On March 20, on the Kuangshan line southeast of Licheng, the rebels and the officials fought fiercely.

The rebel soldiers had a large number of people and had a terrain advantage. They only defended but did not attack. Although their combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the official army, they were enough to form a confrontation.

The soldiers of both sides fought fiercely, and the secret letters between the commanders of both sides were also frequent. The King of Qi asked Licheng to fight at least ten days and half a month to show how difficult it was to suppress the rebellion in Qi County and how difficult it was to retake Licheng. Li Fengyun had concerns, one was worried that the navy was landing, the other was worried that Zhang Xutuo suddenly came out, the third was worried that the confrontation would take too much, which would be detrimental to the development of the rebel army. Another was worried that the momentum would be too great. Once the attention of the Holy Lord and the Dongdu were attracted, a series of variables would inevitably occur, which might affect the planning in the next few months.

The King of Qi did not agree, and Li Zixiong and Wei Fusi shared the same feeling and advised the King of Qi to stop and not to end if they were too big. Li Zixiong and Wei Fusi's caution attracted the attention of General Dong Chun, the Zuo Xiaowei.

Dong Chun and Li Zixiong had a good personal relationship, so he found an opportunity to ask Li Zixiong how the battle in Licheng ended? After the end, how will the situation in Qi County change? At present, the King of Qi has expanded its strength to Henan, Xuzhou and Qilu, but the Holy Lord and the Central Government cannot allow the King of Qi to develop like this. After the Second Eastern Expedition, they will free up their hands and will inevitably attack and contain the King of Qi, so the King of Qi is not optimistic in the future. For the sake of the rain, the King of Qi must now formulate a development direction for the future and formulate a feasible strategy based on this direction. For this reason, Dong Chun asked Li Zixiong for advice and hoped that a few old guys would find an opportunity to sit together and discuss it carefully.

Li Zixiong pondered and said nothing. In fact, since Dong Chun arrived, Li Zixiong has been weighing whether he should disclose some secrets to Dong Chun and pull Dong Chun to his own ship.

Judging from the current political situation in Dongdu, the political struggle will be more intense in the future, and the political storm surrounding the imperial unification dispute will become more and more intense. When the conservative forces in the court fight for the inheritance of the imperial unification, the reformists will take the opportunity to rob each opponent. Therefore, whether it is King Yang Tong of Yue, Yang You of the King of Dai, or King Zhao, Yang Gao of the King of Yan, who is on the edge of the vortex, it is very difficult to win the final victory. As for King of Qi, Yang Nan, he has been deeply imprinted with conservatism. As long as the Holy Lord and the Reformers master the government, he will never have a chance to make a comeback. Therefore, in the eyes of the local aristocratic group in Guanlong, the King of Qi is now a "spare tire" and a backup plan. Although King of Qi is important, it is no longer the target of key support, and the inclination of political resources is extremely limited.

King Yang Nan of Qi was very clear about this. Wei Fusi was forced to stay and continue to assist him. He was forced to be helpless and also meant to be gambling. However, if the situation was not good, Wei Fusi would inevitably withdraw and leave, and it was impossible to be buried with the King of Qi. As for Li Zixiong and Dong Chun, although they were supporters of King of Qi Yang Nan of Qi in the past, the political situation had changed. The future benefits that King of Qi Yang Nan could give them were very limited. Of course, their ideas and positions also changed. They should adjust their profit-seeking strategies and not put all the bets on King of Qi, but instead look for new sources of profit-seeking and new directions of profit-seeking.

Dong Chun took the initiative to discuss with Li Zixiong and had this idea, and Li Zixiong wanted to pull Dong Chun onto his own ship, and he also had this idea.

"What do you think of the future of King Qi?" Li Zixiong made a temptation.

"The future is not optimistic." Dong Chun was also cautious and said only a little bit, "There is no doubt about this."

Li Zixiong smiled slightly and asked again, "What are your predictions about your future?"

"Very unoptimistic." Dong Chun looked solemn, with a melancholy expression, and a look of sadness in his eyes. "The King of Qi took a risk and took a different sword. If he didn't follow the right path, the road would become narrower and narrower sooner or later. If something happened again, he would be completely finished. With his collapse, he would be finished, and there would be no possibility of a comeback again, and he would not even be able to save his life."

Speaking of this, Dong Chun looked at Li Zixiong with a meaningful look and asked, "Where is your future?"

"Is there a future?" Li Zixiong laughed at himself, "Can you still see a future? I can't even see it myself, can you still see it? To be honest, since the moment I left Dongdu and entered the Naval Camp, my future was destined to die. My head would become a sacrifice for the Naval Expedition."

Dong Chun was a little surprised, "So pessimistic? Is it because the King of Qi has developed outside and is showing his sharpness, and the Holy Lord will warn him with your head?"

"What do you think?" Li Zixiong smiled bitterly, "If there was no one's head, who could guarantee that the King of Qi would not suddenly launch a mutiny at the critical moment of the Second Eastern Expedition and seize the imperial rule by force?"

Mutiny? Dong Chun was even more surprised. All kinds of complicated messages suddenly poured into his mind, and then turned into a bolt of lightning, which suddenly illuminated his heart. Mutiny? It turned out that King Qi was going to mutiny. Wei Fusi and Li Zixiong were crazy, completely crazy, and all such rebellious things could be done.

