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Jiangning Mansion.

Li Cun stood on the city wall and looked across the river.

Looking at Li Cun's lonely back, many people are thinking to themselves, this lord is really not something that anyone can do.

The month before, the Huben army also defeated the Song army, blocking 500,000 Song troops north of the Yangtze River, taking advantage of the right time, place and people.

A month later, while the Tiger Army was fighting with the Song Army, the Fang La Yi Army shifted its center of gravity to the east, rose strongly, gathered millions of troops, and surrounded the territory of the Tiger Army.

Now, there are 500,000 Song troops in front of the Tiger Army, and there are 1 million Fang La Yi Army in the back, and it is completely the front door to reject the tiger and the back door to enter the wolf.

At this time, it is definitely the time to test the wisdom and decision-making ability of the power lord, and you may take a wrong step and lose everything.

Chen hoop bucket looked at Li Cun, who was several years younger than his son, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional, his son was still fooling around the street at this age, but Li Cun was already under the huge pressure of this mountain.

Li Cun's cheap father-in-law, He Shi, a descendant of the Tang Dynasty poet and calligrapher He Zhizhang, stepped forward and persuaded: "Governor, the situation is here, you should be cautious, don't be strong." ”

It was not the first time that He Shi had suggested that Li Cun first accept Zhao Song's recruitment, and then slowly try to do so.

He Shi's opinion was that as long as Li Cun accepted Zhao Song's recruitment, Zhao Song would inevitably stop attacking Li Cun first and order Li Cun to exterminate Fang La.

After Li Cun first wiped out Fang La with the help of the Song army, Li Cun considered whether to support the army and stand on his own according to the specific situation and opportunity at that time, or continue to wait for the opportunity.

He Shi's suggestion represents not his own, but the opinion of many people, if not most people.

It is undeniable that among these people, there are many children of the big families who have been coerced by Li Cun, and they want to take this opportunity to clear their hands, and even want to take this opportunity to go to the real career.

But there are also many people who are really thinking about Li Cun and the Tiger Benjun, and feel that this is the best way out for Li Cun and the Tiger Benjun at present, or even the only way out.

Actually-

I really don't complain that these people will persuade Li Cun to surrender to Zhao Song, but these people really feel that Li Cun and the Tiger Ben Army have completely fallen into a dead end.

Fang La surrounded Li Cun and hoarded millions of troops, it can be said that Sima Zhao's heart is well known to passers-by.

As for the Song army, yes, in a short period of time, they will not be able to cross the river, and even if they barely cross the river, they will definitely be crushed by the Tiger Ben army, which has a more powerful naval army.

But the problem is that the Tiger Ben Army can't cross the river to Jiangbei for development.

This made the Tiger Ben army trapped and died here in northern Zhejiang.

If the Tiger Army and the Song Army fight to the death?

defeated, needless to say, the Tiger Ben army will be exterminated by the Song army;

only said that it was victorious, and the Tiger Ben army could not escape the fate of being defeated by Fang La.

On the other hand, if the Tiger Ben army was desperate to fight with the Fang La Yi army, then the Song army would definitely make a profit, cross the river easily, and then wipe out the Hu Ben army and the Fang La Yi army together.

There is almost no solution.

Of course, some people also suggested that Li Cun lead the Tiger Ben army to join Fang La.

But this was strongly opposed by the majority of the people.

Among these people, not all of them are the children of the big families who want to accept Zhao Song Zhao'an's dream of whitewashing, and some people are sincerely thinking about Li Cun and Hu Benjun.

This part of the people believe that Fang La seriously lacks a view of the overall situation, and does not understand at all, only when the two weak unite against the strong can it be possible to win, sit back and watch one weak against one strong, or one weak to help one strong against the other weak, and in the end it must be the end of both weak perishing, Fang La can't even think of this simple truth, and is bent on grabbing territory with Li Cun, just such a person, how can Li Cun take refuge?

However, some people believe that it is precisely because Fang La is so unbearable that they should vote for Fang La, and then wait for Fang La's defeat to receive Fang La's inheritance.

But some people think that Fang La both hates Li Cun and is jealous of Li Cun, if Li Cun falls into Fang La's hands, Fang La is likely to kill Li Cun directly, and will not give Li Cun a chance to taste his courage at all.

In short, these days, the literati of the Tiger Army are quarreling non-stop because the situation has become bad.

