Over the past month, Liusha has been making final preparations.
All preparations have been made now, and even Nei Shiteng and Han Xin on the Lingnan side have been notified. Of course, Lingnan is too far away and the information exchange is seriously lagging. Nei Shiteng and Han Xin only need to stick to their positions and be on guard at the same time.
It is enough for Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo. They do not need to participate in the operations in the Central Plains for the time being.
Now everything is ready, just waiting for the right time to take action.
And today's gathering can be regarded as a mobilization.
It not only boosts morale, but also details the responsibilities of each person again.
However, the timing was coincidental, as Ying Zheng was seriously ill and dying thousands of miles away.
Among this group of important members of Quicksand, there is a missing person with neither high nor low status - Mo Ya's good partner, Bai Feng.
He would have attended originally, but was temporarily called away by the eldest son's residence.
Han Fei didn't bother to postpone the meeting for Bai Feng. Anyway, he was just Mo Crow's deputy, and Mo Crow would be responsible for what to do next.
While the meeting was being held here, a small meeting was being held in the eldest son's mansion. There were only three people attending the meeting - the eldest son Fusu, the general Meng Tian, and Bai Feng.
In the reception room of the eldest son's residence, Meng Tian sat aside, holding a cup of tea in front of his face without saying a word. The heat rising from the cup almost completely covered his eyes.
Fusu stood next to the main seat. Next to the seat was Changhong, the first of the seven swords that Gu Xun had used most in front of others!
Bai Feng, who was summoned without any end, caught a glimpse of Changhong next to the chairman. His pupils dilated slightly, but his expression remained as usual. He saluted and asked:
"What do you want from me, Your Highness?"
"Mr. Bai Feng, do you remember that you sent several letters to the teacher before, and one of them was from me?" Fusu's expression was complicated and strange, but his tone was very calm.
Bai Feng nodded, "Of course I remember this."
"Do you remember who the other recipients are, sir? There should be six of them." Fusu continued to ask.
Bai Feng nodded again, "Yes, there are six of them - even your highness, there are seven of them in total, I remember them all."
"Okay." Fusu nodded slightly, stepped forward and handed Bai Feng a stack of letters, "Here are six letters, please excuse me, Mr. Bai Feng, for one more trip."
Bai Feng first accepted the letter and the errand, and then replied, "Your Highness, the whereabouts of some of these six people are difficult to determine. Is there any request for delivery time?"
For Liusha and Baifeng, they can definitely find these people, but it's hard to say how long it will take.
Coupled with Han Fei's big move, it is estimated that there will be no shortage of tasks in the future.
If Fusu is not in a hurry, let Liusha's intelligence network identify the target, and then he can go to work.
If you are in a hurry, then he will go on stage personally and get it done as quickly as possible.
When doing things, you must always prioritize them.
Fusu pondered for a while and then replied, "This matter... please do it as soon as possible. Don't delay it if necessary."
This is what needs to be expedited.
Bai Feng nodded, understanding, "Does Your Highness have any other instructions?"
Fusu waved his hand, "Just go and do your work. I'm looking for you for this one thing."
After hearing this, Bai Feng bowed to Fusu and Mengtian and left.
Fusu's eyes immediately turned to Meng Tian, "General Meng."
Meng Tian, who had been sleeping as if he had been asleep, immediately came back to his senses and responded angrily, "Your Highness!"
"Do you understand Mr. Han Fei's recent actions?" Fusu asked bluntly.
Meng Tian smiled bitterly and nodded.
Of course he knows.
Han Fei didn't want to avoid people at all, he was completely above board.
If the patrol team entered the North as usual, it would take at most three days for the emperor to know what Liusha wanted to do and what he was doing!
Fusu then asked, "Then why do you think he is so blatant?"
This question silenced Meng Tianqian.
It's not that he doesn't know the answer, but he doesn't dare to say it.
Judging from the way Han Fei responded during the emperor's last northern tour, he had no intention of confronting the emperor.
But his recent actions all express the same sentence - I don't pretend anymore, I show my cards!
There are only two possibilities for this abnormal operation.
First, his thinking suddenly changed 180 degrees, and he decided to have a head-on confrontation with the emperor.
Secondly, his mind has not changed, but he believes that he will no longer offend the emperor by doing this, or that the emperor no longer poses a threat.
The probability of the former exists, but it is obviously not high.
The meaning of the latter, coupled with the fact that the previous emperor was seriously ill, is self-evident.
But Meng Tian couldn't tell this answer.
