Li Yi looked serious, nodded and said: "Zunhua and Santunying are the horns of each other. Apart from the Great Wall, they are the biggest defense against the Donglu. Now that they are so easily broken, it means that the imperial court will not be able to attack the troops to block the Donglu in a short time.

Donglu, in this way, Donglu will have a lot of room for maneuver."

Sun Chengzong nodded, "Originally, Zhou Yanru and others were aiming at Yuan Chonghuan and your capture of Mao Wenlong. They wanted to establish the hypothesis that it was Qian Longxi who instigated it. Since then, the party has been fighting against dissidents and fighting for power. Now Qian Longxi is forced to resign and return.

The township, but there were no important ministers in the cabinet who knew the military affairs. In addition, the Donglu broke the pass, which gave Zhou Yanru and others evidence, so they impeached Qian Longxi and wanted to kill him and Yuan Chonghuan. Now the court has

In such chaos, it is impossible to come up with a practical plan to deal with the Donglu invasion. I believe that the Donglu are difficult to cure and will cause endless harm."

The intelligence network Li Yi holds has already made these investigations clear.

Now hearing what the teacher said, Li Yi naturally agreed very much, "The teacher is absolutely right. Although the student has never fought against Huang Taiji, he has also heard that this person is bold, cunning, and heroic. Now he

Leading the army, apart from recalling Governor Yuan from Ningyuan, I am afraid there is no famous general in the court who can fight against him."

Sun Chengzong nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said: "You mean, the imperial court will definitely recall Yuan Chonghuan and let him lead troops to deal with the Donglu army?"

Li Yi nodded and said: "At present, it seems that it should be so. If you want to stop the Donglu army, you must have a field army that dares to fight. And in the entire Ming Dynasty, apart from the officers and soldiers who put down the riots in the southwest, only Guan Ning

The army is worthy of a battle."

Sun Chengzong said: "Guan Ning's army is not weak in combat power, but apart from the Supervisor Biao Camp, only Zu Dashou's 10,000 men can fight. Compared with the Donglu army, which is said to be one hundred thousand, it is still difficult to defeat. What do you think of Yuan Chonghuan?

Will they concentrate their forces and defeat the Donglu?"

Li Yi shook his head and said: "The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are mixed. The northwest frontier army can still fight, but the troops in Shandong and other places are not useful. If we concentrate the army to fight against the Eastern captives, not only will there be many constraints, the command will be chaotic, there will be many changes, and it is also likely to be

The heavy reinforcements led to a crushing defeat. Therefore, in my opinion, Governor Yuan would not concentrate his troops, but would treat the officers and soldiers from various places as defenders and auxiliary troops to separately guard the city and restrict the coming and going of the Eastern captives."

Sun Chengzong's eyes brightened when he heard this, and he looked at Li Yi's expression and said: "But how can he defeat the Donglu army with only 10,000 Guan Ning troops?"

Li Yi knew that the teacher was testing him, and said without hesitation: "Master Yuan should understand that the reason why the Donglu were able to invade the Ming Dynasty by surprise was because they acted quickly and did not need to transport food and grass, so they could feed on the enemy. So.

We don't need to be so anxious to defeat them on the battlefield. Instead, we should guard various pass cities, limit the scope of Donglu's activities, and use Guan Ning's army to monitor them so that Huang Taiji does not dare to divide his troops. In this way, Donglu will not have to fight.

After a month, you will be tired and anxious, and your flaws will definitely be exposed when the time comes."

"Well said." Sun Chengzong stood up with excitement on his face and said: "This strategy uses strengths and avoids weaknesses and consumes the Donglu's strength. It is really clever. In your opinion, where will Yuan Chonghuan stop the Donglu?"

Li Yi said directly: "Jizhou. As long as Jizhou blocks the way of the Donglu, the Donglu will only become more and more weak and anxious. If a war breaks out between the two sides again, Jizhou can still gather a large army to fight the Donglu. As long as we seize the opportunity.

, hold back the Donglu, and finally defeat the Donglu with thunderous momentum, we will achieve a great victory, and the offensive and defensive momentum in Liaodong will be reversed."

"Well said." Sun Chengzong showed a happy smile on his face and said: "If all this can be realized, then the situation in the Ming Dynasty will definitely improve a lot. Li Wuyang cannot maintain the chaos in the northwest, and can only suppress the border army generals.

Join the rebellion."

When Li Yi heard Master Sun mention his master's name, he couldn't help but asked worriedly: "Teacher, is it okay for the master to be in the northwest?"

Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "You are a filial child. No wonder your master wrote to me to tell you that he is no longer in serious trouble. In fact, that old boy Li Wuyang has no hope of becoming a general. Recently, he is helping Momen to take care of the refugees.

Relocation matters. With him here, you can rest assured about the situation in the northwest."

Li Yi heard this and smiled on his face.

The master has a high prestige in the northwest. With his help, new money, food, and Momen manpower, this immigration will definitely be much smoother.

Next, as long as the refugees from the northwest are relocated to enrich Huguang, Momen will be able to expand its influence in Huguang, and Anxin, who is in charge of the refugee reconstruction project, will also win over the people and have greater help.

Although An Xin controls the world's wealth, his foundation is still too shallow. What he can do now is to take advantage of the changes in the world's general situation and when all parties have no time to take care of it, secretly accumulate strength, and finally drain the firepower.

Facing his proud disciple, Sun Chengzong couldn't help but want to say a few words about the situation in the court, but as he spoke, his face was full of anger and very angry.

Sun Chengzong was very dissatisfied with the current messy situation in the court.

In his opinion, the reason why everything is like this is because of the previous dispute between the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party, which damaged the vitality of the scholar-bureaucrats. Now they are weak in succession. Most of the veterans in the court are pedantic, and it is difficult to grasp the situation and cannot

Control local officials and generals.

In troubled times, the most critical moment for the Ming Dynasty is to use heavy codes. Now is the most critical moment for the Ming Dynasty. The virtuous should be put to good use, and the scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor should work together to deal with it. Instead of being in chaos like now, with all parties secretly scheming for power and gain.

Li Yi also knew that the reason why Mr. Sun refused to accept the conquest one after another was because he was disappointed with the officials who were fighting for power in the court. However, he was still very worried about the situation in the Ming Dynasty, so he could only live in seclusion in the small Gaoyang City.

The family, country and the world are devastated.

After saying a few words, Sun Chengzong picked up a letter from the table and handed it to Li Yi, saying: "This is the letter Cao Minglei wrote to me. He knew that your new firearms were sharp, so he wanted to buy a thousand fire guns and ten guns.

Artillery. Because I know that you sell firearms secretly, so I want to ask my teacher to be a middleman and speak for him. Do you want to see how to do it? "

Li Yi took the letter and read it over. Everything was as the teacher said.

"Don't worry, this is not a dangerous situation that someone has set up for you. Cao Minglei was ordered to rush to the Gyeonggi area to stop the Donglu troops, so he wanted to buy firearms to deal with the Donglu troops."

Li Yi naturally believed what the teacher said. After thinking about it, he said: "Teacher, I will definitely deliver the firearms matter to Uncle Cao in full."

Seeing Li Yi's reaction, Sun Chengzong nodded and said, "As long as you have this intention."

Li Yi knew that he should leave. He bowed slightly and said, "In this case, the students will leave first."

Sun Chengzong kept his eyes on Li Yi, smiling slightly, but his expression was not relaxed.

Li Yi turned around and walked to the door. He turned his head and looked at the sitting teacher with slight hesitation. He thought about it and said softly: "Does the teacher have anything else to say to me?"

Sun Chengzong was slightly startled, and said with a heavy look on his old face: "Zizheng, I am very worried about my teacher."

Li Yi guessed a little, but still turned around and asked: "What are you worried about, teacher?"

"Zizheng, tell the teacher, what are your plans for making firearms and training local warriors?" Sun Chengzong asked.

"Teacher, do you think I did this with evil intentions?" Li Yi asked.

Sun Chengzong was slightly startled by Li Yi's rude behavior. He looked up at his most proud student. From his stern eyes to his expressionless face, Sun Chengzong felt a slight chill like frost.

His eyes became angry, and he stared at Li Yi and said: "Zizheng..."

Li Yi's originally stern expression quickly melted away with these words, and he stood honestly.

"When we first came to Anxin a few years ago, we had no food or farm tools, and we were often attacked by bandits from Baiyangdian. No one helped us at that time, and Li Wensheng drove the refugees to Anxin again and again. We understand his plan.

, I have always understood that he wants us, a group of refugees, to fend for ourselves in Anxin." Li Yi's voice was a little low, as if he was telling a story: "Hunger, cold, bandits, and official oppression, we have experienced too much.

, and we understand too much. We know that the government cannot rescue us, the bandits cannot let us go, hunger will kill us, we have no choice but to find a way out by ourselves. Teacher, you ask me why I train An Xintie

That's because the Anxin Railway Brigade is the city wall surrounding the people of Anxin. Only when the Anxin Railway Brigade is strong can we live in peace of mind. Although we have settled in Anxin, we were once refugees, and what refugees are most afraid of is

It’s hunger and danger. That’s why we forge weapons and train warriors in order to protect everything we have built.”

