Chapter 681: Guiding the World (2)
Li Fengyun sighed and said: "The Southern Tang Dynasty is very difficult to say, if you want to say that now, the most threatening to the Central Plains is probably the Southern Tang Dynasty." The wealth of the Southern Tang Dynasty is probably difficult to match in the Central Plains now. However, although the Southern Tang Dynasty was rich, the soldiers and horses were not tolerant of hard fighting, and they were not comparable to the soldiers of Henan, Hebei, Hedong, Shandong, and Guannei.
If the Southern Tang Dynasty can muster up the courage to take advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to settle down Wu Yue and strive to go north, it is still unknown who will win and who will lose.
If the Southern Tang Dynasty blindly defended it, when the Central Plains stabilized and grown, I am afraid that there would only be a dead end. ”
Lu Jinghong's eyes darkened slightly, Nantang is his hometown after all, Li Fengyun commented on Nantang like this, he will be somewhat sentimental. But it was only a matter of a moment, and then Lu Jinghong's gaze turned to Qingming again, and he said with a smile: "At this point, you have the same view as the Yonggu Palace Master.
What about the Central Plains, junior brother, how long do you think the Liu family's world can be maintained?"
Li Fengyun glanced up at Lu Jinghong, and said in his heart: "I'm afraid this is the focus of Lu Jinghong's question." ”
After pondering for a while, Li Fengyun said: "It's hard to say, if Your Majesty can judge the situation and take appropriate measures to revive the rivers and mountains of the Central Plains, it may not be impossible. The matter is delicate, in private, he can comment on Liu Chengyou's gains and losses with Gongsun Wuwu, but in the face of his senior brother, Li Fengyun can't help but take precautions.
Lu Jinghong smiled slightly, looked at Li Fengyun, and forced him step by step: "Do you think that Liu Chengyou, this kid, can really judge the situation and take appropriate measures?"
"This ...... Your Majesty's heavenly power is beyond the reach of Fengyun!" Li Fengyun said vaguely.
Lu Jinghong laughed and said: "Okay, don't force you, let's say that the Son of Heaven in the Central Plains is not the kid surnamed Liu, but Shi Chonggui, in the same situation, what do you think the result will be?"
Li Fengyun thought about it, Lu Jinghong's assumption is very ingenious, Liu Chengyou's personality seems to be very similar to Shi Chonggui, and using Shi Chonggui to replace Liu Chengyou is just right to avoid that sensitive topic. In contrast, Liu Chengyou is too young and may not be as expensive as the original stone.
"If the stone is expensive, I am not optimistic about the current situation. Li Fengyun replied.
"Why?" Lu Jinghong's gaze was condensed like substance, and naturally exuded a breathtaking aura.
However, Li Fengyun's current cultivation is not weak, and he has a wide range of knowledge, so he will not be unable to withstand the aura of Lu Jinghong:
"It's not a good thing that the lord is weak and the minister is strong!
I heard that once, Yang Wei and Wang Zhang discussed things in front of His Majesty, and His Majesty said, 'After the deed, don't let the people complain!' Yang Wei replied: 'Your Majesty don't worry too much, there are ministers.' His Majesty didn't say a word, and the people around him trembled with fear.
His Majesty once wanted to make Li Ye, the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Li, the envoy of Xuanhui, His Majesty and the Empress Dowager Li asked Yang Wei privately, but Yang Wei thought that it was impossible, and the matter was over.
Even His Majesty wanted to set up his favorite concubine, Mrs. Geng, as the queen, Yang Wei thought that it was impossible, and His Majesty did not dare to discuss it anymore. Later, Mrs. Geng died unexplained, and His Majesty wanted to use the queen's etiquette to bury her, but it was also abolished because Yang Wei thought it was impossible.
His Majesty and Shi Hongzhao have also repeatedly had such rumors circulating.
Yang Xu, Shi Hongzhao, and Guo Wei were the confidants of the first emperor and important ministers in the court. The three of them have a deep prestige in the army and strong strength, Yang Xuan and Shi Hongzhao are in power in the DPRK, and they say the same, and Guo Wei has just defeated the famous general Li Shouzhen, and his reputation is prosperous, and he is suspected of being a master of high merit.
