Sejong Chai Rong finally arrived at the foot of Shouju Castle and camped on the north bank of Huaishui. After learning everything, he also praised it slightly, but he didn't take it too seriously, because Chai Rong's goal has always been to unify the world, but the first step to unify the world is to attack Shouzhou first.

Shouzhou is not broken, it is difficult to take Jinling. But it can't bypass Shouzhou and attack Jinling directly, as long as Shouzhou doesn't fight, no matter what, the credit is not too great. However, whether it was killing or capturing this time, Chai Rong was a little surprised, because in Chai Rong's opinion, with Li Gu's ability, at most, he saw the enemy's reinforcements and fled immediately after a long attack.

But before Li Gu gave him a big surprise, not only killed more than 10,000 enemy troops, but even seized the grain and grass materials that originally belonged to Shouzhou. This batch of materials is indeed a lot after careful inventory, this batch of materials was originally raised by Li Jing for full reinforcement of Shouzhou to resist the Great Zhou army, but it is a pity that Liu Yanzhen, a fool, thought that this was just an ordinary batch of materials, and he dared to act so boldly.

The luckiest thing is that these people who transport materials have been following behind the large army, they have already arrived in Shouzhou, but without Liu Yanzhen's order, they don't dare to hand over this batch of materials to anyone, only to continue to follow, so this batch of materials fell into the hands of Zhao Kuangyin.

After the inventory is completed, in addition to the consumption during this time, this is also a very huge property for Chai Rong. Of course, it is a good thing to get this batch of materials, but what is even better is that Shouzhou can't get it, which can greatly weaken the strength and durability of Shouzhou.

Chai Rong said with satisfaction: "This time you did a good job, Li Gu, I really didn't misunderstand you, so let you be the first to be responsible for attacking Shouzhou." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the compliment. Li Gu knew in his heart that the first time was just a tentative attack, Chai Rong didn't have any expectations for himself at all, and he couldn't imagine that Chai Rong would say such polite words now...... Although I really want to rush over and give him two slaps, the team is the emperor.

Chai Rong said: "The road to the east must not be broken, the widow traveled all the way to Shouzhou, and levied hundreds of thousands of strong men in Songzhou, Bozhou, Chenzhou, Yingzhou, Xuzhou, Suzhou, Xuzhou, Caizhou and other places, and you all know what to do next." Attack Shouzhou, forcibly attack the city, day and night, until Shouzhou falls. ”

Chai Rong opened his mouth and everyone was so frightened that they couldn't close their mouths, is it going to be attacked now? Is it really a strong attack? Shouzhou is a strong city wall, how can it be so easy to capture? Not to mention that the guard Liu Renzhen is an absolute old fritter, he will not make any mistakes, and it is not easy to capture Shouzhou.

However, judging from Chai Rong's performance...... It should have been determined, and he had already requisitioned hundreds of thousands of strong men from several states, and no one could stop Chai Rong's decision at this time.

"Your Majesty...... This must not be done. Zhao Kuangyi took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, the city wall of Shouzhou is unbreakable, and if you want to capture Shouzhou, you can only take the strategy of besieging the city, and forcibly attacking will be fruitless and give the soldiers their lives." As long as the siege ......"

"Shut up. Chai Rong didn't want to listen to all the explanations of Zhao Kuangyi, because he had already made up his mind about this matter, he must capture Shouzhou as soon as possible, and only when the city of Shouzhou was broken, could they continue the eastward crusade.

"Your Majesty......"

"Shut up. ”

"Your Majesty......"

"Didn't you hear when I told you to shut up?" Chai Rong suddenly looked at Zhao Kuangyi with wide eyes, Chai Rong's personality was not too assertive, and he did not look down on Zhao Kuangyi. It's just that he feels that a little kid who is only a teenager is not qualified to talk about the art of war with him at all.

If it was at the wine table, he wouldn't be angry about anything Zhao Kuangyi said. Although Zhao Kuangyi's martial arts skills are good, he is okay to go out to fight with Zhao Kuangyin, and this kid is still a big step behind in the art of war and national policy.

Although Zhao Kuangyi was a little excited, he didn't dare to say anything when he saw Chai Rong's reaction, after all, he was not stupid, he was just a little excited just now. He hoped that Chai Rong would give him a chance to say everything he thought, but Chai Rong was unwilling to give this opportunity...... Then there is no way.

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, children don't understand the rules." ”

"Zhao Kuangyi, I know you are very capable, but leading troops to fight is different from your usual martial arts, it is better for you to talk less, don't make me angry, or beat your board. "Chai Rong has a good personal relationship with Zhao Kuangyin, although he is not good enough to treat Zhao Kuangyi as his own brother, but at least he treats him as a little brother, Chai Rong will not be really angry, he just wants to scare this little child.

Zhao Kuangyi was very helpless, because he was young, so he was looked down upon by Chai Rong. In fact, a person's ability has nothing to do with age, Master Zongxin debuted at his own age, and his martial arts were not as good as his own at that time, but his attainments in the art of war and strategy are indeed extraordinary.

Therefore, you must find a way to prove your strength before others will listen to you. In fact, the last strategy was very successful, if Chai Rong knew that the strategy of sneaking up on Liu Yanzhen was Zhao Kuangyi's idea, he would not have stopped Zhao Kuangyi from speaking like this.

