"The winter of that year was a restless winter."

This is a sentence that was published in the "Shouzhou Business Daily" in the future, because it is so appropriate, it has been widely known since then, and it is often used to refer to the winter of the ninth year of the Tang Dynasty (951 AD).

This winter, because of the level war situation involving the four countries of the world, it naturally has a strong restless background; The continuous war, the ups and downs of the process, always hold the hearts of the people of the world, and continuously add an irregular rhythm to the background; When the Southern Tang Emperor's personal edict and the 2 ministers' orders were transmitted to the world, it filled in a strong axis for this manic animation volume.

For a time, these two edicts, especially the Enyin Order, became the biggest topic on the lips of the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

At noon on November 21, in a roadside tea house five miles outside the south gate of Yangzhou City in the Southern Tang Dynasty, a group of resting tea customers also quarreled on the spot because of the grace order.

The quarrel was caused by a scholar who heard others talking loudly about the benefits of the Grace Decree, and slapped the table and shouted that the decree was a deception to the people of the world, and it was impossible to achieve it.

A businessman took the lead in retorting, unceremoniously pointing out, "I'm afraid that this is because Enyin Ling has nothing to do with you scholars, and you are just resentful and jealous in your heart."

The scholar immediately blushed and his neck thickened, and he wrenched his fingers and argued loudly: "The most basic fact is that it is impossible for Datang to let so many people be officials, and it is impossible for the whole world to have so many official positions. ”

There were not many well-dressed people in this humble tea house, and when they heard the scholar's words, they booed and ridiculed one after another.

The merchant was even more angry, and he shot the case, and fought back: "What's wrong with the common people, what's wrong with the mud legs, what's wrong with our peddlers and pawns, they are all treated like treasures under Lord Lin Fenglin, it was impossible before, but now with Lord Lin Fenglin, it is possible."

Lord Lin has just been personally named a first-class and third-class lord by the saint, that is the same hand-picked treatment as the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses and the king of Qi, I went to Shouzhou to do business, with Lord Lin's Shouzhou, now it can completely open your eyes to this toad scholar at the bottom of the well.

Let me tell you, Lord Lin is the Wenqu star that God gave to Datang, wherever Lord Lin goes, where miracles are born, I dare to say, as long as Lord Lin is in our Datang for a day, everything is possible. ”

At the mention of Shouzhou and Lin Feng, the scholar was even more angry, and he also slapped the case angrily, shouting: "What kind of Wenqu stars, where are there so many Wenqu stars in the world, it's pure nonsense, Lin Feng is just a good opportunity." ”

"Cut, then even if you are given the same chance, can you easily subdue a country and defeat the 200,000 Zhou army, hum, you just hold your broken book and dream of your big head, a stinky, hard and pedantic poor scholar." The merchant threw his tea bowl to the ground with disdain, and sneered loudly.

The scholar's face turned black and purple with anger, and he took pictures again and again, but he was speechless.

Hearing this, a middle-aged strong man in military uniform got up from the innermost corner, threw a few tongbao on the table, and went out to fight his horse.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, this middle-aged strong man rushed to the Eastern Capital Stay-at-Home Mansion, signed up for Chai Kehong, and asked to see him by the order of King Yan.

Chai Kehong was soon ushered into the study, and Li Hongji, the king of Yan, personally received him at the door, warmly introduced Song Qiqiu in the room to him, and dragged him to sit down on the left hand side.

Before the cold noise was over, a tall young lieutenant walked in, and after seeing King Qi and Song Qiqiu, he saluted Chai Kehong respectfully, and reported that his home was Feng Dan, the commander of the Jianwu Army.

Li Hongji enthusiastically pulled Feng Dan to his right hand, looked up to the sky and laughed; "It's okay now, my right hand is here."

Chai Kehong and Feng Dan immediately got up when they heard this, and they even said that they were panicked.

Song Qiqiu smiled, and briefly told His Royal Highness King Yan about the battle situation prediction and proposed countermeasures in Jiangbei and Huainan, and immediately made the two soldiers look solemn and look at Li Hongji with extremely admiring eyes.

Li Hongji shook his head, stroked his palms and laughed: "A lot of it was speculated by Song Gong, I don't dare to take this credit, at this moment, the two tiger generals will gather in Yangzhou, just listen to your opinion." ”

Chai Kehong was silent, slowly got up, paced in front of the map, and stared at it.

Feng Dan groaned slightly, and took the lead in speaking: "The last general has been trained under Lord Lin Fenglin, and he is familiar with his cautious mind and long-term thinking, and until now there is no sign of Shouzhou asking for help, which shows that Lord Lin must have the confidence to hold Shouzhou, and there must be a counterattack, and the last general naturally agrees with the views of His Royal Highness King Yan and Song Gong."

