At night, Li Li was discussing with Zhang Ying. Zhang Ying agreed with Li Li's strategy of "fighting poison with poison", but was very worried about the risks Li Li took.

He said: "The situation is turbulent and Jingzhou needs land. I am afraid that the King of Xiangdong will not be willing to leave. As a result, after such an arrangement, he will probably be resentful when he leaves office and returns to Beijing."

Li Li didn't agree with it: "Brother Zhang is worried too much. I offer advice to Your Majesty. There is no third party. And Your Majesty will never let others know. I made this idea, so who else can the King of Xiangdong blame?"

"But there is no airtight wall in the world..."

"So what? Anyway, there will be risks. Moreover, I am not specifically targeting the King of Xiangdong. Besides, the new king can return to the throne and assist and take on important responsibilities. Doesn't the King of Xiangdong want such an opportunity?"

This makes sense, but Zhang Ying was still worried: "Can the position of governor of Jingzhou be safely handed over by the King of Xiangdong and King Shaoling? If something big happens..."

"So I ask the emperor to think twice about how to prevent accidents. This should not stump the emperor. There are so many important officials to consult. I don't need to give advice, and I don't have the qualifications."

After Li Li finished speaking, he pointed to the map temporarily drawn on the paper: "Hou Jing can't afford to drag it. The longer he drags, the smaller the chance of winning, so he must try his best to lead the Jiankang army to attack, then defeat, and finally attack Jiankang."

"The most secure response from the court is to not attack. When more troops are gathered, they will take steps to force Hou Jing into the corner."

"However, the Three Wus are very important. If the court does not send a single army, it will not be good. The counties and counties in various places are likely to be defeated one by one by the rebels, so the necessary actions must be taken."

"At least, an army must go east and station near the Jiankang portal Jurong, to make a reinforcement attitude and to restrain the rebels, making them think that the main force of the official army is about to attack."

"What should I do specifically? Of course, the emperor will make the decision. I am just giving an idea. After all, people are slight and are not qualified to participate in decision-making."

When Zhang Ying saw that Li Li was considerate, he had nothing to say.

Li Li returned to Jiankang first, and the official camp of the sect set off later. Zhang Ying was worried that Li Li would have a random idea to cause trouble in order to gain the trust of the emperor, so he took the lead and rushed to Jiankang.

Now that Li Li is doing things without any loss, Zhang Ying felt relieved and was somewhat expectant: "Then, will Your Majesty ask Li Lang for advice?"

Li Li was very confident: "I think it should."

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The next afternoon, in the palace, Xiao Gang summoned Li Li and continued to "weight the pros and cons" on yesterday's topic.

Xiao Gang carefully pondered Li Li's strategy of "fighting poison with poison" for a night and thought it was good. Now, I want to hear Li Li's further explanation.

After he thought it through himself, he discussed with the important officials how to implement it.

"Your Majesty, the current problem is Hou Jing. Two months is enough to mobilize troops and then kill Hou Jing with the advantage of military strength. This is the primary task, and everything else must be discussed later."

"As for King Hedong and the brothers of King Yueyang, you can let King Yueyang step down first at your discretion. After all, he made the decision when he was the late emperor, so he had no reason to stay in Xiangyang."

King Yueyang should have resigned as the governor of Yongzhou two years ago. He used to make excuses to not hand over the handover on the grounds of self-protection.

Li Li believes that if the uncle Shaoling, the two most friendly uncles, came to take over as the governor of Jingzhou, King Yueyang would have no legitimate reason to stay in Xiangyang.

The emperor could let the governor of Sizhou Liu Zhongli take over the position nearby. What reason does the King of Yueyang have to refuse? How can he refuse?

You should know that the Liu family in Hedong and Wei family in Jingzhao were both geniuses living in Yongzhou. They were the families of heroes who founded the country with the late emperors. They were very appealing to local nobles in the Yongzhou area.

The emperor has achieved this point, and his benevolence and righteousness are done. If these two brothers still want to raise an army, they will lose their righteousness. No one will say that the emperor bullies the royal family for this.

