Hearing this, Xiao Jing was also stunned.

"What about more than 300 boats, large and small? Gone in World War I? ”

"The first war was gone." Liu Xinda said bitterly: "It's not just Zheng Wenchang from Dongting, Li Hao is also here." Their warships are obviously much stronger than ours. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Jing felt the same way. "Li Ze's battleship is indeed strong. Our Lingnan sailors, at sea, were wiped out by Pan Motang in the First World War, and the sailors established in Lingnan for several years and spent countless funds to build them were lost in this way. ”

Liu Xinda looked at Xiao Jing in astonishment: "You ...... Li Ze blatantly did something to you? ”

"Of course I don't admit it. Just say it's pirates. Hehe, what kind of pirate has such great ability? Xiao Jing said helplessly: "But in the battle at sea, we completely wiped out our sailors in the first battle, and we didn't even leave a single prisoner, so it is evidence, and there is no evidence, what can we do?" In the final analysis, we are still not strong ourselves, so we can only knock out our teeth and swallow them in our stomachs. ”

Liu Xinda couldn't help laughing, shaking his head while laughing.

"General Liu, so, I came to you to seek cooperation." Xiao Jing spread his hands and said, "Now your situation, you know it yourself, right?" Can Ezhou hold on? ”

"Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven, and hope to keep it a little longer. It's also a dutiful duty. Liu Xinda said.

Xiao Jing smiled: "Then why bother? There is a ready-made way to live, do you insist on going to the road of death? General Liu, to tell you the truth, we also want Eyue, so we hope you can cooperate with us. ”

"What kind of cooperation is it?" Liu Xinda smiled and said, "Didn't you just say that compared to Li Ze, your strength is not good?" ”

"It's one thing to be weak, but it's another thing to calculate." Xiao Jing looked at Liu Xinda meaningfully and said: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, which is why we suffered such a big loss at sea, and we swallowed this breath hard." Isn't it just for the long-term goal? ”

"Once Li Ze takes Chang'an, I don't think you will have any power to return to heaven!" Liu Xinda said coldly: "I'm afraid that everyone knows now that when Li Ze takes Chang'an, it will be the time when the emperor's son-in-law of your Xiang Shuai will die." Even though Xiang Shuai has some strength now, but against Li Ze, I'm afraid he can't catch it, right? ”

"It's true that it's difficult to fight head-on, but sometimes, solving a problem doesn't necessarily require face-to-face fighting, right? Perhaps there would be a more concise solution. ”

"Is there any simple way to do it?" Liu Xinda shook his head in disbelief: "The Northern Imperial Court is not monolithic when it is managed by Li Ze, but it is also extremely strong, you want to change the world, unless Li Ze dies suddenly." ”

Xiao Jing smiled silently.

Looking at the other party's smiling face, Liu Xinda was stunned at first, and then shocked: "You really have such an idea?" ”

"Why not?" Xiao Jingdao.

After a long time, Liu Xinda shook his head again and again: "Ridiculous, simply ridiculous." Li Ze is a person, you want to engage in assassination, it's too child's play, let alone a close-range assassination, if your people can walk within ten steps of Li Ze, it will be a rare thing. ”

"General Liu, how to do it is our business. Whether we can do it or not is our business, but whether we succeed or not, what do you have to lose? Xiao Jing said: "On the contrary, for you, there are only benefits, no harms." You are a person who holds the belief that you will die, so if there is such a straw, shouldn't you hold on to it firmly? If we fail, we can still keep warm when the time comes, and if we win, you can have a greater future because of the alliance with us. ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Xinda said, "Tell me about your plan." ”

Xiao Jing took a sip of wine, moistened his throat, and said: "In the first stage, we hope that General Liu Xinda can resist desperately, and the longer he can hold on, the better, so that the Tang army will be difficult to move under the city of Ezhou." ”

"That's what I'm doing." Liu Xinda said: "For more than a year, I have only done one thing, that is, how to make Ezhou City more impregnable, and the current Ezhou City is three points more dangerous than the Qianfeng era. ”

"When I came into the city, I saw it too." Xiao Jingdao: "When they are frustrated in the city, we will take the opportunity to ask for support. You also know that now General Xiang Zhen is in Jiangxi with a large army, and we are ready. For our initiative to help, Liu Ruyan has no reason to refuse. Because we are also the Tang Army! ”

Liu Xinda looked at his opponent in a daze.

"When we arrive and attack you, it's time for you to surrender to us." Xiao Jing said with a smile: "General Liu, if you surrender to Li Ze, the best outcome will only be to be a duke, but if you surrender to us, Xiang Shuai can assure you that you will be the new envoy of the Eyue Festival." ”

"Liu Ruyan will watch you pick fruits like this?"

