Hou Jing's traitors captured Jingkou. When the news came, Jiankang was in an uproar. The court had already stationed heavily in Jingkou, so why was it still captured by the traitors in Guangling, Jiangbei?

It is obvious that the tides are rising in Guangling and the boats on the Guangling and Jingkou River are quite dangerous, so how can the thieves cross the river and attack?

The questions of countless people were quickly answered. It is said that they were traitors lurking near Jiankang, pretending to be an official army and approaching Jingkou by land in the name of reinforcements.

The Jingkou defenders were not wary of the guards and were successfully attacked by the rebels. Then, the rebels in Guangling, Jiangbei crossed the river despite the wind and waves. It is said that a large group of troops had arrived in Jingkou and were about to come to Jiankang.

It was not a year since the traitor attacked Jiankang last year, and people still remembered the fear of war. So when the news of the fall of Jingkou came, Jiankang was shocked several times a day.

However, thanks to the court's precautions in advance, many troops have been stationed in Jiankang, so the city defense will never be easily broken through by the thief as last year.

But many people don't believe it.

The officials and civilians of Jiankang who experienced the war last year clearly remembered what the government said at the beginning, but in fact, how the rebels easily broke through the exterior of Jiankang.

Therefore, many wealthy families left Jiankang and went to take refuge in other places.

As for ordinary people, most people cannot leave, so they can only leave their will, hoping that the government army can indeed defend the exterior of Jiankang and keep the rebels out.

Soon, an official army left the city and camped in Jiangshan area, guarded Jingkou Avenue and blocked the gateway of Jiankang.

There are also rumors that the court had mobilized troops from other places to Beijing, which made the people of Jiankang feel a little more at ease.

However, prices rose immediately, and civilians who were already struggling to live harder, and they didn't know when it would be the end.

Just when everyone thought that the rebels would attack Jiankang with all their might, they suddenly changed: the main force of the rebels did not come to Jiankang, but went southeast and rushed towards the Sanwu area.

The three Wus originally referred to Wujun, Wuxing and Kuaiji areas (during the Jin Dynasty), and can now be regarded as Yangzhou and Yangzhou areas east of Jiankang.

This is the richest area in Jiangnan. Now that autumn harvest is approaching, the food is about to mature. The rebels who invaded the Three Wus can solve the military supplies on the spot. Once the court fails to annihilate or drive them away in time, there will inevitably be huge losses.

Zhongli, Poyang King Xiao Fan and crown prince Xiao Si summoned the talented general Li Li separately to listen to Li Li’s views on the current situation.

Originally, Li Li was not qualified to make suggestions, but his performance over the past year was excellent, which made the King of Poyang and his son look at this young man in a different way.

In addition, Li Li assisted the official army to quickly go to Shouyang and Zhongli, so both father and son wanted to hear what Li Li had to do to deal with the current situation.

"The court wants to close the door and beat the dog, but unexpectedly the dog breaks through the south gate and runs out, biting people everywhere in the yard. There is no doubt that this is a mad dog as cruel as a wolf, and it is difficult to deal with."

Li Li said that since he had the opportunity to show his abilities, he would never be distorted.

The pig teammate misunderstood, which made him extremely helpless. The court asked the King of Poyang to send troops to Beijing to reinforce. The King of Poyang was in a dilemma, and Li Li felt that he could not divide the troops.

Because Huainan is as important as it is, it cannot be misunderstood.

"The last general thought that Hou Ni's ultimate goal must be Jiankang, and he could not be delayed, because the longer the time was delayed, the more officials came to Jiankang to serve the king, and the greater the possibility of their failure."

"But Hou Ni occupied Jingkou and did not attack Jiankang, but attacked the three Wus. He was obviously not sure to attack Jiankang for a strong attack, so he wanted to 'surround Wei and save Zhao'."

"Their purpose is to lure the Jiankang garrison to attack, and then fight down, and then they can pounce on Jiankang, who has insufficient troops. Therefore, the Jiankang garrison must not attack."

"Jiankang has more troops to defend but not enough attack. The king divided his troops to reinforce Jiankang. He sent fewer troops, but it was just that there were more troops guarding the city, which was useless."

"There are too many soldiers sent, which is not enough to ensure a stable victory for the official army when attacking. Moreover, there are still traitors in Huainan, entrenched in Guangling and Qiaozhou. The king must not be defensive, so the soldiers cannot be divided."

"If you really want to take action, you have to take action in Huainan, send troops to recover Qiaozhou and Guangling, and cut off the retreat of the traitors, so as not to avoid these people from trying to collude with the Northern Territory and erode Huainan."

What Li Li said was also what Xiao Fan thought. The loss of Jingkou was beyond everyone's expectations, and the strength of Jiankang's troops and even the generals and generals were not enough to steadily defeat the rebels in the field.

The safest way is of course to be the main force to defend Jiankang, protect Taicheng Wuyou, wait for the royal army to arrive, rely on its military advantage to attack and fight the thieves to the decisive battle.

For this reason, we could only sacrifice the land of the Three Wus, hoping that the defenders in various places could stand firm and wait for assistance. After all, as long as we guarded for one or two months, the official army could attack.

"However, the Three Wus are a place of wealth and wealth, and Your Majesty cannot sit and watch the rebels poison the people." Xiao Fan said slowly, "If the official army does not rescue it, the defenders in various parts of the Three Wus are easily defeated by the rebels one by one."

"In Sanwu, they will inevitably plunder money and food, rob women, and force young and strong people to join the army, which will inevitably be huge."

"After such a struggle, even if Hou Ni is pacified in the future, the Three Wus will be destroyed, and the imperial court's taxes will be greatly reduced. How should we live next?"

