If you cross the river from Huazhou, if you cross the river from Yunzhou, Yang Liudu's garrison is doing a good job, there are pontoon bridges connecting both sides of the Yellow River, and at the same time iron locks are built to block the river, which is enough to ensure the smooth flow of the road.

However, there are also three disadvantages to crossing the river from Yang Liudu, the first is that the territory around Yang Liudu has fallen into the hands of Wu State, and there are more troops to defend, and it is obviously not easy to make a breakthrough from here.

The second problem is that the area near Yunzhou is not the core area of the Wu State, or even the core area of the former Liang State, and the terrain here is more complex, not only mountainous, but also has many rivers and lakes, such as the later Liangshanbo is here.

Fighting in such terrain conditions can be prolonged, which is not good for the Jin Kingdom.

The third problem has something in common with the second problem, if the Jin army concentrates its forces to launch an attack in Yunzhou, Hebei's Shanzhou, Xiangzhou, Weizhou and other places will be empty, and it will be easy to be taken advantage of by the Wu army, which is also a problem that Li Cunqiao has to consider.

Not only was Li Cunmiao hesitant about whether to immediately cross the river to the south, but the ministers of the Jin State also debated over this.

Many generals with fiery personalities and radical actions were deeply dissatisfied with Wu's monopoly of Henan, believing that the Wu army had robbed the Jin army of its benefits, and that they had to be taught a lesson.

Among these advocates of taking the initiative to attack, Li Siyuan's suggestion was the most radical, and he personally rushed to Weizhou from the Yang Liudu garrison, and proposed to Li Cunqiao that he was willing to personally lead 10,000 troops across the river to attack Yunzhou, so as to open a passage for the Jin army to move south.

Once Yunzhou was captured, the Wu army in the nearby area did not have many troops, and it would be much easier to capture it.

In this way, the Jin army would be able to maximize the results of the battle before the main force of the Wu army arrived, and then try to defeat the Wu army by waiting for work.

Li Siyuan's idea still seems somewhat feasible, and he also mentioned that even if the Jin State does not take the initiative to attack, the Wu State will take the initiative to attack the Jin State, and it is better to strike first than to defend passively.

In addition, the state of Wu in Yunzhou and other areas has only just been occupied, and it has not yet had time to consolidate, and the people's hearts have not been completely attached to the state of Wu, and there must still be many forces opposing the occupation of the state of Wu.

If the Jin army were to move south immediately, these local forces might respond en masse; If you don't do it now, after a year and a half, the hearts of the people will completely belong to the Wu State, and it will be difficult to capture it again.

When the time comes, the state of Wu will get the land of Henan, and its strength will definitely increase greatly, and when the time comes, it will attack Hebei in turn, and the state of Jin will never have peace.

"The words of the chief executive won my heart, and our army had to fight at this time. However, the war in Zhenzhou has been postponed, and the day of the city has not yet been broken. Although Zhenzhou is small, it has also restrained a lot of our army's troops, if you rush to cross the river, once you can't win, what will happen? ”

In the Weizhou Palace, Li Cunqiao, who has always been decisive, showed a different hesitation from the past.

A few days ago, after Li Cunmiao arrived in Weizhou, he ordered to gather all the troops to prepare for crossing the river to the south.

At that time, he made up his mind to cross the river and fight with the Wu army.

However, just two days ago, there was bad news in Zhenzhou, and the army led by the general Yan Bao was unexpectedly defeated by the Zhenzhou army.

It turned out that Yan Bao led his troops to siege the city for a long time, and the army was very tired and suffered large losses, so he had to reduce the intensity of the siege and focus on long-term siege.

His method has worked to a certain extent, Zhenzhou has been besieged for a long time, although there is no shortage of food at present, but also has to take precautions, so these days the Zhenzhou army often sends troops out of the city to loot food.

A few days ago, Zhang Chujin suddenly sent 500 people out of the city, Yan Bao didn't care when he learned about it, thinking that these 500 people could not pose any threat, so he ordered all the troops not to fight, let the Zhenzhou army come over, and prepared to wait for these people to arrive before sending troops to surround and destroy them.

However, what he didn't expect was that the five hundred people sent by Zhang Chujin were just the vanguard troops, used to confuse the Jin army; Behind these five hundred men were thousands of elite soldiers.

With so many troops out of the city to launch a counterattack, it was a force not to be underestimated; However, the Jin army was unprepared under Yan Bao's orders, and as a result, thousands of Zhenzhou troops suddenly arrived and launched a fire attack on the Jin army camp.

Yan Bao panicked, and failed to stop the offensive of the Zhenzhou army in the panic, so he had to abandon the camp and retreat to Zhaozhou; A large amount of money and grain in the camp was obtained by the Zhenzhou army, and it took a lot of time to move it back to the city.

