However, it was said that the master of the wind sword refused the will of the head of the Ji family because of Wang Ping's order, and he refused to lead the troops after he refused to lead the troops to the battle, and when the envoy of the Ji family, Ji Yuancheng, was halfway through the way to the Ji family headquarters to return to his life, he suddenly felt that it seemed a little inappropriate to return empty-handed, and he was afraid of being punished by the head of the Ji family. So he changed his route and went to Jingzhou instead of going to the Ji family's headquarters.

He wanted to take advantage of this time to inquire more about the outside world and find out some useful news. In this way, it is better to have an excuse to go back after that, so that it will not be too embarrassing.

After half a month, he successfully came to Tianmen County, where Li Zhong's army was stationed in Jingzhou.

In Tianmen County, Li Zhong also convened many generals to consult many meetings because of the sudden natural disaster in Gansu.

Ji Lei, the master of the Heavenly Thunder Sword, Ji Xuan, the master of the Earth Sword, Ji Shuang, the Lord of the Soft Sword, and other lords of the Nine Swords, as well as the elders of the major Ji families, righteously asked Li Zhong to immediately gather his troops, and take advantage of this great opportunity to quickly send troops to attack Gansu and kill Wang Mang.

They all felt that Wang Mang at this moment did not have much energy to deal with the outside war due to natural disasters, and if he went to attack at this time, he would definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

Li Zhong was also gearing up at the beginning, eager to try, and very much wanted to take advantage of this great opportunity to immediately send troops to attack Gansu.

But at that critical moment, his confidant Sun Jimeng suddenly stood up and risked his life to admonish, saying that he could not lead the troops to attack Gansu now, and he also listed a lot of unfavorable troop advice.

His admonition is the Tao, which is well-founded and quite convincing.

At that time, the situation was like a loyal and courageous minister of the country hitting the dragon pillar on the court, risking death with eye-catching blood to admonish the Son of Heaven who had fallen into a dim situation.

Li Zhong was originally the prefect of Wancheng, corresponding to one of the twenty-eight stars in the sky, and his ability was extremely great.

There are many generals under his command, and two of them are even more outstanding. One is named Gongsun Ce, and the other is Sun Jimeng.

Gongsun Ce turned his back on Li Zhong many years ago because Li Zhong washed the eight cities of Yuzhou, and after this incident, Sun Jimeng was also disheartened and locked the door of his heart.

Although he did not learn from Sun Ce to leave Li Zhong, he did not offer Li Zhong a trick again, like a wasted person, living his life in a mess.

As the saying goes, three stinkers beat Zhuge Liang, although Li Zhong has only known people, but he is a person after all, and there are always times when he doesn't think about it.

Li Zhong knew very well about Sun Jimeng's psychological changes, and at the same time, Li Zhong also blamed himself slightly in his heart. Therefore, although Sun Jimeng did not offer any better strategies, Li Zhong did not exclude Sun Jimeng, and still treated Sun Jimeng as his top confidant and trusted him very much.

At that time, Sun Jimeng, who had never spoken or offered advice, suddenly spoke fiercely and resolutely denied sending troops, and Li Zhong couldn't help but think about it more, and seriously thought about Sun Jimeng's statement.

Thinking about this, he even felt that he should not send troops to Gansu now, and he needed to stabilize his position and completely destroy the Huo family first.

As soon as his mind changed, the original situation of attacking Gansu in one direction immediately divided into two factions.

The Ji family and horses were determined to send troops, but Li Zhong and Sun Jimeng were reluctant to send troops.

On this matter, everyone discussed for more than ten days, but there was still no accurate conclusion, and it was difficult for anyone to convince anyone at the last moment.

Although the Ji family is powerful and has a big face, Li Zhong is not an ordinary person, and even to a certain extent, he is more effective than the Lord of the Wind Sword, because he is qualified to directly refuse the will of the Ji family patriarch.

Many masters of the Ji family knew that Li Zhong's identity was not ordinary, so although they were dissatisfied with Li Zhong's attitude, they did not dare to force it, and could only defend Li Zhong on the matter of sending troops and not sending troops.

And although Li Zhong has an extraordinary identity, he doesn't dare to make a statement just because of his different identity, and he doesn't dare to completely veto the opinions of many masters of the Ji family, so he also takes the trouble to distinguish with these masters of the Ji family. Both sides want to convince each other verbally, and no one dares to cross the red line.

On the morning of this day, everyone gathered again to discuss the dispatch of troops.

Ji Shuang, the lord of the soft sword, said coldly to Li Zhong with a chill: "Master Li, my patriarch sent a decree a few days ago, asking you to lead your troops and horses to attack Gansu. You've been putting this off for days, and now it's time to come up with a plan, right? The situation in Gansu cannot be delayed any longer, otherwise the missed opportunity will be regretted. ”

"That's a great thing!" An elder of the Ji family said: "The head of the Li family, now that there are continuous natural disasters in Gansu, Wang Mang's exhaustion of disaster relief has caused a lot of energy loss among the soldiers under his command, the people's hearts are turbulent, and the city is not solid. It's unreasonable for you to not send troops to such a great opportunity.

Are you willing to see Wang Mang survive this catastrophe smoothly? If he survives, are you 100% sure that you will be able to defeat him in the future? Also, the natural disasters in Gansu are now moving towards a stable situation. Once the natural disaster is over, we can't even send troops if we want to, because the time has been lost. Today, I ask you to make a decision and not delay any longer. ”

This elder of the Ji family and Ji Shuang both had wisps of fire burning in their hearts, and they were very angry that Li Zhong deliberately delayed the will of the Ji family patriarch and disrespected.

At the beginning, when the will of the head of the Ji family did not arrive, although the two sides had an argument, it was normal. But since the will of the head of the Ji family arrived, the taste of the argument has slowly changed.

The people of the Ji family faction don't want to see someone disrespect the will of the Ji family patriarch, if it weren't for Li Zhong's unusual identity this time, these Ji family masters would have killed Li Zhong on the spot and punished him for the crime of disrespecting the way of heaven.

The masters of the Ji family stared at each other coldly.

Li Zhong frowned, very embarrassed and embarrassed.

He looked left at the master of the Ji family, and at his henchman Sun Jimeng on the right, it was not easy to make a definite decision.

Although he is qualified to directly deny the will of the Ji family patriarch, the coercion that the Ji family patriarch has generated on him over the years is not fake. Therefore, although he is qualified to refuse, he does not dare to refuse, at least in front of everyone, because he does not yet have the words to completely convince the other party.

If he can completely convince most of the Ji family masters present, he can confidently deny the will of the Ji family patriarch. Only in this way, the head of the Ji family will not have much dissatisfaction afterwards.

Sun Jimeng saw that this momentum was not right, and he stood up again to help Li Zhong and said: "Don't worry, military aircraft events have always required three merchants and three merchants, I don't think you want to make a hasty decision and lead to a big defeat, right?"

Wang Mang is not an ordinary layman, we have to be cautious in dealing with him, there must be no big mistakes, and every detail needs to be controlled in place. If we fail again, then we will be really demoralized. ”

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