At midnight, Li Yulong was actively planning a specific action. At the same midnight, Anyang was already in an extremely tense state, and the heavy atmosphere made Xu Ren a little irritable.
Two hundred thousand troops rushed to Anyang. Although Anyang was confident, it was still an army of two hundred thousand! Anyang only had more than 50,000 troops at most, and he had to guard the border.
The reason why Anyang could withstand the numerous attacks of the State of Cai was that it had the assistance of other places such as Kaiping County. However, if it faced an army of 200,000 directly, the result would not be very good.
In Kaiping County in the north, Li Liang was also busy. On the one hand, he withdrew all forces from Xin'an County and handed Xin'an County over to the eldest prince completely in exchange for the eldest prince's inaction - if it worked, the eldest prince would be happy to see Kaiping County, Anyang and Zhongshan County fight to the death, and then the fisherman would reap the benefits.
On the other hand, Li Liang was preparing to dispatch a large army south to assist Anyang in defending Zhongshan County.
But Li Liang's subordinates had a problem, a serious problem. Kaiping County was not a small Anyang. Li Liang did not fully control Kaiping County and the generals of Kaiping County. Many of them came to listen to orders but not to announcements. These generals had performed well before, but at the critical moment, they cut off the firewood!
Li Liang's hair turned white with worry; Xu Ren and others who learned the information also frowned. Xia Qingqing directly called these Kaiping County generals "traitors".
As for Yuan Yong, he was sipping tea and watching several groups of singing girls perform songs and dances. He felt so leisurely.
Yuan Zhao said surreptitiously, "Dad, the Kong family has sent troops to attack Zhongshan County. It's time for us to move around. We have to show our abilities."
Yuan Yong smiled slightly, "Don't worry, don't rush. Let's see how the Li and Kong families perform first. As for us, we just need to wait for the business to come to us. There's no need to be too proactive."
As he was speaking, someone came to report that there was a letter from the Kong family.
Yuan Yong put down the book and smiled: "Look, the business is coming."
When Yuan Yong received Kong Xiang's letter, Kong Xiang also received Li Yulong's letter. Compared with the blank paper last time, this time there were four more words: "Take advantage of your neighbor." Only these four words.
"Harvest your neighbors? What do these four words mean?" Kong Yingzhi, who was following Kong Xiang, was a little puzzled.
After reading these four words, Kong Xiang pondered for a long time, and suddenly looked at Kong Yingzhi, "Xiaozhi, what do you think, if we join forces with the Li family?"
"What, unite with the Li family? Then my second uncle (Kong Donghua) won't be avenged?"
Kong Xiang glanced at Kong Yingzhi and said calmly, "Yes, Li Xian and we have an irreconcilable hatred; but this hatred is in the past after all! If we can avoid more casualties and if we can bring benefits to the Kong family, let alone Li Xian, even the person who killed my father and took my wife can cooperate temporarily. This is politics. But hatred? It's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge!"
Kong Yingzhi did not respond. Although he admitted that Kong Xiang was right, he could not accept it in his heart. Finally, he asked, "Third Grandfather, what does it mean to harm your neighbor?"
Kong Xiang didn't even turn his head. "What is the original intention of harming your neighbor?"
"Using the neighbor's land as a ditch to drain the flood water from your own home is a typical behavior of harming others for your own benefit. But this... does not fit the current situation!"