After last night's defeat, Xu Ruchang and Li Jing had a little conflict. As the commander of the whole army, Li Jingsui was naturally distressed, and kept complaining that he had been killed and wounded so many soldiers and horses but had not made the slightest achievement, although he did not explicitly say that Xu Ruchang's command was wrong, but in Xu Ruchang's ears, this was obviously accusing himself of incompetence.

Of course, Xu Ruchang would not be polite, and went back without hesitation. In Xu Ruchang's view, Li Jingsui today has a very different mentality from when he started the incident, but he is just a person who sits back and enjoys his success, and he can't help in the siege of the city at all.

In the final analysis, this nominal imperial brother in the past can become the hero he is today, everything was planned by himself, and he is obviously offending himself by saying these words now.

Especially at this time, when Xu Ruchang himself was anxious and upset because of yesterday's defeat, Li Jingsui didn't come to comfort himself, but he was talking nonsense on the side, no matter how good his cultivation was, Xu Ruchang couldn't hold it back.

"Your Highness, the war has been lost, and the ministers are also anxious. But His Royal Highness's ridicule of the minister's words was unacceptable to the minister. If His Highness feels that the minister is not competent, he can be removed from his position, and His Highness will personally go into battle and command. The minister thought that with His Royal Highness's talent through heaven and earth, he would be able to attack Suzhou in one fell swoop, so the minister waited to see His Highness show his might."

This is Xu Ruchang's original words, Xu Ruchang is a cultured person, and he does not swear words when he scolds. These words are extremely ironic, to the effect that you have a powerful mouth, don't rely on me if you have the ability, you can do it, don't beep if you can't.

Li Jingsui suddenly died down, he didn't want to offend Xu Ruchang. Although Li Jingsui didn't have any skills, he knew that hugging Xu Ruchang's thighs was the most important thing for him to do.

Xu Ruchang's ability is many times greater than his own, and it is rare that this person does not seem to have any ambitions. If he can't do it, he can't do it himself. At this time, you must not provoke Xu Ruchang, he wants to pick a pick, and it will be all over.

Li Jingsui made sincere self-criticism, blaming himself for being too anxious, and in turn appeased Xu Ruchang. Xu Ruchang is not a person who holds on to him, and the relationship between the two quickly returned to normal.

After the two calmed down, they began to discuss the most pressing issues at the moment. This problem didn't exist before, and what I was worried about before was not whether to take it, but when to take it, but now I have to think about how to take it.

"Your Highness, do you know the reason for our defeat yesterday?" Xu Ruchang asked.

Li Jingsui thought for a moment, he wanted to say, "Is it not because he didn't plan properly in advance", but he still swallowed this sentence stiffly.

"Soldiers don't help? Generals are greedy for life and afraid of death?" Li Jingsui said.

Xu Ruchang shook his head and said, "The soldiers in yesterday's battle have done their best, and they have killed and injured so many soldiers, how can they help?"

"Then the king doesn't know why." Li Jingsui didn't want to guess anymore, thinking that if he continued to guess, it would inevitably involve the reason for the improper strategy.

"Your Highness, the reason why this battle was lost is not that the soldiers don't need to die, nor that there is a problem with the minister's plan, not to mention how strong the other party is, the problem is only one person." Xu Ruchang frowned and said in a deep voice.

"Alone? What do you mean by that?" Li Jingsui was surprised.

"I'm afraid Your Highness doesn't know who is leading the army in Suzhou City." Xu Ruchang said.

"Isn't it the envoy of the Central Wu Festival of Wu Yue Kingdom? What's Sun Chengyou called?" Li Jingsui said.

Xu Ruchang shook his head and sighed: "If only it were him, this Sun Chengyou was originally a literati who should be cited and a good flatterer, and he was unknown in martial arts, and he had no ability. If he had been in command, the city would have been broken last night. It's a pity that it's not him, but someone else. A person who makes me all the biggest heads sit here, and that's why we have a hard time making progress, paying a huge price and not achieving anything."

"Who's that? Who has such a great ability?" Li Jing was surprised.

"Your Highness, don't panic when you say it. That person is the Emperor of Chu, Li Yuan." Xu Ruchang said in a deep voice.

"What? Li, Li Yuan?" Li Jingsui took a breath and exclaimed, "How could it be him? Isn't the Chu army still fighting in the Xuanhe area? He grew wings and flew over

Can't you come?"

"At first, the minister didn't believe it was him, but several of his generals saw him in the city. Judging from the description, it is Li Yuan. In addition, the minister also thought, who else but Li Yuan can have such means to deal with us? To make the state capital of Wu Yueguo, where the city defense is weak and the defenders are weak, so difficult to conquer?

In the world, I am afraid that he is the only one. The minister did not shy away from saying that there were indeed some flaws in the strategy of attacking the city yesterday, but ordinary people would not find the loopholes in it at all. But if it was Li Yuan who was defending the city, nothing would escape his eyes." Xu Ruchang sighed and said.

