To the east of Yingzhou and west of Yuguan, there is a river in the north, called Xiaoshi River, and in the south is the vast Bohai Bay.

Li Zhongyi led a large army and stationed it in Xiao Siyuan's rear in a big way, so Xiao Siyuan was completely sandwiched in the middle.

Xiao Siyuan heard that the brigade on Li Zhongyi's side actually exceeded 10,000, and he broke out in a cold sweat on the spot.

In today's battle, the Southern Barbarians only had 5,000 soldiers and horses, and they had already killed more than 2,000 elite iron horsemen of the Khitan Kingdom, and Xiao Siyuan was inevitably a little uneasy in his heart.

Just when Xiao Siyuan was urging his subordinates to dig ditches, build walls, and strengthen fortifications, Li Zhongyi did not attack for two days.

In the darkness, Xiao Siyuan sent out ten groups of messengers for help in a row, and quietly left the camp. Li Sixteen's subordinates obviously saw it, but pretended not to know.

After the envoys left the camp, Xiao Siyuan breathed a long sigh of relief, as the general of the Great Khitan Kingdom, the elite Shan army was all stable, and he had never been so panicked as just now.

Xiao Siyuan slept with the beautiful woman in his arms until midnight, and suddenly heard a thunderous noise, as if the Emperor of Heaven was mighty, earth-shattering and terrifying.

"What's going on?" Xiao Siyuan pushed away the beauty in his arms, and from the half-asleep and half-awake, his eyes widened.

The tooth general on duty outside the tent heard the call and hurriedly ran in to report, "Someone has been sent to check on it." ”

Xiao Siyuan's heart froze, how could he sit down with such a big movement?

didn't care about asking someone to wait for a change of clothes, Xiao Siyuan put on his robe indiscriminately, and even forgot to hang up his armor. He hurriedly left the big tent of the Chinese army and climbed the wall. Look in the direction where the loud noise came from.

In the darkness, but the sound of rolling thunder was heard. But there was no lightning to be seen.

Xiao Siyuan listened to it for a while, and with his life experience, he immediately judged that such a loud noise could not be the movement of thousands of horses galloping enemy attack.

"Come, blow the trumpet, and the whole army will assemble and stand by." Xiao Siyuan is a guy who cherishes life very much, and he doesn't want to lead to an irreparable end because of a momentary negligence.

It's a pity. Most of the Khitans had night blindness, and when they gathered their troops and horses at night, they had to light torches.

Of course, Xiao Siyuan knew what it meant to light a torch at night, but in the face of the fear of the unknown, he had to gather everyone together.

This is not only a paradox, but also a wise choice that Xiao Siyuan is very helpless!

Just as the torches were lit. Xiao Siyuan took advantage of the bright light on the wall, and suddenly saw a scene that was soul-stirring: a huge wave as high as five feet was overwhelming.

In a flash. Xiao Siyuan thought clearly, where did the rumbling loud noise come from!

Almost in an instant. Xiao Siyuan figured out why the enemy wanted to sandwich his camp between two loaves of bread.

It's a pity. It's late, and the waves are rolling. Wrapped in the wrath of Tianwei, with unparalleled momentum, he fiercely hit the wall of the Khitan people.

The "booming ......" waves rose higher and higher, and finally, they broke through the wall......

The roaring water devoured everything encountered along the way, and the horses, tents, weapons, grain and grass, etc., were all swept away!

At this moment, Li Zhongyi sat leisurely in the handsome cabin of Zhou Daozhong, the commander of the sailors, gently picked up the tea cup on the table, glanced at the tea foam at the mouth, took a sip, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and praised: "Good tea!" ”

Zhou Daozhong slapped the sycophant right, and couldn't help but say happily: "Since your old man likes to drink, the last general has prepared some." ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, this Zhou Daozhong has always been stationed in Goryeo Kingdom, God knows how many treasures of Goryeo Kingdom have been looted?

If it weren't for Li Zhongyi's desire to quietly hollow out the family of Goryeo and secretly protect the money-hungry Zhou Daozhong, I am afraid that this benevolent brother would have been impeached and put in prison by the powerful people who were red-eyed.

Goryeo was taken by Li Zhongyi with his troops, and according to the unwritten rules of distributing spoils in the DPRK and China, it is basically Li Zhongyi's sphere of influence that made a fortune in private.

