Gongsun Lan couldn't figure out Li Jing's ideas at all, and couldn't understand why Li Jing wanted to go to this muddy water when the situation was unknown...

"A general is not afraid of causing fire? What if Li Lingfu is defeated, if Duli Town knows that you secretly help Qingnipu, how can you get out? Duli Town has 20,000 naval troops, 100 warships, and 20,000 land horse and infantry soldiers. In terms of strength, they are the most powerful in the entire Liaodong. What's more, you should know that the most powerful place in Duli Town is not in these places. The most powerful thing behind the entire Duli Town is actually the most powerful family of the Tang Dynasty behind the scenes. If you are enemies with Duli Town, it may also be an enemy of the most powerful family of the Tang Dynasty. Have you considered this consequence?"

"Since it's a secret alliance, it will naturally not let others know." Li Jing pinched his chin and chuckled, "Besides, there are no 40,000 people in Duli Town now, only 37,000. They have just lost more than 20 warships and more than 3,000 sailors in one battle."

Gongsun Lan was a little angry at Li Jing's disapproval attitude. She shouted: "Where did you get this confidence? Have you ever thought of the serious consequences of this matter? Duli Town is already stronger than Qingnipu, and now they have joined forces with Beisha City. Although the vanguard is currently a small defeat, at least I judge that the coalition forces of Duli Town and Beisha City should be the coalition forces of Duli Town and Beisha City in the end." She was even more worried than Li Jing, "You must know that the total number of troops in Duli Town and Beisha City is as high as 60,000, while Qingnipu only has three thousand cavalry, three thousand navy troops, plus three thousand Qingnipu City garrisons and five thousand island garrisons, a total of only 14,000 troops. No matter how you look at it, they can't win this battle."

"Your intelligence investigation is good, but your intelligence analysis ability is a bit unsatisfactory." Li Jing shook his head and said. "If it is as you said, the strength of Duli Town can completely kill Li Lingfu, why should he join forces with Beisha City? Thinking about the fact that Duli Town failed to take Qingnipu when the son of the lord of Qingnipu City secretly surrendered, you can know that although Duli Town has more troops and better equipment, after all, it is just an armed guard commanded by a group of merchants. It cannot be called a real army at all. Otherwise, there would be 40,000 troops, let alone a small Qingnipu, they could level the entire Liaodong."

"In contrast, although Qingnipu is not many soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the three thousand Crane Control Cavalry alone cannot be underestimated. The previous battle also proved this. The same number of cavalrymen fought, although the cavalry in Beisha City was ambushed, their defeat was too fast. More than 500 people were killed in battle in that battle alone, nearly 20% of the number of casualties. Even the most elite cavalry were so powerful. Even if their infantry auxiliary soldiers and civilians combined, what if? Li Lingfu was able to cross the grassland and pull up a strong team with one hand, and his ability to turn the tide and save Qingnipu, which is enough to prove the outstanding command ability of this person."

"Even if a sheep is carrying a group of wolves, it will not be the opponent of the flock led by a tiger. What's more, the commander of Duli Town is actually a group of merchants, and although their guards are well-armed, they are not considered a wolf. As for Li Lingfu, this is a real tiger, and his crane control army is also a real wolf. There is no need to fight this battle, and half of it has come out. What's more, I don't believe that a hero like Li Lingfu has always been in the gap between Duli Town and Beisha City. Will he not find an ally in the past ten years?"

Gongsun Lan faced Li Jing's forcing eyes, her eyes were a little flustered, and her tone couldn't help but weaken: "Li Lingfu does have allies. According to our investigations, Li Lingfu pursued the strategy of getting along with each other in the distance, and launched a harassment strategy against Duli Town and Beisha City. However, for several Han forces in southern Liaoning farther, they always followed the alliance strategy. The Tang people's forces in Liaodong were mainly concentrated in the southern Liaoning area, with hundreds of forces of all sizes, but the largest ones were in addition to Duli Town, Qingnipu and Beisha City.

There are three forces. One of them is Shirenzhu, a coast further east of Beisha City, and it is also a port city. However, it is much smaller than Duli Town and Qingnipu Lai, with a population of tens of thousands. The other two are on land, namely Shicheng and Jili City, which live west of Shirenzhu, Beisha City and Qingnipu City to the north. These three forces are smaller than Duli Town and the three sea-based forces, with troops ranging from thousands to tens of thousands. Over the past ten years, Li Lingfu has been strengthening their relationship."

"However, in this war, these three families will only make some feints and make some noises at most. In fact, it is impossible to send troops."

