Sure enough, just as Xu Shiji said, Meng Haigong, Qi Gongshun and others responded to Xu Shiji's order ten days later, sending his subordinates to lead the army, and some even led the army in person.

Everyone held an alliance in Dongping, elected Xu Shiji as the commander, and the rest of Xu Yuanlang, Meng Haigong and Qi Gongshun as deputy commanders, and the soldiers and horses of both sides combined, more than 160,000 people, and Xu Shiji also signed the covenant on behalf of Li Yuan, promising not to attack Shandong within ten years.

At the same time, there was news that Li Yuanji, the king of Li Zhaoqi, led an army of 100,000 people, and was about to cross the Yellow River and kill Bianzhou.

In Bianzhou, Li Xin had just sent away Shen Ruyan, who was pregnant, but he summoned Wei Lu, Guo Qing, and Luo Shixin, Wei Chigong, Zhang Zhenzhou, and Wang Yaohan, who came to Bianzhou, and everyone gathered in the hall.

"Now Xu Shiji's soldiers and horses are about 160,000, of which 40,000 troops are from Xingyang, the emperor's original plan to lure Xu Shiji to lead most of the soldiers and horses to leave Xingyang, the plan to attack Bianzhou has been realized, and although the Shandong soldiers and horses are as many as 120,000, but these soldiers and horses are not very important, whether it is Xu Yuanlang or Meng Haigong and others, these years in Shandong are also fighting each other, although at this time because of Xu Shiji, they will be united, but the minister thinks that it is just a group of rabble." Shen Qianqiu held a regular bamboo pole in his hand and pointed to the map and said.

"Have Li Yuanji's soldiers and horses been investigated?" Li Xin said lightly.

"There has been news from Hebei that Li Yuanji's soldiers and horses do not have 100,000, at most 30,000." Shen Qianqiu hurriedly said.

"Only 30,000? Could it be that Li Yuan Lao'er is so sure that with this 190,000 rabble, he can annihilate us in Bianzhou? Wei Chigong said disdainfully. This is something that only he, a person who doesn't go through the brain, would say.

"Your Majesty, the brothers of the Jinyi Guard have discovered an interesting matter." Shen Qianqiu said with a smile: "Li Jiancheng, the pseudo-prince of Zhao, has already left Xindu, and the entourage has eliminated his Changlin army. There were also clan generals such as Li Shentong and Li Daozong, and the Xindu Imperial Forest Army was also dispatched. If you add Li Xiaoji, who annexed the Shandong border, there are about 100,000 people. ”

"Li Yuan, this is the land of Shandong!" Chu Suiliang opened his mouth and said.

"Yes, it is in the land of plotting Shandong, good fellow, that I actually used me to attract all the warlords of Shandong. Let Shandong be empty, so that Li Jiancheng can easily go down, kill the hinterland of Shandong in an instant, and seize Shandong. By that time, neither I nor the warlords in Shandong would have reacted. Li Xin said with a smile.

"This Li Yuan is really hypocritical, doesn't he say that he has signed an alliance with the people of Shandong? How can the front foot sign a covenant, and the back foot will regret it. If it is spread out, won't it make the world laugh at it? Luo Shixin said in surprise.

"It was a covenant signed by Xu Shiji, not a covenant signed by Li Zhao." Zheng Jingrang shook his head and said: "Xu Shiji is just a general manager, how can he have the power to sign an alliance, as long as Li Yuan deals with Xu Shiji afterwards, there will be nothing left." The unlucky one is just Xu Shiji. Punishing a Xu Shiji can block the mouth of the world, and he can also seize Shandong, why doesn't Li Yuan do such a benefit? ”

"Not bad. This time, the Shandong coalition army is unlucky, the emperor. We should also set off, even if we can't occupy Shandong, we must make Shandong smoke everywhere, and we can't leave Li Yuan with a rich Shandong. Chu Suiliang said.

"At the moment, you can only take the initiative, Zhang Qing, you lead 20,000 troops to defend Bianzhou. General Kan Ling will send a sailor to help, I believe that you will have no problem resisting Li Yuanji, as for Shandong, I will personally play hide and seek with them. Li Xin said with a smile: "This time I turned him upside down in Shandong." ”

"The minister thought that as long as Li Jiancheng led the army to appear in Shandong. Many of Shandong's warlords faced nothing more than surrender and resistance. No matter what it is, the morale of the military is bound to be confused. Chu Suiliang said with a smile.

"If you don't get it right, some people will regret it now." Li Xin's eyes flickered, and he said with a smile: "Hehe, no matter, even if they really regret it, they asked for it, Luo Shixin, lead 10,000 troops as the vanguard, Wang Yaohan lead 10,000 troops as the rear army, and the rest of the generals will follow me to conquer Shandong." ”

"The ministers obey." The generals were all excited when they heard this, Li Xin was invincible, and there were almost no defeats, and following Li Xin behind him was the guarantee of victory. Naturally, the generals were happy.

In fact, it is not Li Xin who said so, in this world, there are always smart people, as Qi Gongshun's mastermind Liu Lan is undoubtedly one of them, when signing the covenant, he was fortunate to accompany Qi Gongshun to see the covenant, and he didn't feel anything at the time, and when Xu Shiji signed the covenant, the big seal used was not the big seal of "Da Zhao Lai Guogong", but Xu Shiji's own private seal, and he faintly felt that something was wrong.