Not to mention that he was still loyal to the empire and the emperor, even if he was no longer loyal to Ying Zheng, he would not be able to say in front of his son Fusu that his father was going to die, or that others thought his father was going to die.
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"Forgive me for being stupid..."
Before Meng Tian could stop pretending to be stupid, Fusu raised his hand and interrupted him:
"I understand, General. There is no need to say anything."
After saying that, Fusu walked to his seat and sat down. After a long silence, he sighed and said, "Teacher often says that many things in this world are determined by life and death, and everyone gets their own retribution."
"Maybe... this is just the time!"
Meng Tian lowered his head, not daring to say a word.
Fusu was certainly qualified to say that it was time for his family to "take their own retribution," but since he was a foreign minister, it was better for him to keep his mouth shut.
Fusu didn't care that Meng Tian pretended not to exist, and continued, "No matter what, we are unable to intervene in the emperor's affairs, let alone change them. Next, we must take care of our own affairs first!"
As he said that, Fusu's whole body temperament changed, the previous frustration and decadence were wiped away, his face regained its former calmness and perseverance, and he asked in a deep voice:
"General Meng, what do you think of Wang Li?"
Meng Tian considered it carefully and then replied, "Your Highness, if something happens, Wang Li is really a trouble. Although it does not constitute a fatal threat, it must be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise it will cause more chaos."
After Ying Zheng's last northern tour, he took away Meng Tian's responsibility for maintaining the border defense line and transferred it to Wang Li, along with nearly one-third of the Northern Border Army's military power.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Meng Tian lost 50,000 to 60,000 troops at that time, but because the responsibility of border defense fell to Wang Li, he could then eat away at Meng Tian's military power bit by bit - this
He has been doing this for some time.
Strictly speaking, the only things that Meng Tian can firmly grasp are tens of thousands of golden fire cavalry and tens of thousands of people used to build the Great Wall - this part is converted into one-third to four-quarters of the total number of northern border troops.
one part.
In the end, most of the Great Wall Legion would fall into Wang Li's hands.
However, this process takes a certain amount of time, and judging from the current situation, Wang Li may not have that much time.
Meng Tian estimated that Wang Li would only have time to seize at most half, that is, control of the 100,000 northern border troops.
And this number also needs to be watertight.
Although the army only relies on military power and not on people when it comes to operations, when deploying troops, it only relies on military power, and the use of troops must rely on people.
The Northern Frontier Army has been under the control of Meng Tian for many years. Most of the middle and high-level officers are Meng Tian's own people. Even if they are not against Wang Li, they will not let him use them very comfortably.
Of course, with the Wang family's prestige and energy in the military, Wang Li has many ways to solve this small problem.
But this brings us back to the previous issue - time.
There is a high probability that Wang Li will not have time to completely reorganize the army.
Coupled with Wang Li's own level - Meng Tian did not despise the enemy, but the battle at Daze Mountain made it difficult for him to judge.
Although the defeat of Daze Mountain was the result of many factors, Wang Li's responsibility is definitely indispensable.
As a general, if you can fight a war with such virtue, you deserve to be dealt with directly by military law!
And Meng Tian, who had mastered all the details of the Battle of Daze Mountain, discovered a serious flaw in Wang Li - this man couldn't fight against the wind at all!
Throughout the Battle of Daze Mountain, Wang Li's early preparations and arrangements were considered step-by-step and steady. However, as soon as the situation exceeded Wang Li's expectations, he would immediately stop playing and act like a headless fly.
The ability to adapt is too poor.
This kind of talent is almost rare, not to mention sitting at the same table as Zhao Kuo.
However, this kind of evaluation is not too disparaging to Wang Li. His foundation is indeed solid. There is nothing wrong with arranging troops and setting up camps. However, his ability to withstand pressure is not good. It is probably because his life has been too smooth.
It can only be said that his identity as the grandson of Marquis Wu Cheng and the son of Marquis Tong Wu not only made him successful, but also fettered him.
Meng Tian really didn't think that this kind of player could pose much of a threat.
Of course, this is just talking about Wang Li's performance on the battlefield.
But many times, the overall situation is not determined by the outcome of one or two local wars.
Once something unspeakable happens, Liusha...or the entire eldest son's faction is likely to be primarily under pressure from the Central Plains, from Guanzhong, from Lianghe (Hedong Hanoi) and Liangchuan (Sanchuan Yingchuan) and Liangyang
(Nanyang, Huaiyang) and other areas.
At this time, Wang Li was like a thunder buried in the rear of Beidi.
