royal robes

Chapter 1084
At least on the surface, Shouzhou at this time is invulnerable, so if you want to break through Shouzhou, you must have a very perfect strategy, or you can only use the siege of the city.Although besieging the city is the most stupid way, it is also the most effective way. As long as Shouzhou is besieged to death, the food in it will be eaten up sooner or later. Are you afraid that they will not come out to beg for mercy?
"Prince Wang, you usually have the most clever ideas. You can do whatever you want. Just put forward a direction first and the civil and military ministers present will discuss it later."

Wang Bodao: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the only way I can think of is to besiege the city. Since the Southern Tang Dynasty wants to defend Shouzhou, we will first attack the nearby Luzhou, Yingzhou, Shuzhou, Xuanzhou, Huainan, Liu'an and other places. All the captured cities will be connected to form a defensive line, and the most critical thing is to besiege Shouzhou so that Shouzhou will run out of ammunition and food, and Shouzhou will be destroyed without attack."

Chai Rong nodded and said, "Okay, you can get lost."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wang Bo didn't have anything to say. A living person could come up with this method. Siege is the safest and least costly method, but the biggest problem is time.It is almost impossible to besiege the most important defensive city of the Southern Tang Dynasty to death in the territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty, unless there is no army in the entire Southern Tang Dynasty who dares to fight to reinforce Shouzhou.

It is understandable that the Southern Tang army could not defeat the Zhou army, but it was not too weak.Even if the Zhou army besieged the city, this was the border of the Southern Tang Dynasty after all. How could the Zhou army be so arrogant?What's more, the Southern Tang Dynasty still had a powerful navy. As long as the river rose, the Zhou Dynasty would have to retreat. Does the siege of the city for several months count as a siege?

Chai Rong hooked his fingers, motioning for Zhao Kuangyin to come closer.Zhao Kuangyin immediately put his ear to Chai Rong's side.

"Proceed according to your plan."

"According to the order."

In fact, Chai Rong originally thought that Zhao Kuangyin's plan was a little risky. After all, it was taking the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers as a bet. If the bet won, the powerful navy of the Southern Tang Dynasty could be eliminated, but what if the bet failed?These 20 to [-] soldiers will die east of the Huaihe River.

However, after Chai Rong saw Shouzhou's solid defense, he was completely helpless. There was no need to fight this battle, and the result could be seen at a glance.At this time, Chai Rong thought of Zhao Kuangyin's plan. Shouzhou was unbreakable, so instead of attacking Shouzhou, it was better to adopt the safest siege tactics.

Although the siege tactics are good, Dazhou must beware of the Southern Tang navy's rear outflanking, so if the Southern Tang navy is not destroyed, it is impossible to surround Shouzhou to death.

Zhao Kuangyin's idea is very good. Since the Southern Tang navy is strong, as long as the Southern Tang navy is killed, wouldn't it be possible to seize the Southern Tang Dynasty?

In fact, this policy was originally used by the Great Zhou. The Northern Han, Southern Han, Wuyue, and Western Shu were all weak. Only the Southern Tang was strong, and only the Southern Tang was a threat to the Great Zhou. So Chai Rong attacked the Southern Tang first.As long as you defeat the other places in Southern Tang, isn't it easy to succeed?

After the attack on Nantang, the head is not so bright. I only know that the Nantang navy is strong, so we are avoiding a head-on confrontation with the Nantang navy.After entering this misunderstanding, Chai Rong didn't really wake up until now. Since Shouzhou is strong, he won't attack by force...

"Zhao Kuangyin, where is your brother Zhao Kuangyi now? Didn't you tell him to find King Qi? Why has there been no news for so long?"

"Back to Your Majesty, I don't know where my little brother is now." Zhao Kuangyin said depressedly: "At that time, I asked him to look for it. Your Majesty also knew the character of His Royal Highness King Qi. It was exactly the same as Zong Xin. He liked to travel around the world and fight for justice. He has no fixed place to live. Maybe he was originally in Luoyang, but it is not certain that he went to Nantang on a whim."

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about this matter. Mountains and rivers meet each other, and they will meet sooner or later." Fan Zhi was not in a hurry at all, because this matter actually had nothing to do with him, and Fan Zhi's initial concern The plan did not intend for Zhao Kuangyi to find Tianya, anyway, it doesn't matter if he can find Tianya, Tianya will come back when he gets tired of playing, if he is not tired of playing, no one can force him.

Zhao Kuangyi's personality is not suitable for being an official in the court, so let him leave this place of right and wrong, and go around the rivers and lakes for a few times, maybe he won't want to be an official anymore.

Officials in the DPRK and China are not saints, and it can even be said that they are more vulgar than ordinary people.Because these officials are rich and powerful, and even hold the power of life and death of countless people, sometimes they will be arrogant, sometimes they will not recognize the reality, and often make mistakes, even those unforgivable mistakes.

But this is true for anyone in that position, because he has obtained power and money, which can originally paralyze the judgment of ordinary people.

Officials do far more wrong things than ordinary people, because doing more makes more mistakes, doing less makes fewer mistakes, and doing nothing is good.If the officials do not make mistakes, it proves that he did not do anything.

Zhao Kuangyi's fundamental understanding is that officials have a nobler character than ordinary people. As long as they make mistakes, they must be punished, and small mistakes will be punished, and big mistakes will be punished.

