Qian Song

Chapter 98 The team is too big to lead (read more!)
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Jinling City.

Li Cun stood on the city wall and looked across the river.

Looking at Li Cun's lonely back, many people thought to themselves that not everyone can be the lord.

A month ago, the Huben army defeated the Song army and blocked 50 Song troops to the north of the Yangtze River, taking advantage of the favorable time, place and people.

In the next month, while the Huben army was fighting with the Song army, Fang Layi's army shifted its focus to the east, rose strongly, gathered millions of troops, and surrounded the Huben army's territory again.

Now, there are 50 Song troops in the front of the Huben army, and 100 million Fanglayi troops in the back. It is completely because the front door rejects the tiger and enters the back door. If one is not careful, the good situation will disappear immediately.

At this time, it is definitely the time to test the wisdom and decision-making ability of the power lord the most. You may make a wrong step and lose everything.

Chen Kuutong looked at Li Cun who was several years younger than his son, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional. At this age, his son was still fooling around in the streets, but Li Cun had already shouldered the burden of this mountain. huge stress.

Li Cun's cheap father-in-law, He Shi, was a descendant of Tang Dynasty poet and calligrapher He Zhizhang. He stepped forward and persuaded: "Great Governor, the situation is now, you should be careful, don't try to be strong."

This is not the first time that He Shi has suggested that Li Cun accept Zhao Song's offer of security first, and then slowly follow suit.

He Shi's opinion is that as long as Li Cun accepts Zhao Song's offer, Zhao Song will definitely stop attacking Li Cun first and order Li Cun to destroy Fang La.

After Li Cunxian wiped out Fang La with the help of the Song Army, Li Cun then considered whether to support himself and stand on his own according to the specific situation and opportunities at that time, or continue to wait patiently for the opportunity.

He Shi's suggestion does not represent his own, but the opinions of many people, even most of them.

It is undeniable that among these people, there are quite a few descendants of aristocratic families coerced by Li Cun. They want to take this opportunity to cleanse themselves, and even want to take this opportunity to move towards a real official career.

But there are also many people who are really thinking about Li Cun and the Huben army, and feel that this is the best way out for Li Cun and the Huben army, or even the only way out.

in fact--

I really don't blame these people for persuading Li Cun to surrender to Zhao Song. In fact, these people think that Li Cun and Huben's army have completely fallen into a deadlock.

Fang La surrounded Li Cun and hoarded an army of millions. It can be said that Sima Zhao's heart is well known.

As for the Song army, yes, within a short period of time, they will not be able to cross the river. Even if they barely cross the river, they will definitely be crushed by the tiger army with a stronger navy.

But the problem is that the Huben army can't cross the river to develop in Jiangbei.

This made the Huben army trapped and died here in northern Zhejiang.

What if the Huben army and the Song army fought to the death?

Defeated, needless to say, the Huben army will be wiped out by the Song army;
It is only said that they won, and the Huben army could not escape the fate of being defeated by Fang La.

Conversely, if the Huben Army desperately went to fight Fang Layi's army, then the Song Army would definitely benefit from it, cross the river easily, and then wipe out the Huben Army and Fang Layi's army together.

Almost incomprehensible.

Of course, some people suggested that Li Cun lead the Huben army to vote for Fangla.

But this was strongly opposed by the majority.

Among these people, not all were the children of the aristocratic families who wanted to accept Zhao Song Zhaoan and dreamed of whitewashing, and some of them really thought about Li Cun and Huben Jun.

These people believe that Fang La is seriously lacking in the overall situation, and does not understand at all. Only when two weak forces unite against a strong one can they win. Sit back and watch one weak against one strong, or one weak help one strong against another weak, and in the end it will definitely be Fang La couldn't even figure out the simple truth of the end of the perish of the two weak ones, and he was so focused on grabbing territory with Li Cun, how could Li Cun go to seek refuge with such a person?

However, some people think that it is precisely because Fang La is so unbearable that they should invest in Fang La, and then accept Fang La's inheritance when Fang La is defeated.

But some people think that Fang La both hates Li Cun and is afraid of Li Cun. If Li Cun falls into Fang La's hands, Fang La will probably kill Li Cun directly and never give Li Cun a chance to try his best.

In short, these days, the literati of the Huben Army have been arguing non-stop because the situation has become bad.

Li Cun said with emotion in his heart: "The team is too big to lead." Then he said to everyone: "You don't know, what you can't get in the war, you can't get it at the negotiation table?"