As long as they don't want to fight Li Zhongyi to the end, the important ministers in the court, basically, don't care about the idle affairs of Goryeo.

Zhou Daozhong is in the country of Goryeo, it is simply a soil emperor, and he can take what he wants. However, no matter how powerful he is, he is only the deputy commander of the former Beijing Division and the current commander of the Navy.

In the military of the Great Zhou Empire, except for Li Zhongyi, who attached great importance to the water division, no one was optimistic about Zhou Daozhong and his subordinates.

There are a few in the Zhoudao Center, and over the years, as long as it is a New Year's holiday, he has never dared to forget to give gifts to important ministers in the court.

However, these important ministers were very happy to receive gifts, and they really wanted to help Zhou Daozhong, transfer him out of Goryeo, and promote him to be reused, but none of them contributed.

Therefore, Zhou Daozhong's defection to Li Zhongyi has both the origin of his old subordinates in the past and the necessity of a realistic power structure!

"Grace has a clever plan to calm the world, kill the Khitan dogs, and leave no armor, and the last general really admires the five-body throw." The sycophants in Zhou Dao were one after another, and the little bamboo lady was very uncomfortable.

The little lady of Zhu'er scolded hatefully: "Sycophant, don't you like meat? ”

Li Zhongyi has long been immune to sycophants of this nature, but although the sycophants are numb, their thoughts of taking refuge are unmistakable.

From Li Zhongyi's standpoint, it is impossible for him to gain the loyalty of all the people, as far as he is concerned, he only needs his subordinates to act according to his intentions, and this is enough.

Politics is the art of compromise in the first place, and to put it bluntly, it is also the art of profit distribution.

The subordinates were willing to listen to Li Zhongyi's greetings, and Li Zhongyi shared his official hat and more or less great power with the meritorious officials according to the size of the merit.

Among them, there are not only rational choices of realistic interests, but also emotional and emotional space, in short, playing this set of art, is very complicated.

Seeing that Li Zhongyi gently put down the teacup and had no impatient look, Zhou Daozhong took advantage of the situation and continued to pat himself, "Enxiang deliberately attracted the attention of the Khitan dog on his face, in fact, Ming repaired the plank road and secretly crossed the Chen Cang of the Xiaoshi River in the north, hehe, the Khitan dog could not escape the fate of the annihilation of the whole army......"

Li Zhongyi smiled faintly, the Khitans have always relied on bow horses to dominate, but they have never seen the Han people in the Central Plains. So many unpredictable so-called tricks.

Since Li Zhongyi knew that the Khitans had set up a large camp on the south bank of the Xiaoshi River. At the lowest place on the ground, he was already thinking about a ruthless plan in his heart - flooding the Seventh Army!

On the vast prairie. Relying on bows and horses, the Khitans conquered various steppe peoples such as the Xi people, the Bohai people, and the Jurchens.

On the grassland, due to the topography, even if you want to store water to flood the enemy, you will only be scolded as whimsical.

However, the boundary west of Yuguan and east of Yingzhou is the Xiaoshi River hanging high in the north.

Now it's the dry season again, even if it's Xiao Siyuan, who is a general. There is also no experience in releasing water or defending against water attacks.

The Khitan people don't know the allusion to the flooding of the Seventh Army, and Li Zhongyi, a fan of the Three Kingdoms, is not absolutely impossible to forget.

As for Li Zhongyi, Li Zhongyi arranged for Yang Lie to take the initiative to leave Yuguan and challenge the Khitans head-on, with three purposes: one is to test the combat effectiveness of the elite Shan army; the second is to attract the attention of the Khitans, so that the enemy's main generals cannot detect in time, the Zhou army's big action of digging soil and storing water; The third is to test Yang Lie's ability to command in battle.

With Li Zhongyi's prestige growing. His status is getting higher, and many small battles that are not decisive battles are becoming more and more inadequate.

Li Jiajun, since its formation. The training mechanism of the middle and lower officer corps is becoming more and more perfect. There are two categories of talents that Li Zhongyi is currently lacking. One is a top strategist similar to Zhang Liang, and the other is a general of the general army like Han Xin.

Li Zhongyi was not Zhou Chen. The status is also unusually embarrassing. Wenchen regarded him as a warrior who had risen suddenly, but the generals were jealous of his military achievements.

