Realm of Power

"Li Yuehua of the Li family...!"

As soon as Tang Shui's words came out, the whole scene fell into silence. The expressions on the faces of those officers who were relying on the background of the court suddenly changed.

"Military Commander, is there a mistake in the intelligence?" the officers asked eagerly, "What an important position the Imperial Capital West Road is. It is almost the core of the empire's power in Central and South Africa. How come it is controlled by a Central and South Asian woman?" As a Central Asian soldier, I don’t even know who the person in charge of the empire is across the river. What should I say to you? "

Tang Shui picked up a secret report on the table, threw it hard, and sneered with a gloomy face. These guys who thought they had backers were forced in by the powerful people in the court, and they were all looked down upon by the Long family. As you see, the imperial cavalry has already hit them right in front of you, and they are still here hoping for luck. Anyone who is not a fool knows that this time the empire is going south brazenly, just for the Li family.

The officers bent down to pick up the secret report, opened it, and were all stunned. The secret report mentioned that the empire had changed the person in charge of the Imperial Capital West Road, from Bertrand Bonnie to Li Yuehua.

"Li Yuehua! Li Family Phoenix!"

An officer murmured in a low voice with a blue face. Li Yuehua is the daughter of Li Tai, the former leader of the Li clan. She is still very famous among the nobles in the court, especially the time when Li Yuehua escorted Princess Mingyue back to Zhongbia as an imperial envoy. However, This shocked the entire Zhongbia court. The court also took this opportunity to exclude the Li family from the position of being the head of the officials.

Isn't there news that this woman from the Li family was imprisoned in the empire? How could it happen in the blink of an eye...an officer said in disbelief

"Although I don't know the details, the information should not be wrong. Indeed, this woman is not wrong! Now you should understand why I ordered the entire army to retreat, right?" Tang Shui waved his hand sternly and interrupted. After listening to the discussions among the officers, he let out a long sigh, "Tell the truth. , I don’t know what the court thinks. The Li family is no longer what it used to be. Even the patriarch Li Long was forced to go to the north of the river. What kind of threat does the Li family pose to everyone in the court? , Why are you so eager to kill the Li family?"

"this……"

The court's arrest of the Li family was an impromptu move, just to force Li Long away. The court ministers also thought that offending a fallen Li Long could cause any harm. Everyone thought so, so they didn't take it seriously. They even had an attitude of gloating about misfortune. The Li family, the Li family that dominated the court at the beginning, the Li family that had been the head of the civil service for more than a hundred years and regarded all the scholars in the world as their disciples! Now they are not just allowed to be crushed and rounded. Without the support of the emperor, the Li family is like a phoenix with no feathers and is not as good as a chicken. The Li family is in trouble. Not only does no one come out to say a word, but they even think about what the collapse of the Li family will bring. How much benefit do you have?

Suppressing the Li family's revival is the emperor's will and the consensus of the entire Central and Asian court. Even the Li family has to accept its fate.

But now, someone suddenly told them that in the most powerful empire, a woman with a Li family background had climbed to a position that was unimaginable. She was the person in charge of the Imperial Capital West Road and had a hundred thousand imperial troops under her command. This It's like a slap in the face. The Li family still has such an opportunity.

Why hasn't any news been sent back at all? The officers asked themselves, and suddenly their bodies shook slightly, as if they vaguely felt something was wrong.

"It seems that you have also noticed the problem." Tang Shui's cold eyes swept across the officers' ugly faces. Knowing that the officers had also thought about it at this moment, he sighed, "We, China and Bia, have invested considerable efforts in the north of the river. , built a comprehensive intelligence network, which was the entry of the Long family After taking over the imperial court, in order to counterattack the imperial capital, it spent countless efforts and funds to build it. It is impossible for the empire to change the person in charge of such important information without leaving any traces. Isn't everyone confused? Long Po only took away the belongings The reason why the 200,000 Long family troops didn’t touch us?”

"That's because Long Po knows that if the empire goes south, we will all die!"

"Your Majesty, what you mean is..." The officers were stunned, and some showed a hint of surprise.

