That night, Chai Rong convened a meeting of all the generals for three hours.

After the meeting, Chai Rong waved his hand to signal the generals to stand down, and he stood in front of the map with his hands in a daze.

In fact, not only Chai Rong, at this time, Zhao Kuangyin was also quite upset.

Zhao Kuangyi came behind his brother and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty's thunderstorm has no effect, the current key is to fight on the water, and we are too far away from the Southern Tang Army." ”

Zhao Kuangyin tightened his eyebrows, sighed lightly when he heard this, and said, "No wonder Your Majesty is annoyed. We have such a sharp weapon as the Southern Tang Army Defense Map in hand, but we are still helpless when we encounter the Southern Tang Army. ”

At this time, another general came up, and he said respectfully to Zhao Kuangyin: "Big brother, Your Majesty said that he would give him a battle plan by half a month at the latest, what good idea do you have?" When the general said this, the surrounding generals all gathered around, and they gathered around Zhao Kuangyin, looking at him expectantly.

I have to say that Zhao Kuangyin is really quite prestigious in the army, and his personality is a bit similar to Chai Rong, both of whom are bold and generous. Although Zhao Kuangyin is slightly inferior to Chai Rong in military affairs, relatively speaking, his personality is also more lenient. It can be said that whether it is Chai Rong or Zhao Kuangyin, they are both natural leaders, and they have a kind of personality charm that makes people feel convincing.

Hearing the brothers' questions, Zhao Kuangyin sighed, and he said: "There will always be a way, let's go and think about it together." ”

......

After discussing for half a month, General Chai Rong still didn't have any good plans.

With nothing to do, Chai Rong decided to force the attack.

When he knew the news, Zhao Kuangyi was very uneasy, he found Zhao Kuangyin and said, "Big brother, it's not a way to attack like this." ”

Zhao Kuangyin said: "In addition to a strong attack is retreat, there is no word retreat in Your Majesty's words. ”

Zhao Kuangyi said hurriedly: "But we can think about it again,"

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head and said, "It's useless." Our disadvantage is that we lack experience in water warfare, and our soldiers are not able to understand water. In this case, unless we learn the same as in the Three Kingdoms, we can gather the generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty for our use. But now Nantang has long been prepared, and this road will not work at all. ”

Zhao Kuangyi was so anxious that he turned around, "Your Majesty is too anxious, in my opinion, when encountering this kind of thing, since there is nothing to be done for the time being, then wait, wait for a few months and a half, maybe you can find a breakthrough." In front of his brother, he didn't take care of what he said, "I think Your Majesty is not good at this, he is impatient in doing things, and he is not cautious in thinking about things, like last time, I said that I would detain King Kang and his wife in Houshu in Daliang for a few years, so I don't worry that they will leak the news that we got the defense map of the Southern Tang Dynasty to the Southern Tang people, it is really not good, and it is okay to secretly behead those two people." But His Majesty was in a hurry, and ordered Na Cuizi to expel King Nakang on the spot. He would rather spend the boss's energy and let people keep staring at the couple to prevent them from communicating with Nantang, and not think about it for a day and a half. ”

"Shut up!" Zhao Kuangyin shouted loudly! After making Zhao Kuangyi shut his mouth, Zhao Kuangyin shouted angrily: "Everyone has their own principle of doing things, Your Majesty's life is bright and fair, his character is like this, he would rather do it afterwards than be a villain beforehand." If it weren't for Your Majesty's character, how could you, me, and the ministers be so willing to be attached to Jiwei?"

Although Zhao Kuangyi has always been conceited and smart, he also knows that his brother's words are reasonable. He closed his mouth and said sullenly: "You don't want me to say it, I don't say it." ”

The day after Chai Rong made up his mind, he mobilized a hundred warships and crossed the Huai River with overwhelming momentum.

One hundred warships, 500 soldiers on each boat, the Northern Zhou army in this first wave of attack was 50,000 people.

On the other side of the Huai River.

Li Wu stood under the banner of Shuai, looking at the Northern Zhou ships that were far away, and a Southern Tang Dynasty general next to him said: "The Northern Zhou boats are lined up from afar. Could it be that their boatmen are afraid that their boat will not be able to hold up, and they will bump into themselves if they get too close?"

The general said it was really funny, and the generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty laughed at the moment. Another Southern Tang general said with a smile: "The northerners are afraid of ships like tigers, and most of them can't even stand on the boats. It's no wonder they tread carefully. ”

In the laughter of the generals, Li Wu stared at the other side of the river with an expressionless face, and while waving the flag and ordering the Southern Tang Dynasty boats to set up their formations, he said coldly: "You give me a little care." The person on the other side is none other than Chai Rong!"

The word Chai Rong was too deterrent, and for a while, the generals' expressions were dark.

Seeing that they were no longer underestimating the enemy, Li Wu continued to frown and stare ahead.

After a while, Li Wu snorted lightly, "The time has come!" As soon as the voice arrived, the order flag in his hand waved a few times.

Almost as soon as Li Wu's flag was posted, thousands of light boats rushed into the river like arrows, rushing towards the Northern Zhou fleet. You know, the Northern Zhou ships are separated from each other, and this is convenient for these small boats. In the blink of an eye, thousands of small boats were inserted into the big ships of the Northern Zhou Dynasty like flowers and willows. The Southern Tang people in these small boats were all good in the water, and as soon as they surrounded a big boat, they divided into two groups, one group jumped into the water and stabbed the bottom of the boat, and the other group shot the Northern Zhou soldiers on the boat with arrows.

