Happy Emperor

When the two heard this, they just looked at each other and did not refute.

It’s not because the two of them are afraid of Emperor Lin Tian, ​​but because what Emperor Li said is the truth.

"Your Majesty, I wonder how you can achieve the first strike you mentioned? I will return to my territory to convey the imperial edict to my brother!"

Li Yi thought for a moment and said with a bow.

"I will also convey the imperial edict truthfully to my father. Although the number of troops that Guigan Province can mobilize is not as large as that of Prince Li Ren's territory, it is still no problem to mobilize 50,000 troops." Zhao Xiankun also expressed his opinion.

The emperor has made his words so clear, yet they still want to gain absolute advantage and obey his orders.

If the emperor changes his mind, he can negotiate with the King of Pingdong to form a joint foreign policy.

They will become more passive.

When Lin Tian heard the two of them say this, he became even more certain that the two princes had already seen through this, but had just been pretending to be confused.

"Fighting first does not mean you should go to war with the King of the East directly."

"That is?"

Li Yi and Zhao Xiankun looked at Emperor Li at the same time and asked with confusion on their faces.

Emperor Li clearly said to take action first just now, so why is he saying now that he won’t fight directly?

Is it possible to influence King Pingdong with love?

Before the two of them could think about it, Lin Tian gave the answer.

"Except for the soldiers guarding the border, you two provinces will immediately gather all your troops to the border between the two provinces controlled by Lin Xiang and the other Lin princes."

Lin Tian pointed at the map and gave instructions to the two.

"Your Majesty, do you want us to take these two provinces first?"

Zhao Xiankun cupped his hands and said confidently, "Your Majesty, please rest assured. If we were to deal with them alone, not to mention our numerical advantage, even if we were slightly disadvantaged, they would definitely not be our match."

Li Yi didn't say anything, but his brows furrowed even tighter.

He knew that things were not as simple as Zhao Xiankun said.

The strength of Gannan Province and Central Hunan Province does not lie in military. They only have 100,000 soldiers, most of whom have rarely been on the battlefield and are not to be feared at all.

The reason why the two provinces had so few soldiers was because they were the granaries of the King of Pingdong, and most of the food was supplied to the three provinces controlled by the King of Pingdong, so there was not enough food to feed the soldiers.

It is precisely because of this that King Pingdong would never sit idly by and watch these two provinces being attacked.

"Did I tell you to start right away?"

Lin Tian was somewhat displeased and looked at Zhao Xiankun and asked back in a cold voice.

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty knows your mistake!"

"After you mobilize your troops to the border between the two provinces, you only need to follow these eight words!"

"Which eight characters?"

"When the enemy advances, I retreat; when the enemy retreats, I harass."

"This..." Li Yi hesitated for a moment, then slowly said, "Your Majesty, this can indeed pull the forces of King Pingdong back and forth, but it's only okay a few times. If it happens too often, I'm afraid King Pingdong won't be fooled! He won't transfer his forces back and forth."

“Have you ever heard the story of the boy who cried wolf?”

Lin Tian smiled faintly, "I just want the King of Pingdong to think that you are secretly disobeying my orders and stop moving troops back and forth."

"When I come into direct conflict with the Prince of Pingdong, these eight words should be replaced with another eight!"

Although they didn't know what the story of the boy who cried wolf that Emperor Li was talking about was, the two of them didn't dare to ask, but just waited quietly for Emperor Li to continue.

"When the enemy is tired, I attack; when the enemy retreats, I pursue him."

"As soon as I have a full confrontation with the Prince of Pingdong, I will have Prince Li Renfan immediately transfer all the troops of Nanyun Province to the front line to capture the two provinces. Don't guard the border anymore. After you capture the Prince of Pingdong, then..."

"Your Majesty is wise."

The two were shocked, and now they finally understood the ingenuity of Emperor Li's arrangement. They also admired Emperor Li's courage to burn his boats.

In this way, not only will the King of Pingdong not send troops to guard the two provinces, but the original troops of the two provinces may also be transferred to the territory of the King of Pingdong, and a full-scale war will be launched against Emperor Li.

Emperor Li will definitely be in crisis.

But as long as Emperor Li holds on.

Once the King of Pingdong loses these two provinces and loses his food supply, all his soldiers will become hidden dangers.

It’s no joke that soldiers are not well fed!

However, Zhao Xiankun's shock soon turned into doubt. He seemed not to have heard Emperor Li arrange them just now.

