Three days later, Li Zhongyi went to the temple to resign, and the Empress Dowager Fu deliberately did not see him under the pretext that Feng was unwell.

Fan Zhen came forward to represent the imperial court, and Haosheng appeased Li Zhongyi, Li Zhongyi and Lao Fan did not have any common language, and after the false politeness, Li Zhongyi boarded the carriage and left the political hall.

According to the rules of the important ministers of the imperial court to take command of the expedition, the second minister Li Gu accompanied Li Zhongyi, and the two of them went to the north gate of Kaifeng Mansion together in the same car.

On the way, Li Gu sighed heavily, and said with a sad face: "No blame, this time to send troops to the north, do you have a chance of winning?" ”

Li Zhongyi's eyes flashed slightly, Li Gu was obviously afraid that he would not be able to stop the pace of the Khitan Iron Cavalry going south, so he was suspicious and deliberately tested the prospect of this military dispatch.

"Don't hide it from you, I also have no bottom in my heart, and the odds of winning are less than thirty percent." Li Zhongyi is not a good bird, he deliberately set up an ambush and sold a big pass, wanting to scare Li Gu.

Li Gu can have today's status, it is not a big drop, he smiled gloomily, and said: "I'm afraid I don't know, if the battle ahead, my brother, your situation is definitely countless times worse than Li Qiong." ”

Li Zhongyi smiled shallowly and deliberately teased Li Gu: "But Zhen Xianggong, you must know that rabbits are in a hurry to bite people." ”

Li Gu was originally a very smart bureaucrat, and in the blink of an eye, he understood Li Zhongyi's voice: he really forced Li to be anxious, and deliberately made way for the Khitans to go south, and I don't know, whose family suffered more losses?

It really responds to the old saying: Are you still afraid of wearing leather shoes if you are barefoot?

Li Zhongyi deliberately played a scoundrel, but Li Gu really took it as a hidden worry, and quickly rolled his eyes. Think about countermeasures.

Hmph, Li Gu's weird performance. made Li Zhongyi immediately realize that this family is a father-in-law. I am afraid that it is also one of the main forces of peacemaking.

How can I say it, most of the pure civilian-official groups have cartilage, that is, Mao Taizu once commented: Stinky old nine, the position is not firm!

Although the civilian clique does not have the heart and strength to rebel, it is corrupt and degenerates very quickly!

Li Zhongyi knew it very well in his heart. At the time of the national disaster, Li Gu actually had the intention of fleeing.

After holding real power over the years, Li Gu's industry has spread almost throughout the entire Kaifeng City. When the money is enough, the heart to die is not so strong.

What is Li Gu's idea, Li Zhongyi has no interest in caring at all, when the strong wind arrives, the sand and dust will blow away.

Kaifeng north of the city. The banner was unfurled, and the queue was majestic, except for the whispered discussion of the civil officials who went out of the city to see them off, among the ranks of the Northern Expeditionary Army. Even the sound of gold and iron is almost inaudible.

Although Li Gu is not good at military affairs, he also knows what to do. He sighed softly and said, "Yulin Right Guard." It really deserves to be the first elite of my big week. ”

Li Zhongyi glanced at Li Gu and secretly sneered in his heart. This Li Gu, no matter what time it is, has to find a gap and pick a bone in the egg.

However, Li Gu is a sour rotten scholar who is powerless, and there is no soldier under his command, and Li Zhongyi is too lazy to meet him in general.

Li Gu handed over the Zhuangxing wine with both hands, Li Zhongyi took the wine cup, drank it all, threw the glass on the ground, turned over and stepped on the high back of the sweaty BMW "Blood Kill", and galloped to the front of the military formation.

"Sons, this time we go north, we have to fight hard to overthrow the Khitan dog thieves, are you afraid?" Li Zhongyi turned his back to the sky and waved his whip to the sun.

"I'm afraid of an egg!"

"them!"

"Snatch the fuck ......"

