Zhang Zhongwu has made no secret of his ambitions. When I was in Lulong, he killed two big people in Lulong." Tu Hu shook his head and sighed. Those who follow me prosper, those who oppose me die, and now Lu Long has no second voice."

"Those two?" Gongsun Changming asked a little nervously.

"One is Yang Zishi, the superintendent of the imperial history stationed by the imperial court, and the other is Lu Yi, the assassin of Mozhou." Tuhu Dao.

Gongsun Changming's body trembled and closed his eyes.

"Sir, do you recognize these two?"

Gongsun Changming nodded, "When I was in Lu Long, these two people were my friends, and when I left, if it wasn't for Lu Yi, or I wouldn't be able to escape at all, and I wouldn't be able to wait for the people sent by your Lao Tzu to pick me up. The two of them are Lu Long's loyalty to the imperial court, Yang Zishi has the responsibility of supervision, he can't go, he can't go, Lu Yi can escape, I persuaded him to go with me, he didn't listen, and he really fell into such a fate."

Li Ze shook his head, no matter how far this dynasty has fallen or how faint it has become, there are always some loyal people who willingly make the last effort for the little faith in their hearts, and they will never retreat half a step even if they are wiped out in the end.

For such a person, Li Ze admires and respects him very much, but he asks himself if he can't do it. Just like now, he knew that Datang would be finished in a short time, but what he wanted was to run away. Everything I am doing now, whether it is the secret camp of cultivation or trying my best to collect money, is just to prepare for a better escape.

Gongsun Changming lifted the wine jug on the table, opened the lid of the jug, poured it violently on the mouth of the jug, and the wine spilled out, along his chin, along his beard, and fell on the placket of his clothes, and it was wet in an instant.

Drinking too quickly, Gongsun Changming coughed loudly, and with a bang, he slammed the wine jug on the table, and Xia He, who was on the edge of the kang, hurriedly walked over and patted his back gently for him.

Li Ze and Tu Hu both looked at him sympathetically, but they didn't say anything.

After a long time, Gongsun Changming asked in a low voice, "Is there anything left of their family?"

Tu Hu shook his head, "Zhang Zhongwu, Mr. Gongsun should know better than us, since he has done it, how can he leave trouble, the two of them were killed all over the house. Yang Zishi is a little better, and he still left a line in Chang'an, but Lu Yi was killed cleanly."

Gongsun Changming let out a long sigh and looked up to the sky, but tears were still flowing from his closed eyes. He opened his eyes suddenly, turned over and got off the kang, and strode out.

Xia He chased two steps a little nervously, but Li Ze shook his head at her.

Gongsun Changming didn't even wear shoes like this, and walked straight into the flying snow.

"It's like a loyal martyr who has broken for thousands of years, and the two stars are still burning by the hearth. The old hidden looks like a sock in front of the knot, and the long song of the wine is not a long sigh!"

In the wind and snow, the sound of Gongsun Changming's long song floated.

The atmosphere in the room was a little depressing for a while, and it wasn't until the desolate singing gradually faded away that Li Ze let out a long sigh of relief, looked at Tu Hu and said, "In this way, there is already a public battle over there. Where did you roughly find out, how many soldiers and horses can Zhang Zhongwu gather at most?"

"Zhang Zhongwu has been expanding his army for many years, and now he can gather no less than 30,000 soldiers under his rule. If we really start a war, and then recruit all the staff, there will be absolutely no problem with 100,000 people. The key now is that he has always colluded with the Khitan side, and once he makes a move, there will inevitably be Khitan cavalry to join in, which is really hard to say."

"Thirty thousand armor!" Li Ze gasped. 30,000 armor soldiers are 30,000 professional soldiers who are all out of production, which is a little terrifying, his father, only 3,000 armor soldiers under his command, rule four states, and each assassin is at most 1,000 armor soldiers, and if it is full, it will be 7,000 armor soldiers. And on the battlefield, it is always these professional soldiers who determine the direction of the war. If you add the Khitan cavalry that may appear, looking at the surroundings of Lulong, Li Ze really can't find anyone who can be his opponent, unless it is the major knots around Lulong who make concerted efforts to gather together and attack him at the same time, but the question is, is this possible?

No one wants to be Yang Zhongkai's main opponent, everyone wants others to go up first, everyone thinks about whether they can get a little benefit in this catastrophe, how can they be united to deal with Zhang Zhongwu.

