Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 530 Abandoning Yanyun (please subscribe!)
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The Golden Crow falls in the west, and the Moon Rabbit rises in the east.

Li Yan sat alone on the dragon chair in the Long Live Hall and remained silent.

The servant came over cautiously, and then asked Li Yan in a low voice: "Great Governor, do you need to hold the lamp?"

Li Yan withdrew his thoughts, and said, "Forget it, let's go back to the harem."

At this moment, another servant came in and reported: "Great Governor, Shaoqing Chen Kuupong is asking to see you."

Li Yan, who just stood up, thought about it, sat back down again, and said, "Show him in."

Not long after, Chen Kuutong entered the Long Live Hall under the leadership of his servant.

Chen Kuutong stood still at His Royal Highness, and then said: "My minister pays homage to the Chief Governor."

Li Yan asked Chen Kuutong to excuse him first, and then said, "I don't know why Aiqing came here so late?"

Chen Kuutong bowed: "I beg the governor to forgive the crime of disrespect!"

Li Yan said: "I will not punish you for saying something wrong."

Hearing what Li Yan said, Chen Kuopong said: "My minister has the courage to suggest that you should give up Yanyun!"

To Chen Kuutong's slight surprise, Li Yan acted calmly, as if he had prepared himself.

In order to win Yanyun, Li Yanjun and his ministers planned for a long time. It took nearly two years, experienced dozens of battles, and killed and injured tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, before creating the great situation today.

Therefore, to give up Yan Yun, ordinary people really can't make up their minds, whether it's Li Yan or Li Yan's civil and military subordinates.

After being silent for a while, Li Yan looked at Chen Kuutong and said, "Tell me your reason."

Chen Kuupong said: "During the day, the envoy of the Song Dynasty named Ma Kuo was right in his analysis. If you go to war with the Song Dynasty now, the governor, especially when the army has to be transferred back to rescue the three counties of Lelang, Zhenfan and Jeju Under the circumstances, it is very likely that you will lose both sides in the fight with the Song State, and then benefit the foreign fisherman. In that case, you, the Governor, will...will..."

Seeing Chen Kuutong hesitating, Li Yan said for Chen Kuutong: "In that case, I will become a sinner of the Han people through the ages, right?"

Chen Kuutong nodded slightly, and then said: "This is not the most important thing, I am afraid that you will take care of both ends, the governor, and you will not get both ends in the end."

Li Yan didn't speak, he was waiting for Chen Kuutong's next words.

Chen Kuutong didn't give a shit, and said directly: "My minister guessed that the idea of ​​Gaoli and Taifeng should be to take advantage of the fact that you and the main force of our Liangshan army are not on the peninsula, and take advantage of the quick victory to capture Seoul as soon as possible, and then in the shortest possible time. They will completely drive our Shuibo Liangshan out of the peninsula within a short period of time. In other words, they should not have thought of fighting us for a long time. What they thought was probably to win this war quickly with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai... But because The tenacious resistance of the first, second, and third chambers, they have now fallen into the quagmire of a long battle. This kind of battle of tens of thousands of people requires amazing supplies and food. Hetaifeng's national strength simply cannot support them to fight such a big battle. Therefore, they are bound to plunder our Shuibo Liangshan to support the war. This is probably the reason why they bypassed Seoul and directly entered the hinterland of our Shuibo Liangshan In this way, the destruction of the three counties of Lelang, Jinban and Jeju by Goryeo, Taepong and Japan will be very alarming. If you don't stop them as soon as possible, your foundation will be severely damaged. Once they get away with it by chance, you will lose the foundation to compete in the world, Commander-in-Chief."

What Chen Kuutong said was exactly what Li Yan was most worried about.

The reason why Li Yan was able to come out to compete with Song, Jin, Xixia and other countries in the Central Plains was because the four counties of Lelang, Zhenfan, Jeju and Taiwan provided Li Yan with money, food, supplies, soldiers and other support.

Let's put it this way, if Li Yan didn't have these four counties, Li Yan would definitely not attack Yanyun, because even if Li Yan managed to take down Yanyun, he couldn't afford the consumption of the Yanyun area.

The same is true for competing in the Central Plains in the future. No, it should be said that the needs must be more. You must know that the Song State has a population of more than 2000 million. The food shortage alone will be an astronomical figure. Without Le Lang and Zhen Fan , the support of the three counties of Jeju, what can Li Yan use to stabilize the people's hearts in the Central Plains?

This is only from a profit point of view.

And emotionally.

Dozens of Li Yan's wives and concubines and dozens of children are all in Seoul. As a husband and father by his side, can Li Yan not save them?
All in all, the three counties of Lelang, Zhenfan, and Jeju are very important to Li Yan and cannot be missed.

Chen Kuutong said again: "Also, even if you lose the three counties of Lelang, Zhenfan, and Jeju, you may not be able to take Yanyun, the governor. If you don't leave Yanyun, Song Song, who is already in desperate situation Kingdom, I will definitely do my best to fight you. Even if you win Song Kingdom, you still have to face challenges from Jin Kingdom, Xixia and Mongolia. Let’s talk about the worst case first. The worst case is that you lose Lelang, Zhenfan, and Jeju counties, and you will lose Yanyun again, and at the same time, you will lose the strength to compete in the Central Plains. Let's talk about the best situation. The best situation is that you will be seriously injured. , can only rest and recuperate, and cannot compete in the Central Plains for the time being, so the gain outweighs the loss.”

Li Yan was silent.

Chen Kuutong continued: "But if you give up Yanyun, the governor, then with your current strength, the governor, you can easily destroy Korea, Taifeng, and even Japan. If you have fully recovered and can still improve, you can find another suitable opportunity to fight back when you are here, and at that time, you will be invincible and win the Central Plains in one fell swoop!"

Li Yan looked at Chen Houtong and asked, "Will there be such an opportunity?"

Chen Kuutong said with certainty: "As long as you give Yan Yun to the Song State, the Governor, there will definitely be such an opportunity!"

Li Yan asked: "Why?"

Chen Kuupong said: "If you don't change the widows, you will suffer from inequality. Jin Guo and Xixia have put in so much effort, but they can't get anything. How can they be reconciled? Song Guo's strength is fine, but Song Guo Its weakness has already been exposed, how can Jin and Xixia give up? Therefore, there must be a battle between the three sides, and I dare to conclude that the losing side must be Song!"

The whole story of Jingkang's shame suddenly flashed in Li Yan's mind, it was so similar to what Chen Kuutong analyzed!

Chen Kuutong said again: "General Governor, if you give Yan Yun to Song State, there will be a huge benefit."

Li Yan asked: "What great benefits?"

Chen Kuopong said: "You will occupy the righteousness."

Li Yan frowned slightly and said, "I will occupy the righteousness?"

Chen Kuutong explained: "If you give up the war with the Song State because of the more than 1 million Han people, and complete the Song State, the Han people in the world will admire you and praise you, and if the Han people are in misery in the future, you will lead the army to come Rescuing them will definitely win the hearts of the Han people, and the world will be at peace!"

After hearing this, Li Yan's eyes flashed brightly, "In three or four years, the shame of Jingkang will happen, and if I come back with a large army, I should be like what Chen Kuutong said, and win the hearts of the Han people." , the world is settled... Let’s take a step back, even if Zhao Ji suddenly became wise, tried his best to govern, and kept rejecting Jin and Xixia from abroad. Without the shame of Jingkang, the world is so big. I, Li Yan, have soldiers and ships , There are talents and advanced weapons, how can there be no place to establish a country?"

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(End of this chapter)