Li Yuan raised his head suddenly, he tried his best to endure in his heart, but his eyes seemed to be put into two sharp swords, and he couldn't control a strong killing intent towards King Yan, and Young Eunuch Liu, who was standing on the side, suddenly had a gloomy face and stepped forward.

"What does the Metropolitan Governor want, you need to think twice, look around, this is not your Wuping." Young Eunuch Liu's eyes narrowed and said coldly.

Li Hongji twrung the jade wrench in his hand and said slowly: "Look, this king really wants to trust you, but your expression has already revealed your true heart, why, do you think that what Zhou Xingfeng did in Langzhou was instructed by this king?"

Li Yuan's face sank like water, but his hands hanging under the stone case kept rubbing his knees, Xu was so strong that his joints were almost pale, and after calming down, he showed a stiff smile: "Your Highness said that you are the emperor, you are the emperor, you are high-minded and upright, and you act above board, how can you do such a dirty deed to seek the wives and relatives of your subordinates?" The minister absolutely does not believe it."

Li Hongji didn't make a sound at this time, but turned around and glanced at the same calm Young Eunuch Liu, before he straightened up and pretended to be relaxed, "Do you really think so? But this king sees that your eyes are still full of murderous intent, if this king tells you that what Zhou Xingfeng did was indeed instructed by this king, how will you be treated?"

Li Yuan said in a deep voice, "Why does Your Highness have to test again and again? Just because the minister's wife is from the Zhou family, the minister will never believe it. The minister's father-in-law has been loyal to His Highness for many years, and His Highness is benevolent, how can he bear it?"

"Nature." Li Hongji said quietly: "Even if your heart is clear, this king is not a person with dark thoughts, how can he do something like a fly camp and a dog, if he really wants to deal with you, he will not harm his wife and relatives.

I can know why this king mentioned Zhou Xingfeng, because this king had seen your shadow in him, although he did not have your wisdom and bravery, but how deep his heart was, forbearance between this king and the sixth man freely, my brothers were both used by him but did not know it.

That Zhou Xingfeng was never loyal to this king, or the sixth child, and in the end he was only loyal to his own ambitions, and this king hopes that you can not do Zhou Xingfeng, otherwise you know better than this king."

A gust of cold wind hit the lakeside, passing through the pavilion window lattice from time to time, causing Li Yuan to cough lightly a few times, and then arched his hand: "Your Highness rest assured, the minister's loyalty to His Highness can be shown every day, if His Highness trusts the minister, let the minister continue to be His Highness's pawn outside, if he does not trust the minister, the minister can also give up everything." Li Yuan is at the mercy of His Highness."

Li Hongji said slowly, "This king wants to trust you very much, but you need to make this king believe that you are really my person. Can you prove it?"

Li Yuan paused, remembering a major matter that he had been thinking about for a long time that he didn't want to interfere in, and finally made a decision, just because Li Hongji, the king of Yan, did say the right thing, "Once you have entered the muddy waters of the court, you should never hold the childish idea of staying out of the matter", and then said in a deep voice: "Of course, it can be proved that the minister is here today to tell His Royal Highness about the great conspiracy of King Zheng."

The so-called authorities are confused, bystanders are clear, His Royal Highness has lived in Gyeonggi for a long time, and there may be no minister who can see clearly, but the minister must be loyal and outspoken, which is the meaning of the minister's establishment of the festival outside. Today, I will prove it to His Royal Highness King Yan."

Li Hongji was stunned for a moment, glanced at Young Eunuch Liu, and said in a deep voice, "You say, what kind of conspiracy does the sixth child have?

Li Yuan lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, after the ministers learned that the imperial court was determined to use troops against the Zhou State, they were surprised. I also heard that it was the Zhongshu Sect and the Privy Council that jointly played, and after the imperial court finally decided to let Li Zhenggu lead the southern army of Zhenzhen to the north, he felt more and more that there must be something strange in this. This return to Jinling is for this purpose."

Li Hongji asked, "What kind of strange thing will be in this? Tell me about it."

Li Yuan said: "Your Highness, why don't you say much about the crusade against the Zhou State, it is indeed because of the failure of the Northern Expedition last year, which gave those courtiers the best excuse to advise, and this is indeed a knot in Your Majesty's heart. But let the Zhennan Army, which has been immobile for a long time, bear this responsibility, and there will be a lot of articles in it.

