The Goryeo king Li Zaidao sat in the shadow, and a glass lamp on the side pulled his shadow long on the ground. His figure was slightly hunched, and his hair hanging from the crown was faintly white. Although he was only in his thirties, at first glance, he seemed to be around fifty.

For the inheritance of the Li family in Goryeo, he was afraid of the spirit, but finally saw that the general situation was like a mountain collapse and tsunami, and it rolled in with an irreversible momentum. First, the dispute with Tan family directly led to the civil war in Goryeo. In order to fight against Tan family, he had to introduce Zhang Zhongwu. As a result, Tan Daoji was indeed forced into the deep mountains, but Zhang Zhongwu's troops were stationed in Goryeo and refused to leave. After a few years, under the exploitation of Zhang family, Goryeo's situation was even worse than before.

If this continues, sooner or later, the rule of Li in Goryeo will be completely destroyed and replaced by Zhang Zhongwu. Under such a harsh situation, he had to start a new plan and Tan Daoji, who was in a difficult situation, planned to resist Zhang's threat of force together.

But unfortunately, even if he is united with Tan Daoji, he will not be Zhang Chengyou's opponent.

Although the Zhang family troops led by Zhang Chengyou were only more than 15,000, they were not able to resist. Although in terms of number of people, the number of troops that Goryeo could gather far exceeded the number of times, the war was not something that could determine the outcome of the war.

What's more, the capital of Seoul is now basically controlled by Zhang Chengyou.

In addition to this palace, he could barely control himself.

If they wanted to drive Zhang Zhongwu away, they had to introduce another force, the Tang army under Li Ze's control.

It was a force that was even larger and terrifying than Zhang Zhongwu.

Li Zaidao was hesitating because he knew that Tan Daoji had always been in contact with Li Ze, and even Tan Daoji could survive until now under Zhang Chengyou's attack, because of Li Ze's support from the sea. Otherwise, Tan Daoji would have been killed by Zhang Chengyou long ago.

But from another perspective, perhaps it is precisely because of Tan Daoji's existence that he can still live in the palace and still bear the title of Goryeo king.

Otherwise, with Zhang Zhongwu's domineering and Zhang Chengyou's arrogance, he would have been unable to save his life.

Tan Daoji still exists and has a certain amount of power. Li Zaidao has the value of exploitation to Zhang Zhongwu.

"Master, this is the final plan given by Li Ze." Park Zicheng looked at the Master with some helplessness and said.

Li Zaidao's face turned red, "Is this what I want to offer me as a clay Buddha? It's not even a puppet."

He roared angrily, "Since that's the case, why do I have to let them in and give them to Zhang Zhongwu, isn't it the same?"

"The king of the country, different!" Park Zicheng was much calmer than the excited Lee Jae-do. "Although the plan given by Li Ze was equivalent to depriving the king of the power, it also gave the king of the country, that is, the king of the country can stay in this position safely and soundly. The position of Prime Minister is different. Tan Daoji worked for five years, and will it definitely be him in the next five years?"

"He holds the power of ruling in his hands, and he can naturally make arrangements calmly in five years." Li Zaidao said angrily.

"Master, he has five years, and we have five years. Tan Daoji has his strength, but there are many people in the entire Goryeo who are loyal to His Majesty." Park Zicheng said: "Li Ze's guarantee makes Tan Daoji dare not take any action against the Master, so we can naturally have the opportunity to leverage Tan Daoji's strength."

"When that happens, you and I are all fish on the felt boards of Tan Daoji. What are you talking about?"

"So this is also the reason why I agree with the Tang people to station troops in Seoul." Park Zicheng said softly: "The Tang army is in Seoul, so the king will naturally be fine. No matter how brave Tan Daoji is, he will not dare to do anything to the king under the eyes of the Tang army. The king, as long as he has time, there will be a chance. Even if Tan Daoji is alive, we have no chance, but he is old and dead. Does his successor have such a scheming plan? Your Majesty is only thirty years old, and Tan Daoji is already fifty-five. Your Majesty can wait, endure, and manage it slowly. Your Majesty can fail countless times, but as long as one success is successful, Tan will be finished."

Li Zaidao took a deep breath, closed his eyes for a while, and finally nodded: "What Dr. Park said is reasonable. But do you think Li Ze will definitely win this time? A few days ago, Zhang Chengyou said with serene satisfaction that their army was attacking Li Ze. Wherever the army went, it was invincible, and the Tang army retreated step by step."

Park Zicheng sneered: "That's because Li Ze's army is now fighting fiercely with Daliang. The only one of the Liao army is resisting the Liao army, with more than 30,000 people. Even these 30,000 people are also blocking them in Jianchang? I heard that the Liao army suffered a great loss."