Typical uncles don't hurt. Grandma doesn't love it, one centrist!

However, because Li Zhongyi is more knowledgeable and never meddles in other people's spheres of influence, everyone does not have a life-and-death interest dispute, and on the surface, they are all right.

It's just that the short-term balance of power is about to have a violent rebalancing struggle because of the illness of the male lord.

Li Zhongyi's power base comes from the strong military strength of the Northwest Lingzhou Army, the Fuzhou Army, and the Yulin Right Guard.

However, Li Zhongyi's economic foundation is fundamentally different from that of the owners of this era.

Li Zhongyi started by doing business and trade, and the magnates of this era, including Zhao Laoer, without exception, mainly benefited from the fields.

There is no stability without agriculture, no business without wealth, and no work without strength, even if it was placed thousands of years ago, it was quite reasonable.

Li Zhongyi did not engage in land annexation, which not only avoided direct conflicts with the big landlords, but also made him rich and rival the country through business and trade.

If he insists on dividing the class, Li Zhongyi should belong to a mixture of the new military merit and the merchant group, which is also his deliberate choice when his strength is insufficient.

Li Zhongyi inadvertently noticed that the little lady of Zhu'er was staring at him with admiration, and she was reluctant to look away for a long time.

Ahem, star-chasers? Li Zhongyi was looked up to by his own women, and he was somewhat complacent.

The little lady of Zhu'er suddenly noticed that Li Zhongyi actually winked at her, the meaning of which was quite intriguing, her pink pretty face, couldn't help but be hot and red, and hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to look at her man again.

There are words in Zhou Daozhong's words, Li Zhongyi naturally knows in his heart, he, the commander of the sailors, has already fished up enough treasures in Goryeo, and what he needs most now is: return to his hometown and be promoted to a higher position.

To be honest, Li Zhongyi is not too satisfied with Zhou Daozhong's ability and loyalty, and can only be said to be improvised.

The problem is that at the moment when Chai Rong is ill, holding the water master in his hands is of great significance to Li Zhongyi.

In case, Zhou Daozhong let Xian, but Chai Rong arranged for someone else to take over the water master, but it was not beautiful!

"Brother Zhongping, after returning to Beijing this time, I will definitely show your merits to the imperial court." Li Zhongyi hinted at a possible promotion to Zhou Daozhong very implicitly.

Zhou Daozhong couldn't help but be overjoyed, arched his hand and said: "Thank you for your cultivation, the end will never be forgotten." ”

Unforgettable? Really? Li Zhongyi just listened, and did not take Zhou Daozhong's words of loyalty to heart.

Li Zhongyi has always remembered a classic saying: The reason why you have not been betrayed is that the bid is not enough, and the other is that you are not even qualified to sell.

For the supreme power, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty killed two of his own sons; In order to ascend the throne, Wu Zetian almost slaughtered all his sons;

The ideal is very plump, the reality is very skinny, the world is big, and the benefits are the greatest! Even if father and son, mother and son cannibalize, they will not hesitate!

Li Zhongyi's mind has always been very clear, the so-called loyalty is that you have the strength and know how to distribute benefits in exchange, not born with it.

After Zhou Daozhong said goodbye, the little lady of Zhu'er waited for Li Zhongyi to bathe and change clothes. The little lady of Zhu'er rubbed Li Zhongyi's back and whispered: "Master, if the surname is Zhou, you can't believe it all." ”

Li Zhongyi soaked comfortably in the bathtub, stretched his waist comfortably, and said lightly: "Well, my bamboo's words are the most credible." ”

The little lady of Zhu'er blushed and said in a low voice: "There is also my flower lady." ”

Li Zhongyi smiled dumbly, this little girl is really not modest, she and Zhesaihua are the most loyal to him in the world?

Hehe, I'm afraid not necessarily, right?

Before Li Zhongyi lay down, he instructed the little lady Zhu'er: "After dawn tomorrow, order someone to carefully check the situation of the Khitan people, there is nothing particularly big, don't wake up the master rashly." ”

"Master, do you want to ...... The concubine rubbed your shoulders and knocked your legs for you? The little lady of Zhu'er blushed with shame, her little head was almost down to her waist, and her eyes didn't dare to touch Li Zhongyi's blazing eyes at all. (To be continued......)