Li Cun's other cheap father-in-law, Lu Yi, was a descendant of Lu Mengzheng, a virtuous Prime Minister of the Northern Song Dynasty. He quoted the words of his ancestors and advised:

"Unpredictable things happen in the sky, but people have misfortunes and blessings. A centipede with hundreds of legs can't walk as fast as a snake; a rooster with two wings can't fly as fast as a crow. A horse can travel thousands of miles without a rider; people have the ambition to reach the sky, and they can't fly without luck. The article is world-famous, Confucius was in trouble with Chen Bang; the military strategy was superb, Taigong fished in Weishui. Although the king of Chu was a hero, he was defeated by Wujiang and killed himself; when Han Xin didn't meet, he didn't have three meals a day. Yin, once the time declines, dies at the hands of Yin people. The dragon has not met, and temporarily lives between the clouds. The gentleman loses time, and he is under the villain. The fate is not clear, and he is abandoned by the fool. Human bullying. When the sky is out of season, the sun and the moon will have no light; if the land is out of season, vegetation will not grow; if the water is out of season, the wind and waves will not be smooth; It’s time, luck, and fate. When things don’t meet you, you should just live in poverty; if you don’t deceive your heart, you will have a day when you can feel proud.”

"The destiny is not with me?"

Li Cun smiled slightly, turned his head and continued to look at the other side of the Yangtze River, and said flatly: "My fate is up to me."

He Shi, Lu Yi and others wanted to persuade them again, but they were stopped by Li Cunyi raising his hand: "Go down, I have my own opinion."

He Shi, Lu Yi and others were still a little unwilling, but Li Cun was too prestige, and they didn't dare to use the same way that literati dealt with Emperor Zhao Song to deal with Li Cun.

There was no other way, He Shi, Lu Yi and the others could only go down first, looking for an opportunity to persuade Li Cun.

When everyone else went down, only Chen Kuutong was left, Chen Kuutong shook his head: "This generation is too impatient."

Not bad.

The current situation of the Huben Army is very dangerous.

But the situation is not as bad as He Shi, Lu Yi and others imagined.

The current situation is that as long as the Huben army does not release the water, the Song army will not even think about fighting the Yangtze River in a short time.

On the other hand, as long as the Huben army and the Song army can't tell the difference, Fang La will not dare to touch Li Cun's territory, because Fang La is also afraid that Li Cun will vote for Song.

In this way, everyone will continue to be deadlocked.

Who is in the best interest of maintaining the status quo?

It must be in Li Cun's best interest.

First of all, since the uprising, Li Cun has purposely robbed a large amount of grain. There are many fertile fields in the territory, and the seeding rate is also very high. The three families are fighting for consumption. Whether it is the Song Army or the Fang Layi Army, they will definitely not be able to compete with Li Cun.

Secondly, Li Cun's biggest problem at present is not that there are too few generals, but that the generals are seriously lacking in training.

Again, as long as the Song Army and Fang Layi Army can give Li Cun enough time, Li Cun can make enough gunpowder weapons to overthrow the Song Army and Fang Layi Army.

Therefore, the longer the delay, the better for Li Cun.

Let's talk about Song Jun again.

The Song army came from afar, and the area where it was located did not plow spring in time. Li Cunli had already plowed the key point, which made every grain, every horse grass, and every material consumed by the Song army have to be transported from other places. come over.

After two or three years, the consumption of the 50 troops would be enough for Zhao Song to drink a pot.

The key point is that the longer the delay, the stronger the strength of the rebel army will be. It is difficult to say whether the Song army can wipe out the rebel army under the changing situation.

Finally, let's talk about Fang Layi's army.

Is Fang Layi's army a million-strong army?That was a million mobs plus a million mouths. In Li Cun's view, Fang Layi's army was probably the first to have problems if it dragged on.

Therefore, Li Cun can even do nothing now, just spend time with the Song Army and Fang Layi Army, waiting for the chance to win the final victory of this war.

Li Cun withdrew his gaze, looked at Chen Kuutong, and said with a smile: "He didn't want to be used by me, and the current situation is so dangerous. It is human nature and understandable to want to be recruited and protect himself."

Chen Kuutong said sincerely: "The governor is really generous. If he is with Fang Shisan, if he dares to stay in Cao Ying and his heart is in Han, he will all have his intestines stripped and skinned to death."

Li Cun said leisurely: "It's easy to kill, but hard to kill."

Then, Li Cun said confidently: "It doesn't matter, when I become successful, I will be my loyal ministers in this generation."

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(End of this chapter)