How could Zhao Kuangyi's character be an official in the court?Because when he was a young official, he didn't like everything, and whenever someone made a mistake, he would yell at him.Zhao Kuangyi didn't dare to do anything, so he could only scold people, because his elder brother was Zhao Kuangyin, and he was a master of martial arts, so a lot of bearded people were scolded by a poor kid, and these people didn't dare to speak back...

Fan Zhi was one of the few insiders. Fan Zhi knew where Tianya was when Tianya came to Fan's mansion to marry Xiang'er, but it was impossible for him to tell Chai Rong about it.

Fan Zhi also had no choice, first of all, this was Tian Ya's request, whether in public or private, Fan Zhi should agree not to reveal his whereabouts.Secondly, what Tianya did was not to show his face. He helped Li Hongji put down the Jiangxi regime, and he went with Li Hongji to the Wang Clan to find a master technician to strengthen the defense of Shouzhou.

The original Shouzhou was already difficult to break through, but now that it has been strengthened, it is even more hopeless, and it makes one's scalp tingle.

Does Fan Zhi dare to tell the truth at this time?The reason why Shouzhou is as powerful as it is today is entirely because His Royal Highness King Qi of the Great Zhou Dynasty helped Li Hongji to go to the king's clan.Qi Wang Guoxin received Li Hongji's ten thousand taels of gold, so he protected him all the way to Pingzhou, crossed the Khitan border, and helped the Southern Tang Dynasty establish diplomatic relations with Khitan.Open sea trade.

If Fan Zhi dared to say this, no matter it was true or not, Chai Rong would definitely say that Fan Zhi had deceived the emperor, spread rumors, and would not give Fan Zhi a chance to explain, and would just drag him out and kill him.

So Fan Zhi has no choice, who made Tian Ya like Hu Lai so much?Fortunately, he married Xiang'er away, and Xiang'er should be able to control Tianya a little bit.

Although Fan Zhi is very busy, Xiang'er grew up in Fan's residence anyway, Fan Zhi naturally knows Xiang'er very well, she will never teach Tian Ya badly, she will definitely teach well.Although Fan Zhi was not sure what Tian Ya wanted to do, at least he knew that he was not in any danger and was living a very comfortable life, which was enough.

"If this is the case, Fan Xiang will call all the people who can take care of the matter, and let them appreciate the defense of Shouzhou." Chai Rong said: "Others should learn more if they have good things, although we can't learn from the king's. Craftsmanship, but the deployment pattern can still be learned."

"According to the order."

Fan Zhi immediately ordered others to come and watch the formation. Everyone present looked at Shouzhou in amazement. These defensive equipment were so powerful that people were shocked. No wonder Shouzhou was so confident. With just one volley, many people would die on the road. .

"I've seen such a defense once. You haven't been to the Wang Clan, have you?" Zhao Kuangyin has been to the Wang Clan before, and the fortifications here are very similar to the Wang Clan, but it's no wonder, because the person who arranged these things is A skilled worker of the Wang clan.

Zhao Kuangyin was also one of the insiders, he knew what Tianya had done, but he didn't dare to tell these things, the reason was the same as that of Fan Zhi.

Originally, Zhao Kuangyin didn't think that the Wang Clan could build Shouzhou into such a powerful fortress, at least it was impossible to compare with the Wang Clan outside Cangzhou.

But at this time, Zhao Kuangyin finally knew how powerful the Wang clan's technical workers were. No wonder Zong Xin often said that knowledge is power. Aren't those tools used to defend the city equal to knowledge?All it takes is one person to have this kind of knowledge and he can get others to build these things, and it's only a matter of time before they can build as many as they want.

One person's knowledge can stop 20 people outside the city. Knowledge is indeed power.Facing such a defense, no matter how powerful the martial arts are, it is useless. Unless he can directly enter the city and kill the guard Liu Renshan, and dismantle all the crossbows and catapults, otherwise it will be useless to kill Liu Renshan.

"I don't care if I have been to the Wang Clan or not. Anyway, I don't think Shouzhou is so powerful." Li Chongjin said: "As soon as King Qi comes back, he will definitely think of a way to break the city."

"I can tell at a glance that you haven't been there. Even if Zong Xin comes now, he may not be able to break the city... His Highness King Qi hasn't come back anyway, so it's useless to say more. Just appreciate it. I'm afraid this kind of defense will never happen again. It won't show up. When I have time, I will take you to Wang Clan to see it. The defense there is ten times stronger than Shouzhou." Zhao Kuangyin and Li Chongjin had a good personal relationship, and there was no conflict in their political opinions, but Zhao Kuangyin felt a little bit I can't stand Li Chongjin's appearance.

He is Guo Wei's nephew, but he talks about Guo Xin every day... Of course, this is also one of Zhao Kuangyin's plans. After Chai Rong dies, see who Chai Rong passes on to.If he passed it on to Tianya, there would be no repercussions, but if he passed it on to his son Chai Zongxun, it would be a good show.

Li Chongjin is actually a very important pawn of Zhao Kuangyin. Although Zhao Kuangyin looks down on him, he is very close to him.The main reason is that Li Chongjin is Guo Wei's blood relative, which Chai Rong can't compare to, so Li Chongjin has a high right to speak in the court.

(End of this chapter)