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The golden crow falls westward, and the moon rabbit rises eastward.

Li Yan sat alone on the dragon chaise in the Long Live Hall and remained silent.

The eunuch came over carefully and then asked Li Yan in a low voice: "Governor, do you need to hold the light?"

Li Yan withdrew his thoughts and said, "Forget it, go back to the harem."

At this moment, another eunuch came in and reported: "Grandmaster, Shaoqing Chen Zuozhuo asked for a visit."

Li Yan, who had just stood up, thought for a while, sat back, and said, "Xuan him come in."

Not long after, Chen Zuotong entered the Wansui Hall under the leadership of the eunuch.

Chen Zuotong stood at His Highness and then said, "I pay homage to the Grand Commander."

Li Yan first asked Chen Zuozhu to give up the gift, and then said, "I wonder why my dear come here so late?"

Chen Zuotong said, "Please forgive me for the crime of disrespect for me!"

Li Yan said: "I will not punish you for your sins because you said the wrong thing."

After hearing what Li Yan said, Chen Zuotong said: "Weichen dared to suggest that Governor, you give up Yan Yun!"

What surprised Chen Zuotuo slightly was that Li Yan was very calm and seemed to be mentally prepared.

In order to win Yanyun, Li Yan and his ministers planned for a long time, took nearly two years, experienced dozens of battles, killed and injured tens of thousands of soldiers, and created this great situation today.

Therefore, if you give up Yan Yun, most people really can't make up this decision, whether it is Li Yan or the civil and military officials under Li Yan.

After a moment of silence, Li Yan looked at Chen Zuozhu and said, "Tell me your reasons."

Chen Zuotong said: "During the daytime, the Song envoy named Ma Kuo's analysis was actually correct. If you go to war with the State of Song now, especially if the army has to be transferred back to rescue Lelang, Zhenfan and Jeju counties, you may fight with the State of Song to lose both ways, and then make foreign fishermen profit. In that case, the State of the State of Song... will......"

Seeing Chen Zuotui hesitate, Li Yan said for Chen Zuotui: "In that case, I will become an eternal sinner of the Han people, right?"

Chen Zuotuan nodded slightly and said, "This is not the most important thing. I am afraid that you will take care of both sides of the Grand Commander, and you will not get both sides in the end."

Li Yan didn't say anything, he was waiting for Chen Zuotong's later words.

Chen Zoutong didn't keep it a secret, and said directly: "Weichen guessed that Gaoli and Taifeng's fight should be the first to fight, while the Grand Commander, you and the main force of our Liangshan Army are not on the peninsula, and fight quickly and attack Seoul as soon as possible, and then completely drive our water-pool Liangshan out of the peninsula in the shortest time. In other words, they should not have thought of fighting a long battle with us. What they thought was to quickly win the war with Mount Tai. However, because of the tenacious resistance of the first, second and third parties, they have now been trapped in the quagmire of long battles. This kind of large number of hundreds of thousands of people

The materials and food required for war are very amazing. With the national strength of Goryeo and Taifeng, they cannot support them in fighting such a big battle. Therefore, they must plunder our water-pooling Liangshan to fight to support the war. This is likely to be the reason why they bypassed Seoul and entered the hinterland of our water-pooling Liangshan. In this way, the destruction of Goryeo, Taifeng and Japan against the three counties of Lelang, Zhenfan and Jeju will be very amazing. If they are not stopped as soon as possible, the foundation of your foundation will be seriously damaged. If they really succeed by chance, the foundation of the Grand Commander will lose the foundation of competing for the world."

What Chen Zuotuan said was exactly what Li Yan was most worried about.

The reason why Li Yan was able to come out to compete with the Song, Jin, Xixia and other countries was because there were the four counties of Lelang, Zhenfan, Jeju and Taiwan provided Li Yan with support for money, food, supplies, military sources, etc.

Let me put it this way, if Li Yan had not had these four counties, Li Yan would definitely not have come to attack Yan Yun, because even if Li Yan barely conquered Yan Yun, he would not be able to afford the consumption of Yan Yun area.

The same is true for competing with the Central Plains in the future. No, it should be said that more is required. You must know that the Song State has a population of more than 120 million. The food gap alone will be an astronomical figure. Without the support of Lelang, Zhenfan, and Jeju counties, what can Li Yan use to stabilize the hearts of the people in the Central Plains?

This is just from the perspective of interests.

And emotional.

Li Yan's dozens of wives, concubines and dozens of children are all in Seoul. As a husband and father, can Li Yan not save them?

In short, Lelang, Zhenfan and Jeju counties are very important to Li Yan and cannot be missed.

Chen Zhaotong said again: "Also, even if you lose Lelang, Zhenfan, Jeju three counties, you may not be able to occupy Yanyun. If you occupy Yanyun and do not leave, the Song State, which is already in a desperate situation, will definitely fight with you with all your might. Even if you win Song State, you have to face the challenges of the Jin, Xixia and Mongolian tribes. Let's talk about the worst case first. The worst case is that you lose Lelang, Zhenfan, Jeju three counties, and you will lose Yanyun again. At the same time, you will lose the strength to compete in the Central Plains. Let's talk about the best case. The best case is that you will be seriously injured and can only recuperate within a few years. You can't compete in the Central Plains for the time being, so it is really not worth the loss."

Li Yan remained silent.

Chen Zuotong continued: "But if you give up Yan Yun, then with the current strength of the Grand Commander, you can easily destroy Goryeo, Taifeng, and even Japan. In that case, your strength will be fully restored and improved at most two years. In that case, you can find another suitable opportunity to fight back. By then, you will be invincible and win the Central Plains in one fell swoop!"

Li Yan looked at Chen Zuotuan and asked, "Will there be such a chance?"

Chen Zuotuo said with confidence: "As long as you give Yan Yun to the State of Song, you will definitely have such an opportunity!"

Li Yan asked: "Why?"

Chen Zhaotong said: "If you don't change your weaknesses, you will worry about unevenness. The Jin and Xixia have put in such great strength, but you can't get anything. How could they be willing to do so? It would be fine if the Song State was strong, but the Song State had already exposed its weakness. How could the Jin and Xixia give up? Therefore, there must be a battle between the three sides, and the weak ministers dare to conclude that the defeated side must be Song State!"

The whole story of Jingkang's shame suddenly flashed through Li Yan's mind, which was so similar to what Chen Zuotuan analyzed!

Chen Zuotong said again: "If you give Yan Yun to the State of Song, you will have a huge benefit."

Li Yan asked: "What are the great benefits?"

Chen Zuozhu said: "You will occupy the righteousness."

Li Yan frowned slightly and said, "Will I occupy the righteousness?"

Chen Zhaotong explained: "If you give up the war with the Song Kingdom because of more than 100 million Han people and make the Song Kingdom perfect, the Han people in the world will definitely admire you and praise you. If the Han people fall into suffering in the future, you will lead a large army to rescue them, and you will surely win the hearts of the Han people and the world will be determined!"

After hearing this, Li Yan's eyes flashed, "In another three or four years, the Jingkang shame will occur. If I raise the army and come back, I will win the hearts of the Han people as Chen Zuotong said, and the world will be determined... Let's take a step back, even if Zhao Ji suddenly became wise and worked hard to govern the country and kept resisting the Jin and Xixia abroad, there would be no shame in Jingkang, and the world would be so great. I, Li Yan, have soldiers, ships, talents and advanced weapons, can I still have no place to establish a country?"
Chapter completed!