"Indeed, Zhao Kuangyin is a tricky figure, and his power is too great, even if he rebels, he can quickly quell the war. Li Congjia nodded and said, "What about Fu Yanqing's support?"

"It's too easy to get Fu Yanqing's support, as long as Zhao Kuangyin promises to marry Fu Xuanyi and Fu Xuanci after defeating Chai Rong, then he can get Fu Yanqing's support. Fu Yanqing doesn't care who is the emperor, as long as he is the emperor's father-in-law. Fu Xuanyi, this girl, has been married twice, will she care about marrying one more time?"

"That's right. Li Hongji nodded and said, "Big brother has been getting smarter and smarter recently. Then why do you think Zhao Kuangyin is reluctant to rebel and become emperor? At this time, Zhao Kuangyin should have the strength to do so. ”

"The reason why Zhao Kuangyin didn't dare to rebel was because Guo Xin was still alive, although he didn't know where Guo Xin was, but as long as this person was still alive, he wouldn't dare to rebel. Guo Xin is not a person to mess with, his father is Guo Wei, and the inheritance of the Great Zhou Dynasty is justifiable, even if Zhao Kuangyin seizes the power of the Great Zhou, it is impossible for him to kill all the civil and military ministers, these ministers are loyal to Guo Xin, as long as these people appear in the world, they will immediately defect. Secondly, Chai Rong did a good job, at least when he and Guo Wei were emperors, the lives of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty were getting better and better, if Zhao Kuangyin made the emperor, the people might not be happy, he didn't dare to go against the will of the people. So Zhao Kuangyin has actually been waiting, he is waiting for an opportunity to kill Chai Rong, only after Chai Rong is dead, and Guo Xin does not appear, he dares to rebel. ”

Li Congjia thought about it carefully, the eldest brother's analysis was correct, he didn't expect the eldest brother's analytical ability to be so strong. Indeed, as the eldest brother said, only after Chai Rong's death and Guo Xin's absence did Zhao Kuangyin dare to rebel. Even if one condition is not met, Zhao Kuangyin will never do it.

Of course, Zhao Kuangyin will definitely do everything possible to assassinate Chai Rong, he must kill Chai Rong's son before he grows up, otherwise Chai Rong will pass on the throne to his son. Of course, Chai Rong is also very likely to pass on the throne to Guo Xin, but Guo Xin will not accept it, and it may not even appear.

Guo Xin must have been present when Chai Rong died, but his character was not suitable to be an emperor. Guo Xin himself knew about this problem, so he did it, because his pursuit was not to be an emperor in the first place.

But...... If Zhao Kuangyin killed Chai Rong, Guo Xin couldn't have ignored it. Guo Xin's brain is definitely better than Zhao Kuangyin's, how could he allow Zhao Kuangyin to kill his eldest brother. But if Zhao Kuangyin doesn't do it, then how long will he have to wait? Now that Chai Rong is only in his 30s, Zhao Kuangyin can't wait for Chai Rong to die naturally.

"Then how long will Zhao Kuangyin wait? It is impossible for him to take the initiative to kill Chai Rong. Guo Xin will not give up, although the current Guo Xin's martial arts are not as good as Zhao Kuangyin, but Zhao Kuangyin is impossible to offend Zongxin's apprentices, he knows how terrible the apprentices from Zongxin are. "Li Congjia has fully seen the horror of Guo Xin, and it is not entirely martial arts, but also his clever mind. But...... Guo Xin's martial arts are already very terrifying, in just this short year, Guo Xin's martial arts continue to break through the limit, and the speed of progress is unimaginable to ordinary people.

He has only observed Guo Xin for a year, and Zhao Kuangyin has known Guo Xin for nearly 8 years, how could he not know how terrible this kid is?

Li Hongji pouted and said, "Well...... I don't know Guo Xin either, and I don't know how powerful he is. But I think it should be similar to the Boundless Path. Although Xiaoyaozi's predecessors are very powerful, Master Zongxin should not be weak compared to him, so the disciples taught by Master Zongxin should be very similar to the disciples taught by Xiaoyaozi. ”

Li Congjia really admired his eldest brother's analytical ability, but he didn't know that Xiaoyaozi was Zongxin and Wuyazi was Guo Xin...... These two masters and apprentices like to do things, what can be done about this?

"Big brother's analysis is very correct, and I think so too. And the younger brother had been with Zongxin and Tianya for a while before, and knew how strong these two were, so he ...... It shouldn't be possible for Zhao Kuangyin to do it directly. ”

"Oops~ Actually, this matter doesn't have much to do with us, no matter who is the emperor, as long as you can't break Shouzhou, it's fine. What's more, the most critical thing now is the next ten days, as long as the Great Zhou does not retreat, we can break the Zhou army, and then we will drive straight into the future, regardless of who will be the emperor. ”

"That makes sense, let's go back and tell my father first. ”

"Hmm~"

............

Great Zhou Barracks

Chai Rong was lying in his tent with an uncomfortable face, with Zhao Kuangyin and Fan Zhen sitting beside him, and the others were not there for the time being, and they all went to prepare to retreat. In fact, the entire Great Zhou military camp is very anxious, if the troops are not withdrawn, the river will rise, and then they will be trapped by the Southern Tang Water Army in the east of the Huai River, and then they will be closed and beaten dogs.