"Your Majesty, shouldn't we from Guigan Province attack Gannan and Xiangzhong together? With our participation, we will surely conquer these two provinces more quickly, and Your Majesty will be less in danger."

Zhao Xiankun was worried and reluctant to send troops at the beginning, but now he is eager to do so.

He was simply afraid that all the credit would be taken away by Prince Li Ren.

However, this is also one of the purposes of Lin Tian's arrangement, which is to make them fight with each other.

Lin Tian smiled faintly and said, "As for Prince Zhao Wuji, I need you to guard the country's borders and keep an eye on Wang Qian. The troops they can mobilize now will not exceed yours."

.......

After Lin Tian arranged the tasks, he sent the two back to their territory immediately to convey the instructions.

In the entire Southern Study, Lin Tian was the only one left, staring blankly at the portrait of Emperor Gaozu hanging on the wall.

He now completely understood the man's well-intentioned arrangements.

During the reign of Emperor Gaozu, a total of four kings of different surnames were granted titles and honors.

Why was it only the Ouyang family that was eliminated?

Is it that the Ouyang family is the only one who harbors enemies to protect themselves?

Obviously not, it's just that he is located in the north of Daxia and is alone and easily eliminated.

Lin Tian knew from the previous records of Emperor Gaozu that the military power of Daxia during Emperor Gaozu's time was so strong that it was indescribable.

In addition to the four kings of different surnames who were rewarded, there were also a number of famous generals from the An family, the Huang family and other families.

It can be said that Daxia at that time had the strength to unify the other seven countries in China.

But the turning point came when Emperor Gaozu rewarded the four queens of different surnames.

This was also the only wrong decision Emperor Gaozu made, and it was this decision that led Daxia to its current state.

It was only a few years since the kings of different surnames were granted titles.

It seemed as if these kings of different surnames in Daxia had made an agreement that whenever a war was launched, the Xia would find it difficult to move forward.

However, military expenditures kept increasing, and in just a few years, the national strength accumulated by several generations of Daxia was squandered.

But they grew stronger and stronger.

Except for the Ouyang family, the lands occupied and the military forces possessed by the other three vassal kings are enough to establish independent countries.

By the time Emperor Gaozu realized the problem, it was already too late.

But Emperor Gaozu was indeed a powerful hero at that time. He immediately took decisive action and adopted a series of actions to curb the development of the four kings of different surnames.

......

After just a few years, the power of the four kings of different surnames suddenly decreased, and all the lands they occupied were taken back by the enemy country.

The military power of the Ouyang family in Ningfeng Province was also hollowed out by General Huang Tianhu sent by Emperor Gaozu. At that time, the Ouyang family was already in name only.

But before he could completely resolve the issue of the four vassal kings, the deadline had come.

Emperor Gaozu should have let the more capable Prince Pingdong inherit the throne, but he knew.

As soon as King Pingdong came to power, he would immediately launch a war to attack the kings of different surnames. However, the national treasury was empty at that time, and it was not yet time to go to war with the three kings of different surnames.

So we can only take it step by step.

Emperor Gaozu came up with a plan of two kings.

He made the previous emperor the emperor because he knew that the previous emperor was kind-hearted, or had a weak character, and would only adopt the strategy of appeasement and marriage with the three kings of different surnames.

In this way, after his death, the three kings of different surnames would not unite to rebel because the imperial power was too strong.

Just as Emperor Gaozu expected, the late emperor did so.

For example, he married the daughter of the then vassal king surnamed Wang; he did not completely wipe out the Ouyang family, which was already in name only.

All this really appeased the three still powerful kings of different surnames.

The other king was Lin You, the King of Pingdong.

The late emperor had sent him to the economic heartland of Daxia long ago, close to the territories of the three great kings of different surnames.

He knew that his son was as good as him in military affairs and would definitely form a powerful force to intimidate the three kings of different surnames in military affairs.

The relationship between the late emperor and the King of Pingdong was very good. As long as they focused on development, the treasury of Daxia would surely be full again.

The three kings of different surnames will inevitably weaken year by year because they do not have the economic and population support of the heartland of Daxia, and because of the constant friction with the enemy countries.

Then we can take it down in one fell swoop.

Of course, Emperor Gaozu did not tell anyone about the so-called dual king strategy, nor did he leave any records.

All of this was speculated by Lin Tian.

Because if the parties involved know about some things, the execution will become rigid and artificial!

The two kings will certainly contact each other privately.

If the plan were to be leaked, the consequence would be that the three kings of different surnames would immediately rebel.

But what Emperor Gaozu did not expect was that things would eventually deviate from his expectations.