royal robes

Chapter 1122
"Fight, beat me to death." Zhao Kuangyin gritted his teeth and said: "How angry are you with the Southern Tang Navy? Our Great Zhou Navy has never defeated the Southern Tang Navy. Today we finally won once, and it was a big victory. Not a single Stay and sink the entire fleet."

Zhao Kuangyin was commanding the catapult to launch an attack, and the anger he had held back for so many years finally came to an end.It is not that there is no navy in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but the strength of the navy is too poor.Nan Tang had never won a confrontation on the water, but this time he finally won, Zhao Kuangyin trembled with excitement.

After winning this game, the Southern Tang navy could no longer be so arrogant.This was originally the majority of the power of the Southern Tang Navy. After being eliminated once, would they dare to come to the Huaihe River?As long as the Southern Tang navy dare not come to the Huaihe River, they can safely and boldly besiege Shouzhou, and it is only a matter of time before they capture Shouzhou.

"General Zhao is really powerful. You can think of such an excellent thing to trap the ship. But I am exhausted. Do you know how much manpower and financial resources I spent to drive away these wooden piles?" Fan Zhi said: "You I also know how stingy Your Majesty is, how could you build such a large lineup just by giving me such a little money? If Lei Fang hadn’t been asked to go to Lei Wang’s Mansion to get the money, I’m afraid this batch of wooden piles wouldn’t be able to be built at all.”

"I'm right next to you, how can you go behind my back when you say bad things about others? Besides, you didn't ask me for money." Chai Rong also felt very depressed. Fan Zhi's estimate at the beginning was only so much, not his own He was reluctant to give money because Fan Zhi didn't want much.Now you blame yourself for being stingy?Is this appropriate?

"Your Majesty, did you hear what I just said?"

"Nonsense, how can I not hear you standing so close?"

"Hey~ Actually, I did it on purpose... Such a big victory depends on the wooden stakes I built, so His Majesty will definitely give the money to the minister, right?"

Chai Rong said depressedly: "Be careful what you say next time, you say that I am a crime of deceiving the emperor, and you will punish the nine clans."

"Your Majesty is right, I deserve death for my crimes. But before I die, I still have to settle the money, because it is Lei Hong's money..." Fan Zhi said: "But Your Majesty, can I make a small suggestion? ?”

"speak."

"Your majesty's face is not very good-looking every time you raise money, so if you can't win this battle, you really don't dare to raise money. I just want to say, don't take money too seriously, your majesty now The weather is good, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and with the support of Lei Hong and Yan Dao, the national treasury is actually very rich."

"Let's talk about it later. The most important thing now is this battle. As long as you can win, you can say anything, cough...cough cough..." Chai Rong coughed excitedly. In fact, Chai Rong's body has not fully recovered, but He still didn't want to miss this good show.

The navy of the Great Zhou Dynasty had never defeated the Southern Tang Dynasty, and sometimes it was even difficult to escape.Because of this, Chai Rong has always been very afraid of the Southern Tang Navy. As long as the Southern Tang Navy comes to the Huaihe River, they must withdraw their troops.If we can't win and are blocked, no matter how many people there are, they will die east of the Huaihe River.

This time it was Zhao Kuangyin who came up with the plan. As expected of someone who has followed Zong Xin for so many years, he also learned some of Zong Xin's skills.Although this set of plans was very dangerous, they still persisted, and finally allowed Li Jing to send the fleet into the ambush circle that had been set up without any doubts.

"Your Majesty, we have already won this battle. Not to mention the catapults constantly throwing boulders, even if they do nothing, the Nantang navy will be trapped here to death. Going down the river, today it happens to be with the wind, the speed of the fleet It’s too fast, and it’s impossible to retreat only by using the oars. What’s more, the wooden stakes have already trapped the fleet, and the fire downstream can burn all the warships.”

The fire on the river was getting more and more intense. The front row of warships was completely ignited. With the flying fireballs thrown by the catapults, almost every ship in the Southern Tang Dynasty navy was ignited, but some of them had big fires and some had small fires. That's all.As long as they can't escape, nothing they can do is superfluous.

"You have done a really good job, and I will definitely be rewarded." Chai Rong said excitedly: "But then again, after the Southern Tang navy is destroyed, what should we do next? Continue to besiege Shouzhou?"

"Your Majesty, I have already thought about this point. It will take less than 20 troops to besiege Shouzhou. We will divide our troops to capture the surrounding cities, completely consolidate our army's power in the east of the Huaihe River, and finally build a bridge to facilitate the transportation of food and grass. It will not take a year and a half. Zai, after the surrender of Shouzhou, the Southern Tang Dynasty will have no power to fight back. Our army will be able to drive straight in and take Jinling directly."

Chai Rong nodded. It is true that so many troops are not needed to besiege Shouzhou. Anyway, Shouzhou cannot be attacked by force, as long as there are enough troops so that they dare not fight out.The extra troops can be used to capture several other cities to prevent people from transporting supplies to Shouzhou.

