Liu Hongan, a Chinese scholar who came to Xuanyi, did not read the edict in public, but asked Li Zhongyi to open another secret room and tell him something important.

Li Zhongyi, as a border commander, naturally understands in his heart that Liu Hongan, as one of the important ministers, will not leave Kaifeng, and he will have a big life.

"No blame, His Majesty quietly left Bianliang and came to Jingzhao Mansion, I don't know who leaked it to the Khitans." The guests and hosts were polite, and after sitting down, Liu Hongan sighed heavily and said a terrifying inside story, "Yelu Tartlie, the king of the southern courtyard of the Khitan, suddenly commanded 30,000 iron horsemen, the border of Kou and I, the four states of Xiong, Ding, Yi, and Ba, almost at the same time. After careful consideration, His Majesty decided to go north to meet the enemy. ”

When Li Zhongyi heard the news, he immediately realized that there must be a traitor in the DPRK.

From the point of view of interests, the most unwilling part of the DPRK is Li Chongjin for the Northern Expedition to recapture the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun after Chai Rong pacifies the northwest.

Of course, the external states, such as the Later Shu, the Northern Han Dynasty, and the Southern Tang Dynasty, definitely did not want the Great Zhou, a strong neighbor, to be too powerful. In other words, the suspicion of leaking news is very big.

Seeing that Li Zhongyi bowed his head and fell into deep thought, Liu Hongan sighed again and continued to explain: "Before I came to Lingzhou, His Majesty repeatedly told me, be sure to ask you clearly, do you have the determination to wipe out the party departments? ”

As soon as Li Zhongyi heard this, his face became extremely solemn - the wind became extremely solemn, and the soldiers of Lingzhou were no more than 10,000 at best.

Although the Shuofang New Army had the largest cavalry force of 5,000 men in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but. It's impossible to go out, don't want the big rear of Lingzhou, right?

Li Zhongyi repeatedly calculated, and it was useless for the cavalry troops to defend the city. They must all be taken out of the city. However, the infantry army needs to leave at least 3,000 people behind to defend Lingzhou.

In such a way, between entering and leaving, the ratio between the Han army officers and soldiers at hand and the party cavalry at hand no longer has an absolute advantage.

3,000 party cavalry, 2,000 Han cavalry, plus 2,000 Han infantry, a total of 7,000 troops. The cavalry of the Dangxiang clan accounted for almost half.

Not afraid of 10,000, just in case, if the party cavalry rebels at the critical moment of the expedition. This is the same as the betrayal of the Tang Dynasty by Gro Luo during the Battle of Talas, and the consequences are unimaginable.

However, after months of training. and tight institutional control. Li Zhongyi had reason to believe that even if a small number of party slave cavalry were dissatisfied with the Great Zhou, it would not shake the loyalty of the entire party slave cavalry to him.

Expecting all the party slave cavalry to be extremely loyal to Li Zhongyi is not a reliable thing in the first place.

"Yang Gong, I need a good time in the next place." Li Zhongyi sighed and said, "With thousands of soldiers and horses, if you want to wipe out the eight party departments entrenched in Xiazhou. It's not an easy thing to do. ”

Liu Hongan is a good word, and his status is not low. It is roughly similar to Li Zhongyi, so Li Zhongyi respectfully calls him Yang Gong.

"How long will it take?" Liu Hongan asked Li Zhongyi tightly, and he did not relax at all.

Li Zhongyi thought to himself, before Liu Hongan came to Lingzhou, Chai Rong probably confessed a lot of things in private, right?

"According to my guess, as long as the imperial army leaves Jingzhao Mansion, the Xiazhou Party and the Northern Han Dynasty will definitely not let go of the broken family in Fuzhou." Li Zhongyi played with the tea cup in his hand and said slowly, "Xiazhou is a city built by King Helian Bobo, this city is unusually strong, even if the party members are wary of me, they will definitely not leave too many soldiers and horses. As long as the main force of the party members leaves Xiazhou, the rest of the matter will be easy to do. ”

"Yang Gong, more than a year, less than half a year, Fuzhou must have changed, at that time, that is, when I entered Xiazhou, I also hope that Yang Gong will report to His Majesty in front of His Majesty." Li Zhongyi arched his hands and politely asked Liu Hongan for help.

Seeing that there was no one left and right, Liu Hongan couldn't help but smile slightly, and said, "Your Majesty had already expected that Wu Yi would say this, so ...... Li Zhongyi received the edict ......"

Seeing that Liu Hongan suddenly took out a copy of Chai Rong's edict from his cuffs, Li Zhongyi hurriedly bowed down and respectfully accepted the order.

"No blame, the states that the party has stolen from the barbarians, I will hand it over to you...... I can trust you, but the law of the imperial court cannot be despised either, Liu Ziyang will stay in Lingzhou and be the supervisor of the army for you......" Liu Hongan held the edict in his hand, but what he read out was all common words, no wonder he wanted to edict.

At the end, Liu Hongan read aloud: "In addition to the deputy capital of Li's northwest camp, he is in charge of the military affairs of the four prefectures of Ling, Yan, Yan, and Qing......"

Li Zhongyi listened to the title of extremely bluffing, but secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, Yanzhou Assassin Sun Daoqing, relying on the momentum of Chai Shouli, has always been neither obedient to the dispatch nor obey the decree, obviously not able to count on it.

The warlord Gao family in Yanzhou is mainly subordinate to the imperial court in name, but in fact, he is the local emperor.

Although Gyeongju is a territory directly under the Great Zhou, Gyeongju is under the jurisdiction of the Wujing Jiedu envoy, and it is impossible to sincerely obey his Li Zhongyi's dispatch.

Pull it, pull it, Li Zhongyi can use it, and it can only be more than 10,000 elites under him.

Liu Hongan was originally an important minister of the imperial court and was familiar with the political situation in the court, so when he saw Li Zhongyi, he kept his head down and pondered, and he also understood the dilemma Li Zhongyi was facing.

"Alas. No blame, it's hard for your majesty, let's be more considerate as courtiers! Liu Hongan sighed leisurely and said casually, "Once it is successful, according to contemptible estimates, you will definitely be indispensable in Fang Town, a few states." ”

Li Zhongyi thought to himself, Chai Rong privately promised to be the privy deputy envoy, but Liu Hongan mentioned that one party was the envoy of the festival, what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd?

In any case, due to the Khitan people's disturbance, the battle in Xiazhou could only be borne by Li Zhongyi alone.

"No blame, according to what my family Shiro said, Brother Ling has been studying very hard recently, and he has been on the list in several monthly exams."

After talking about business, Liu Hongan had a kind smile on his face, and he was homely with Li Zhongyi.

Like Li Zhongyi, this Liu Hongan has always regarded himself as a lonely minister and a pure minister, and he has no close contacts with all the important ministers in the court, and has always adhered to the principle of being an official who is not a gentleman.

Coincidentally, Shilang of the Liu family and Erlang of the Li family turned out to be classmates of Guozijian, and the two have always been very close.

With such a relationship, when Li Zhongyi led his troops on an expedition to Goryeo, Liu Hongan's Hunjiama Lady has always had a fairly close interaction with Bottle.

Madame diplomacy, without the acquiescence of the man in charge behind his back, is impossible to succeed!

To put it in her heart, instead of looking down on the identity of the concubine of the bottle, Mrs. Ma walked very closely, and it is not possible to say that Li Zhongyi did not take it to heart. (To be continued......)

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