Jiang Mi's side.

After separating from Li Jingjin, she returned with the Cui clan disciples towards the temporary foothold they had found.

Walking and walking, Jiang Mi saw that there were endless cars and horses on the official road not far away, and it was clear that a team was coming to deliver food. Since Chai Rong's army was stationed here, there were convoys delivering grain from time to time, and the reason why this team made Jiang Mi notice was because the team was a little more public, the convoy was not very long, only a hundred ox carts, but each ox cart was written with a very bright and huge banner "Northern Zhou Soldiers" four big characters, and the family badges on those ox carts were particularly obvious, completely obvious for fear that others would not know.

Jiang Mi only glanced at it, then withdrew his gaze. At this time, her own carriage also went on the official road, and she was about to meet this team transporting grain.

At this moment, more than a dozen knights ran behind Jiang Mi, and the one who rode the horse and ran at the front was Jiang Mi's acquaintance, the scribe surnamed Shao next to Zhao Kuangyin, and behind him was Shao Xiaozi, who had a lot of friendship with Jiang Mi.

Jiang Mi hadn't seen Shao Xiaozi for two years.

I didn't expect it, but I haven't seen him for two years, this kid is obviously a lot more capable, and the face that used to be white and tender is now black and red.

In the blink of an eye, the scribe surnamed Shao and Shao Xiaozi and others rushed to Jiang Mi and the others and came to the team transporting grain.

As soon as the line of transporting grain stopped, more than a dozen men dressed as family guards at the front bowed and saluted at the same time, and called, "I have seen the head of the family." ”

It turned out that this grain transportation team was actually the private soldier of the family of the scribe surnamed Shao?

When Jiang Mi was thinking like this, the scribe surnamed Shao had already sunk his face, and he shouted in annoyance: "Who made you fly such a messy banner? And these ox carts." Really, what a reason!" He was so used to it that he was so annoyed that he just kept screaming.

Several family guards didn't expect him to be so annoyed, and they couldn't help but turn their heads at the same time and quietly look at a carriage in the back.

Shao Xiaozi followed their gaze, and after just a glance, he exclaimed, "Little sister-in-law?"

The scribe surnamed Shao also found that the one sitting in the carriage in the middle turned out to be his childhood sweetheart's cousin, his concubine Yun who had been in the room for two years.

Yun Shi also met the gaze of her husband at this time, her face turned pale, and tears came out of her small and delicate face. Seeing the scribe surnamed Shao staring at her, she hurriedly and carefully climbed out of the carriage. Coming to her husband in small steps, Yun Shi said tremblingly: "Husband, husband, forgive me, it is really the meaning of the mother and the master, they say, they say ......"

Before she could finish speaking, the scribe surnamed Shao had already interrupted her with a cold face, "Okay, okay." Turning his head, he shouted, "Throw away all these messy flags." ”

"Yes. ”

In the blink of an eye, he stared at the Yun clan again, and said angrily: "This is not the place where you should come as a woman, go back immediately." ”

Yun Shi trembled for a moment, and said busily with a white face: "Yes, yes, the concubine will go back." ”

The grain has not yet been put into storage, and the scribe surnamed Shao naturally will not let his concubine go back alone like this, and if he wants to leave, he must also walk with the guards. At that moment, he snorted coldly with a straight face, took over the command, and drove towards the barracks with the grain transportation team.

Seeing that her husband no longer blamed herself, Na Yun burst into tears and smiled, and she smiled sweetly at her husband delicately, and climbed into the carriage.

Seeing this, a guard said to the scribe surnamed Shao: "Although the women's Taoist family has no knowledge, they are also mindful. ”

The scribe surnamed Shao nodded when he heard this, and he said, "Although my cousin is not very smart, she really cares about my affairs. She's a good one. ”

What the scribe surnamed Shao didn't notice was that at this time, his younger brother Shao Xiaozi drove his horse to Yun's carriage, only to see him stretching out his head to look at Yun's and asking curiously: "Little sister-in-law, didn't you say that your sister-in-law was driven to her hometown in the countryside to serve her grandmother as early as a year ago? Why did you just say that this grain delivery is so flamboyant, and everyone in the world knows about it, it was the idea of grandmother and sister-in-law?

Yun quickly raised her head, and subconsciously, she glanced in the direction of the scribe surnamed Shao.

Seeing that her husband, who had always been suspicious, didn't notice this, let alone heard these words, Yun Shi panicked and thought: My little uncle has always been a person who doesn't want to do anything, and I must not mess with him to make him really take care of it.

At that moment, she reached out and pressed her chest, retched, and said weakly: "Brother, what did you say?" I'm sorry, I'm a little sicksick, my ears have been buzzing just now, and I didn't hear your words clearly. With that, she fell to the side again and vomited.

Shao Xiaozi really diverted his attention, and he said embarrassedly: "Little sister-in-law is not feeling well, then I will leave." With that, he rode his horse to the side of the scribe surnamed Shao.

At this moment, Jiang Mi and others also arrived. Encountering Jiang Mi head-on, Shao Xiaozi was stunned, until the scribe surnamed Shao called him away, Shao Xiaozi was still looking back at Jiang Mi's back frequently.

......

Chai Rong's character is a more and more courageous one. Li Jingjin's peace talks, if they are peace talks, are more like declarations, and Li Jingjin's attitude has also stimulated Chai Rong to a greater extent.

He began to study the map of the Southern Tang Dynasty day and night, thinking hard about the enemy's strategy.

