Licheng County, Qizhou, here is the capital of Qi King Li Na, since the year before last after the defeat of Hebei, Qi King Li Na has been very low-key, secretly fighting hard to try to recover his strength as soon as possible.

His army of 80,000 was wiped out in Hebei, but most of them became prisoners of war, working in the mines of Hebei, and soon a letter from home was sent to calm the anxious family members in time, and also enabled Li Na to avoid a ruling crisis.

According to the narrative of the letters from the prisoners of war, they will serve in the mine for three years, be fed and clothed, and earn two taels of silver every month, and they will be able to put it back next year, which also makes Li Na breathe a sigh of relief, you must know that in the team that accompanied him to the north, there is a guard battalion, about 1,000 people, all of whom are the children of the eunuchs and the children of the family, and they have also been captured, if they can't come back, I am afraid that the family and the eunuchs in the entire Shandong region will rebel against him.

In the past two years, Li Na has continued to expand his armaments and warfare, and his military strength has gradually recovered to 100,000 troops.

But these days, Li Na has another big rock in his heart, he got the news that there are hundreds of large ships moored in Cangzhou Hekou Port, each sea ship is up and down 5,000 stones, and can carry hundreds of soldiers.

These hundreds of big ships have undoubtedly reduced his Yellow River natural danger to decoration.

On this morning, Li Na was just about to go out to the barracks, when the guards outside the gate rushed to report, "Lord Qi, there is a person from outside the palace, and he said that he is from Chang'an." ”

Li Na was stunned, "From Chang'an?" ”

He asked, "Do you have a prayer?" ”

The guard took out the post and handed it to Li Na, it's no wonder that the guard is not active, generally Li Na doesn't see guests, and the guard will be scolded if he takes the initiative to take out the post of worship, "What kind of dog and cat post do you also accept?" Only when Li Na took the initiative to ask, the guards would take out the post.

Li Na took the post and looked at it carefully, it said, Zhang Que, the secretary of the Tang Dynasty, Li Na was startled, it turned out to be someone sent by Chang'an, he hurriedly said: "Please wait for him in your guest room." ”

He immediately ordered: "Please invite Mr. Fang to receive the guests of Chang'an." ”

The Mr. Fang mentioned by Li Na is called Fang Ning, and it is said that he is the descendant of Fang Xuanling, the prime minister of the early Tang Dynasty, and may be a descendant of the clan, but in fact, it has little to do with Fang Xuanling.

Fang Ning is about 30 years old, a native of Zizhou, born in the Ming Jingke, and is currently Li Na's secretary to join the army, and has won Li Na's trust.

Since the person who came was just an ordinary Chang'an official, not a high-ranking official such as Xiangguo, nor an envoy of the King of Jin, there was no need to deign to receive Li Na, but Li Na did not go to the barracks, but waited for news from Fang Ning in the inner courtyard.

In the guest hall, Fang Ning invited the visitor Zhang Que to sit down, and the maid served tea to the two, Zhang Que is the head of the Qizhou intelligence point, and also the intelligence head of the entire Ziqing region, his public identity is the proprietor of a restaurant, he doesn't show his head much, Zhang Que doesn't know him, but he knows Zhang Que.

"May I ask what is the specific official position of Zhang Yuanjun?" Fang Ning glanced at Bai Ti and said.

Fang Ning is still more cautious, before talking about business, he must first confirm the true identity of the person in front of him.

Zhang Que took out an eagle letter and put it on the table, "This is the eagle letter from His Royal Highness the King of Jin to the King of Qi, what the King of Jin wants to say is on the letter, as for my identity, I am the third agent of the Special Investigation Department of the Provincial Special Investigation Department of the Secretary of the Tang Dynasty, I have no identity certificate for the time being, in addition, I also want to bring a message, His Royal Highness the King of Jin wants to see sincerity, whether tens of thousands of prisoners of war are willing to return to their hometowns next year, or take their wives and children to Hebei to settle down, it depends on the sincerity of His Royal Highness King Qi." ”

Fang Ning snorted, "Is this a threat?" ”

Zhang Que shook his head, "This is not a threat, this is a choice, everyone is choosing, His Royal Highness King Jin is also choosing the prisoners of war to stay, and I also hope that His Royal Highness King Qi will make a wise choice." ”

After speaking, Zhang Que got up and arched his hand, "Say goodbye!" ”

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Fang Ning hurriedly came to the back hall and found Li Na, the king of Qi who was waiting for him, and Li Na asked urgently, "What is he doing here?" ”

Fang Ning took out the letterbox and handed it to Li Na, "This is a handwritten letter from the King of Jin, it is an eagle letter, please take a look at it!" ”

Li Na took the eagle letter, took out a scroll of silk from it, and slowly unfolded it, writing a few words on it in very small handwriting, Li Na read it carefully, and his face became a little ugly.

Guo Song actually asked him to garrison heavy troops in Jeju and Yunzhou, and also designated more than 50,000 troops, why?