"It's enough." Li Jing said confidently, "As long as there are no more enemies, Li Lingfu will be able to defend Qingnipu. With other forces peeking around, if Duli Town cannot take Qingnipu in the short term, then they will only retreat as before in the end. Because these people are just some merchants and robbers, especially Duli Town, who have been confronting for a long time, and the trade routes on land and sea will be blocked, and their losses will be great. These merchants will never be willing to throw away the interests in their hands for a war that cannot see the results. What's more, the relationship between merchants and robbers will not be maintained for a long time."

"Then what is the purpose of intervening?" Gongsun Lan couldn't understand the most was Li Jing's purpose. Even if Li Lingfu could defend it, he could not be considered a winner. Then why is joining a party who was destined to be a winner from the beginning?

"Feng Zhang and Wang Jin are in a siege of Shamen Town, but we cannot stop others to solve this problem. In particular, Feng Zhang and Wang Jin have close interests with Duli Town, so Duli Town actually belongs to our hostile forces. If we cannot break the deadlock, we will have no way out. To break the deadlock, we have to find the right direction. To put it bluntly, we are all at sea now, so to solve this situation, there is nothing more than having a common ally with Duli Town on the sea. Maybe Li Lingfu can't beat Duli Town, but they can definitely beat Feng Zhang and Wang Jin."

"How is this possible? The Tang people in southern Liaoning have had a bottom line for a hundred years, that is, they will never publicly cross the boundary and interfere in matters within the Tang Dynasty."

"There is nothing impossible, it just depends on the difference between time and situation. To be honest, I have planned an excellent plan and prepared to solve the current situation step by step. Although Li Lingfu is not the most critical step, perhaps when it is critical, he will become the one we need most."

Gongsun Lan shook her head, and was still surrounded by mist, not sure.

Li Jing just smiled and did not continue to tell his plan. He suddenly said, "Last time I asked you to check the remnants of the one-eyed dragon, how did you do that?"

"Everything is very clear. The one-eyed dragon has traversed the Liaohai Sea in recent years, with countless enemies, but no one has been able to wipe out him. In addition to Wang Jin's power behind the scenes, the bigger reason is that the one-eyed dragon is very cunning and has several nests. And the most important thing is that each of his nests is not on the sea, but on land. If the general hadn't deliberately let a few pirate prisoners go and let us take the opportunity to follow them all the way, it would have been impossible to find that their most secret nest was not on the sea, but in the deep mountains and forests of Tieshan Town within the sphere of influence of Duli Town."

"But the pirates brought their nests into the deep mountains and forests. They turned into bandits and horse bandits. Not to mention, ordinary people really can't guess it." Li Jing smiled, "Have you mastered the specific location, camp defense, bandits and family members?"

"I have mastered it. Since the accident of the One-Eyed Dragon, the remaining pirates who stayed behind began to retreat into the mountains and jungles of Tieshan and retreated to the most secret nest. Now all the pirates, including their old and young, are about 5,000 people, among which the men who can fight are probably seven or eight hundred. Then there are old pirates and those teenagers aged 16 to 12 or 13, and the rest should be more than a thousand, and the rest are women and children. The pirates' camp is very strong, and the log blocks are built in a valley, with only a long and narrow passage about a hundred feet away. The pirates have also installed many crossbow beds in the camp. If they attack for a strong force, it will be difficult."

After hearing this, Li Jing was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that there were so many people in this pirate, with a population of 5,000. This is really a big force.

"By the way, does the one-eyed dragon have no temporary nests such as islands and reefs on the sea?"

"Yes, there is an island and reef near Duli Town and Qingnipu that was once the temporary settlement of the one-eyed dragon. There is also a small island and reef between Duli Town and the Wuhu Islands in Daxie Fort Island, which is their temporary nest. However, these two places used to be their temporary settlement, which was used to replenish water and food, and are not always there. What do you ask about this? Now there is no one on it, and they all escaped into the iron mountain of Duli Town."

Li Jing smiled lightly, and his smile was a little weird.

"You said, what would happen if I led my troops to attack one of the islands and reefs?"

Gongsun Lan is not sure, "There is not a single ghost on the island and reef. If you lead your troops to, you can catch a few islands and tie some island eggs."

"But you say, what if the news of my troops leaked out, what will happen?"

"What do you mean?" Gongsun Lan's face changed, "Do you don't trust us? The last incident has been explained long ago, only that time. Since we have cooperated, we will keep our promise."

"Don't be angry in a hurry." Li Jing smiled and explained slowly: "I don't mean to doubt you. My words just now mean that if I asked you to secretly reveal this news, what will happen next?"

Gongsun Lan raised her two willow-leaved eyebrows slightly and fell into deep thought.
Chapter completed!