"My lord, I'm afraid things are not good." Liu Lan walked into Qi Gongshun's tent, looked solemn, and said, "General, I'm afraid we have been fooled." ”

"Fooled? Why? Qi Gongshun's face was stunned, he pulled Liu Lan to sit down, and said: "Yangwu, why do you have such an idea, everyone is gathered together now, there are 160,000 people, if you add the soldiers and horses of King Qi, there are more than 200,000 people, how many people Li Xin has, at most it is a fraction, why is it a little bad." ”

"General, Li Xin is also a generation of heroes, if the situation is really not right, he can take a boat along the canal to the south, if he wants to kill Li Xin, it is almost difficult to go to the blue sky, but what his subordinates are worried about is not here, but inside, in Beihai County." Liu Lan said in a low voice: "My subordinates read the covenant today, and on the covenant, it was not Xu Shiji's official seal, but his private seal. ”

"What's wrong with that?" Qi Gongshun asked puzzled. In the end, he is a reckless person, although he is also a kind person, but he is not as good as Liu Lan, who is from the Liu family of the Beihai Wang clan, and understands the etiquette.

"The official seal shows that Xu Shiji signed the covenant on the orders of Li Zhao's son of heaven, and Da Zhao will not have the opportunity to regret it, but if it is only Xu Shiji's private seal, it can only mean that this covenant only represents Xu Shiji himself, not Li Yuan." Liu Lan carefully explained the problem.

"What do you mean, sir?" Qi Gongshun's face suddenly changed. He also sensed that something was wrong at this time.

"The subordinates are worried that Li Zhao will not abide by the covenant, and take advantage of the opportunity of the Shandong heroes to lead the army to attack Li Xin, and lead the army to attack Shandong, Shandong is empty, and he will definitely be hit down by him." Liu Lan said worriedly.

Qi Gongshun's face suddenly changed color when he heard this, it was just as Liu Lan said, if Li Zhao is not trustworthy, if he takes advantage of the emptiness of Shandong and attacks Shandong, I am afraid that he will be able to pacify Shandong within a month, but Qi Gongshun and others are dragging under Bianzhou, and if they want to deal with Li Jiancheng, I am afraid that they will be defeated first under the attack of Li Yuanji and Xu Shiji.

Qi Gongshun realized that he was still too naïve at this time, how could those who became emperors give up the opportunity to unify the world, that is, Li Xindu said that the side of the couch would not allow others to snore, Li Yuan can support it until now, which shows the power of this person.

"What now?" Qi Gongshun suddenly became a little anxious.

"Dare to ask the general's ambition?" Liu Lan's eyes lit up, and he said: "If the general wants to be the overlord of the world, then return to the army immediately, at least take advantage of the opportunity that the army has already left the station, find an excuse to go back, first sweep the whole of Shandong, and then resist Li Yuan's attack, maybe it can be done; If it is just a matter of waiting for the price to sell, then it depends on who the general is ready to invest in? ”

Qi Gongshun thought for a while and shook his head and said: "If it was the current situation ten years ago, I would definitely fight hard, but not now, whether it is Li Xin or Li Yuan, the general trend has been achieved, and the world must be one of them, I am old, and it is basically impossible to seize the world." Waiting for the price to sell, maybe you can still leave wealth. ”

"Since this is the case, it is Li Xin or Li Yuan's choice." After Liu Lan listened, she sighed slightly in her heart and said: "If you return to Li Xin, you may be able to get rich, but I am afraid that there is not much left in the fields in your hands, not only the generals, but also other families in Shandong, Li Xin has an inexplicable preference for fields, prohibiting the sale of fields, and distributing the fields to the people, the fields in the hands of the generals are ten thousand hectares, I am afraid that there is not much left, but the generals are still rich and noble for life, just look at Xiao Milling and Du Fuwei today; Defecting to Li Zhao can guarantee the land in the hands of the general, but whether he can guarantee wealth is unknown. Although his subordinates are the queen of the Wang clan, in the eyes of Li Zhao's internal struggle, the crown prince and the king of Qin and even the king of Qi are all in full swing, and Da Zhao and Li Xin are fighting for each other, I am afraid that they are really inferior to Li Tang. ”

After Qi Gongshun listened, he suddenly showed a trace of thought, this matter is not only related to himself, but also related to the descendants of the Qi family, Qi Gongshun had to think about it seriously, Liu Lan did not speak on the side, although he was a wang clan, but he did not have a good impression of the wang clan, otherwise, he would not be different from other wang clans, and he would have submitted to qi gongshun and gave him advice.

"I will lead a part of the soldiers and horses back to Beihai County first, and whoever has the soldiers and horses will arrive in Laizhou first, I will give Beihai County to whomever I want." Qi Gongshun thought about it, but still patted his thigh and said: "This is strength, you can't speak without strength." ”

After hearing this, Liu Lan nodded and said, "The subordinate is just a strategist, I heard that the third prince is in the army, I don't know if I can let the third prince preside over the overall situation?" ”

"Yes." Qi Gongshun thought for a while and said: "San Lang is a good writer, so I will worship under Mr. and count me as a student!" Qi Gongshun's words even had a hint of trust.

Liu Lan had a faint trace of grief in her heart, and said to Qi Gongshun: "The general has countless people alive in Beihai County, and in the whole of Shandong, only Beihai County is a paradise in the world, no matter who goes to Beihai County, he will not know Qi Gongshun, if the general has something, Beihai will definitely not obey." (To be continued......)