And when the Northern Zhou soldiers fought back, because the boat was small, the rudder was extremely fast, and the people on the boat were also extremely flexible.

In less than two quarters of an hour, these small boats forced the big ships to be embarrassed, and in the blink of an eye, five or six large ships were pierced through the stern and sank in the Huai Water in the blink of an eye!

Chai Rong had been keeping a close eye on the battle situation here, and when he saw this, he immediately sensed the gap between the two naval armies. He ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

Because Chai Rong had ordered in advance, he gave the order to retreat, and the big ships of the Northern Zhou Dynasty immediately approached each other regardless of it, and at the same time moved towards their own riverbank. They moved extremely violently, if there was a small boat in the way, it would be a collision, and the Northern Zhou soldiers were not afraid of death, even if they were in flames, they would roll on the spot, and then do what they wanted. Rao is like this, when the Northern Zhou soldiers returned to the shore an hour later, thirty or forty of a hundred ships had been lost, and the soldiers were killed and wounded!

In just one hour, one tentative attack, such heavy losses!

Chai Rong's face was completely dark, and this time, he no longer roared, but waved his hand and ordered the generals to enter the camp to continue to discuss countermeasures.

......

When Cui Zixuan and the others arrived, it was when Chai Rong was helpless against the Southern Tang Army, like a trapped tiger.

However, Cui Zixuan and the others did not rush to Chai Rong rashly. After stationing nearby, Cui Zixuan called the secret agent and asked about the battle between the two armies.

After knowing the battle situation, the concubines of the five surnames and seven wangs all fell into deep thought.

Cui Zixuan also fell into deep thought.

But such a real gap in strength is really not something that can be solved by one or two small strategies. Like Chai Rong, the sons of the family are also in trouble.

On the third day after Cui Zixuan and the others arrived, Chai Rong ordered all the Northern Zhou soldiers to temporarily retreat two miles. And with his retreat, there were many fewer boats on the river bank on the Southern Tang side, and the other bank where the flags were originally all over was dusty, and the camp tents gradually decreased.

It seems that Li Jingjin, the newly established prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty on the opposite side, also guessed that Chai Rong was not going to compete with him on the water, but had other arrangements, so he was ready to see the move and began to stretch the defense line.

......

In the Southern Tang Army.

This is the first time that someone has defeated Chai Rong head-on!

Although it did not hurt Chai Rong's muscles and bones, this victory has broken Chai Rong's undefeated myth, and the confidence of everyone in the Southern Tang Dynasty has increased greatly!

For a while, the Southern Tang army cheered, and the generals were even more overjoyed, and at this time, the only one who could keep calm was Li Wu, who changed his name to Li Jingjin!

And the calmer Li Wu was, the more convinced the Southern Tang generals were. In the past few months, Li Wu has defeated Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyi, and now Chai Rong, his ability to fight well is simply the strongest reassuring pill in this era of martial arts, enough to stabilize the country!

Just when Li Wu was discussing with the generals how to seize this good situation and give Chai Rong a head-on blow, Li Wu received the will of the Southern Tang Emperor.

As soon as this decree came out, Li Wu was furious on the spot, and in the silence of the generals in the audience, the eunuch who came to issue the decree smiled strangely: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, don't you accept the order?"

Li Wu suppressed his anger and explained calmly: "Father-in-law Yu doesn't know that Chai Rong's army has more than 300,000, and so far, his loss is only 30,000 or 40,000. He can afford this loss. It's to negotiate peace, why don't you wait for me to give Chai Rong a head-on blow, and wait for the situation to be completely favorable to me Nantang?"

This father-in-law is more than forty years old, and he is a first-class henchman behind the Emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, not to mention the prince who came halfway like Li Wu, who is the emperor's most beloved son Li Yu, and he only has the share of laughter in front of him.

After listening to Li Wu's words, Father-in-law Yu tugged at the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very polite." Not to mention that the peace talks are the result of the joint discussions between His Majesty and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, even if it is as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, the current victory is just a minor disease of scabies for Chai Rong, but doesn't this prove that Chai Rong is terrible?

Li Wu is not very good at debating, and when he heard this, he frowned and said, "This, my father-in-law doesn't know anything......"

Father-in-law Yu simply interrupted his words, and said in a weird manner: "What, is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince going to resist the decree?"

Li Wu froze on the ground.

At this time, Father-in-law Yu said sharply again: "His Royal Highness the Prince, this is the common wish of His Majesty and all the ministers!"

After a while, Li Wu lowered his head, "Son-in-law Li Jingjin takes the order!"

"Good, good. Father-in-law Yu smiled, and he said happily: "I want to come to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take advantage of the power of a great victory, and this time I will personally go to the Northern Zhou military camp for peace talks, which will definitely convince Chai Rong." After saying these half-threatening and half-warning words, Father-in-law Yu rolled up his sleeves, "His Royal Highness the Prince, in order to prevent long nights and dreams, please leave as soon as possible." ”

Li Wu lowered his head and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, "Yes, I will go tomorrow." ”