Su family. So no matter what time it is, always support you. If you don't get the benefit, Huang will be able to please him, right?"
Suning nodded with satisfaction, "Brother Huang said that, I'm relieved. I have gathered you here today to discuss a solution. Li Ze's dog mongrel won a big victory in Texas, and the momentum is soaring, what should we do next, we have to negotiate a charter. Otherwise, they will be on top, and we will die without a place to bury. Huang Shang, you are not like me and Du Teng are both martial artists, you read a lot of books, and you can see the problem far, tell me, what should we do next?"
Huang Shang nodded, these days, why hasn't he thought about this problem? Speaking of which, he is a person who is the envoy of the festival, but as he just said to Suning, over the years, the interests of him and the Su family have been entangled, and it is difficult to distinguish each other.
"Thorn history, the big picture is now very obvious. Lu Long has a high probability of making peace with us, but the two sides will not ease their relations because of peace, and guarding against each other is the proper meaning of the question, Shi Yi and Deng Jingshan's army will definitely be eyeing us in Yingzhou, and the task of guarding against them will undoubtedly fall on us."
He paused, then continued, "Assassination, this is a thankless task. Lu Long is strong, and it will definitely be difficult for us to deal with it in the future, but this is also an opportunity, and we can use this excuse to ask the Jiedu Envoy for more resources and support, and use this to expand our strength."
Du Teng nodded again and again: "Thorn Shi, if you want to protect yourself, first of all, your fists must be hard. The Deep State has suffered the most this time, and the next step is still the front line against Lulong, and we have reason to ask for more from the Jiedu Envoy."
"You two have a point, the Deep State is something that can't be done because of geography. Huang Shang, you go on." Suning looked at Huang Shangdao.
"Judging from the current situation, the next step must be Zhaozhou Li Anmin's revenge on Zhenwu, and Zhenzhou, which is led by the envoys of Jiedu, will definitely join in. If Zhenwu faces us alone, they have no chance of winning." Huang Shangdao: "Henghai wants to take advantage of the fire to rob, we Chengde naturally can't be unrewarded, now their Texas has been abolished by Li Ze, judging from what Wang Mingyi said, Li Ze is clearly ready to fight Henghai next, but because of his own lack of strength, so he can't bear it, but once Cao Xin leads his troops back to Yizhou, the situation will be very different. In my opinion, Yokomi may be the first to collapse."
"Even if Zhu Shou suffers a big loss, he still owns the land of Sanzhou, and Li Ze has such a ability?" Suning said gloomily.
"It's not that Li Ze has great ability, but Zhu Shou's Henghai area, which is not calm in itself." Huang Shang shook his head and said: "Under the rule of Henghai, the people are not able to make a living, the strength itself is limited, and the war potential is not much, compared to Zhenwu. Of course, I'm just guessing, or maybe something else might happen."
"If what you're saying is true, so what?"
"If it's true, then we will no longer be able to stop Li Ze from entering Zhenzhou." Huang Shang sighed. Now Cao Xin is sitting next to Li Ze, there is no doubt about this. If Li Ze wants to fight Henghai, this person will definitely give his full support, assassin Shi, if Li Ze takes Henghai in one fell swoop and masters the land of the four states of Henghai, what else can we compete with him?"
Suning's teeth chattered.
"According to you, are we just going to have to sit back?"
"Of course not." Huang Shangdao: "Thorn History, now we can only unite with Zhaozhou Li Anmin Thorn History."
"What's the use of contacting him?" Su Ning said dejectedly: "He is afraid of my brother-in-law like a tiger. As soon as my brother-in-law glared, he became a sick cat."
Huang Shang sneered: "The tiger has now become a sick tiger, but the cat is in the prime of life. Thorn History, you must persuade Madame to do her best to prevent the Jiedu envoy from recruiting Li Ze into Zhenzhou, as long as Li Ze does not go to the shrine to the ancestor of the Li family and is not written into the Li family tree, then as you said, he is just a wild breed and will not be recognized by most people. Madame is now suffering from the loss of her son, and the Su family is deeply grateful to Jiedu, and Jiedu is also a person who values affection and righteousness, and will definitely not sprinkle salt on Madame's wound at this time."
"What's the use of that, it's just delaying." Suning said dejectedly.
"It's about delaying time." Huang Shang said loudly: "During this period, we must fully support Li Anmin's war against Zhenwu, and at the same time lobby vigorously such as Wang Sili, You Yong and others, don't forget that these old people were all killed in the battle with the Wang family back then, I don't believe it, they will have no doubts about Li Ze's upcoming ascension."
"Are you trying to ......?"
Huang Shang nodded heavily: "Exactly, Assassin History, we vigorously promote Jiedu to make one of the sons of Li Anmin, the heir, the heir. Li Anmin has three characters, the eldest son Li Bo, now captured, his reputation has plummeted, and his sister-in-law Li Tao cannot pass the heir, but the youngest son Li Yuan, who is still seven years old, is just born to a common girl, and he is the best candidate.
Suning's heart pounded.
If the heir is really successful, in a legal sense, or from the clan aspect, the heir and the parent are exactly the same, and there is a legitimate reason to inherit Chengde, so that not only the Su family has a foundation to regain a foothold, but Zhaozhou will also fully support it, and those veterans of Chengde in Zhenzhou who are panicking because of Li Che's death also have a new target. The three parties are united, even if Li Ze has Cao Xin's support, even if he wins Henghai in the future, the two sides will only fight each other in the end.
The crowd in the room nodded their heads again and again, all of them were happy, but Hu Twelve, who was attending the meeting, was shocked, and said in his heart that this scholar is vicious, this strategy is really to the point, I thought earlier that as soon as Li Che died, Gongzi would be able to become the master of virtue logically, but now it seems that I am afraid that there is still a long way to go.
"I will immediately send someone to Zhenzhou to discuss this matter with my sister." Suning Road.
"Don't be in a hurry." Huang Shang shook his head and said, "If you make a move now, you can't help but startle the snake. When the war eases down, the body of the eldest prince will always be transported back to Zhenzhou for burial, and when the time comes, the assassin will naturally return to Zhenzhou, and then discuss it with his wife, which is reasonable, and at that time, it will be twice the result with half the effort. As long as Li Ze is not legally qualified to inherit the status of virtue, then we will always have a chance."