"So what?" Li Li smiled bitterly: "If the official army is confident and annihilated the main force of the rebels in the field, of course, they must take the initiative to seek war, but it cannot."

"Jingkou should have been firmly held in his hand, but it was still lost. It was not because the last general was disrespectful to the court, but because the court did not have many commanders to command the official army and annihilate the enemy in field battles."

"If you can't defend, you can't defend, attack, or attack, you can only rely on a large number of people, to strengthen each other's courage, to fight against the rebels step by step, isn't it?"

Seeing that the two of them didn't say anything, Li Li continued: "Hou Ni can't stand it, so he found a way to fight quickly. He was looking forward to it day and night, hoping that Jiankang's garrison would attack. The government army was sure to defeat the thief in the field?"

"If you lose, Jiankang will be in danger. Is Jiankang important or the Three Wus important? If the Three Wus are left arm and right arm, then Jiankang is the head."

"If your arms are broken, you can still survive. If your head is broken, you will die."

After all, Li Li was actually talking nonsense, and he did this on purpose.

The King of Poyang came to discuss matters with his obvious intention: he wanted the court to take himself as the commander and lead his army to attack Hou Jing.

Li Li can speak in front of the emperor now, so the King of Poyang wanted to use his mouth to ask him to make this suggestion, which would be another matter.

Li Li dared not do this because the King of Poyang himself is the vassal king that the emperor must guard against. This kind of problem involving power struggles, a person who has been kind to the emperor should not be foolishly used as a knife.

When the prince Xiao Si saw Li Li pretending to be deaf and mute, he was a little anxious when he said some nonsense.

He and his father really wanted to share the worries of the country, but their father was always suspicious. When the Northern Expedition, his father was the best candidate for the head coach, but because he was suspicious, he could not take office.

Now, even if he performed well in the Battle of Kings, he probably wouldn't be able to ease the New Lord's suspicion about his father.

Therefore, the King of Poyang could be in charge of Huainan, and returned to Beijing to serve as the commander of the army to suppress the rebellion, and attack Hou Jing. No one could think of it.

The reality is the same: the emperor only asked the King of Poyang to send troops into the capital, not to let the King of Poyang lead his troops into the capital.

However, after thinking about it, who else can there be a royal family who is more suitable for the commander than the King of Poyang?

It is even more impossible for King Shaoling. When the emperor was still in the residence, King Shaoling had a bad intention. For example, today the first thing that Zi defended against the inside was King Shaoling, so how could he give King Shaoling the opportunity to control a large number of troops?

Or, transfer the King of Xiangdong to Beijing?

Then who will take over as the governor of Jingzhou? Who will stare at Yongzhou and Xiangzhou?

Now King Hedong and King Yueyang are unstable, and Yongzhou and Xiangzhou are very likely to get out of control. Once these two brothers rebel, how should the court respond?

Hou Jing was raging in the Three Wus. If another war broke out in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the country would inevitably fall into a place of doom.

Therefore, the position of governor of Jingzhou is very important. In a hurry, except for the King of Xiangdong, there is no suitable person to serve.

Xiao Si knew that Li Li had now entered the eyes of the emperor and had the intention of reusing it. This time he advocated a quick attack on Shouyang and Zhongli and successfully captured the second city. Then for the emperor, the weight of speaking would naturally increase a little.

Although he still cannot participate in the decision-making, Li Li's suggestions may be able to listen to the emperor.

Li Li said nonsense, but in fact he wanted to appear more "reserved" and avoid the idea that he would come up with for a while. Seeing that the father and son were a little anxious, he felt that the temperature was almost the same.

"The last one will thank the king and the prince for their trust, and ask for advice alone, and we are grateful."

After Li Li finished speaking, the topic changed: "The traitor entered Jiangnan again. In the end, he was shocked and thought about it carefully and came up with a way to resolve the current crisis."

When Xiao Fan and Xiao Si heard this, they felt enlightened: You guys really have many ideas!

But they didn't say anything, Li Li continued: "The king is dedicated to the country and also considers the king. Therefore, please believe that the king is sincere."

Xiao Fan replied: "I believe in you, please speak."

"Since that's the case, I will dare to ask the king to send all the descendants, family members and family members who are following you, as well as all the descendants and family members around the prince to the capital for a temporary residence."

Xiao Fan could hear that this was the meaning of sending the whole family to show loyalty. Perhaps in exchange for the trust of the emperor, he did not need to send a soldier or a soldier to Jiankang, but continued to guard Huainan.

But what's the use of this?

Xiao Fan was puzzled and looked at Li Li firmly: "What's the matter?"

Li Li knew that he had to roughly tell the plan before he could convince the King of Poyang to send his family to Jiankang to show his loyalty, so he told the story:

"At the end, we will go to Jiankang with the king and the prince's family, and then meet the emperor, and ask the emperor to put the overall situation first, appoint King Shaoling as the governor of Jingzhou, and leave Beijing as soon as possible, and return to Beijing after the transfer of the king of Xiangdong."

"What! This..." Xiao Fan was shocked and looked at Li Li as if he was looking at a madman: "The King of Shaoling and King of Hedong, the King of Yueyang, have always been friendly and have bad intentions. If he becomes the governor of Jingzhou..."

"At that time, Xiang, Jing, and Xiang will rebel, and even the world will be in chaos. How could the emperor listen to your crazy words!"

"Using poison to cure poison is the so-called 'to fight poison with poison'." Li Li shrugged, "As for whether Your Majesty will adopt it... I will only make suggestions."
Chapter completed!