Once it explodes, it may not cause much direct damage to the eldest son's faction, but it is hard to say how much chain reaction it will cause.
So Meng Tian said that Wang Li must be removed first.
It's too bad to be attacked from both sides.
Fusu nodded after listening, and then asked, "So General Meng thinks that he should strike first and annihilate him in one fell swoop?"
"This is the simplest and most direct way to deal with it." Meng Tian nodded.
"But this will lead to a civil war among the northern border troops..." Fusu was a little worried about this.
Although the wolves had suffered another heavy blow, and Chen Ping had arranged for them a good bone to gnaw on in advance to distract them, the defense line at the border was still indispensable.
The wolf tribe is said to be a whole, but in fact it is a group that is more loose and fragmented than the Zhou Dynasty in the Spring and Autumn Period.
No matter how much meat the tribes under Mao Dun eat, it doesn't matter, there will still be a large number of tribes who will have no supplies to survive the winter, and will still need to come to the Central Plains to plunder to survive.
Of course, as long as Maodun, the Shanyu, does not come to an end, the intensity of the invasion will be very limited, and there is no need to deploy too many troops.
But even so, the possible consequences of allowing the Northland border troops to fight among themselves are still very dangerous.
"Is there any other plan that can reduce the intensity of the fight as much as possible, such as a beheading operation?" Fusu asked about the feasibility of another plan.
If we only target Wang Li and a few other high-ranking military officials, there is a high probability that we can regain control of the entire northern border army without losing a single soldier, and everyone will be happy. Of course, Wang Li may have some opinions, but they are not important.
"This... decapitation operation can certainly minimize losses, but I'm afraid it's not easy to operate." Meng Tian replied with some embarrassment, "It's hard for us to find opportunities... whether it's active or passive."
Beheading has been the most efficient military action plan since ancient times.
Without a general, whether it is ten thousand or one hundred thousand people, it is just a number, and the level of threat is not even comparable to the same number of pigs.
But this is also the most difficult solution.
If you want to behead someone, the most important thing is to have an internal agent with a high enough status on the enemy's side. With information, everything will be easier to handle.
If no one cooperates internally and externally, if you want to behead someone, you will have to wait and see if your opponent gives you a chance.
As a top student from a major, Wang Li couldn't help but be on guard against Liusha - what's more, Liusha was known for having many martial arts masters, so if he didn't want to die inexplicably, he would definitely be extra vigilant.
It's unrealistic to expect him to give you a chance.
As for internal agents... Wang Li is surrounded by sons of his Wang family, or absolute confidants promoted and trained by Wang Jian and Wang Ben in his early years. The chance of defecting is zero.
The only person who is not directly related to the Wang family is Wang Li's deputy Shejian.
But that guy was an extremely pure fundamentalist imperialist who recognized no one but the emperor's orders.
Expect him to defect unless the then emperor rebels first.
Fusu thought about it and felt that this was really not easy to do.
Even if a master like Gai Nie Weizhuang were left alone and helpless, it would be unrealistic to rush into a large army camp with more than 10,000 people and kill the general without any help.
"If beheading doesn't work..." Fusu fell into deep thought. After a moment, his eyes lit up and he came up with a more bizarre idea, "Why don't we let him go?"
"Ah?" Meng Tian was stunned by this idea, and he didn't even turn around for a while.
Seeing this, Fusu explained, "What I mean is, let Wang Li take people out of Beidi."
"I think there's no reason for him to stay and fight with us, right?"
Theoretically speaking, Wang Li has chosen to be enemies with Liusha and the eldest son Fusu, and the two sides will naturally fight to the death.
But reality is not a game. If you encounter an enemy, you have to start a battle. Moreover, the game will probably give you an option to retreat.
Once he lost the direct support of Ying Zheng and officially started a war with the eldest son's faction, Wang Li was actually in an isolated and helpless situation in the North.
He is not saying that there are no reinforcements, but that there is a high probability that there are no supplies. This is one of the reasons why Meng Tian said that it should be solved as soon as possible. Even if you want to fight with him, he will not be willing to fight with you.
In this case, staying in Beidi and fighting with Fusu to the end is the next best option for Wang Li anyway - because there is no guarantee whether Fusu will die or not, he will definitely die!
I will never choose unless I have no choice.
If Fusu deliberately releases water at this time and gives Wang Li a chance to evacuate the Northland, he will most likely leave directly, right?
Wang Li might not dare to disobey Ying Zheng's orders, but if someone else sat on the throne of the emperor, he would definitely give priority to himself.