"Zizheng..." Sun Chengzong responded in a low voice, but his eyes were still staring at Li Yi's expression.

"Teacher, I have never had ambitions. If you hadn't asked me to go to Liaodong at that time, I just wanted to live a good life in Anxin and accompany the villagers to grow old, sick and die." Li Yi's voice became deeper, and he looked a little sad

By Sun Chengzong, "But can I do this? The victims of the Henan disaster are displaced and their lives are worse than death. The government doesn't care. I can only rely on selling technology to support them; the situation in the northwest is getting worse day by day. Hongyan is a disciple of Momen, and she wants me to contribute."

, I am also from the northwest, and I also escaped from the northwest. Do I have to stand by and watch? The situation at the border is tense. The officers and soldiers dare not change, and the generals are unwilling to fight. I stand up for the overall situation. Is it wrong? Teacher, my intentions are evil.

, they were all forced out. If the court can handle everything properly, I would only stay in Anxin."

Li Yi rarely got so angry. He clenched his fists tremblingly and looked at Sun Chengzong, his teacher, with a sad expression as he said these words.

"Alas..." Sun Chengzong sighed softly.

Of course he understood that everything Li Yi did was forced by the situation and was a good deed that benefited the country and the people.

But seeing An Xin's power slowly expanding, establishing a foothold in the northwest, Jiangnan, Liaodong and Mongolia, he couldn't help but feel deep worry in his heart.

Li Yi took a deep breath, gradually calmed down, and shook his head: "Teacher, I don't want to go to the court anymore. I just want to live a good life in Anxin."

"What are you talking about? Are you angry with the teacher?" Sun Chengzong asked.

Li Yi shook his head, "Students don't dare."

Sun Chengzong looked at the young and handsome Li Yi and thought for a while, "Your growth in Baoding has been seen by everyone as a teacher. Indeed, whether it is rescuing victims or hoeing traitors for the country, you have made great contributions and no one can

It is said that you harbor evil intentions and are ambitious. The reason why I ask you this is not that I don't believe you, but that what you do does not look like a scholar-official at all. You must know that military generals and businessmen can be rich and powerful.

Kill the enemy to serve the country, and provide relief to the victims, but they cannot become people in power. And you are a student who teaches carefully as a teacher. From the moment you become a student as a teacher, you are a member of the scholar-bureaucrats. What you should do is

To make a name in the apricot forest is not to kill the enemy and serve the country. You have to understand that the court is the battlefield of scholar-bureaucrats. The sword and wealth in your hands are not as important as your literary name, because only in this way can you become a civil official.

Only by becoming a member can you integrate into our scholar-bureaucrats. Do you understand the painstaking efforts of being a teacher?"

Li Yi looked at the teacher blankly.

Sun Chengzong shook his head: "Zizheng, I believe that you will become a great talent. But the premise is that you must first learn to regard yourself as a scholar. If you don't become a true scholar, even if you enter the court and get a high position,

That group of civil servants will not tolerate you. They will regard you as an alien, exclude you, target you, and drive you out. Because they all have the same identity, that is, they are civil servants. Think about it, the former dynasty was in public

, even if minor officials can get official positions, why do not many people in this dynasty have such an opportunity? Is it because they have no talent? No, just because they are not literati with a distinguished background, so even if they are extremely capable, rich in knowledge, and able to govern the country and secure the country,

This court cannot tolerate them."

Sun Chengzong looked at the candlelight, his eyes seemed to be looking far away into the distance.

"What does the teacher mean, is for me to make more friends with literati?" Li Yi hesitated, "But today's Xinglin likes prosperity, enjoyment, poetry and songs, and students really don't like it."

"You have to like it." Sun Chengzong looked at Li Yi and said in a stern tone, "Zizheng, this is your responsibility and the hope that the teacher has given you. Do you want the teacher to die in peace?"

Li Yi quickly knelt on the ground, lowered his head and said, "Students don't dare."

Sun Chengzong's voice became serious and deep: "Now the Ming Dynasty has reached its most critical moment. Only a strong and powerful scholar can end the party struggle. This is the responsibility of An Tianxia, ​​so you can't refuse. The teacher will help you, if anyone

If you dare to stop him, I will kill him."

Li Yi trembled and suddenly raised his head. Sun Chengzong was looking at him intently. The two looked at each other, and Li Yi's lips trembled: "But..."
To be continued...