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Chapter 1119 Superficial Phenomenon
"Congjia, is what happened really like what Huangfu Jixun said? He fought so wonderfully with Zhao Kuangyin?"

Li Congjia curled his lips and said, "How is it possible? Let's go together and come back together. How can he fight for so long? There is not enough time. However, Huangfu Jixun should have fought Zhao Kuangyin and fought for a while. After all, he has forced Zhao Kuangyin to fight." It’s time to perform the third form of the Sifang Tathagata Divine Art. You should have used the first two forms. This is not easy. With my skill, it is impossible to last so long. However, Zhao Kuangyin’s Sifang Tathagata Divine Art is indeed It’s so powerful, except for the most famous masters of our time, no one can be his opponent.”

"If Zhao Kuangyin has indeed learned the magic trick of Miaofayin, it is indeed unstoppable. After all, he is bound to lose. If Zhao Kuangyin's skill is high enough, even Lei Hong may not be his opponent." Li Hongji said: "But If you think about it carefully, Lei Hong's Hua Ji Shou may be able to break this trick, but it is not certain. It is rumored that as long as the Hua Ji Shou is used well, there is no trick in the world that cannot be broken."

"In theory, this is true, but in fact it is not so easy to operate. Huaji hand is based on eight eight 64 hexagrams, and there are more than ten million changes in it. To use Huaji hand to crack a move, you must understand this move, isn't it It takes a long time to study the moves and hexagrams.” Li Congjia said: “Lei Hong is very talented, no matter what kind of martial arts he has seen a few times, so Lei Hong can do it on his own. Chuanghua Jishou is a unique skill, but if Lei Hong has never seen this trick, he can't use hexagrams to crack it. Of course, there is one person who can do it, and that is Zong Xin... Zong Xin is more talented than his father Lei Hong Even higher, he can find the corresponding hexagrams to decipher even the moves he uses in front of Zongxin for the first time, compared to Zongxin who is more proficient in using Huaji hands."

When mentioning Zongxin, Li Hongji and Li Jing felt terrified, because they were really afraid of Zongxin, because the relationship between Zongxin and Guo Wei was so good, if it wasn't because Guo Wei was dead, Zongxin would help a little... I'm afraid The Southern Tang Dynasty is gone.

Not to mention Zong Xin, even Taoist Priest Wu Yazi could easily think of several ways to break through Shouzhou.Although Shouzhou appears to be indestructible on the surface, it is nothing at all in the face of that level of outsiders.

"Let's not talk about Zong Xin, let's talk about Zhao Kuangyin..." Li Hongji said: "Zhao Kuangyin's martial arts are really strong. Although General Huangfu said he was passionate, he actually lost this battle, right?"

"Yes~ General Huangfu should have lost. However, Zhao Kuangyin's move only touched General Huangfu slightly, so he didn't have much infuriating energy. By the time we landed, almost half of his infuriating energy had been eroded, so if we continue to fight , must be lost."

Li Jing said: "Unexpectedly, General Huangfu can't beat Zhao Kuangyin. This kid is indeed a difficult person. But fortunately, Zhou Jun is now trapped in the east of the Huaihe River. As long as we delay for a few more days, our navy will definitely kill Zhou Jun." Pay a heavy price and let them know that I, Datang, are not easy to mess with."

"Father, we should pay attention to the movements of the Zhou army. There are still two or three days. Although they cannot rebuild the pontoon bridge, they will not wait to die in place. They will definitely think of other ways." Li Congjia said: "Although It is not necessary to forcefully cross the river, but there must be some action."

"Of course... there is a wise general among the Zhou army, Fan Zhi. As the son-in-law of Prince Lei's Mansion, Fan Zhi is still very capable. Although the situation at this time is very unfavorable to the Zhou army, Fan Zhi will definitely Find a way to at least minimize Zhou Jun's losses."

Li Jing said: "In fact, the lowest loss is to forcefully cross the river, connect it with only a rope, and let the soldiers pull the rope and swim across. Even if they can't swim, they can barely cross. But doing this... will indeed bring a lot of losses. Loss, I don’t know how Zhou Jun will decide.”

The three father and son sat together and waited for Zhou Jun's next decision. They had nothing serious to do now.Although what follows is very important, the role of these three people is actually not big.Li Jing ordered the navy to dispatch early, and Li Congjia's role has already been played. Although Li Hongji worked hard, he is indeed useless now.

Although humans are fighting, the three fathers and sons feel that the next step depends on God's will.It would be fine if they could mobilize troops in Shouzhou, but Liu Renshan was stubborn, and even Li Jing had no right to mobilize troops here.

What's more, the strength of Shouzhou's troops is useless. After all, the Zhou army has a 20 army. If the soldiers in Shouzhou dare to go out, they will fight directly and then occupy Shouzhou... Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?Therefore, the troops in Shouzhou could not be moved in the first place, and could only use troops from other places.

In fact, even if there are soldiers, it is impossible to attack the Zhou army by force, so Li Jing is not in a hurry to transfer troops from other places to Shouzhou.Let the Zhou army be trapped first, and then slowly eat away. After all, it is an army of 20. It would be best if they were forced to jump over the wall and attack Shouzhou.

Of course, this is unlikely, even Li Jing himself thinks it is impossible.At most, Zhou Jun was going to attack other places, how could he attack Shouzhou...

