Chapter 374 Li Mi returns to the alliance
Li Mi felt very bad, felt very passive, and felt plotted by Li Fengyun. If he really beat Dongdu, he would even feel an ominous feeling of being plotted to death by Li Fengyun.
He looked at Li Fengyun with a lot of doubts and wanted to ask loudly, Who are you? How many secrets do you know? What is your purpose after falling from the sky?
Li Fengyun continued with a cold face, "You have three strategies: You go north to Youzhou and west to Guanzhong. The worst strategy is to fight Dongdu. But in a certain opinion, your two strategies are too enthusiastic, and there is too much talk on paper, and there is no possibility of implementation. If nothing unexpected happens, the Duke of Yue is close to your two strategies. He does not agree with your two strategies. However, it is difficult to fight Dongdu. As you said, whether you can defeat Dongdu is not the number of troops, but the game of interest. However, if you want to win in the game of interest, there are too many restrictions, such as time. If the attack time is not enough, the situation will be different. If the situation is not good for Duke of Yue, it will inevitably evolve into a defeat of "the wall falls down and everyone pushes, and the drum breaks ten thousand people's hammers". Therefore, Duke of Yue is difficult to make a decision."
Li Mi's heart suddenly hangs, and the strong sense of suffocation makes his breath suddenly heavy, "Did you deliberately worsen the situation in the Eastern Capital when you enter the Central Plains to help Duke Yue firmly fight against the Eastern Capital?"
Li Fengyun shook his head without comment, "I don't go to the Central Plains, don't open the Ji Canal, what can I eat and drink? Can you give me some food? If you can give me some food, I will immediately cross the river and go north, kill Zhuo County, charge for the Duke of Yue, and turn your plan to go north into reality."
Li Mi was speechless. He said a thousand words and ten thousand. The reason why Li Fengyun wanted to participate in this mutiny was forced. If he had food and could support the army, why did he go through this mutiny? Judging from Li Fengyun's situation and position, no matter whether there was this mutiny or not, he would have to enter the Central Plains to plunder the Tongji Canal for the second time. But the current problem is that once the waterway of the Tongji Canal was interrupted, it would directly affect the Second Eastern Expedition, then the Holy Lord might give up the Eastern Expedition and evacuate the Liaodong battlefield in advance, and thus directly sentenced the "death" of the mutiny.
"You want to cut off the Tongji Canal?" Li Mi asked.
Li Fengyun shook his head, "Why did you want to cut off the Tongji Canal? If the Tongji Canal is cut off, it will inevitably endanger the Second Eastern Expedition. Such a major responsibility, the left-behind officials in the East Capital and the military and political officials along the Tongji Canal cannot afford it. In desperation, they will inevitably exhaust all means and attack on someone at all costs. This will not benefit someone. Of course, I will not take this bad strategy and seek death."
"Like last year?" Li Mi thought, "Last year you were able to advance and retreat freely because of the tacit cooperation of the King of Qi. But this year the one who stayed in Dongdu was the King of Yue, and the Minister of the Ministry of Minzu Fan Zigai. They could not show mercy to you. As long as you endanger the Tongji Canal, the army of Dongdu will inevitably come."
Li Fengyun smiled, "This is a good thing. It will help Duke Yue Li Yang raise his troops, and it will also help you kill Dongdu with lightning speed."
Li Mi looked at Li Fengyun with suspicious eyes, "This is not good for you. You are not the opponent of the Dongdu Army at all."
"Who said that someone was going to face the Dongdu army head-on?"
"If you want to rob Tongjiqu, you will inevitably fight head-on with the Dongdu army."
"I want to plunder Tongji Canal. This is the primary goal of someone entering the Central Plains westward. But if Tongji Canal is under high alert and the army of the East Capital roars again, and I have no idea how to start, how could I continue to plunder Tongji Canal?"
Li Midun realized something, and finally let go of his heart that had been tight. The most important mission of his trip was to prevent or delay Li Fengyun from interrupting the Tongji Canal. As long as the Tongji Canal is always open and the grain road in the East Expedition is always safe, as long as the food and supplies from Jiangzuo are always transported to the Liaodong battlefield, the Eastern Expedition will not be interrupted, and the Expedition Force can reach the city of Pyongyang within the scheduled time, which gives this mutiny sufficient time.
"Build a plank road openly and cross Chencang secretly, that's it." Li Mi nodded repeatedly and asked anxiously, "Since it's a false robbery of Tongji Canal, what's your real goal?"
Li Fengyun hesitated for a moment, but still did not hide it, "Yuzhou."
Yuzhou? Yingru area? Yingchuan, Runan and Xiangyang counties? Li Mi suddenly realized that Li Fengyun was indeed powerful. Last time, he successfully plundered the Tongji Canal with the help of the King of Qi. While eased the food crisis, he developed and strengthened the alliance. This time, he did the same thing and wanted to plunder the Yuzhou with the help of Yang Xuangan's "tactic understanding". This time, he still wanted to ease the food crisis. While eased the food crisis, should he still develop and strengthen the alliance? It is fake to go westward to the Central Plains to plunder the Tongji Canal, so is it also fake to participate in mutiny attacks on the East? Will he carry out the "open construction of the plank road and secretly crossing the Chencang" to the end, and then turn his head and go straight to other places. Taking advantage of the chaos in the east capital, the domestic situation is tense, and the court has no time to take care of others, occupy a piece of land in a certain place and quickly strengthen himself?
Li Mi's guess is similar to the facts, but Li Fengyun will not tell him the truth.
