"Is there a suitable candidate in the emperor's heart?"

Li Zhong asked.

"There are several."

Li Xun said several names in a row, all of them were in their early thirties, belonged to the Shaozhuang faction, and of course, they were also Zhao Xun's trusted henchmen.

Li Zhong was silent, and after a while, he shook his head and said, "Qualifications are not enough." ”

Li Xun frowned and said: "Uncle Li, qualifications need to be accumulated slowly, not everyone can have them all at once, as long as the ability is enough, qualifications or something, it doesn't really matter." ”

Li Zhong sneered: "Huang Xu, Yun Ji, Huang Baichuan, Wang Huailie, which of these people is not a party with outstanding military achievements and supporting the army?" Yang Daolin and I can't go, in addition, in terms of prestige and qualifications, how many people in the court can suppress these local princes? ”

Li Zhong said to Li Xun: "My original intention, in fact, I want you to be the commander-in-chief, although your qualifications are a little shallow, but the great military exploits of the Western Regions and Longyou, and your position in the Xiangguo, you are the commander-in-chief, from the dispatch, Wang Huailie These people will still give you some face, as for Kou Xiong, they went to Jinyang, I am afraid that no one will be able to command." ”

Li Xun was silent, what Li Zhong said did have a certain amount of truth.

After a while, Li Xun asked aloud, "Uncle Li, what do you think about this war?" ”

Li Zhong looked at Li Xun and knew what he meant by this.

"Huang Baichuan won't care about the victory or defeat of the war, Wang Huailie won't care either, Yun Ji may not take it too seriously, the person who can really kill is only Huang Yu, strictly speaking, if the court is defeated, it will be a good thing for them."

Hearing Li Zhong's words, Li Xun stood up suddenly, his brows furrowed, and walked back and forth there, his face contemplative.

If the imperial court is defeated, there will definitely be a big loss of strength and prestige, so that the control and suppression of the local festival envoys will also be greatly reduced, so what Li Zhong said is indeed very right, Wang Huailie and Huang Baichuan and others are respectful to the imperial court on the surface and are very obedient, but in fact, they may really hope that the imperial court will be defeated, which is beneficial to them.

Li Xun secretly calculated the military accounts, the imperial court sent 30,000 forbidden troops, 10,000 in the hands of Huang Xuan, and 10,000 defenders in Jinyang, adding up to more than 50,000, against the 30,000 troops of Cheng Xihei, the advantage is not obvious, so it is really hard to say that the odds of the two sides are compared!

Li Xun stopped walking and asked Li Zhong, "Uncle Li, who do you think is the most suitable?" ”

Li Zhong said in a deep voice: "I am going to recommend Sima Zhen as the main general, and Huang Hua, the general of the Left Army of the Forbidden Army, as the deputy." ”

Sima Zhen?

Hearing this name, Li Xun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he secretly called a good in his heart, Sima Zhen is famous regardless of his qualifications or military exploits, and he has been staying in Jinyang for many years, and he has a very high prestige in Jinyang and even the entire Hedong, and his old subordinates are also all over Hedong, if he sits in Jinyang, the cohesion that can be formed is absolutely strong.

As for Huang Hui, although his reputation is not as loud as his brother Huang Hui, he is also an old qualification who has been in the local government for many years.

Li Xun asked a little strangely: "Since Uncle Li already has a heart, the emperor asked you about the suitable candidate for the lord in the morning, why didn't you take the opportunity to recommend it?" ”

Li Zhong was silent for a moment, and then sighed: "I'm afraid that if I say it, the emperor doesn't agree!" ”

Li Xun was slightly stunned, and then reacted.

In that coup d'état, Huang Hua led the army to fight fiercely with the rebellious forbidden army outside the city, and finally won the victory, but anyway, until the last moment, he led the left army of the forbidden army to rush into the city, for Huang Hui, he has done his best, but Zhao Xun may not think so, so after the coup, many people were rewarded, and Huang Hua did not change anything, neither rewarded nor punished, and the discerning person knew at a glance that Zhao Xun was obviously suspicious of Huang Hua.

As for Sima Zhen, his personality is too stubborn and strong, on the one hand, such a person has principles and a bottom line, but from another aspect, this is unruly, because of this, the former emperor Zhao Zhi is quite suspicious and defensive of him, although he is used, but only with his talents.

For Sima Zhen, in Zhao Xun's place, it is no longer suspicion and defense, but quite jealous, the reason is very simple, when Sima Zhen was staying in Jinyang, he had many dealings with Zhao He, the king of wings, and wrote to Zhao Zhi many times, admiring the talent of Zhao He, the king of wings, how could Zhao Xun like and get close to such a person?

Li Xun pondered for a long time, and then asked, "If the emperor doesn't allow it, who else can use it?" ”

Li Zhong looked at Li Xun and said lightly: "That's you, as for the others, it's not that there are no people available, it's just that the involvement behind those people is too big, so that they have the military power, maybe the effect is worse." ”

Li Xun was silent, and couldn't help but think of the second battle of Longyou, Zhao Zhi paid a lot of costs and compromises to the gate valve family in order to be able to quickly mobilize the army to fight Longyou, Zhao Xun at that time was quite unimpressed, and felt that Zhao Zhi had retreated too much, it was not worth it at all, and there was no need for this, Zhao Zhi therefore sighed and said, political affairs are uneven, and they must be discussed for a long time, dragging themselves down, internal things, can be slowly mediated and digested, and you can master the rhythm by yourself, but external things, how can you allow you to delay for a while?

In a word, time will not wait for me!

Today, Li Xun finally has a very deep understanding of Zhao Zhi's words.

Li Xun can imagine that if Li Zhong proposed to use Sima Zhen and Huang Hui to take on this great responsibility, Zhao Xun would never agree, because in his opinion, Sima Zhen is a person who is almost forgotten, and Huang Hui is also a person he is trying to expel from the army and deprive the army of his rights, how can he use these two people again?

Li Zhong already had an ideal candidate in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it in the morning, because he was afraid that if he didn't do it well, not only did he not do things well, but he would harm them.

After thinking for a while, Li Xun finally shook his head and said with a sigh: "I lead the army to fight..... I'm afraid it's also impossible. ”

When the DPRK Xiangguo as the main general, leading the army to fight, not nothing, but very few, that is the situation to a very critical moment, Xiangguo personally to the front line, can greatly boost the morale of the whole army, as a last resort, as far as the current point of view, the situation is far from so serious, Li Xun as the main general to lead the army The possibility of leading the battle is almost zero, so Zhao Xun will not agree.

"With Sima Zhen as the commander of the army, Huang Yi is still the deputy general, maybe it will work."

Li Xun thought for a while, and finally gave this suggestion.

Li Zhong pondered for a moment, then nodded: "That's okay." ”