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Chapter 1001 It's Not Easy To Beat You Up
The two ordered a large table of dishes, and before the dishes came, they directly lifted the wine jar to have a bite first.It's impossible to do a pot directly. Although the two of them have a lot of food and drink, they don't want to drink a lot of wine.

After taking a big swig, Tian Ya put down the wine jar and looked at Zhao Kuangyin with a gloomy expression.It has been so many years, and Zhao Kuangyin is still so young, I guess he will be like him in a few years.

But there is no way to do this, who made everyone eat unicorn blood?It is estimated that Zhao Kuangyin will start to age after many years.

"Uncle Zhao, you can be said to be covering the sky with one hand in the court recently, no one dares to provoke you except my brother, right?" Tian Ya said in a strange tone, "When are you going to rebel and become emperor?"

"Don't talk nonsense, do I look like that kind of person?"

"It's not like... you are at all." Tian Ya said: "Anyway, I have nothing to object to, I just hope you don't mess with me. I don't care if you become the emperor, don't hurt my family, otherwise even if you become the emperor Not having a good time."

Zhao Kuangyin said: "You are the heir of Da Zhou, you can say whatever you want. Anyway, I don't bother to argue with you, so let's not mention this matter? By the way, what have you been up to recently? Last time I heard that you were After hearing the news from Luoyang, His Majesty even sent my younger brother Zhao Kuangyi to Luoyang to look for you, but found nothing, so you can say that you have no news at all."

Tian Ya said: "It's no wonder, I'm not in Dazhou territory, I went to Nantang to play for a while."

"What are you playing?"

"Actually, it's nothing serious. I just taught the two brothers Li Hongmao and Li Hongji to seize the Jiangxi government/power by their own strength. As a result, these two boys really did it. Although the method is a bit shameful, But Zhennan Wang Yangying was captured alive and returned to Jinling to beheaded for public display, and his party members completely surrendered, so they did a good job.”

Zhao Kuangyin took a deep breath and said, "Grandson, what do you want? You taught these two idiots? Did they really kill Yang Ying?"

"Don't speak so harshly. Anyway, I have a little embarrassment. You can't control it. The two brothers Li Hongji and Li Hongmao are actually very talented. Even if they didn't teach them well when they were young, they can't cause any serious trouble if they start learning now."

"This disaster is not big enough, is it? If Yang Ying is killed, Jiangxi will completely fall under Li Jing's control, which will have a great impact on our capture of Shouzhou." Zhao Kuangyin said, "Tianya, why did you do this?"

"I'm happy, I'm happy, what do you do with me?"

Zhao Kuangyin took a deep breath and said, "If I hadn't promised Zong Xin not to hurt you, I really want to strangle you to death with my hands."

Tian Ya said: "It doesn't matter, anyway, I have never been afraid of death, let alone you dare not kill me now, you are afraid that my master is still alive. In fact, I am also afraid, if let him know that I have done these things... in case he What should I do if I lose it?"

Tianya said so, but Zhao Kuangyin knew very well that even if Zong Xin was present, he would not care, because this is how he taught Tianya, come as you like, don't mind other people's eyes.As long as Tianya doesn't do such trivial things, Zong Xin will never be angry.

"Speaking of this matter... Is Zong Xin dead or alive? Give me a letter."

Tian Ya smiled and said: "It's useless to say anything now, you won't believe me anyway. By the way, I'm going to marry a wife, would you like to have a wedding wine?"

"Who are you marrying?"

"Do you remember the mother and child I saved back then?"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said: "Oh~ It's Xiang'er. I knew you weren't so kind. That was what you were thinking about when you saved others, right? You are as bad as your master."

"Don't speak ill of my master, believe it or not, I will turn against you?"

"Let's not talk about this, you know better than me how bad he is. Besides, this is not to say bad things about him, I can guarantee that this is definitely a compliment. Don't you understand the character of us people? Zong Xin is here I dare to say that in front of him, and he won't be angry."

Tian Ya nodded, there was no problem with what Zhao Kuangyin said.What a shameless person Zong Xin is, he knows very well in his heart that the habit of thanking someone immediately after being scolded is what Zong Xin taught him.And Zong Xin absolutely doesn't care how others scold him, because in his eyes, ordinary people are not on the same level as him, and their scolding is just barking, and he can't listen to it at all.

Of course, he wouldn't be angry even if people of the same level scolded Zong Xin. He had to admire Zong Xin's psychological quality.As long as you don't do anything to Zong Xin, you can scold him however you want, but it also depends on Zong Xin's mood. Even if he says nice things when he is in a bad mood, it will be useless.

"By the way, when are you going to attack Shouzhou again?"

"We still have to wait for the river to recede and the water level to drop before we dare to send troops. The navy in the Southern Tang Dynasty is strong, so it is not easy for us to attack Shouzhou. The city wall of Shouzhou is extremely strong and towering, and the defense is well-built. It is really difficult to capture Shouzhou. Hundreds of thousands of strong men were used to attack the city last time. Although these people are very amateur in fighting, but after all, there are so many people. It didn't break at all."

