Chapter 341 Li Yuan’s Preparation

Fengzhou, Fengyu City.

"Fifth brother, your trouble will come soon."

In the lobby of the City Lord's Mansion, Li Yuan, Cheng Yu, Prince Ming, and Gong Hong gathered together to say their final goodbyes.

In the past few days, they have dealt with the matter in Fengyu City clearly. The soldiers will stay as long as they can. The injured soldiers have also settled down and are about to prepare to leave for the Yizhou border.

Hearing King Ming's words, Li Yuan smiled and looked calm. He was about to take over Feng and Yizhou. Naturally, some people were unhappy. It was impossible to just watch his strength become stronger and stronger.

There is no free lunch in the world. If you get so many benefits, you will naturally have to bear the risks it brings.

No matter on the surface or in his heart, Li Yuan showed full confidence in the face of the powerful arrival: "As the saying goes, if the soldiers come to block them, if the water comes, the soil will cover them, so I will just wait for them to arrive!"

Gong Hong beside King Ming reminded: "The imperial court has sent a million troops to Danzhou. In addition, Fang Wuhou led an army of 600,000 troops in Qingzhou. The imperial court should not come to attack alone, so they are likely to contact King Yu will send troops together."

"Originally, King Yu was entangled in the choice between Yanzhou and Zhongzhou, but now King Chu, your strength has seriously threatened the entire situation. Faced with the invitation from the imperial court, King Yu has no reason to refuse."

With the current situation in the Yu Dynasty, King Yu could not just sit back and watch King Chu stabilize and become stronger in the rear.

The imperial court and King Yu are indeed a very strong opponent, but I don't know how King Chu should deal with it.

Gong Hong looked at Li Yuan with a searching look. This King of Chu was very special. As a future rival, he had done a lot of research before. King Chu had many capable people under his command.

Li Si and Xun Yu, two great internal affairs talents, now govern Huanzhou and Lingzhou in an orderly manner, so that the King of Chu does not have to worry about future problems at all.

Jia Xu stayed at the border of Lingzhou and unknowingly solved the hidden dangers of the Black Gold Dynasty on the border. As the saying goes, no one who is good at fighting has great achievements.

Coupled with the fact that Zhong Lizhen, Ma Chao and other generals guarded major military areas, the two states were impregnable.

Coupled with the unfathomable methods of the King of Chu, he was constantly depleting talents. In just a few years, he, who was once an outcast, became the biggest threat to the various forces of the Yu Dynasty.

This King of Chu is really mysterious.

This single Lu Bu shocked countless people. It is difficult to imagine where the King of Chu found these talents, especially Ah Qing, who is currently sent by the King of Chu. A peerless genius who is famous all over the world.

Another example is the burly scholar Cheng Yu next to the King of Chu. On the battlefield, everyone thought he was a general at first, but unexpectedly he turned out to be a counselor.

"Lao Wu, what are you going to do? Let me be mentally prepared. I don't want to face King Yu's victorious face." King Ming spoke very directly. The three kings have been fighting for so many years, although he was the first to be eliminated. , but he was not defeated by one of them, and it was not that embarrassing when facing them.

This is why he and Gong Hong are here to remind Li Yuan.

King Ming did not intend to intervene in the battle between Li Yuan and the court. Now that King Ming had decided to guard the border of Yizhou, he was out by default. If he helped Li Yuan, the nature would be different. If the court and King Yu defeated Li Yuan , they would not leave King Ming to guard the border of Yizhou, but let King Ming return to Kyoto.

Li Yuan smiled and said nothing when facing Prince Ming's question, and looked at Cheng Yu next to him.

Cheng Yu mentioned this issue to Li Yuan yesterday. They had talked for a long time and were already prepared.

Cheng Yu understood and smiled at Prince Ming and the others: "Thank you, His Highness Prince Ming, for the reminder. When the news gets out, we will be ready to deal with their joint attack."

Cheng Yu gently waved the feather fan in his hand, and a stream of clear smoke emerged, forming a map of the entire Yu Dynasty in everyone's eyes, with each state containing various forces.

The most central one is Zhongzhou, and then there are five adjacent states.

They are Lianzhou in the east, Fengzhou in the south, Yangzhou in the north, Yanzhou in the northwest, and Qingzhou in the southwest.

Lianzhou is adjacent to Lingzhou, Fengzhou is adjacent to Yizhou, Yangzhou is adjacent to Liangzhou, and Qingzhou is adjacent to Danzhou.

Huanzhou is located among Lianzhou, Fengzhou, Yizhou and Lingzhou.

Now among the five southeastern states of the Dayu Dynasty, four of them, Fengzhou, Huanzhou, Yizhou, and Lingzhou, were all under the influence of the King of Chu.

There are only five remaining forces in Lianzhou, two of which belong to the imperial court.

