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After the meeting ended, Song Jingang was about to return to his tent, but halfway up, he suddenly heard someone stop him: "General Song, please stay!" Fang has something to inquire! ”

Song Jingang looked back and saw Fang Xuanling standing behind him, and couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

He hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted: "Lord Fang, I don't know what is the matter with calling the last general?" ”

He knows that Fang Xuanling is one of the ministers that Yuming values very much, and he is also the minister of chemical education in the court, and he has the power to take the imperial examination, which can be described as the cultivator of the future officials in the court. Many people are rumored that Fang Xuanling will be a popular candidate for the next prime minister.

Fang Xuanling stepped forward at this time, pulled him to a secluded place in the camp, and then smiled slightly: "General Song, when we had a meeting just now to discuss how to break through Jiangdu City, among the generals, you were the only one who supported my proposal, which really surprised Fang!" ”

After hearing this, Song Jingang also said with a regretful face: "In fact, the last general thinks that the southern expedition has reached the most critical moment, further expand the sea and the sky, and take a step back, and there will be no recovery." If we can't conquer Jiangdu with all our hearts, we won't be able to cross the Yangtze River south and take all the land east of Jiangdong...... It is impossible to talk about completely exterminating the Jianghuai army. ”

"Moreover, I heard that Li Tang has launched an attack on our Great Zhou, if we don't take Jiangdu as soon as possible, in case the enemy reinforcements come, I am afraid that our army will be in trouble under the internal and external attacks of the Jianghuai Army and the Tang Army." Song Jingang said with a worried face.

After hearing this, Fang Xuanling also sighed: "Yes! General Song, you know this situation, I know it, and Your Majesty knows it. It's just that some people are really pedantic...... In His Majesty's position, as the king of a country, he naturally did not dare to openly stand up and say that he agreed to break the embankment and flood the Jiangdu City! Because this will become a handle for the people of the world, especially Li Tang's side to attack him, saying that the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty does not care about the life and death of the surname, how can he be the lord of the world, etc., which is not conducive to our army to win over the Jiangnan Shi clan and surname......"

Song Jingang pondered for a moment at this time, and then said: "Master Fang, although you and I don't have much communication, it can be regarded as a deep exchange. Although Song first worked under Liu Wuzhou, he has always revered His Majesty. Now that Master Fang wants Song to behave, just say it explicitly! But if Song can do it, he will never refuse! ”

After Fang Xuanling heard this, he was also overjoyed.

A hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes and said: "Fang has carefully observed the place where our army's camp is stationed before, and found that it is on a higher mound outside the city, although it is not far from the canal, it will not be flooded even if it is decided. Jiangdu is only five miles away from the canal, and the terrain is low-lying, if the canal embankment is excavated, the river water will be poured into the city, making Jiangdu a vast ocean. In this way, Yangzhou will be broken! ”

Song Jingang listened to this, and immediately gasped.

He was slightly shocked in his heart: "Could it be that Lord Fang wants me to lead the army to break the embankment?" ”

"Exactly!" Fang Xuanling is colorful.

"This ......" Song Jingang said with a wry smile on his face: "Lord Fang, do you know the consequences of doing this?" If we really drown the river, one of the capitals of the world, how will the military attachés of the DPRK and China view us? How will the world's scholars view us? I'm afraid that when I return to Luoyang, the impeachment of our recital will fill His Majesty's imperial study! ”

Fang Xuanling took a deep breath at this time, and said solemnly: "Before the Southern Expedition, I had a conversation with Hu Sizheng all night, and he said that when it comes to fighting for hegemony in the world, you must not be merciful, otherwise you will suffer from the enemy's backlash. Our emperor is good at everything, but sometimes he is soft-hearted towards his surname. If it is like Gaoyou before, the surname of our Da Zhou is still necessary. But if it is these people in the capital of Xiangjiang, not only do they not have the will to surrender, but they are hostile to His Majesty and my Great Zhou. There's really no need to keep it! ”

He said solemnly: "Back then, Fang Mou was just a proud little official in the Guanlongmen valve, not His Majesty's discerning acquaintance who promoted me, Fang Mou is afraid that he is still unknown." Soldiers die for their confidants, and in the battle to dominate the world, someone must sacrifice...... And this sacrifice is not only a sacrifice of life, but also a loss of reputation. Someone has to be the bad guy! And the emperor must not be this bad guy...... If General Song is mentally prepared, he will be this bad guy with me Fang Xuanling! ”

Song Jingang was also deeply moved. You must know that Fang Xuanling's current reputation and reputation in his surname are good. In the DPRK and China, there is also a saying that "the house plots are broken". Many people believe that he may be a popular candidate for the next prime minister. If he abandons such an upward momentum and ignores it, but goes to bear the notoriety of turning a deaf ear to the life and death of his surname, unscrupulous means for the sake of military achievements, and breaking the embankment and flooding the city, he is afraid that it will have a great impact on his future career and reputation.

