Hearing that even Ouchi was alarmed by the fire, Zhao Guangyi didn't care about talking to the general of the forbidden army anymore, and hurriedly went out in person. The person who came was Gu Ruoli, who was the deputy of the inner chamberlain, and listened to Zhao Guangyi explain to him what had happened, Gu Ruoli was also very happy, and he put out the fire so quickly, it can be seen that the official family is determined to rectify the Kaifeng fire, and now it has achieved great results, and when he goes back, the official family will also be happy. At that moment, Gu Ruoli smiled happily and hurriedly rushed back to report the good news.

After the next day's court meeting, Zhao Kuangyin deliberately left his brother, the two went to the Wende Hall to sit, and talked about the wine, Zhao Guangyi then told him the details of yesterday's firefighting, Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed when he heard it, and praised it repeatedly: "The second brother is really well governed by Kaifeng Mansion." With you sitting in Kaifeng, fighting the world for your brother, and merging with the Quartet, you have no worries. Hehehe, this Yang Hao is really good, young and promising, and he is a talent that can be created. ”

Yang Hao did his duty under Zhao Guangyi, and he was very respectful, Zhao Guangyi had a little disgust with him because of Cheng Dexuan's incident has disappeared, and he also had pity for him.

When it came to the battle of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin was even more overjoyed: "Second brother, if you don't ask about it, my brother is about to talk to you." Pan Mei and Yin Chongke led their troops to Lingnan and had already captured Hezhou City, which was only received yesterday afternoon by his brother. ”

"Have you already captured Hezhou City?" Zhao Guangyi was also overjoyed when he heard the news, and couldn't help but praise: "Pan Mei is really a tiger general, and he took Hezhou so quickly." The eldest brother's strategy is really clever, at the beginning, in order to go separately or take all the way alone, the brother also had a lot of disputes with the eldest brother, and now it seems that the eldest brother's decision is right. ”

Zhao Kuangyin laughed when he heard it, and he was very proud in his heart. When the attack plan was drawn up, the ministers of the DPRK and China, headed by Zhao Guangyi, advocated the successful example of the Qin Emperor and Han Dynasty in their crusade against Lingnan.

After Qin Shi Huang unified the Central Plains, he sent the general Tu Sui to lead an army of 500,000 troops, and the troops attacked Lingnan in five ways. By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in the battle to destroy the Nanyue Kingdom, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was also divided into five routes, and after a protracted and heavy loss of war, Lingnan was pacified.

This tactic divides the troops into various directions, marching hand in hand, can cause a strong deterrent, and at the same time can force the enemy to fight at the same time on a long front, taking care of one and the other, it is difficult to take care of each other, this is a steady and steady offensive strategy, the Qin Emperor and Han Wu two heroic lords coincidentally adopted this tactic, their own reason.

The court and China tended to emulate the strategy of the Qin and Han dynasties, but this plan was ultimately vetoed by him, Zhao Kuangyin. Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could use five fingers to strangle Lingnan, but he couldn't, he couldn't copy the methods of Yingzheng and Liu Che.

The division of troops to attack, although the momentum is huge, can make the enemy tired, it is difficult to become a horn to assist each other, but the number of troops required is too huge, and the military baggage is also too expensive, he has fought too many battles in the southern and northern expeditions in recent years, he does not have so many soldiers and horses, and he cannot snatch every penny of their hard-earned money from the people who have just recovered to be used as food and straw consumption.

Therefore, after he sent out a scout to fully understand the national conditions of the Southern Han Dynasty, he boldly decided to rely on him to come by several routes, and I only went all the way, and according to his own conditions, he concentrated his superior forces, condensed into a heavy fist, and took Lingnan directly, and broke them one by one.

The risk of this was that if the other side had made the right arrangements, the expeditionary force would likely have been surrounded and annihilated, or the enemy would have to defend the city and wait for work, while the Song army would be exhausted, and if it could not succeed in one fell swoop, it would be demoralized and defeated in Lingnan.

But judging from the information he had, the emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty was mediocre, the court was corrupt, and the morale was low, although he was waiting for work at ease, and he had the advantage of geography and people, it was difficult to organize a decent resistance, and now it seems that his judgment was right, and he did not follow the example of the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, he achieved great success, and of course he was proud.