Of course, Chai Rong really didn't know that this matter was planned by Zhao Kuangyi, because Li Gu and Li Chongji had already divided the credit, and Zhao Kuangyi just helped his brother lead the troops to successfully attack.

Zhao Kuangyi glanced at Li Gu very depressed, Li Gu was also embarrassed, but he would never admit that he lied about this matter.

Fan Zhen said: "Your Majesty, the casualties of such a forcible siege must be very large. Although Shouzhou City is important, it doesn't need such a big sacrifice, it is better to listen to the words of Zhao Kuangyi's little brother, besiege the city for a few months, and it is better to be able to take it lightly without a single soldier?"

Fan Zhen understood what Zhao Kuangyi meant, and knew that Zhao Kuangyi originally had the right to speak, but he was swallowed up by Li Gu and Li Chongjin. Zhao Kuangyi's strategy is very good, the siege does not need to consume anything, as long as the supply is prevented from reaching Shouzhou, and when there is no food in the city, they will naturally surrender.

Of course, the Southern Tang Dynasty will not watch Shouzhou being besieged and killed, they will definitely send troops to reinforce them, and when the time comes, they will defeat these reinforcements one by one, which is like attacking a city, there is no difference. Moreover, the siege of the city was indeed risky, and the casualties were too heavy to inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the people.

Chai Rong said: "What Fan Xiang said is reasonable, but Shouzhou is not ordinarily important, it is very important, extremely important, and only by obtaining Shouzhou can there be hope of conquering the Southern Tang Dynasty." Shouzhou is the first battle to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, and this battle must be won beautifully, so as to give the Southern Tang a dismount. What's more, as soon as the winter is over, the spring ploughing is coming, and the morale of the soldiers who are concerned about the good fields at home has plummeted, so we must seize Shouzhou before the spring ploughing, as long as we establish a defense in Shouzhou, we can sit back and relax. ”

Chai Rong knew very well in his heart that as long as Shouzhou was captured, then the Zhou army could be attacked and retreated, and it was only a matter of time before the Southern Tang Dynasty was captured. So all the anxiety is in Shouzhou, and he will be so anxious to give his best.

Zhao Kuangyi wanted to speak next to him but didn't dare to speak, he knew that no matter how good the relationship between Zhao Kuangyin and Chai Rong was, after all, there was a difference between monarchs and ministers, as Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother, Chai Rong would give some face, but this face would not kill him at most, if Chai Rong was in a hurry, Zhao Kuangyi might not have good fruit to eat.

And Jun has no jokes, if he speaks again at this time, Zhao Kuangyi may really be beaten, so now he can only let Fan Zhen speak. Fan Zhen is very smart, he knows Zhao Kuangyi's plan in his heart, and he also knows that it is not wise to capture Shouzhou, so everything depends on Fan Qian's eloquence.

"Your Majesty, since Shouzhou is so important, we should keep the city wall of Shouzhou intact, if we forcibly attack the city, it will inevitably cause damage to the city wall, and even if we capture Shouzhou, the defense will be greatly reduced. ”

Chai Rong waved his hand and said: "Fan Xiang is too worried, the biggest problem of Shouzhou City is his sturdiness, if he can directly destroy the city wall, the widow doesn't mind at all." The lower the defense, the better, even if it is a good thing to destroy the entire city directly. This matter has been decided, you don't need to say much, now it depends on who has the courage to take the command and is willing to fight for me. ”

"The minister is willing to contribute to His Majesty. Li Gu immediately responded, he wanted to make meritorious service, only the war merit is an indelible merit, as long as he can capture Shouzhou, it will be the first hero to capture the Southern Tang Dynasty.

"Well, Li Aiqing has this intention, and the widow naturally wants to give Aiqing a chance to play. Li Chongjin, Zhao Kuangyin, you two are the left and right vanguards, tomorrow the rooster crows to cook, the sunrise to attack the city, day and night until the capture of Shouzhou. ”

"The minister commanded. ”X3

Li Gu is very happy, hundreds of thousands of strong men are attacking the city, he is the supreme commander, and Zhao Kuangyin and Li Chongjin are only pioneers, this battle is enjoyable, and it should be able to win. After all, the numerical advantage is so great, and the siege is non-stop day and night, no matter how strong Shouzhou City is, it is impossible to hold out for long.

Zhao Kuangyi glanced at Fan Qian, but Fan Zhen was full of helplessness. Chai Rong is the emperor after all, if someone gives him two slaps at this time, makes him sober up, and then discusses, this matter may have a turning point. But now he has the final say, and no one dares to give him two slaps...... If the third prince is still alive, or Guo Wei is still alive, there may be a turning point, because Chai Rong can't listen to anyone else except Guo Wei and Guo Xin's words.

Zhao Kuangyi saw that Fan Zhen had no choice, and was just about to speak, Fan Zhen immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister still has one more matter." ”

Say. ”

"The minister recently got the news that the third prince had appeared in Luoyang, and the minister thought that the third prince should grow up now, and the third prince had followed Master Zongxin to learn martial arts and the art of war since he was a child, and he could even pinch the calculation, if there was the help of the third prince to seize Shouzhou, it should not be difficult. Everyone has a rule for attacking the Southern Tang Dynasty, and if His Royal Highness, the third son of the Great Zhou, is willing to make a little effort, he will definitely be able to take Jinling directly, and the road will be unimpeded. So...... The minister thought that he should send someone to invite the third prince back to the court. ”

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