Li Yu is an extremely smart person, since he left Chuzhou, he has thought about everything clearly, Zhao Er, this kid, is really fucking reasonable!

Zhao Er has a good father, a capable big brother, and a world-famous master, he has everything, if such a person is in and out of the picture, who else can suppress him? There is no way, Zhao Er can only be an embroidery messenger and do some dirty work in order to have the value of existence. Otherwise, just like the sons and daughters of other wealthy families, it is quite helpless to be a gentleman.

In fact, he is also a Yanei, and he is also the largest Yanai in the world, his father is the emperor, the eldest brother is the prince, and in his life, at most, he is the Taiping Xian King, there is no other possibility.

As a result, the eldest brother usurped the throne and drove himself to Da Zhou.

In the past few years, he has worked as a coolie, sang, fed horses, worked as an embroidered messenger, and killed people...... Everything has been done, where is there still a little royal dignity, but it's okay, the Southern Tang Dynasty is about to fall, what royal dignity do you want?

It's just right, to get rid of this damn identity completely.

Some people may think that Li Yu is the remnant of the Southern Tang Dynasty royal family and cannot be used, this kind of thinking is just the insight of ordinary people, Chai Rongxiong is very good, he can even use Han Derang, how can he let Li Yu go?

What ability does a remnant of the Southern Tang Dynasty have to threaten the Great Zhou court? What really threatens the safety of the country is those civil and military ministers, they are intertwined, their power is huge, and they quietly take away all the power of the court, and they all say that the emperor is the same, in fact, it is the monarch who founded the country, and the emperor behind is no different from the statue in the temple, just a decoration! If the IQ is not enough, it will be played around.

With a Li Yu who does not have much to do with the civil official clique of the current dynasty, he can just balance the situation of the dynasty and contain the civil officials in the north.

"It is precisely because I have nothing that the Son of Heaven of Da Zhou can use me!"

Li Yu chattered twice, and suddenly smiled elegantly, Zhao Er, this guy is also a fool, and he is still a minister! Let's get through the hurdle in front of us first!

There are salt workers everywhere, people everywhere who are doing things, the dragons are leaderless, they are in a mess, they may lose their lives at any time, dreaming of other things, isn't it too painful?

Li Yu shook his head vigorously and devoted himself to the great cause of understanding the local people's feelings...... In fact, the most important success factor for the salt workers is still here in Ye Hua.

In order to cover Wei Renpu's southward movement, Ye Hua mobilized his men and horses, stationed troops near Taizhou, and then advanced to Shouzhou, the main force of the Southern Tang Dynasty was firmly dragged by the Great Zhou, and the rear was empty, so that the salt workers could succeed smoothly.

And now all the men and horses of the Southern Tang Dynasty in Jiangbei have retreated into the city to defend it, and the decisive battle situation has been formed!

"Champion Hou went south for only a few months, turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands into rain, stirring a pool of spring water in the south of the Yangtze River, creating an excellent opportunity, I decided to immediately send troops to break through Jinling and destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty!"

Chai Rong announced murderously.

The emperor's will was unanimously supported by the officials, especially the military generals, who were even more screaming.

Among them, the most fierce one is Zhao Kuangyin.

Last year, Ye Hua stopped the plan to go south from the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the forbidden army was sent to the outside of the Saiwai to capture slaves.

In the past few months, Zhao Kuangyin has achieved fruitful results, and he has captured nearly 100,000 slaves in total, which is equivalent to two people for each soldier.

Most of these slaves were sold to Hedong.

The farm needs people, the mine needs people, and the workshop needs people.

100,000 people, almost in the blink of an eye, were robbed.

Zhao Dadu was worried, "Your Majesty, the barbarians in the Yunzhou area have almost been captured, and if you want to arrest people, you must go hundreds of miles deep into the grassland, which is getting more and more difficult." Now there is only one Yunzhou City left, and there are still tens of thousands of people in it. ”

Chai Rong smiled: "Zhao Qing, since that's the case, why don't you take Yunzhou down?" ”

Zhao Dahan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has two considerations. ”

"Oh? You talk about it. ”

Zhao Dadao: "This is a few years ago, the minister went to the champion Hou's house as a guest, at that time His Royal Highness Brother Xing was still wearing open crotch pants, but he already knew a lot of poetry, but he didn't know money, every time he memorized a poem, the minister took out a lot of money, he only knew to take a copper plate, a poem a copper plate. Not only ministers, but also others. ”

Chai Rong chuckled and said, "Zhao Qing, the people in that door, there are still people who don't know money?" I see you've been fooled, Brother Xing wants to get a little more copper plate, right? ”

Zhao Da grinned bitterly, "The minister later asked the champion Hou, and he said the same thing, but the minister was confused for a while, and he suffered heavy losses!" ”

"How?" Chai Rong said curiously.

