1165 Defend Shouzhou

It's useless to write well, and now what Li Jing needs is a general who can lead troops to fight, not a literati who can only write poems and lyrics.

Feng Yansi is not without fighting, he once raised 30,000 troops with Chen Jue, the rear servant, to attack Fuzhou. At that time, there were only 8,000 people stationed in Fuzhou, and as a result, more than 10,000 people died, and Fuzhou was not defeated, and they were forced to retreat. In the end, it was Li Jing who personally went out to capture Fuzhou.

At that time, Feng Yansi was already the prime minister, and Li Jing was so angry that he killed him and Chen Jue to show the public. But Feng Yansi was smart, and he resigned to give up the position of prime minister and became a teacher for Li Hongji. Li Jing also let them live because of this.

After a few years, Feng Yansi was mixed into the position of prime minister again, until now. It's not that he doesn't have skills, but his skills are not of great use, but his interpersonal relationships are good, and he is really good at handling housekeeping. Although Li Jing despises Feng Yansi, he needs to be used many times.

Li Jing has been fighting in the south and north over the years, and many times he does not handle government affairs in the court, and it is all up to Feng Yansi's help to make him feel at ease and boldly go out to fight. Although Feng Yansi is not very important, there is no merit and hard work, and Li Jing usually likes to deal with him, because Li Jing is also a literature lover himself.

After entering the house, Li Jing can be said to be full of sadness. He really didn't expect that the battle that he had won would be lost, and he would lose so casually, the other party was completely crushing the most powerful naval army in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and they were powerless to fight back.

Li Jing knew that he was to blame for this, he was too self-righteous, and thought that he could easily wipe out the 200,000 soldiers of the Great Zhou, but it turned out that all this was a play performed by the Great Zhou.

As long as you can think about it calmly, it is actually easy to see the clues. Even if Chai Rong was seriously ill, if they wanted to withdraw from the army, how could they not be able to retreat? As a result, they kept delaying time outside Shouzhou, and it was obvious that they did not want to retreat and deliberately gave them a chance to sneak attack.

"I heard everything I said just now, and since it's Xiaoyaozi's senior, I can't help it...... Hongji, you said that the Taoist of Wuyazi gave a plan, now let's talk about it. ”

Li Hongji said: "Back to my father...... Erchen didn't dare to say. ”

"Don't you dare to say, what else do you dare not say?" Li Jing frowned and said, "Shouldn't it be for me to dedicate myself to the fourteen states of Jiangbei." ”

"How does Father know?"

"Sure enough...... Li Hongji, you really taught it by Wuyazi, and you all came up with the same methods. Li Jing said angrily: "How can it be possible to dedicate all the fourteen states of Jiangbei? This is almost half of the Southern Tang Dynasty." What's going on in your heads?"

Li Hongji said: "Father, if you continue to delay like this, the result will be the same. Erchen wants to take advantage of the fact that he still has some capital to negotiate terms with Da Zhou as much as possible. Wouldn't it be even more of a loss if we lost the 14 prefectures in Jiangbei without any conditions? The Great Zhou army was so powerful that our army could not resist it at all, so we could only occupy the Yangtze River and confront it. Anyway, this is the result, it is better for us to give the fourteen states of Jiangbei to Chai Rong ourselves, withdraw all the valuable things to the Jiangnan region, and preserve our strength in order to make a comeback. ”

What Li Hongji said was similar to Wuyazi, and this was also the method he got after thinking about it for a long time. However, this method is really too embarrassing, after winning the first battle, he will automatically sacrifice half of the country, and no one will want to.

"Nonsense, you're talking nonsense. Li Jing pointed at Li Hongji, and really wanted to scold him, but the whole thing was his and Li Congjia's fault, and the only person who questioned this matter was Li Hongji, and Li Jing didn't know how to scold him.

Li Jing actually understands a little that it is a matter of time before he continues like this and loses the fourteen states of Jiangbei. What Li Hongji said is not wrong, but it is unacceptable.

Feng Yansi said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't make sense. ”

"What's wrong?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that sooner or later the fourteen states of Jiangbei will be annexed by the Great Zhou, so we must dedicate the fourteen states of Jiangbei to the fullest. According to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, no one in the world can live forever, and we will all die sooner or later, should we give ourselves two knives now? Maybe if we die earlier, we can still negotiate some conditions with the king of Hades. ”

Feng Yansi scolded Li Hongji back with a word, it is true that everyone's final outcome is death, no matter how they die, this is an inescapable thing.

According to Li Hongji, since sooner or later it is death, everyone should die now, and then go to the king of Hades to negotiate conditions...... How is this possible?

Li Jing couldn't refute Li Hongji's words, so he lost his temper so much. Because Li Jing thinks that Li Hongji is right, there is no loophole in Li Hongji's words. Someone finally found the loophole, and Li Jing was very excited about it.

"In other words, we can make a decision in advance if we know the result?" Li Jing said: "Therefore, Wu Yanzi's words cannot be fully believed." The fourteen states in Jiangbei are half of the country, how can they give it to others?"

