Human stress and fear come gradually. It's like a person sentenced to death who feels scared, but certainly not as strong as when he is actually pulled to the execution ground; And when the gun is pointed at him, he is even more desperate; If you shoot, unfortunately you get stuck and you have to shoot again...... Big brother, strangle me, it's too scary!

Li Yu felt this way at this time, and the sense of panic was gradually increasing.

A few months ago, when he heard that the Zhou army was going to attack the Southern Tang Kingdom, he knew that it was very likely that he would not be able to defeat it, so he was worried every day, and lived in the fright of the death of the country; But the feeling at that time was not intuitive after all. Now, he learned that Tongling, Wuhu, and Dangtu had been defeated one after another, and that the Zhou division had arrived at the quarry ferry, and gradually felt that the enemy army was approaching, and he was about to hit the bottom of his nose.

A scene appeared in front of Li Yu's eyes: "800,000 troops" poured across the Yangtze River from the quarry ferry like a tidal wave, rushing towards Jiangning Mansion, and his land was full of enemy troops.

The quarrying ferry is only one hundred and twenty miles away from Li Yu's Jiangning Mansion!

Not long ago, the people who crossed the river in the Zhou army were still far away in Chizhou, four or five hundred miles apart, and they reached more than 100 miles in just over half a month, and there was no danger to defend in the middle...... At the beginning, Jingkou, Chizhou, and Wuchang were all attacked, and I don't know where the Zhou army would break through, Jingkou is the most likely to be there, and it is the closest; Now, Li Yu is aware of the seriousness of the quarrying situation anyway.

There was a sharp arrow aimed at Li Yu's chest. Li Yu felt that he couldn't sit on the fart, and the seat was like pins and needles.

Today is a cloudy day, and the atmosphere of the light in the palace is very gloomy, which makes people feel oppressive for some reason...... There is more rain in the south of the Yangtze River, and it happens that the rain is the least in winter; Now the low temperature is a bit low, but it is suitable for northern walking and riding activities, and the river is shallow and rains less.

At this time, the ministers came to the palace one after another, and there were relatively few times when the king arrived first and the ministers arrived later, and Li Yu was in a very anxious mood today.

After some etiquette, Li Yu couldn't wait to ask: "When the Zhou army arrives at quarrying, who has the strategy to retreat?" ”

Everyone else has called, and you can't send someone to persuade the Zhou army to withdraw with a three-inch tongue, and in the end you can only fight! Li Yu also knew that he could only send troops to the quarrying battle, so he set his sights on Huangfu Jixun...... I hope that this general can take the initiative to ask for help and share the worries of the Lord.

Jinling's general, among those who are qualified for the position, Li Yu is most optimistic about Huangfu Jixun. After loyalty, loyalty is reliable; The military power status is also high enough, and he is the commander of the Divine Guard. Pingsu is also respectful and commendable in front of Li Yu, not the arrogant person.

But at this moment, Huangfu Jixun pretended to be deaf and dumb, and did not step forward to share his worries. Li Yu said in his heart: Although he is not active enough, it may also be the reason why he is worried that he will not be able to beat, after all, the Zhou army is too strong; People who are dignified will be more humble, which is also the advantage of prudence and reliability. Loyal ministers are often not the kind of people who boast about themselves and recommend themselves!

At this moment, Chen Qiao, the assistant of the Guangzheng Yuan, came out and said: "For today's plan, there is only one strategy to transfer troops to reinforce quarrying. The minister has two sentences: first, use good generals and talents; Second, it must be hasty and must not be delayed.

Prior to this, the minister offered a strategy to persuade His Majesty to send troops to strengthen the quarrying defense as soon as possible, and Li Chuyun's people were still hundreds of miles away...... It is useless to talk about the negligence of the past, and the strength of the Li Chuyun Department of the Zhou Army is thin today, and Tu Cheng is also in my hands. It's not too late to fight back with heavy troops as soon as possible! The minister recommended Lin Renzhao to lead the army to the quarry and preside over the battle. ”

Li Yu listened, Chen Qiao's words had the intention of blaming the lord of the country in public, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, human nature, no one would be happy if he was blamed...... What's more, Li Chuyun's march to quarrying was my negligence? If I remember correctly, Chen Qiao's strategy was to divide the troops from Jingkou, and the enhancement of quarrying focused on the water surface; If they had done what he said earlier, and Jingkou would have been lost by then, they would have to say that the main direction of the Zhou army's attack was in Jingkou, would they blame me for misjudgment?

These ministers who have been in high positions for a long time, Chen Qiao, Han Xizai, etc., are very bold, and they are a little bit unaware of Xinjun intentionally or unintentionally. However, Li Yu did not intend to deal with him, after all, the current great enemy, it is not a good thing to fight with the minister; Li Yu also wanted to make a gesture of humility and acceptance.

He said: "Chen Gong is reasonable, but although there are few people in the Zhou army, Li Chuyun has mastered the water near the quarry, and may increase troops from the river; Our country should march to quarrying with heavy troops. Lin Renzhao can be the striker of the army...... General Huangfu. ”

Huangfu Jixun hurriedly bowed and said: "The last will be." ”

Li Yu said: "The Divine Guard Commander is waiting for Lin Renzhao to be the forward, you are the commander of the Divine Guard Commandery, how about going out to be the commander?" ”

"No!" Chen Qiao didn't wait for Huangfu Jixun to answer, and suddenly said unceremoniously, "Although General Huangfu is loyal and good, he has never had a good record, nor has he made any insightful remarks; It is probably not a good thing to confer a military mission on the basis of birth and position alone. On the battle array, no matter whether you are from a high or low background, it is the same role. Lin Renzhao is different, at least Weichen knows him better, this person is a better candidate to preside over the battle of quarrying. ”

Li Yu heard Chen Qiao say bad things about Huangfu Jixun to his face, although his words were more tactful, but the meaning was very clear: he said that he had no background and no ability! Li Yu remained silent, and his heart might provoke the emperor to succeed him.

