"General Liu, the imperial court sent tens of thousands of troops north to Henan, obviously for us. I wonder what you have plans!"

Henan Governor Zhang Huai asked in a nervous tone.

"What else can I do? I must be on guard against them, especially in Luoyang. I must not let the imperial army enter!"

Henan General Liu De'an answered very firmly, with the expression on his face also a bit ruthless.

"Can we gain a advantage when we can openly fight against the imperial court?"

Zhang Huai is a literati, so he is a little worried.

"Governor, you're going to intercept the taxes of the court, but your idea!"

Seeing Zhang Huai's expression, Liu Dean immediately responded with a little deep meaning in his tone.

As soon as Liu Dean finished speaking, Zhang Huai's expression changed immediately.

After a while, he spoke, "I'm also thinking about everyone!"

"But things are a foregone conclusion, we must find a way to protect ourselves!"

Liu Dean said without hesitation, and then changed the subject: "If the imperial army really lets the court's army enter Luoyang and wait for them to control the situation, what will happen to us?"

As soon as this said, Zhang Huai sighed again, showing a very helpless and a little regretful look.

Zhang Huai was from Emperor Chongxing and was sent to Henan to promote the integration of officials and gentry.

But because the former governor promoted this matter, he was assassinated in front of the governor's yamen, so he would naturally be very careful in his actions.

Relying on his cautious personality, Zhang Huai struggled to survive in Henan, but before he could gain a foothold, the situation in the court changed drastically, and the matter of officials and gentry paying food together was temporarily interrupted.

This has helped Zhang Huai a lot, and he doesn't have to worry about losing his life every day.

But the Yuan Dynasty followed, and the court moved south, and Emperor Chongxing died in the canal, which had a great influence on him.

After all, the Yuan Dynasty was coming in a fierce manner at that time, and Henan Province faced the threat from the Yuan Dynasty. Even if there was a natural danger to the Yellow River, people were in panic.

When the Qian Dynasty was defeated, the court was busy moving south? No one could care about Henan at all.

In this situation? Zhang Huai can only join forces with local officials to overcome difficulties.

But the situation is dangerous? He was a governor of Henan, but he was a member of Emperor Chongxing. He was a man of the first to have no backer and no military power, so many people did not accept him.

Because the Yuan Dynasty soldiers were approaching, officials and gentry obviously had two intentions? So Zhang Huai had only one way, which was to support General Liu De'an and prepare for war.

After all, the relationship between military generals and civil officials has always been not very harmonious and can be divided and won over.

Can we prepare for war? It takes a lot of money, but Zhang Huai had no choice but to intercept taxes from Henan.

With the support of money, Liu Dean developed rapidly? In just two months, he expanded his army to 60,000.

The soldiers are the courage of generals? Liu Dean, who is in charge of the 60,000 army, soon had other thoughts. Because the court had checked and balanced the three parties, they were fighting for power and profit, and they didn't care about him, so they gave him a chance and became less and less refusal to listen to the greetings.

When Zhang Huai discovered this, he naturally regretted it, but he was the one who intercepted the tax silver. If the court pursued the matter, he would be the first one who was unlucky.

With Liu De'an's strong power and Zhang Huai weighed the pros and cons, he felt that cooperating with him was the best choice.

After all, the control of the Dagan Dynasty has been reduced a lot, and it has a state of separatist rule in the feudal states.

Unexpectedly, the situation suddenly changed, and the court actually sent tens of thousands of troops to Henan, which caught Zhang Huai off guard and felt a little regretful.

After all, he was a civil servant and was not very brave and did not want to confront the court.

"Governor, you only have one way to go now, that is, follow me!"

Now Li Dean not only needs the mercenary to respect himself, but also has the desire to be independent. After all, the tens of thousands of soldiers in his hands gave him a lot of confidence.

The most important thing is that there are already some chaos in the world today. After Gao Jinzhong rebelled, he can still become King Jing and set an example for Li De'an.

Because of Gao Jinzhong's affairs, he did not feel a sense of crisis and felt that the situation was really not good. At worst, he would have to re-enter the court.

"I am willing to support General Li!"

Zhang Huai had to make this decision. After all, it is a great sin to intercept tax silver. Once the court takes control of the situation, the accounts will definitely be settled later.

Zhang Huai's statement made Liu De'an breathe a sigh of relief. Although he had tens of thousands of troops, the army's food and money were all raised by the governor's yamen, so it was inseparable from the support of civil servants.

The two people who reached the agreement immediately began to arrange the arrangements and sent orders to various places, preparing to dispatch 30,000 troops to enter Luoyang City.

But the two of them were only concerned about guarding against the court and subconsciously forgot that the Yuan Dynasty north of the Yellow River was the real enemy.

And so many soldiers and horses were mobilized and the troops arranged on the bank of the Yellow River will naturally be much less.

Kaifeng City, the garrison and the garrison general Li Jihai frowned, and looked at the command of the general army to mobilize troops, and his face was also very ugly.

The order to dispatch troops was to draw 5,000 troops to Luoyang, but there were only more than 10,000 troops near Kaifeng.

