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Li Shaoyou and Wang Jingchong were summoned to the throne, and they arrived in front of the Chongzheng Hall. They happened to see Wei Renpu and others filing out with solemn expressions, and they couldn't help but feel nervous.
Although the relationship between the two people has become extremely bad, Wang Jingchong still held his hands and greeted each other with a smile: "Dong Shouyang is also here under the imperial edict?"
He snorted coldly and without even looking at Wang Jingchong, Li Shaoyou took the lead and walked towards the palace. Wang Jingchong was left behind, the smile on his face was still like the spring breeze, but his eyes were clearly cold and sinister.
After walking a few steps, Li Shaoyou suddenly turned around, his face changed into a smile, and he stretched out his hand to signal, cheerfully: "Ren Gong is old, so I'd better invite you first. Your Majesty is summoning you. There must be something important, so I can't keep you here for a long time."
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Li Shaoyou has become increasingly moody recently, making it difficult for Wang Jingchong to understand. The strangeness in his heart quickly disappeared, and Wang Jingchong's old face almost turned into a chrysanthemum when he smiled.
During this period of time, Wu Desi had been engaged in fierce internal fighting. In the constant struggle, he gradually completed his own purification. Many of the subordinates promoted by Li Shaoyou, including Dou Zhi, relatives, detectives, etc., were eliminated. Wang Jingchong
Of course, we are not immune. If we act under the same set of rules, who can beat the other and who can beat the other.
Even Wang Jingchong's losses were greater. After all, his style of conduct was much more unlimited than that of Li Shaoyou. His subordinates were caught and tortured to death, and few of them were spared. The fierce conflict was dealt with by Wude Si.
The trend even spread to the guards of Wude two battalions.
Liu Chengyou saw that it was almost over, so he issued an edict to the Wude Secretary to cool down the situation. He called Li Shaoyou and Wang Jingchong into the palace and severely reprimanded them, and the turmoil ended.
During this turmoil, Wang Jingchong once again understood a profound truth. Li Shaoyou was not so easy to deal with because of his background. Originally, he thought that by catching Li Shaoyou's omissions, he could bring him down, but at the end of the day, he could not be transferred.
Wude Si, after all, in Wang Jingchong's view, the emperor did not care about his relatives. The examples of the emperor's uncle and the country's uncle being punished can be seen in the front.
But the final result disappointed Wang Jingchong. Having learned his lesson, Wang Jingchong also changed his strategy in time and began to avoid direct conflict with Li Shaoyou. Instead, he flattered the emperor and actively acted to regain the trust he had lost with Liu Chengyou in this turmoil.
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Wang Jingchong was very politically sensitive.
When they arrived in front of the emperor, Li Shaoyou and Wang Jingchong restored their respectful and respectful attitude at the same time and listened quietly to the emperor's instructions.
Liu Chengyou did not talk nonsense with them, and dismissed them with one sentence: "Next, select capable detectives under the Wude Division, work carefully, and no matter what method is used, send me north to spy on the Khitan and observe its changes.
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"Yes!" Faced with the emperor's death order, Li and Wang did not dare to say anything and could only obey the order decisively.
The sun was setting in the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on Liu Chengyou through the window lattice of the main hall, casting his shadow on the haloed map.
"Guan Jia, you have been standing for more than an hour, you should rest for a while first!" Zhang Dejun stepped forward and advised in a low voice.
Liu Chengyou raised his hand and rubbed his sore eyes. Only then did he feel the burden on his legs. After all, he had stood for too long. He immediately asked a chair to be brought to him and sat down. Liu Chengyou asked Wang Zhu who was waiting in the palace: "Wang Zhu, just now You also heard the discussion in the palace. What do you think the Khitan would choose when to launch a large-scale military campaign?"
Liu Chengyou was at a loss for words. When he heard about it, the king looked frightened and said: "Your Majesty, I am just a scholar. I don't know how to fight, and I don't know anything about military affairs. I don't dare to speak nonsense. However, it is recorded in historical records that there were many Hulu and Nan bandits. Choose the time when autumn is high and the horses are fat, when the Central Plains is harvesting wheat and ripening, and they are providing them with food!"
"But this time, the Khitan thieves took advantage of my spring plowing to plunder my people and destroy my fields. Why?" Liu Chengyou asked.
