Shuixi, Linhaitun. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Shan has been quite irritable recently, it has been a week since Shuibei raised troops and returned, and he originally thought that with twice the military strength of the samurai from the east, it would not be easy to conquer Biqiuling, at least it would not be too difficult, it would just take some time. Unbeknownst to them, under the continuous attack for three consecutive days, the checkpoint at the foot of the mountain in Biqiuling did not move at all, and it was declared a failure in one go, and the two armies began a long confrontation that was uncertain for a long time.

Previously, due to the death of Prince Xiuren, the Eastern Army had desperately attacked Linhaitun head-on, and it was also due to the terrain advantage set up by Li Shan in advance that the Eastern Army suffered heavy losses, with casualties of nearly 5,000 before and after. It can be said that success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He, and now Li Shan reaps the consequences, unable to defeat the Eastern Army in one go, so he has no choice but to sit back and watch the other side's reinforcements continue to land in Yizhou.

Of course, this support is also limited. After breaking up with the Li family, it was not necessary to retreat, but due to the death of Xiuren and the loss of thousands of soldiers, Dongchu was unwilling to give up, and successively increased more than 10,000 troops to put pressure on the Li family, hoping to coerce Li Shan to make certain concessions and make up for the losses.

Under this mentality, it is naturally impossible for tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of troops to go directly to Yizhou. Li Shan knew in his heart and was not panicked, but he had a faint headache. The 40,000 army came back, and the grain and grass that had been stored for several months could not come back, and even under the fierce battle, both the grain and grass and the ordnance began to be dwarfed, to put it bluntly, the Li family is now short of money, and there is not enough silver to purchase strategic materials from the major families in Shuixi, which is the key to the problem.

Another day of war came to an end, Li Shan didn't even have dinner, he sat alone in the study, staring at the map on the desktop with an expressionless face, his eyes were bloodshot, and the energy consumption of the past few days made his body weaker and weaker, and even the instinctive cough was now extremely laborious, and every time he coughed for a lifetime, he had to take a few breaths to slow down.

Li Yan held a bowl of hot porridge, stood beside Li Shan at a loss, looked at his face, and stopped talking several times. After hesitating for a long time, she finally mustered up the courage, handed the plate in her hand forward, and said softly: "Dad, you can use some of it." ”

Seeing that Li Shan shook her head, she continued to persuade: "Your body is like this, how can you bear it if you don't eat?" ”

"I said no!" Li Shan frowned, and impatiently raised his hand to push the plate next to him away. With a "pop", a bowl of hot porridge suddenly fell and splashed on the ground.

Li Yan knelt down as soon as her knees bent, and sobbed: "Dad, my daughter knows it's wrong." When you are angry in your heart, you scold me and beat me. But don't be angry with your body, you are like this, and your daughter is distressed. Dozens of people in the whole family are pointing at you, you have to have three long and two short like this, what should the Li family do, what should Shuixi do! Dad, daughter, please, eat some. ”

Li Shan turned his head and looked at the daughter he loved the most on weekdays with a complicated expression, with mixed feelings in his heart. Does he complain? In all fairness, resentful! A plot made this girl ruined single-handedly, not only that, but also made the Li family have an extra big trouble, if it was a different person, Li Shan would have raised the butcher knife and killed people to vent his anger. But this person is Li Yan, after learning the ins and outs of the matter, in addition to resentment, he is more distressed.

A girl who has not come out of the cabinet is ruined by people in a good manner, even a woman from an ordinary family can't stand it, let alone the Li family, who has always been arrogant. Huren deserves to die, but he can't die like this. Tens of thousands of troops were sent out from the east, but it did not make Li Shanwu to the point of not knowing the taste of food. His worries were caused by various things, and the most direct reason was his worries about the future of the Li family.

His body is clear to himself, and Li Shan knows that he is running out of time. Taking the risk of leading the east in and out of Yizhou, he originally planned to give it a chance, so that the strength of the Li family would temporarily skyrocket, and he would have the opportunity to calm the chaos in Yizhou before his death. If you don't seek unification, at least you have to be dominant, and completely suppress the family that can threaten the Li family. First the fire in the backyard and then the setback on the front line caused today's situation.

Speaking of which, you can't blame your daughter entirely. Li Shan's face eased, sighed, turned to help Li Yan, and said, "Get up." ”

Li Shan gently rubbed her head and said softly: "Dad doesn't blame you, Dad is worried about you." You have also seen Dad's situation, it's not that he doesn't want to eat, he really can't eat it. Everyone in the world thought that my father sent troops this time, aiming at Shuibei, but they didn't know that my real plan was in Shuidong, and the Yang family was the most fundamental threat to my Li family. It's a pity that the body is not strong, and my father may not survive Yang Xiaotian. What will you do when your father dies? What should the Li family do? ”

"Dad, you don't have to worry too much, even if you are not there in the future, the Li family still has a big brother and a second brother."

