Lee Jae-do, the lord of Goryeo, sat in the shadows, and a glass lamp on the side stretched his shadow to the ground. The figure is slightly rickety, and the hair hanging down under the crown is faintly white. Although he is only in his thirties, at first glance, he seems to be in his fifties.

For the inheritance of the Li family in Goryeo, he was exhausted, but finally saw the general trend like a landslide tsunami, rolling in with an irreversible momentum, first with the Tan clan, which directly led to the Goryeo civil war, in order to fight the Tan clan, he had to introduce Zhang Zhongwu, as a result, Tan Daoji was indeed forced into the mountains, but Zhang Zhongwu's soldiers and horses were stationed in Goryeo and did not leave, and in a few years, under the exploitation of the Zhang family, the situation in Goryeo was worse than in the past.

If this continues, sooner or later, Lee's rule in Goryeo will completely collapse and be replaced by Zhang Zhongwu. Under such a terrible situation, he had to make another plan and plan with Tan Daoji, who was also in a difficult situation, to resist the threat of force from the Zhang family.

But it's a pity that even if he unites with Tan Daoji now, he will not be Zhang Chengyou's opponent.

Although there were only more than 15,000 soldiers and horses of the Zhang clan led by Zhang Chengyou, they were not able to resist them. Although in terms of numbers, the number of soldiers and horses that Goryeo can gather far exceeds the number of times, but the number of people alone can determine the outcome of a war.

What's more, Seoul, the national capital, is now basically controlled by Zhang Chengyou.

In addition to this palace, he can barely control it in his own hands.

In order to get rid of Zhang Zhongwu, they had to introduce another force, the Tang Army under the control of Li Ze.

It was a force that was even bigger and more terrifying than Zhang Zhongwu.

Lee Jae-do has been hesitating. Because he knows that Tan Daoji has always been in collusion with Li Ze, and even Tan Daoji has been able to survive under Zhang Chengyou's attack until now, it is also because of Li Ze's support across the sea, otherwise, Tan Daoji would have been killed by Zhang Chengyou a long time ago.

But on the other hand, perhaps it is because of the existence of Tan Dao Ji that he can still live in the palace and still bear the name of a Goryeo lord.

Otherwise, with Zhang Zhongwu's domineering and Zhang Chengyou's arrogance, his life would have been difficult to protect.

Tan Daoji still exists, and he still has a certain amount of power, and he Li Zaidao still has the value of use for Zhang Zhongwu.

"Lord of the country, this is the final plan given by Li Ze." Park Zicheng looked at the lord of the country a little helplessly and said.

Li Zaidao's face turned red, "Is this to make me a mud bodhisattva?" Not even a puppet. ”

He roared angrily, "In that case, why did I let them in and give it to Zhang Zhongwu, isn't it the same?" ”

"The lord of the country, it's different!" Compared with the excited Lee Jae-do, Park Zicheng is much calmer. Although the plan given by Li Ze is tantamount to depriving the lord of power, it also gives the lord of a guarantee, that is, the lord of the country can stay in this position unharmed. And the position of the prime minister is different, Tan Daoji has been working for five years, and in the next five years, will it definitely be him? ”

"He holds the power in power, and in the past five years, he can naturally lay out the plan calmly." Li Zaidao said angrily.

"The lord of the country, he has five years, and we also have five years, Tan Daoji has his strength, but in the whole of Goryeo, there are not a few people who are loyal to His Majesty." Pu Zicheng said: "Li Ze's guarantee makes Tan Daoji dare not make any moves against the lord of the country, then we can naturally have the opportunity to leverage Tan Daoji's strength." ”

"At that time, you and I are all fish and meat on the felt board of Tandaoji, what are you talking about?"

"So that's why I agree with the Tang people to garrison troops in Seoul." Park Zicheng said softly: "If the Tang army is in Seoul, the lord of the country is naturally safe, and no matter how bold Tan Daoji is, he will not dare to do anything to the lord of the country under the nose of the Tang army." The lord of the country, as long as there is time, there will be a chance, even if Tan Daoji is alive, we don't have a chance, but he is already old, he is dead, is his successor still as scheming as him? Your Majesty's Spring and Autumn Period is only thirty, and Tan Daoji is already fifty and five, Your Majesty can wait, you can boil, and you can operate slowly. His Majesty can fail countless times, but as long as he succeeds once, the Tan clan is finished. ”

Lee Jae-do took a deep breath, closed his eyes for a long time, and finally nodded: "What Dr. Park said is reasonable. It's just that do you think Li Ze will definitely win this time? A few days ago, Zhang Chengyou was complacent and said that their army was attacking Li Ze, and wherever the army went, it was invincible, and the Tang army was losing and retreating. ”

Park Zicheng sneered: "That's because Li Ze's army is now fighting fiercely with Daliang." It was only one of the guards that was resisting the Liao army, more than 30,000 people, even if it was these 30,000 people, didn't they block them in Jianchang? I heard that the Liao army suffered a big loss. ”

"Where did you get this news from?" Li Zaidao said in surprise.

