Perhaps because he had been scolding for too long and was a little tired, Yang Wu gradually stopped, sat on the chair, and gently rubbed his forehead with his hand.

"How is the siege going today? But what progress has not been made? He asked softly with his eyes closed.

He didn't talk about Qianzhou, but asked about the progress of the siege.

After all, in his opinion, Qianzhou is just a lonely city, even if Liu Xin failed to break through the city, which made him feel very disappointed, but no matter how Qianzhou says, it can't turn the sky upside down, and it is inevitable that Wu Jun will break the city.

In contrast, the situation on Gangneung's side is a bit of a headache.

After listening to Yang Wu's inquiry, Qin Pei hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Great King, the resistance of the defenders is still very resolute, and the attack on the acropolis everywhere has not made great progress today. However, after our troops withdrew, the enemy troops were replenished from the city to each of the four acropolis. ”

Yang Wu whispered to himself: "It seems that the losses suffered by the defenders are not small, but it is too early to crush them in one fell swoop. It's already March, and we can't afford to delay it for too long. ”

He raised his voice and said to the generals: "Starting tomorrow, all the departments will increase their siege efforts. Tomorrow, Lone will personally go to supervise the battle outside the eastern city, Qin Pei, you go to supervise the battle outside the southern city; Hou Zhan, you are in charge of the Acropolis on the east side of the North City; Then send someone to tell Wang Maozhang and ask him to increase the intensity of the siege. All departments must do their best, even if they can't break through the Acropolis, they must make Gao Jichang feel enough pressure! ”

"The last general obeys!"

The generals replied awe-inspiringly, and immediately knew that Yang Wu had become serious.

In other words, Liu Xin attacked a Qianzhou, but it took three months without making progress, which made Yang Wu hold back a fire in his heart, and Gao Jichang naturally became the place where Yang Wu's anger was poured out.

Of course, Yang Wu is not completely pouring out his anger by doing this, it has been ten days since the official siege of the city, and the soldiers have fully adapted to the war, so the siege can be increased at this time; In addition, if you can't put enough pressure on Gao Jichang, when the rainy season comes, I'm afraid that the siege will be even more inconvenient.

Yang Wu nodded, signaling that the generals could go down and prepare.

After the generals left, Zhu Jin stood up and said, "King, General Liu Xin's side, I don't know how to reply?" ”

As a privy deputy envoy, he naturally had to ask these things clearly, so even if he knew that Yang Wu was in a bad mood at this time, he had to come out and ask.

"Liu Xin's side? What is the attitude of your Privy Council? Also, Jinling should also know about this matter, right? What did Jinling say? Yang Wu did not answer directly, but asked everyone.

Zhou Zong stood up and said: "Your Majesty, after getting the news, the Jinling side has approved Liu Xin to take a temporary rest, and decided to let General Li Chengding lead the Right Tianwu Army to Qianzhou for reinforcements. ”

Yang Wu was immediately angry when he heard this, but when he thought about it, he frowned again and asked Fan Yu, "Who made this decision?" Is it the crown prince? Or are they the king of Hailing? ”

The court situation in Jinling is now with the crown prince Yang Jiong as the prison state, but Yang Jiong's age is too young after all, so Yang Wu asked Gao Mian and Yang Longyan to be responsible; Of course, cabinet ministers such as Chen Yanqian also have the role of assistant.

Fan Yu smiled bitterly and said, "King, this is a decision made by the crown prince. However, there are still many people in the DPRK and China who oppose it. ”

"Tell me, who are against it? What are their plans? ”

It turned out that after Liu Xin retired and returned to Taihe County to recuperate, he also knew that he would definitely be criticized if he went back like this, so in the recital to the imperial court, in addition to explaining in detail the course of the battle, he also emphasized the high morale of the defenders, the determination to unite as one, and the difficult conditions such as the difficult roads and miasma in the local area, which can be regarded as finding the reason for his defeat.

Of course, his words cannot be considered exaggerated, after all, these are also facts.

And he did not completely blame his fault on these things, but directly admitted his responsibility, and at the same time asked the imperial court for reinforcements.

After seeing this recital, the ministers of the court and China were divided into two attitudes, one was represented by Chen Yanqian and Zhou Yin, mainly some civil ministers, who advocated accepting Liu Xin's statement and sending reinforcements to him; The other part of the courtiers were represented by Li Chengsi, Yan Keqiu, Zhou Ben and others, who believed that with the strength in Liu Xin's hands, it was completely enough to break through Qianzhou, and there was no need to increase reinforcements for him.

It's not that Li Chengsi is reluctant to send reinforcements, but out of many considerations.

First, now the state of Wu was originally fighting on two fronts, and Yang Wuzheng led the army to conquer Gao Jichang, which made three of the five armies stationed in Jiangling have been transferred to Jiangling, leaving only two armies left, and in the absence of emergencies, they can no longer be transferred out.

In this way, if Liu Xin wants to get reinforcements, only Li Chengding's Right Heavenly Martial Army can be mobilized.

However, the Right Tianwu Army was originally to be stationed in the vast areas of Liangzhejiang and Fujian, and the task was heavier, especially although Liu Yan in Lingnan was weak, he also needed an army to stay to guard against them, and it was not necessarily a safe choice to rashly throw the Right Tianwu Army into Qianzhou.

