Chapter 67: In vain

The war-torn 12 years of Tianfu finally passed, in this year, the Shi Jin Dynasty, who served the Khitan, finally lifted a stone and smashed his own foot, was conquered by the Khitans, Bianjing was captured, and Shi Jingjiao's family was captured, but the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang only enjoyed a short period of three months in Bianjing, and then quickly went to see the Buddha of the West Heaven. The Khitan invasion of the Central Plains retreated northward, and Liu Zhiyuan formally unified the Central Plains.

But Liu Zhiyuan's dragon chair has not yet sat hot, and Du Chongwei stayed in Yecheng, so he reversed, Liu Zhiyuan first sent the general Gao Xingzhou to deal with it, but it was not done, and there was no way, Liu Zhiyuan personally went out to besiege Yecheng for nearly 4 months, and it was not defeated. However, there was no food in Yecheng, and in the end, Du Chongwei surrendered in disgrace after getting Liu Zhiyuan's promise of "paying ** and not killing".

Liu Zhiyuan happily just returned to Bianjing City, and he was beaten with a stick, and the crown prince Kaifeng Yin and Liu Chengxun died of illness. This Liu Chengxun is a **** person who has been cultivated by Liu Zhiyuan for many years, and he is quite experienced in dealing with people, and his **** talent is not bad. Liu Zhiyuan, who is in his sixties, is crying dead and alive, and he can't wait to replace his son with himself. Liu Zhiyuan is not the only one son, Liu Chengxun has a son, the second Liu Chengyou is young, playful, frivolous, and has no action, no matter how Liu Zhiyuan looks at it, it is not pleasing to the eye. There are three major pains in life: the loss of a father in a young age, the loss of a child in middle age, and the loss of a son in old age. Liu Zhiyuan, the hero I, became the emperor, and when he came, he was the most promising and the best heir, and Liu Zhiyuan fell ill at that time. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Zhiyuan summoned a hundred officials to change the Yuan Qianyou, who wanted to please a good omen, who knew that he had fainted from the throne and fell down, and the entire court was in a panic.

"Third brother, you see that it has been snowing heavily for half a month this day. Our **** hasn't trained for seven or eight days, this ghost weather is not sunny anymore, and those boys must be too lazy. Zhao Kuangyin opened the curtain of the door and said with a grin to Guo Rong and Wang Pu, who were sitting on the stove inside.

Guo Rong and Wang Pu were chatting while drinking, and when they saw Zhao Kuangyin coming, they hurriedly beckoned him to sit down and said with a smile: "The way of military training is relaxed, and it's good to let them rest for a while, besides, the weather is indeed too cold." Mr. Wang, what do you say? ”

Wang Pu glanced at Zhao Kuangyin, who was sitting beside him, and frowned faintly. He nodded and asked, "How is the condition of the emperor?" ”

Guo Rong sighed and said: "Yesterday, my father entered the palace to visit the emperor, hey, the emperor misses King Wei (Liu Chengxun) all day long, I'm afraid this is ......"

He only said half of his words, but the meaning of his words was indeed revealed, and there was no doubt that the emperor had not been around for a few days. Wang Pu's eyes rolled and he said insincerely: "The state affairs are difficult." ”

Zhao Kuangyin blinked, as if he hadn't figured anything out, just giggled and said, "To be honest, it's useless for us to worry about this matter." Third brother, when do you say that we are going to beg Guo Dashuai to put us in a place, staying in Beijing is nothing. ”

Guo Rong glanced at Zhao Kuangyin and asked, "Then where do you want to go?" Is it Daizhou, Dingzhou or Hengzhou? "Once the emperor is in power, the 18-year-old Liu Chengyou will definitely not be able to control the situation, Liu Zhiyuan will definitely be entrusted to Gu before he dies, and this minister is nothing more than Shi Hongzhao, Guo Wei, Yang Wei, Wang Zhang, Su Fengji and several other old ministers. At that time, the power of the Guo family can be even greater. Guo Rong made his own little calculations.

Zhao Kuangyin patted his ** bore and said: "Just Dingzhou, that place is closest to the Khitan, and it happens to be a place for heroes." ”

Wang Pu rubbed his hands and sneered: "I think that if you want to make a contribution, it is close to say that Tongguan is a good place, and it is not bad to say that Suzhou (Suzhou City, Anhui) is far away, and if you want to say that it is in Dingzhou, it can only be a small fight, so what's the point?" ”

Guo Rong was stunned and asked, "Suzhou? Where can it be next to Li Tang, now that the situation in the imperial court is not good, how can he take the initiative to provoke this strong neighbor? ”

Wang Pu picked up a glass of wine on the table next to him, drank a small sip, glanced at Guo Rong and Zhao Kuangyin, and said with a smile: "Li Tang is a paper tiger?" Hehe, I think Li Tang will perish in less than three years! ”

Zhao Kuangyin's eyes flashed, and he asked: "Why did Mr. Wang say that, you must know that now that the Chu State has obtained Jingnan Dao and has been connected with Huainan, if Chu and Tang are united, then it will not be easy to go south?" Last time, our **** in Tangzhou Chu State was not weak. ”

Wang Pu sneered and said, "Those who destroy Li Tang will also be Chu Guoye." Didn't you think Sun Liu was an alliance back then? But then it wasn't a mess of myself. Daguanren, I will calculate an account for you, Li Tang has been established for more than 1o years, its military strength can be said to have inherited the elite soldiers and horses of Wu, and the maximum is 150,000 people, but he crusaded against Fujian three years ago, and it took nearly two years to pacify Fujian, how to say that there are 30,000 soldiers and horses, how to say that there are 30,000 people, last year in Suzhou, another 60,000 people were lost, and recently there is news that Li Tangnan's **** rash attack on Chu has been completely annihilated by Chu State, and the king of Chu is furious, and 100,000 soldiers captured Xiongzhou and entered ** Qianzhou. ”

"What?" Before Wang Pu next to him could speak, Zhao Kuangyin asked in surprise, his eyes wandered, and he asked, "Mr. Wang, is this news reliable?" Is Chu Tang really going to turn his face? ”

"Humph! Turn? It's only a matter of time before they turn their backs. However, in my opinion, the state of Chu is much more bluffing this time to enter ** Qianzhou, after all, this year the state of Chu has fought repeatedly, and the **** is tired. ”

"Hey, this Li Jing is really a waste, it was originally a good chess game, but it turned out to be like this." Guo Rong shook his head, not knowing whether he felt pity or anger.

