Kong Hong didn't feel too strange when she really heard Zhao Ling say this, they spent a long time preparing and arranging in order to implement this plan, which is equivalent to saying that at this time, everything is in place, only Dongfeng is owed. And Zhao Ling was not prepared at all, and suddenly hearing so much news would inevitably make him unable to accept it for a while, and in the end he could only choose to accept these conditions in front of him. He had already guessed such a result, so Kong Hong was not too excited.

However, Kong Hong was also a little happy in his heart, Zhao Ling was not the kind of person who was too pedantic, and he would not let the people and soldiers in the entire Thorn City bury him with him because of his loyalty. So, Kong Hong said with a smile: "This is the right thing to do, I believe that no one other than those selfish people in the Chen family of the royal family will say anything about you, so you naturally don't need to worry about this." Just let go and do these things well, I believe that Li Fu will accept any conditions you have. ”

Zhao Ling sighed leisurely, and asked slowly in a low voice: "Hong'er, you tell me the truth, do you really think that the Qi State is more reliable than the Chen family elders of the royal family? Once they also have their own plans, or if they reach some kind of alliance with the country, maybe it will still be unfavorable to the people of Thorn City, if they want to exchange interests, they will inevitably take the lead in negotiating with these cities, and when the time comes, can they really guarantee the interests of ourselves and our family?"

Kong Hong has always been witty and quick-witted, and many things can be expected, but she is really not sure about this matter. The main reason for this is that no matter how smart and wise she and Zhao Ling are, some of them only have the mind of a general. At some point, they can't understand the minds of some of those in power. However, they don't know what else is the credibility and bearing of the Qi army. So, Kong Hong also sighed leisurely, and said slowly: "I can't say these things well, and it's not easy to say, after all, even people like me and you will do a lot of things that we can't help ourselves in many cases, we are not superiors, and we can't understand the thoughts of superiors." Even Chen Xinyu, who has a heart-to-heart relationship with me, I can't understand many of her methods."

Kong Hong didn't look at the surprise on Zhao Ling's face in front of her, she continued: "However, I don't dare to say anything else, but I can be sure that in this situation, if the Qi army really wants to enter the city, it must now stabilize its rear and stabilize Qicheng and Thorn City, so that we can have the opportunity to send troops to attack the city and get the maximum benefit." Holding on here is definitely not what their Qi army wants to fight for in the end, which means that we will not be threatened here until they capture the city. So, we don't have to worry about anything too big at the moment."

When he said this, Kong Hong and Zhao Ling were both silent, even if this sentence was said well now, but once the Qi State defeated the royal Chen family and occupied the city, the situation was already unpredictable. They looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly

There was no suspense about the end of the battle of Thorn City, with Kong Hong's entry into the city, as Zhao Ling and Kong Jia, the two forces that could control the fate and life and death of Thorn City, chose to give up resistance and surrender to Qi, the loss of Thorn City has become inevitable. After receiving the news, the 30,000 troops of Qi State marched into Thorn City in the evening of the same day under the personal leadership of the general Li Fu. Now, since the two armies have been combined to have a total of 50,000 troops, they are now not enough to transport food and grass for logistics. Therefore, Li Fu immediately ordered Xiao Guan to transport the last batch of 200,000 stone grain stationed there to rush here. At the same time, Li Fu also received a message from the flying pigeon from Xin County in the north of Qicheng, now the army of Qi is too small, and Merlin can only choose to stick to the camp in the face of the attack of 20,000 royal Chen family troops, but this also ensures that the royal Chen family's army will not be able to penetrate deep into the hinterland of Qicheng for a while and a half, and it is impossible to defeat this army, and he ordered his general, Du Wei Han De to lead 10,000 troops to rush to the aid of Merlin in the starry night. He himself is temporarily stationed here, and through the prestige of the Confucian family and the reduction and exemption of taxes, he will stabilize the people in Thorn City, and when the situation is completely settled, I am afraid it will take some time.

At this time, the two meetings are taking place at the same time in Thorn City and Sunset City, and the interests and situation that these two meetings are about to involve are very far-reaching, and may even change the temporary stable situation at any time.