"Haha, the grass valley that fights the Khitan dog, cool ......"

Li Gu watched coldly, and he secretly found that Li Zhongyi's descendant troops, Yulin Right Guard, were as imposing as a rainbow, and they didn't take the Khitans in their eyes at all. However, in the three forbidden army teams belonging to Li Zhongyi, although there were sparse echoes, the atmosphere was obviously much duller.

Cowardice before fighting, this is Li Gu's intuitive feeling of the elite forbidden army of the imperial court, he shook his head secretly, from this point of view, Fan Zhen and the Queen Mother have the heart to make peace, which is very reasonable!

Li Zhongyi's Yulin Right Guard, although it can be called the elite of the elite, after all, there are too few troops, and in an instant, Li Gu was a little suspicious, was the imperial court's previous suppression of Li Zhongyi wrong?

But the problem is that although Li Gu and Fan Zhen are in serious discord because of the struggle for power and profit. However, Li Gu's basic stance on suppressing military ministers is not fundamentally different from Fan Zhen.

Dissenting theories and suppressing military ministers are the basic political logic that has been pursued since the ascension of Taizu to the throne of this dynasty.

Li Gu thought about it again and again, and finally still believed that it was very much in line with the fundamental interests of the civilian clique to prevent Li Zhongyi, Zhao Kuangyin, and especially Han Tong, who was deeply trusted by the former emperor, from holding too much military power.

Li Zhongyi didn't have the heart to pay attention to Li Gu's careful thoughts, and he noticed that the Guangrui Army, which originally belonged to Han Tong's descendants, had the weakest morale.

As for Zhao Laoer's old department for many years, the Divine Guard Army, compared with the Guangrui Army, it is just a difference of half a catty and eight taels.

However, it was the Guangyong Army, which originally belonged to the miscellaneous army, and the cheers and shouts came and went.

Li Zhongyi nodded secretly, since these days, his strategy of encircling Guang Yongjun has had some effect.

The Shenwei Army and the Guangrui Army were secretly supported by important ministers in the DPRK and China, whether it was military salaries or grain and grass, not only could they not be lacking, but they were exceptionally sufficient.

Li Zhongyi's strategy for the above two armies is, what was it like before, and what it is still like now, the nephew lights up his uncle, as usual!

As for the Guangyong Army, which did not have a hard foundation, Li Zhongyi secretly instructed Yang Lie, the commander of the right guard of Yulin, to give the Guangyong Army military salaries and grain and grass as soon as possible.

Yang Lie is worthy of being Li Zhongyi's best protégé, and he has a deep understanding of Li Zhongyi's true intentions. Since these days, when Li Zhongyi was busy with the court's lawsuit, Yang Lie soaked in the military camp of the Guangyong Army all day long.

In this year, the Qiu Ba, except for Li Zhongyi's Yulin Right Guard and Lingzhou Army, are almost all illiterate and illiterate.

Yang Lie, the number one celebrity under Li Xianggong, was full of swear words and rude behavior in the Guangyong Army, in addition to eating meat in large pieces and drinking in large bowls, Yang Lie even chartered several well-known female leaders in Kaifeng City to accompany the senior generals of the Guangyong Army to have fun together.

In the army, in addition to the size of the fist, it is the style of each other, and the appetite must be matched.

Yang Lie's intention to win over, as well as his solid background, the heads and brains of the Guang Yongjun are also well aware of it. But the question is: other ministers and ministers, no one has ever looked at them squarely, even half an eye?

This ragtag army has its own logic for survival, and the most important thing is to find a big backer that can be relied on to keep the little bit of military power that the generals have in hand.

Because the Qiu Ba generally do not study, they do not know the shame, and they do not know the national righteousness, they only know that whoever pays the military salary and who gives the sweetness will work for whom.

Li Zhongyi has never been a political cleanist, and before he fully grasps the military and political power, he must pursue Mao Taizu's policy: unite all the forces that can be united, and everyone shares the red apple of power and interests! (To be continued.) )