"Li Jing's talent is almost ***, if he encounters the peaceful years, he can barely support it, who let him catch up with this time and spread such a powerful neighbor. Li Tang: I don't think I can keep it. Wang Pu shook his head and sighed, and his words changed: "But if we choose the right opportunity, maybe we can get the land of Huainan without much effort." ”

Guo Rong's eyes lit up and asked, "What is the clever plan of the sir?" ”

"Clever plan? There are a lot of them, but this is a relatively distant matter, in my opinion, Chu Tang officially turned his face, no matter how he said it, it would drag on for a year or two. But our big man will soon have a threshold now, and it is not easy to pass it safely. Wang Pu said.

Guo Rong and Zhao Kuangyin were stunned for a moment, and the two of them looked at each other and said in unison: "Sir, is it Li Shouzhen?" ”

"That's right, it's Li Shouzhen. In fact, this Li Shouzhen and Du Chongwei are the same dog, the emperor is one day, Li Shouzhen is afraid of His Majesty the Emperor, he will be stable for a day, once the emperor has a big luggage, Shouzhen is undoubtedly the opposite. That's why I said that if you want to make meritorious service, you still have to go to Tongguan, and Li Shouzhen's rebellion must first go south to Tongguan. Hehe, speaking of which, our big man can be regarded as blessed. Wang Pu analyzed.

Blessed? Wang Pu's thinking jumped too fast, and the remaining two didn't understand.

Guo Rong asked, "Why did the gentleman say this?" Is this rebellion still a good thing? ”

Wang Pu waved his hand and said: "Great official, I don't mean Li Shouzhen's rebellion, but the Chu State went south to Lingnan, and at the same time had a conflict with Li Tang. You think, if the Chu army does not go south now, Lingnan, and the relationship between Chu and Tang is good, then if Li Shouzhen rebels, and the Chu army suddenly sends troops to Tangzhou to attack Bianjing, then our Han will be in danger. And now the state of Chu wants to send troops, first, without that military strength, second, he also takes care of more. ”

"I don't think the twelfth brother will have such great ambitions, right?" Guo Rong said with some hesitation.

Zhao Kuangyin on the side said disdainfully: "That person is just a gentleman, what does he understand?" If he really had ambition, he shouldn't have been a vassal to us in April last year. Since he has already been proclaimed a minister, how dare he risk the disapproval of the world? Isn't that right? Guo Rong also nodded.

"If he didn't claim to be a minister last year, would we cede Tangzhou to him for no reason?" Wang Pu said with a smile: "Actually, judging from the fact that he is a minister, the King of Chu is by no means an easy person." Who do you think is the strongest today? ”

"It's our big man. As long as we can recuperate for a few years, even if it is a Khitan, we don't have to be afraid of him. Guo Rong said confidently.

Wang Pu smiled and nodded.

Guo Rong asked in surprise: "Are you saying that Chu State is deliberately attacking from afar and near?" Isn't he afraid that our big man will also kick him in the middle? ”

"Of course I'm afraid. Therefore, as soon as he withdrew from Jingnan, he immediately went south to attack Lingnan, and what he did was nothing more than to strengthen himself and weaken Li Tang by the way. He wanted to take advantage of the three or four years of our Han rebirth to unify Jiangnan in one fell swoop. Wang Pu asserted.

Zhao Kuangyin was stunned and shook his head in disbelief and said, "He's not so powerful?" ”

Guo Rong said: "Then what will we do? ”

Wang Pu shook his head and said: "If the emperor is not good, Li Shouzhen does not rebel, we can still find a way, but now we are too busy to take care of ourselves, and all we can do is to help Li Tang." ”

Zhao Kuangyin drank and asked puzzledly, "Help Li Tang?" How can we help them? Will they trust us? ”

"What is Li Tang lacking most now? A hundred battles of elite soldiers? But didn't we capture 50,000 of them in Suzhou? Put it back to them, and what will they refuse? With these 50,000 people, Li Tang can also entangle with the Chu State for a while, and it will be a good thing for us to drag on for a long time. ”

Zhao Kuangyin suddenly realized and shouted: "What a good idea! Turning his head to look at Guo Rong, he saw Guo Rong's wry smile on his face, he shook his head and said, "The officer who captured Li Tang can be released." The sturdy sergeants have long been included in our ****, where to find them now? Besides, Lord Su Fengji, Lord Su, and Lord Wang Zhang, I am afraid that they will not agree to be released. ”

Wang Pu was silent for a long time, lowered his voice and said: "In my opinion, Li Shouzhen will be opposed, so if you are a big official, you have to go to Tongguan to guard this position no matter what, this is an opportunity to make contributions." Only when there are more officers and soldiers can there be weight in speaking. Otherwise, we can only watch the Chu State sit big, no matter how many strategies we have, no one will use them, and we can only cry out in vain. ”

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