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Chang'an, inside the imperial city.
The young emperor Zhao Qian is currently handling government affairs. However, most of the government affairs in the court are now related to Wei and Chu. After all, these two places have the most happenings.
In order to get the news in time, Zhao Qian even sent an order directly to Linghu Qianli, asking Linghu Qianli to report directly as soon as he got the news about Wang Qi without wasting time.
When Zhao Qian was reading this day, he suddenly felt a little tired.
Lying on the desk, he actually fell asleep.
Zhao Qian was in chaos, and he dreamed that countless ferocious beasts were coming towards him to kill and bite him. In the dream, Zhao Gan had no guards. When a group of beasts pounced on him, he screamed loudly in fright and woke up immediately.
At this moment, Zhao Qian was sweating profusely and panting heavily.
"Your Majesty, did you have a nightmare?"
As soon as the eunuch outside the main hall heard the order, he quickly entered, bowed and asked.
Zhao Qian waved his hand and said: "I'm fine, let's go down."
"yes!"
The eunuch turned around and left.
Zhao Qian wiped the sweat from his forehead and prepared to continue handling government affairs. But at this time, Zhao Qian's mind was filled with the scene where he was besieged by ferocious beasts just now. A bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart. He has always rarely had nightmares, but now he suddenly had nightmares and fell asleep on the desk in a chaotic state. All this made Zhao Qian extremely worried.
When Zhao Qian was in confusion, he heard the sound of footsteps.
Linghu Qianli hurriedly entered. When he saw Zhao Qian, his face was slightly serious and he said solemnly: "Your Majesty, we just got the news from Yanzhou. Cao Xuan has been completely defeated. He has led his army to retreat into Guanzhong, heading towards Coming from the direction of Chang'an, I want to join His Majesty."
Zhao Gang had had a nightmare. Now when he heard Linghu Qianli's words, he looked sternly and said: "Cao Xuan is in Yanzhou. Although the first battle was defeated, he still has troops and the help of the Great Zen Temple. How can he be like this?" They were defeated in a short period of time and even retreated to Guanzhong."
Linghu Qianli sighed and said: "According to the news reported by the sentry, the Great Zen Temple no longer supports Cao Xuan. On the battlefield in the past, the Great Zen Temple retreated directly, and now the mountain is closed and cannot come out."
"A bunch of cowardly people."
Zhao Qian snorted coldly, looking unhappy.
He had a very bad impression of these people from the Great Zen Temple, and he no longer had any good impressions.
Linghu Qianli said: "The matter has reached this point, and there is nothing we can do about it. Now that Cao Xuan has been defeated, Yanzhou and Yuzhou will soon fall into the hands of Wang Qi. Our current hope is to fight in the Chu Kingdom. We hope that Xu Huanshan can Block it. Otherwise, the situation will be even more difficult to control and even impossible to deal with."
"Report!"
At this moment, the eunuch¡¯s urgent roar came in.
The eunuch hurriedly entered, bowed to the young emperor Zhao Qian first, then took out the letter and handed it to Linghu Qianli, saying: "Grand Governor, this is the news sent back by Heilongtai, saying that it is urgent from Eight Hundred Miles, please forgive me. The governor read it."
Linghu Qianli took it and looked through it quickly. As soon as he read the news in the letter, his expression changed drastically.
Zhao Qian was even more nervous inside.
If Linghu Qianli had a great smile, that would be fine. But Linghu Qianli had a serious look on his face, and there was something wrong with it at first glance.
Zhao Qian sighed inwardly and asked, "Tell me, what's the news?"
Linghu Qianli said: "The news just came back is that Xu Huanshan led troops to garrison in Wan County, and the entire army has been wiped out."
"ah!"
Zhao Qian couldn¡¯t help but made a sound of surprise.
He stood up hastily, with an unbelievable look on his face, and said: "What's going on? Xu Huanshan led fifty thousand troops, and was assisted by Zixia Mountain, Xiong Village of Chu State, and even the side of the Barbarian God Cult in the south. Containment, how could it suddenly be defeated? Especially, the entire army was annihilated."
Linghu Qianli explained: "The specific planning process is not clear yet. We only know that Xiahou Hu under Wang Qi became the Grand Master. With Qi Changsheng, he suddenly came under Wang Qi's command."
