Fan Zhen said depressedly: "Zhao Kuangyin, listening to your tone, you don't seem to care about this matter, what do you know about the inside story? Could it be that Zong Xin calculated the yang shou for His Majesty, do you know what His Majesty's yang shou is?"

"I don't dare to talk nonsense about this, if you are interested, you can ask Your Majesty in person. Anyway, I don't dare to ask, because it would be disrespectful to ask about this kind of thing, and it is possible that Your Majesty will slaughter you if he is not happy. Zhao Kuangyin said: "Anyway, I have nothing to be afraid of, even if His Majesty wants to kill me, it doesn't matter, I dare to escape, and I can escape." Can you escape?"

"Relying on your martial arts strength, you are amazing, right? It was Zong Xin who taught you badly, teaching you to be so shameless and lifeless...... Fan Zhen said depressedly: "What do you say is the victory rate of the sneak attack on the Southern Tang Navy this time?"

"I'm 100% sure. ”

"So much?"

"Of course, this method is not actually what I came up with......," Zhao Kuangyin said depressedly: "It seems that I missed my mouth." ”

Fan Zhen waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, I already knew that you didn't have this brain, and this method must have been thought up by His Royal Highness King Qi." Although I didn't report to Your Majesty, in fact, I also met His Royal Highness King Qi, and he returned to Bianliang once. ”

"Is it obvious? I just can't think of such a plan?"

"It's not very obvious, anyway, I know you, and I know by looking at your tone and state that you didn't come up with this solution yourself. Fan Zhen said: "No matter who came up with it, anyway, this battle can determine whether Your Majesty can unify the world, and we have to work hard." ”

"Hmm~" Zhao Kuangyin doesn't mind what Fan Zhen thinks, although he is very loyal to Chai Rong now, but Zhao Kuangyin's pursuit is to seize Chai Rong's Jiangshan Sheji. Zhao Kuangyin was a little embarrassed, I don't know if Fan Zhen would be so loyal to him after he ascended the throne and became emperor.

Zhao Kuangyin knows one thing very well, loyal ministers don't know the two masters. Since he is a person like Fan Zhen who has a good brain but a somewhat rigid personality, unless Chai Rong completely offends him in something, it is impossible to betray him.

Zhao Kuangyin is also thinking that after he ascends the throne and becomes emperor, whether Fan Zhen is loyal to Chai Rong or Guo Xin, he will hope that Guo Xin will return to Bianliang to preside over the overall situation. This is a threat to himself, because Fan Zhen's appeal is very strong, which is why Chai Rong, as the emperor, deliberately wooed Fan Zhen.

However, these things will be considered later, and the most important thing now is to sneak attack the Southern Tang Naval Army. As long as this time is successful, the rest of the world will be easier.

As soon as Shouzhou was broken, Nantang was completely exposed to the attack range of the Great Zhou, and when the time came, he could fight if he wanted to, and he would take a break if he didn't want to fight. Basically, the foundation for the unification of the world has been laid, and then it is a matter of time.

The two were walking, and Zheng Ziming suddenly stepped forward and saluted the two respectfully. Although he and Zhao Kuangyin are brothers and sisters, the number of courtesies between superiors and subordinates in the military camp cannot be less, and they can be casual at home.

"What's the matter?"

"General Zhao, I found traces of the Tang army on the west side of the Huai River, and they seem to be trying to destroy the pontoon bridge. It has been hidden in a forest not far from the pontoon bridge, and I have also secretly observed, and ordinary people can't see it at all. This group of people is really ruthless enough, and they haven't cooked at all for several days. ”

"Continue to observe, without my orders, they must not act rashly, even if they want to destroy the pontoon bridge, let them destroy it. ”

Zheng Ziming smiled evilly: "Obey." ”

"Zheng Ziming, you know too?"

"Nonsense, how can I not know that I have been messing around with Zhao Kuangyin all day long?" Zheng Ziming said: "Then don't bother, the next official will do it immediately." ”

"Be careful. ”

"Hmm~"

Zheng Ziming immediately retreated, in fact, the task assigned to Zheng Ziming by Zhao Kuangyin was to guard the pontoon bridge, because it was not safe to send it to others. What if the Southern Tang army rushed over and these people desperately resisted? The drama must be fully staged, otherwise the Southern Tang army will inevitably become suspicious, and it is most appropriate to let Zheng Ziming, an insider, do this.

"Great, it must be Huangfu Jixun who came to destroy the pontoon bridge and ordered the three armies to prepare to withdraw their troops. Retreat slowly, don't be in a hurry, let them destroy the pontoon bridge tonight, and then we will repair it immediately. Zhao Kuangyin said excitedly: "This play is done quite well, as long as it is not repaired fast enough, the Southern Tang Navy will definitely come with all its might, and then it will be their end." ”

"It's too insidious. ”

"What's the matter? Unconvinced, you have the ability to beat me. ”

"You can't win. ”

"It's okay if you can't win, let's go our separate ways, this battle must be fought beautifully, so that the people of Nantang will be afraid when they see us in the future. Zhao Kuangyin immediately went to order his subordinates to prepare to withdraw the troops, there are still about 10 days from the estimated time, and it will take a day or two to withdraw the troops at this time, and if the pontoon bridge is damaged, it will take a few days to repair.

