(Second update.) ）

Li Congjing expressed his acknowledgment of what Mo Li said, walked into the room, picked up a booklet from the desk, handed it to Mo Li, motioned for everyone to pass it on, sat down behind the desk, and said: "Before the Buyeo war began, the Military Intelligence Department and the Martial Arts Institute had sent elite personnel to Fuzhou, the purpose was to observe the Khitan army at close range, which was the intelligence they had gathered in recent months. ”

As he spoke, he picked up a booklet and handed it to Wang Pu, "This is based on the above information, the analysis of the military strength of the Khitan Army and the Bohai Navy made by the General Staff Office, and made a detailed assessment of the strength of the two armies, the armament of the large army, the quality of the non-commissioned officers, the ability of the generals, and the morale of the whole army. ”

When Mo Li, Wang Pu, and Du Qianshu raised their heads, their eyes lit up a little, Li Congjing added: "The unilateral estimated deadline that cannot be trusted. ”

"Two months?" In any case, after seeing the time limit given by the General Staff Office, Wang Pu was still stunned, "Is this time limit a little too exaggerated?" ”

The Buyeo war has been in the past month, and there are two more months, so Fuzhou alone has resisted the onslaught of the Khitan for three months, and it seems a little unreasonable under the premise that Yelu Abaoji has been preparing for a long time and personally leading 200,000 troops to the battle.

Li Congjing said: "The officials of the Bohai State ruled the darkness, the whole country festered, and the time for Damingan to hold power was short, and it was too late to improve. In the face of the Khitan's nationwide attack, Fuzhou was both the first and last fortress of the Bohai State to resist the Khitan. In the final analysis, the weakness of the Bohai State has made him unable to withstand a big defeat, and Daming'an gathered a limited elite and fought a decisive battle with the Khitan in Fuzhou, which also recognized this, but it also made it so that once Buyeo was captured, the Bohai State would not be far from the death of the country. With this premise, the national salvation fighters of the Damingan faction will go all out in this battle, so that there will be a three-month period. ”

Du Qianshu was silent for a moment, then raised his head and asked: "Since the military commander judged it like this, it is right to rush to the aid of Bohai as soon as possible, why did he only send Lu Longjun and the new army to attack Liaodong this time?" If the Hundred Battles Army is ordered to go, Liaodong can be conquered overnight. ”

Li Congjing shook his head slightly, and said something that surprised Du Qianshu, he said: "The Youzhou army will not be able to participate in the war until Fuzhou is captured by the Khitan!" ”

"Why is that?" Du Qianshu and Wang Pu both lost their voices and were puzzled.

Li Congjing stood up and said slowly: "It is true that Fuzhou was conquered, and the Bohai Congress suffered heavy losses, but the Khitan will also suffer a lot of losses because of this. In the case of the assistance of our Youzhou army, the Bohai State, which should have been defeated, will not collapse immediately, and Daming'an, who is determined to be the master of Zhongxing, will not give up easily, so Bohai still has the strength to fight again, which is one of them. ”

"On the other hand, after the Khitan conquers Fuzhou, the battle line will be lengthened, and it will become a lot more difficult to supply, which is also an opportunity for us to take advantage of, this is the second."

"The reason why Fuzhou is the western gateway of the Bohai Sea is because of the complex terrain of Buyeo and many dangers. Once the Khitan captures Fuzhou, and the Bohai Sea does not collapse, if it cannot control the entire Fuyu and attack Longquan Mansion with lightning speed, the Khitan army will fall into a quagmire, and its advantage in many elite cavalry will also be in a passive position in mountain warfare, and its advantage will not be able to give full play. At this time, the Youzhou army that participated in the war was to completely turn Buyeo into a swamp that made it difficult for the Khitan to move an inch, so that it could not extricate itself, and then consume their sharp energy step by step, eat away at their troops, and finally achieve the goal of exhausting the enemy, which is the third. With these three, we have a chance to win! ”

In the end, Li Congjing concluded: "With the current combat strength of the Youzhou Army, even with the Bohai Navy of Buyeo, the field battle cannot defeat the Khitan 200,000 army, which is a reality. Therefore, in this battle, the Bohai Navy must use Fuzhou City to consume the Khitan army first, which is the reason why I did not immediately rush to the aid of Fuyu. In the safest way, I seek to achieve strategic goals at the lowest cost, which is why I chose to use the entire Buyeo as the battlefield. ”

Wang Pu and Du Qianshu were silent for a long time, and Mo Li chuckled: "In the final analysis, the last sentence is the key, even if you fight with Yelu Abaoji, you don't want to fight it head-on, and the fundamental reason is that you don't want the Youzhou army to suffer too many losses." ”

Li Congjing smiled, "The Khitan wants to fight, but it can't be a bloody battle to the point of killing a thousand enemies and injuring eight hundred, the battlefield in the world is very big, and now I have no people, what will I do in the future?" ”

These words stunned several people, and while they felt reasonable, they were impressed by Li Congjing's boldness and ambition.

