Looking at Guo Xiaoke's confident appearance, Chen Kefu couldn't help but look at him again. Although there are many brave generals in the Liaodong Army, there are very few generals who can stand alone, and most of the few who can be used are some Sui Dynasty generals who defected. Such as Wang Rengong, Luo Zhong, Yu Qinming, Li Jing and others, although there are many problems with the loyalty of these people.

But firstly, they are all older, and secondly, they are not from the background of their henchmen, so they will be a little afraid to use them, and they are not as relieved as the old subordinates of the Liaodong Army who know the roots.

After all, Guo Xiaoke is a descendant from a broken military camp, and he used to be his own personal guard. Another very important thing is that Guo Xiaoke is not from a family or an aristocratic background, but just a child of ordinary people. This is a good help for Chen Kefu in weakening and suppressing the door valve of the world. He didn't want his court to be like Yang Guang in the future, all the children of the noble clan of the lords.

As long as Guo Xiaoke can perform well in this matter, then Chen Kefu has decided to strengthen his training and appointment.

"Xiao Ke carefully explain your plan, if it is feasible, I will adopt it."

Guo Xiaoke said with a straight face, "My opinion is this, Li Yuan and they are like drowning people now, as long as there is anything that can be grasped, they will reach out and grab it desperately." Didn't they go to the court last time to say that they were ministers? Moreover, Li Yuan also wrote to His Royal Highness, saying that he would send his wife back to Hebei. Although these things were just his original delaying tactics, they can now be used as a fuss. ”

"Your Highness, Li Yuan's current situation, as long as His Highness sends a group of men and horses to Zhongtiao Mountain to find them, and expresses his willingness to take them back to Hebei first, and then send them back to Hedong. I believe that Li Yuan will definitely follow back to Hebei immediately without hesitation. As long as Li Yuan and the others are taken away from Zhongtiao Mountain, then whether it is Wang Shichong, Yang Jun, Yu Wenhua, or the three parties, it is impossible for the three parties to get Li Yuan's refuge, and Hedong will not fall into their hands immediately. As long as Li Yuan is still there, it is impossible for the officials in Hedong and those talents that Li Yuan has attracted to scatter and defect to other forces. ”

Lu Shishen still didn't quite understand, "Li Yuan's guy has a bad stomach, if such a person is saved, they will not be grateful, but will bite like a poisonous snake when they have the opportunity." It's not bad if such a person doesn't kill him, how can he still save them? Hedong is ours sooner or later, so why bother? ”

"You're wrong." Chen Kefu shook his head, Lu Shishen is brave and brave, loyal and indeed loyal, but unfortunately he is a little stupid. "The competition in the world is not only for the population and territory, but also for the popularity and talents of the people. Li Yuan has been operating in Hedong for many years, and he has already had a great reputation in Hedong, and they have gathered a large number of civil and military talents, and these prestige and talents are exactly what we lack when we become the masters of Hedong. If the Li family is attached to our court, then there will be no more resistance from the court to Hedong. ”

"And on the other hand, even if we don't trust those people under Li Yuan, then we can arrange them to some idle positions at that time. In this way, they can prevent them from joining other hostile forces, and increase the momentum of the other party. It is the best policy to increase and eliminate the other. ”

Chen Kefu admires Guo Xiaoke's strategy, competing for the world, sometimes it is not necessarily just to develop oneself, and when appropriate, weakening the opponent is also to strengthen oneself. The people that Li Yuan gathered may not reuse them himself, but if he leaves them alone and invests in other forces, he is very likely to be reused by them, and then he will cause great damage to himself.

"Xiao Ke, how do you plan to treat Li Yuan's father and son? In any case, Li Yuan's father and son are the key to the matter, if Li Yuan takes refuge in us, then they must not be sincere, at most it is just an expedient measure, how do you think we should deal with him? ”…,

Guo Xiaoke nodded, "Li Yuan's father and son are indeed critical, and if they are dealt with, Hedong can be easily pacified." If it is not handled well, it may make waves again. And between His Royal Highness and his wife, there can be no misunderstanding because of this matter. Therefore, my subordinates feel that it is best to be cautious and prudent in this matter, we will make arrangements first, and then we will set up people, and then there will be nothing to do. ”

"Someone who is a post-starter?"

"That's right, Li Yuan has no way out now, so His Highness sent someone to save him, and he will inevitably take refuge in His Highness as an expedient measure. There will definitely be other ghost ideas in his heart, but we don't have to worry about him for the time being, as long as we wait until Li Yuan's father and son and others are brought back to Hebei. We can borrow Li Yuan's name to recover all parts of Hedong. And for the civil and military forces that the Li family gathered in the past, we can also make a big allocation, and pull everything that can be pulled over. In this way, as long as it takes a year and a half, why worry that Hedong does not belong to my court? ”

"As for Li Yuan's father and son." Guo Xiaoke smiled, "When we go to save him, we might as well make more conditions, such as crowning Li Yuan as the king of Tang, and returning Hedong to Li Yuan's guard." But as long as Li Yuan arrives in Hebei, it will not be our words at that time. As long as His Highness denies it then, what can he do? Give him one or two idle petty officials like this, and Li Yuan will inevitably become even more resentful after a long time. At the right time, His Royal Highness appointed Li Yuan to Hedong to pacify the place, and then let those Li Valve Wenwu who could not be wooed to accompany him. ”

"Isn't this a return to the mountains?" Lu Shishen was confused.