Unexpectedly, Huangfu Jixun was not angry, and hugged his fists and said: "Chen Gong's words are not unreasonable. The last general did not take on a big job...... But Lin Renzhao is not necessarily a good person. Neither he nor I am well suited for this great task! ”

Chen Qiao said: "Then why didn't General Huangfu recommend someone to come?" ”

Li Yu said at this time: "The civil and military are not in harmony, it is useless for you to quarrel like this, why don't you listen to me?" ”

Chen Qiao hurriedly said: "The ministers are all in the speech, and it is Your Majesty who gives the order." May Your Majesty's will. "Huangfu Jixun also said that he obeyed the authority of the lord of the country.

Li Yu said: "If you don't agree, you should make concessions to each other." According to my intentions, Huangfu Jixun is the head coach and Lin Renzhao is the striker. In my opinion, Huangfu Jixun is calm, Lin Renzhao is brave, and the two discuss and cooperate with each other, and it is precisely the ...... that each is what he is good at."

Chen Qiao didn't say a word when he heard it, but he didn't object. Huangfu Jixun just said that he was willing to obey His Majesty's holy decree, and he also hugged his fists and said: "The last general will obey the decree." ”

Li Yu pondered for a while, and said the wrong sentence...... Huangfu Jixun has said bad things about Lin Renzhao many times before, and just now he also said that Lin Renzhao is not a good general, obviously not in harmony, and saying that "mutual consultation and coordination" is talking nonsense with his eyes open. So Li Yu changed his words again: "Lin Renzhao is a striker, and he can directly obey the orders of the court and is not restricted by the boss." As long as he is brave enough, no one will limit his abilities. ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Chen Qiao bowed more satisfied at this time. Giving Lin Renzhao a certain amount of autonomy is obviously a better result for Chen Qiao...... Chen Qiao has always recommended Lin Renzhao, and such an order should make him a little satisfied.

Li Yu also thinks it's better to do this...... Although Chen Qiao kept saying that he was loyal and virtuous, Li Yu still believed in him; But Chen Qiao is considering his status as a minister. Li Yu is the king, and he has to beware of a middle-level military general who originally did not belong to the center of the government, not to mention that he is very unfamiliar with Lin Renzhao and does not know much about it; Let Huangfu Jixun be the main general, mainly because Huangfu Jixun is a person in the circle, which is more reliable, at least he will not betray his master for glory; If Lin Renzhao, the general of the Fujian State, wants to use Nan** as the surrender capital, Huangfu Jixun can also restrain him.

Next, he discussed with the minister about sending troops, and Li Yu urged Huangfu Jixun to prepare for the expedition as soon as possible. The main force of Huangfu Jixun will lead the forbidden army to more than 40,000 troops, and Lin Renzhao's forward will also receive more than 10,000 people. Nearly 60,000 people were reinforced to quarry, far exceeding the strength of Li Chuyun's troops...... Because Li Yu felt strongly about the threat more than 100 miles away, this time he really made a heavy investment.

Then Li Yu chose another official, went to Hukou again with the holy decree, and urged Zhu Lingyun to rush to the capital as soon as possible!

…… After Li Yu dealt with a bunch of urgent matters, he was tired enough, and he could finally leave the front hall and go to the harem to take a breath.

In the harem, he favored Zhou Xian alone...... Because he can't spoil other women, and Zhou Xian knew about his body's damaged private affairs when Li Hongji mutinied, anyway, he didn't have to hide it, and he was more comfortable with Zhou Xian.

But when Li Yu saw Zhou Xian, his heart suddenly felt like a scoop of cold water had been poured on him, and he was very unhappy.

I saw Zhou Xian painting boringly in the dormitory, his hair and face were not dressed up, and he was very lazy even with the clothes he was wearing, as if he didn't care about his appearance at all. Li Yu sighed "sigh": "Humanity is that women are those who please themselves." Emperor E's appearance, is there no me in his heart? ”

Zhou Xian got up and made a blessing, and said lazily: "The concubine and the king have been husband and wife for many years, and you get along with the concubine all day long, so naturally you don't care so much about it over time." Besides, I don't want to go out today, I spend so much energy to dress up, and it's so boring to take it off again when it's dark for a while. ”

"I have to worry about military affairs, and when I am not there, Emperor E can go out to meet other concubines, and find someone to accompany me." Li Yu said.

Zhou Xian looked lazy and said boringly: "What is there to talk about with them?" It's just trivial and gossip to others, which doesn't mean anything. ”

Li Yu said: "Sister Tuesday has already entered the palace, where the queen mother is." You can walk around the queen mother, and you can meet your sister. ”

Zhou Xian said: "The queen mother loves her, in her heart, the queen mother is closer than me, just follow her." ”

Li Yu talked a few words with Zhou Xian, and heard that she said "boring" a few times in her few words, and her spirit was also boring.

Li Yu had a feeling that this woman had not only lost interest in her husband, but also didn't seem to care much about the survival of the country. Humanity is only difficult for women and villains to raise, and it is true that loyalty is not so reliable.

Zhou Xian was bored at this time, and he looked a little sloppy when he cleaned up, as if a wilted flower, and there was no vitality anymore.

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