Chapter 108: Countermeasures

Wang Pu said: "Of course, there are countermeasures. This countermeasure is nothing more than two kinds, one is to help Chu destroy the Tang Dynasty, obviously, we do not have this condition now, and the layout of the Chu State has left us with no spare strength to go south to capture Huainan. The second is to keep the status quo, and to keep the status quo is to keep the status quo, which can be divided into two categories, one is to enhance Li Tang's strength, so that Li Tang has the ability to fight to the death with the Chu State, and the second is to naturally put pressure on the Chu State to stop the march and maintain the status quo. ”

Guo Rong pondered for a moment: "Mr. Wang, I'm afraid it's difficult to do these two things." Now Li Tang's domestic elite soldiers may only have some left in Shouzhou, and the rest are new troops with no combat effectiveness. We can't directly send troops to help Li Tang, how else can we enhance Li Tang's strength? ”

"General Guo, when I was in Bianjing last time, I already said that I can suggest to the imperial court that we release the army of Li Tang, who was captured in Suzhou last time. At that time, you were a small official, and the imperial court's attention was mainly focused on the interior, and you misjudged Li Tang and Chu State, and you felt that it was impossible for the Chu army to launch an offensive against Li Tang in the near future. But now the situation is different, you can suggest it to Guo Dashuai. ”

Guo Rong thought for a while: "It is definitely impossible to release them all, after all, some of them have been selected by the generals in our army." It's okay to put some of it. It's just that it's urgent to come to the Buddha's feet, is this okay? ”

"This is only the first one, in addition, we can transfer the soldiers and horses from Suzhou and other places to Bianjing, and leave the Huaihe River line vacant, so that Li Tang can be completely reassured, so that they can rest assured that they can mobilize the defenders of Huainan and fight to the death with the Chu army in Jiangnan!"

"This..." Guo Rong hesitated, he didn't think Wang Pu's idea was bad, but he felt that it was difficult for the imperial court to listen to this idea, after all, there were very few troops in Huaibei now. The few have already made the princes of the imperial court a little unstable, if this is further reduced, although I know that the Tang army will not go north, but... This... Relying on lip service analysis alone is like asking the imperial court to completely open its southern gate, which may be difficult to do.

"Mr. Wang, do you have any other way?"

"The Chu army sent out the division, under the pretense of His Majesty's name, he levied Li Tang's inscriptions, and counted Li Tang's crimes, the first one is not to obey the orders of the court, if the court gives an order, order the Chu army to stop the attack immediately, General Guo, how do you think the Chu army should respond?" Wang Pu said again.

"If the Chu army does not go well, then the Chu state is likely to follow the advice of the imperial court. But if the state of Chu goes well, Mr. Wang, do you think you will still listen to the advice of the imperial court? After all, the officials of the Chu State were selected by themselves, and the coins were ordered by themselves, and they were at most a vassal state of the imperial court, and they would not be as obedient as the states and counties of the imperial court! Guo Rong shook his head, obviously he didn't think it was a good idea, with the stakes at stake, how could the Chu army retreat in vain with a piece of paper from the imperial court?

Wang Pu smiled: "Of course the Chu army will not evacuate, but this also happens to leak that Chu State's loyalty to the imperial court is just for show, and it can also lay the groundwork for the imperial court to go south." ”

Guo Rong was stunned for a moment, and he immediately understood what Wang Pu meant. Guo Rong is also a person who has the world in mind, he doesn't think that the Han Dynasty should be like this, only guarding the Central Plains... This occupies a third of the world's territory. Of course, his volunteering is also mixed up for a day. However, if the State of Chu has always been so honest, respectful and respectful, when it comes to being ruthless to the State of Chu, it will need to be a little cheeky (Wu Yue in the Five Dynasties was like this, he was very filial to the Later Zhou and Song Dynasty, but he was destroyed by Zhao Guangyi, and many literati were upset for Wu Yue. Even Zhao Gou's southern crossing is considered by the people to be the Qian family's re-establishment of the country). However, if the imperial court now gives Chu such a will, Chu will definitely disobey the decree, then, when it is time to turn around, then there will be a reason to stand up.

Guo Rong nodded.

Wang Pu continued: "In fact, this holy decree issued by the imperial court is not only such a reason, but also a signal to Li Tang! That is, the imperial court is against the Chu army's invasion of Li Tang! ”

Guo Rong was stunned for a moment, and he immediately understood: "Sir, what a clever plan." As long as there is just a piece of paper, Li Tang Huainan's troops and horses can be mobilized, so that Huainan's army can go south as soon as possible and with confidence. Compared with the army in Jiangnan, Li Tang's army in Huainan still has some combat effectiveness, and Li Tang's famous general Liu Renzhan is also in Huainan, Liu Renzhan is much stronger than Chen Jue's stupid people! ”

"Of course, we can also use some other tricks, such as sending people to the newly occupied states and counties of the Chu army to spread rumors and provoke the relationship between the people in which places and the Chu State!"

"This... I'm afraid this is useless, I heard that Li Tang's situation has been worse in the past two years, I'm afraid the people have already been disappointed in Li Tang? ”

"Hehehe, General Guo, you only know one thing, but you don't know the other. I'm not talking about ordinary people, but Li Tang's readers! When Li Yu was alive, he was very good to the scholars in Jiangnan, and people like Song Qiqiu who wanted to take the burden when they were unhappy in their hearts, Li Yu could treat them calmly, and he was highly praised in the Shilin in Jiangnan. And although Li Jing is a little confused, he is quite similar to Li Yu's personality in this regard. I often hear that Chen Jue, Feng Yansi and others often argue with Li Jing, but Li Jing is smiling and rarely angry, and it is said that Li Jing once went on a trip and sat on the ground with a scholar in cloth clothes and talked about poetry for an afternoon. This kind of bearing is not something that ordinary people can have. This Li Jing and many scholars in Jiangnan have a 、、、 a relationship similar to that of a friend in cloth. In the past two years, Li Tang's policy has been wrong, the people have been impoverished, and the businessmen have gone bankrupt, but those scholars are still full of good feelings towards Li Tang, but they just think that 'the five ghosts are chaotic'. Therefore, we can start from this and provoke the relationship between Chu and Jiangnan Shizi. This is a great challenge for Ma Yun, the king of Chu! Ma Yun doesn't like to read, and wants him to talk about poetry and painting with scholars, but it's difficult for him. Even if he can make friends with cloth, it is just a matter of talking to Li Jing. ”

Guo Rongleng paused for a moment, his face was disapproving, he obviously didn't take this strategy seriously. As long as the husband does things for the good of the people, what are you afraid of those scholars?

Wang Pu smiled and said, "General Guo, don't underestimate those scholars. In Li Tang, those scholars are the most respected, if these people really fight against Chu Jun, then the common people are really on the side of scholars. After all, those who read books are common and respected by them, while the officials of the Chu State are unfamiliar. Isn't it easier for this person to believe the words of acquaintances? ”

Guo Rong was silent, what Wang Pu meant, he understood, if you want to completely stink the reputation of the Chu State in Jiangnan Shilin, don't all scholars pay attention to integrity? The Li family has been in Jiangnan for thirty or forty years, and they are very good to readers, hehehe, let Ma Yun, the intruder, worry about his own brains to settle those readers!