The war situation in the north is changing rapidly, Li Xuanba is unwilling to take risks, it is the best to brake quietly, and it is also a very helpless decision, after all, the Tang Dynasty is prosperous, and the Turks are always eyeing each other, before the south is stable, Dou Jiande and Xu Shiji only need to ensure that the border of the Southern Sui is safe, it is already the best situation for the imperial court. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"General Li, the battle with Shen Faxing is destined to be very anxious." There was nothing to discuss in the north, Li Xuanba began to mention the attack on Wu County, he faced Li Jing, and said with a grim expression: "This battle is related to the stability of the imperial court, and it can only be won, not defeated!" ”

"His Royal Highness King Zhou, you put General Qin, General Luo, Wan Jun and Wan Che by Jing's side, is there a reason why this battle is invincible?" Li Jing arched his hand and said: "Please also rest assured that King Zhou will not take the head of Shen Faxing in this southern expedition, and Jing will not return to Jiangdu." ”

"General Li, don't worry, this king's words are not finished yet." Seeing Li Jing's sworn appearance, Li Xuanba hurriedly interrupted him and said, "Victory is certainly to win, but in addition to defeating Shen Faxing, there are two other things that are particularly important. ”

"Please also ask King Zhou to make it clear." Li Jing hesitated for a moment, got up and said: "If Jing is not mistaken, His Royal Highness King Zhou should want to train soldiers for the imperial court while marching south, but I don't know what the other thing is?" ”

Most of the generals of this southern expedition are generals who can fight well, but the soldiers are all Li Zitong's old troops and the people recruited later, and they train in thousands or hundreds of people, and they have not really been on the battlefield, which is not a good thing for the imperial court and those soldiers themselves.

"This king mentioned earlier that the battle between the imperial court and Shen Faxing is destined to be anxious, and General Li's eyebrows seem to show a trace of disdain?" Li Xuanba said with a smile, Li Jing hurriedly bowed down, ready to plead guilty, but Li Xuanba didn't give him this opportunity, and continued: "It is true that with General Li's talent, it is easy to take Wu County, but the imperial court hopes that the timing of your capture of Wu County can be just right, so even if you can lead the army to capture Wu County easily, you must pretend to be anxious." ”

"I don't know what King Zhou means by this?" Several people in the Zhou Guogong Mansion understood what Li Xuanba meant, but Zhang Xutuo and the others didn't know, they all pondered when they heard Li Xuanba's orders, Luo Shixin didn't bother to think about it, and arched his hand and said: "The art of war is cloudy: the soldiers are noble and fast, and the last general really doesn't understand what King Zhou means." ”

Li Xuanba smiled bitterly, secretly saying that Luo Shixin's temperament was still so impatient, so he asked Fang Xuanling to explain the reason, some people understood, and some people still didn't understand, but Li Xuanba could see that Li Jing understood, and this was enough.

For many days last year, Shen Nansheng knelt naked and shivering in the ice and snow outside the Zhou State Mansion, trying to take all the blame on himself.

Li Xuanba sent someone to send Shen Nansheng back to Wu County, and then there was no contact with Shen Faxing, and the two sides knew that this was just the calm before the storm.

"Shen Faxing pinned his hopes on Datang, but he didn't know that Datang had no intention of going south, and would even use Shen Faxing to contain us in turn." After Fang Xuanling finished explaining, Li Xuanba smiled and said, "We might as well push the boat down the river and pretend to fight with Shen Faxing, so that Datang can fight with the Northern Sui with peace of mind." ”

"King Zhou's plan is indeed very thorough, but the army going south will inevitably consume a lot of grain and grass, if in the end it is just to cooperate with the Tang Dynasty to perform a play, is this loss a little too great?" Qin Qiong was puzzled: "According to the last general, if the Tang Dynasty wants to capture Luoyang, it will definitely capture the surrounding counties before besieging the city." ”

"Does General Qin think that the Tang Dynasty will not be able to capture Luoyang in half a year?" Li Xuanba's face still maintained a smile, and he said softly: "Although this crusade against Shen Faxing is aimed at training troops, the soldiers can't die in vain, so General Li Jing should also capture other counties other than Wu County and Yuhang County first." It's easy to capture a city, but it will take a long time to make it our city, and if the Tang Dynasty can afford it, why can't the imperial court? ”

"His Royal Highness King Zhou, you should tell all the plans, otherwise the generals are afraid that they will be in a hurry." Jia Yanfu observed his words, saw Li Jing and the others frowning slightly, and said with a smile: "How can the imperial court put up such a big battle, how can it be just for Shen Faxing alone?" ”

"Lin Shihong?" Li Jing's eyes lit up and blurted out.

In fact, Li Jing had already guessed that things were not so simple, Xiao Mo had already surrendered to the imperial court, Shen Faxing was like meat on the chopping block, and the imperial court could eliminate it at any time, since the imperial court had the intention to stabilize the south, how could it be possible to let Lin Shihong continue to control more than a dozen counties such as Yuzhang?

"Liang Guogong obeyed the mandate of heaven and dedicated the land of Liang to the imperial court, Shen Faxing resisted stubbornly, and it was not a pity to die." Li Xuanba nodded and said, "Last year, this king sent an envoy to Yuzhang to persuade him to surrender, and Lin Shihong expressed his willingness to surrender, but after that, he no longer showed up. The king thought that since the envoy could not see him, he could only let General Li lead a large army to meet him. ”

"The national strength of Da Chu, Liang Guogong must know best." Li Jing was not ambiguous, arched his hand towards Xiao Miao, and said, "I hope that Liang Guogong will be able to help when the time comes." ”

Xiao Mo returned the salute and replied with a smile: "General Li invited, but dare not comply?" Everyone laughed, and Xiao Mo continued: "However, Milling feels that with Lin Shihong's character, General Li may not have a chance to fight him. ”

"What does Xiao Guogong mean by this?" Xiao Miao's words made everyone in the hall slightly stunned, and Li Xuanba didn't know why, so he asked: "Could it be that Lin Shihong will surrender without a fight?" ”

"Since the death of the master beggar, Lin Shihong has completely lost his sharpness." In the face of Li Xuanba, Xiao Mo showed a very good sense of etiquette, and he arched his hand: "In the past, when Milling led the army to fight with the Chu State, Lin Shihong often ordered the army to hold the city, but never sent reinforcements, which allowed Mill to seize many cities from him. ”

"So, when he didn't see the envoy of the imperial court, he didn't deliberately avoid it, but he didn't dare to see it?" Li Xuanba quickly reacted, shook his head and sighed: "I really don't understand, how can a character like him dare to call himself the King of Chu?" ”

"If Lin Shihong can surrender without a fight, it would be better for the imperial court." Zhang Xutuo also sighed, but his emotion was different from Li Xuanba's, he was more like a sigh for the people of the world.

"These are just milling speculations, as for how Lin Shihong will choose in the end, milling does not dare to confirm." Xiao Miao's tone of the audience seemed to be as if Lin Shihong had surrendered, and hurriedly spoke: "If things are really as planned by King Zhou, the Tang Dynasty will not send troops to aid Shen Faxing, then Shen Faxing is very likely to unite with Lin Shihong and resist the army of the imperial court together." ”

"I'm afraid that Shen Faxing has already sent someone to Lin Shihong for help." Li Xuanba said disapprerovingly: "Even if Lin Shihong sends troops, will the imperial court still be afraid that he will not succeed?" ”

As long as Lin Shihong dares to move, Li Mian and Yuwen Chengdu will send troops from the north and west of Chu at the fastest speed, and besides, there are more than 100,000 elite divisions in Jiangdu! (To be continued.) )