Wang Zhu thought for a while, shook his head, and replied sincerely: "I forgive you for being stupid. Although I know that the barbarians must have something up their sleeve, I really don't know what it is."
What you know is what you know, and what you don't know is what you don't know. This person, Wangzhu, has no city in his mind, but his mind is simple. His daily behavior shows the demeanor of a gentleman.
After listening to what he said, Liu Chengyou said: "The Khitans' move may be a summer offensive, but if they want to mobilize troops in the autumn, then their intentions are even greater. If they ruin our spring plowing, they want to prevent us from harvesting autumn crops in northern Hebei." If we don’t continue, it will be like fighting at that time..."
Liu Chengyou's conjecture shocked Wang Zhu, and he immediately said angrily: "Khitan people, have such insidious intentions?"
Liu Chengyou murmured coldly: "I heard that Yelu Ruan likes Han culture, learns our Han system, and uses our Han people. Such an enemy is much more difficult to deal with than ordinary barbarians. We need to mobilize troops to fight. Food and grass are the most important thing. If the Northern invaders adopt the strategy of attacking in the spring and plundering in the autumn for a long time, it will definitely cause great harm to our dynasty!"
"Your Majesty, is it impossible to curb the ambition of the Khitans?" At this time, Wang Zhu acted like an angry young man, raging with anger and unable to calm down.
Liu Chengyou looked up at the map that was almost engraved in his mind. His eyes changed from calm to sharp. He stood up quickly, made a fist, and said domineeringly: "It seems that the Khitan people have forgotten it in a few years." Lessons from the Battle of Luancheng! If the Khitan people really dare to go south in a large scale, even if I try to postpone the Huainan attack and try to destroy Hebei, I will personally bring the infantry and cavalry troops and hit them head-on. It will hurt, and it will hurt to the bone. .”
"Your Majesty is so proud, I surrender to you!" Wang Zhu felt something in his heart, and excitement appeared on his face.
Due to the changes in the Khitan movement, Liu Chengyou was already constructing a big strategic blueprint in his mind. If the Khitan moved its troops southward, it would use the entire Hebei Province as the battlefield and lure them into the hinterland of Hebei Province, with Yeduji, Chan, Hua, Pu, and Bozhou as the battlefield. Point, gather an army of 200,000 horses and infantry, and engage in a strategic decisive battle with them in advance. Solve the Khitan threat once and for all, and at least allow him to avoid the dilemma of being attacked from both sides during the process of unification.
Of course, this is just an immature idea of Liu Chengyou, and it is also an idea that was forced out of him because of the huge threat posed by the Khitan to his "first south then north" strategy. Even if it can be done, using the whole of Hebei as bait, regardless of the outcome of the decisive battle, For the rejuvenated Han Dynasty, it was also a huge damage, and would seriously delay his process of flattening other countries.
However, again, how the situation develops and how the Northern Han Dynasty responds ultimately depends on the actions of the Khitan.
Under the map of the Han Dynasty, Liu Chengyou stayed until night. The clearer his mind became, the more depressed he became.
Walking to the front of the hall, blowing the night wind, looking at the starry night sky, so high and quiet. There is actually a little doubt and confusion on the face.
Liu Chengyou was thinking about how Guo Rong annexed the Southern Tang Dynasty to avoid being attacked from both sides. You must know that Zhou Shizong faced not only the threat of the Khitan who owned the Yanyun Land like a sword hanging from his neck, but also the "Khitan" who occupied Hedong. Northern Han Dynasty".
On the "Northern Han" side, Liu Chengyou could figure out that the Battle of Gaoping almost broke the backbone of the "Northern Han" and extinguished the ambitions of Liu Chong and his son. The Khitan people did not move their troops. Facing the Later Zhou Dynasty at that time, We can only take a defensive stance and dare not make any big moves to harass.
The question is why the Khitan people stood still while Guo Rong was conquering Huainan and allowed him to annex the fourteen states and millions of households in the north of the Yangtze River. Guo Rong's attack on Huainan was a three-conquest campaign that lasted for several years... ....
Is there something wrong with Khitan? Or is it some other reason?
Liu Chengyou was deeply puzzled. Of course, if he had covered a wider range of topics, his confusion might be solved.
At the time of Guo Rong's southern campaign, the sleeping king of Khitan, Yelujing, was already on the throne.