Chapter 867: If you win, you will make a comeback; if you lose, it will be over!
The next day, Du Fei went to work as usual in the morning.
I made an appointment with Li Yuanchao in the afternoon to meet in a yard near Beihai Park.
The courtyard is in the alley outside the west gate of the park.
It is a fairly regular courtyard with three entrances.
There is a reverse seat in the front and a two-story back room in the back.
The courtyard in the middle is larger than the average courtyard house, covering an area of more than an acre and a half.
The courtyard is not a large courtyard. When Du Fei came, the dark door was closed tightly. ??
Go up and slap the door knocker twice.
I heard Li Yuanchao's voice coming from inside and asked "Who?"
Du Fei shouted: "It's me who supports Korea~"
The door then opened.
Li Yuanchao came out to greet you and said with a smile: "Brother Du, you are here. The concierge and I have been waiting for you for a while."
Du Fei pushed the cart and walked in. He hadn't seen him for several months.
I feel like there have been a lot of changes in Li Yuanchao compared to last time.
At least he didn't have this boredom when talking to Du Fei before.
After passing the second door, the two entered the upper room.
Obviously, all the irrelevant people were sent away beforehand.
There was no one else in the courtyard.
When we got inside, there was a kettle sitting on the stove.
Li Yuanchao smiled and said, "Brother Du, sit down first while I make two cups of tea."
Du Fei responded, found a place to sit down, and said with a smile: "Yuan Chao, you are so serious, what kind of tea have you prepared today?"
Li Yuanchao came over with a kettle: "I told you to tell me about the finest Pu'er tea I brought back from Yunnan."
As he spoke, he took out a dark tea cake and carefully pried off a few tea leaves from it with a small awl.
Put it in a pot and boil it with hot water.
You definitely can’t ask for the first water.
Li Yuanchao put the kettle aside and said with a smile, "Wait a while and let the tea boil."
Du Fei nodded and looked at Li Yuanchao again. His skin was darker than the last time he saw him.
Even though he tried his best to be restrained, he still couldn't conceal the fierceness of a mountain king.
The two chatted for a few words.
After the first cup of tea was poured out, Li Yuanchao poured the second cup of water.
Du Fei took a sip of tea and asked, "Did you meet Lin Tiansheng the day before yesterday?"
Li Yuanchao nodded and said with emotion: "It's only been more than three months, but I feel like things are different when I return to the capital."
Du Fei smiled and said, "It's impossible to say that things are different from people. I think you are afraid that 'a day in the mountains means a thousand years in the world.'"
This sentence struck a chord in Li Yuanchao's mind.
He sighed: "Yes! One day in the mountains is a thousand years in the world! Brother Du, you must have never been in the deep mountains and old forests. That day, when you look up, there is a sky, surrounded by mountains... One day passes in the blink of an eye.
, If I didn’t have a calendar card to flip through every day, I wouldn’t feel anything, and a month would pass.”
Du Fei did not agree with him, but asked: "Repent?"
Li Yuanchao's eyes were firm, and he shook his head and said, "No, this is the path I chose. I have to go there even if my head is on the ground."
Du Fei had known for a long time that Li Yuanchao was a good person and would not give in easily once he made up his mind.
He took another sip of tea and asked, "Then when I come back this time..."
Having said this, Du Fei had an idea and looked at Li Yuanchao sitting opposite: "Are you ready? Are you going to try your hand at it?"
Li Yuanchao smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Du, how can he be as heroic as you said? We were brought here from Xiangjiang, and with the recruitment of troops and horses, there are more than 2,000 people in total. They are eaten by horses and they can't stand it anymore."
Du Fei wasn't too surprised either.
In fact, he had already expected the current situation when he asked Li Yuanchao to go alone.
from In the second half of last year, and at most until the beginning of this year, Li had to take action to aid Korea.
At least he has to build a piece of territory to support his group of people.
Obviously, Li Yuanchao also understood this truth.
Coming back this time is to make final preparations, hoping to get more support from the capital.
Be sure to get off to a winning start and get off to a good start.
Regarding these, Du Fei is very self-aware. Not to mention those veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles, even Lin Tiansheng has grown up under the influence of what he has heard and seen since childhood.
Including Li Yuanchao, they were all serious generals.
Du Fei didn't come up with random ideas either.
When Li Yuanchao came back this time, he had two purposes for meeting Du Fei.
First, he decided to go solo because of Du Fei's advice. In a sense, Du Fei was his spiritual mentor.
Before the war, meeting Du Fei can make him calmer and firmer.
The second one was a more practical issue, and he wanted to seek Du Fei's opinion.
The two of them drank tea, and Du Fei listened to Li Yuanchao's story.