Even if you pull King Shaoling to raise an army immediately, it will be useless.

Because the downstream Jiankang army arrived one after another, the upstream Wuling King of Yizhou received a notice from the emperor and stared at Jingzhou. Liu Zhongli was ordered to take over Yongzhou nearby. What else can King Shaoling and King Yueyang do?

Perhaps, if the King of Yueyang asks the Western Wei to borrow troops, and if the king of the state and the vassal kings do not act as dogs for outsiders, they will naturally lose their hearts.

The local strong sect in Yongzhou will not support the behavior of King Yueyang.

The King of Xiangdong and the Emperor have always been friendly. They were embarrassed by the King of Luling and caused the incident of "returning to the West" because of the help of the emperor who was still in the Qiandi Palace, so the Emperor could use it after the King of Xiangdong returned to Beijing.

I think the King of Xiangdong would be grateful for the trust of the emperor. If he served as the commander of the rebel army, whether it was the Hou Jing Rebellion or the possible rebellion of the Three Kings, he would definitely do his best.

"But, King Shaoling, King Yueyang, and King Hedong might take risks. They would actually borrow troops from the Western Wei, and then take advantage of the three Wu bells to send troops to attack Jiankang. Please consider this."

Li Li is avoiding risks so as not to have an accident in the future. The three kings really raise an army together. At that time, he will be taken out by the angry emperor and beheaded to vent his anger.

Xiao Gang understood that this was also a possibility, nodded and signaled Li Li to continue.

Li Li's next suggestion was to send troops to Jurong east, one to guard the east gate, and the other to attract the attention of the rebels.

This army must at least have the ability to protect itself, so the force must not be short. It is best to have about 10,000, either occupy the city or camp, like nails, firmly tied.

Of course, the emperor decided to choose the head coach. Li Li's suggestion was to "it was better to use faults than to make achievements" and appointed Xiao Yuanzao, the Marquis of Xichang, as the head coach.

Xiao Yuanzao has decades of experience leading troops. He lost Jingkou before and withdrew from Jiankang with the remaining soldiers. He must be holding his breath in his heart. If he can make meritorious contributions, he will definitely make a difference.

Li Li drew a schematic diagram and explained his tactics to the emperor.

The rebels took Jingkou as the starting point and attacked the Three Wus to the southeast. They must first take down Qu'a, southeast of Jingkou, and then take down Jinling City, the capital of Jinling County, to the southeast.

Therefore, Qua and Jinling are like the two portals of the Three Wus, and Yanling, located southwest of Qua and west of Jinling, can threaten this portal.

Jinling and Yanling have been occupied by the rebels, so Xiao Yuanzao led his troops eastward and first went to Jurong, a hundred miles east of Jiankang, to act like he was about to attack with all his strength.

The primary task of the rebels was to attack Jiankang as soon as possible. When the official army attacked but hesitated, they would definitely focus on Jurong and mobilize troops to confront the Jurong official army.

This move can also give the garrisons in various counties in the Three Wushou a hope. Knowing that the court sent reinforcements and was "about to" come to rescue, they had the confidence to stick to it.

Within a month or two, the imperial court's army can truly attack.

The soldiers in Huainan did not need to cross south. The King of Poyang and his son guarded Huainan, one to defend the Eastern Wei, and the other to try to attack Qiaozhou, and then Guangling to cut off the rebels' retreat.

Everything is to be steady, and wait until the royal army in various places arrives, with sufficient troops, and then step by step to squeeze the rebels' range of activities.

Li Li believes that since it is impossible to close the main force of the rebels in Huainan, then he will "close the door and beat the dog" in Sanwu area.

Although this will cause huge losses to the Sanwu area, it is better than to deal with it improperly, that is, it cannot be protected by Huainan, and the Sanwu area is still beaten to pieces.

"Your Majesty, if Yang Gong (Yang Kan) and Wei Gong (Wei Can) are there, and one of them is the commander of the two of them to attack the rebels. The last general thinks that he can definitely attack with all his strength and annihilate the rebels in a short time. What's the matter?"