"Lord, I inquired about this news from Zhang Chengyou's subordinates." Pu Zicheng said: "His subordinates only need to give enough silver taels, and they can still get the news." And the lord of the country, why did Li Ze send a large army to the sea, is it just to help us? ”

Li Zaidao Huo Ranwu: "They are going to copy Zhang Zhongwu's back road." But didn't you say that they only came with more than 5,000 people? ”

"This is just the first batch!" Pu Zicheng said: "Lord of the country, from the time Li Ze began to plan this matter, the Liao army was not ready to attack Tang Di at all, what does this mean?" It shows that at a very early stage, Li Ze was going to prepare to clean up Zhang Zhongwu, otherwise, how could such an army come so easily. Therefore, the Liao army is now advancing rapidly, but I am afraid that Li Ze will dig a big hole for Zhang Zhongwu. The farther they go, the harder it will be to come back. ”

Lee Jae-do took a deep breath, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what Park Zicheng said was extremely reasonable.

"Doctor Park, you said that we used Li Ze's tiger to drive away Zhang Zhongwu's hungry wolf, what will happen in the future?"

Hearing the question of the lord of the country, Pu Zicheng was silent for a moment before he said: "The lord of the country, Li Ze and Zhang Zhongwu are still different, Zhang Zhongwu wants to completely annex us, Li Ze, all he wants is submission." ”

"If it's just submission, then it doesn't matter, haven't we Goryeo always paid tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty?" Li Zaidao sighed and said, "It's just that Li Ze wants a garrison and a port, which is really unsettling." ”

"At the moment, we are too weak, we can only take one step at a time, solve the urgent need first, and then slowly figure it out." Park Zicheng said: "As long as Li Ze does not have the ambition to annex us, then these things can always be talked about in the future." ”

"Will Li Ze really replace Li Tang?"

Park Zicheng nodded: "In the minister's opinion, this is only the trend of the times." Even if Li Ze didn't have this mind, his subordinates would arch him forward. What's more, now that Emperor Li Tang is obviously not on the right path with Li Ze, and the southern direction is watching him fiercely, Li Ze is sailing against the current, and if he does not advance, he will retreat, and it is impossible for him to disappoint his subordinates. ”

"A rebel usurper, will he try his best to ensure that my Goryeo clan does not overthrow?" Li Zaidao sighed.

"At least in the minister's opinion, Li Zexiong is strategic, if he takes the throne, I am afraid that it will not take too long to dominate the world, a powerful new court, for a small border country like us, is a good thing. Because for us who are subordinate to him, once there is something in the country, they have the ability to intervene to ensure that we do not cause chaos here. On the contrary, if they are in civil strife and have no choice to take care of others, the lord of the country is the real danger. Just like the Tan family, if it weren't for the weakness of the Tang Dynasty in those years, would he dare to rebel? "Park became a self-enlightened person.

"I hope so!" Li Zaidao nodded: "If you tell that Gu Han, just say that I will respond." I hope they will keep their word, and I, Goryeo, will always be a country of the Tang Dynasty, pay tribute every year, and come to the court every year. ”

"The lord of the kingdom is wise." Park Zicheng stood up and arched his hand: "Zhang Chengyou pretended to be defeated again and again in the face of Tan Daoji's counteroffensive, and wanted to lure all the main forces of Tan Daoji out of the mountain and annihilate them in one fell swoop, but Tan Daoji's side is a plan, and his subordinate troops will all go down the mountain to launch a general attack in the direction of Seoul, and when the time comes, Zhang Chengyou will inevitably take all our troops away, and Your Majesty must insist on leaving an elite force to protect the palace." ”

"This is natural."

"At that time, what Zhang Chengyou will face is not the rabble of Tan Daoji at all, but the right Jin Wuwei of the Tang Army armed to the teeth, not to mention, and Yelu Yuan has already taken refuge in the Tang people, in this battle, Zhang Chengyou will inevitably be defeated and lost, and his life may not be guaranteed, and Seoul will inevitably be in chaos at that time." Park Zicheng said: "But we have to guard against Tan Daoji's yin hand, you also know that in Seoul, he must have surrendered people, even those who have taken refuge in Zhang Chengyou, in this case, maybe they will immediately change their doors and join Tan Daoji." ”

"You said that Tan Dao Ji will murder me?" Li Zaidao was taken aback.

"Why can't it be?" Park Zicheng took a deep breath: "The plan of our three parties is good, but what if you are gone in the chaos?" Even all the clans in Seoul died in the chaos? If this happens, does Tang Jun still have a choice? Even if they knew that it was Tan Daoji's hand, in order to ensure that they copied Zhang Zhongwu's back road and completely defeated the Liao army, they were afraid that they would pinch their noses and admit it. ”

Li Zaidao Huo Ran stood up, his face pale.

"So Your Majesty, please be sure to gather the most loyal people by your side, if any accident really happens, you must strive to protect yourself, and you must appear in front of the Tang Army alive." Park became self-enlightened. "My family's private soldiers will all be sent to the palace when the time comes."