The second chapter is here, and the chrysanthemum that actually exploded the tomato, is happy, brothers and sisters, let me be happy for a few more days!

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An Guogong Li Huaiyuan's power is immersed in his bones, that is in the early years of killing the battlefield, and then he has been in a high position and has been immersed in silver for a long time, even if his current body has no relationship with the majestic and mighty, but it is such a thin and small dry old man, half lying on the soft couch, and the half-squinted eyes are also flashing with love, which still makes Li Qing feel his strength, and he has a feeling of being stripped naked under his eyes. It seemed that any of his thoughts and thoughts were hidden under the gaze of those eyes, and his true form was revealed, which made him very uneasy.

Even at the head of Fuyuan City, which was raining arrows, Li Qing, who could be at ease, was under the gaze of these eyes at this time, but he felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, and he subconsciously twisted his body. It was this slight movement, but the old man on the couch showed a smile, this smile made his towering cheekbones more prominent, and the gray beard under his chin was slightly upturned, "Very good." He said softly.

Li Qing didn't know what Li Huaiyuan meant by this sentence suddenly, if it was because of what he did in Dingzhou, then there was no need to praise himself again, and if he praised himself because he sat in front of him and sat under his gaze for a while, but he couldn't say it, could it be that a grandson could still be silent in front of his grandfather?

Li Qing actually didn't know that in the Li family, Li Huaiyuan was the sky, not to mention those grandchildren, it was his father, the eldest uncle and the second uncle were silent in front of Li Huaiyuan, don't look at the three of them are all officials to the master, ranking in the first class, but as long as the old man's eyes are swept away, the three of them have to be shortened in the air.

Li Huaiyuan sat up with his body half-propped up, Li Qing quickly stood up, walked over, and wanted to help this old man who looked a little weak, Li Huaiyuan laughed and pushed his hand away, "I'm not that old?" Could it be that this requires someone to help? Li Qing smiled awkwardly, wanting to pat the horse's ass but slapped the horse's hooves.

"I heard about several battles you fought in Dingzhou, and they fought very well, especially the offensive and defensive battles between Fuyuan and Wanyan Bulu, which can be called perfect." Li Huaiyuan stroked his gray beard, looked past Li Qing, and threw himself everywhere, as if he saw the extremely tragic attack and defense under Fuyuan City.

"Grandpa praised it falsely, this is just the result of the people working together to resist the enemy and the soldiers fighting to the death, and the grandson did not go into battle in person, at most he just sat on the city tower." Li Qing said modestly.

Li Huaiyuan smiled, looked at Li Qing, and said: "You are quite introverted, at the beginning, your eldest brother Li Zheng just led the crowd to suppress a few bandit villages in Yizhou, and praised himself to the sky, well, he was also so big at the beginning!" ”

Li Qing knew that Li Zheng in Li Huaiyuan's mouth was the only son of Uncle Yining Li Sizhi, who served in the Yizhou Army and was quite brave. "Big brother is brave, Qing'er has known it since he was a child."

"But compared to you at the moment, he can be described as a firefly light, which is not worth mentioning." Li Huaiyuan sighed: "You are just twenty years old, and you have made a fortune in reading, and under the wing protection of your father and the Li family, until now, you have not had the ability to control an army alone, it can be seen that the captive tiger is not as good as a beast that can survive on its own after all!" ”

Li Qing was speechless at the old man's analogy.

"You were wronged when you were a child, and I didn't know it long ago, speaking of which, your father's mouth is quite strict, and he actually hid me strictly, hey, it's really old, and I don't even know family affairs." The old man said self-deprecatingly. His eyes swept to the side of Wei Yuanhou, and Wei Yuanhou stood up in shame, bowing his head and being speechless.

"You sit down, fortunately, Qing'er has also gone home, so there is no need to mention the past, what to do in the future can save yourself." Li Huaiyuan said lightly.

"Yes!" Wei Yuanhou couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, and in front of his son, he was reprimanded by the old man, which made him extremely ashamed.

