Li Zhong glared at Li Xun angrily, and said in a deep voice: "What do you mean by this, could it be that I, Li Zhong, will use my power to persecute the emperor?" ”

Li Xun got up and arched his hand and said: "Uncle Li, if I really had this intention, I wouldn't have said those words, and I wouldn't need to be taught by others, so would I, Li Xun." ”

Looking at Li Xun's serious face, Li Zhong felt the sincerity in his heart, the anger on his face dissipated, and his expression suddenly eased a little.

Li Xun sat down again, and said in a sincere tone: "Uncle Li, the emperor has just stabilized the situation, and the next focus is Longyou and the Western Regions, in order to achieve this goal, the emperor has gathered all his forces and is about to start an operation, and the outbreak of war at this time is by no means what the emperor wants to see." ”

Li Zhong frowned slightly: "The situation is changing, the plan will naturally change, since Shi Hu dares to wantonly kill the opposing generals in the army, it is enough to prove this person's wolf ambition, the war is about the first opportunity, whoever occupies the first opportunity, who can grasp the initiative of the whole war, the emperor sent officials to Lingnan, it will take more than a month to come and go at the earliest, such a long time, it is equivalent to giving Shi Hu full preparation, once he completely controls all the military power, with tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands, and the advantage of the terrain, when the time comes, the court is thinking about making a move." , the difficulty is too great, the price paid is too great, it is simply more than worth the loss, so I wrote to the emperor, before Shi Hu gathered the military power, immediately dispatched the troops of Jiangnan and Chenzhou, entered Qianzhou, and forced Shi Hu to surrender with strong strength, if he dared to resist, immediately launched an attack, and solved the matter of Qianzhou with the fastest speed and the lowest cost, at that time, it was not too late to slowly investigate the cause of Wei Wennan's death. ”

After listening to Li Zhong's words, Li Xun pondered, and had to say that what Li Zhong said could be described as the first word, and in terms of military deployment, it was very reasonable, but Zhao Xun would probably not accept such a suggestion, because as an emperor, he could not just consider military and political factors, which was also the top priority.

The matter of war is changing rapidly, it is impossible to be foolproof, Li Zhong's strategy is undoubtedly very good, but there is always a case for everything, in case Shihu cannot be taken immediately, once the two sides form a stalemate, do not consider the loss of materials first, as far as the situation of the court is concerned, there will be great changes, Zhao Xun has worked hard for more than half a year, paid so much price, and finally barely stabilized the court situation, I am afraid that it will be gone, those ambitious gate valve families, will definitely take advantage of the opportunity to move, take advantage of the war in Lingnan, At that time, the imperial court was pinned down because of the war situation in Qianzhou, and in the face of the tough posture of the gate valve family, the interests of the Western Regions and Longyou, Zhao Xun did not let or not?

Sima Tu said in a low voice at this time: "Has Lord Zuo Xiang thought of another possibility? ”

Li Zhong looked at Sima Tu and said lightly: "What is possible?" ”

Sima Tu said softly: "If someone goes to the court and takes the initiative to take responsibility for Wei Wennan's death, what should the court do at that time?" ”

Li Zhong was slightly stunned, and then fell silent, he really didn't expect what Sima Tu said.

The matter of Qianzhou, Li Zhong thinks it is very easy to solve, as long as the attitude of the imperial court is tough enough and fast enough, Shi Hu has no room for resistance at all, but Sima Tu's words also reminded Li Zhong that what he wants is fast, and Shi Hu naturally hopes that the time can be delayed as much as possible.

Li Zhong said in a deep voice: "Then immediately issue Zhao and order Shi Hu to rush to Fengjing." ”

Sima Tu said with a smile: "In this way, it will take several days, with Shi Hu's actions, it will be three or five days at most, and he will be able to completely eliminate the opposition in the army and completely control the entire army. ”

Sima Tu's meaning is already very clear, the war is about the division is famous, if Wei Wennan's matter can't be pulled on Shi Hu's body, the imperial court will have no reason to act immediately, as for Li Zhong's suggestion, dispatch the troops of Jiangnan and Chenzhou, and force Qianzhou, even if Shi Hu is reversed, it is also forced to rebel, and in the end, it is the wrong of the imperial courtOn the premise of the righteousness and justice of the imperial court, once the division is out of the name and forcibly starts a war, I am afraid that it will immediately attract the dissatisfaction of the princes of many local feudal towns, and at that time, the situation will become more and more complicated, which is not conducive to the imperial court.

Li Zhong stood up, walked back and forth, pondered for a while, pointed to Sima Tu and said: "Shi Hu must kill a lot of people in order to take sole control of the army, he has no order from the imperial court, that is, he kills the ministers of the imperial court, this is tantamount to rebellion, in the name of this, the imperial court sent troops to attack him, what's wrong?" ”

Li Xun also understood what Sima Tu meant at this time, and said with a wry smile: "There is a good saying, the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable, I am wondering, Shi Hu will soon be in the court, and the quibble is that because Wei Wennan died suddenly, someone in the army conspired against him, and he could only take the lead, control the army, and kill the generals in the army who plotted against him, so as to stabilize the situation, so that he Shi Hu became a hero." ”

Sima Tu nodded and smiled: "What the lord said is extremely true, this is not impossible. ”

Li Zhong sat down again at this time, he thought about it calmly, some things were immediately figured out, many times, it was not just about doing what he wanted, Li Zhong realized that even if Zhao Xun accepted his suggestion and mobilized the troops of Jiangnan and Chenzhou, such a big thing must not be directly ordered, but through the common discussion of everyone in the court, judging from the attitude of Chen Hu and others that day, once the agenda of the crusade against Shihu is brought to the court for discussion, I am afraid that it will be strongly opposed by many people, and if the matter is stuck in the courtAfter a long time, the strategy I envisioned lost any meaning.

After pondering for a long time, Li Zhong sighed and waved his hand: "Let's go, the old man wants to be quiet and quiet." ”

Li Xun and Sima Tu got up, bowed to Li Zhong, and left.

Out of Li Zhong's mansion, Li Xun said: "Actually, I feel a little strange, the outbreak of war between the imperial court and Shi Hu is obviously a good thing for those gate valve families and careerists, but why do Chen Hu and some other gate valve forces strongly oppose this? ”