"Where did you get the news?" Li Zaidao said in surprise.

"Master, I asked about this news from Zhang Chengyou's subordinates." Park Zicheng said: "His subordinates only need to give enough silver to find out the news. And why did Li Ze send a large army to the sea? Is it just to help us?"

Li Zaidao suddenly realized: "They were going to copy Zhang Zhongwu's retreat. But didn't you say that they only had more than 5,000 people?"

"This is just the first batch!" Park Zicheng said: "Master, when Li Ze started planning this matter, the Liao army was not ready to attack Tangdi at all. What does this mean? It means that Li Ze was going to be prepared to deal with Zhang Zhongwu very early, otherwise such a large army would not be so easy to come. Therefore, the current rapid advance of the Liao army is probably a big hole that Li Ze dug for Zhang Zhongwu. The further they go forward, the harder it will be to come back then."

Lee Jae-do took a deep breath, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Park Zicheng was very reasonable.

"Doctor Park, you said we used Li Ze's tiger to drive away Zhang Zhongwu's hungry wolf. What will happen in the future?"

Hearing the question from the king, Park Zicheng was silent for a moment before saying, "King, Li Ze and Zhang Zhongwu are still different. Zhang Zhongwu wants to completely annex us. Li Ze, all he wants is to surrender."

"If you just surrender, it doesn't matter. Hasn't our Goryeo always paid tribute to the Central Plains dynasty?" Li Zaidao sighed and said, "It's just that Li Ze wants to garrison troops and ports, which is really uneasy."

"We are too weak at the moment, so we can only take one step at a time, solve the urgent problem first, and then slowly plan it." Park Zicheng said: "As long as Li Ze does not have the ambition to annex us, these things can always be discussed in the future."

"Will Li Ze really replace Li Tang?"

Park Zicheng nodded: "In my opinion, this is probably the trend of the general trend. Even if Li Ze does not have this intention, his subordinates will follow him forward. What's more, now the Emperor Li Tang is obviously not in the same way as Li Ze, and the south direction is eyeing him. Li Ze is sailing against the current, and if he doesn't advance, he will retreat. He will not disappoint his subordinates."

"Will a person who plots against the throne help me to prevent my Gaoli royal family from overthrowing?" Li Zaidao sighed.

"At least in my opinion, Li Zexiong is very talented. If he takes office, it will probably not take too long to unify the world. A powerful new court is a good thing for a small border country like us. Because for us, once there is something happening in the country, they will be able to intervene and ensure that there will be no chaos here. On the contrary, if they are in civil strife and are indifferent to each other, the king of the country is the real danger. Just like Tan, if it weren't for the Tang Dynasty's court in those years, would he dare to rebel?" Park Zicheng said.

"I hope this is the case!" Li Zaidao nodded: "You tell Gu Han and I agree. I hope they will believe in their words. I, Goryeo, wish to always be a vassal country of the Tang Dynasty, pay tribute every year and come to pay tribute every year."

"The king of the country is wise." Park Zicheng stood up and bowed: "Zhang Chengyou pretended to be defeated repeatedly in front of Tan Daoji's counterattack, and wanted to lure all the main forces of Tan Daoji out of the mountain and annihilate them in one fell swoop. However, Tan Daoji was using a plan. His troops would all go down the mountain and launch a general attack towards Seoul. When the battle came, Zhang Chengyou would definitely take all our troops away. Your Majesty must insist on leaving an elite force to protect the palace."

“This is natural.”

"What Zhang Chengyou faced was not the mobs of Tan Daoji at that time, but the right Jinwu Guard of the Tang army armed to the teeth. What's more, Yelu Yuan had already surrendered to the Tang people. In this battle, Zhang Chengyou would definitely lose a lot, and his life would be lost. At that time, Seoul would inevitably be in chaos." Park Zicheng said: "But we have to be careful of Tan Daoji's attacks. You also know that in Seoul, he must have surrendered people. Even those who surrendered to Zhang Chengyou, under such circumstances, they might immediately change their ranks and surrender to Tan Daoji."

"You said Tan Daoji to murder me?" Li Zaidao was shocked.

"Why is it impossible?" Park Zicheng took a deep breath: "The three of us have good plans, but what if you are gone in the chaos, lord, you are gone? Even all the royal families in Seoul died in the chaos? If this happens, will the Tang army still have a choice? Even if they know that it was Tan Daoji's move, they will definitely wince the Liao army in order to ensure that they will completely defeat Zhang Zhongwu's retreat."

Li Zaidao stood up suddenly, his face turned ashen.
Chapter completed!