Chapter 254: Li's Uncle and Nephew
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Liu Zhiyuan left quietly, causing a small amount of attention among the top echelons of the alliance.
Li Mi didn't pay attention to how Li Fengyun explained his departure to his subordinates, he was concerned about the political situation in the Eastern Capital, the battlefield of the Eastern Crusade, his future fate and the fate of Middle-earth.
Li Mi rushed to Songcheng to bid farewell to his uncle Li Dan.
Li Danzheng was shocked by the strange changes in the battle situation of Tongji Canal. According to the latest information, the rebels suddenly and abruptly withdrew, almost overnight from Liang County. King Qi was caught off guard, and in the face of the rebels' tidal retreat on all fronts, he waited and watched for a long time without coming up with countermeasures, and seemed to be too cautious. After the official army fought with the rebels on the front line of Jiyin and Dingtao, Wei Yunqi and Wei Baoluan recovered Dingtao, but they were blocked by Jiyin City, and the King of Qi was slow to move, until the grain and grass supplied by the eastern capital were in place, he led the army to cross the Tongji Canal, cross the Bianshui in the east, and kill into Jiyin County.
Li Mi's appearance just solved Li Dan's urgent need.
After the King of Qi chased the rebels into Jiyin County, the crisis of Tongji Canal was alleviated, at this time, Liang County had to send troops to follow the King of Qi to chase and kill the traitors, even if the number of the Eagle Yang army in the county was limited, it was necessary to send some local township regiments to "show their faces" to give the King of Qi a strong momentum, no matter what, he could not pretend to be deaf and dumb, otherwise it would not only be rude but also bring unexpected trouble, but the change in the battle situation was too "weird", Li Dan had a guess and did not dare to make a decision.
On the way back, Li Mi walked day and night, cautious, and did not know the changes on the battlefield. After listening to his uncle Li Dan's introduction, although he knew that this was an inevitable result, his feelings were still complicated, especially Li Fengyun's words before parting, which still made him feel uneasy and frightened when he thought about it.
"You quietly returned because the white thief was leaving?" Li Dan asked eagerly, "Did the white thief tell you this secret in advance?" ”
Li Mi nodded and smiled bitterly to himself. The white thief didn't stop telling himself this secret, he told him that he had too many secrets.
"There must be a mystery in this." Li Dan's tone was firm, and he asked again, "Are you aware of it?" ”
The secret about the King of Qi was related to the family's decision-making in the future political struggle, so Li Mi did not hide it at all, and immediately told everything he knew.
Li Dan's mood fluctuated with Li Mi's narration, some of which he had already guessed and was not surprised, but some of which he did not expect, and he couldn't help frowning and worrying in addition to being surprised.
"Has King Qi ever met with the White Thief?"
Li Mi shook his hand, "From beginning to end, he didn't leave the alliance camp, but it was King Qi's appeasement who frequently came in and out. ”
"Do you see the Messenger?"
Li Mi shook his head, "I have tried every means to investigate, but whether it is King Qi or Li Fengyun, they are extremely careful in this regard, not to mention seeing the face of the envoy with their own eyes, and they can't even find out when they will enter and leave the camp." ”
Li Dan pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you believe the words of the white thief?" ”
Li Mi nodded without thinking, "I believe it." ”
Li Dan was surprised, and didn't know why Li Mi had such a confident attitude, "Why are you so sure?" On what basis? ”
Li Mi didn't speak, and a hint of doubt quietly flashed in his eyes. Li Fengyun's words before parting really couldn't be thought about, and the more he thought about it, the more scared he became.
Li Mi personally participated in Yang Xuangan's mutiny plan, and personally carried out the key part of this plan regardless of the danger, of course, all the details of the plan, and the most important part of this plan was formulated on the basis that the Eastern Crusade might last until the following year. The whole of the Eastern Capital knew the consequences of the war being delayed until the second year, and the defeat of the Holy Lord in the political situation was inevitable, and the defeat of the Holy Lord in the political situation would inevitably lead to the political turmoil in the Middle Earth, and the consequences were very severe. Because of this, if the mutiny broke out at a critical moment in the second year of the Eastern Crusade, the Holy Lord would not only lose politically, but also militarily, and the disastrous consequences that would lead to it would not only be conducive to the success of the mutiny and the change of imperial rule, but also conducive to Yang Xuangan's final victory in the civil war.