"The day before, the minister got a reward from His Majesty, so he took out such a big golden ingot, put it in a pile of money, let Brother Xing pick it, and the minister wondered if he would take the copper plate!"

"Phew!" Chai Rong took a sip of Zhao Da and scolded with a smile: "Are you a fool when you are my brother?" ”

Zhao Da held his head helplessly, "Anyway, from then on, the minister will not gamble with the people of the Ye Mansion, one hundred taels!" Such a big gold ingot...... Alas, just buy a lesson! ”

Chai Rong just likes Zhao Kuangyin's honesty, he smiled and said: "I understand what you mean, you are using Yunzhou as a bait, as long as Yunzhou is here, the Khitan will send people over, there are businessmen to exchange, and materials are transported, and we can get benefits." ”

"Yes, that's what it means, Chen thought, wait a while, if Yunzhou has no value, and then get it back completely, this day will not be too far away, at most a year or two, after all, the Khitan is not a fool."

Chai Rong smiled and nodded, "What else, what about the second point?" ”

"The second consideration? The minister pondered, such a big matter as the recovery of Yunzhou, His Majesty should drive the expedition in person, and the minister is willing to be a pawn for His Majesty! ”

"You!"

Chai Rong smiled dumbly and gave Zhao Da three words "sycophant", Zhao Kuangyin accepted it calmly, and did not feel that there was anything wrong with it. He heard in Yehua's mansion that there is a special term for patting the emperor's sycophants, called "praising the saint", which is one of the duties of a courtier. He is dedicated to his duties, doing a line of love!

Chai Rong groaned: "I fulfill your wishes, but it's not to recover Yunzhou, Yunzhou is still too small!" I want the whole of Jiangnan! ”

Chai Rong waved his hand violently, "Spread the decree, order all 100,000 forbidden troops, and you, Zhang Yongde, and Han Tong will serve as the vanguard, and immediately go to Chuzhou, obey the dispatch of the champion Hou, and I will personally command the army, and then arrive!" ”

"Minister...... Obey! ”

The wrinkles on Zhao Da's face were smiling, although a lot of battles were captured, but after all, it was a small scene, Zhao Dake didn't see it in his eyes, he was gearing up, just waiting for the army to go south!

At this moment, Da Zhou can be called a star-studded gathering, and if you pick out any one, they are all talents who are in charge of their own affairs.

Needless to say, the three pioneers, the other generals, including Gao Huaide, Yang Ye, Murong Yanzhao, Shi Shouxin, Pan Mei, Han Lingkun, Fu Zhaoxin, Chen Shi, Wang Tingyi, Liu Yanqin, etc., this list alone is enough to make people dizzy.

Chai Rong drove the expedition in person, leaving Wang Pu as the guard of the capital.

Along with him, there were also privy envoys Hou Yi, Li Gu, a scholar of Wenhuadian University, Han Xizai, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, and Li Shi, a scholar of Hanlin University...... These five people, a veteran who knows the army, a financial minister who is familiar with finance, a bachelor who understands the situation in the southeast, and an upstart who is good at giving advice, the lineup is absolutely perfect.

Civil and military ministers, elite soldiers and fierce generals came out.

Flags fluttering, people shouting horses neighing, swords and guns are bright, and people are crowded.

The momentum of the expedition is simply unstoppable.

Li Gu rode on horseback and said with a smile: "With the military might of the Great Zhou, if Li Hongji is smart, he should avoid his edge, retreat to Jinling, and rely on the Yangtze River to survive." If you dare to resist the heavenly soldiers, you are killing yourself! Do you think so? Li Gu looked forward to Zixiong on horseback, obviously, regaining Chai Rong's holy favor made Li Xianggong more than ten years younger, and he talked more than his age!

The others didn't say anything, Li Xian smiled, "Li Xianggong, if you want me to say, this time Li Hongji will not only not back down, but will also fight to the death with Da Zhou!" ”

"Oh? Does he have what it takes? ”

Li Xian smiled and said: "He has to do it, Li Xianggong, why don't we make a bet, if I win, how about you change into a woman's vegetarian and sing a song to the soldiers of the three armies?" ”

Li Gu thought for a while, and said loudly: "Don't rap songs, even if you play a song, just the old man plays and sings by himself!" But what if Mr. Li loses? ”

Li Xi was about to speak, when suddenly a messenger hurried over. Li Shi's eyebrows were raised, and he smiled: "I'm afraid I won't lose!" ”

The messenger rolled off his horse and fell to one knee, "Your Majesty, Chuzhou is in an emergency, Li Hongji raised 300,000 horses to rescue Yangzhou." ”

Three hundred thousand?

What a big deal!

Just when everyone was surprised, the messenger continued: "Wu Yue, also raise 100,000 horses and kill Suzhou!" ”