Cheng Yu pointed at the map and said confidently: "If nothing else happens, once King Yu agrees to cooperate with the imperial court, he will immediately send troops from Yangzhou to the north and enter Lianzhou, and the imperial court is likely to send another army to attack Fengzhou from the south. Two armies attack.”

Gong Hong on the side nodded and attacked from two directions. As long as one of them breaks through King Chu's defense, it will have a chain reaction and swallow up the four states step by step. Moreover, it can also separate the imperial army and King Yu's army to avoid disputes. Yes. A most suitable plan of attack.

Even if they only win Fengzhou and Yizhou, it is still a victory.

So how should King Chu respond?

Cheng Yu continued: "His Highness plans to have General Lu Bu unite the forces of Feng and Yi Prefectures to guard Feng Prefecture, and use the border between China and Fengzhou as the battlefield."

"As for Lianzhou, we will take the initiative to attack. Before King Yu's army enters Lianzhou, we will enter Lianhuan Mansion in Lianzhou and use Lianhuan Mansion as the battlefield to resist King Yu's army."

Lianhuan Prefecture is a prefecture adjacent to Lianzhou and Huanzhou.

"Okay, I'm relieved to see that you are prepared, fifth brother." When King Ming heard Cheng Yu's plan, he knew that Li Yuan was ready, so he didn't ask any more questions.

How is it possible to win something like a war by talking about it? Only during the battle will you know, and various strategies can be formulated according to the changes on the battlefield.

King Ming thought of the smile that King Yu often showed, and he snorted in his heart and said: "Fifth brother, be careful about King Yu. He chose Yang and Liang states. In fact, he has no opponents at all, so he has more time to make arrangements in each state. "

Li Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded heavily, with a trace of fear towards King Yu in his eyes. The imperial army was not scary. This time, the real enemy was King Yu.

Since the beginning of the Huanzhou Alliance, there has been a top force who is the secret son of King Yu, which also illustrates King Yu's unfathomable methods from the side.

Li Yuan raised his head slightly and looked at King Ming thoughtfully. King Xuan was able to win over the prince of the dynasty. So King Yu, who is also one of the three kings, who is his real back-up man in the court?

When King Ming saw Li Yuan's thinking eyes, he showed a hint of sadness and said, "Father, I'm really good at judging people. Fortunately, I chose you. If it were Li Yao, the people who occupied Lingzhou now might be Chu Junyan and Chu from the Zhenguo Palace. You're too young, if they capture Lingzhou, I'm afraid they won't even be able to take Fengzhou."

The Zhenguo Mansion belongs to the rebel force. If Lingzhou is captured by Chu Junyan and Chu Qingyan, their first step in capturing Lingzhou will most likely be to join forces with the Huanzhou Alliance and Fengzhou Alliance to deal with King Ming.

"If they really capture Lingzhou, it is impossible for the imperial court not to take action, and I admire the emperor's methods very much." Li Yuan showed confidence in the royal family and King Ming. King Ming had already considered this issue if he dared to go to Yizhou. .

There must be King Ming’s layout in Zhongzhou and Lianzhou!

It's a pity that King Ming was defeated by the dark chess player he trusted most.

King Ming was still too impatient. If He Mingchang was loyal to King Ming, King Ming would not be defeated.

If Lingzhou were sisters of the Chu family, King Ming would not fight to the death. Relying on the secret hands of Yizhou, Zhongzhou, Lianzhou, and Huanzhou, King Ming still had a chance to make a comeback.

It's just a pity that fate has its way with people.

"Fifth brother, are you thinking about the real backing of King Yu and me in the court?" King Ming understood Li Yuan's inner thoughts and said without concealment:

"Let's put it this way, Prince Yu and I are both at least one of the six ministers in the court!"

"Six Ministers!"

Li Yuan and Cheng Yu were shocked. So violent?

"This was once approved by my father." King Ming lowered his eyelids and said in a low voice: "When Chu Junyan came to the capital, my father had already made preparations and predicted the future. In order to make up for our shortcomings in the war abroad, he allowed us to Anyone can recruit the ministers of the DPRK and China during this year, as long as these ministers approve, and rely on their own means."

Li Yuan's eyes widened, he was really shocked.

Emperor Yu is so domineering!

He finally relieved his inner doubts as to why Prince Xuan was able to recruit Taiwei Qin Yi. It turned out that all this was tacitly approved by Emperor Yu.

"Then your back-up plan, Your Highness Prince Ming..."

Cheng Yu glanced at Li Yuan and asked the question Li Yuan wanted to ask at the right time.

Unexpectedly, King Ming waved his hand and said: "He no longer belongs to me. I have been eliminated. According to the agreement, once the prince outside is eliminated, the ministers recruited in the court will automatically be neutral, and we will not expose anyone. Letters from court ministers will be destroyed one by one without leaving any trace.

And those ministers can also choose the leader again. "

"I see." Li Yuan nodded. No wonder the entire court ministers were so loyal to the royal family.