Li Na was deeply humiliated, and he felt that Guo Song was ordering the loser in a victor's tone.

After a while, Li Na asked again, "What else did the visitor say?" ”

"He mentioned our prisoners of war in the mines in Hebei, and he said that whether these prisoners of war return to their hometowns next year or take their families to settle in Hebei depends on your sincerity!"

"Bastard!"

Li Na was furious, tore Guo Song's eagle letter to shreds, and scolded with a blue face: "I have never seen such a despicable and shameless person threaten me with a prisoner of war, why didn't he order my whole family to be arrested?" ”

"Lord Wang, please calm your anger, this may not be a threat."

Li Na said angrily: "What is this not a threat? ”

"Lord Wang, maybe this is Guo Song's idea, 60,000 young and strong men, plus their families, two or three hundred thousand people, maybe he really wants to leave these people and their families in Hebei to settle down, this is very likely."

Li Na's anger gradually subsided, he sat down slowly, and asked for a while, "What is Guo Song's intention in letting me garrison troops in Jeju and Yunzhou?" ”

"His intention is obvious, he hopes that the Qi army will put pressure on Zhu Jun, and it is likely that the Jin army will also put pressure on the west and north."

"Why?"

"The humble inference should have something to do with the battle of Xiangzhou, Zhu Zhu is likely to send troops to recapture Xiangzhou, but Guo Song doesn't want to fight him, so he uses the means of containment and suppression on the third line, and Zhu Zhu really doesn't dare to act rashly."

Li Na took a few steps with his hands in his hands, and said to himself: "This is strange, why doesn't Guo Song want to fight with Zhu Jun, and what are his intentions?" ”

Fang Ning remembered what Zhang Que said, everyone is choosing, King Jin has to choose, King Qi has to choose, it doesn't matter what Guo Song's intentions are, King Qi's choice is important.

"Who is that Zhang Que?" Li Na asked suddenly.

Fang Ning sneered and said: "He is not from Chang'an, and he thinks that he is the head of Guo Song's intelligence station in Qi State." ”

"Ahh

Li Na exclaimed, he just wanted to say that he should catch and torture this person, but suddenly remembered the 60,000 prisoners of war in Hebei, he had to sigh, that was really his weakness, he was caught by Guo Song.

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Li Na finally made a choice, he mobilized 50,000 troops to Yunzhou and Jeju, including 20,000 troops to Jeju and 30,000 troops to Yunzhou, at the same time, Guo Song also transferred troops to Xiangzhou and Huaizhou in Hebei, 500 large transport ships gathered in Huaizhou, in addition, 50,000 troops also killed from Tongguan and entered Shaanzhou, the troops were in Kunguan, the Zhu Han Dynasty was surrounded on three sides, and urgent letters from all over the country flew to Luoyang like snowflakes.

Yang Mi was about to make a choice, and after spending a few days restlessly, this afternoon, Prime Minister Liu Feng anxiously took him to the study.

"What is the urgency of Sangkook?" Yang Mi asked.

Liu Feng sighed and said: "The Son of Heaven called me to the palace, and now Li Na and Guo Song have an attempt to join forces to attack the Central Plains, but the military advisor thinks that Guo Song is just holding us back, just to make us give up attacking Jingzhou, he advised the Son of Heaven to ignore the containment of the two armies of Qi and Jin, and continue to attack Jingzhou with all his might. ”

Yang Mi smiled bitterly in his heart, he had already been in the calculations of others, he had been thinking about this question for three days, and of course he was confident.

"I think that the Son of Heaven already has the intention of retreating in his heart, so he asked Xiangguo to come up with a plan, otherwise he doesn't need to ask Xiangguo at all, just continue to attack Jingzhou in accordance with the deployment of Liu Junshi."

"What does the gentleman mean? Do we continue to fight or not? ”

Yang Mi pretended to ponder for a moment and said: "Liu Junshi still thinks about the problem simply, why won't the two armies of Qi and Jin attack the Central Plains in a big way?" Since our energies are all in the south, Li Na has captured Puzhou and Caozhou, Guo Song's army has captured Huazhou and Zhengzhou, and Kunguan will also face a large-scale attack by the other side, what resistance can we take? Do you have to wait until the city falls and the territory is captured before you hastily return to the army? ”

"You mean to say that the military advisor is deceiving himself?"

"That's what it means, Sangkook, it's actually an opportunity."

"What chance?" Liu Feng hurriedly asked.

Yang Mi lowered his voice and said: "In this matter, Xiangguo must be resolute, this is an important step to win the trust of the Son of Heaven, as long as the Son of Heaven listens to Xiangguo's advice to withdraw the army, then in the future military, Xiangguo's influence will be no less than that of the military division, if the Son of Heaven does not listen to Xiangguo's advice and insists on sending troops, once the Qi and Jin coalition forces attack, it will prove Xiangguo's rightness." ”

Liu Feng nodded slowly, and Yang Mi's suggestion reached his heart.