Even if she is not willing, what can she do? When the time comes, Eyue will be defeated by us, will she be able to set up troops to grab territory with us? Then we can justifiably turn against her. At that time, we will occupy the moral high ground, and at this time, the Tang Army will officially launch a general attack on the Henan region, at this time, will they turn against us? Xiao Jing said proudly: "Even if there is no more unwillingness at that time, Liu Ruyan is afraid that he will endure this breath and lead his troops to attack Zhongwujie Town to reduce the pressure on the Tang army on the battlefield in Henan." ”

"But the Tang army still has Qian Biao, as well as their sailors, and of course, Jingnan!" Liu Xinda said.

"Liu Ruyan left with the main force, and their sailors will also attack the Central Plains along the canal, they need the sailors to transport grain and troops, and they can still stay here?" Xiao Jingdao: "You don't have to worry about Jingnan, Zhu Youqi will definitely send troops at that time, just relying on one Tian Guofeng and ten thousand people, can withstand the Shu army?" The focus of Jingnan will inevitably be on guarding against the Shu army, and there is only one Qian Biao left, what is there to worry about? ”

Liu Xinda took a deep breath, and had to say that Xiao Jing's proposal was a great temptation for him.

"My family is in Chang'an, once I surrender to you, my family will inevitably suffer misfortune in Chang'an." Liu Xinda said.

Xiao Jing smiled slightly: "I think, this is also one of the reasons why you are unwilling to surrender to Li Ze!" What if we could keep your family safe? ”

"Xiang Shuai's hand can't be that long, right? Moreover, people like me, whose families in Chang'an are in Chang'an, must be closely monitored. Liu Xinda said.

"Xiang Shuai's hand really can't reach that long, but I still dare to guarantee that Zhu Youzhen won't dare to touch your family at that time." Xiao Jing looked at Liu Xinda confidently and said leisurely.

"What's the point?" Liu Xinda asked.

"Because Sun Tonglin left Lingnan a few months ago." Xiao Jing said softly.

Liu Xinda looked at the other party in amazement. Sun Tonglin is a native of Pinglu, a few years ago, he defected to Zhu Youzhen, and even married his granddaughter to Zhu Youzhen as a concubine, of course, now he is the concubine of Daliang. Now Sun Tonglin is a high position in the Chang'an court.

"You, have you already been hooked up?" He looked at Xiao Jing in a daze.

"Everyone has the same goal, that is, to oppose Li Ze!" Xiao Jing said with a smile: "Since the strength of both of us is not comparable to Li Ze, then if we join forces, won't we have a chance?" ”

"But now Li Ze is preparing to launch an attack on Daliang, and I don't see you raising troops to attack Li Ze!" Liu Xinda said: "You are just using the Great Liang to weaken Li Ze's strength. ”

Of course, Zhu Youzhen also knows this, but he doesn't have a choice. As I told you before, this is a life-saving straw that he must grasp. Xiao Jing said lightly.

"So I said, if you don't surrender to Li Ze, but cooperate with us, Zhu Youzhen won't dare to touch a single hair of your family." Xiao Jingdao.

"I want to know, what exactly did you promise to His Majesty the Emperor? Let him believe in you. ”

"There's really only one thing." Xiao Jingdao: "We told him that we would let Li Ze die when he attacked Chang'an." ”

"Your Majesty also believes?"

"It's better to believe what you have than what you don't!" Xiao Jingdao: "In fact, the current situation is very clear, once Li Ze's troops launch a full-scale general attack, the land of Henan, the Liang army will definitely not be able to hold it, that is, how long Tongguan can be defended is unknown." And if Li Ze dies at the most critical time, then Zhu Youzhen will have a glimmer of life. Because as soon as Li Ze dies, the Tang army will be in chaos. Where is there any intention to fight Chang'an? I'm afraid that we have to stabilize the internal situation first! ”

Liu Xinda stood up, paced back and forth in the courtyard, and said after a while: "If Li Ze dies, the Tang Army in the north may have a big chaos, no, no, no, the world is going to be in chaos." His Majesty the Emperor, even though only the vicinity of Chang'an was left at this time, had a chance to come back to life. And at this time, there is no doubt that you Xiang Shuai will take the biggest advantage, from no chance at all, to a very promising battle for the world, isn't it? ”

"General Liu is really a smart man." Xiao Jingdao: "Then do you think that if Li Ze dies, we will be the ones who want to be great at that time?" Or does Zhu Youzhen hope big? Or is it the big man of Li Ze in the North? When the time comes, will the Tang Army in the north still be as united as it is now? It is true that Li Ze has a son, and the generals who are loyal to him at that time may continue to support his son to the throne, but what about the other generals who are sitting on one side? For example, Li Cunzhong, such as Xue Chong, such as Tian Ping, etc.! Don't forget, in the Northeast, there is also Zhang Zhongwu! He hated Li Ze to the core, and when the time came, he would inevitably come out of the northeast and join the chaos of the Central Plains. ”

"Let the world be chaotic and chaotic again?" Liu Xinda muttered.

"Yes, the most powerful one is finished, won't the rest have a chance? Therefore, Zhu Youzhen, and Zhang Zhongwu all hope that Li Ze will die! "Xiao Jingdao." General Liu, what are you still worried about your family doing? When the time comes, send a letter to Shuai, and he will not obediently send your family back to you! ”