"Hezhou has been taken, Hezhou has been taken!" Zhao Guangyi was excited, and after thinking about the geography of the Southern Han Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi said excitedly: "Great, next, you can go straight to Guizhou through the Yuechengling Road." ”

Zhao Kuangyin laughed like a child, he shook his head, and smiled mysteriously at his brother: "Otherwise, otherwise, you can guess again." ”

"Didn't you take Guizhou?" Zhao Guangyi said in surprise: "How is it possible? This is a shortcut from north to south, taking the Yuezhou Ridge Road, which can avoid the long journey from west to east, which is also one of them; This road is all water transportation, which is convenient for transporting grain and grass baggage, and the other is also; Guizhou is the place where the five mountains are rushed, if this city is overcome, it is like entering the realm of no one, and this is the third also. Why not take Guizhou? ”

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Second brother, the warships of the Han Kingdom are all from Guizhou, and Guizhou is the gateway to Lingnan, so how can such a military important place not be guarded by heavy troops?" We are outnumbered, and we are afraid that we will not be able to help us after transporting military rations and grass for a long time, so we cannot directly take the key points. ”

He put down his chopsticks, walked to the side of the imperial book case and took a scroll of paintings, spread it out on the table, Zhao Guangyi walked over, Zhao Kuangyin pointed out: "Second brother, look, after Pan Mei took Hezhou, the northern defense line of the Han Kingdom was cut in two, and it was difficult to echo each other. After the Han State gathered heavy troops in Guangzhou, it attacked Zhaozhou on the western front, and once Zhaozhou succeeded, Guizhou became a lonely city, and then attacked Guizhou from the flank. ”

Zhao Kuangyin said: "The northern line and the western line have changed hands successively, and at that time, Pan Mei can wave his army and march forward to take Lianzhou, Shaozhou, Yingzhou, and Xiongzhou on the eastern line of the Han Kingdom. ”

He picked up the jade axe, waved it on the map, and then waved it forward, and said with great ambition: "Once the Han Kingdom is in hand, the Tang Kingdom and Wu Yue can be expected to be destroyed, and then ...... next" His eyes narrowed slightly, and the jade axe moved to the direction of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun in the north of the map, and knocked gently, revealing a sinister aura between his eyebrows.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ at this moment, a little yellow door walked in, lifted the dust, bowed down and said, "Official, the third secretary Chu Zhaofu has something important to ask to see." ”

"Lao Chu is here? Hehehe, please let him in. Zhao Kuangyin said with a smile.

When he was in the Later Zhou Dynasty, Chu Zhaofu was the quartermaster, and the two had always been familiar with each other, but now although Zhao Kuangyin is the emperor, he doesn't have much to do in private, plus he is in a good mood today, and he actually used the word "please" to his subordinates.

The little yellow door hurriedly agreed, bowed and retreated. After a moment, Chu Zhaofu ran in in a panic.

Zhao Kuangyin smiled when he saw it: "Old Chu, look at you as if you are burning your buttocks, now you are planning in the middle of the court, you have to be calm in case of trouble, hehe, what's the matter, so anxious to see me?" ”

"The official family, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good, ouch, Weichen has seen the official family."

"Okay, okay", Zhao Kuangyin said impatiently: "What's wrong, you can make it clear." ”

"Yes, yes," Chu Zhaofu swallowed his saliva and said profusely: "Official, there is not enough food to eat." ”

Zhao Kuangyin was stunned and said with a smile: "How come? How many people are in your family, I have given you a lot of money, why is it not enough to eat? ”

Chu Zhaofu said with a sad face: "The official family, it's not that the food in the minister's family is not enough to eat, it's ...... It's that the food of more than one million people in Kaifeng Mansion will soon be not enough to eat. ”

Zhao Guangyi couldn't help but laugh when he heard it: "Old Chu, are you not awake or are you drunk?" Our Great Song Mansion treasury is full, and the warehouse is full, why is this food inexplicably not enough to eat? ”

