Raid

Chapter 325 Advising the Lord
Li Shengxi stopped his movements when he heard the words, and then sat down slowly. She looked at Rong Zhi puzzledly, "What else do you want to say?"

Rong Zhi took out a letter and handed it to Li Shengxi.

Li Shengxi was a little suspicious, but she took it over and took a look. After reading it, she glanced at Rong Zhi again, "Zhan Qirui persuaded Gu Lingxu to surrender? You planned this all by yourself?"

"My minister made his own decision, please forgive me." Rong Zhi nodded, and continued: "It's just that, now that he has persuaded Gu Lingxu to surrender, I still have to help persuade Your Highness."

"Let's listen to it." Li Shengxi's expression remained unchanged.Pushing the letter forward, she certainly knew that no matter how beautiful the stick was, it would be better not to hit it, but what she was worried about was that Gu Lingxu had a high prestige in Xichang. Had to fight.

And fighting a battle at that time will be much more difficult than it is now.Now it is taking advantage of his illness to kill him.But when that time comes, it will be Gu Lingxu who will kill her.

Xichang is Gu Lingxu's territory, and Gu Lingxu also holds a hundred thousand people in his hands, and Xichang's hundred believers treat him like a god.At that time, she had just finished dealing with Xi Rong, if Gu Lingxu made a surprise attack, even if she could parry her, she would probably suffer a lot of losses.

Gu Lingxu's character is good, but everyone is a politician who wants to be emperor. Good character is usually given to the people, not to political opponents.Standing in Gu Lingxu's footsteps, he had a chance to establish himself as emperor.Now, due to helplessness, it is all right to say to the Northern Qi court that he will surrender.After all, the Gu family has always been a courtier of the Xiao family.But he may not be at ease if he surrenders to the Li family of the Southern Jin Dynasty, right?
To put it bluntly, the city sent by others is not as safe as it can be defeated by oneself.

"His Royal Highness will help Xichang with troops, and there are four advantages.

First, the Northern Qi and Southern Jin join forces to fight against Xirong, which can send a message to the people all over the world that the Northern Qi and Southern Jin belonged to one source.Since they are of the same origin, they are the first in the world.Now His Highness sent troops to the Northern Qi Dynasty not for the territory, but to unify the world, overthrow the Northern Qi's weak ruler, save the people from suffering, and bring the world back to peace.In this way, it will be much smoother to conquer the city and conquer the land and rule the people in the future. "

"That's what you said... people can't fault it." Li Shengxi smiled lightly, without the slightest embarrassment.

Seeing this, Rong Zhi also smiled, and then continued: "Secondly, Xichang can be captured without using troops. Although it will cost troops to attack foreigners, it will not make the people of Xichang resist, and it will be beneficial for His Royal Highness to govern Xichang in the future.

Thirdly, it can achieve the righteous name of His Highness. His Highness sent troops to aid the enemy and fight against foreign tribes.In the future, whether His Highness rules the north, or plots big things, it will be smoother.

Fourth, the borders of the Northern Qi Dynasty are now restless, the people are in dire straits, and the Northern Qi court has lost all support.Coupled with the exploitation by the government at various levels, many places have run out of food.After His Royal Highness entered Xichang, En Yu surrendered and distributed food to the people of Xichang.The people of Xichang must be grateful.There is this example before.The rest of the state capitals in the Northern Qi Dynasty may not follow suit. "

Li Shengxi's eyes moved, "The benefits are indeed good. It's just the strategist. What I'm really worried about is, what if Gu Ling surrenders and rebels? If he crosses the river and demolishes the bridge, and then surprises me, it will be a bad start." .”

Gu Lingxu has the heart of being an emperor and a king, she and Rong Zhi both understand, and before that, Gu Lingxu has already taken specific actions.

"After your highness sends troops, as long as you win, your highness will be the savior of Xichang and the Marquis of Xiangcheng. The Marquis of Xiangcheng is self-reliant first, but he is already disloyal. If he surrenders and then rebels, it is a sign of disbelief. It is injustice to start an attack. Disregarding the overall situation, it is even more inhumane to start a war. The Gu family has a century-old reputation and has been a military horse for many years as a Marquis of Chengcheng. He will not sit back and watch such a thing happen."

"You mean, tell me to lead the troops to Xichang in person?" Li Sheng raised his eyebrows.

The army is naturally divided into several groups to attack. It is impossible for 50 people to fight in one place. When the time comes, Mu Jing and Xu Huanzhi may divide to attack other places.Ting Rongzhi meant that she should personally lead the army in Xichang.

Rong Zhi nodded, "The situation in Xichang is complicated, just as His Royal Highness thought, and if the Marquis of Xiangcheng surrendered and rebelled, I'm afraid His Highness will need to go personally to sit in the town."

Both Xu Huanzhi and Mu Jing are military generals, even if one is the "No. [-] General in the Southwest" and the other is the "Star of the World", they cannot conceal the fact that they are military generals.

Fighting is a good player, but it may not be able to deal with changing situations.But Li Shengzhen is different, she is both a coach and a politician.Gu Lingxu's sweet eyes are not enough for Li Shengxi.Of course, it is most appropriate for Li Shengxi to go to Xichang in person.

"What if... Gu Lingxu didn't think of this episode?" Li Shengxi asked again, Gu Lingxu was a bit smart, but he was eager for quick success, if he didn't care about it, everything would be hard to say.Before that, he was quite the emperor.Forced to bow his head due to the situation, who knows what he will do if the predicament dissipates.The so-called profit makes the mind faint.Didn't Gu Lingxu get carried away by the interests at the beginning, so that he became self-reliant early and fell into an isolated state?

"It's okay, after entering Xichang, all the powerful officials will talk to him. His Highness will then send Zhan Lang to lobby the generals of the Xichang Army, and His Highness will shock and beat Xiangchenghou. At that time, Xiangchenghou will be photographed in His majesty's prestige, due to the current situation, makes it difficult to rebel. After conquering Xichang, His Majesty will first recharge his energy, regain the hearts of Xichang, and control Xichang's political affairs. At that time, even if Xiangchenghou has the heart to rebel, he may I can't." Rong Zhi spoke slowly, and at the end, thinking of something, he said again: "Furthermore, Xichang is poor, as long as His Highness masters the way of food, how can Gu Lingxu oppose His Highness?"

It is true that Xichang is not as rich in food as other places, but these years, because of Gu Lingxu's good governance, the life of the people in Xichang is much better than other places in Northern Qi.But now that Xichang has been trapped for many days, the food is probably not very abundant.

But it is different here in the Southern Jin Dynasty. For today, the Southern Jin Dynasty has spent many years recuperating and developing people's power.The granary is full and the treasury is abundant.If the Xichang army is allowed to rely on the grain of the Southern Jin Dynasty, it can make the Xichang army be grateful to Li Sheng.It can also allow Li Shengxi to firmly grasp the lifeline of the Xichang Army. In this way, it can be said to be a combination of grace and power.

How dare Gu Lingxu rebel?

Li Shengxi's expression did not change, but his eyes darkened slightly, as if he was thinking about this matter.

Seeing this, Rong Zhi stopped talking, but waited for the result of Li Sheng's attack.

After a while, Li Shengxi said slowly: "In this case, let's send troops."

(End of this chapter)