"There's going to be a war."

This was Li Shen's first sentence.

At this time, he had already taken care of himself, took a bath, lost the smell of dust and dust on his body, and sat on the main seat, as calm as an old monk.

Sitting below him was Li Shidao, the head of the Li family in Zhao County, as well as Cheng Ping, the deputy general of the Pingnan Army, Zhang Lu, the deputy general, and Li Yan, the deputy general with a blue nose and a swollen face.

These people are now the highest level of the Pingnan Army camp, except for a few deputy generals who have led troops outside and have never returned, and the others are sitting under Li Shen.

Among them, Li Shidao, the head of the Li family in Zhao County, was invited to Shu County by Li Shen after Li Yan was arrested.

He is a few years older than Li Shen, but he is not too old, he looks like he is in his early fifties, but he is older, and Li Shen wants to call him uncle.

Now, the essence of the Li clan in Zhao County has been moved to Shu County.

To be honest, for a big family with a county prestige, it is a very difficult decision to move at will, and it is absolutely impossible to move away from their county prestige when they are idle.

He only said one word.

If you don't move, you will be ruined by the imperial court.

At that time, the emperor of Chengde had been seriously injured, which means that the contradiction between the Pingnan Hou Mansion and the imperial court was irreconcilable.

Therefore, Li Shidao made up his mind and moved the young people in the clan, as well as some of the essence, to Shu County, leaving only a layer of empty shell in Zhao County, completely standing with the Pingnan Hou Mansion.

As it turned out, his decision was wise, because all the Northern Zhou clans except for the Li clan of Zhao County were now about to fall.

After Li Shidao heard Li Xin's words, he frowned slightly.

"Jin Chen, when will you fight?"

He is Li Shen's elder, and he is the only one who is qualified on the spot, so he calls Li Shen so.

"As fast as you can."

Li Shen said slowly: "The little emperor is receiving the inheritance of the Chengde Dynasty little by little, if he completely controls the imperial court, we will not have a chance at all, only by taking advantage of the weakness of the imperial court now, the upper and lower confusion, we raise the banner of righteousness and take the initiative to attack the imperial court, only have the opportunity to clear the imperial court for His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Yes, although they want to rebel, but they don't want to rebel against the Great Jin, but to rebel against the Taikang Emperor, the intention is to put the abolished prince on the throne of God, if this thing is done, the Zhaojun Li family will become the first family in the world, and the emperor will not be surnamed Li at that time, but at least it is also the situation of Ji and Li sharing the world.

This is the only chance for southern Xinjiang.

Li Shen said in a deep voice: "How are you preparing?" ”

Cheng Ping bowed his head and said: "Back to the general, as long as the general gives an order, we can leave Shu at any time!" ”

After Li Shen received the news of the assassination of the Emperor of Chengde, before going to the capital, he instructed the Pingnan Army to actively prepare for war, and now more than a year has passed, and the Pingnan Army is ready to fight a tough battle.

Li Shen shook his head and said, "We don't come out of Shu." ”

Li Yan, whose face was a little pale, slowly lowered his head: "Big... Didn't the general just say that we should take the initiative to attack? ”

He originally wanted to call the eldest brother, but when the words came to his lips, he changed it to a general.

Southern Xinjiang will become the current situation, nine times out of ten because of Li Yan, so he is a little at a loss now, and he does not dare to be as close as before.

"An offensive does not mean a troop."

After Li Shen glanced at Li Yan, he continued: "The terrain of Shu County is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is a big barrier for us, only by pulling the people of the imperial court to Shu County and letting them attack us and defend it, we will have a chance to win." ”

Li Shidao frowned slightly.

"What does Jin Chen mean?"

"Raise the banner of righteousness and write an essay to denounce usurpation."

Li Shen said indifferently: "As long as we play the banner of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and tell the people of the world that we want to recruit troops to counterattack the imperial court, then the people of the world will be in an uproar, and the matter of the succession of the first emperor is a little vague, and maybe there will be many people who will come to Shu County to become our helpers." ”

He said indifferently: "As soon as this banner is played, it is already equivalent to us attacking." ”

Li Shen has been in the capital for a year, and even in that broken cellar for two months, he is a smart man, and for such a long time, he has already deduced the situation in southern Xinjiang over and over again.

This idea was something he had come up with early on.

As long as the prince's flag is beaten, it is equivalent to declaring war on the imperial court, or even slapping the imperial court in the face, and when the time comes, there is no need for Li Shen to say anything more, and the new son of heaven will be enthusiastic and shouting to send troops into Shu.

Defending according to the terrain and attacking with defense is Li Shen's tactics.

The power of this tactic is that he doesn't need to win, he only needs to hold on for three or five years, so that the people of the world can see that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in Southern Xinjiang does have the ability to wrestle with the imperial court, and when the time comes, there will naturally be people willing to come to Li Shen's side and be a "hero from the dragon" or even a "hero of the founding of the country".

At that time, Li Shen can move on to the next step.

His initial goal was to rule the river.

From an objective point of view, Li Shen's plan was very complete, and there was nothing unreasonable, he was very aware of the gap between himself and the imperial court, and chose the strategy that was most beneficial to southern Xinjiang.

And he didn't think about hitting Jinling City in one go, his goal was very small.

It is to defend Shu County within five years, and consume the vitality of the imperial court.

Li Shidao let out a long breath and said: "Jin Chen's method is good, but as soon as this banner is beaten, we will have to fight to the death with the imperial court." ”

"If you don't fight out, sooner or later you will have to divide life and death."

Li Shen glanced at Li Yan indifferently, and his tone was calm.

"Someone, after killing the emperor of the Ji family, this battle of life and death will come sooner or later, instead of waiting for the new emperor to come to the door to kill people after he is ready, it is better for us to take the initiative to provoke, so that the initiative is at least in our hands."

Until now, Chengde Tianzi has been dead for a year, and Li Shen still can't let go of this matter.

In his opinion, Li Yan's assassination of the Son of Heaven was a stupid thing that could not be more stupid.

However, this Pingnanhou is still very righteous, and for such a big matter, he forcibly fished Li Yan out of the capital.

This is a great kindness, so when Li Shen kicked Li Yan just now, Li Yan didn't say a word.

Because he knew very well that his life was exchanged for Li Shen's own life.

Cheng Ping thought for a while and slowly lowered his head: "What the general said is that there is only this method at present." ”

Li Yan stood up tremblingly, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Shen.

"Big brother, I caused this incident, and I am willing to apologize with death."

"If you die, the soldiers of the court will not come?"

Li Shen's face turned cold, and he grabbed Li Yan's placket.

"Lao Tzu used his life to replace you from the capital, and he let you die?"

Li Shen seems to be a gentle person, and he never speaks foul language on weekdays.

So when he says foul language, it's especially scary.

"On the battlefield, fight a few more victories, better than anything else!"

He threw Li Yan on the ground, then stopped paying attention to this big man, turned his head to look at Li Shidao, and bowed his head slightly: "Uncle, you still want you to write the text of the crusade against the imperial court in the name of the Li family of Zhao County." ”

"Remember to write the key points clearly, the traitor usurped the throne, brutalized the loyal and good, and the sky sent a bad omen, my Pingnan Army is to turn the tide, Kuangjun assists the country, and wants to help the real prince to take the throne."

Li Shidao nodded and said, "When will it be sent?" ”

Li Shen looked up at the north, and finally his voice was low.

"Wait until those Northern Zhou clans are almost dead."

"Counting the time, it's almost time for them to meet someone from the court."

He glanced back at Li Shidao and said slowly.

"Before that, I'm going to see the crown prince."