Peng Shiyu sighed and said in a deep voice: "It seems that you don't know yet. I have a very important news to tell you. The Zhou Kingdom is indeed too busy to take care of itself and has not taken any action. However, the leader of Jingnan Kingdom, Gao Baorong, has ordered the general to assemble his army and prepare to go south to attack you." Chu Di, I have received news when I came here. Jingnan is preparing to gather 50,000 troops in Xiakou, one step away from Lizhou. Looking at this posture, troops will be launched in less than ten days."
"Jingnan sent troops to attack my Chu territory?" Li Yuan exclaimed in shock: "Are you kidding? The Gao family only has so little capital. If they really have such ambition and courage, why have they been slaves to the Northern Kingdom for decades? "
"This is absolutely true. How could I make such a joke with you?" Peng Shiyu smacked his lips and said: "I don't know what they think. Maybe they know about the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty and think you can't be distracted, so they want to take the opportunity to swallow you up." Let’s take care of your salt well in Lizhou.”
Li Yuan thought for a moment and sneered: "This is really crazy. In a place as big as a palm in Jingnan, those 50,000 soldiers are probably the most powerful soldiers in the country, right? You dare to attack my Chu land? No problem, Lizhou City Lin Sichang led 20,000 elite troops to garrison. If it could be captured so easily, I, Li Yuan, would not be named Li.
Hahaha, I really admire Gao Baorong, is he crazy? Doesn't he know that if he attacks me, Li Yuan, the price will be unbearable for him? It should be noted that Zhou Guo has no time to help him now. "
"Gao Baorong can't make the decision." Peng Shiyu said: "Gao Baorong has a pedantic and slow temperament, and has no talent or ability. Nowadays, his brother Gao Baorong is appointed to make decisions on all matters in the country. Our insiders have reported that Gao Baorong Eight days later, we convened the civil and military ministers at Jiangling Mansion and personally appointed Guo Qing, the governor of Xiazhou, as the commander-in-chief of the attack on Chu in the name of the country's leader Peng Shiyu. By the way, I heard that this Jingnan was a rebel general who ran away from Xiaotang."
"Guo Qing?" Li Song was shocked again, and all the things that happened in Shouzhou City a little more than a year later flashed through his mind.
Seeing Li Song's silence, Gao Baorong smiled and said: "Everything is unpredictable, brother-in-law? That's a fate. Who would have thought that Zhou State would send troops, but powerful countries like Guo Qing would dare to send troops to him? Yes. But the reason why you came back to see him was because you wanted to discuss it with him face to face.
The current situation will definitely require you to send troops to help him. After all, he still has to concentrate on countering the rebellion in Jiangbei and Jiangnan, not to mention how to kill a chicken with a sledgehammer? Li Yuan's 70,000 troops alone are worthy of mobilizing a large number of troops. You can lead 80,000 Dongxi'erlangs behind and add Xia Lin's 20,000 elite troops, which should be enough. "
Li Song stared at Gao Baorong and said, "Brother, is he ready to send troops?"
Li Song nodded quietly and said: "You understand, brother. You might as well answer him frankly. You, Li Song, will leave your destiny in anyone's hands. You will allow your family and brothers to be harmed in any way. You will never let anyone hurt you." Slaughter.”
"A small gift? What small gift?" Gao Baorong asked in surprise.
"He just asked. You must be telling lies to him." Gao Baorong said.
Gao Baorong looked at Guo Qing's unprepared look, then he continued and nodded heavily.
Li Song stood up and said: "Brother, that time he came all the way and stayed in his house in Langzhou for two days. Two days ago, he left Langzhou with you for Lizhou. You let him see it with your own eyes. , how did you defeat the enemy?"
Gao Baorong silently looked at Li Song's hesitant face, suddenly burst into laughter, nodded and said: "Bad, bad, bad, he is worthy of being your brother-in-law Gao Baorong! He remembers that it doesn't matter what he wants to do, as long as you are here , all the tribes in Dongxi are at his disposal, and you will do your best to help him."