Li Jihai naturally didn't want to draw half of the transfer at once. After all, everyone knows the importance of the troops in the current situation.

After looking at the official document sent by the court, Li Jihai's face became even more ugly.

In terms of official documents, there are the movements of the court and the fact that Li Zongting was about to lead 20,000 troops to Kaifeng.

The time between these two documents was not much apart, so Li Jihai would naturally think more, after all, he had a secret contact with Wei Hong.

"Sir, Mr. Wei is asking for a meeting!"

Just as Li Jihai was thinking about the problem, a personal soldier came in to report.

"Please!"

Li Jihai responded, put away two official documents at the same time, and his face calmed down.

A moment later, Wei Hong, dressed in a businessman, walked into the garrison palace.

"Shoubei Li is safe!"

Wei Hong spoke first, his tone was very gentle.

"Mr. Wei, please sit down!"

Li Jihai responded, his attitude was neither enthusiastic nor distant.

Soon the two of them separated the guests and took a seat. After the servants served tea, Wei Hong took a sip and then said, "I don't know what the garrison is thinking!"

More than half a month ago, Wei Hong arrived in Kaifeng and secretly bribed officials from Ganchao.

But those who are easy to buy are all low-level military officers, which do not play a decisive role.

Later, after some twists and turns, he met Kaifeng prefect Sun Minghe and the garrison Li Jihai.

However, the two of them hesitated in the face of Wei Hong's bribery and won over, but never gave an answer.

Especially Sun Minghe, even though Wei Hong gave all kinds of guarantees, he refused to nod.

This is because the Yuan Dynasty punished many officials and gentry north of the Yellow River, which made him worry.

Compared with Sun Minghe, Li Jihai was somewhat moved. After all, he was born as a general and had little property.

The most important thing is that the more than 10,000 troops in his hand gave Li Jihai some confidence and knew that the Yuan Dynasty would definitely use him.

After all, every military general who led his troops to surrender was doing well in the Yuan Dynasty.

However, in Henan Province, officials and gentry were extremely powerful, and even in the army, there were many gentry people, so Sun Minghe did not nod and Li Jihai could not make the decision.

"Li naturally needs to consider such a big thing!"

Then he changed the subject: "What's more, if the prefect doesn't nod, Li alone can't control the situation!"

After hearing Li Jihai's words, Wei Hong smiled slightly and said, "Li Shoubei, if you don't make a decision, it will probably be too late and you can only become the meat on someone else's chopping board."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jihai immediately became alert and asked, "What does Mr. Wei mean?"

"What do you mean!"

He repeated it and then said, "Ganchao sent Li Zongting to the north. Once he arrived in Kaifeng, would it be the turn of the garrison here to make the decision?"

"this!"

Li Jihai couldn't speak anymore. After a while, he spoke: "The Governor's Office and General Liu will find a way to deal with it!"

"The way they thought was to control the surrounding areas of Luoyang and prevent Li Zongting and others from doing it!"

Wei Hong said sarcastically and changed his mind: "But they can't care about your life or death, otherwise how could they have transferred troops from Kaifeng?"

"hiss!"

Li Jihai took a deep breath, because Wei Hong knew as soon as the order from the General Army's Office arrived, how could he not be shocked?

What scared him even more was that Wei Hong's words expressed his concerns.

Because of different situations, Li Jihai and Liu Dean have different ideas.

Liu Dean had many soldiers and the support of governor Zhang Huai, so he wanted the mercenaries to respect himself, and even regarded Henan Province as his own territory.

But Li Jihai did not have so many soldiers and no civil servants support, so he could only rely on one force.

Therefore, Liu De'an's move to mobilize troops made him feel dangerous.

After all, Liu Dean and Zhang Huai had no intention of surrendering to the Yuan Dynasty, and even the prefect of Kaifeng Sun Minghe was not so moved.

I was just worried that the Yuan Dynasty was in great power and wanted to leave a way out, so I never refused.

Seeing Li Jihai's worried look, Wei Hong continued to speak: "So, in a few days, it will not be the turn of the garrison to decide the situation!"

Wei Hong's words made Li Jihai even more worried, but he still couldn't make up his mind.

After a while, he spoke: "Even if Li is willing to surrender, the Lord of the Palace will not agree, and he will not be able to hand over Kaifeng City to you!"

"The situation is different, the plan will naturally change!"

Then the topic changed: "Now, guru, you only need to help me cross the Yellow River in the army and cooperate with our army and take down Kaifeng, which is the first merit. Everything Wei promised you will not change."

Kaifeng's land is fertile and densely populated, and produces a lot of grain every year, so Wei Hong planned to occupy Kaifeng without bloodshed, and then continue to go south to the base camp on the spot.

In this way, after the Yuan Dynasty's troops crossed the river, they did not have to worry about replenishing food and grass, which saved a lot of trouble.

But now that the situation has changed, he naturally has to change his strategy. After all, Li Zongting has arrived. Not to mention occupying Kaifeng without bloodshed, it is not easy to cross the Yellow River.

"Okay, Mr. Li did it!"
Chapter completed!