Li Jingsui was stunned and said, "If Li Yuan is in Suzhou in person, it will be troublesome. This person used to be the number one general of my Datang, and he was a nightmare for everyone on the battlefield. Throughout the Tang Dynasty, the generals are afraid that they will not be able to defeat him, and even that document sheet will be defeated by him, brother, you are afraid that it is not him-"

Speaking of this, Li Jingsui suddenly shut up, he didn't want to stimulate Xu Ruchang. But Xu Ruchang didn't care, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness doesn't have to worry about the face of the minister, the minister is indeed inferior to him, and this is not a shameful thing. Just like the Dongxi Barbarian in the Chu Land has been based for nearly a hundred years, and was almost wiped out by his dead clan, Zhang Wenbiao's 150,000 army was almost wiped out by his 80,000 or 90,000 soldiers and horses, and I, Xu Ruchang, think that I am inferior to him."

"Hey, what should I do? If he is in Suzhou, it will be tantamount to an extra 100,000 soldiers stationed here. No wonder it will be defeated so badly, Li Yuan is in Suzhou, and all this makes sense. What's more, he is now the son of heaven of a country, how can there be no elite soldiers around him, and I am afraid that there is still a Chu army stationed in Suzhou City." Li Jingsui was extremely depressed.

"Your Highness is not too worried, even if Li Yuan is here, he will not be able to cook without rice. The minister also thought as His Royal Highness thought, thinking that with Li Yuan's current respect as the Son of Heaven, there should be elite soldiers guarding him, but from yesterday's battle, the combat strength of the Suzhou defenders was actually not strong, and it was always those Wu Yue soldiers, maybe the Chu army did not come with Li Yuan.

The minister had already heard that Li Yuan was often good at scheming when fighting with soldiers, so he should not be confused by his current identity, and the minister expected that this Li Yuan must have come to Suzhou on a light horse, and if the Chu army came on a large scale, our army scouts would have already come to report. Li Yuan must have intended to hold Suzhou on his own, prevent our army from moving south, and drag it until the Chu army arrived. But if it's just him, he doesn't have three heads and six arms, and there's nothing to be afraid of."

Li Jingsui muttered in his heart, "You have been beaten like this, and you said that there is nothing terrible. That's what a terrible thing to be."

But listening to Xu Ruchang continue: "The reason why yesterday's battle was exploited by Li Yuan, the minister just thought about it carefully and found the reason. Your Highness, Li Yuan is a good use of strategy, we went south along the river, eager to capture Suzhou, so we adopted the easiest and fastest method of attacking Suzhou from the waterway.

As everyone knows, it is this approach that gives Li Yuan an opportunity to take advantage of. All the arrangements he made in advance for the waterways, including the blockade of the waterways by shipwrecks, including the method of repelling the enemy with grease rockets, were all designed for our attack from the water. The seemingly easily broken waterway was actually our magic barrier and trap, and we fell headlong into it, and he played with it."

Li Jingsui nodded slightly and said, "That makes sense. We relied on the large number of soldiers, horses, and ships, and always thought that we could break through through the waterway, but we did not know that we were in his hands."

"What Your Highness said is very true, and it is because of this that we have experienced a great defeat. But in fact, we should not have to burrow into the trap they have prepared. They've put all their forces and facilities into the North City, and it's unwise for us to do so. In such a situation, we should abandon the idea of a quick victory, and instead attack the city honestly.

The more we use the simplest and most common methods to attack the city, although it seems too stupid, it can make Li Yuan unable to find our flaws, but it makes him helpless. It's like two people fighting, giving each other too much room to maneuver, and he can get around us dizzy.

But if you are confined to one cage, and the two of you face each other, and you start on the ground, and there is no room to maneuver at all, then the stronger side will win." Xu Ruchang stroked his beard and said in a deep voice.

"What do you mean brother, how are we going to attack?" Li Jingsui asked excitedly, swallowing saliva.

"Abandoning the attack by water, we landed directly, directly from the open area of the west city of Suzhou

siege." Xu Ruchang said.

"But we don't have siege equipment, how can we storm the city?"

"You don't need any heavy siege equipment, just some ladders. We are going to take advantage of the number of people and attack the city with the most primitive and direct siege method. No matter how powerful Li Yuan is, he can only rely on those small number of Wu Yue soldiers and horses to defend the city. He can't use any tricks, he's covered in iron, but how many nails can he make? If he has no room to manoeuvre, he will have nothing to do." Xu Ruchang said.

"Okay." Li Jing then stroked his palm and said, "My brother's wisdom is unparalleled, and he may not lose to Li Yuan. If Suzhou is broken this time, if you can seize the opportunity to capture this emperor of Chu, the situation will suddenly reverse! The name of the elder brother can be above Li Yuan!"

Xu Ruchang stroked his beard and said: "The false name is like a floating cloud to me, the minister doesn't care about these things, the minister's purpose is to take Suzhou." As for whether Li Yuan can be captured, the minister does not dare to be delusional, so he can only do his best, because our time is running out, and we must take Suzhou as soon as possible to survive."

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