"Because of the threats from Wang Qi and other great masters, the leader of Zixia Mountain, Pu Yuanxiao, surrendered directly with his people and stopped fighting. Immediately afterwards, Xu Huanshan was unable to support itself, so he had no choice but to order the withdrawal of troops."
"The final result was that Xu Huanshan was captured after failing to escape, and all Xu Huanshan's soldiers were destroyed."
Linghu Qianli said: "Your Majesty, the current situation has become increasingly evil.I asked, what is Shangshu Ling¡¯s judgment on this mission? Whether it can be successful. "
Li Hongzhong said: "It's hard to say, does the Governor have other things to do?"
Linghu Qianli said: "No more!"
"Farewell!"
Li Hongzhong said something, hunched his back again, and left slowly. After he left the palace, he took a carriage back home. Li Hongzhong did not leave immediately. Instead, he sat in his study for a while, thinking about the mission, and then ordered the butler to prepare the carriage.
Li Hongzhong was ready to leave.
"Boom! Boom!"
A knock on the door came from outside the room.
A young man in his twenties entered. The young man stood still and said, "My grandson pays homage to my grandfather!"
The person¡¯s name is Li Yannian, and he is the grandson of Li Hongzhong.
Li Hongzhong has many children, but the child he admires most is his grandson Li Yannian, who was born in the third room. It's just that compared to evil talents like Wang Qi, Li Yannian is too ordinary.
Because Li Yannian was in the same era as Wang Qi, his glory was almost suppressed. Moreover, in Chang'an, Li Yannian has no reputation and is unknown because of Li Hongzhong's suppression.
Li Hongzhong asked: "What's the matter?"
Li Yannian said: "My grandson heard that Wei and Chu on the front line were defeated one after another. Grandpa, what is the court planning to do now?"
Li Hongzhong said: "What else can be done? Naturally, we will try our best to keep Da Zhou."
Li Yannian shook his head and said: "Grandpa, the current situation has made it clear to everyone that the Great Zhou Dynasty is declining and cannot stop the Qi army. In this case, our Li family should also change."
Li Hongzhong stroked his gray beard under his chin and asked, "What do you think we should do?"
Li Yannian said: "Of course I got in touch with the Qi State early. My grandfather was the minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty and a veteran of the three dynasties. He had a very high influence in the entire officialdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If you get in touch with the Qi State, you will have a good influence on the future of the Qi State. Development, that will be of great help. In that case, why not arrange an escape route in advance?"
Li Hongzhong said: "Although you are smart, you haven't seen it through after all."
Li Yannian said: "Please ask my grandfather for advice."
Li Hongzhong said in a deep voice: "Now in the Great Zhou Dynasty, I am a very popular minister, one person is inferior to ten thousand people. With this status, it is impossible to make any progress."
"Our current contact with Qi State is tantamount to lowering our status. And I have full influence in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and I am the pillar of the entire officialdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty."
"If we stick to it until Qi really destroys the Great Zhou Dynasty, and recruit officials who want to surrender the Great Zhou Dynasty, can we get around me? So now we don't need to be the leader and the rat at both ends."
"It's exactly like this. At this critical moment, I took the initiative to consider the great Zhou Dynasty, which further demonstrates the center of my Li family. Loyalty is something that people like everywhere."
"Of course, there is another reason. The people of Heilongtai are completely mobilized. If there is any change at this time, the Li family may be wiped out by Heilongtai, so we cannot act rashly."
Li Hongzhong said: "So we don't need to contact Qi. If we do, it's not now."
Li Yannian looked thoughtful.
Li Hongzhong¡¯s words immediately made his original considerations useless. He also agreed with Li Hongzhong¡¯s analysis.
"That's really clever."
Li Yannian said: "My grandson understood what my grandfather said."
Li Hongzhong waved his hand and said: "You go and clean up. I am going to the direction of Chu State to see the King of Qi. If you have nothing to do, just follow me and see the world."
"yes!"
Li Yannian answered immediately.
He turned around and left to prepare for his mission.
Li Hongzhong prepared slowly, waiting for Li Yannian to come out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and then took a carriage to leave. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com