"Who is Zhang Zhongwu likely to hit first?" Li Ze asked, you know, under the rule of Chengde Jiedu, it is also bordering Lu Longke.

"Childe, rest assured, Zhang Zhongwu can't hit us first, we border with Lu Long, and at the same time border with the Zhenwu Army Jiedu Envoy, Henghai Jiedu Envoy under the rule, Lu Long's military horse wants to attack us, it will inevitably enter this narrow area, then it is very likely to be attacked by the Zhenwu Army, the Henghai Navy and our Chengde Army on three sides, how can Zhang Zhongwu be so stupid? Judging from his current layout, he should first deal with Gao Yu, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu. Because Hedong Jiedu makes Gao Biao's strength the closest to his strength, if he can defeat Gao Biao......"

Li Ze constructed a map of Lu Long and Hedong in his mind, nodded and said: "That's true, if he defeats Gao Yu and takes Hedong, I'm afraid that whether it's the Zhenwu Army, the Heng Navy, or my Lao Tzu's Chengde, there seems to be no other way out except to surrender to him."

"But Gao Biao is not so easy to deal with, he is a famous general in the world, and more importantly, this person is loyal to the imperial court, Zhang Zhongwu wants to deal with him, why doesn't he want to kill Zhang Zhongwu, but he prepared a little late and fell behind. Even if the imperial court does its best to support him, I'm afraid that far water won't be able to save the near fire."

"When do you expect war to break out?"

"Now whether it is Lu Long or Hedong, they are doing their best to win over people, Hedong, there are already people in the imperial court who have arrived in Zhenzhou, in fact, I think that Lu Long's side must also be showing favor to the master, it depends on how the master chooses."

"Actually, it's not the right choice!" Li Ze sighed: "But I have to choose."

"yes, I have to choose." Tu Hu nodded and said, "At most, there is a one-year buffer period. Zhang Zhongwu's side has completely integrated Lu Long, and now in addition to winning over Zhenwu, Chengde, and Henghai, he should use his main strength on the Khitan side, where there are many tribes, some are attached to Zhang Zhongwu, and some want to get rid of the control of the Tang Dynasty, so there are also many contradictions, and it will take a lot of effort to come to Zhang Zhongwu."

"A year!" Li Ze suddenly felt that time was urgent.

He tried to bring his mind back to reality and not think about the war a year later.

"You went out this time, something happened to Yixingtang, you know?"

Tu Hu nodded.

"This matter has been resolved, and I took this opportunity to tie Wang Mingyi and Yang Kai to our carriage, and then I will use Wang Mingyi's relationship." LI Zedao.

Tu Hu was taken aback: "Childe, didn't you say that we don't develop in the Chengde area?"

"Scaring you?" Li Ze said with a smile: "Of course we won't do it ourselves, but just borrow Wang Mingyi's shell, so it's not noticeable, when you come back from Lulong, you should know where the prices have begun to skyrocket, right?"

"Yes, prices have risen outrageously, especially for war supplies. Lu Long's side is massively gathering. A lot of things, the price has multiplied several times . Childe wouldn't want to do this, would he?"

"Why not? Is there anything more lucrative than doing this now?"

"But Childe, if the master chooses to be an enemy of Lu Long at that time, isn't it an enemy if we do this?" Tu Hu asked hesitantly.

"If we don't do it, Wang Mingyi will do the same. They will not pass up such an opportunity. In fact, Zhenwu, there will be people on the Henghai side to do it, even if it is Hedong, there will be no shortage of people to go." Li Ze said disapprerovingly." Grab this opportunity and make a quick buck."

"I see."

"You arrange the goods in the back, and hand over the matter to Sun Lei, there are many people who know you, so you try to show up as little as possible." Li Ze commanded.

"Yes."

"This time, in addition to the money, we can also collect some horses, leather, and beef tendons. Before you came back, Sun Lei had already raised a batch of food, salt, tung oil, these things, Lu Long's side was lacking, and they were exchanged."

"Lu Long is willing to sell us these things?"

"Isn't Zhang Zhongwu still thinking about winning over my son?" Li Ze chuckled: "Besides, he doesn't lack these things, he has his back against the Khitan, and he has a lot of these things. Put our goods in Wang Mingyi's goods, and after the transaction is completed, Wang Mingyi will arrange what we want and hand them over to us."