After arranging everyone, Shi Luosheng stayed in Xianghu for two more days before returning to Jianye with Liu Zixuan.

Of course, Xiao Daocheng inevitably had another commendation, but now he is more satisfied with Shi Luosheng, not only helping himself win the first city of territorial expansion, but also defeating the water army of Qi, the first powerful country in the world, with the newly formed naval army.

These deeds will be recorded in history, although the battle was fought by Shi Luosheng, but the merits must be counted on himself, and surpassing the monarchs of the past dynasties is also Xiao Daocheng's dream all along.

In the court, Prime Minister Chen Guoqing, Da Situ Li Yuanqing and Da Sikong Cui Yi also praised Shi Luosheng all over again, what is better than blue out of blue, the next Great Song Guozhu and so on.

Chen Guoqing even said directly: "For so many years, I have only one famous general in the Great Song Dynasty, and every time I encounter a war, General Deng personally goes out, and now a new General Wei has finally risen, and the burden on the general can be handed over to the young people in the future." ”

Xiao Daocheng was also happy to watch them praise Shi Luosheng, Shi Luosheng couldn't help but be a little embarrassed in the compliments of the ministers, and glanced at Deng Yuanjue with a side face, Deng Yuanjue didn't care much, and came over to encourage a few words before he stopped talking.

Xiao Dao's prejudice goal was achieved, and he stopped at the point and shifted the topic to other issues. After all, Deng Yuanjue is the number one general in the world, and he still has a lot to rely on him in the future, so he can't be too embarrassed.

Xiao Daocheng said: "This sneak attack on Penglai by the Qi Navy also gave us a warning, our Jeju Mansion is also connected to the sea, in case an enemy comes from the sea one day, we will also face the same situation as Yan State." As early as a year and a half ago, General Wei wrote to me, proposing to build a naval army. Although I agreed, I didn't pay much attention to this army, and I don't know its importance until today. ”

"In the past, the position of commander of the navy was only a five-rank general, but now I have decided to expand it to the establishment of a third-rank general, and the current commander of the navy, Huang Songsheng, was promoted to the third-rank general at the same time, and the two deputy commanders were also promoted to the fourth-rank general. After the training of the navy, I also plan to divide the army into two, the army is in charge of the general Deng Yuanjue, and the navy is in charge of the general Shi Luosheng, the general, the general Wei, do you two have anything to say? ”

Deng Yuanjue and Shi Luosheng said together: "The minister respectfully obeys His Majesty's will. ”

The reason why Xiao Daocheng arranged it this way was also considered, the Great Song Dynasty originally had no naval army, and Deng Yuanjue was in charge of the country's army, which is actually the current army. Xiao Daocheng only handed over the newly formed naval army to Shi Luosheng to be responsible, and did not infringe on Deng Yuanjue's existing interests. In this way, even among Deng Yuanjue's subordinates, some people are dissatisfied, but for the sake of Shi Luosheng is Deng Yuanjue's righteous son, they can reluctantly accept it.

After the early dynasty, Xiao Daocheng left the head of the four great families and the imperial lieutenant Yuan Chengce, as well as Shi Luosheng, Liu Zixuan and several princes.

Xiao Daocheng said: "Two days ago, Emperor Jiang Wushuang secretly sent a messenger to see me, saying that he wanted to send troops with me to attack Chu. He knows that we have an alliance with Yan, so he doesn't plan to form an alliance with us. Jiang Wushuang meant that the Qi State would first send troops to Changli City, and wait until the two sides officially started the war, and then our Great Song Dynasty would also send troops to attack Jizhou County. After that, the two battlefields fought separately and no longer contacted each other, what do you think of Jiang Wushuang's proposal? ”

Prime Minister Chen Guoqing took the lead in standing up and objected: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks it's inappropriate, how long has our Great Song Dynasty been peaceful, it has been almost four years, but during this period, there was a defensive battle against Chu and Qin, and then a naval battle to rescue Penglai of Yan State. Although these two battles were won, but the treasury is also a lot empty, just now His Majesty plans to increase the expenditure of the navy, if we have to fight against Chu next, the old minister is afraid that the little national strength we have just recovered will all be returned. ”

Xiao Daocheng has been carried away by the successive victories, thinking that his Great Song Dynasty has been suppressed by the Chu State for so many years, if he can take this opportunity to take a few cities in the Chu State, it will really be proud.