The first meeting was between the two siblings, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, who had rushed to the Qi army, and the main purpose of their rush back now was to meet with their partners and discuss what they should do next. And now, Yu Fei, Nangong Yun and Lin Xuejun were named by Li Fu as the generals guarding Xiao Pass, presiding over the overall situation of Xiao Pass and these trivial matters of logistics and transportation. So, Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, two brothers and sisters, rushed here in a hurry, but were invited by Li Fu to Baiyun Tower in the north of the city of Thorn City to have a banquet, and at the same time, there were also their friends Xia Liuli and Lu Deng, who they had just met now, as well as Kong Jian, the head of the Kong family, his youngest daughter Kong Hong and Zhao Ling, the governor of Thorn City, and Qian Rong, the military advisor of the Qi army, they attended this far-reaching meeting together.

The main purpose of Li Fu's banquet is to envelop the Kong family, the first family in Thorn City, most of these families are concerned about their own vital interests, and they rarely consider the interests and gains and losses of others, so if they can stabilize Thorn City with their strength, this matter is not too big. The relationship of interests in this still needs to be further fully negotiated and communicated.

As for the secondary purpose, Li Fu wanted to take this opportunity to formally tell Zhao Ling about his current strategic plan, and to have the last nail that could break the internal stability of the imperial Chen family. In this way, their Qi Kingdom can be said to have played the royal Chen family in the palm of their hands.

In the evening, the entire Baiyun Building has now dismissed all the guests and contracted the entire lobby for this night banquet. Around the Baiyun Tower, three hundred heavily armed Qi soldiers guarded the vicinity of the various key passes, and from time to time they turned their heads to look at the Baiyun Tower behind them.

"Come! I am honored to invite you all to come here for a banquet today, and I, Li Fuxian, will toast you with a cup to express my respect and gratitude to you, it is with your cooperation that we can enter Thorn City so smoothly. Please rest assured, our country of Qi is a state of etiquette, and we will never do anything to disturb the people and soldiers, please rest assured! However, I sincerely hope that you will also show the sincerity you represent, and everyone will treat each other with sincerity, so that it will become very easy to talk about things, everyone, don't you say?" On the main seat of the long table banquet set up in the main hall, Li Fu took the lead in standing up, holding up the wine cup in his hand, and loudly proclaimed his opening remarks that were now simple and easy to understand. And Feng Yuchong, Feng Shanshan, Xia Liuli and Lu Deng, the four young people who attended the grand banquet today, also stood up and picked up the wine cup in their hands, echoing what Li Fu said.

Qian Rong sat on the sidelines and stroked his beard and smiled without saying a word, this banquet did not seem to him to be a very formal negotiation, but just a kind of tension to ease the situation in disguise. Moreover, whether it is the Kong family or Zhao Ling now, the forces they represent may not really support their Qi country. Perhaps in their cognition, after their Qi State destroyed the imperial Chen family, sooner or later there would be a battle with the Liguo to determine the distribution of benefits, and they would naturally wait for the end of this battle before talking about where they would be loyal to. At this point, Qian Rong, as an old man who has been immersed in officialdom for decades, knows all the ideas of these families. However, he didn't speak, in the original plan, he didn't take the initiative to speak, but let the Kong family and Zhao Ling in front of them explain the specific situation by themselves, and then it was they, the biggest beneficiary, to think about the specific content, such as how to discuss the conditions with the Kong family. So, Qian Rong just silently took a sip of wine, did not speak, and did not answer anyone's words.

Zhao Ling and Kong Jian in front of them glanced at each other, although they also raised the wine glasses in their hands, but the discerning person could see that the expressions on the faces of the two of them were very helpless, and there was even a bit of bitterness in them. The interests they represent are now about to be purged by the Qi State that may be carried out at any time, but even if they know these things well, they have no other choice when facing these things now, after all, the army of the Qi State is now overwhelming, and it is impossible for them to find an army that can afford to provoke the Qi State for a while.

Thinking of this, Kong Jian and Zhao Ling also stood up, picked up the wine cup in their hands and said with a smile: "Please rest assured, the general now, we have carefully considered what you said, and now this time really requires us to work together to tide over the difficulties together, and we will naturally work together to help the general and the Qi country complete the most important strategic goals." The general doesn't need to worry about this at all."

Li Fu smiled slightly, this attitude of expression is exactly what he wants, although it may not really be true to what he says, but at least this attitude shows that here, they will temporarily maintain this tacit state, and do their best to complete the most important thing - it is enough to completely defeat the royal Chen family, and everything else can be left alone for the time being.