Chapter Eighty-Four: First Strikes is Stronger
"What the hell are you going to do!"
Feng Yun's angry voice echoed in the room, and at this time, Zhu Hongzhao closed his eyes and recuperated, sitting next to him without saying a word, facing Feng Yun's questioning, but he was not angry.
"You sit down first, you're all old, and you're still so impulsive when you encounter things, let me say what's good about you."
"How can I not be impulsive?"
Feng Yun trembled a little angrily, and said angrily: "Before, in order to appease Li Congke, we also pressed Chen Chengyi to give Li Congke the land of the two states, and finally stabilized Li Congke. But now why are you making trouble again, this time it is done, Li Congke must be angry, and our previous mediation will be in vain! ”
Zhu Hongzhao looked at Feng Yun, who was angry, and said with a smile: "I have my own reasons for doing this." If you think about it, Li Congke is not only the envoy and servant of Fengxiang Festival, but also the king of Lu, not only with a noble status but also with real power. Li Congke followed Mingzong's expedition before, made meritorious contributions, had prestige, and won the hearts of the people, can the prestige of the two of us be compared with Li Congke? Do we have real military power in our hands? ”
Feng Yun was silent, and naturally understood that he and Zhu Hongzhao could not be compared with Li Congke at all, and the reason why the two of them were able to control the government at the moment was nothing more than taking advantage of the situation, and when Emperor Li Conghou ascended the throne, the two took the lead, which Feng Yun still knows.
Zhu Hongzhao continued: "Li Congke's eldest son, Li Chongji, served as the commander of the imperial court, controlled the defense of the imperial city, and the military power in the forbidden middle was in his hands, how could we not guard against it? So this time, I transferred Li Chongji out of Luoyang City and asked him to go to Bozhou as a regimental training envoy. ”
"Besides, Li Congke's daughter Li Huiming became a nun and lived in Luoyang, according to rumors, Li Huiming often interacted with the noblewomen in Luoyang City, not to collect information? This time, I asked the sage to summon him into the forbidden center, which is to cut off Li Congke's ears and eyes in Luoyang City! ”
After speaking, Zhu Hongzhao asked: "I did this so that the two of us have a way to live, so I made the first move." You say, 'Am I wrong for doing this?' Am I wrong! ”
Feng Yun shook his head and said, "You didn't do anything wrong, but you can't do this, at least until we completely control the soldiers and horses near Luoyang, we must not do anything that might anger Li Congke, otherwise once the situation gets out of control, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”
"The consequences?"
Zhu Hongzhao sneered and said, "I naturally thought about the consequences. The worst result was that Li Congke angrily raised troops, and even led his troops into Luoyang City. But does he, Li Congke, really have the guts? If Li Congke really raised troops, then he was plotting rebellion, and the two of us could justifiably issue an edict in the name of a saint and recruit soldiers and horses from all over the world to fight against him! ”
Feng Yun stood up suddenly, gritted his teeth and said, "You are gambling, you are betting on the heads of our two whole clans!" Why do you think Li Congke didn't dare to raise troops? Why do you think that the feudal towns will obey the edict of the saint and besiege Li Congke? ”
Zhu Hongzhao laughed and said, "I don't have any credentials!" I didn't figure it out before, so I repeatedly gave in to Li Congke. But now I understand that if you want to hold the power of the world, you have to dare to gamble! Bet all the chips at once, if you win, you can win the world, and if you lose, it's a big deal! ”
Feng Yun was shocked and scolded fiercely: "You madman! ”
Fengxiang Town, Jiedu Embassy.
Li Congke frowned and looked at the secret letter in his hand, this secret letter was sent back from the secret stake he had planted in Luoyang City, and the content of the letter was that Li Chongji was seized of military power and Li Huiming was recruited into the palace.
"Do Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun really think that they can take Lao Tzu at will!"
Li Congke sneered, then waved his hand, and the captain who was waiting at the door of the hall took the order, and hurriedly ran out, and after a while, a team of generals with helmets and armor marched into the hall.
After a burst of armor sounds, the generals bowed to Li Congke.
"It's all old brothers, let's all sit down."
"Whoa!"
The generals divided into two columns and sat down in the hall.
Li Congke's gaze swept over everyone, only to see that everyone was all straightened up, looking at himself with blazing eyes, very satisfied in his heart, and said: "My son Chongji was transferred to Bozhou by Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun, and the military power in the forbidden middle school was taken away by the two of them. In addition, my son Huiming was summoned into the palace by the sage, and one of our eyes and ears in Luoyang City was also broken. You say, where should we go in Fengxiang Town? ”
When the generals heard this, they immediately exploded, these people are all proud soldiers who have followed Li Congke from birth to death for more than ten years, when have they been so humiliated, they have shouted and scolded at this time, scolding Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun's ancestors for eighteen generations, and even two captains stood up and wanted to lead their troops to take Luoyang City and admonish the saints!
Li Congke waved his hand, and the generals immediately closed their mouths, and the hall immediately fell silent.