"By the way, do you think Zhou's army will attack other cities and delay the time after they want to occupy the city. If they stick to a city, there is nothing we can do."

Li Jing suddenly thought of this possibility, and Li Congjia and Li Hongji nodded.This is indeed very possible, because Shouzhou's defenses are strong and they cannot attack by force, but several nearby cities can be captured by force.Since the defenses of Luzhou and Yingzhou are not strong, and there are less than ten thousand soldiers in the city, what if the Zhou army turns to attack these two cities?
"From Congjia, order the five cities of Luzhou, Yingzhou, Shuzhou, Xuanzhou, and Lu'an to clear the food and grass, and never leave a grain of rice for the Zhou army. If they dare to attack the city, we dare to besiege the city. When the time comes I don't believe that 20 Zhou troops can produce food if they adjust a position."

"Of order." Li Congjia immediately drafted an order, preparing to send the news to these five cities.Near Shouzhou, only these five cities are close and easy to attack.But in fact, even if Zhou Jun attacked these five cities, it would be useless to defend them. Everyone knew this very well, and Chai Rong would not be so stupid.

Now that Zhou Jun's food and grass have been burned, they can't last long without food and grass.This is also the key to Li Jing's victory.In any case, the appetite of 20 people is not small, and it is not easy to feed so many people.Li Jing has a deep understanding of this...

Li Jing usually leads tens of thousands of troops, at most no more than 10,000+, and there are only so many when attacking Chu.This number is naturally not as good as the 20 troops of the Great Zhou Army, but this number of soldiers has already given Li Jing a headache. Just 10,000+ mouths alone can scare people to death.

There is not much food in the barracks, so the more the soldiers eat, the more they can eat.How much food does Zhou Jun need to feed 20 people per meal?At the end of the day, at least 10,000+ catties of grain need to be eaten.

A sack of rice noodles weighs at most a hundred catties, that is, more than 1000 bags of grain are needed to feed Zhou Jun's big mouth.This is just a day's consumption.Now that Zhou's army food and grass are being burned, as long as they don't cross the Huaihe River and return to Xuzhou...it will be a disaster.Not to mention a frontal attack, if they starve them for a few days, some people will automatically surrender.

Therefore, the three armies have not moved, and the food and grass go first.When there are more people, eating is the biggest problem.As long as the soldiers don't have enough to eat for two or three meals, they can't fight. Li Jing really knows this very well, because he has experienced countless times of insufficient food and grass.

Don't look at Zhou's army now has 20 troops, as long as the barracks can't afford food, after starving him for a few days, 20 people can't defeat tens of thousands of troops.Let alone dispatching troops to other places, the soldiers stationed in Shouzhou alone can kill them all.

Hunger is always the greatest enemy of human beings, as long as people are hungry, they can do anything.At that time, there is no need to attack at all, and there will naturally be rebellions in the Zhou army, and they will be able to fight by themselves.

Although it is great to burn food and grass, even if they don't burn Zhou Jun's food and grass, they can't last long.And Li Jing still couldn't figure out who burned Zhou Jun's food and grass.

The only troops sent out at that time were Huangfu Jixun and 400 elite soldiers, and in the end only about [-] people came back.The remaining nearly a hundred soldiers were either washed away by the river or died in the battle with the guards.But their mission is to destroy the pontoon bridge, not to let them burn the food and grass...

Could it be that some soldiers were alone, he thought he was going to die anyway, so he simply ran to burn Zhou Jun's food and grass, and made his last contribution to Datang?This is also very possible.

The more Li Jing thought about it, the happier she became. This was simply a godsend, a strategic victory.Although Shouzhou was not as powerful as the Zhou army, after defending the city to the death, it finally ushered in a turning point.In the end, he made a better move, broke Zhou Jun's pontoon bridge, burned Zhou Jun's food and grass, and drove them to a dead end.

Killing Dazhou's 20 troops without a single soldier will surely be famous and a good story through the ages.In the end, we can unify the Central Plains and counterattack Khitan...

Li Jing was so excited that he almost trembled all over his body. Although he was not young, Li Jing really wanted to go to the brothel to find a dozen girls to vent out, otherwise he would have nowhere to release his impulse.

Of course, Li Jing never imagined that Zhao Kuangyin deliberately burned his own food and grass after knowing that the pontoon bridge was broken.But Zhao Kuangyin is not a fool, the real grain and grass have been transferred long ago, Zhao Kuangyin has already prepared a place, as long as Nan Tang makes any move, he will burn it down, and then say that the grain and grass have been burned.

It was impossible for Southern Tang's spies to find out Zhao Kuangyin's subtle movements. At most, he knew what happened in the barracks.In fact, Zhao Kuangyin did not announce the news, but tried his best to hide it.But who doesn't know about so many people fighting the fire?Zhao Kuangyin deliberately kept people from asking questions.

After burning the camp that was used to replace food and grass, Zhao Kuangyin ordered people to spread the news of the burning of food and grass in the camp. Rumors like this spread faster than the official announcement. In half a day, 20 people knew that the food and grass were burned, so The morale of the army is unstable.

The spies of the Southern Tang Dynasty quickly spread the news back to Shouzhou, and what Li Jing saw was only the superficial phenomenon.But the most attractive thing is often the surface, which is why Li Jing is so excited.

(End of this chapter)