"Zhang Zhongwu has no longer concealed his ambitions. When I was in Lu Long, he killed two big shots of Lu Long." Tu Hu shook his head and sighed. "Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish. Now Lu Long has no second voice."

"Those two?" Gongsun Changming asked nervously.

"One is Yang Zishi, the supervisor where the imperial court stationed, and the other is Lu Yi, the governor of Mozhou." Tu Hu said.

Gongsun Changming trembled and closed his eyes.

"Sir, do you recognize these two people?"

Gongsun Changming nodded, "When Lu Long, these two people were my friends. When I left, if it weren't for Lu Yi, or if they could not escape at all, they would not be able to wait for the people you sent out to help me. They were Lu Long's loyalty to the court. Yang Zishi was responsible for supervision. He could not leave, nor could he leave. Lu Yi could escape. I advised him to go with me, but he didn't listen, and he ended up like this."

Li Ze shook his head. No matter how far this dynasty has fallen or how far the dusk has reached, there are always some loyal people who willingly make the last effort for the little faith in their hearts. Even if they are finally destroyed, they never retreat a step.

Li Ze admires and respects such a person very much, but he asks himself that he can't do it. Just like now, he knows that the Tang Dynasty will be over in no time, but what he thinks is to run away. Everything he does now, whether it is the secret camp of cultivation or tries to make money, is just to prepare for better running away.

Gongsun Changming lifted the wine pot on the table, uncovered the lid, and poured it hard at the mouth of the pot. The wine spilled out, and fell along his chin and his beard on his clothes. In an instant, a large area was wet.

He was drinking too quickly, Gongsun Changming coughed loudly, and with a thud, he slapped the wine pot heavily on the table. Xia He, who was beside the kang, quickly walked over and patted him gently on the back.

Li Ze and Tu Hu both looked at him sympathetically, but did not speak out.

After a while, Gongsun Changming asked in a low voice: "Is there anything left in their family?"

Tu Hu shook his head, "Mr. Gongsun should know Zhang Zhongwu better than us. Since he has taken action, how can he leave any trouble? Both of them were killed in the whole family. Yang Zishi was a little better, and he still left a lineage in Chang'an, but Lu Yi was killed completely in all his clans."

Gongsun Changming sighed and looked up to the sky, but tears were still flowing out of his firmly closed eyes. He suddenly opened his eyes, turned over and got off the kang, and walked out with great strides.

Xia He chased after her two steps nervously, but Li Ze shook his head at her.

Gongsun Changming didn't even wear shoes and walked straight into the flying snow.

"Xiangru's loyalty and wiseness have been broken for thousands of years, and the two stars have left their fire and fire. The old hidden Xiangru has set socks, don't sigh at the wine for a long time!"

In the wind and snow, the sound of Gongsun Changming singing came.

The atmosphere in the room was a little depressed for a moment. It was not until the desolate singing gradually drifted away that Li Ze breathed a long sigh and looked at Tu Hu and said, "So, there is already publicly preparing for wars. Where did you find out how many soldiers Zhang Zhongwu can gather at most?"

"Zhang Zhongwu has been expanding his army for many years. Now there are no less than 30,000 soldiers under his rule. If the war really starts, there will be no problem with the 100,000 people. The key now is that he has been colluding with the Khitan side. Once he takes action, Khitan cavalry will inevitably join in. It is hard to say."

"Thirty thousand soldiers!" Li Ze took a breath. The 30,000 soldiers are 30,000 professional soldiers who are all full of production, which is a bit scary. His father has only 3,000 soldiers under his command, and he governs four states. Each governor gathers up to one thousand soldiers, and he has a full plan, and only 7,000 soldiers. On the battlefield, these professional soldiers will always determine the direction of the war. If there are also the Khitan cavalry that may appear, looking at Lu Long, Li Ze really can't find who can be his opponent, unless the major military governors around Lu Long gather together to attack him at the same time, but the question is, is this possible?

No one wants to become Yang Zhongkai's main attack opponent, no one wants others to take the lead, no one wants to get some benefits in this catastrophe, how can we all work together to deal with Zhang Zhongwu?