Tang Shui paused and said firmly with a gloomy face, "You can't tell yet. We have all been betrayed by the Long family! Our news was deliberately cut off. Under the wrong information, the court will inevitably make wrong judgments. In fact, I just thought of it. ""Although I don't want to admit it, this should be the truth. It's not that the empire's change of person in charge is so secretive, but because the news from the north of the river will never come. That's the dragon. Break the espionage network established by oneself, all The key personnel are all disciples of the Long family. The emperor has returned south, and tens of millions of refugees have swept south. The court has been overwhelmed. Under such circumstances, as long as the Long family is willing, it will be easy to cut off the news north of the river. , and I dare to break It is said that before the Long family retreated to the southwest, the news had been completely cut off. As for the information we saw later, it was all modified by the Long family, so the court did not know at all that the empire was already on Dijing West Road. The person in charge has been changed!"

"Long family!"

Everyone was shuddered by Tang Shui's words. No one expected that the Long family would have such a hand in withdrawing their troops. It was simply too poisonous. The Long family retreated to the southwest, and the spy network would certainly not be left behind. Zhongbia, as long as there is a little obstruction, it is too easy to suppress this news.

Southwest, Guang Linchuan,

Since the Long family took over the court and transported a large amount of materials to the southwest, especially the waterway that was responsible for most of the transportation, the port at Guanglinchuankou has become increasingly busy. Guanglinchuan was originally a place where waterways converged to form a huge lake. In order to block the Western Continent Waterway from entering Guanglinchuan, the Long family spent thirty years using Millions of manpower was spent to build a waterway dam at the mouth of Guanglin River to store water. This is how the Guanglin Lake, which is dozens of miles wide and long, was formed. With this Guanglin Lake, Guanglin River became the center of the waterway. Only then was it established, and the surrounding land involved in Guanglin Dahuze became the largest grain-producing area in the southwest.

It is May now, and the green crops are on both sides of the lake and waterways. Looking at them, they are all green floating in the wind. There are boats of all sizes around, and the white sails are like dense white clouds in the sky reflected on the water. One after another, merchant ships docked in an orderly manner and unloaded a large amount of supplies. These ships were all ships of the Song clan.

After defeating the Song clan, although the Song clan's large fleet was not detained in the southwest, a dozen of the Song clan's large ships were captured by the Long family in the southwest. After the Long family took over the court, the Song clan was eager to return to the south to suppress it. After the riot, he took the initiative to give thirty large ships to the Long family, and finally exchanged the Long family's promise not to interfere in the southern mountains within five years.

On one of the large merchant ships, a stout middle-aged man was standing on the bow, looking at the familiar banks of the lake in the distance. Pieces of green seedlings came into his eyes. When the Song people invaded the southwest, , and ultimately did not arrive at Guanglin Daze, so this is also the biggest hope for the entire Southwest this year.

The situation looks promising now,

"The water in Guanglin Lake rose this year in spring, and the flooded area was far greater than last year. The fertile sludge it brought directly covered an area of ​​more than a hundred miles. If everything goes well, this year's grain output should be enough to guarantee the Long family's two years. I'm old, and that's all I can do!" A white-haired old man came up from behind, wearing a single piece of cloth, pointing with a relieved expression at the green seedlings on both sides of the lake.

"Uncle, actually you don't need this. The fierce battle at Lanzhi and the defeat of Kaishan were not entirely due to command problems. You must know that the emperor was the one who commanded the imperial army at that time." The stout middle-aged man looked at the old man , a touch of emotion appeared on his face. This person was Long Po, the head of the Long family, and the old man was Longshan, the only remaining member of the previous generation of the Long family.

After the fierce battle at Lanzhi and the defeat of Kaishan, Longshan's army of more than 100,000 Long family was defeated by the empire. Longshan was disheartened. Not only did he return the southern military power to Long Po, he even never got involved in the Long family's military operations again. , for such an experienced veteran to quit, Long Po naturally tried his best to persuade him to stay. In the end, Longshan still did not agree, but invited himself to come to Guanglin Daze for retirement.

"Master, there is no need to persuade me any more. How can I not be blameless for the army's disastrous defeat? I am quite satisfied to be able to come here to retire!" Longshan waved his hand, interrupted Long Po's persuasion, grinned and said, "I heard that China The Biya court detained the entire Li family and forced Li Long to death. I don’t know if this is true! Why did the court do this? You are also the prime minister of the court, so you should know something."

"Haha, this should be true." Long Po's eyes hesitated for a moment, then became sharp, and said, "Actually, I had expected that the court would attack the Li family, because the emperor was extremely afraid of the Li family, even if it was Li Long's great achievements were still discarded like broken shoes. It was obviously because the Li family had mastered some kind of secret that frightened the emperor. The most likely reason was the mystery of the emperor's whereabouts after he disappeared for more than half a year. Who could it be if he replaced it? Everyone will have trouble sleeping and eating!

