This man was Jeremi.

Yelu Min came back from below, and as soon as he arrived in Youzhou City, he came to Li Congjing non-stop, and when he met, Ye Lu Min split his head and covered his face, and the first thing he said was to ask: "I heard that the Khitan has launched a war to destroy the Bohai State, and Lu Long is also preparing for a big war, which means that you are going to do it against the Khitan again?" ”

Maybe it's not a simple thing to Tuntian, Ye Lumin looks like he's lost a lot of weight, but his complexion is very good, and his temperament has also undergone some changes, becoming more atmospheric and capable, and the breath that emanates from his body is no longer the youthful vitality of the first time he arrived in Youzhou, but a calm and mature charm. In the face of Ye Lumin's inquiry, Li Congjing did not hide it, and said bluntly: "That's true. The Khitan wants to destroy the Bohai Kingdom, this is something I have known for a long time, and in order to prevent the Khitan from destroying the Bohai Kingdom, I have also prepared for a long time. In the past two years, there has been no war in Lulong, and this is the reason. ”

Although she had been prepared in her heart, hearing Li Congjing admit this fact in person, Ye Lumin's face was still a little unpleasant, she fell silent, sat on the chair, and lost her mind.

Li Congjing didn't mean to urge Yelu Min to speak, and sat down on the chair in front of her, waiting for her to speak.

After a long time, Ye Lumin smiled bitterly, "In the past two years in Youzhou, all these things I have done, including the grain stored for you in Tuntian, have now become a sharp weapon in your hands, wielding it to the Khitan people." Attacking the Khitan, I turned out to be your accomplice. ”

Li Congjing was silent and did not comfort Yelumin, because he didn't need to be comforted, and he couldn't be comforted.

At the same time, Li Congjing also understands Yelumin. Although the road was chosen by Yelumin himself, whether it was to leave the Khitan or stay in Youzhou, so that he finally became an official under Li Congjing and helped Li Congjing to Tuntian, these are Yelumin's choices. Yelu Min also said that since the day she left the Khitan, she was no longer a Khitan princess.

After that, she was indeed no longer a Khitan princess, but this did not deny that she had the blood of the Khitans flowing in her body. Now Li Congjing wants to attack the Khitan, and she is using her hard work to attack the Khitan and slaughter the people of the Khitan.

I don't know how long it has been silent, and Yelu Min may also need a moment to be quiet for her to figure out something. There are some problems that cannot be fully recognized in advance before they are imminent, just like Yelu Min thought that she had already dissociated herself from the country on the grassland and was no longer entangled, but at this moment, she may find that some things are not so easy to give up. Yelumi raised his head and asked Li Congjing: "What do you want to achieve in this war?" To what extent will this campaign be fought? ”

There are big battles and small wars in the war, and for now, there are two choices in front of Li Congjing.

The first is to simply help the Bohai State resist the war of annihilation launched by the Khitan against it, if so, then the Khitan will stop the attack on the Bohai State and withdraw its troops from the Bohai State, then Li Congjing's goal will be achieved, and he can stop this expedition. But what if that's not the case? If Li Congjing was not satisfied with this, then he would take the opportunity to attack the Khitan mainland when the Khitan attack on the Bohai Sea failed, and the war would turn into an invasion of the Khitan launched by the Lu Long Army and the Bohai Navy.

Of course, Li Congjing chose the latter, which means that more people will die in this war.

Li Congjing told him frankly, he said: "The Khitan has been invading Youyun for a long time, and hundreds of people in Youyun have been ruined, and this hatred has accumulated too deeply, so deep that there is no other way to solve it, only to return blood for blood." I want to avenge the people of Youyun, but I also want to stop the Khitan invasion of Youyun and slaughter my people in the future. And the grassland peoples, once they become strong and the Central Plains Empire is a little weaker, they will start to plunder the border, because the grassland materials are scarce, and they need the property of our Tang people. If there are ambitious people, such plundering will turn into a larger-scale war, which is an irreconcilable contradiction and an irreversible history. I have no other thoughts than to return to the clouds. To achieve this goal, we cannot sit idly by and watch the Khitan grow, or even make the Khitan no longer as strong as it is now. ”

Speaking of this, Li Congjing looked at Yelu Min and said word by word: "Because this battle is not enough, once it starts, it will be a battle of life and death, if I can't thwart the Khitan and destroy its momentum, it will be the Khitan that will break through Lulong, and my life and death army will be destroyed." ”

"That's really the case." Yelu Min's smile was bleak, and it was heart-wrenching to look at it, and she repeated this sentence a few times, "Is that really the case?" Is that really the case? ”

Li Congjing stood up, "I am a Tang person, a general of the Tang Army, protecting the border and defending the country, this is my unshirkable responsibility, now that the Khitan wants to start a war, Yelu Abaoji wants to be ambitious and conquer the world, then we can only be enemies." Since we are enemies, none of us have a choice, our identities are different, and our positions are different, and our positions are different to opposites, and when we meet together, we can only divide one point of victory and defeat, and one point of life and death. Only in this way can the contradictions be resolved. ”

Looking at Jeremia, "Do you know what I mean?" ”

Yelu Min nodded, "Of course I do. He smiled, "In that case, you should go to war." I'm just an ordinary person, an ordinary person who can't be more ordinary, whether it's fighting for the world, conquering the heroes, invading, or self-defense, these are not things I can control. ”

Li Congjing nodded and said, "It's naturally best if you can think like this." After a pause, he said in a soft voice: "You have swallowed the sky for more than half a year, you have worked hard, and now that the autumn harvest has passed, you don't have to rush back, and you can rest in Youzhou." ”

Yelu Min stood up and said: "I came here today, I also want to tell you that I have already explained the matter of Tuntian to Wei Ziren, this time I will return to Youzhou, I want to rest for a long time, after the autumn harvest, you can send someone else to do it, let me be quiet." ”

Li Congjing could understand Ye Lumin's feelings, and said, "That's fine." ”

Pingzhou.

