Chapter 388 Maintenance
Zhao Yu did not choose the meeting hall on the second floor, nor in the lounge of the top cabin, but in a private small hall he called the war room, where people were on duty day and night, the door was closed, and double posts were set up. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Don't talk about Zhang Shijie, it's Lu Xiufu, who has lived on the emperor's boat for a long time, and even Liu Huang has never been in.
"Everyone, please come in, don't be restrained!" Zhao Yu let everyone into the house and said with a smile, and he only left a scribe and a servant who served tea and poured water, and there were no guards.
"Your Majesty, are all cliffs and mountains hanging here?" As soon as Zhang Shijie entered the house, he saw that the walls of the cabin were covered with maps, and the most conspicuous one was the map of Yashan, which not only marked the surrounding landmarks, but also outlined in detail the waterways and sandbanks and the surrounding terrain, which was much more detailed than his map.
"Taifu has good eyesight, you can see it at a glance." Zhao Yu looked up and said 'like'.
"Hehe, Your Majesty praises it!" Zhang Shijie arched his hand and said with a smile.
"Taifu doesn't have to be polite, let's sit here!" Zhao Yu pointed to a long case, which was wide, covered with green felt, and surrounded by chairs.
"Lu Xiang, please!" The emperor naturally sat on the top, according to the etiquette of the right Wen and the left martial arts, Zhang Shijie sat on the lower left, and Liu Huang asked Lu Xiufu to sit on the bottom right. And Liu Di, who knows His Majesty best, feels a little blushing at the moment, His Majesty has never praised himself so much, nor has he pulled a chair for himself, but today he praised Zhang Shijie and gave up his seat, which is too numb, but Zhang Shijie is very useful.
"You are waiting under the ship, don't you know that you are not allowed to carry a sword in the palace?" The furnishings of this room are clear at a glance, there are no cubicles, no curtains, no one can be hidden, and His Majesty has no guards by his side. was so frank, Zhang Shijie was naturally embarrassed to let his guards stay in the cabin, and waved his hand to find a reason to let them out, showing that he was also open in his heart. Su Liuyi, who followed him like this, was naturally embarrassed, and took off the saber and handed it to his relatives and took him off the boat.
"I invited a few Aiqing to come, I must know why!" After letting people serve tea, Zhao Yu glanced at the four people present and said.
"Your Majesty, the ministers know." Lu Xiufu arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty wants to solve the danger of the military and civilians cutting off the water. ā
"What do you think?" Zhao Yu nodded, turned his face and asked Zhang Shijie.
"Your Majesty, such a situation is a mistake on the part of the minister, please punish Your Majesty!" Zhang Shijie bowed his hand and said ashamedly.
"Taifu is serious, urgent matters, at that time we knew very little about the enemy, and the intention was unclear, although Taifu did this conservatively, but there is nothing wrong with it, there is no need to blame yourself in the past!" Zhao Yu waved his hand and said 'generously'.
"Thank Your Majesty for your understanding, the minister is ashamed, and please give Your Majesty a foreword!" Because his strategy of self-defense was criticized by the ministers, Zhang Shijie has been under great pressure since the start of the war, and his strategy has proved to be a failure, at least cutting off the wood and water has made the army unstable, and he can only supply the limited water to the elite Huai army. And he also knew that if it continued for a while, it would threaten his personal survival, and the soldiers would probably mutiny, and it could be said that he was much blamed for the water matter, but His Majesty, as an 'adversary', was very considerate and comforted him.
"Then I'll say a few words first, and I'll add to the shortcomings!" Zhao Yu said with a wave of his hand. Lin Zhiwu, who stayed behind, uncovered the felt on the case, revealing a sand table, he shook the handle a few times, and the sand table gradually rose until it was higher than the table, and then held a baton to His Majesty before retreating.
"At this moment, the Yuan army has blocked our southern entrance to the sea, and arranged an ambush on Sanhu Island, and blocked Qiaoji Road, with the intention of besieging our army and depleting our strength." Zhao Yu pointed a few times on the sand table with a baton and briefly introduced the situation of the enemy and us, "Taifu's original intention was to exhaust the enemy by holding on and had no choice but to retreat, but there was an omission that he failed to think that the enemy still forcibly landed and controlled Qiaoji Road when we burned down the palace, which made us fall into passivity, and also made it difficult for Taifu to implement the strategy of defending and attacking. ā
"Well, the loss of Qiao Jilu was the minister's mistake, and the minister also tried to recapture it with troops, but they all returned in vain, making the situation extremely unfavorable to our dynasty!" Zhang Shijie heard that the emperor's accusation was extremely mild, and even had the intention of defending himself, so he admitted that he was not well planned.
"Your Majesty, the minister has a problem that I don't understand, why the enemy army is so strong that it refuses to attack, but delays for half a month!" Lu Xiufu asked.
"Hehe, Taifu once served under the father of the enemy chief Zhang Hongfan, so he naturally knows the details, but his young ambition is extremely calm and scheming. Therefore, Taifu made an iron bucket array so that it had nowhere to start, and it was difficult to break through, so he was forced to attack slowly and had to find another way. Zhao Yu heard that the meaning of Lu Xiufu's words was to imply that Zhang Shijie was too reckless, and the stalemate in the battle situation was just a plan of the enemy army, not his work.
Of course, the enemy army also had poor planning, although the enemy chief granted Zhang Hongfan absolute power, but after all, he was a Han general, so the dispatch was not effective. He arrived on the ninth day of the first month from Chaoyang, and because he did not know the waterway, some of the ships got lost. Li Heng's troops were stationed in Guangzhou, but they arrived a few days later, which made Zhang Hongfan's troops insufficient, so he could only bluff, but he didn't want to, but the troops were insufficient and it was difficult to fight quickly. However, the thief was too cunning to be aware of it, otherwise we would have been able to defeat him before his forces were weak, and the situation would have been much better. ā
"Your Majesty's analysis is extreme, and he also complains that the ministers have a clumsy vision and misjudge the enemy's situation, so that they fall into passivity!" Zhang Shijie was worried that he would be accused of dereliction of duty by the ministers, and the emperor's bias would make him even more embarrassed and deepen the grievances between the two, but he didn't expect His Majesty to be extremely 'wise', but he didn't mix personal grievances in the slightest, which made him even more moved.
"With Your Majesty's intentions, now that all the enemy troops have arrived, and the military discipline has been rectified, they will launch a decisive battle!" Lu Xiufu frowned and said.
"Yes, although they have blocked all our access to and from the open sea, they also know that we have the advantage of troops and warships, and can advance and retreat with the tide, and can still break through with strong winds and tides, which makes it difficult to complete the task of the enemy chieftain to gather and annihilate our dynasty, so they will cut off the water first to weaken our strength, but the day of the decisive battle is not far away!"
"Your Majesty's intention is to fight with the enemy for Qiaojilu, break the enemy's intention of a quick battle, and force him to confront us for a long time in order to drag down the enemy army!" Zhang Shijie said.
"Your Majesty, since the enemy army is worried that we will break through the siege, why don't you break through the blockade first while there is still strength left?" Lu Xiufu didn't wait for the emperor to answer, and preemptively interjected...... (To be continued.) )