Turning his gaze back, "The defensive formation you designed in Fuyuan is very good, I have brought a lifetime of soldiers, these seemingly simple things actually have such great power, but I never thought of it, after I go back, I will sort him out and send it to me, by the way, and the Weibao, you have also redesigned it, and also drew his structural diagram." ”

"Yes!" Li Qing said respectfully: "Grandpa, this fortress is a kind of latest fort, its structure is not yet known to outsiders, after the grandson draws it, he still needs grandpa to pay attention to secrecy." ”

Li Huaiyuan laughed: "Good boy, do you still need to remind grandpa?" You say why I asked you for the blueprints of this fort, well, you call him the fortress, right? ”

Li Qing thought for a moment, "Grandpa, my Li clan's Yizhou is the place of the four battles, although it is rich but there is no danger to defend, once something happens, it will be enemies on all sides, grandpa wants to build this kind of fortress in Yizhou in large quantities?" ”

Li Huaiyuan nodded: "Draw inferences, you really deserve to be a general, yes, I think your fortress should be able to expand, right?" ”

Li Qing nodded and said, "Yes, it can be expanded, but Qing'er's kind of guard in Fuyuan only needs three hundred people to defend, and it is impossible for two or three thousand enemies to take it, if this kind of fortress is doubled, the number of guards will increase to one thousand, but it can resist the siege of tens of thousands of enemies." Of course, this is only a theoretical value, because due to the size of the fortress, it is impossible to store so many supplies and ordnance. ”

Li Huaiyuan smiled slightly: "What if I hollow out the underground of this fortress and make it into a warehouse?" ”

Yes! Li Qing was taken aback, "Grandpa, then the cost of this fortress is too big?" The gains outweigh the losses! ”

Li Huaiyuan sighed, "This is also a helpless thing, Yizhou is not short of money, what is lacking is a dangerous city, an iron wall that can make the enemy fearful." No matter how elite my Yizhou army is, it can't stand up to many wolves! ”

A slight chill appeared on Li Qing's body, is the old man so pessimistic about the situation in the Central Plains? To turn the fortress into a flesh mill by expanding it infinitely at any cost?

"Grandpa, has the situation come to this point now?" Li Qing asked, it is naturally impossible for him, who has lived in the border for a long time, to live in the center for a long time like Li Huaiyuan, and to watch the general trend of the world.

"I'm afraid it's even more serious." Li Huaiyuan paused heavily, appreciating Li Qing's quick reaction. "What do you think?"

"My grandson originally thought that it would be fine in three or five years." Li Qing said hesitantly.

"Maybe three or five years, maybe soon." Li Huaiyuan closed his eyes, "Do you know about the rebellion in several southern states?" ”

"Xingzhou, Gaizhou, Qingzhou, and Sanzhou rebelled, Qing'er heard a little about it and felt a little strange." Li Qing's words are thoughtful.

"What's the strange?" Li Huaiyuan's originally unsparkling eyes suddenly shot out a substantial light, burning Li Qing's vest with a fever.

"The rebellion in the three southern states broke out twice before and after, but the two times were completely different, the first time was quickly put down, but the second time, it was on fire, between these two times, there was a node, that is, the sudden disappearance of the rebel leaders Lu Xiaobo and Zhang Wei." Li Qing walked to the map that Li Huaiyuan hung in the study and pointed to the map.

"For the first time, Lu Zhang and the others were purely bandits, where they passed, they were surrounded by villagers, looting property, and the people were not able to make a living, although they claimed to have hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the peak, but most of them were ordinary people, who seemed to be huge, but in fact they were vulnerable, and the more people they were, the greater the logistical pressure on him, he could only loot more, how could this move win the hearts of the people, and it was only a matter of time before he was defeated."

Li Huaiyuan nodded slightly, and Wei Yuanhou on the side also listened to Li Qing's analysis attentively.