With the chance of winning finally in his hands, Chai Rong didn't want to fight a protracted war with Shouzhou.If you only encircle Shouzhou, it is inevitable that some people will send troops to harass and transport supplies to Shouzhou during the war, so it will be endless.Therefore, it is also very important to capture the surrounding cities and establish a complete defensive front.

This plan is very serious and does not involve any danger. It is to use military force to capture several surrounding cities.This 20 army can be divided into four to [-] troops. Only one of them is needed to defend Shouzhou. The other three armies can completely capture other cities and establish an absolutely solid defensive front.

In fact, Chai Rong also thought about this problem, but before the Southern Tang navy was defeated, it was superfluous to think about anything.That's why Chai Rong will think about the next thing at this time.

But Fan Zhi was different, because these wooden stakes were built under his supervision, and he could guarantee that as long as the Nantang fleet dared to come, it would be wiped out. Fan Zhi was very confident about this.The only problem at that time was how to keep this part of the army east of the Huai River.

They never expected that Li Jing was the one who cooperated with them the most. Li Jing's act of letting people destroy the pontoon bridge made everything seem logical. They also took this opportunity to stay in the east of the Huaihe River and successfully attacked the Southern Tang Navy.

"Your Majesty, look over there...they want to approach the east bank and land, probably because they want to fight a bloody road. We are guarded by 20 soldiers here. If they land in waves like them, the whole army will definitely be wiped out." Fan Zhi said : "However, this is also a helpless move. After all, staying on the river is death, and going down the river is also death. There may be a way to live ashore, even if it is surrender."

"That's right, it's a dead end anyway, they want to rush out a way out... It's not bad for us to watch a good show here. This battle is enough to make Nantang completely devastated, and he will never be able to fight back. General Zhao, You did a great job of doing this.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment. Would you like to order someone to prepare a banquet, where we, the monarch and his subjects, can enjoy the battle while drinking?"

Chai Rong immediately waved his hand and said: "No, absolutely not. The soldiers on the front line are fighting each other with their lives, how can we drink and have fun here? We have to drink and have fun with the soldiers after winning the battle. Eh~ that position...as if someone wants to break out of the siege Yes, those people in front are so brave."

"Returning to Your Majesty, that person must be Lin Renzhao, the commander of the Southern Tang Navy. This man has strong martial arts skills and superb military skills. Since he took charge of the navy, the combat effectiveness of the Southern Tang Navy has greatly improved. The most important thing is that this person's personality is somewhat similar to Liu Renshan. He is the one who is most worried about ambushing the Southern Tang navy ministers this time." Fan Zhi said, "If Lin Renzhao saw the clues, we wouldn't have the current result. Thanks to the dark sky and Li Jing's urgent pursuit, I want to trap our army in the east of the Huaihe River. And today the current and wind direction are matching the Nantang fleet’s speed too fast, so we didn’t find the wooden stakes we hid in the river.”

"Oh~ So it's him, no wonder he's so brave. General Zhao, who's martial arts is higher or lower than yours?"

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Well... Now Huangfu Jixun is not my opponent, let alone him. Your Majesty, I will go and take Lin Renzhao's head back."

"No, no, no... As the saying goes, it's good to be open-minded. The opponent is a hundred thousand navy. If they are all wiped out in one go, the killing is too heavy, and it is against the law of heaven. I am not Zong Xin, who kills tens of thousands of people with one move. He can’t even blink his eyes. If this person can break through, it’s okay to let him break through.” Although Chai Rong wanted to capture Southern Tang, the navy has been completely defeated at this time, as long as too many people Just run back, there is no need to kill them all.

Lin Renzhao was brave and had very good judgment. If they continued to stay in the river and fight back, they would definitely die.As the captain of the navy, he decided to abandon all warships and go ashore to break through so quickly. How much courage did it take?This spirit is indeed rare.For such a brave and capable general, Chai Rong wanted to let him live.

But... now it is impossible to let the soldiers make way for him to break through. There are still many warships behind that cannot dock, and it is impossible to let 10 people escape [-]. Doing so will leave too much combat power for Nantang , it is best to only break through a few thousand people, or even less.

Of course, it is impossible to kill all the remaining people. After they surrender, they can be recruited separately and placed in different positions to serve for Da Zhou.

"Hey, where is Zhang Yongde?"

"Chen is here!"

Zhang Yongde was not very far away and had been staying near Chai Rong.One of Chai Rong's most trusted people because he is Chai Rong's brother-in-law.Zhang Yongde used to be the son of Zhang Ying, the governor of Hedong. Because Zhang Ying fled to Bianliang before Liu Chong rebelled and proclaimed himself emperor, Zhang Yongde actually had no military exploits except being the prince-in-law of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Of course Chai Rong hoped that Zhang Yongde would have more power, and of course Chai Rong wanted to be close to Zhang Yongde more than Li Chongjin.Although both of them are relatives, they are not related by blood to Chai Rong, but Li Chongjin and Guo Wei are related by blood, so Li Chongjin's threat to Chai Rong is actually very great.

(End of this chapter)