"Are you all gone?" Chai Rong was weak when he spoke, and from time to time he was accompanied by the sound of coughing, and it seemed that he was indeed very sick this time.

"Back to Your Majesty, they're all gone. ”

"That's good~ Is Zhao Kuangyin ready?How many catapults are there on our side?" Although Chai Rong is seriously ill, he is still very concerned about the affairs of the front line, and he has not ordered the withdrawal of the army, which also makes the army unstable. In fact, Chai Rong was not so sick, it was just an ordinary cold, but he deliberately behaved so uncomfortably so that the soldiers could see his physical condition.

It's normal for both armies to have spies on each other. Chai Rong deliberately let the other party's spies see that he was seriously ill, and then reported the matter. As long as the other party thinks that no one dares to order the withdrawal of troops because he is seriously ill, everything is logical.

Zhao Kuangyin and Fan Zhen were the few people who knew the whole plan, and the others only knew a part of the plan, and they didn't know that what Chai Rong really wanted to deal with was not Shouzhou but the Southern Tang Army. Although this proposal was put forward by Zhao Kuangyin, the last person to make the decision was Chai Rong.

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Back to Your Majesty, the catapult has long been fully prepared, as long as the Southern Tang Navy dares to come, and is trapped in the Huai River and cannot move, it is guaranteed that they will not return." Lord Fan, I don't know how the embankment in the rear of our army is being built?"

"It has already been completed, just waiting for the Southern Tang Navy to come, and ordered the soldiers to pull up the embankment that was originally lying horizontally and fix it to ensure that the ships could not pass. And we also made a lot of preparations, and we also fixed the interception stakes under the water, all of which were connected by ropes. At this point, the ropes are deliberately lengthened to allow the stakes to go deep into the water, and as soon as one of the soldiers pulls out, they will come to the surface. ”

Chai Rong nodded and said: "Don't be troublesome with the widow, although I have asked many times, but the widow wants to confirm a few more times, after all, this matter is related to the life and death of 200,000 soldiers in my Great Zhou, this move is too risky, in case the Southern Tang Navy sees the clues, I am afraid that our entire army will be wiped out." ”

"Your Majesty's consideration is that we are also constantly practicing and testing, just to be foolproof. Zhao Kuangyin said: "This time it is indeed a dangerous move, but if Nantang takes advantage of our delay in retreating and comes to sneak attack, it is best to block the pace of our retreat, so it looks more realistic." I also deliberately evacuated the people guarding the pontoon bridge, but I don't know if the people from the Nantang side would dare to come and attack. ”

"I don't think it's possible, with Liu Renzhen's kind of character, even if all our army stands here without moving, throwing martial arts into the river, and finally stripping off his whole body armor, he won't dare to come......" It's not that Fan Zhen despises Liu Renzhen, he is indeed this kind of character, even if the Zhou army has no combat effectiveness here, it is impossible for him to send troops out to attack.

Liu Renzhen is not only a chronic son, but also has an old-fashioned personality, let him defend the city is absolutely just a defense of the city, and not a soldier is allowed to take half a step out of Shouzhou, otherwise it will be dealt with by military law.

There is indeed this rule in Shouzhou, anyone who asks to go to war does not have to listen to him at all, and directly drags him out to fight until he does not ask to fight.

But this is just a rule, and no brain-dead person asks to fight, after all, the other party has already besieged the city, who will run out and fight the other party in this case?

At this time, the strength of Shouzhou was less than 30,000, while the Great Zhou army was 200,000 troops.

Chai Rong nodded and said, "Indeed, with Liu Renzhen's character, he will never let people fight, let alone sneak attack." However, Huangfu Jixun may bring people to destroy the pontoon bridge. Anyway, we didn't aim to withdraw our troops, but if someone really came to destroy the pontoon bridge, we had to repair it desperately and pretend to be in a hurry, so as to confuse the enemy. ”

"Yes. ”

Everyone understands that this is a gamble. Although Zhao Kuangyin and Fan Zhen have planned and perfected it, who can say clearly what will happen on the battlefield? Success is good, but failure...... That's the life and death of 200,000 soldiers in the Great Zhou, this is not a joke.

"Your Majesty, the most important thing now is to take care of the dragon body. Fan Zhen said: "We have made full preparations for this battle, and Your Majesty does not have to worry about it anymore." Your Majesty's dragon body is important, this is the foundation of my Great Zhou, don't work too hard. ”

Chai Rong nodded: "The widow's body is okay, nothing matters, as long as you recuperate for a period of time, you can recover." Fan Xiang doesn't have to worry too much, the widow is also a martial arts practitioner, so he is not so fragile. ”

"Your Majesty, according to the minister's observation for so long, His Majesty's body seems to be deteriorating, but I don't know why. Zhao Kuangyin said: "It stands to reason that Your Majesty's skills are profound, and minor illnesses such as colds and flu should not be so serious." What's more, as the minister can see, His Majesty's internal strength is getting less and less, is he neglecting to exercise on weekdays?"

"No~" Chai Rong gritted his teeth and said: "The real reason is not the internal force or anything, but the tiger spirit in the widow's body." Since the tiger spirit entered the body, in the past few years, his body has been getting better and better, and his skills have become higher and higher, even if he doesn't need to deliberately cultivate, he can improve it. But in recent years, the tiger spirit in the body has become more and more manic, and the black tiger tattoo is extremely hot or cold from time to time, and even has a feeling of breaking out of the body, which is the real problem. ”

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