Attacking Zhou in the south is a political task that the Northern Han Dynasty must do at present.

Must do, it's their only option; But is this battle big or small? What kind of war results are you ready to achieve? But it is impossible to let them choose to decide, which is what Liu Chong's father and son are most worried about at the moment.

Now, Lin Feng's proposal to take the initiative to join the battle situation made Liu Chong come out of his state of shock and immediately fall into a state of ecstasy. Lin Feng's participation in the war, doesn't it mean that Datang and himself are officially united, this is a great news!

Liu Chong's eyes immediately lit up, stepped forward to take Lin Feng's hands, asked him to sit down beside him, and expressed his gratitude repeatedly.

The topic of discussion suddenly shifted to how to go south.

Sending 10,000 troops is already a limit for the Northern Han Dynasty, and if the army is mobilized, it will be broken, and 10,000 horses have now basically been assembled in the Longshan camp in the west of Taiyuan City; The use of the crown prince Liu Chengjun as the envoy to fight in the south has also been agreed a long time ago; However, how to position Lin Feng, who suddenly came out to help him, made Liu Chong difficult, he couldn't help but give Lin Feng a name, but he couldn't directly give someone an official of the Northern Han Dynasty? !

Regarding this point, Lin Feng simply volunteered to position himself as a "military adviser" invited by the Northern Han Dynasty.

When Liu Chong expressed his confusion about this word, Lin Feng would not say the meaning of "ask if you can take care of it, and don't ask if you can't take care of it", and explained in an easy-to-understand way: "If you ask and make suggestions, your identity should be between the prison and the observer." ”

Just as Liu Chong's father and son nodded abruptly to express their relief, Lin Feng asked an extremely direct question: "I don't know how far the Han Kingdom is going to fight this battle?" ”

Liu Chengjun immediately turned his head to his father, this is the issue they have been discussing for the past few days, but no one dares to directly say what to do if they fail.

Lin Feng saw the embarrassed looks of the two of them, and he knew it in his heart, and said with a cruel smile: "It's better to cut off one of its fingers than to hurt its ten fingers." Due to the overall strength of the Han State, it is impossible to swallow the Zhou State, so Lin suggested that it is better to directly position this battle as a small-scale, long-term war of attrition! ”

Liu Chong's father and son looked at Lin Feng in confusion.

The look on Lin Feng's face was even more hideous, he slammed his fist on the table in front of him, and said softly: "Instead of attacking aimlessly on the land of Zhou, it is better to find a place to start, just like Jinzhou, the first target of such a battle, the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is close to the Han State, which can be advanced or retreated, and it can be used as a nail for us to nail out, and it is fiercely wedged into the body of the Zhou State."

In this battle, Lin believed that the Han State should show the momentum of the heroes who would never return, and take out the will to die after being put to death, and after capturing Jinzhou City, the walls were cleared, and all the people inside and outside the city and nearby states and counties were driven to the Zhou Kingdom, and then accumulated grain and grass in the city for several years, and persisted for a long time!

In this way, Jinju City was like opening a small blood opening on Zhou Guo's strong body, and continued to bleed it. In the long run, the Zhou State will inevitably be weak, and when the time comes, the Great Liao and Tang States will send troops at the same time, and they will attack from three sides, and the end of the Zhou State will come! ”

Liu Chong's father and son's eyes lit up suddenly, and they looked at Lin Feng seriously.

Lin Feng waved his arms and continued with a confident attitude: "There are at least two advantages to this: first, the insistence of Jinzhou City will give all the soldiers and civilians of the Han State a reassurance, showing the determination of the Han State to swear to stand against the Zhou State, and prevent the appearance of half-hearted people; Second, it also proves to the Liao State that our Northern Han also has its own dignity and strength, so let them put away their contempt! ”

Lin Feng's flickering kung fu played a role again, especially the second benefit, which made Liu Chong's expression even more excited, and his right fist also slammed on the table. If it weren't for his weak strength and being forced to the current situation, he wouldn't want to humiliate himself in front of Liao Shizong, a young man who was not much older than his son! He, Liu Chong, is also the number one person who has been in the rivers and lakes all his life, with skin and face!