"No, it's just to kill Li Yuan and the others in the name of righteousness." Guo Xiaoke laughed proudly, "Your Highness, there are only a few passages from Hebei to Hedong, and each passage is heavily guarded by our troops. As long as Li Yuan's father and son are halfway through, His Royal Highness can issue another order to cancel the previous order, and then order Li Yuan and the others to be transferred to other places. For example, Li Yuan was transferred to Ryukyu Island to serve as the assassin of Liuzhou, and Li Shimin was transferred to Luozhou Island to serve as the assassin of Luozhou. Your Highness thinks that when they receive such an appointment, will they turn around obediently and go to those deserted islands in the middle of the sea to be a thorn? ”

Li Jing thought thoughtfully, "In this way, the Li family will not return." I am afraid that they will be bent on returning to Hedong, and will never return to Hebei again, let alone accept to go to those islands to be a thorn. ”

"Yes, that's right." Guo Xiaoke smiled and waved his hand. "As long as Li Yuan disobeys the order, then he will continue to go to Hedong, which will be a rebellion. When the time comes, we only need to dispatch the troops that have been prepared for a long time to intercept and kill Li Yuan and his party halfway, and we can justifiably kill Li Yuan. And by that time, most of the forces of the Li family could be co-opted, and even if Li Yuan died, the situation in Hedong would not fluctuate much. Moreover, in this matter, His Royal Highness and my court are benevolent and righteous to Li Yuan and others, and there is nothing in the world to say that we are waiting. On the contrary, it is Li Yuan, even if he dies, he will not have a good reputation. ”

Chen Kefu has been listening carefully to Guo Xiaoke's ideas, and after listening to all the plans, he thought about it for a long time. I feel that this plan is indeed a plan worth using, so that it can not only attract many talents to Hedong, but also avoid other forces competing for Hedong to the greatest extent.

However, what Chen Kefu valued the most was his plan to deal with Li Yuan. In this way, it is equivalent to cutting off the Li family from the foundation and wanting to rise again. And even if Li Yuan is really honest and unwilling to rebel at that time, this plan can force Li Yuan to rebel. forced Li Yuan into a trap, eradicated the Li family in one fell swoop, and completely eliminated the hidden danger of re-chaos in Hedong. And there is no blood in killing, he killed Li Yuan, and even Li Xiuning couldn't make any trouble with him.

Yin enough, ruthless enough, he likes it.

Immediately, Chen Kefu had already decided to act according to Guo Xiaoke's plan.

However, what Guo Xiaoke just said is only a preliminary plan, and there are still many detailed matters on how to implement it. Who to send, how to go, and how to say it is a very complicated matter. After all, Li Yuan is not a fool, and it is estimated that he will not get on Chen Kefu's thief ship until the last moment. But fortunately, Li Yuan has no other way to go now, and there is also a Li Xiuning here, Chen Kefu estimates that the plan can be a little more secure. …,

After discussing for a long time, Chen Kefu finally decided to send Guo Xiaoke to Zhongtiao Mountain in person. wrote a long letter to Li Yuan and Li Xiuning, and of course a lot of warm things were added to the letter to Li Xiuning, recalling a lot of things at the beginning, and writing a lot of thoughts after separation. In the end, the letter wrote that he hoped that she could return to Hebei immediately, and also told her about Li Yuan and Li Shimin. Speaking of the current plight of the Li family, he expressed his willingness to blame the past. But I also hope that Li Yuan and the others can also give up their past prejudices and join the Hebei court together.

In the letter to Li Yuan, Chen Kefu also said that he would not pursue the past in the past. But if there is a dispute today, the Li family has already failed in Hedong, so he hopes that the Li family can look at his relationship with Xiuning and turn to support Hebei. Chen Kefu promised in the letter that as long as the Li family can support him, then Chen Kefu will crown Li Yuan as the king of Tang, one of the three princes, Taiyuan, and the ambassador of Hedong comfort, and crown Li Shimin as the Duke of Qin, Li Jiancheng as the Duke of Jin, and all the forces of the Li family in Taiyuan will also be rewarded.

For the sake of secrecy, Chen Kefu finally decided to let Guo Xiaoke take only 1,000 people, disguise himself as a caravan, and take a boat along the Yellow River to the west. However, he explained in advance that they would look for Li Yuan as soon as they arrived in Hedong. However, before Li Yuanshan is exhausted, there is no need to contact him immediately. Only when Li Mi really reached the end of the mountain and water, did he go to contact and negotiate with Li Yuan.

And issued a subsidiary order, if in the end Li Yuan refused to follow them back to Hebei, then the second set of plans could be implemented immediately. Assassinate Li Yuan and Li Shimin, and then find a way to bring Li Jiancheng and Li Xiuning back to Hebei.

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