After Wang Pu and Du Qianshu left, Mo Li stayed, and only he, Li Congjing, and Tao Yaoyao were left in the house. Mo Li opened the folding fan and shook it gently, looking at Li Congjing with a smile, "To be honest, Brother Li, you chose the opportunity to participate in the war after Fuzhou was defeated, except for those considerations, what are your real thoughts?" ”

Tao Yaoyao, who was always sitting next to her with a bored look, opened her eyes wide when she heard the words, and looked at Li Congjing strangely, her ghost-like expression should be the truth that was confused by this matter, and Li Congjing's deep intentions behind the truth were shocked.

Li Congjing smiled casually and said: "The snipe and the clam compete, and the fisherman just profits." In the final analysis, Yelu Abaoji launched a campaign to destroy the Bohai Sea this time, and we are foreign aid. How can we negotiate the best conditions and seek the greatest benefits from the Bohai State if they do not let Bohai and Khitan run into bloodshed, and appear when they are most in danger and need help? ”

"It makes sense, we don't do anything that doesn't benefit us." Mo Lida nodded, agreeing with Li Congjing's point of view, but he was not satisfied, "But it doesn't seem to be enough, right?" This is playing with fire, accidentally playing too much, but there is a danger of collapse. You are taking such a big risk, not to mention just to get more benefits from the Bohai Sea. ”

When there were no outsiders, Li Congjing didn't take a stand, he spread his hands, "Then what else do you say?" ”

Seeing that Li Congjing made it clear that he wanted to play the role of a scheming person, Mo Li was very unhappy, he turned his head and asked Tao Yaoyao, "Tao Tong, do you believe his words?" ”

"I don't believe it." Tao Xiaoyao sniffed at it, and seemed to have great expectations for Li Congjing's black belly.

Mo Li smiled, and threw a childish look at Li Congjing that you know, then he restrained his expression and said solemnly: "Bohai, my Tang Domain, and now, although there are tributes from time to time, there are signs of self-reliance outside the lonely blockage, and the generations of Damingan and Li Siping all have this thought." We are waiting to help Daming'an take power and help him strengthen the country, with the intention of confronting the Khitan, not about raising tigers! Bohai is strong, but it must be able to control it. In the future, once the Khitan is weaker and the Bohai Sea is stronger, won't our plan for today become a joke for the north to reproduce a Khitan? Balancing the Khitan and Bohai Seas is the way to go. The current situation, let the Bohai Sea survive the country, can contain the Khitan, and must not give it the opportunity to take the opportunity to become bigger, so that the tail is not big! I think, this is the root cause of Brother Li'er's reluctance to help Bohai as soon as possible, right? ”

Li Congjing no longer relied on his skin, nodded and said: "The way of diplomatic relations is not to eliminate the strong and help the weak, but to balance the weak and strong." Maintaining one's own hegemony so that the enemy cannot threaten oneself and ensuring complete control over it is the supreme goal pursued by diplomatic relations. ”

"The way of diplomatic relations is not to eliminate the strong and help the weak, but to balance the weak and the strong." Mo Li chewed this sentence carefully, and his eyes gradually brightened, "In this way, he will be settled in the grassland, and I can leave Youzhou with confidence." ”

Tao Xiaoxiao grabbed her hair, she didn't know what Li Congjing and Mo Li were talking about, so she wisely chose to close her eyes and didn't bother to pay attention.

After talking about the Bohai Sea, Li Congjing put his eyes on the present and said to Mo Li: "It is easy to recover Yingzhou, but it is difficult to take root in Yingzhou." Yingzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and how to get together can be described as a thousand difficulties, and as the border of Lulong, Yingzhou faces the Khitan, which increases the difficulty of the people here. However, this time Kexia Yingzhou, unlike the first year of Tongguang, you and I have no reason to give it to others, how to govern civil affairs, there must be a program. ”

Mo Li said: "The first difficulty in governing Yingzhou lies in the population, and if Yingzhou can be made to have a population, other problems can be easily solved." ”

"Relocation?"

"There's nothing else you can do."

"But the war is not over, how to relocate? How many of the people of Lulong are willing to move to the border? Is the imperial court allowed such a big move? ”

"This relocation is not the relocation of the people of Lulong Kyushu." Mo Li shook his head and said, "It's the people of the relocation state." ”

"Oh?" Li Congjing raised his eyebrows slightly.

This seems to be a contradictory sentence, but since Mo Li said it, there must be a follow-up.