As a veteran of the Zhuwen period, Yan Bao can be said to have experienced a hundred battles, and after surrendering to the Jin army, he also had outstanding performances, and showed good talent in major battles such as the Battle of Youzhou and the Battle of Huliupo; However, in this battle, he paid a heavy price for underestimating the enemy, and was defeated.

After learning the news, Li Cunqiao almost ran out of anger and was angry to death, and on the one hand, he ordered Li Sizhao to be the envoy of the north to replace Yan Bao; On the other hand, he was hesitant about the plan to cross the river to the south.

As Zhao Jiliang, the envoy of rent, said: "The king has not even pacified Hebei, and he wants to attack Henan, and the people have long been overwhelmed by the heavy burden; The king went to attack Henan, in case he could not achieve victory, the soldiers would be injured and the people would be centrifuged, not to mention pacifying Henan, even Hebei would no longer be owned by the king. ”

Li Cunxun and other generals also spoke out to dissuade them, believing that Zhenzhou should be pacified as soon as possible at present, and it was not appropriate to start a war with the Wu army; In fact, Li Siyuan is the only general who really advocates crossing the river, and the influence of other generals who advocate this is relatively small.

"The king, the last general heard that the rise and fall of the emperor has the mandate of heaven, although the war in Zhenzhou has been delayed, but after all, it has not affected the overall situation, our army can be mainly besieged for a long time, leaving a small number of troops to prevent the defenders from leaving the city. As long as the army in the city runs out of food, the defenders will collapse without a fight, and there is no need to send troops to attack the city. In the face of Li Cunxuan's hesitation, Li Siyuan persuaded him.

"If the king gives up the opportunity to cross the river to the south for the sake of Zhenzhou, then once the rule of the Wu State in Henan is stabilized and our army will dominate the world, will the king give up his destiny?"

The "Mandate of Heaven" is a mysterious thing, but Li Cunqiao is convinced of it and thinks that he has the mandate of heaven to unify the world.

The last time the Khitans went south, Li Sizhao persuaded them on this ground, and in the end, the Jin army defeated the Khitans, who seemed to be powerful, with only 5,000 fine horsemen.

Now Li Siyuan also persuaded with the Mandate of Heaven, which really shocked Li Cunmiao's expression.

Indeed, he led the army to fight in all directions from more than ten years ago, first relieved the siege of Luzhou, thwarted the Liang army's offensive against Jinyang, and won a big victory in the battle of Gaoyi, reversing the situation of Jin and Liang's struggle for hegemony in one fell swoop, and then the battle of Youzhou pacified Liu Shouguang, and the battle of Weizhou completely captured Hebei.

If he gives up the current opportunity and sits back and watches Wu monopolize Henan, then his ambition will become empty talk, and the dream of unifying the world will never be realized.

Thinking that he had the ambition to compete with King Wu Yang Wu at the beginning, but now he hesitated in the face of King Wu's army, Li Cunmiao couldn't help but show a trace of shame on his face.

"Ping Liu Shouguang, breaking the Khitans, and destroying the Liang State, these are the three major goals I set when I succeeded to the throne. In addition, I was determined to compete with King Wu to see who was the real hero. Now that Liu Shouguang has been destroyed, the Khitans have been defeated by me many times, and although the Liang State was not destroyed by me, our army has contributed the most. Maybe it's time to compete with King Wu next! ”

Thinking of this, Li Cunqiao gradually made up his mind.

……

Feng Xiang.

The night was deep, the wind was cold, and the whirring sound made the flags on the city walls skew.

Li Maozhen stood on the city wall, holding the female wall on the city wall with one hand, and blocking the cold wind blowing into her eyes with the other hand, looking at the pedestrians running outside the city, and the many followers who followed were silently serving behind her.

Now sixty-six years old, he is getting old, wearing a cyan robe, ordinary clothes, his beard and hair are a little gray, there are many wrinkles on his forehead, and his energy is not as good as before.

If you are not familiar with him, it is difficult to connect the bad old man in front of you with Li Maozhen, the king of Qi in the world.

"Father?" At this time, a voice came from behind him, and the tone was respectful, it was Li Maozhen's eldest son Li Congxi.

"You're here!" Li Maozhen nodded and turned around.

"Didn't you let you entertain the two Zhang Hanjie brothers in person? How did you get here? He asked in an old voice.

"When the boy heard that his father had been standing on the wall for almost an hour, he was a little worried, so he came to take a look." Li Congcao replied respectfully.

"I'm fine, just looking here."