Li Zixiong, Wei Fusi and Dong Chun are both big-name figures in the military and political circles. Li Fengyun’s cooperation with them is based on mutual benefit. Li Mi is still a generous prince who is pampered and has a talented family. His real purpose is to reverse his "***" political identity and re-enter the career and show his ambitions. Therefore, he and Li Fengyun have no common interests, and he cannot give Li Fengyun substantial help in politics and military affairs. Both sides have no basis for cooperation. Besides, he is now Yang Xuangan’s special envoy and the spokesperson for Yang Xuangan’s interests. Yang Xuangan and Li Fengyun have no common interests. The cooperation between the two sides is purely mutual use and has no sincerity. From this we can see the attitude and position of both sides towards each other.
Yang Xuangan and Li Mi tried to use Li Fengyun, and if they wanted to use Li Fengyun, they had to control Li Fengyun and let him use it for their own use. Li Fengyun tried to use the mutiny they launched to achieve their goal of going north to develop. Neither side was kind-hearted and had ulterior motives. It is conceivable how fragile the foundation of the "cooperation" between the two sides was.
It is precisely because Li Fengyun is powerful and valuable, and the cooperation foundation is too fragile, that Li Mi is cautious and strives to establish the most basic trust between compromise and tolerance, so as to maintain the cooperation between the two sides and to squeeze out all the value of Li Fengyun to the greatest extent. Under the current situation, as long as Li Fengyun does not interrupt the Tongji Canal and does not deteriorate the situation in the Dongdu to the extreme, that is enough. As for what Li Fengyun's ultimate goal is, it does not matter. On the contrary, Li Fengyun's "unpredictable intentions" have further strengthened Li Mi's determination and confidence to drag him into the Dongdu battlefield and sacrifice him completely at the critical moment.
Li Mi finally showed a smile on her face, a very sincere smile, "I didn't hear this secret from Jianchang Gong."
What I mean is that you have reservations and guard against Jianchang Public, but you have everything you can say about me. It can be seen that we still have a certain foundation of trust. Next, we can talk about cooperation in detail. There is no need to continue to test and question it. The tension is so tense that the atmosphere is very tense.
Li Fengyun also smiled relaxedly, with a hint of teasing in his tone, "The Duke of Yue is about to raise the flag in Liyang, not Duke of Jianchang."
Li Mi smiled and nodded, agreeing with what Li Fengyun said.
Among the several powerful people planning mutiny, Li Zixiong is in the worst situation. It can be said that it is surrounded by tigers and wolves. Unexpectedness may occur at any time. Once a misfortune occurs, the problem will be serious, which is even more serious than Li Fengyun knows the many secrets of the mutiny. Li Fengyun himself is a traitor, a rebel, and a mortal enemy of the Holy Lord and the court. Of course, he "welcome" this mutiny. Although the "channel" that gave him this secret may endanger the mutiny, since Li Fengyun actively participated in this mutiny, it is enough to show that this "channel" intends to fuel the fire and does not have much threat to the mutiny. But if Li Zixiong has an accident, it is different. Li Zixiong is a veteran of military and political affairs. No one dares to touch him unless the holy Lord gives an order. If the holy Lord issues an order to arrest him, it can only explain one thing, and the secret of the mutiny is exposed.
Yang Xuangan was very worried about Li Zixiong for this and warned him, but Li Zixiong was an old figure after all, and Yang Xuangan could only do this. Excessive interference means not knowing how to advance or retreat. Li Mi is a junior, with a low position and low power, and she dare not "point fingers" at Li Zixiong. Even if she has any ideas, she can only keep it in her heart. Obviously, Li Fengyun also saw this, so even if she cooperated with Li Zixiong, she always maintained a certain "distance" to avoid accidents.
"This time we are moving westward, we must cross Liang County and Yuzhou. The name of Liu Zhiyuan has some effect, whether in Liang County or Yuzhou."
Li Mi took the initiative to propose cooperation, he wanted to stay and return to the alliance again under Liu Zhiyuan's name, working closely together just like last year.
Li Fengyun agreed without thinking. Now he really needs Li Mi's help and needs to call on the "resources" deployed by Yang Xuangan on the front line of Tongji Canal. Especially after entering Yuzhou, he needs the tacit cooperation of Yingru's noble bureaucrats. Otherwise, it will be difficult for him to alleviate the alliance's food crisis in a short period of time and make preliminary preparations for attacking Dongdu.
"Since I have returned to the alliance, I have to serve the alliance." Li Mi smiled, "but I need to know the specific strategy of the alliance to move westward into the Central Plains, otherwise I will not be able to start."
Li Fengyun showed enough cooperation and informed the alliance in detail of its strategy for moving westward.
After entering Liang County, the first task of the alliance was to plunder Tongji Canal and grab food. When the army of Dongdu came roared, they immediately divided the troops into two groups, retreated to Ji and He line to attract the attention of Dongdu. They crossed Tongji Canal and entered Yuzhou, using war to support the war, and approached the defense line of the natural chasm step by step. When Yang Xuangan raised his troops in Li Yang, he crossed the defense line of the natural chasm, and killed the Eastern Capital from Yique Road, forming a force of attacking north and south with Yang Xuangan.
The core of Li Fengyun's strategy to advance west is to attack the Eastern Capital. In Li Mi's view, attacking the Eastern Capital is easy to give up and difficult to win, and is a strategy for the inferior. The differences between the two sides on core decisions are too serious.
"Why do you decide that the Duke of Yue will definitely attack Dongdu?" Li Mi raised questions.
Chapter completed!