"Who is Zhang Zhongwu likely to hit first?" Li Ze asked. You should know that under the rule of Chengde Jiedu, Lu Long, was also bordered.

"Don't worry, Zhang Zhongwu cannot attack us first. The area where we bordered Lulong and bordered the Zhenwu Army Jiedu and Henghai Army Jiedu. If Lulong's horses want to attack us, they will inevitably enter this narrow area. It is very likely that they will be attacked by Zhenwu Army, Henghai Army and our Cheng German Army. Why is Zhang Zhongwu so stupid? Judging from his current layout, he should first deal with Hedong Jiedushi Gao Pian. Because the strength of Hedong Jiedushi Gao Pian is the closest to his strength, if he can defeat Gao Pian..."

Li Ze made up a map of Lu Long and Hedong in his mind, and nodded, "That's true. If he defeated Gao Pian and took Hedong, he was afraid that whether it was Zhenwu Army or Henghai Army, or my destiny, there seemed to be no other way out except surrendering to him."

"But Gao Pian is not that easy to deal with. He is a famous general in the world. More importantly, this person is loyal to the court. If Zhang Zhongwu wants to deal with him, why don't he want to destroy Zhang Zhongwu? However, he was a little too late to be at a disadvantage. Even if the court does its best to support him, it is probably impossible for the far water to save the near fire."

"When do you expect the war to break out?"

"Now, whether it is Lu Long or Hedong, they are trying their best to win over people. In Hedong, some people have arrived in Zhenzhou. Actually, I think Lu Long must be showing kindness to the master, it depends on how the master chooses."

"Actually, no matter how you choose, it's wrong!" Li Ze sighed: "But you have to choose."

"Yes, I have to choose." Tu Hu nodded and said, "There is a maximum of one year, and there is still a buffer period. Zhang Zhongwu's side has completely integrated Lu Long. Now, in addition to winning over Zhenwu, Chengde and Henghai, he should use his main strength to the Khitan side. There are many tribes in the Khitan side, some rely on Zhang Zhongwu, while others want to get rid of the control of the Tang Dynasty, so there are many contradictions. I think Zhang Zhongwu will have to spend a lot of effort."

"It takes a year!" Li Ze suddenly felt that time was urgent.

He tried hard to return his thoughts to reality, not thinking about the wars that followed a year later.

"This time you went out, something happened to Yixingtang, do you know?"

Tuhu nodded.

"This matter has been resolved. Taking this opportunity, I tied Wang Mingyi and Yang Kai to our carriage. Next, I will use Wang Mingyi's relationship." Li Ze said.

Tu Hu was shocked: "Young Master, didn't we say we didn't develop in the Chengde area?"

"Scared you?" Li Ze smiled and said, "Of course we won't do it ourselves, but it's enough to take advantage of Wang Mingyi's shell. This is not eye-catching. When you come back from Lu Long, you should know where the prices have started to soar, right?"

"Yes, prices are rising absurdly, especially combat preparations. Lu Long is storing a large-scale land area. Many things have increased several times. The young master wouldn't want to do these things, right?"

"Why not do it? Is there anything more profitable than doing this now?"

"But young master, if we choose to be enemies with Lu Long at that time, will we not be enemies?" Tu Hu asked hesitantly.

"If we don't do it, Wang Mingyi will do it anyway. They will not give up such an opportunity. In fact, there will be people doing it in Zhenwu and Henghai, and even in Hedong, there will be no one missing." Li Ze said uneasy. "Seize this opportunity and make a quick money."

"I see."

"You arrange the goods behind you and leave the matter to Sun Lei. If there are many people who recognize you, try to show up as little as possible." Li Ze ordered.

"yes."

"This time, in addition to money, we can also collect some horses, leather, and beef tendons. Before you came back, Sun Lei had already raised a batch of grain, salt, tung oil, and these things, Lu Long was short of them, and they were exchanged for any."

"Will Lu Long sell us these things?"
Chapter completed!