Xiao Daocheng was a little displeased, and asked Deng Yuanjue again: "General, you are in charge of the army, you tell me that you can take Jizhou County with Qi on both sides of the Chu State?" ”

Deng Yuanjue thought for a moment: "If you think purely from a military point of view, of course you can win the war, but what the prime minister said just now is also reasonable, if we send troops, ......."

Xiao Daocheng waved his hand and interrupted Deng Yuanjue's words: "General, you just need to tell me that I can win, as for the matter of money and food, it is up to the prime minister and the big Situ to worry about it, I must fight this battle, we have been bullied by the Chu State for so many years, and now we should fight back." ”

Li Yuanqing, the chief situ, is in charge of state revenues, and he knows better than anyone else the current state treasury situation, and he simply cannot support a long-term war. But seeing that Xiao Daocheng had decided to cooperate with the State of Qi and jointly use troops against the State of Chu, Li Yuanqing did not dare to come out at this time to pour cold water, so he had to say: "The current situation of the treasury can only support the expenses of 50,000 troops for three months at most, if Your Majesty is determined to use troops, I wonder if the general will be able to end the battle within three months?" ”

Deng Yuanjue was a little embarrassed: "There are nine cities under Jizhou County, and Chu is also an old powerhouse, even if they are fighting on two fronts, it is not so easy to deal with, if you want to take Jizhou County all within three months, the minister is not sure." ”

Xiao Daocheng frowned slightly, and asked Shi Luosheng again: "General Wei, what do you think?" ”

Shi Luosheng saw that Xiao Daocheng was a little unhappy, but he wanted to take the whole county of Jizhou in three months, which was not realistic, so he had to say: "The minister thinks that what the general said is not unreasonable, but three months is too short." If the commander of Chu is not Xiang Tong, it will be easier to deal with, but if it is him, it will be even more difficult. ”

Although Shi Luosheng's words made Xiao Daocheng even more unhappy, he also knew that since the two generals who were the most proficient in fighting in the Great Song Dynasty said so, it was really unreliable to want to take Jizhou County in three months.

Xiao Daocheng sighed and said in a deliberative tone: "Then as long as I take a few of the cities in Jizhou County, can you do it?" This time, Qi Guo has come to the door, it would be a pity to miss such an opportunity, you can think of a way. ”

Deng Yuanjue and Shi Luosheng glanced at each other and said: "If you want to quickly take Jizhou County, you have to meet two conditions, first, the Qi State side must be huge, and it is best to use more than 150,000 troops, so as to attract Xiang Tong to Changli City to resist the Qi army at the first time." The second is that we must grasp the timing of our troops, and it is best to attack Jizhou County when all the eyes of the court of Chu are all staring at the Qichu battlefield, so that it is possible to take Jizhou County in a short time. ”

Prime Minister Chen Guoqing said a little sarcastically: "The general's idea is quite good, but Jiang Wushuang is not a fool, how could he send a large army to drag the Chu army and let us pick up the cheap behind." ”

Deng Yuanjue said: "What the prime minister said is that Jiang Wushuang is certainly not a fool, so the minister wants to ask His Majesty for an order to secretly go to Qi State and discuss the specific battle plan with Emperor Qi and Tian Wuji." If both sides just fight on their own, neither of them will get any benefit in the end. Back then, our Great Song Dynasty was able to fight on three fronts to resist the combined forces of Chu, Yan, and Qin at the same time, and now it will not be difficult for Chu to fight on two fronts. ”