"I know that you are all for my good, but this time is different from the past, the saint today is Li Conghou, if I really raise an army, how will the rest of the princes react? I have to guard against it, you and I have thought about it for many years, and it is not easy for us to accumulate these family funds in Fengxiang Town, so we must be cautious in everything. ”
The generals were not angry, and although they no longer shouted loudly, the anger on their faces was obvious.
One of the captains stood up and said, "It is a blessing for us to be under the weight of the Lord." It's just that Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun are so arrogant, if the Lord doesn't fight back, then what do the people of the world think of our Fengxiang Town? Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun not only do not think that the Lord is benevolent, but they will think that the Lord is weak and can be bullied, and they don't know what chaos will happen in the future. The lord should quickly cut through the mess this time, and give Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun a head-on blow, even if they don't have soldiers, they must make a little noise and let the two thieves take a look! ”
Li Congke fell into deep thought after hearing this, and the generals did not dare to speak, so they had to sit quietly and wait.
After a while, I saw Li Congke sigh, as if he had made up his mind, and said to everyone: "It's okay! Since Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun are aggressive, then the soldiers of our Fengxiang Town will move. ”
"Good! The Lord is mighty! ”
"I'll listen to the Lord's orders, it's best to take the two more states, and let Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun know that it's powerful."
Li Congke said: "Sending troops to fight is a matter of the future, first transfer the main force deployed in various parts of Fengxiang Town, and the main army of 40,000 is concentrated in Fengxiang Mansion, I will personally take these boys to practice near Fengxiang Mansion, so that Luoyang City can listen to the movement!" ”
"If Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun still don't know the severity, it's not too late for us to lead our troops to Luoyang City at that time!"
A few days later, the 40,000 elite main forces of Fengxiang Town gathered in Fengxiang Mansion City, Li Congke set up a large camp in the east of the city, practiced day and day, beat drums night and night, Fengxiang Mansion was shaken, and several surrounding feudal towns were like a great enemy, I don't know what medicine Li Congke sold in the gourd, and they gathered soldiers and horses to be prepared.
Within a few days, the news reached Luoyang City, but Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun learned that Li Congke was just gathering troops, and instead of being afraid, they felt that Li Congke was a strong outsider, so it was expected that Li Congke would not dare to raise troops, but just bluffed in Fengxiang Mansion, in order to save his face.
And Li Congyan immediately laughed when she learned the news that Li Congke had begun to shrink her forces.
At this time, Bai Jixun, Wu Conghan, and Li Wei were all on the side, and they were very surprised to see Li Congyan, who was laughing nonstop. Now that Li Congke, Zhu Hongzhao, and Feng Yun are completely on the bar, the two sides may fight at any time, why is Li Congyan so happy, does he want to make a profit?
Wu Conghan asked, "What is the Lord laughing at?" ”
Li Wei also said: "Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun are messing around, Li Congke is angry and shrinking his forces, seeing that the situation is about to get out of control, and our various businesses in Dengzhou are about to be affected, why is the Lord so happy?" ”
Li Congyan said with a smile: "I'm laughing at Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun for being ignorant, they just did the right thing at the right time, they have neither extraordinary talent nor real power, and they even think that they can control Li Congke, thinking that they can balance the world's feudal towns?" Haha, such a fool, he is even above the temple! ”
"Besides, Li Congke, his son was released and deprived of military power, and his daughter was summoned to the palace without any news, such a situation is equivalent to Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun declaring war on Li Congke, but Li Congke only shrank his forces and did not dare to take the last step. It can be seen that Li Congke has too many burdens in his heart, is indecisive, and has no clear understanding and judgment of the current situation, even if such a person becomes an emperor, it is difficult to make a difference! ”
Wu Conghan, Li Wei, and Bai Jixun were impressed by Li Congyan's comments and were taught one after another.
Then Li Congyan said: "Judging from the current situation, Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun have already made the first move and defeated Li Congke's army, and then it depends on what else Li Congke will do." ”
Bai Jixun said: "Lord, with Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun's style, these two people dare to do anything, they are two idiots who don't know the depths, and we can't guard against Dengzhou Town." ”
Li Congyan nodded and said, "It is reasonable, inform the Beizhen Fusi to pay attention to the news in Luoyang, and at the same time take into account the movements of Li Congke and Shi Jingjiao." ”
"Whoa!"
Then Wu Conghan asked: "Lord, if the situation in Luoyang continues to deteriorate, at least the Liuli Workshop, Haiyan Workshop, Vehicle Factory, and Brewing Workshop will be greatly affected, and the income of the Industrial Division will be greatly reduced at that time, so we must plan early." ”
Li Congyan had obviously thought about this problem, and said at this time: "Then let's take advantage of the fact that the situation has not completely deteriorated and strike first!" Inform the Department of Industry to increase sales to all parties in the south of the Yangtze River and Liangchuan, and open up new trade routes in these places, so as to weaken the impact of the decline in income in Luoyang. ”
Wu Conghan forked his hand and said, "Oh! The stakes are high at this time, and I immediately set about deploying. ”