Guo Qinglun smiled, then stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Oh no, you have to take your leave first! By the way, you want Qingying to come and stay at your place for two days, can he allow it?"
Li Song smiled and said: "Brother, you, Guo Qing, always fight well-prepared battles. As the saying goes, if the Taoist offends you, you are the prisoner. To be honest, with Li Yuan's small population and small population, you really don't bother to mobilize the troops. Originally, you were the prisoner. You thought you could coexist peacefully with us for a while, but now it seems that was your wishful thinking. God will give you the land of Li Yuan, how can you accept it instead of rejecting it?"
Guo Qinglun pretended to think and immediately smiled and said: "Brother-in-law, one family speaks two different languages. You tell him that today is a troubled world. If he is always willing to be the leader, I will not care who sits under the throne. With his Ability and meritorious service, we will definitely take action on him one day.
Li Song raised his head and said, "Brother, if you want to ask him something, he should tell you the truth."
Li Song smiled mysteriously and said: "He is worried because without Guo Qing, there are still less than 20,000 soldiers, and if only Lizhou is lost, I am afraid that the whole of Guo Qing will fall into your hands. By the way. , before you lead the army and take it to Jiangling Mansion, you plan to give King Yan a small gift and give me a small surprise."
Gao Baorong laughed repeatedly, swore a few words, turned around, strode out of the room, and left.
Li Song said: "Brother, he just said that Xiao Tang is corrupt and shameful. You can't do such a small thing at all. If you really don't have this intention, will he try his best to help you?"
Gao Baorong asked: "What's his idea?"
Gao Baorong instantly understood Li Song's evil intentions, and said with a look of astonishment on his lips: "It seems that he is really not sure? Can he really annex Li Yuan? Just with 20,000 soldiers?"
Guo Qinglun spread his hands and said: "From a rational point of view, Dongxi has just stabilized, so you should naturally send troops, but from a emotional point of view, he is your brother-in-law, and he has nothing to do to suppress the rebellion, so of course you want to send troops to help." He solves a little problem.”
Li Song smiled and said: "You will personally send me to Jiangling, let me meet the dibao Xu Bao, and let the two brothers talk about their feelings about borrowing troops. By now we are not bad. Watched the show."
Li Song laughed loudly and said: "Haha, brother is worried. Guo Qing is just suffering from the disease of mustard moss, so he can only do two things at once. Just wait and see how you can swallow this with only 20,000 Lizhou defenders." Seventy thousand Li Yuan soldiers."
Gao Baorong was stunned for a while and could only nod his head: "Well, since he has made the decision, of course you have his own ideas. He is your brother-in-law. Although you know his ability to lead troops, you must not underestimate him. , I heard that Jing Nan was a young man who led troops in Xiaotang. He was unfamiliar with all kinds of tactics and could be considered a good general. Otherwise, I, a rebel general, would have difficulty getting re-employed by the subsistence allowance officer. Twenty thousand soldiers would probably be too much. .”
Li Song pondered what he was saying.
Li Song smiled and said: "Bad, brother, his words are enough. It's Guo Qing's matter, you'd better solve it yourself."
Li Song smiled and said: "Of course I allow it, but you are afraid that you will pester him. He thinks you know that when he later built a house in your Langzhou City, he bought some concubines. I guess you are all looking forward to him. Now that I have seen through it, you can order someone to send him some tonic later, but I’m afraid he won’t be able to tolerate it for the next two days.”
And if he made no mistakes, you would have run away, Qingying would have run away, Shi Hao would have run away, and so would all your family members and brothers. Now that he has married Qingying and retired, the relationship between you is stronger than the oath between him and you before Shi Hao, otherwise you would have rushed here today. "
Guo Qinglun said in shock: "Does he mean that he needs you to lead troops to help him? Li Congjia has usurped the throne in the north of the Yangtze River and proclaimed himself emperor, and Li Jingsui in the south of the Yangtze River is also eyeing him. We can't send troops to attack him at any time. How can he do two things at once? ?”