Thinking of this, Song Jingangfang clasped his fists with both hands, bowed respectfully to Fang Xuanling, and said, "Lord Fang, since you can sacrifice like this, what can't Song sacrifice as a general?" Now that the battle meeting has just ended, whether it is His Majesty or the other generals, they should all return to the tent to rest. The last general led his men to the canal embankment and broke the embankment. Even if Your Majesty learns about this in the future and wants to hold me accountable, Lord Fang will just push it on me! Song Mouli undertook it! ”

"Good brother! How can you bear the consequences of this alone? If you want to die, everyone will die together! Fang Xuanling held Song Jingang's hand tightly and said, "Let's face it together!" ”

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In the early morning of the next day, Yu Ming had just woken up, and was about to give an order to his own soldiers, asking them to find the generals of each battalion and continue to hold a combat meeting, but he saw Luo Cheng breaking into the big tent in a hurry.

He shouted as he ran: "Your Majesty, something is wrong! The canal has burst! Now there is a vast sea inside and outside Jiangdu City! Fortunately, I was smarter, and when I chose a place to camp before, I set it up on a higher mound, otherwise it would have been miserable...... But how could the canal suddenly burst without warning? ”

"What? The canal actually burst? When Yu Ming heard this, he was also shocked.

He hurriedly got dressed, rolled over and got out of bed.

Yu Ming walked out of the camp tent and saw that what appeared in front of him was a vast sea, and the boundless flood surrounded the Zhou army camp.

Fortunately, when they camped before, the Zhou army camped on a higher mound, otherwise they would have been flooded.

"Strange, how could the canal dam burst for no apparent reason?" Yu Ming secretly thought in his heart: "This matter is really a coincidence, when we had a meeting to discuss it last night, Fang Xuanling was talking about breaking the canal embankment...... As a result, when I woke up early this morning, the canal really burst. ”

He naturally knew that the canal would not break by itself for no reason, and someone must have dug it up. But last night, he had already ordered to abandon the plan to burst the embankment.

So who did this? Could it be the Jianghuai Army? But isn't that drowning themselves? Yu Ming was a little puzzled.

At this moment, he saw Fang Xuanling and Song Jingang rowing a small boat from outside the camp gate to the mound.

Then, like small soldiers who had done something wrong, the two of them walked up to him tremblingly, and then they both knelt down on the ground and said, "Please condemn your majesty!" We made a good suggestion, and commanded the soldiers to break the canal embankment......"

"What? You even broke the levee without permission? Don't you know how much infamy it will take us to do so? Yu Ming's eyes widened and he shouted angrily.

At this time, he said angrily, "Do you two think that I never thought of this? It's just that I think the consequences of doing this are too serious, and it will make us lose the hearts of the people in Jiangnan. It also gave Du Fuwei and Li Yuan an excellent opportunity to attack my Da Zhou on the moral level......"

Yu Ming angrily pointed at the noses of the two and said: "Now the eyes of the whole country are staring at our southern expedition, how many people are watching if there is any trouble." At that time, people and surnames will be able to drown us with a single spit. Moreover, have you figured out how to deal with the impeachment of the DPRK and Chung? I'm afraid not only your career is over! I have to go to prison for a lifetime. ”

"Ahh Your Majesty, how is this good? Song Jingang and Fang Xuanling were also shocked when they heard this. Although they were ready to lose their official positions before, they never expected to be in prison.

"Alas! You didn't even report to me before you acted, so I had to rack my brains to wipe your ass...... So be it! You sit on the sidelines first, and I think about how to resolve the serious consequences of this matter. Yu Ming also sighed.

He also knew very well in his heart that even if Fang Xuanling and Song Jingang made this matter without authorization, those clear streams and people in the Eastern Capital City would also be counted on his head, thinking that he acquiesced or instructed it. Moreover, if Li Tang's people seized the opportunity to publicize the general trend of the Zhou army's brazen breaking the embankment and flooding the Jiangdu City, regardless of the life and death of the surname, it would have a great impact on the Zhou army's capture of Jiangnan and the return of the people in the southern region to the Great Zhou.

"Now it seems that we only have one battle for public opinion!" Yu Ming thought for a moment, but a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind.

Seeing that the two of them were still a little confused, Fang Shen said: "From now on, you will send an order to let everyone speak in unison, no matter who they meet, they all say in unison that it is the Jianghuai army that dug the embankment in an attempt to flood the camp of our Zhou army." Fortunately, our military first got the news and temporarily relocated the battalion to a higher ground, so that it was spared. And there is a lack of talent in the Jianghuai army. Therefore, it is unclear about the direction of the canal water flow and the terrain in the Jiangdu City, which leads to the influx of some canal floods into the Jiangdu City, causing many casualties in the city...... Therefore, I Da Zhou would like to express my strong indignation and condemnation of this shameless act of the Jianghuai Army! ”

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