"There must be troops to defend the city. If the troops are gone, the city will not be able to defend. Since the Jiankang army is not sure to fight in the field to defeat the enemy, why bother to send them out to take risks? Once the troops are defeated, Jiankang will be in danger."

"Now the envoy Liu is in charge of Sizhou, shouldering the responsibility of guarding against the Western Wei Dynasty, and it is difficult to transfer back to Jiankang to quell the rebellion. Since the government army is not very sure to defeat the Hou's rebel army in the field, the last general can only suggest that Jurong East will come out and wait for an opportunity to act."

"If you are not talented, this is the worst strategy. There must be some inadequate considerations. Please think twice."

"No, this strategy is good, it's good!" Xiao Gang said with a smile, very satisfied with Li Li's strategy of "fighting poison with poison".

Li Li quickly added: "Huainan must be preserved, so the King of Poyang and the Crown Prince, without His Majesty's permission, gave his family's coefficient to Jiankang, which showed a clear conscience."

"Secondly, it is also to show your attitude, so that the government and the people will understand that no matter what happens, the King of Poyang and the Crown Prince will go through fire and water for His Majesty."

"Okay, okay!" Xiao Gang praised, showing joy.

But Li Li did not forget to avoid risks, because since he was not qualified to participate in decision-making, he would not take decision-making risks. So he stated:

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. Please make careful consideration with all your masters. If you really think it is feasible, don't delay it and implement it quickly."

"After all, soldiers are very fast."

"Okay, okay!" Xiao Gang said a few good words, and was very satisfied with Li Li's active efforts to solve his problems.

In addition, Li Li made plans before and successfully went to Shouyang and Zhongli. The more he looked at Li Li, the more he felt: "A mere Dongye Order and the general of the talent official are not enough to let Li Qing show his ambitions!"

The title has become "Li Qing", and Li Li is flattered, but now he is just planning and has not achieved a decisive victory thousands of miles away. He dare not accept this praise.

"Your Majesty, the last general is brave enough to be bait, follow the Xichang Hou to attack and lead the rebels to attack, win one first, strengthen our army's morale, and let the three Wus hold on for a while as much as possible."

This made Xiao Gang feel very strange: "I don't understand what Li Qing said, why can Li Qing attack the rebels attack?"

"It's very simple. At the end of the day, the general will quickly go to Dongfu City, and then to Shouyang and Zhongli. As long as this matter is spread, it will inevitably attract Hou Ni's attention, because those who are good at attacking the city are generally good at defending the city."

"For Hou Ni, if you want to take Taicheng, you have to deal with such a person first."

"In the end, the people of Jiankang will be recruited to join the army, and they will go on a huge war in more than a month of training. What is this behavior in the eyes of the traitor?"

Although Xiao Gang had never fought a war, he also knew that one month would definitely not be enough to form combat effectiveness after recruiting the people to join the army.

It won't even last a year, so Li Li's behavior is seeking death.

Li Li was very confident that if he wanted to seek opportunities to make contributions, he had to take the initiative to show his ability to have the opportunity to be valued, so he explained:

"Your Majesty, Hou Ni must have thought that the Mo General was seeking death and would definitely send troops to attack. Therefore, the mob led by the Mo General was just bait, which could catch the big fish."

As he was talking about fishing, Xiao Gang didn't come back to his senses at once. Li Li smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I will be good at fishing..."

Xiao Gang was very worried: "But how could Li Qing catch the rebels with his weak soldiers? I am afraid that it would be impossible to swallow them by the rebels in one bite."

"Your Majesty said so much. No one can rely on training new recruits for more than a month to defeat the vicious enemy in the field. Finally, we have an idea, planning to do this, this, this..."

After hearing this, Xiao Gang looked at Li Li and was quite surprised: "This... can it work?"

"When you go back to your Majesty, you will be sure that this matter can be done!"
Chapter completed!