At least on the surface, Shouzhou at this time is already invulnerable, so if you want to break through Shouzhou, you either have a very perfect strategy, or you can only use the trick of besieging the city. Although the siege is the stupidest way, but at the same time it is the most effective way, as long as the food in the siege of Shouzhou will be eaten up sooner or later, are you afraid that they will not come out to beg for mercy?

"Prime Minister Wang, usually you have the most ghost ideas, whatever you want, first put forward a direction, and then the civil and military ministers present will discuss it. ”

Wang Bodao: "Back to Your Majesty, the only way the minister can think of is to besiege the city." Since the Southern Tang Dynasty wants to defend Shouzhou, we will first attack the nearby Luzhou, Yingzhou, Shuzhou, Xuanzhou, Huainan, Lu'an and other places, and link all the cities that have been attacked to form a defensive line. ”

Chai Rong nodded and said, "Okay, you can get out." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. "Wang Bo has nothing to say, this method can be thought of by a living person, besieging the city is the safest and least consumed method, but the biggest problem is time. It is almost impossible to besiege the most important defensive city of the Southern Tang Dynasty to death in the territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty, unless there is no army in the entire Southern Tang Dynasty that dares to go out to reinforce Shouzhou.

It is understandable that the Southern Tang army could not defeat the Great Zhou army, but it was not too weak. Even if the Great Zhou army besieged the city, but after all, this is the boundary of the Southern Tang Dynasty, how could it be possible for the Great Zhou army to be so arrogant? Not to mention that there is also a powerful naval army in the Southern Tang Dynasty, as long as the river rises, the Great Zhou must retreat, and the siege of the city for a few months is considered a siege?

Chai Rong hooked his fingers and motioned for Zhao Kuangyin to come closer. Zhao Kuangyin immediately put his ear next to Chai Rong.

"Go as you planned. ”

"Yes. ”

In fact, Chai Rong originally thought that Zhao Kuangyin's plan was a little risky, after all, it was a gamble on the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and if he won the bet, he could destroy the powerful naval army of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but what if the bet was lost? These 100,200,000 soldiers would die east of the Huai River.

However, after Chai Rong saw Shouzhou's strong defense, there was no way to do it at all, this battle didn't need to be fought at all, and he could understand the result at a glance. At this time, Chai Rong thought of Zhao Kuangyin's plan, Shouzhou is unbreakable, so if you don't fight Shouzhou, you should still adopt the most secure siege tactics.

Although the siege tactics are good, the Great Zhou must beware of the Southern Tang Dynasty Navy outflanking the rear road, so if the Southern Tang Navy is not destroyed, it is impossible to besiege Shouzhou.

Zhao Kuangyin's idea is very good, since the Southern Tang Navy is strong, as long as the Southern Tang Navy is killed, wouldn't it be possible to capture the Southern Tang Dynasty?

In fact, the Great Zhou originally used this policy, the Northern Han, Southern Han, Wuyue, and Western Shu were all weak, only the Southern Tang Dynasty was strong, and only the Southern Tang Dynasty was a threat to the Great Zhou, so Chai Rong fought the Southern Tang Dynasty first. As long as you defeat Nantang, other places are not easy to get?

After attacking the Southern Tang Dynasty, his head was not so bright, and he only knew that the Southern Tang Navy was strong, so he avoided a head-to-head confrontation with the Southern Tang Naval Army. After entering this misunderstanding, Chai Rong didn't really wake up until now, since Shouzhou was strong, he wouldn't attack it......

"Zhao Kuangyin, where is your brother Zhao Kuangyi now? Didn't you say that he should go to King Qi? Why has there been no news for so long?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know where the little brother is now. Zhao Kuangyin said depressedly: "At that time, I just asked him to find it, Your Majesty also knows the character of His Royal Highness King Qi, which is exactly the same as Zongxin, he likes to travel around the world to do chivalrous and righteous deeds, and he has no fixed place." Maybe he was originally in Luoyang, but occasionally he went to Nantang on a whim. ”

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about this matter, if the mountains and rivers meet, they will meet sooner or later. Fan Zhen is not in a hurry at all, because this matter actually has nothing to do with him, and Fan Zhen didn't plan to let Zhao Kuangyi find Tianya in his original plan, anyway, it doesn't matter if he can find it or not, Tianya will naturally come back when he is tired of playing, and if he can't get tired of playing, no one can force him.

Zhao Kuangyi's personality is not suitable for being an official in the court, so let him leave this kind of place of right and wrong and go around the rivers and lakes a few times, maybe he doesn't want to be an official.

The officials of the DPRK and China are not saints, and it can even be said that they are more vulgar than the laity. Because these officials are rich and powerful, and even control the life and death power of countless people, they will sometimes be arrogant, sometimes they will not recognize reality, and often make mistakes, even those unforgivable mistakes.

But that's true for anyone in that position, because he's given power and money, things that would have paralyzed the judgment of ordinary people.

Officials do far more wrong things than ordinary people, because more is wrong, less is wrong, and not good. If the officials do not make a mistake, then it proves that he did not do anything.

In Zhao Kuangyi's fundamental understanding, officials should have a nobler character than ordinary people, and as long as they do something wrong, they must be punished, and small mistakes will be punished, and big mistakes will be punished directly.