On this day, Chai Rong summoned the generals, and he took out the military defense information of Li Jingjin collected by Zhao Kuangyi. After putting a map on the table, Chai Rong pointed to the map and said, "From here to here, a total of 100 miles of Huaishui, Li Jingjin has set up five checkpoints. These five checkpoints, he sent heavy guards. I thought carefully, since we are not good at water warfare, then we can't disperse the military strength, if all the naval forces concentrate all their strength to attack a checkpoint, it may not be impossible to win, Zhu Qing thinks, which checkpoint is better to march from?"

Zhao Kuangyi is a meticulous person, he makes a map, the location and advantages of each checkpoint and the other party's military layout, there is a general overview, although about the other party's military deployment, because Li Jingjin is too tightly guarded, can not get first-hand information, but how much can be investigated at present, how the Southern Tang Dynasty has always been arranged, Zhao Kuangyi explained to the generals in detail on one side.

After listening, seeing that the generals did not speak, Chai Rong said again: "What do you think of this chicken?

Zhao Kuangyi immediately said: "Your Majesty is wise, according to the minister's investigation, this chicken song crossing is the weak point of Li Jingjin's defense. He pointed his finger over Jimingdu on the map, and said: "Your Majesty, you see, the current Jimingdu commander Du Gan is a talented and ambitious person, and has always been at odds with Li Jingjin, according to the minister's investigation, the Southern Tang soldiers stationed in Jimingdu will not exceed 50,000, and they are all Du Gan's soldiers and horses. ”

In Zhao Kuangyi's view, since this Du Gan is at odds with Li Jingjin, Li Jingjin will inevitably be negligent in the deployment of military strength. After all, if something happens to Ji Mingdu, the main responsibility will only lie with Du Gan, and Li Jingjin is responsible as the commander-in-chief, but that responsibility can be perfunctory with his status as a dignified prince.

After listening to Zhao Kuangyi's suggestion, Chai Rong was silent for a long time.

He kept his eyes on the map.

After pondering for a long time, Chai Rong said: "Okay, let's attack Jimingdu!" Zhao Kuangyi!"

Zhao Kuangyi didn't expect Chai Rong to accept his opinions so easily, and he was immediately in high spirits, and he responded loudly: "The minister is here." ”

Chai Rong ordered: "You go and draw up a plan for the attack on Ji Mingdu." ”

"Yes. ”

After Zhao Kuangyi left, Chai Rongwu stared at the map with his conceited hand.

After another moment, Chai Rong ordered, "You all go down." ”

"Yes. ”

After everyone retreated, Chai Rong asked people to call back Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin strode behind Chai Rong, and seeing that Chai Rong was still staring at the map, Zhao Kuangyin said in a low voice: "Your Majesty has other arrangements?"

Almost as soon as Zhao Kuangyin's voice fell, Chai Rong turned his head to look at him. After a while, Chai Rong laughed and patted Zhao Kuangyin's shoulder heavily.

After coughing a few times, Chai Rong retracted his overly deep voice and said in a low voice, "Not bad." I thought of a way to strike at the west. Zhao Aiqing, I can only rest assured that you will handle this matter!"

"Yes. ”

Chai Rong pointed to one of the checkpoints and said, "Look at this Xiyu Ferry." ”

Zhao Kuangyin stepped forward and observed carefully.

Chai Rong's finger swiped over Xiyudu, and said in a deep voice: "I have decided that the whole army will make an illusion of attacking Jimingdu. And then actually, our goal was Xiyudu. ”

This Xiyu ferry has no other characteristics in the five major checkpoints, it is that the water surface is wide enough and the ferry port is large enough. Generally speaking, such a ferry is also relatively tightly guarded, and it is not a good place to attack. However, Zhao Kuangyin observed for a while and immediately understood the reason why Chai Rong chose it.

At this time, Chai Rong continued: "I poured all the strength of the Northern Zhou naval army into attacking this Xiyudu. Unless he, Li Jingjin, had already anticipated my intentions, otherwise, with his scattered Southern Tang military strength, he would definitely not be able to prevent me. ”

With his hands in his hand, Chai Rong stared at the map and said: "I have 70,000 sailors and 3,000 ships, which are gathered on the wide water surface of this Xiyu Crossing, just forming two columns in front and rear. Speaking of this, Chai Rong said again: "I think that although there are many soldiers in this Xiyudu, it has no obvious advantages compared to the others. If the elimination method was adopted, Li Jingjin would not have thought that my target was it!"

Zhao Kuangyin also agreed with this, he nodded and said: "Although Li Jingjin has won a few times in the past few years, he is only a rising star with a shallow foundation after all, and he is definitely not His Majesty's opponent." Looking at the map, Zhao Kuangyin thought: If you are full of calculations, the naval army of the Southern Tang Dynasty will not exceed 150,000, even if their naval army is three times stronger than that of my Northern Zhou naval army, his 150,000 military horses are scattered to five levels, and the guards at each level are only 30,000. My 70,000 sailors are attacking with all their might, and he will certainly not be able to deal with it. ”

The more he thought about it, the more Zhao Kuangyin felt that this strategy was feasible, and at that moment, he resolutely received the order, "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to be the commander!" Chai Rong shook his head, and he said decisively: "No, I am the commander!" Speaking of this, his eyes darkened, and he said in a deep voice: "Prepare, three days later, Yin will send troops at three moments!"

"Yes. ”