Immediately, Dong Chun fell into darkness, his whole body and mind fell into darkness, and fear instantly enveloped him, making him suffocated. As the supporter of the King of Qi, he could escape? Even if he did not participate in the mutiny, even if he refused or even opposed the mutiny, he could not change his identity as a conspirator. He would die without a burial place, and he would implicate the entire family to die without a burial place.

Seeing Dong Chun's shocked look, Li Zixiong laughed and laughed, "You were wrong, the facts are completely different from your imagination." Then Li Zixiong curled his smile and made a temptation, "Do you want to know the truth?"

The violent ups and downs in emotions made Dong Chun very sad, but curiosity killed people. He could not refuse the temptation of "truth". After a little thought, Dong Chunzheng focused on it, "I want to know the truth, but I have no choice."

Li Zixiong smiled and nodded, "Are you really ready to accept the truth?"

Dong Chun thought for a moment. Of course he knew the severity of the consequences, but after weighing the pros and cons, he decided to know the truth. His fate was closely linked to the fate of King Qi, and he had no choice.

"After you know the truth, you must make a choice." Li Zixiong's expression gradually became serious, "But in fact, you have no choice anymore, so please be cautious."

Dong Chun smiled bitterly, his smile was bitter and desolate, "It doesn't matter, I just die."

"Good" Li Zixiong said, "Anyway, it's all death, so why bother to care about sooner or later? The truth is that a mutiny will definitely break out, but it's not the King of Qi who launched the mutiny, but someone else."

"Who?" Dong Chun was shocked and asked without hesitation.

"Something is one of them." Li Zixiong said calmly, "and..."

Li Zixiong told the story, Dong Chun was dumbfounded, and completely turned into a cold stone sculpture in one secret after another revealed by Li Zixiong. He did not expect that the truth was so amazing, and he did not expect that the mutiny was actually not terrible. What was terrible was the upcoming war between the north and the south. The future strategy designed by Li Zixiong and Wei Fusi for the King of Qi was based on this deduction and formulated the road to dominate the northern border.

"Why did the mutiny fail?" Dong Chun pointed to the point. In his opinion, there were so many powerful people with heavy troops involved in this mutiny. If the "big flag" of King Yang Nan of Qi was added, there was a great hope of success. However, Li Zixiong, a participant, said in an extremely confident tone that the mutiny would fail? Why? Since it is about to fail, why should we launch a mutiny?

"Many of the secrets that someone said came from the same person."

"who?"

"Li Pingyuan." Li Zixiong said, "Li Pingyuan, son of Anping Gong."

Li Pingyuan and Dong Chun were a little confused and had some impression of this person, but the impression was very blurred.

"Yulin for three years... Yuwen brothers..." Li Zixiong whispered.

Dong Chun suddenly realized, "It was him? The secret soldier was actually the son of Mr. Anping? Incredible. Where is he now? How did you see him?"

"It's far away in the sky, and it's near in front of you." Li Zixiong smiled and pointed to the direction of Licheng, "Li Pingyuan is a white-haired thief."

Dong Chun was stunned. Fortunately, he had heard too many secrets today, and was already numb, and had accepted all the incredible things calmly. The white-haired thief turned out to be Li Pingyuan, and Li Pingyuan turned out to be the son of Anping Duke Li Delin. This can explain why the white-haired thief can grow and grow rapidly, and why Yang Nan, the King of Qi, was willing to cooperate secretly with the white-haired thief. In this way, Dong Chun knew why the mutiny failed. What was Li Pingyuan? He knew these secrets, so there must be others who knew these secrets. The reason why the secrets have not been leaked so far is that the insiders were waiting for the mutiny to break out in order to get the best interests in the chaos.

Now, King Qi is one of the insiders and one of the people who are snatching the waters. He will not stop the mutiny from breaking out. On the contrary, he is eagerly waiting for the mutiny to break out so that he can make a fortune in the mutiny and make a fortune.

Similarly, if some of the reformists were also insiders, they would probably be more eager to push the outbreak of the mutiny so that they could use this mutiny to give a fatal blow to the conservatives in the court, thereby completely reversing the political decline caused by the defeat of the first Eastern Expedition, regaining the control of the government, paving the way and clearing obstacles for accelerating the speed of unified reform after the Eastern Expedition.

Therefore, a mutiny will be defeated and irrescueable.

Dong Chun knew how he would choose. If he stayed in Pengcheng, when the King of Qi used the mutiny to make a profit, the conflict between the Lord and the King of Qi deepened, and the Lord was angry and embarrassed, he would inevitably retaliate. The King of Qi was scattered under his command in various places. Dong Chun, as the King of Qi, who was in charge of the country, would definitely be the first to bear the brunt of the enemy. Even if he did not die, he would lose his skin and even be doomed.

"Where will the plan come out?" Dong Chun asked.

"Use your limited time and use this Licheng War to allocate a large amount of money, grain and weapons from Pengcheng, and strive to strengthen yourself in the shortest time. Otherwise, the Yellow Bird will be in the back, and the King of Qi and us will most likely die on the battlefield in the Jingji."

Dong Chun understood it.
Chapter completed!