What is the strength of the Zhou State compared with my Tang Dynasty, His Royal Highness's personal experience, presumably more clear than the ministers, the Zhou lord is in charge of the outside and the inside, the civil and military are united, the soldiers are brave and warlike, and the national strength is rising rapidly, which should not be underestimated. Those who dominate the Central Plains, behemoths, are by no means idle. It is not unreasonable that the Ancestor of the Martyrs has always been peace-oriented in his policy towards the northern kingdom."

Li Hongji was stunned and said, "These are the kings

know, what do you say to this king?"

Li Yuan said, "Your Highness will understand when you listen to what the minister says. When the Zhou State was first established last year, the Northern Khitan, Yanzhou Murong, and the Han Lord of Taiyuan, together with the division of our Tang Northern Expedition, besieged on all sides, and the Zhou State, which was in ruins, could be rejected with all its might, and dared to ask that now the Zhou State is peaceful in the sea, the country is rich and the army is strong, but our dynasty has lost its vitality due to years of war, how much does His Highness think is the chance of winning this battle?"

Li Hongji was silent for a moment, and said calmly, "You mean that this battle will be lost? However, the Zhennan Army is the most elite Jiezhen soldiers and horses in our dynasty, not only are they fierce generals, but the soldiers are stationed in Hongzhou Mansion for many years and are well-trained."

"Aren't the Sixth Army the elite?" Li Yuan said, "Even if the vitality of the Shenwu Army was greatly damaged last time, what about the other five armies? This is a national war, such an important war, instead of sending the forbidden army, the local festival town is the main force of attack, which is a rare thing since the founding of the country, doesn't Your Highness feel strange?

Taking a step back, if we talk about local festival towns, the four towns of Zhennan, Wuping, Wuchang and Qinghuai are all considered to be the elite divisions of my Tang Dynasty, and in addition to Zhennan, the other three towns are all on the border, why don't you use the border festival town this time, but instead give up the near and far to order the Zhennan army in the hinterland of Jiangxi to send troops to attack the Zhou State? Just talking about the length of the march, before the battle began, the soldiers had to walk at least two or three thousand miles. A tired army, how can you resist a strong enemy?"

Li Hongji frowned and said, "The six armies are stationed in the capital, and the Shenwu army was damaged last time, so naturally it can't be moved this time. The Zhennan Army has the most troops and horses, and it is the most suitable to send troops, as for the long distance you said, it is not that there is no solution, and it is transported by naval warships. Do you want your Wuping's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to cross Jingnan to attack the Zhou State? Don't forget that there are enemies of Lingnan to the south."

Li Yuan shook his head and said, "Your Highness, what about the Qinghuai Army? After the Qinghuai Army expanded last year, Liu Dashuai and his son had 70,000 male soldiers, and they could also control a total of 20,000 regiments of soldiers and horses from more than ten prefectures and counties around them to train soldiers and horses to fight together, and the available soldiers under their command could reach 100,000.

And Liu Dashuai has rich experience in fighting with the Qinghuai army under his command, which is much better than the Zhennan army that has not been in battle for a long time, why didn't the imperial court send Liu Dashuai to lead the army to crusade against the Zhou State? You must know that Shouzhou is on the edge of Huaishui, just a stone's throw away from Zhou."

"Liu Renzhan has just recovered from his illness, and his father is just sympathetic to him." Li Hongji frowned and said, "Li Yuan, what are you going to say? Can you say it explicitly?"

Li Yuan said: "Your Highness, this reason is actually very simple, the Zhou State is powerful, and this battle is difficult to win, but this crusade against the Zhou State did not have anything to do with the forbidden army and the rest of the Jiezhen, but rarely under the joint protection of the Zhongshu Sect and the Privy Council, the Zhennan Army was used to fight alone, don't you think this matter is weird?"

Your Royal Highness, the minister has the courage to say a few more words, Xu Xuan, Wei Cen, and Li Zhenggu are all members of King Zheng's party, they are holding the Zhennan Army north, and whose soldiers and horses are the Zhennan Army, it is Song Qiqiu, the Duke of Weiguo, Song Qiqiu, who has been feared by the first emperor and His Majesty for many years! Who is Song Qiqiu, presumably King Yan should know that his ambition is to hijack the king's power, and His Majesty was almost unable to succeed because of his success......

"This king knows that it is the ...... of the Duke of Weiguo" Li Hongji was stunned for a moment, and suddenly took out a breath of cold air and said, "No, you mean, they, they have other plans?"