"But this second time, it's clearly different." Li Qing nodded heavily at Qingzhou, "The second rebellion started here, but this time Lu and Zhang are completely different from the last time, and even seem to be a different person, the remnants of the defeated army when they escaped at the beginning actually changed their faces, as if they had the appearance of a regular army, and this time after they took down the land, they no longer looted, but arranged officials to rule them on the spot, which is what makes Sun Er suspicious." ”

"What's so suspicious about that?" Wei Yuanhou was puzzled, "The first time I suffered a loss, how could I repeat the mistakes of the past the second time, and I would naturally change my course." ”

Li Qing shook his head, "Talent? Where did they get so many talents? As far as I know, after the two rebellions of Lü and Zhang, the local officials and scholars were either killed or fled north, how did Lü and Zhang find so many literate people in a short period of time, and persuade these people to govern the place for them? ”

Taking a breath, Li Qing said with emotion: "When I first came to Chongxian, I was very troubled by this matter, and I couldn't find so many literate people, and many officials under my jurisdiction were illiterate at that time. ”

Wei Yuanhou's face changed, "You mean they have someone behind them?" ”

Li Huaiyuan glared at him, "You didn't see until now that you have been an official for so many years, and you are not as knowledgeable as the young Qing'er." ”

Li Qing said to Wei Yuan: "Father, you are also a veteran of the battlefield, how do you feel about playing against Lu and Zhang?" ”

Li Muzhi didn't think twice, "Lu and Zhang are extremely military-literate, and the troops they lead are also quite combat-effective, of course, this is also related to the fact that the Sanzhou town army I led is too weak. ”

Li Qing said with a smile: "Father, Lu and Zhang, for the first time, they were defeated by the Sanzhou Town Army, and after you unified the army, you could only barely maintain the battle line and not move north, could it be said that you are not as good as the original general of the Sanzhou Town Army after a long time of battle?" In that case, why should I transfer you? ”

Li Muzhi's face suddenly darkened, the general of the Sanzhou Town Army is now under his command, in his opinion, they are all a few wine bags and rice bags, but he just can't pick up the two Lu Zhang who were defeated by the three of them, the reason for it, let him not know the truth, could it be that these two people got the Book of Heaven after the first defeat and escape? The military quality is rising gradually, and it is a joke to say this.

"And what do you say for?" He asked angrily.

"I suspect that this time Lu Zhang's troops are not the two of them in command at all, there are other people who are in charge of the troops, and their troops must be tired." Li Qing said categorically.

Li Huaiyuan bowed slightly: "Yes, the analysis has to be penetrated into the inside, into the bones, Mu Zhi, don't you understand?" You are brave in battle, and there is no shortage of strategy on the battlefield, but you don't know much about these things. This battle is very difficult to win. Neither can you. ”

Wei Yuan waited for Li Muzhi to generally understand at this time, sat for a moment, and said, "Father, so what?" As long as I am still in charge of the army, I will always do my best to win. ”

Li Qing shook his head and said: "Father, this is a war that is destined not to be won, unless the imperial court gives you full authority to control these three states and can mobilize all the wealthy private armies, but is this possible?" Will the imperial court let us Li take control of the power of these three states again? ”

"Then you say, what should the pastor do?" Li Huaiyuan was better than Li Qingdao.

"Get out! Get out early! Li Qing said without hesitation: "Since we know that we can't win, why waste our energy and dump this mess on others, our Li clan must concentrate on dealing with the next chaos in the Central Plains." ”

"That's right, it coincides with me." Li Huaiyuan clapped his hands and said, "Muzhi, do you know why I forced you to come back this time?" Taking this opportunity, you presented a memorabilia to the emperor, saying that you were sick and could not serve as a councilor, and asked the court to send another person to quell the rebellion. ”

"Isn't this an escape?" Li Muzhi said sullenly, he wanted to set foot on the battlefield again to regroup and make new contributions, but he didn't think it would be such an ending.

"Are you afraid that there will be no war? I'm afraid that you will have to fight for many years in the future, until you get tired of fighting, and it may not be over. Li Huaiyuan's eyes flashed with wisdom, "And in the next war, you will fight for our Li clan, if you want our Li clan not to be swallowed up in this troubled era, you must call yourself sick now, resign, resign from all public positions, return to Yizhou, and assist your eldest brother in rearmament." ”

Li Muzhi was also re-aroused by the old man, "I understand my father." ”