Li Fengyun said, you do have a chance next year, is it referring to Yang Xuangan's mutiny plan? The plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky, does it imply that Yang Xuangan's mutiny plan will fail? If you can't do anything, go to Mengshan, not to mention that means. If his guess is right, Li Fengyun sees his secrets clearly, but he has no malice towards himself, then what else is his words not trustworthy?
At this moment, Li Mi was in a trance, and his eyes were very complicated.
Li Dan sat opposite him, saw Li Mi's expression change, and immediately realized that there must be a secret in it, but since Li Mi didn't want to say it, he didn't intend to ask, so he took the initiative to change the topic, "Last year's 'immorality, a case, the king of Qi betrayed his relatives and left, suffered from the enemy on his belly and back, and almost lost his life, the blow was too great, and it is normal to have the idea of fleeing from the Eastern Capital and escaping from the Holy Lord, after all, the lessons from the past are bloody cannibalism, not afraid that it is fake, in other words, so-and-so, so-and-so is also afraid, and so-and-so will also escape." Although the throne of the emperor and the prince is indeed good, if you want to sit on it and sit firmly, how can you not kill people? Especially the flesh and blood relatives, the threat is the greatest, and it is even more necessary to kill no one left, otherwise maybe one day when you open your eyes, your head will be gone. It's just that a certain is very strange, doesn't King Qi know that he can escape for a while, but he can't escape for a lifetime? And this escape, or fleeing with the army, wouldn't it just give the Holy Lord a chance to completely cut off his position as the prince? Could it be that he really realized that he didn't want to be a prince? Or did he have a wrong judgment about the future political situation in the Eastern Capital? This doesn't make sense, with the Wei family, the Su family, and the Li family, how can they make a misjudgment of the political situation in the Eastern Capital? Or is he crazy and determined to take a risk, follow the example of Yang Liang, the king of Han, and fight to the death with the Holy Lord? But King Qi will never go crazy, with the wisdom of those geniuses of the Wei family, even if King Qi is crazy, they have a way to make King Qi a normal person. ”
Li Mi instantly regained his clarity, and just when he heard Li Dan's last teasing words, he couldn't help but smile slightly
"What if the Crusade fails?"
Defeat in the Crusade? Li Dan glanced at Li Mi in surprise, and then scoffed, "Could it be that the sun will come out of the west?" ”
The main force of hundreds of thousands of Weifu troops and more than one million people have devoted their national strength to fight a small country in Goguryeo, which is equivalent to killing chickens with a knife and effortlessly. It is common to win this battle, and it is impossible to lose it. In addition, more importantly, the Holy Lord and the reformers cannot afford to lose this battle, and must win it. If you lose and come back, you can't control the government, and the reform will be over, so you must continue to fight, and if you continue to fight in politics, you have to compromise, the conservatives will take advantage of the situation to fight back, and more radical forces will take advantage of this golden opportunity to "beat the water dogs", then the consequences will be even stricter, once you lose again, the holy lord and the reformers will be completely finished.
"What if the sun really comes out of the west?"
Li Dan looked at Li Mi with a solemn expression, and immediately realized that there might be an accident on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, and his expression suddenly became stern, "What's the explanation?" ”
Li Mi said Duan Wenzhen's last policy and the reason why the Holy Lord implemented this last policy.
Li Dan thought for a moment and said, "If the water division arrives in Pyongyang and the water 6 is attacked, the siege time is still relatively sufficient, and the possibility of conquering Pyongyang is still in existence, of course, the premise is that the Holy Lord must carry enough grain and grass to pass through the more than 1,000-mile unprotected grain road and continuously send it to the city of Pyongyang, otherwise hundreds of thousands of troops will not be able to support it for a few days." ”
The more Li Dan thought about it, the more frightened he became, he could be sure that the Holy Lord would never have such an earth-shattering ability to cry ghosts and gods, so his mood gradually became heavy, and he finally sighed for a long time, "The sun really came out of the west, this is a bad sign." No wonder the Tongjiqu battlefield suddenly became unpredictable, so it was. Wei's old guys have powerful means, if they don't help King Qi escape from the Eastern Capital at this moment, it is certain that after winter, the Holy Lord will definitely forcibly summon King Qi to the Liaodong Palace and imprison him by his side, so as not to be used to provoke a civil war and endanger next year's Eastern Crusade. ”
"Li Fengyun also knows the legacy of the Marquis of Beiping." Li Mi said suddenly.