Li Zheng sighed in his heart: "It's hard to bring the team when it's big." Then he said to the people, "Don't you know that what you can't get in war can't get at the negotiating table?" ”

Li Cun's other cheap father-in-law, Lü Yi, a descendant of Lü Mengzheng, the virtuous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, quoted his ancestors and admonished:

"There are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck. The centipede has 100 legs, and it is not as good as the snake; The rooster has two wings, but it can't fly the crow. Horses have a journey of thousands of miles, and they can't go without riding; People have the ambition to reach the sky, and they can't pass by themselves without luck. The article is world-famous, Confucius is inferior to Chen Bang; Wu Luo is outstanding, and Taigong fishes in Weishui. Although Chu Ba was strong, he was defeated by Wujiang and killed himself; When Han Xin did not meet, he did not have three meals a day, and when he met him, he hung a three-foot jade seal on his waist, and once he was in decline, he died at the hands of the Yin people. The dragon has not been encountered, temporarily living between the clouds and mist. The gentleman loses time and succumbs to the villain. Fate did not pass, and he was abandoned by fools. Before the time came, he was bullied by the villain. When the sky is not shining, the sun and the moon have no light; When the land is not available, the grass and trees do not grow; When the water is not, the wind and waves are uneven; When people can't, good luck can't work. Now the Tiger Ben army is here, not the governor is incompetent and unvirtuous, this is the time, luck, and fate. And when it happens, it is only advisable to live in peace and poverty; If the heart is not deceived, there will be a day when the eyebrows will be raised. ”

"Destiny is not in me?"

Li Cun smiled slightly, turned around and continued to look at the other side of the Yangtze River, and said lightly: "My fate is up to me." ”

He Shi, Lu Yi and others wanted to persuade again, but they were stopped by Li Cunyi raising his hand: "Go down, I have my own opinions." ”

He Shi, Lu Yi and others were still a little unwilling, but Li Cun's prestige was too heavy, and they didn't dare to deal with Li Cun with the same way that literati dealt with Emperor Zhao and Song.

There was no way, He Shi, Lu Yi and the others could only go down first, ready to find an opportunity to persuade Li Cun again.

When everyone else went down, only Chen Hoop was left alone, Chen Hoop shook his head: "This generation is too anxious." ”

Not bad.

The current situation of the Tiger Ben Army is very dangerous.

But the situation is not exactly as bad as He Shi, Lu Yi and others imagined.

The current situation is that as long as the Tiger Army does not release the water, the Song Army will not want to cross the Yangtze River in a short time.

On the other side, as long as the Tiger Ben Army and the Song Army could not distinguish the winner, Fang La would not dare to touch Li Cun's territory, because Fang La was also afraid that Li Cun would vote for Song.

In this way, everyone will continue to stalemate.

So who is in the best interest of maintaining the status quo?

It is definitely the most beneficial for Li Cun.

First of all, since the uprising, Li Cun has purposefully grabbed a large amount of grain, and there are many fertile fields in the territory, and the sowing rate is particularly high.

Second, Li Cun's biggest problem at present is not that there are too few soldiers, but that there is a serious lack of training among soldiers.

Thirdly, as long as the Song army and the Fang La Yi army could give Li Cun enough time, Li Cun would be able to make enough gunpowder weapons to defeat the Song army and the Fang La Yi army.

Therefore, the longer it drags on, the more beneficial it will be for Li Cun.

Let's talk about Song Jun again.

The Song army came from afar, and the area where it was located did not spring plough in time, and the key place had been ploughed by Li Cun, which made the Song army consume every grain of grain, every horse grass, and every material had to be transported from other places.

After two or three years, the consumption of this 500,000 army is enough for Zhao Song to drink a pot.

The key is that the longer it drags on, the stronger the strength of the rebel army, and it is difficult to say whether the Song army can still exterminate the rebel army.

Finally, I said that Fang La's righteous army.

Is Fang La's righteous army a million-strong army? That's a million rabble plus a million mouths, in Li Cun's opinion, if it drags on, the first thing to go wrong is likely to be the Fang La Yijun.

Therefore, Li Cun can even do nothing now, just go down with the Song army and Fang Layi's army, waiting for the opportunity to achieve the final victory in this big war.

Li Cun retracted his gaze, looked at Chen Hoop Bucket, and said with a smile: "He didn't want to be used by me, and now the situation is dangerous, and it is understandable that he wants to be recruited and protect himself." ”

Chen Hoop said sincerely: "The Governor of Dadu is really generous, if he is in Fang Thirteen, he and others dare to be in Cao Ying's heart in Han, they will all be frustrated and skinned, and it will be difficult to die." ”

Li Cun said leisurely: "It's easy to kill people, but it's hard to punish your heart." ”

Then, Li Cun said very confidently: "It's okay, when I become a leader, this generation is my loyal minister." ”

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