How could Zhao Kuangyi's character be an official in the court? When he was a young official, he didn't like anything and scolded anyone whenever they made a mistake. Zhao Kuangyi didn't dare to make a move, so he could only scold people, because his brother was Zhao Kuangyin, and he was a martial arts master, so a lot of people with long beards were scolded by a broken child, and these people didn't dare to fight back......

Fan Zhen is one of the few insiders, and when Tianya went to Fan's Mansion to marry Xiang'er, Fan Zhen knew where Tianya was now, but it was impossible for him to tell Chai Rong about it.

Fan Zhen also has no way, first of all, this is Tianya's request, whether in public or private, Fan Zhen should agree to ask not to disclose his whereabouts. Secondly, the fact of what Tianya did was not to show his face, he helped Li Hongji pacify the Jiangxi regime, and also went to Wang Valve with Li Hongji to find the mechanic master to strengthen the defense of Shouzhou.

The original Shouzhou was already difficult to break the city, but now that it has been strengthened, there is no hope, and it makes people's scalps tingle when they look at it.

At this time, did Fan Zhen dare to tell the truth? The reason why Shouzhou is so powerful today is entirely because His Royal Highness King Qi of the Great Zhou Dynasty helped Li Hongji to go to the king. Guo Xin, the king of Qi, received 10,000 taels of gold from Li Hongji, so he protected him all the way to Pingzhou, crossed the Khitan border, and also helped the Southern Tang Dynasty establish diplomatic relations with the Khitan. Maritime trade was opened.

If Fan Zhen dared to say this, whether it was true or not, Chai Rong would definitely say that Fan Zhen had deceived the monarch and walked around the rumors, and he didn't give Fan Zhen a chance to explain at all, and he was directly dragged out and cut.

So Fan Zhen has no choice, who made Tianya like Hu Lai so much? Fortunately, he married Xiang'er, Xiang'er should be able to control Tianya a little.

Although Fan Zhen is very busy, Xiang'er grew up in Fan's mansion, Fan Zhen naturally knows Xiang'er very well, she will never teach Tianya badly, she will definitely teach her well. Although Fan Zhen was not sure what Tianya wanted to do, at least he knew that he was not in any danger now and was living very comfortably, which was enough.

"In that case, Fan Xiang called all the people who could take care of things over and asked them to appreciate the defense of Shouzhou. Chai Rong said: "Others have a good place to learn more, although we have no way to learn the craftsmanship of the king, but the pattern of arming can still be learned." ”

"Yes. ”

Fan Zhen immediately went to order other people to come and watch the battle, and everyone present looked at Shouzhou and exclaimed, these defensive equipment were too high, and it was no wonder that Shouzhou had no fear, as long as a salvo went to how many people would die on the road.

"I've seen this kind of defense once, you haven't been to the king, have you? "Zhao Kuangyin once went to the king, and the fortifications here are very similar to the king's valve, but it's no wonder, because the people who arrange these things are also the skilled workers of the king's valve.

Zhao Kuangyin is also one of the insiders, he knows what Tianya has done, and he doesn't dare to say these things, for the same reason as Fan Qian.

Originally, Zhao Kuangyin didn't think that the king could build Shouzhou into such a powerful fortress, at least it was impossible to compare with the king outside Cangzhou.

But at this time, Zhao Kuangyin finally knew how powerful the skilled workers of the king lord were, and it was no wonder that Zong Xin often said that knowledge is power, and those equipment that even defended the city were knowledge? As long as one person has such knowledge, he can let others build these things, and it is only a matter of time before how much he builds.

The knowledge of one person can stop 200,000 people outside the city, and knowledge is indeed powerful. In the face of such a defense, no matter how strong the martial arts are, it is useless, unless you can directly enter the city to kill the guard Liu Renzhen, and dismantle all the crossbows and catapults, it is useless to kill Liu Renzhen.

"I don't care if I've been to the king or not, anyway, I don't think Shouzhou is so powerful. Li Chongjin said: "As long as King Qi comes back, he will definitely be able to think of a way to break the city." ”

"At a glance, you know that you haven't been there, and now even if Zongxin comes, there may not be a way to break the city...... Anyway, His Royal Highness King Qi didn't come back, and it was useless to talk too much. Take a good look at it, I'm afraid that such a defense will never appear again. When I have time, I will take you to the royal lord to see, the defense there is ten times stronger than Shouzhou. "Zhao Kuangyin and Li Chongjin have a good personal relationship, and there is no conflict in politics, but Zhao Kuangyin is a little unaccustomed to Li Chongjin's appearance.

He is Guo Wei's nephew, but he talks about Guo Xin every day...... Of course, this is also one of Zhao Kuangyin's plans, just wait for Chai Rong to die, and see who Chai Rong will pass on the country to. If he passed it on to Tianya, there would be no repercussions, but if he passed it on to his son Chai Zongxun, it would be a good show.

Li Chongjin is actually a very important chess piece of Zhao Kuangyin, although Zhao Kuangyin looks down on him, but he is very good with him. The main reason is that Li Chongjin is Guo Wei's blood relative, which Chai Rong can't compare, so Li Chongjin has a high right to speak in the court. I want to talk about "The Imperial Robe" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "Youyue Literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find a confidant~