The new assassin Zhao Zhongming, after the official office finished a day's work, returned to the back house, but did not rest immediately, but went to the study alone. At the door, he instructed the servants not to disturb anyone, and then he pushed the door open and went into the study.

After sitting at the desk, Zhao Zhongming took out a letter and opened it under the oil lamp.

After a glance, Zhao Zhongming's brows furrowed.

This letter is not from the South, but from the North. Pingzhou is already the northernmost state capital of the Tang Dynasty, and the place further north is Yingzhou. The footer of the letter, signed by Cho Jong-ding. Zhao Zhongding, that is Zhao Zhongming's cousin, and also the mastermind of the Khitan Yingzhou guard general Kuchi Yesuer.

The content of the letter is simple, but the amount of information is staggering.

There is only one purpose of Zhao Zhongding's letter, and that is to persuade him to surrender. It may be a little inappropriate to persuade him to surrender, but Zhao Zhongding's meaning is obvious, that is, to let Zhao Zhongming defect to the Khitan.

After reading the letter, Zhao Zhongming slapped the letter on the table fiercely, and said angrily: "Pifu Xiaoer, dare to insult me? ”

Zhao Zhongming, the cousin, was recruited by the Khitan "Corporal Lixian" when Lu Wen stole Pingzhou, so like many Khitan Southern Court officials, he "flew Huang Tengda" in the Khitan, and now Zhao Zhongding sent a letter to Zhao Zhongming, in which he said a lot of good things about the Khitan, and said a lot of bad things about the Tang Dynasty, and finally persuaded Zhao Zhongming to recognize the current affairs and seek a life for himself.

Jizhou.

Trusted Ma Huaiyuan, the assassin of Jizhou, together with Ma Xiaodao, led more than 100 elite horsemen to leave Jizhou City and go to the border of Jizhou.

Recently, the Khitan rangers on the border have become more and more frequent, and began to appear as a Khitan ranger team of ten and a hundred, and the rangers of the Jizhou border army near the border line were hunted and killed by the Khitan rangers.

Inside and outside the border, especially at the border junction of the Tang Dynasty and the Khitan, because the two often fought before, so even when there was no war, the border rangers would come and go, and among them, it was inevitable to catch and fight.

Pingzhou.

The new assassin Zhao Zhongming, after the official office finished a day's work, returned to the back house, but did not rest immediately, but went to the study alone. At the door, he instructed the servants not to disturb anyone, and then he pushed the door open and went into the study.

After sitting at the desk, Zhao Zhongming took out a letter and opened it under the oil lamp.

After a glance, Zhao Zhongming's brows furrowed.

This letter is not from the South, but from the North. Pingzhou is already the northernmost state capital of the Tang Dynasty, and the place further north is Yingzhou. The footer of the letter, signed by Cho Jong-ding. Zhao Zhongding, that is Zhao Zhongming's cousin, and also the mastermind of the Khitan Yingzhou guard general Kuchi Yesuer.

The content of the letter is simple, but the amount of information is staggering.

There is only one purpose of Zhao Zhongding's letter, and that is to persuade him to surrender. It may be a little inappropriate to persuade him to surrender, but Zhao Zhongding's meaning is obvious, that is, to let Zhao Zhongming defect to the Khitan.

After reading the letter, Zhao Zhongming slapped the letter on the table fiercely, and said angrily: "Pifu Xiaoer, dare to insult me? ”

Zhao Zhongming, the cousin, was recruited by the Khitan "Corporal Lixian" when Lu Wen stole Pingzhou, so like many Khitan Southern Court officials, he "flew Huang Tengda" in the Khitan, and now Zhao Zhongding sent a letter to Zhao Zhongming, in which he said a lot of good things about the Khitan, and said a lot of bad things about the Tang Dynasty, and finally persuaded Zhao Zhongming to recognize the current affairs and seek a life for himself.

Jizhou.

Trusted Ma Huaiyuan, the assassin of Jizhou, together with Ma Xiaodao, led more than 100 elite horsemen to leave Jizhou City and go to the border of Jizhou.

Recently, the Khitan rangers on the border have become more and more frequent, and began to appear as a Khitan ranger team of ten and a hundred, and the rangers of the Jizhou border army near the border line were hunted and killed by the Khitan rangers.

Inside and outside the border, especially at the border junction of the Tang Dynasty and the Khitan, because the two often fought before, so even when there was no war, the border rangers would come and go, and among them, it was inevitable to catch and fight.