Of course, the most important point is that Li Chengsi, Yan Keqiu, Zhou Ben, and other generals all clearly know that Liu Xin is not short of troops, what he lacks is just a suitable strategy for using troops.

Yan Keqiu even pointed out that Qianzhou itself was limited in strength, and the reason why it was able to resist Liu Xin's attack was mainly because there were a large number of people helping to defend the city.

At this time, after three months of siege fighting, those people must have suffered heavy casualties.

When they were besieged in the city, they had to defend it with all their might; But after Liu Xin withdrew his troops, those people who seemed to have escaped death must have dispersed; In addition, now that spring ploughing is coming, those people outside the city are busy with spring ploughing, so it is naturally impossible to help Tan Quanbo defend the city.

Therefore, as long as Liu Xin leads his troops back to launch an attack, Qianzhou is just an empty city, and it will definitely be able to go down with one drum.

It's a pity that although the ideas of Yan Keqiu and others were accepted by Yang Longyan, Yang Jiong was more optimistic about the ideas of Chen Yanqian and other civil officials; As for Gao Mian, after all, he has been away from the court for a long time, so under normal circumstances, he has not expressed his opinion, and this time is no exception.

In this way, Yang Jiong finally decided to listen to the proposition of Chen Yanqian and others, and at the same time wrote his decision on the back of Liu Xin's cantata, and sent it to Jiangling to Yang Wu for review.

After listening to what happened in the Jinling court, Yang Wu couldn't help frowning.

From the point of view of the heart, Li Chengsi, Yan Keqiu, and Zhou Ben's ideas are naturally more reasonable; After all, Chen Yanqian and the others were civilian officials and did not know much about these military affairs, so the decision they made was somewhat inappropriate.

If Yang Wu was in charge of Jinling, he would naturally listen to the advice of Li Chengsi and others; However, the crown prince Yang Jiong finally decided to adopt the ideas of Chen Yanqian and other civil officials.

If you think about it, his eldest son likes literary affairs all along, but has no interest in military affairs at all, which naturally makes Yang Wu feel that his eldest son is a little weak.

That's not a good thing.

Yang Wu hid his thoughts deep in his heart, but turned to Guo Chongtao and Zhu Jin and asked: "What Yan Keqiu said, you also heard it just now, do you think his analysis is reasonable?" ”

Guo Chongtao said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Yan's analysis is extremely reasonable, even if Qianzhou at this time is not an empty city, it must not have much fighting spirit." If Liu Xin attacked again at this time, he would definitely be able to win easily, and there would be no need to let the Right Heavenly Martial Army mobilize the people. ”

Zhu Jin also nodded and said, "The minister agrees with Guo's statement of joining the army. ”

Yang Wu nodded, and he naturally agreed.

"Zhou Zong, you go and give an order to let Liu Yanying come to see Gu!"

"Yes, I'll do it!" Zhou Zong hurriedly agreed and went out of the big tent to give the order.

Liu Yanying is Liu Xin's eldest son, and like Li Chengding, Chai Kehong, Zhou Ye and others, they were all from the first batch of military academies, and now he is a general in the Yulin Army, commanding a thousand Yulin soldiers.

It didn't take long for Liu Yanying to arrive at the camp.

"Minister Liu Yanying pays a visit to the king!" As soon as she came in, Liu Yanying saluted respectfully.

"Get up! Liu Yanying, do you know why Lone summoned you here? Yang Wu asked with a somewhat gloomy face.

"This ......" Liu Yanying hesitated for a moment, and then said calmly: "I don't know!" ”

He really didn't know the purpose of Yang Wu calling him here, after all, his level was still very low, and he was not qualified to know the news that Liu Xin was fighting in Qianzhou.

Of course, he also had some guesses in his heart, knowing that with his identity, if there was nothing important, Yang Wu would not specially send Zhou Zong to summon him.

Therefore, Yang Wu summoned him, and it was likely to be related to his father.

And judging from Yang Wu's face, I am afraid that it is more likely to be a bad thing.

Thinking of this, Liu Yanying suddenly became a little nervous.

Yang Wu sneered and threw Liu Xin's recital: "You can see for yourself, you will know!" ”

Liu Yanying's heart sank, and she hurriedly picked up the piece and flipped through it from the first page.

After reading it quickly, his forehead was already covered with sweat, which was scared out.

"My father has been attacking Qianzhou for so long, and he has not made any progress at all, and he has sent people to seek reinforcements, no wonder the king is so angry; But why did the king summon me at such a time? Does the king want to be angry with me? ”

Liu Yanying's heart became more and more uneasy.

"No, the king has never liked to be angry with others; Although my father did not do well this time, but with his past achievements, the king will never blame me too much, and it is even more unlikely that he will be angry with me! ”

He comforted himself in his heart, and his mood gradually calmed down, and he began to try to say a few words for his father.

"The king, the minister's father is not in a good situation this war, the minister is acting on behalf of the father, pleading to the king, and asking the king to give the minister's father a chance to make up for his mistakes!"