"Mu'er can still be used, but your big brother." Li Shan shook his head and said: "If it is a peaceful and prosperous world, he may be able to maintain the Li family, but now that the undercurrent of Yibei is surging, it will be difficult for my Li family to protect it sooner or later." I thought that I could tell him a family affair before he died, and with the help of Bo Yan, no matter how carefree my father was, he would die now, and he would be able to look at it. Just like the original Lu family, Rao is Zibu has a gentle and benevolent temperament, after marrying Youxuan, isn't his Lu family as strong? But Wencheng is missing some blessings after all, so he can't help it. ”

"Dad, something happened!"

Li Wencheng, the prince of the world, hurriedly pushed the door in, and bumped into Li Shan's old face full of anger at a glance. "Bastard thing! Ahem, ahem! Do you still have some rules? Don't know how to knock on the door before entering the house? Over the years, you've gone alive as a dog! ”

Li Wencheng secretly swept the girl whose tears had not dried, knowing that his father was angry, and he hit the muzzle of the gun. couldn't help but laugh and said: "Dad, don't be angry, isn't this an accident, the child is in a hurry to report to you, this is a moment of rudeness." ”

Li Shan coughed twice, but his complexion gradually softened, and he said in a deep voice, "Something's wrong." ”

"Look." Li Wencheng took out a document from his arms, took two steps forward and put it on Li Shan's desk, and then retreated, and then said: "It's a notice from Shuibei, and it's sent us silver." ”

"Silver?" Li Shan opened the official document with a suspicious face and looked at it carefully. After a while, he raised his head again, the suspicious look on his face faded, and he asked strangely, "Are you sure this is from Shuibei?" ”

"Of course." Li Wencheng was stunned and said: "Can this still be fake?" Dad, look below, stamped with the big seal of the Lu family! Although the Great Seal can also be faked, there will be nothing wrong with this matter, who is well-fed and supportive, and uses this kind of thing to find the happiness of my Li family. ”

"Yes." Li Shan nodded, and then shook his head again and again. "No, this is not a thin face! Unless you are a brazen person, you will never be able to do such a thing. ”

When Li Wencheng received this notice just now, he also thought so. He couldn't imagine that the fairy-like person in his heart could tell lies to the people of the world in a high-sounding manner, how thick-skinned he was! How dark the heart must be!

"Dad, what do you say about this?"

Li Shan glanced at his son, thought about him, and asked pretending to be puzzled: "The old man can't see what the Lu family has intentions, Wencheng, what do you think but it doesn't hurt to say it, and it is also a reference for the father." ”

Daddy also has times when he can't see through it? Where will Li Wencheng believe, he knows that he is testing himself. His face turned pale, and he thought about it for a while, and then he said: "The child thinks that although your father's expedition this time has not completely pacified Shuibei, it has already made the Lu family afraid. This announcement should be a move by the Lu family to take the initiative to show favor to my Li family, hoping to ease the relationship between the two families. ”

Li Shan's face remained unchanged, and he said lightly: "Go on." ”

"The Lu family is one enemy and two, although they can barely withstand it, the loss is not small, less than half of the 60,000 elite sailors are left, and most of the cities in Shuibei have experienced the impact of war, and the overall strength is not as good as before. My Li family didn't bargain for anything, and now they are at war with the Eastern Army, and the consumption is extremely high, and it is difficult to recover to the pre-war level in the short term. The Yang family is different, the Yang family, which has a mine in hand, is not short of silver, and the ordnance can be made in large quantities, and the soldiers can continue to be recruited, and it will not take long to restore the heyday. In today's situation, one is strong and two are weak, and only by joining forces can we survive. The Lu family's move is to show favor to us, and by the way, to probe the reaction of our Li family, and lay the foundation for future alliances. ”

"Then what do you think my Li family should do?"

"The child feels that the union of the two families is an inevitable trend, and besides, we do need money to deal with the Dongchu army now, so we might as well accept the kindness of the Lu family. At the same time, in order to let the Lu family understand that we also have the intention of cooperating, but... ”

Seeing his son's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Li Shan didn't know what he was thinking, and couldn't help but smile coldly. "But how?"

Li Wencheng's face flushed, and he held back for a long time before he said, "You can send someone to the Lu family again to ask for relatives." (To be continued.) )