Chu Zhaofu slammed his feet, and the two hat wings suddenly fanned up and down: "Official, Lord Zhao, Lao Chu is not talking nonsense, the food in Kaifeng is really not enough to eat." You see, the minister has just learned that our existing grain is only enough to eat the winter solstice, and when the river freezes, the grain cannot be transported in, and all of them will have to drink the northwest wind. ”

Zhao Kuangyin was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Lao Chu, don't be brainless when you speak, what the hell is going on, you can make it clear." You...... You old bastard, you say! ”

Chu Zhaofu sprinkled a big beard, stared at a pair of mung bean eyes, and said innocently: "Official, that's the case, we have a million people in Kaifeng, and we consume countless rice and grain every day, and we have to continuously transport grain and grass from the ground to Kaifeng. In the past, these things were taken care of by Deputy Envoy Luo Gongming, and the government treasury stored grain but there was a shortage, so he immediately mobilized a group of grain ships to quickly transport grain to make up for it. But the minister doesn't understand this, it's been a few months, and no one in the small officials below has reported to the minister how much food is missing every day, so no one has transferred grain to replenish the treasury. The grain brought into Beijing on weekdays is not enough for the people to eat normally, so they always have to transfer some money from the government treasury, and they just eat and eat, and now they have emptied several grain depots. ”

As soon as they heard this, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi's faces changed, they are people who do big things, and they have always been taken care of by someone, no matter how talented they are, how wise and wise they are, it is impossible to ask everything one by one, the food problem has been solved very well, and it has never been a problem, so they didn't expect that there would be a problem in this regard, but how important food is, they don't know, when they hear what Chu Zhaofu said, how dangerous it is, how can they not panic?

Zhao Kuangyin said nervously: "What is the situation now?" ”

Chu Zhaofu said: "The minister asked the officials in the yamen, there has been no grain storage for several months, if you sit and eat like this, by the time of the winter solstice, the entire Kaifeng will have no rice, and when it snows heavily, hundreds of people will freeze and starve to death." If we start transporting grain from now on......"

Zhao Da and Zhao Er asked in unison, "So what?" ”

Chu Zhaofu thought about what the official in the yazhong said to him, and said: "Remove the grain that is normally consumed every day, and the grain stored in the granary can be used by the people of Kaifeng to survive this cold winter." ”

Zhao Da and Zhao Erqi breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhao Kuangyin said: "That's good, it's really a false alarm, you old Chu, it's really boring to talk and do things." ”

Chu Zhaofu grinned and whispered: "Official, the official said to the minister, in a few days, the rain will be frequent, the water level in some sections of the river will be high, and the water level in some sections of the river will be low, and the grain boat will easily capsize, so this grain will not be so lucky." In the winter, when the rivers freeze over, the transport will cease completely, and a hundred and ten mules and horses will not carry as much grain as a shipload by land......"

His voice became smaller and quieter, and Zhao Kuangyin stared at him suspiciously: "What does this mean?" ”

Chu Zhaofu said curtly: "What does this mean...... That is to say, in ......the early spring and February of next year, when the river is dry and shallow, and it is still difficult to transport grain, all the grain in Kaifeng Mansion will be eaten, and it will still be ...... or will there be a famine, and the ...... will starve to death."

"You old horseman!" Zhao Kuangyin ran away on the spot, grabbed the jade axe and threw it over. Zhao Kuangyin was anxious to smash people with the jade axe that he liked to play with paperweights, several ministers in the court had been injured by him, and the jade axes on the imperial case had been replaced by several, Chu Zhaofu knew in his heart, as soon as Zhao Kuangyin raised his hand, he squatted on the ground, and the jade axe flew over his head with a "whew", only to hear the "ouch" sound outside the hall, and I don't know who was unlucky.