"Father, in fact, the sons and daughters are the same as you think. However, Wu Yazi's words are indeed credible, because this method is feasible. Li Congjia said: "The method of the Daoist of Wuyazi is exactly the same as that of the imperial brother, but the method of Xiaoyaozi's predecessors is higher. After transferring all the available resources from Jiangbei to Jiangnan, and dedicating the fourteen states of Jiangbei, we can negotiate terms with Chai Rong. After talking about the conditions, our army did not suffer any big losses, and then attacked Wu Yue with all its might, Wu Yue's territory was not small, but it was a little poor. After we captured Wuyue Jiangshan......"

"Don't say it, Xiaoyaozi is just a magic stick, his martial arts are strong and he has a fart, and he understands his farts in the general trend of the world. Li Jing said: "Still attacking Wu Yue? Then you can't send a naval army? If you sacrifice all the 14 prefectures in Jiangbei, after the naval army is affected by this, then divide your troops to attack Wu Yue." If Chai Rong takes advantage of the situation, we will not even be able to hold the Yangtze River defense line, what will we do when the time comes? Chai Rong can directly lead his troops into Jinling. ”

"Father, aren't we going to talk about conditions?"

"Talk about it, do you want Chai Rong not to attack us? Even if the negotiation is completed, can you be sure that Chai Rong will fulfill his promise?" Li Jing is now angry as long as he hears the proposal to send the fourteen states of Jiangbei to Chai Rong, although he has suffered a defeat now, he has only lost 100,000 sailors. So easily, he gave the entire Jiangbei to Chai Rong...... That is the land accumulated by the former emperor Rongma in his lifetime, and even includes the Chu State of Jiangxi, which is also the land that he fought for a lifetime to seize, why did the efforts of two generations go to waste because of a small mistake?

"Father, the son also thinks that this method is a bit excessive, but what Wuyazi and Xiaoyaozi said should not be false. Li Congjia said: "Erchen has been dealing with Xiaoyaozi for a long time, if this person is willing to make a move, he can choose a random person to let him ascend the throne and unify the world." This matter is not difficult for Xiaoyaozi. What comes out of his mouth will surely come true. Although Erchen didn't like him either, he admired his ability very much. ”

"Oh~ This person is very powerful, but what if he has already chosen one and deliberately comes to trap us? Can you guarantee that he will say this method for our good?"

Li Jing asked rhetorically, and Li Congjia didn't know what to say. In fact, he knew very well that even if Li Jing said this method, he would not agree to it, because this is half of the country, why should he give it to others. What's more, even if it is to negotiate conditions, Chai Rong may not accept these conditions, if Chai Rong insists on fighting, no one can do it.

Li Hongji said: "My father also has his own position when he says this, and his sons dare not speak falsely. Even so, we can transfer all the resources and most of the manpower from Jiangbei back to Jiangnan, so that we can do our best to preserve our strength. ”

"It's like a human saying...... Feng Yansi, you are more useful in this regard. You and Congjia immediately started to work on this matter, transferring all the resources and manpower that could be produced in Jiangbei to Jiangnan. Move as many people as possible, young and strong, people with good health. ”

"Obey~!"

"General Huangfu, send more men to garrison the city. ”

Huangfu Jixun said: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to say these words. The minister didn't dare to speak just now, but since His Majesty asked, the minister still said first. Let's hurry back to Jinling, escape from the land north of the river, and deploy everything in Jinling. In the opinion of the ministers, maybe today, maybe tomorrow, the Zhou army will definitely besiege the entire Shouzhou, if you don't leave at this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to go again. ”

Huangfu Jixun reminded everyone in one sentence, it is true that if you don't leave at this time, I am afraid you will not be able to leave. Huangfu Jixun is the person who cares about his life the most, so his first thought is not how to solve the problem, but should flee earlier.

The next move of the Zhou army must be to besiege the city, because they can't capture Shouzhou, so they can only besiege Shouzhou. Now there is enough grain and grass in Shouzhou, but as long as there are no extra supplies to send, how long can these grains last?

The human mouth is very terrible, no matter how much food there is, it can be eaten cleanly, and the human mouth does not know how to be satisfied, it has to eat several meals every day, as long as there is no one to eat, it will riot. How long Shouzhou can hold out? No one can say.

"General Huangfu is right, we should evacuate as soon as possible at this time. Lord Liu, how many soldiers and civilians are there in Shouzhou today?"

"There are more than 120,000 people and more than 50,000 soldiers. ”

"Well, let's set off for Jinling at once, including 20,000 soldiers and 100,000 civilians. There are 30,000 soldiers and 20,000 civilians left in the city, so that we can save as much food as possible, keep Shouzhou out longer, and let us think of a solution to try to counterattack. Li Jing said: "Lord Liu, you can also go with us." Send another guard general to garrison Shouzhou, and there is no need for Lord Liu to suffer this crime. Call a young man to come, even if Shouzhou can't hold on, he will have a chance to escape. ”

Liu Renzhen said: "Thank you for Your Majesty's kindness, the minister should stay in Shouzhou to avoid making mistakes." Shouzhou is the gateway of the Southern Tang Dynasty, even if it is a little inferior at this time, but if the minister also leaves, I am afraid that the Shouzhou soldiers will not be convinced. As long as the minister can hold out, he can delay Chai Rong for as long as he can, giving His Majesty more time to deal with these things. ”