Finally, Li Yuanchao asked, "Brother Du, what do you think about this matter?"
Du Fei frowned, but was not in a hurry to express his position. He picked up the teacup and took a sip of the tea that no longer burned his mouth. He asked, "Have you told Uncle Li and Lin Tiansheng about this? What did they say?"
Li Yuanchao said: "My dad said that this is my business and let me make my own decision. He also said...if you can't figure this out, you might as well not go and just go home."
Du Fei frowned, thinking that the Li family really let Li Yuanchao do what he wanted.
Either it will be refined into steel, or it will become useless.
Then he asked, "Where is Lin Tiansheng? What did he say?"
Li Yuanchao said: "Brother Tiansheng told me not to be greedy. I can't eat those people now."
It turned out that Li Yuanchao met someone just before he came back from his trip.
This person represents "Li Mi's troops" and hopes to surrender to him.
The so-called Li Mi troops are actually the remnants of the army that retreated to single g.
In the past five years, we have repeatedly defeated single-G encirclement and suppression campaigns.
But later, due to external pressure, most of the troops were withdrawn.
Until now, those who are still in Single G are outright abandoned children.
Du Fei didn't expect that these people had very good noses and went straight to Li Yuanchao.
Du Fei asked: "How many are there?"
Li Yuanchao said: "According to them, there are three thousand elites capable of fighting, and there are more than two thousand family members."
Du Fei curled his lips and said: "Three thousand people? If there are really that many, they won't look for you anymore. I guess a thousand people are enough to defeat you."
Li Yuanchao nodded: "Brother Tiansheng means the same thing."
Du Fei added: "However, even if there are a thousand people, these veterans are not easy to handle, and they can easily ruin a pot of porridge like fly droppings."
Li Yuanchao frowned and said, "Brother Du, do you think you should refuse?"
Du Fei did not express his position and asked again: "By the way, what do they have? Did they ask for it and said they wanted to come back?"
Li Yuanchao said: "No, they just proposed that they would like to join us, and then they asked for weapons and supplies."
Du Fei smiled: "It's a beautiful thought, using a worthless name in exchange for real benefits."
Li Yuanchao added: "They are willing to hand over their territory."
Du Fei's heart moved. It seemed that this was the key to Li Yuanchao's interest.
Du Fei said: "To aid Korea, the territory is good, but we can't conquer it ourselves."
Yes, are you sure you can hold on?"
Li Yuanchao fell silent.
Du Fei thought for a moment, then changed the subject again: "But it's not like these people can't be used. Do they have money?"
Li Yuanchao was stunned, a little unable to keep up with Du Fei's leaping thinking.
Nodding: "You should have money. When that person came, he tactfully said that he could use the money to buy some food and weapons."
Du Fei smiled: "Since you have money, it's easy. Just sell them whatever they want."
Li Yuanchao reacted very quickly, and he understood the key after just a moment's thought: "Brother Du, you mean to let them act as our vanguard to drive away tigers and devour wolves."
"It may not be possible to drive the tiger and swallow the wolf." Du Fei muttered: "But if I guessed correctly, they are so desperate for supplies, they should be beaten up enough, right?"
Li Yuanchao said: "That's not true. Before I came back, I still had some advantages. The combat power of the single G side... In your words, they are all fighting against the fifth scum."
Du Fei smiled and then asked, "By the way, how many people are there now?"
Li Yuanchao didn't think twice and replied: "There are 2,774 people in total."
Du Fei said: "There are three thousand people."
There were more people than Duffy expected.
According to Du Fei's calculation, with the people brought by Li Yuanchao from Xiangjiang and the people recruited from various places, there will be more than 2,000 people in the end.
Most of the three to four hundred extra people were recruited from various places by the Li family and used as seeds to replenish it.
With these veterans leading them, the new recruits can quickly develop combat effectiveness.
It seems that Father Li said he was letting it go, but he still helped a lot in private...
I chatted with Li Yuanchao here for more than an hour.
The two of them only drank tea but not alcohol.
Before leaving, Du Fei put his hand into his pocket.
As a thought came to my mind, I took out an antique pocket watch that had been restored before.
There is an eagle relief on the cover.
He handed it to Li Yuanchao and said: "Yuanchao, I don't know when we will meet again this time. I wish you victory and an eagle flying thousands of miles."
Li Yuanchao took the pocket watch and shook hands with Du Fei solemnly: "Thank you, Brother Du. I also have a gift for you."
As he spoke, he picked up a small wooden box from the small coffee table next to him.
"Brother Du, I didn't catch up with you and Sister Ting to get married. This pair of bracelets is given to you as a token of my appreciation."