"I'm going to kill you, you old horseman, I'll leave all the money, grain, and taxes to you to take care of, how did you become a third envoy? What about the sword? Take my sword, I want to slash this old killer with a sword! ”

Zhao Kuangyin is really crazy, just now he was thinking about dominating the world and being a heroic master, which is good, he has changed from an upstart to a broken household in the blink of an eye. Zhao Guangyi hugged the crazy eldest brother and yelled at Chu Zhaofu: "Lord Third Envoy, do you have any emergency measures, speak quickly, lest the official family be angry." ”

Chu Zhaofu got up from the ground and said dryly: "Official, if you want not to cause famine and starve to death, now ...... Now there is only one way. ”

Zhao Kuangyin suddenly quieted down, half of his body probed outside the Long Shu case, and asked urgently: "What's the way, say it quickly, say it quickly." ”

"Well...... now we have to hastily mobilize enough ships, buy enough food, and arrive in Kaifeng before the river freezes enough to eat enough food for the resumption of shipping next spring, but now there is only one plan, and that is ...... It is...... The grain from all over the country that is ready to be transported from Lingnan will be transferred to Kaifeng. ”

Zhao Kuangyin gritted his teeth and roared: "I am in Lingnan, there are only 100,000 soldiers and horses, can those grains and grass be able to feed millions of people in Tokyo?" Besides, I have brought all the grain to Kaifeng, what will I do with my army in Lingnan, you say! ”

Chu Zhaofu was so frightened that he hurriedly defended: "Official, the minister hasn't finished talking yet." ”

Zhao Kuangyin said angrily: "You say, you say!" ”

Chu Zhaofu swallowed his spit and said: "The official family, the minister also knows that the grain that is going to be transported to Lingnan is not enough for Bianliang to eat, not to mention that the army in Lingnan can't ignore it." The minister meant that to transport part of it to Bianliang and the other part to Lingnan, it was impossible for the soldiers to not even be able to eat, but ...... However, I am afraid that this war against Han will have to be canceled, and General Pan Mei will have to bring back the army before the food is exhausted. ”

Zhao Kuangyin closed his eyes and said weakly: "So what, my Lord Chu?" Okay, even if I follow you and let Pan Mei bring people back, but he still has to eat my rations when he returns to Bianliang, and the little food you brought back is not bad at all, but it still all falls into their stomachs. What about my Kaifeng Mansion? What about my Bianliang City? What about my millions of people? ”

As he spoke, he became excited again, and Chu Zhaofu hurriedly said: "The minister still has a word, at this time, you have to use the strategy of dividing the army into tuntian." ”

Zhao Kuangyin was stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "Divide the army into Tuntian, how to say this, you can tell me carefully." ”

Chu Zhaofu said: "If you want to survive the spring flood next year, the grain ships will enter Beijing again, and the people will not starve to death, so you can only divide the army and settle the fields." General Pan's 100,000 troops could not be brought back to the capital, so they had to be disbanded on the spot, disarmed and returned to the fields, so that their rations would be solved locally, and they would not have to eat the stored grain of Bianliang. ”

Zhao Da Zhao looked at each other, he didn't expect this genius to come up with such a genius idea.

Chu Zhaofu saw that they didn't speak, but when the good idea he came up with was in line with his intentions, he couldn't help but perk up, and said: "Of course, there are still too many forbidden troops left behind in Kaifeng, and these strong men consume the most food, so they must cut most of them and let them return to their families to farm." At the same time, all the ships that can be requisitioned will be used to purchase and transport grain ...... in the Jianghuai area."

The more he talked, the more excited he became, and the index fingers of his hands were put together in the middle, and he said smugly: "With such a two-pronged approach, the minister can guarantee that in the spring of next year, no one will starve to death in Bianliang City." I wonder what the officials think? ”

"You...... You...... You ......" Zhao Kuangyin pointed at Chu Zhaofu, even his beard trembled, and he was so angry that he couldn't say a complete sentence. Chu Zhaofu couldn't help but be scared when he saw it, he shrunk his neck, and said pitifully: "Official? ”

Zhao Kuangyin didn't take a breath, he took a breath, then the halberd waved outward, and roared: "You...... Get out! ”

"Huh? Obey the order! When Chu Zhaofu saw that something was wrong, he turned around and ran.

"Come back!" Zhao Kuangyin was so angry that he was incoherent, and he said with a blushing face: "You listen to me, you are the third envoy of the imperial court, this is your business." I will not collect troops from Lingnan, I will not disband the forbidden army, I want the people of Kaifeng to survive the winter, and no one will starve to death! If you can't do it, I'll kill you and give the world an explanation, get out! ”

Chu Zhaofu's face was as shocked as earth, and he immediately hugged his head and ran away.