It is important for people to have self-knowledge.

Although Liu Qizu was cruel and unkind, he was not a fool.

With Shunde and Guangping alone, he had almost zero chance of winning against Shandong soldiers with a strong momentum.

Therefore, Liu Qizu actually agreed with the statement that the counselor asked for help when he opened his mouth. However, at this time, Liu Qizu didn't know who to ask for help.

In theory, as the provincial Privy Council of the Secretariat, Liu Qizu should most likely ask for help from Yuan Dadu at this time. But since he has become the provincial Privy Council, Liu Qizu naturally knew the chaotic situation in Yuan Dadu.

In order to compete for power, Emperor Yuan and his son are now about to break up completely. Even not long ago, Crown Prince Ayashiridala personally sent someone to recruit him.

Then he also granted him the position of the provincial prime minister in exchange for his support.

However, Liu Qizu chose to refuse without hesitation. Of course, this was not because he was loyal to Emperor Yuan. It was because the crown prince's strength was too weak, and his promise seemed to be like fart in Liu Qizu's opinion.

After all, this is not decades ago. Now it is a world where fists are simply looking at fists. If your fists are not hard, what can you do if you control the court like an empty stance?

But for this reason, Liu Qizu eliminated Yuan Dadu from his target of help.

Therefore, at this time, what Liu Qizu was actually confused about was, ‘Don’t he know whether he was asking for help from Chahan Timur or from Boluo Timur?’

It is because from a geographical perspective that the Shunde Road and Guangping Road he controlled were between the sphere of influence of Chahan Timur and Boluo Temur. Therefore, both Boluo Temur and Chahan Timur could send troops to support him.

But the conflict between Boluo and Chahan is also well known. Therefore, Liu Qizu's request for help from both of them was equivalent to a sideline.

And this is the thing that Liu Qizu is most confused about.

Chahan Timur's strength is now the best in the northern country. If Chahan Timur asks for help, the final result is probably to drive away the tiger and drive away the wolf. After all, compared to Chahan Timur, Liu Qizu's little soldiers are like an unweaned doll. He has no ability or capital to compete with him.

But if he didn't want Chahan Timur to ask for help, but asked Boluo for help. Even if he retreated from the Mao army in Shandong, he would have a feud with Chahan. At that time, although Liu Qizu could maintain a certain autonomy, he would have established an unparalleled and terrible opponent.

Therefore, whether you ask for help from Chahan Timur or from Boluo Timur, there are both pros and cons.

But what Liu Qizu didn't expect was that at this time, would Boluo and Chahan really eliminate reinforcements without hesitation?

Oh, not necessarily.

But at this moment, the conflict between Boluo and Chahan is becoming more and more intense. Just last month, in order to reconcile the conflict between the two, Emperor Yuan even issued an edict in person, spending a "38th parallel" for them in the Jin and Hebei region.

The plain text of the black and white text stipulates: "In the future, Chahan Timur and Boluo Timur's generals must not cross the border with each other and violate the trustworthy place. Therefore, they will be vendetta-don't be able to leave Lan, and the Xingzhou realm will not be able to invade the land."

To put it bluntly, Lan, the two states of Xing are bound to Boluo and the south to Chahan.

But the result of this kind of harmony with the mud is that both sides are dissatisfied.

It is because in terms of official positions, Boluo was the chief military commander of Datong and the military commander outside the pass. According to the custom of Yuan and Mongolia, the Jin and Ji land north of the Yellow River should be controlled by Boluo, the commander of the great commander.

As for Chahan Timur, although he is very strong, his official position is still Pingzhang, the Ganzhou Province, and Pingzhang, the Henan Province. Strictly speaking, such an official position is not related to Chahan, whether in Shandong or Jin and Hebei.

In this way, Boluo naturally felt unfair. Because he felt that the emperor assigned the territory that originally belonged to him to Chahan.

And what about Chahan? As the passive defender of this conflict, his dissatisfaction is naturally more than that of Boro.

Although in terms of official positions, the Jin and Ji areas north of the Yellow River have no relationship with him. But in fact, these places were all robbed back from the Red Turban Army. It was the country he risked his life and built with his own strength.

Why did he give Boluo? He wasn't crazy.

In this way, Boluo's behavior of letting his general Fang Tutuo take the initiative to attack his general Babusha and plunder Dingkou and wealth on his territory naturally became the biggest provocation to him.

Because he did nothing, Boluo slapped him when he came up.

In such a situation, it is natural for him to go back, and Emperor Yuan should also stand on his side and punish Boluo severely.

But now, Emperor Yuan wanted to rely on his own righteousness to let the two of them put aside the conflict, which was naturally impossible. Therefore, although Emperor Yuan had mediated, the conflict between the two in the Jin and Hebei region was getting worse and worse.

Under such circumstances, Liu Qizu asked them for help. There were very few possibilities for their support.

After all, on the surface, Shunde and Guangping are still under the jurisdiction of the central government and are the territory of Emperor Yuan. Boluo and Chahan are at a critical moment when they urgently need the support of Emperor Yuan to attack their opponents.

At such a moment, how could they risk offending Emperor Yuan for the use of Shunde and Guangping? This is not cost-effective.

In addition, it is also an important moment when autumn harvest is approaching.

Chahan and Boluo have been entangled with each other for several months, so for them, autumn harvest is an important thing that cannot be affected by any means.

Therefore, Mao Zhengliang chose to start the war at this time because he saw these two points clearly.

Therefore, Mao Zhengliang could guarantee that neither Chahan nor Boluo would have wade into this muddy water at this time. On the contrary, they were eager for Mao Zhengliang to make trouble.

As long as Mao Zhengliang does not infringe on their vital interests, the more Mao Zhengliang makes a fuss, the more he will be dependent on them.

However, at this moment, Liu Qizu obviously failed to see this clearly. Because they just discussed the issue of "who to ask for help" for a day.

Then, it was delayed until noon the next day that Liu Qizu made up his mind, "Seeking help from Boluo in Datong. Richardhan is too strong. If he asks him for help, he will be afraid that he will only lead the tiger to drive away the wolf.

Only by asking for help from Boluo can we preserve our autonomy.” For warlord Liu Qizu, maintaining his power is undoubtedly more important than anything else.
Chapter completed!