The only thing His Majesty can rely on is his uncle Liu Chong. Liu Chong has a heavy army in his hands, sits in Hedong, and his strength is no less than that of the original emperor. In time, it may not be the same threat to His Majesty in the future.
As for the princes of the Central Plains, the king of grass, not to mention.
Internal and external troubles all test His Majesty's ability to deal with things.
If it's Shi Chonggui, I don't think he can handle it all. ”
"Hahahaha!" Lu Jinghong clapped his hands and laughed, "In this case, the Central Plains will be chaotic, junior brother, in the chaos of the Central Plains that is about to come, what are you going to do?
Li Fengyun shook his head and sighed: "I really let Senior Brother say it, I really don't plan to do anything." In the face of the threat of the Liao State, the two prefectures of Ding and Zhuo also had to assist in the defense of Shenzhou, Jingzhou, Cangzhou and other places to prevent the Liao people from bypassing the two states of Ding and Zhuo and invading the Central Plains. Under such pressure, Senior Brother Lu, what else do you think Fengyunwei can do? It would be good to be able to get Ding and Zhuo Prefecture right. ”
Lu Jinghong pondered for a moment and said, "Indeed, with your current strength, junior brother, even if the Central Plains changes, you will indeed draw out excess troops. The two states of Zhuo have never been rich and cannot afford to raise more elite soldiers.
However, as you said, the Liao State also can't spare the energy to invade the south, don't you want to go south to Kaifeng, junior brother?"
Li Fengyun smiled bitterly and replied: "Yes, it is indeed impossible for the Liao State to go south in a big way, but it is still possible to draw out forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses and sneak attack the two prefectures of Ding and Zhuo." If the two states of Ding and Zhuo are lost, then Fengyunwei is a tree without roots, water without a source, and defeat is just around the corner.
At the beginning, the first emperor appointed me as the envoy of the Yiwu Army, which had both advantages and disadvantages. The favorable thing is that Fengyunwei is very important to the Central Plains, and the imperial court will not easily take unfavorable actions against our Fengyunwei. The disadvantage is that Feng Yunwei was also tied up in Dingzhou and Zhuo because of this, and he lacked skills.
It's not an exaggeration to say that you are cocooned. ”
Of course, the matter is not as serious as Li Fengyun said, although it is impossible for Fengyunwei to go south with the whole army, it is still possible to send more than 10,000 soldiers and auxiliaries to the south. Don't underestimate the soldiers and auxiliaries of more than 10,000 people of Fengyunwei, even if they are the auxiliaries of Fengyunwei, their combat power is among the soldiers and horses of the princes, and they are also first-class strong soldiers.
It's just that Li Fengyun is bent on promoting his idea of equality, and he is unwilling to easily send troops to disrupt the Central Plains, making the war-torn Li Min of the Central Plains even worse, so he deliberately makes the difficulties so serious. Moreover, Li Fengyun also suspected that Lu Jinghong was entrusted by the Yonggu Palace Master and wanted to instigate him to rebel, so that the Yonggu Palace Master could raise troops again and restore the Later Tang Dynasty. Li Fengyun has no interest in being the cannon fodder of the Yonggu Palace Master.
Lu Jinghong was stunned, after all, he was just a person from the rivers and lakes, of course he couldn't hear the loopholes in Li Fengyun's words, and couldn't help but sigh: "Isn't it a pity that such a great opportunity was lost like this?"
Little junior brother, if someone supports you, as long as you send troops, there will be people along the way to echo you, and someone can help you pacify the Liao State so that it doesn't stab you in the back, can you promise to raise troops in the time of chaos in the Central Plains?"
Li Fengyun laughed: "How can there be such a good thing in the world? Senior Brother Lu, that person is only afraid that there are still many conditions!"
"The conditions will naturally be there!" Lu Jinghong replied, "But for the junior brother, it is all a trivial matter, and it is not worth mentioning." Although Lu Jinghong is a rare martial arts master in the world, he is obviously not a good lobbyist.
"Let's hear it!" Li Fengyun suddenly felt that this Senior Brother Lu of his was not so difficult to deal with. In the final analysis, if the pattern is too small, the vision will naturally not be so broad.