"You know..." A look of surprise appeared on Longshan's old face. He seemed to feel something from Long Po's words. His eyes flickered and he looked at Long Po and said, "This can't be your arrangement, right?" The dignified Emperor of Zhongbia actually disappeared for more than half a year after Linhang was defeated. There was no news at all. He was suddenly found by Li Long who went to the imperial capital. Naturally, it was said that the emperor had the luck of Zhongbia and turned into a disaster. Ji, I got a god while living in exile He stayed in the mountains for more than half a year to rescue him. He came out only after the storm subsided, and happened to be met by Li Long. This kind of story that even a three-year-old child did not believe was meant to fool those who thought the emperor suddenly changed his mind. Sexual civilians, not to mention my Long family, but also the entire court, no one will believe me. But in the face of this huge achievement of following the dragon, everyone pretended to be like this, and in the end you agreed to the emperor. Returning to the south..."

"Since it's my uncle who asked me, I won't hide it. Yes, although I didn't arrange this matter, I did it with my own hands!" Long Po nodded affirmatively. "Some people lament that Li Long is extremely lucky, but But I think that Li Long is not just lucky, he is seeking his own death. He is a person who knows the emperor’s secret. Since ancient times, There are a few people who can end up well. Not long ago, when there were signs of returning to the south, the emperor kicked away Li Long, the minister who was the first to return to the south. In vain, Yu Fenglong got an advantage. This can't be explained. The emperor's hatred for the Li family is really deceiving himself. Once the emperor returns south, I am afraid that the first one to deal with will be the Li family."

"The emperor's dealings with the Li family are probably not beneficial to our Long family. You do things that are not beneficial. Are you just doing it to vent your anger?" Longshan glanced at Long Po. He is indeed a man who has matured with age. For The nature of my nephew is really clear. Unlike his brother Long Yang, Long Po is an extremely practical pragmatist, while his brother Long Yang is an idealist. Longshan is a pragmatist, so he serves as the head of the family in Longyang. era, one They have always had conflicts with Long Yang, but they have a pretty good relationship with Long Po. The two of them do things based on the Long family, not on the interests of China and Biya. This is why Long Po led an army of 100,000 people out of Guangzhou. The reason why Linchuan launched the northward march but handed over the important responsibility of guarding the southwest to Longshan was that even though Longshan suffered a series of defeats in the final battle with the empire and lost a hundred thousand Long Family troops, Long Po never really punished Longshan and still ensured that Longshan Yiline’s position in the military

"Uncle, do you know who is in charge of the empire on Dijing West Road now?" A mysterious smile appeared on Long Po's lips.

"I heard it was a woman named Bertrand Bonnie." Longshan felt a strong sense of conspiracy from his nephew's smile and hesitated before saying.

"That was before. Berlant Bonnie was attacked in the Imperial Capital and was injured. Now the person in charge of the empire's affairs is a Central Asian woman named Li Yuehua!" Long Po suddenly laughed, "The Li family... Li Yuehua!" Longshan had an excellent memory. He murmured, feeling that the name was quite familiar, and it came to his mind inadvertently. Flashing back to an incident that shocked the whole of Zhongbia, he suddenly took a breath of air, "Isn't this the daughter of that old bastard Li Tai! The rumor that there was a phoenix in the Li family once made Zhongbia The Biya royal family took action, and finally even the Zhang family got involved, and even the Long family in the southwest had only heard about it."

"Yes, she is Li Tai's daughter! How could Li Yuehua of Dijing West Road give up when the court is dealing with the Li family? If Li Yuehua gets angry, the empire will take action. Although the emperor has not said it clearly, he has already expressed his intention to support the Li family. It is quite obvious that China and Bia are slapping the emperor in the face by dealing with the Li family.

, Long Po knew very well about this most terrifying opponent. Blood for blood, tooth for tooth, the emperor's method of retribution had already been proved by the heads of more than 100,000 Fengtai tribes on the side of the Han River.

Once the Li family is really injured by the court, there is a 100% chance that the emperor's army will go south! "Long Po smiled quite happily. Every time he thought about this, he felt extremely happy. The group of court ministers who specifically caused trouble for him never dreamed that he would also cause trouble with them. And it was quite fatal.

"Uncle, what do you think is the chance of success if our Long family and the empire attack the court at the same time and force the court to accept the four provinces near the southwest as a condition for armistice?" Long Po said in a condensed voice with bright eyes.