The generals discussed a lot, and with Xu Shiji's advice, these generals followed his topic and also participated, not to be outdone, expressing their willingness to take the lead if they attacked the city.

Because these young generals all knew in their hearts that the pace of Dahua's reunification was overwhelming, and it would be completed in the next few years.

This is the final stage, one of the few major battles, if they want to make meritorious service, they must participate this morning, and strive to establish meritorious service, and in the peaceful era, they can shelter their descendants and make them princes.

For example, Pei Yuanqing, who captured Li Jiancheng, the prince of the Tang Kingdom, today is naturally a great achievement, and his reputation quickly spread in the army, and the credit is definitely not small.

Luo Shixin thought that his martial arts were higher than Pei Yuanqing, but his hands were a little slower, and he didn't arrive in time, so the credit was much smaller.

"Your Majesty, Luo Shixin is willing to attack the gate of Jinyang City, give the Tang army a head-on blow, and make the Tang army frightened!"

Cheng Zhijie also stood up and hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the last general is also willing to lead the army to attack the city." ”

Xue Wancheng, Mai Zhongcai and others are all like this.

Luo Zhaoyun smiled slightly and said: "The generals took the initiative to ask for help, this is a good thing, but we will not invest too many troops, about 100,000, and stay 100,000 to sit between Jinyang and Taigu City, and strive to fight a protracted war, so as not to be counterattacked by the Tang army after the front is relaxed." The siege of the city pays attention to the opening of the net, and when the time comes, the city will be attacked on three sides, and the north side will be vacant, and each army will have 20,000 people, and a strong attack will be carried out. This time, the explosives and shells are well prepared, within a month, we must let the Tang army taste the bitterness, if we can't conquer the city after winter, we will withdraw our troops, rest in Taigu City, connect with the counties in Hedong, continue to expand the army, and fight again in the spring of next year! ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" The soldiers complimented in response.

At this time, Xu Shiji stood up again and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers and generals also have a plan, if the siege is too difficult, you might as well use a trick to divert water to irrigate the city, and use the natural power of heaven and earth to irrigate the city with river water, and see how the Tang army can stop it." ”

Since ancient times, with the help of the power of nature, the power is more than 100,000 male soldiers, Zhou Yu burned Chibi, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, all of which used the terrain and the power of water and fire to artificially create a disaster.

"You're going to use water?"

Xu Shiji nodded and said: "Yes, when I first followed my master to learn the art of war, I heard his old man say, to understand the way of the general, you must first understand the knowledge of the word "soldier". The invisible soldiers, the sun, the moon and the stars, the wind and clouds, the water and fire, the aura of the mountains and rivers, and the carrying capacity of the rivers, so that all things can be soldiers. ”

"Here is only a few miles away from Fenshui, dig the mouth of the river, build a canal, and then introduce the water into the city, we build earth forts around us, dig up the surrounding terrain, and turn Jinyang City into a city in the lake, after a long time, the city wall will collapse, or before the river arrives, we will blow up some city walls, even if they block it, but they can block people, but they can't resist the soaking and infiltration of the river, after a long time, the river rises, it will inevitably flood the city, and how many armies in it can't resist."

After hearing this, all the soldiers had a cold breath behind their backs, this move was too vicious.

In this way, I am afraid that not only the 100,000 army, but even the 100,000 households in the city will be submerged.

In 100,000 households, calculated by 3 to 5 people per household, there are at least 300,000 or 400,000 ordinary people, many women, children and children, they are all innocent people.

Wei Zheng got up and said: "Your Majesty, such casualties are too serious, it hurts the innocent, and it violates the peace of heaven, please think twice!" ”

Xiao Yu also followed: "Your Majesty, this strategy is too vicious, if you drown hundreds of thousands of people in Jinyang City, I am afraid that it will be even bloodier than the Warring States Period, when Bai Qikeng killed 400,000 soldiers." ”

Among the generals, there were two factions, some supported, thinking that there was no need to kill and wound so many soldiers by fighting like this, and some were opposed, feeling that those people should not be allowed to suffer.

Xu Shiji said coldly: "The fire at the city gate affected the fish in the pond, this is an ancient metaphor. The people in the city seem to be innocent, but in the end, among them, at least a hundred people, will be forced by the Tang army to take up arms to resist, and the death of each of our soldiers is related to the people in the city. There are Tang troops, there are strong men, some people are repairing weapons, some people are transporting arrows, there are women cooking and healing the wounded, etc., and there are few people who are really out of the matter. ”

Many generals were silent, feeling that it made sense, now looking at those people as ordinary people, but once the war starts, it is difficult to say how many of them will become new Tang Army soldiers, although they are forced to helpless, but after all, they cannot change their hostile position.

Luo Zhaoyun is also hesitating, although all dynasties have relied on force to fight the country, open up the country, and seize the world, but which of these founding monarchs is not both civil and military. Even if some of the founding emperors seem to be born in martial arts, they actually know how to employ people and control generals, are open-minded and accept good words, and know how to govern the country and secure the people, so as to keep the country.

At this time, Luo Zhaoyun was thinking about fame, and he was also weighing factors such as the battle situation, casualties, etc.

Everyone in the room was watching, not knowing what His Majesty would choose.

Luo Zhaoyun sighed: "In this way, it is indeed unkind and righteous to flood Jinyang and drown all the people." However, we can prepare in advance, make a show, and even fight to the end, which can scare the Tang army, force them to surrender, and disintegrate the morale of the Tang army. When the Tang army felt that we were going to kill everyone in the city and break the city by unscrupulous means, they would be frightened and choose to give in, and the people in the city would riot to respond. If in the end, the Li family father and son are more ruthless than us, and would rather the people in the city die with them, then we will only irrigate part of it, and then intercept the flow and control the degree of the river. ”