"This battle will be less than a year, more than three years, the process will be extremely arduous, and the first person who needs to be appeased is the soldiers who set out on this trip! Lin suggested that half of the money to be paid tribute to the Liao State should be distributed to all the soldiers before the expedition, and there must be brave men under the heavy reward! Make another promise to encourage the soldiers to persevere to the end. Please believe that when it comes to the worst of the year, the Zhou State will inevitably lose its troops and consume its vitality, and finally the Han Kingdom will be able to achieve great things and live a long life! Lin Feng continued to speak generously.

Of course, Lin Feng's unfortunate move was not for the sake of the Northern Han, but to let the Northern Han Dynasty drag Hou Zhou to the death, to give the Southern Tang a buffer time of a year or even longer, and to prepare for the battle.

However, Lin Feng's insistent idea was not a random move.

In the history of Chinese warfare, as long as there is a difficult and dangerous city defense, the military and civilians are tenacious and hardworking, coupled with abundant food reserves, it is not uncommon to hold on to a city for several years or even decades. Take the Southern Song Dynasty not long after, for example, a Xiangyang city once held back the Mongol army for six years, and the Diaoyu City in Sichuan was even more powerful, standing under the attack of the Mongol army for 36 years! During this period, he also killed the Mongolian Khan Meng Ge, forcing the Hulegu army that was marching into Egypt to withdraw to the country, and Kublai Khan, who was on the front line in Hubei, also hurriedly withdrew north to the country, and a bunch of people went to compete for the Mongolian Khan's throne, this incident can be said to have affected the course of the entire history of the world!

"Put to death and then live! Extraordinary people must achieve extraordinary deeds! Cheng Jun now understands why Lord Lin can achieve such a prominent feat! Liu Chengjun was also successfully bewitched, and he also slammed his fist on the table, and shouted to Liu Chong with red eyes: "Father, the son is willing to stick to Jinzhou with this body, and he will never return north without fighting to the last one!" ”

Liu Chong looked at Liu Chengjun with a relieved face, his expression became complicated and abnormal, he turned his head to look at Lin Feng, and asked, "Lord Lin, this proposal is feasible!" But the old man has passed through Jinju City several times, and this city is unusually strong and very difficult to get down! ”

Lin Feng patted his chest and said loudly: "As long as the Holy Lord responds to Lin's attrition strategy, Lin will ensure that Jinzhou can be overturned!" We can swear by high-fives, if we can't successfully break the city, Lin Feng will never have the shame to step into the land north of the Huai River in his life! ”

Liu Chong was also excited, patted his chest and said: "Lord Lin can be so attentive to my Northern Han Dynasty, for the future of the Han Kingdom, Liu Chong dares to fight this time!" Do everything according to what Lord Lin says! ”

After speaking, Liu Chong turned around and shouted loudly: "Come on, change to hot dishes, and I and Lord Lin have a drink!" ”

Subsequently, the three discussed more details in the drink, and Lin Feng took the opportunity to talk about his past heroic deeds and revealed the principles of equality and ** that he adhered to, which caused the father and son to sigh.

In particular, Liu Chengjun, who is about the same age as Lin Feng, agrees with Lin Feng's view that "it is good to turn around when the boat is small, and a small country should be more flexible". The matter is clear, if the Northern Han wants to survive and grow in an environment full of evil neighbors, if it doesn't take some chances, it will be a dead end sooner or later!

In the following three days, Liu Chong's father and son completely followed Lin Feng's "military adviser policy", rewarded soldiers and gave preferential treatment to soldiers, secretly selected 300 military athletes and handed them over to Lin Feng for arrangement, and even sacrificed a more ruthless trick: all the families of the officers above the head of the army were taken to Taiyuan Mansion and lived in a centralized residence, which was convenient to take care of and entertain in the name of beauty, but in fact, they were used as hostages. Not to mention, under this combination of grace and power, the soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty who went out on the expedition changed their previous decadent trend and gave birth to many spiritual heads.

On the evening of the 28th day of the first lunar month, Lin Feng led four hundred elites to take the lead out of the city and sneaked to Jinzhou overnight. From this moment on, the Battle of Jinju, which was famous as the "Mountain of Corpses and Sea of Blood" in later generations, quietly kicked off.