First, in the eyes of the last general, the Yangzhou military strength under the leadership of King Yan can become a decisive force to change the situation in the north and south of the Yangtze River, and secondly, the last general believes that instead of sitting and watching now, it is better to take turns to carry out reconnaissance and tentative attacks with small forces. ”

"This,." Li Hongyi said with some hesitation, "My father has just given an order, and the King of Qi has also strictly warned that all localities are not allowed to move without permission, stick to the city, and those who violate the order will be severely punished. ”

Feng Dan replied softly: "The goals are different, the strategies should naturally be different, and we are now determined to attack, one is to understand the actual situation of the enemy army on the ground, so as to know ourselves and the enemy; The two, and most importantly, is to quickly train an elite army through actual combat on the battlefield.

Lord Lin once taught us that the best way to train troops is to go to the real battlefield, and the best defense is to constantly attack, please forgive the last general, my Tang soldiers, especially the Yangzhou army, have not fought for many years, and the whole army is also small as a whole. ”

Li Hongyi nodded lightly when he heard this, and turned his face to Chai Kehong.

Chai Kehong slowly turned around from the front of the map, and said in a deep voice: "The last general agrees with General Feng's statement, if I want Yangzhou to win by surprise in the battle, it is absolutely impossible to have a strong attack power, and the last general is very much in favor of carefully selecting the elite from the Yangzhou army, and going to Haozhou and Chuzhou in batches to fight secretly, detect intelligence, and train military strength; In addition, the last general believes that while the elite of our army can attack, they must also be good at defending, Your Highness, please see. ”

Li Hongyi and the three of them walked to the map together, looking at Chai Kehong's finger and pointing heavily at the location of Shouzhou.

"The last general also believes in General Feng's opinion of Lord Lin Fenglin, and believes that he will definitely have a strategy to drag the enemy's main force under the city of Shouzhou, and it is very likely that the Zhou army will be defeated and the victory will be established in one fell swoop, therefore, if we want to make a final decision, our target must be in Shouzhou, not Haozhou and Chuzhou." Chai Kehong said categorically.

Song Qiqiu glanced at Chai Kehong, who had a hard beard on his full jaw, and his eyes flashed with admiration that could not be concealed.

"When it comes to the most critical period, we must find the fastest way and way to participate in the battle in Shouzhou, and there will be a very risky raid plan at the end." Chai Kehong frowned slightly, his fingers swiped on the map, and continued.

"Yangzhou to Shouzhou straight line distance of nearly five hundred miles, but if the straight line passes, there will be many difficulties, obstacles, the end of the general suggested that we water 6 together, detour, the infantry army out in advance, all the way to hide the tracks, directly kill Sizhou in the north, early reconnaissance of the enemy; The navy army then went north along the canal, crossed Hongze Lake, arrived in Sizhou, carried troops across the Huai River, entered the territory of the Zhou State, and then abandoned the boat, and then rushed west along the north bank of the Huai River, looking for a safe place to hide, and when the opportunity was detected, it killed the north bank of Shouzhou, seized the ferry, established a defensive position, or crossed the river to attack the Zhou army, or blocked the Zhou army on the spot, and the war was bound to be successful. ”

"General Chai's ideas are bold and sharp enough." Feng Dan stared at Chai Kehong in amazement, and secretly exclaimed in his heart, isn't this plan in line with the purpose of special warfare that Master Lin said, concentrate the elite, go straight to the vital point, and kill with one blow.

Li Hongyi and Song Qiqiu also showed expressions of surprise and admiration, this Chai Kehong used to be known for his good defense, how could he come up with such a risky attack plan today.

Chai Kehong's face was as usual, but his brows furrowed even tighter, and he said in a low voice: "This is just a plan of the last general on paper, there are many factors that affect success or failure, the number of our troops, whether they are elite or not, how to hide along the way, the supply problems of the attacking team along the way, where to choose where to hide when to go to the enemy territory, when to attack, how to seize the ferry, how to hold the ferry, how to cooperate with the Shouzhou army, if there is a problem, the overall situation will be lost." ”

In the end, Chai Kehong clenched his fist with his right hand, struck hard in the palm of his left palm, raised his head and said: "Everything is foreseen, and if you don't prepare, you will be wasted, Your Highness, the last general wants to hand over all the recent military training to General Feng, and train with special training methods, and the last general will spy on Fang Cai's route in casual clothes to ensure the success of our surprise attack." ”

Li Hongyi's eyes looked back and forth on the map a few times, glanced at Song Qiqiu, slammed his palm on the wall, and roared loudly: "The soldiers have always been expensive and dangerous, so it's decided." ”