However, there is still a time difference in the middle, enough for the Great Zhou army to retreat to the west of the Huai River, and it is necessary to think of some other ways to create accidents, so that everything is logical, and ensure that the Southern Tang side will not be suspicious.

Zhao Kuangyin is also a person who has been shamelessly educated by Zongxin, and he also thinks that he should be able to come up with a better way. Zhao Kuangyin is still quite confident in his mind, of course, it is not as good as the level of Zong Xin and Tianya, and it is also not as good as the level of Fan Qian, but it is also quite smart.

Zhao Kuangyin thought about it for a while, in fact, this matter is not difficult to do, as long as he deliberately creates some unexpected situations on his side. As for what the accident...... Let's talk about it then, it's still a few days away anyway.

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East bank of the Huai River

Huangfu Jixun's days can be said to be extremely difficult these days, the long journey to the east of the Huai River, in order to avoid the surveillance of the Zhou army, so a long detour, and so after ambushing in this jungle, and can not raise the fire to cook, every day to endure the cold, food is some dry food with them, the mental pressure of the soldiers is also very great.

Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Huangfu Jixun's own mental pressure is very great. He only dared to send three people out to investigate, which was already a great risk. As soon as one of them was exposed, and the location of the woods was revealed, the whole army would be wiped out.

The most uncomfortable thing is that I can't do anything, and I don't even dare to poke my head out to see what's going on outside, so I have to wait for these three people to come back every day to report the news. As long as these three don't return, they will have to switch sides to avoid being wiped out.

Every evening is the hardest time, and Huangfu Jixun is really worried that if anyone doesn't come back, they will be exposed. It's nothing that these 500 elite soldiers are wiped out, the key is that they can't complete the task, which is the most uncomfortable thing.

Finally, when the three disguised soldiers returned to the woods, the three immediately knelt in front of Huangfu Jixun.

"Returning to the general, the Zhou army has begun to withdraw its troops, and it seems that it will be able to cross the Huai River in two or three days. The three pontoon bridges were weakly guarded, and this was a good opportunity for us to attack. ”

Hearing the return of the three of them, Huangfu Jixun was suddenly a little depressed. It has only been 7 days since they set off from Shouzhou, and there are still 8 full days to go before the estimated time. If the pontoon bridge was destroyed at this time, the Zhou army would have several days to repair the pontoon bridge, which would be enough time for the Zhou army to retreat east of the Huai River after repairing the pontoon bridge.

This is a question, whether to attack or not at this time? If not, the Zhou army will soon be able to cross the Huai River, and then it will be too late. If it was attacked, it would not have much effect, but only slightly delayed the pace of the retreat of the Zhou army.

"If you can drag it out for a few days......, you can drag it out for a few days," Huangfu Jixun gritted his teeth and said: "The order goes down, tonight to attack the four pontoon bridges, no matter how stubborn the enemy is, all three pontoon bridges must be demolished, and not a single log can be left." ”

"Yes. ”

Huangfu Jixun issued a military order, and his subordinates immediately went to convey it. Everyone was light and did not dare to make a big move at all, which was also to hide this large number of troops. Not to mention that they move too much, the sound of snoring while sleeping at night can wake up a tiger.

After all, it is an army of 500 people, and it is actually very difficult to completely hide it. Therefore, when Huangfu Jixun ordered that it was okay, it was best not to move or move, so as not to be exposed.

In fact, Zheng Ziming still found them, but Huangfu Jixun didn't know about it at all, and he still hid his ears and thought he was hiding it very well. Just as an ostrich hides its head when it is in danger, it is only thought to be safe.

sub-hours

Huangfu Jixun took 500 elite soldiers directly to the first pontoon bridge, this pontoon bridge is actually very simple, that is, a few ropes are used to connect a bunch of horizontal rows of logs, and there are many wooden stakes on the bank of the river to fix the ropes.

Although the pontoon bridge can be destroyed by cutting the ropes on these stakes, there is no point in simply doing so if the rope at the other end is still holding the logs, and if you pull them back, you can re-fix them.

In fact, Huangfu Jixun had already thought about these things, and he had to order him to go into the water as close as possible to the east bank of the Huai River and cut the rope, only in this way could he delay more time. Let Zhou Jun find logs and ropes to repair the pontoon bridge.

Every year the Zhou army would build a pontoon bridge, but in the past they used to build piles in the river and tie driftwood to the piles. This way the driftwood can be raised above the water, so that the soldiers can walk more efficiently and safely.

This time, Huangfu Jixun felt a little depressed, because although such a pontoon bridge looked very simple, it was more troublesome to dismantle, and a person needed to swim to the opposite bank to cut the rope. It is not only ordinary hemp rope that is used to hold the pontoon bridge, but also iron chains, which are the most difficult to break, and are so loud that they can be detected if you are not careful.

However, at this time, the Great Zhou army was far away from the pontoon bridge, and only sent some people to garrison the pontoon bridge. And the number of people is not large, first take down all the three pontoon bridges on the west bank of the Huai River. After breaking the ropes from the pontoon bridge on the west bank, swim to the east bank and break the ropes.

The ropes in the West Bank can be arbitrary, as long as these are controlled, and it is not difficult to break them. But the ropes on the east bank are more troublesome, and it is impossible to have a head-on conflict with the other bank unless you risk your life to break these ropes. After all, they have to swim over, and in the river they attack directly at the people on the shore, which is an extremely unfavorable situation.

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