"Father, that Zhang Hanjie and the others are vulgar, and they have never had a good reputation when they were in the Liang Kingdom, and now that the Liang Kingdom is gone, why are we still so polite to the two of them?" Li Congcao was a little puzzled.

"You're welcome?" Li Maozhen smiled: "It's very polite, but be polite now, if you want to take the lives of two people in the future, it's just a matter of turning your palms, so what's the matter of being polite?" It is Wu Guo who worries about my father! ”

When the banner of secession was just set up in Guanzhong, Li Maozhen only had the idea of separating one side, and An'an was divided into a feudal town, and he didn't have more thoughts.

However, later the imperial court completely lost its authority, and even Tang Zhaozong had to ask him for help, plus he was in his heyday at that time, and his power was overwhelming.

Therefore, after kidnapping the Son of Heaven to Fengxiang, Li Maozhen had the ambition to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes to enter the world.

However, the ideal is full, but the truth is cruel.

Just when Li Maozhen was dreaming of being another Cao Cao, Zhu Wen from the Central Plains also had this idea, and his strength was also in its heyday, even Li Keyong, the king of Jin, was defeated by the Liang army many times, and even Jinyang was besieged twice.

When Li Maozhen's army confronted Zhu Wen, who was in his heyday, Li Maozhen realized that Zhu Wen's prestige was indeed not blown out, but really that powerful.

After more than a year of campaigning, although Li Maozhen caused great losses to the Liang army with the strong city of Fengxiang, he was finally forced to hand over Tang Zhaozong in desperation in exchange for peace talks between the two families.

Although the Qi army regained some strength after that, and for a time made a comeback, recapturing a large number of areas previously occupied by the Liang army, the devastated Qi army never recovered to its heyday.

Similarly, his ambition to compete for the world was also wiped out after losing to Liu Zhijun again and again, leaving only the ambition of separating Guanzhong to remain.

Later, Jin and Liang competed for hegemony, and the pressure on Qi in the east was greatly reduced, but the contradictions with Shu quickly intensified, and Li Maozhen had to fight with Shu again and again.

Although Wang Jian, the king of Shu, was bent on separating Shuzhong, this person's ability was still very strong, and he concentrated a lot of famous generals who could fight well, plus Shuzhong was rich and rich in money and food, so he won victories one after another and seized a large number of Qi kings' territories.

Up to now, Li Maozhen's territory has only seven states, and it has been war-torn for a long time, the soldiers are tired and the people are tired, and their vitality is greatly damaged.

Fortunately, there is no place in the sky, just when the Shu army was approaching step by step, Wang Jian died of illness, and the successor of Shu lord Wang Yan set up a set of pleasures and had no enterprising heart, which allowed Li Maozhen to take a breath.

However, at this time, Li Maozhen will have to face a major choice again: how to face the state of Wu, which has developed its power to Luoyang.

The Northern Expedition of Wu State, all the way like a bamboo, this major change has long triggered Li Maozhen's nerves, a large number of secret agents were sent to the Central Plains, from time to time to bring the latest news.

Two days ago, the brothers Zhang Hanjie and Zhang Hanlun rushed to Fengxiang, not only to ask him for reinforcements, but also to seek refuge from him.

Taking this opportunity, Li Maozhen naturally asked the two of them about the news that those secret agents couldn't know before, and also understood that the fall of Luoyang and the destruction of the Liang State were just around the corner.

And today there is news that the state of Wu has destroyed the state of Liang, and will send an envoy to announce the news.

Sending an envoy to announce the news of the destruction of Liang, on the surface, this is out of the obligation of "allies", and the families have united to deal with Liang under the banner of reviving the Tang Dynasty, and now that Liang has fallen, Wu will naturally send a messenger to report it.

But in addition to reporting the news, this is not the king of Wu, Yang Wu, is demonstrating to him and showing him the powerful strength of Wu State: "Look, even such a powerful force as Liang Guo has been destroyed by me, you better be sensible and come to join him as soon as possible!" ”

Li Maozhen has not yet thought about whether to return to Wu State, but he is worried about the threat of Wu State.

Before, whether it was the Liang State or the Shu State, although it once threatened the foundation of the Qi State, but in the end it retreated for various reasons, but now the Qi State, which is greatly injured, still has the strength to repel the invasion of the Wu State?

"The state of Wu is very strong, and it is especially good at siege. Although there is still the Jin State as a containment, there is a natural danger of the Yellow River, and it is difficult for the Jin State to cross the river to the south. And the strength of the Wu State will definitely increase greatly after the annexation of the Central Plains, and it is not a problem to far surpass the previous Liang State. If Wu sent part of his troops to contain the Jin army and attacked me with the main force, would my Qi State still be able to survive this hurdle? Li Maozhen was worried.