Mo Li continued: "In the first year of Tongguang, the army first conquered Yingzhou, and was helped by the 'righteous army', can Brother Li still remember the scene at that time? ”

"First there was Huang Zong's help Junzi to win Yelu Chishu in the White Wolf Mountain, and then Xu Boxian and Lu Junyan led 800 strong men to join the army, helping us and others to successfully exhaust the 50,000 troops led by Yelu Bei and Yelu Enemy Assassin before retreating to Bianguan, how can you not remember what happened here?"

"Since ancient times, Yan Zhao has been a strong man, and it is true. Although Yingzhou was a Khitan steal before, but because Yingzhou was vast and sparsely populated, the land was barren, and after the Khitan occupied Yingzhou, its use was mostly in the military, and it was used as an outpost to attack Lulong, and there was no contribution to civil affairs, and the management was loose. Because of this, Yingzhou has become a 'gray area', with many bandits, horse gangs raging, and fierce people. When the military intelligence department first arrived in Yingzhou, it was extremely difficult to gain a foothold, and the situation in Yingzhou can be summed up in four words - fewer people and more thieves. Mo Li said eloquently, and when he said this, he paused slightly, his eyes tended to be sharp, "Since there are few people and many thieves, then turn thieves into people!" This is what I call the relocation policy. ”

"Turning thieves into people?" Rao is Li Congjing's mind jumped, and he was also taken aback by Mo Li's idea, and then he began to think about the feasibility of this method, and finally shook his head and said: "I'm afraid that the thief's nature will be difficult to change." ”

Li Congjing's words, Mo Li did not agree, he said seriously and seriously: "The first emperor and the six countries, the people of foreign countries can also be my people; Ban Chao passes through the Western Regions, and the people of other races can also be my people! If you have a big mind, under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister! Brother Li, why do you tie your hands and feet? ”

Tao Yaoyao, who has not intervened much, also snorted coldly at this time, "In troubled times, if it is not hard to live, who is willing to leave home and become a thief in the mountains?" If there is a land that can be cultivated, fed and clothed, who wants to be a thief, humiliate the ancestors, and be in danger? ”

The two of them are not bad, but for Li Congjing, now that the war is urgent, what he needs is a stable rear, not a rear that may change at any time, even if it is only a very small chance, a very small change, he is not willing to take this risk. After many years in the army, he has long been accustomed to minimizing risks, and his demanding attention to detail and pursuit of perfection have given him an extreme desire to control what he can control.

Mo Li saw that Li Congjing was silent, knowing that he still had reservations, thought about it, and continued: "Now that the people of the mountains are moved out of the mountains, land is given, household registration is issued, and those who abandon evil and follow good will be like carp crossing the river. For those who are good at sex, Brother Li is lenient, and for those who are evil, Brother Li is severely punished, so in a few years, Yingzhou will be governed! ”

After saying this, Li Congjing's face softened slightly, and Mo Li seized the opportunity and said further: "Brother Li Kepingzhou first, and the people began to kneel in front of the ya; Out of Bian Pass to attack the Khitan, there were 800 righteous troops to help; After the great victory over Yelu Bei and Yelu's enemy, Lu Long's 100,000 sons and daughters enthusiastically enlisted in the army, wanting to attack thieves from the king's side and inspire the country's prestige! Today, Brother Li has broken Yannan, governed Yingzhou, and educated the place, and it is the right time to "change the sky of clouds", and the name of "the blessing of Youzhou" will become "the blessing of the Tang Dynasty" and spread all over the world! If so, Brother Li raised his arms and shouted, why can't he get '100,000 young people and 100,000 troops'? When the time comes, people with lofty ideals in the world should rush to enter Youzhou! Once this is the case, how can a small Khitan country stop me from being the king of the Tang Dynasty?! ”

There are no outsiders in the house, so there is no need to shy away from it, Mo Li was emotional, and said bluntly: "The way to govern the country is to combine rigidity and softness, raise righteous soldiers, and also practice benevolent government." to be rigid and easy to break, such as the Great Qin, the second died; The softest and easy to perish, such as Song Lu, is a lamb in vain. When the ten kingdoms are competing today, the princes are contending, and the smoke is not extinguished, Brother Li wants to become a big thing, and he will be a strong teacher, attacking the city and pulling out the village, and the benevolent government will win the hearts of the people! The former sets the country, the latter is safe, the former can sweep away the heroes, and the latter makes the world return to the heart, if so, the great cause can be expected! ”

"Now Brother Li is leading the king's division to the battle, with the army in front and the scribes behind, don't you want to do something that combines strength and softness? Why did you hesitate when things came to an end? ”

Li Congjing has been cultivating himself for a long time, and his mood is invisible, but when he hears Mo Li's words, he can't help but change his face several times. At the end, he got up, bowed to Mo Li, and said sincerely: "If it weren't for Brother Mo today, I would be very wrong!" ”

A smile appeared on his face, Mo Li collected his emotions, and quipped: "In this way, what is the strategy of turning thieves into people?" ”

"Good! Do it! ”