Li Dan was slightly surprised, "King Qi sued him?" Why is that? This is harmful to King Qi. ”
Li Mi shook his head, "In June, when a certain urged Li Fengyun to attack the King of Qi, he told the Marquis of Beiping that he had a plan. At that time, no one in the entire Eastern Capital knew that the Marquis of Beiping had a will, but he knew. ”
Li Dan was taken aback, his brows tightened, and after thinking for a moment, a trace of shock suddenly flashed in his eyes, "Central? How is this possible? It's impossible. Conspiracy, Li Dan's first reaction was conspiracy, he seemed to smell a cold murderous aura, and he couldn't help but tremble in the depths of his heart.
Immediately, he thought of something and asked eagerly, "Why did he sue you?" What is his purpose in suing you? His identity is extraordinary, have you ever secretly investigated? The stakes are high, have you ever asked for help from the Eastern Capital and the Western Capital? ”
Li Mi nodded, "A certain person has deduced his identity." ”
"Tell me about it."
Li Mi recounted them one by one, and did not dare to leave anything out, after all, Li Dan's age, experience, and political experience were there, as long as he was given enough detailed information, his deduction would definitely be more convincing and closer to the truth. This is also an important reason why Li Mi did not return to the Eastern Capital directly, but came to Songcheng to bid farewell to Li Dan.
Li Dan pondered repeatedly, thought for a long time, and finally spoke, "The white thief once told you an important message, but you were negligent in the deduction. ”
Li Mi's eyes showed a puzzled look.
"The Great War of the North." Li Dan said, "The white thief once told you that the Eastern Crusade is directly related to the tension between the North and the South, and if the Eastern Crusade loses one after another, the outbreak of the Great War between the North and the South will be inevitable. A secret soldier deployed in the desert can indeed see this, but if this secret soldier has a connection with the center, then it is obvious that it should be Wen Xigong (Pei Shiju), not Pi Gong (Su Wei) who is connected to it. ”
Li Mi suddenly had an epiphany. In the past 20 years, Pei Shiju has always been one of the central ministers in charge of Middle-earth's defense and foreign affairs, especially since the Holy Lord's accession to the throne, Pei Shiju has become the first person in charge of Middle-earth's defense and foreign affairs.
The identity of the secret soldier, who has a close connection with Pei Shiju, comes from a wealthy family in Shandong, and has a deep grudge against the Holy Lord and Yuwenshu, so Li Fengyun's secret looms.
The uncle and nephew looked at each other and said a name in unison, "An Pinggong." ”
Li Delin, Duke of Anping, from the Li family of Zhao County, the first Hongru in Shandong, well-known in the sea, the former minister of Gao Qi, entered the Northern Zhou Dynasty after the death of Qi, and then assisted the first emperor. Li Delin and Pei Shiju's political experience is exactly the same, except that one is famous, the other is small, the other has a high official position, and the other has a low official position. Although the age gap between the two is large, Li Delin is older, and he is a Confucian master, but because of the same experience and the same political interests, the two are also teachers and friends, and the relationship is very good.
In the middle of the emperor's reign, Li Delin fell into the whirlpool of struggle between the Shandong people and the Guanlong people. After the Holy Lord ascended the throne, Li Delin's son, who was also a Confucian Taidou and a well-known Li Baiyao in China, was retaliated against because he was a "princeling" and had a grudge with the Holy Lord, so that it affected the entire Li family's Hanzhong House in Zhao County, and the children of the family were almost extinct in their official careers.
Li Mi and Li Dan are also from the Li family of Zhao County, they belong to the Liaodong Fang, which is a bit far away in terms of blood, but hundreds of years ago after all, they were a family, and more importantly, now there is a rumor that "the Li family will prosper", once this matter is true, it will be a disaster for the Li family of Zhao County, so the next moment, Li Dan and Li Mi decided to "seal" without the slightest hesitation, and no longer deduce and investigate.