"Over in Zhongzhou, I also recruited a few big forces, but now I'm out, and they have also cut off contact with me." King Ming smiled, very free and easy.

It is normal for people to drink cold tea after walking away.

"Brother Emperor, is there anything in Lianzhou that I need to pay attention to?" Li Yuan looked at King Ming and asked. He was about to attack Lianzhou. If there is someone hiding behind King Ming in Lianzhou, it would be a pity if he killed the wrong one. .

King Ming took the initiative to give the two states to Li Yuan and guard the border of Yizhou. This made Li Yuan very grateful to King Ming. Therefore, he could give them a chance to support King Ming's love for Wujiwu and to join forces with King Ming.

"No, I'm out. All the big forces that have secretly contacted me will cut off contact with me. If they choose you now, they will take the initiative to contact you." Prince Ming waved his hand in a relaxed manner.

Gong Hong on the side smiled and said: "Based on your current situation, Your Highness King Chu, you should have received many friendly letters from various states."

"Haha, there are indeed quite a few, but their intentions are very clear. They will only be used by me after they arrive in the state where they are."

Li Yuan showed a hearty smile, but there was a trace of worry in his heart.

Prince Ming's example was so close before his eyes that he really couldn't believe the surrender of these big forces.

Therefore, Li Yuan's current idea is to fight steadily and slowly summon outstanding talents. As long as he completely controls the four states, he will have a steady stream of talents and troops, enough to start the final battle and push forward all the way.

When it comes to fighting for territory, it doesn't mean it's yours immediately after it's conquered. You have to manage and govern it before you can fully control it.

It took Huanzhou a year to control it, and it would take at least a year for Fengzhou and Yizhou to control it.

The middle and grassroots management talents trained by Xun Yu in Lingzhou have already set off from Lingzhou and followed the troops of Cheng Yaojin and Xu Chu into Feng and Yizhou.

"Fifth brother, you have a group of elite soldiers and generals under your command, and you will definitely become the biggest winner."

King Ming stood up and offered a cup of tea to Li Yuan, with a look of expectation in his eyes.

"Lonely!"

Li Yuan showed a hint of domineering in his eyes and smiled confidently.

Gong Hong also smiled and toasted to Cheng Yu beside him.

If the King of Chu becomes the head of the Yu Dynasty, it will also be of great benefit to them.

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Outside the gate of Fengyu City, smoke and dust billowed.

King Ming and Gong Hong led the last 200,000 troops away and went to guard the border of Yizhou.

Above the city gate, Li Yuan watched them leave quietly. Behind him, in addition to Lu Bu and Cheng Yu, there were four sages with weak auras.

They are the sages of the four top forces in Yizhou.

Zheng Yanyi is at the peak of the Dharma Realm, Liu Wanchang is in the middle stage of the Dharma Realm, and Tan Nan and Wen Chengyang are at the early stage of the Dharma Realm.

"Four venerables, please go down and recuperate first. I will send Doctor An to help you treat your internal injuries."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

The four of them looked at each other, responded in unison, and stepped back respectfully.

Seeing the four people leaving, Li Yuan gradually lost his power. He looked at Lu Bu and Cheng Yu and smiled kindly:

"Fengxian and Zhongde will see you next in Fengzhou."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, no one can come in as long as I'm here in Fengzhou!"

There was a hint of evil in Lu Bu's eyes. He clenched his fist and placed it in front of his chest. The air in his fist exploded with a crackling sound, showing Lu Bu's confidence.

"My subordinates will do their best!" Cheng Yu looked solemn.

"I believe in you. This decisive battle in Fengzhou is beyond everyone's expectations. It's all thanks to you."

Li Yuan patted their shoulders cordially. Cheng Yaojin and Jiang Gan had already come over.

There were Lu Bu, Cheng Yaojin, Cheng Yu, and Jiang Gan in Fengzhou who were strong enough to resist the imperial army.

The next focus will be on Lianzhou and dealing with King Yu!

Li Yuan raised his head and looked into the distance, showing deep thought.

I wonder how Shangguan Wan'er is doing now and whether she can gain Li Mujun's trust.

Shangguan Wan'er was Li Yuan's reward for controlling Huanzhou, and he made a designated summons.

Li Yuan had never summoned a historical female beauty, so he gave it a try.

Unexpectedly, Shangguan Wan'er was actually summoned.

Seeing Shangguan Wan'er, Li Yuan suddenly had another idea. He was worried about what to do with Li Mujun before, but now he felt relieved that Shangguan Wan'er was here.

In addition to Shangguan Wan'er, Li Yuan also prepared another trump card, that is, through the research and development of An Daoquan and Jia Xu, they have successfully developed the antidote for the sleeping soul, which can wake up Li Yao in only three days.

This is another trump card that Li Yuan gave Liu Jin. (End of chapter)