Tian Ya said: "Actually, I also went to Shouzhou to see it. Shouzhou's defense is too strong. It is absolutely impossible to take it by force, unless everyone wants to die. Moreover, my emperor brother only wants to attack Shouzhou and doesn't care whether the soldiers live or die. , may be able to capture Shouzhou after sacrificing most of them, but if they do that, Southern Tang will immediately counterattack. Their army has been watching the battle not far from Shouzhou. Although they cannot directly confront, they will never give up Shouzhou This important military base."

Zhao Kuangyin never knew that although it was difficult to attack Shouzhou, it was not impossible.But if we really attack by force, the casualties will be heavy, and our army may not have the strength to fight against the regular army of Southern Tang after the war.

So the only way to capture Shouzhou is to slowly eat away at it, but there is a problem... The opponent is not a fool, as long as the spring water rises and the week is full, they will definitely retreat, and everything will be in vain.Let Nan Tang rest for another half a year, and when he attacks again, Shouzhou's defense will only be stronger, not weaker.

"Tianya, do you have any good ideas? Help your elder brother and Uncle Zhao, we really have no way to attack Shouzhou. It is almost impossible to attack Shouzhou in the past few months. We must retreat before the water rises. If If we continue to fight, I'm afraid Da Zhou's existing advantages will be broken."

Zhao Kuangyin is also very clear about the advantages of Dazhou now, but if he can't attack for a long time and his morale is frustrated, he will not be able to win no matter how hard he fights.Although it is not enough to turn an advantage into a disadvantage, but if the confrontation persists for a long time, Nan Tang will be confident, and Da Zhou will be too passive.

Zhao Kuangyin knew how much he was capable of, so it was enough to leave this kind of task that required brains to others.Since this kind of solution can only be thought up by people with a very good view of the overall situation, Zhao Kuangyin really doesn't know anyone in the world who can provide truly valuable opinions except Zong Xin and his two masters and apprentices.

Fan Zhi is indeed very smart, but what he has is only a little cleverness. This kind of overall view is still far inferior to Zong Xin's two masters and apprentices. He has never made a truly constructive proposal.

I happened to see Tian Ya today, so it was necessary to ask him for advice.What if Tianya came up with a very good solution?It may not be possible to directly defeat Nantang.

Tian Ya said: "Uncle Zhao, Master once taught me that if a person has strong hands, only hit his hands; if a person has strong feet, only hit his feet. Just like Huangfu Jixun said, he has a pair of Iron Claw is very powerful, but if Iron Claw is injured and cannot be used, his combat power can be ignored. The same is true for city siege, whichever aspect of Nantang is powerful, just focus on that aspect."

"You mean...or to take Shouzhou by force?"

Although Zhao Kuangyin heard Tian Ya's words, he didn't understand them.Wherever the place is strong, it will be attacked. Shouzhou has a strong defense. Should we just focus on Shouzhou?Isn't that the same as saying nothing?

Tianya shook his head and said: "Shouzhou only defends but does not attack, just like two martial arts masters fighting, one side only defends but does not attack, do you need to worry about him? The most important thing is that Shouzhou can only defend but not attack. Death. The main reason why the Great Zhou retreated was because of the strength of the Southern Tang navy. If we can find a way to kill the Southern Tang navy, it will not be difficult to besiege Shouzhou until we run out of ammunition and food."

When Zhao Kuangyin heard this, he suddenly had an inspiration.He felt that he knew how to attack Shouzhou. Although people all over the world believed that Shouzhou was the key point to capture Southern Tang, Zhao Kuangyin did not doubt it.But if you want to break through Shouzhou, you have to take another place to attack, and that is the Southern Tang Navy.

Shouzhou is difficult to get, but there is no problem if you take your time.The problem is that we can't take it slowly, because as long as the tide rises, the Southern Tang navy will occupy the Huaihe River Basin, and when the time comes to cut off our army's retreat, our army will only be trapped between the navy and Shouzhou. The situation is completely opposite, and finally A dead end.

But... If there was no navy in the Southern Tang Dynasty, it would be a breeze to capture Shouzhou.

After figuring this out, Zhao Kuangyin has determined that if he wants to capture Shouzhou, he must first attack the Southern Tang Navy.But the problem is that the Southern Tang navy is strong, how to attack?There were about 20 people in the Southern Tang Navy, but the number of troops usually sent was about [-], and the Huaihe River would not be able to accommodate any more.

If we could use some tricks on the Huaihe River to trap the Southern Tang navy in the Huaihe River, and then set a fire to burn all the warships, it would be possible to succeed.

At this time, Zhao Kuangyin remembered the Battle of Chibi, didn't Zhuge Liang just use the trick of borrowing the east wind to burn the war?But...the other party should not be so easy to fall for.What's more, whether there will be wind at that time is also a problem. The Huaihe River is so big, even if it is burned, it may not be able to burn all the warships.

It is possible to think about and take a look at some things, but it is very difficult or even impossible to actually do them.

Zhao Kuangyin is also thinking, in fact, they have the advantage of the upper reaches of the Huaihe River and the Weihe River, so they can fight the navy first.But the problem is how to fight.Since Tian Ya can hit the point with one sentence, it is not impossible to ask again.

(End of this chapter)