In the courtyard, a maid knelt on the ground with a gloomy face, and Li Chuan waved his leather whip violently, scolding angrily in his mouth, and was whipping the poor girl.

The whip rained down. The girl's body was already thin, how could she withstand Li Chuan's vicious whipping, every time the whip fell, the girl screamed and trembled violently.

Two of the other servants stood to the side with their heads bowed in silence, not daring to gasp.

Kong Sheng was furious, and shouted: "Stop!" ”

Li Chuan brandished his leather whip and looked up to see that it was Kong Sheng, so he gasped and said coldly: "Kong Sheng, this son of the world has taught the maidservant, do you also want to intervene?" ”

A hint of anger and contempt flashed in Kong Sheng's eyes. He said in his heart: The family of King Yu has not fallen to this point, and you, the so-called Prince of Yu, still can't tell the situation, and you are still playing a score here with Lao Tzu, which is simply stupid.

Kong Sheng said lightly: "What mistake did she make?" ”

"If this son wants to fight, what other reason do you need?" Li Chuan stared at Kong Sheng arrogantly: "You came just in time, this son has been bored for the past two days, and you want to go out for a walk, you arrange for the carriage and horse guards to follow me!" ”

Kong Sheng didn't laugh angrily: "The prince can't go anywhere, so he can only stay in this house." As for these subordinates, they were arranged by Kong to take care of your diet and daily life, not your slaves, so you can't be whipped and bullied! ”

Li Chuan was furious: "Kong Sheng, how dare you confine this son? Did you know that this is a capital offense! ”

Kong Sheng was suddenly angry: "Li Chuan, King Yu was deprived of his power by the imperial court, and he has now rushed to Fengxiang to see the driver and ask for guilt." This official remembers the old love of the county lord of Fengyang, so he left you to take refuge in Xiayi for a while. If you don't know how to lift up, nothing will happen. Show off your might. Hugh blamed the official for turning his face and being ruthless. Take you down and send you to the court for punishment! ”

"Come on, send Li Chuan back to the room and think about it behind closed doors!" Kong Sheng said coldly and loudly.

Behind Kong Sheng, two fierce soldiers immediately stepped forward and put Li Chuan up and locked him in the bedroom without saying anything, Li Chuan's brain was blank, Kong Sheng's reprimand woke him up directly, and now he is no longer the high-ranking prince of the king in the past, but a poor worm under the fence.

Kong Sheng leaned down and picked up the maid who was still trembling and choking and crying after being whipped. He said softly: "Don't be afraid, from today onwards, if Li Chuan dares to be presumptuous again, you can go directly to the Taishou Mansion and report to me - this official will definitely punish him severely!" ”

Kong Sheng handed over the injured maid to another maid to take care of, and then nodded slightly to the servants he had sent to take care of Li Chuan, and then walked away.

Li Chuan's little episode here is insignificant to Kong Sheng, in fact, if it weren't for Li Xuan's entrustment, he wouldn't bother to pay attention to Li Chuan, and directly expelled Li Chuan from Xiayi and let him come and go. Why bother with him? But after all, he owes Li Xuan a lot of favors, and takes care of this gentleman who doesn't know how to advance and retreat and doesn't know current affairs. It can be regarded as a favor for Li Xuan.

Kong Sheng continued to walk slowly towards his Taishou Mansion, along the way, he was still smiling and greeting passers-by, but his brain was running rapidly.

Zhang Xun's arrival and Zhang Xun's suggestion made him realize that it was a wise choice to continue to accumulate strength in Xiayi Town, but this choice was too conservative and lacked enterprising spirit. In order to achieve greater development in the future, in order to complete and achieve the more ambitious goals of life that he had planned, he had to take a risk.

The rebels who attacked Jiyin County to take Gao Chengyi and Song Ting were not without Kong Sheng's consideration, and he had considered them extremely carefully - but he never made a final decision. With Xiayi's current strength, combined with Suiyang's belonging, and backed by Helan Jinming in Jiangbei, the possibility of defeating Gao Chengyi and Song Ting is still quite large, but Kong Sheng is worried that it will be easy to take Jiyin County, and it will be difficult to hold Jiyin County for a long time.