Du Fei took the box but didn't open it to look at it.
Nowadays, unlike later generations, who are influenced by the West, they are used to seeing gifts in person.
Even when Li Yuanchao received Du Fei's pocket watch just now, he did not open the cover of the watch and play with it.
After shaking hands again, Li Yuanchao escorted Du Fei out of the courtyard.
I watched him riding his bike out of the alley, then turned around and went back.
It was the same room where they had tea just now.
When Li Yuanchao came back, there was already one more person in the room.
They took care of themselves and took the boiling water to rinse the tea set they had just used, and then made new tea.
As soon as Li Yuanchao came in, the man poured tea and asked, "Send him off?"
Li Yuanchao said "hmm", sat down and took out the pocket watch Du Fei gave him just now.
With a "click" sound, the watch cover was pushed open. Inside was a pure gold dial with a swastika embedded at twelve o'clock.
The man took a look and said, "Did he just give it to you?"
Li Yuanchao nodded, closed the cover of his watch and put it in his pocket, picked up the hot tea he had just poured and took a sip: "Brother Hu, as you guessed, they have similar opinions."
The person who appeared here was none other than Hu Lin.
At this time, Hu Lin's hair was combed meticulously and the beard on his face was cleanly shaved. r> But there was an unconcealable haggardness about his whole person.
Although he was in this courtyard just now, he did not eavesdrop on the conversation between Du Fei and Li Yuanchao.
After hearing what Li Yuanchao said, he couldn't help but sigh: "Du Fei and Lin Tiansheng are both rare talents of your generation. It's not surprising that they can see the same thing."
Li Yuanchao said: "Du Fei also gave me a suggestion, let us use Li Mi's remnants and give them weapons..."
Hu Linxi drank Yahuazi and praised: "This is a good plan to drive away tigers and devour wolves. It not only opens up space, but also increases income. At the same time, it pinches the logistics lifeline of Li Mi's troops. We can weaken the single force behind the scenes in the name of destroying the remaining enemies."
g’s hostility…
Hurin "Bala-Bala" said a lot.
If Du Fei were here, everyone would be surprised.
I just say whatever I want, how can I be so thoughtful, let alone have so much meaning!
Li Yuanchao, who was standing by, became more and more frightened as he listened.
"It turns out that Brother Du has so many considerations, but he only
Less than 50% of them are understood. Is this the gap?"
Unknowingly, Du Fei's image as a "teacher and wise man" was solidified.
Wait for Hu Lin to finish.
Li Yuanchao collected his thoughts and asked again: "Brother Hu, have you really made up your mind and want to go with me?"
Hu Lin rolled his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Think about it! A true man, if you don't live with the nine tripods of food, you will die with the nine tripods of food."
Li Yuanchao frowned and said: "Brother Hu, it's not that serious. Your affairs have been dormant for years at most, so why bother with me? Besides, does Sister Hongying know if you come with me?"
Although Li Zhiming's incident last time did not directly involve Hu Lin.
But some people know what's going on.
Hu Lin, as a person involved, cannot be left unharmed.
It's just that Li Zhiming was beaten to death with a stick and thrown directly into the forest farm in the ice and snow.
Hu Lin boiled the toad in warm water and held him firmly in place.
Li Yuanchao said New Year, but Hu Lin knew better than anyone else that he would not even think about moving in the next ten years.
As for ten years from now...he didn't dare to think about it.
Li Yuanchao was the only chance he could see to make a comeback.
Speaking of which, Hu Lin is really embarrassing.
If the incident between him and Li Zhiming had happened, the biggest victim would have been Li Yuanchao.
Now Hu Lin comes to Li Yuanchao. In addition to his courage, his determination can also be seen.
Li Yuanchao showed the magnanimity of a leader.
Not only did he accept Hu Lin, he also made him his confidant and advisor.
Hu Lin was moved by this, but also sighed in his heart that he really underestimated Li Yuanchao at the beginning.
At this time, when Zhang Hongying was mentioned, Hu Lin's expression was a little unnatural.
Zhang Hongying certainly didn't want him to take the risk of going deep into the mountains and forests.
I tried to persuade him more than once and even threatened him with divorce.
But Hu Lin knew better. As the saying goes, there is no filial son before a long-term illness.
Let alone a couple.
Although Zhang Hongying has no other thoughts now, what about the future?
Three years, five years... eight years, ten years later!
He could only stand still and waste time.
With Zhang Hongying's background and ability, she will definitely go higher and higher in the future.
How will they get along as a couple by then?
Do you really want to be a househusband and a son-in-law who cuts in the door?
Hu Lin was unwilling to give in, and he would not allow himself to live like that coward.