And if this causes the rebel forces in Hedong in Hebei to move south, it will invisibly add more pressure to the Henan battlefield.

Therefore, Kong Sheng did not make a decision for a long time.

Of course, even if he made a decision, he would not let Zhang Xun and others lead him by the nose and be used as a political tool.

Nangong Wang hurried after him, and he lowered his voice and said, "Senior Brother Kong, in fact, the mountain people think that Zhang Xun's suggestion is feasible. Our army attacked Jiyin County by surprise, took this city, swept away the grain and grass in the city, and withdrew the army to return to Xiayi, which was a good deal no matter how you look at it. ”

Kong Sheng stopped and smiled: "Senior Brother Nangong, we captured Jiyin County just to seize the other party's grain and grass?" It's not worth it. Moreover, we are short of troops, it is difficult to divide our troops to hold Jiyin County, if this city cannot be defended, even if there is no Gao Chengyi and Song Ting, there will be other rebel generals to lead the army to occupy it. ”

Nangong Wang also smiled and said: "Capturing grain and grass is one thing, and more important is to make war exploits, if our army can swallow Gao Chengyi Song Ting's military horse, who else can easily shake Kong Taishou's great military achievements and status in the imperial court?" ”

"If we don't attack Jiyin County, I'm afraid Helan Jinming in Jiangbei will also do it." Nangong Wang added in a low voice.

Kong Sheng shook his head: "Helan Jinming doesn't have the courage, this person is not much stronger than Li Ju, the king of Yu, he will definitely not take the risk of attacking, because once the matter is defeated and the army is defeated, the court will definitely surrender." ”

Nangong Wang frowned and did not continue to persuade further.

Kong Sheng glanced back at Nangong and stepped into the Taishou Mansion, "Senior Brother Nangong, you come with me!" ”

Nangong Wang was stunned for a moment, but still followed closely and went straight to Kong Sheng's study.

Kong Sheng pushed the door in, raised his finger and pointed to the military map hanging on the wall, pointed to the location of Jiyin County, and said in a deep voice: "Senior Brother Nangong, it is not difficult to take the city of Jiyin County, but the difficult thing is that if we can't defend this city at a huge cost, this attack will not be of much significance." ”

"What I'm worried about is that the rebels in Hedong and Hebei will take advantage of the situation, do you think that our little force can stop the crazy revenge of the main rebel army?"

"Once we lose in Jiyin County, not only will the good situation in Henan come to naught, but it will also anger the court and the emperor, you say that we take such a big risk just to take a little grain and grass, isn't it too worthless?"

Nangong Wang stared deeply at the map, and sighed for a long time: "Senior Brother Kong is far-sighted and has a unique vision, which is beyond the reach of mountain people. The mountain people are ashamed. ”

"However, we are trapped on the front line of Suiyang in Xiayi, and it can only be said that it is an expedient measure." Kong Sheng's voice was deep and powerful.

Nangong Wang looked up in astonishment: "Senior Brother Kong, what do you mean...... Or do you want to attack as a whole army? ”

"Yes." The light in Kong Sheng's eyes became thicker and thicker.

"Senior Brother Nangong, send the order on my behalf, prepare the whole army for battle, mobilize grain and grass, and go north in three days!" Kong Sheng waved his hand resolutely.

Nangong Wang was shocked: "Senior Brother Kong, didn't you say that the gains in attacking Jiyin County outweigh the losses, why do you still have to send troops?" ”

Kong Sheng chuckled: "Senior Brother Nangong, who said that I was going to attack Jiyin County?" My real goal is to feint north, and then ...... Take this place! ”

Nangong Wang's figure shook suddenly, looking at the position where Kong Sheng's fingers were circled, his expression swayed, and it took a long time to come back to his senses. (To be continued.) )