The prince is five and a half years old, and he is reclaiming land and becoming a group favorite.

Chapter 373 Making a Plan
Last night, Guard Zhang said that many of these weapons were used for siege.

Since there were still people from the Sang Dynasty in the city, Gu Yuzhi certainly did not want to attack the city by force.

But if the prefects of these prefectures are really determined to rebel, they certainly cannot sit still and wait for death.

Gu Yuzhi pouted and snorted, but his big eyes looked straight at Xie Changshi and then at Prince Qi.

They are so smart, they must have a solution, right?
As Teacher Shu said, those who don’t know how to lead a team can only work until they die!
Gu Yuzhi rolled his eyes and looked at Mr. Huo: "Mr. Huo, do you have any good opinions?"

There is no need to go to the canal to fight the city defenders. Mr. Huo will definitely find a way.

Mr. Huo pondered for a moment and said: "Yangzhou and Jiangzhou are indeed the most difficult ones, and I'm afraid we can only attack them by force. So I suggest starting with other state capitals, Shenzhou and a few states further south, mainly to persuade them to surrender."

Gu Yuzhi nodded his head: "Yes, yes. The main thing is to persuade people to surrender. If you can do it without using force, don't use force."

Mr. Huo turned to Gu Yuzhi and smiled appreciatively, and then said: "But obviously Shenzhou and Huzhou, which is adjacent to Shenzhou, are more dangerous."

Xie Changshi also nodded and said, "Mr. Huo is right."

They just finished their meal. When they left the room, Mr. Huo simply took a wooden stick and drew a picture of Jiangnan Yu on the ground with a few strokes.

The wooden stick pointed at Shenzhou and Huzhou and said: "His Highness can send troops to these two states first. If the other side hesitates or resists, His Highness can send people to publicize Gu Yufan's sins in the city, in order to attack people's hearts first."

Gu Yuzhi squatted on the ground, holding his face in his hands into fists, looking at Mr. Huo with bright eyes.

Just like outside Yuding Gate, he said that Huizhou had relatives of these navy masters, which was a ploy to attack people's hearts.

Little by little, his little head said: "Mr. Huo, keep talking, keep talking."

Mr. Huo then continued: "This can minimize our troop dispatch."

The more than a thousand soldiers captured before had participated in the massacre on Houhu Island and could be trusted for the time being.

So Mr. Huo planned to send more than a thousand soldiers to Shenzhou and Huzhou.

He nodded at the two state capitals behind Huzhou: "These two state capitals, with a small opinion, can be handed over to the prefects of Ningzhou and Yunzhou."

These prefects were both officials in Jiangnan and must know each other better, so it would definitely be more appropriate for them to persuade them to surrender.

As for Yangzhou and Jiangzhou, I am afraid that real swords and guns will be used.

Gu Yuzhi glanced at these cities and whispered: "Our current generals have guards Zhang, Mr. Huo, guards Jiang and guards Zhu, there are exactly four!"

He stretched out four fingers, then pointed at Jiangzhou and said: "Gu Yufan's prince's palace is in Jiangzhou, so let Guard Zhang go there with two hundred elite soldiers and two thousand naval troops."

Gu Yufan led the navy to surround Duke Qi, but the princess and others from the Prince's Mansion were still there, which meant that there must be guards in the Prince's Mansion.

Compared with the city defense army, the martial arts of the personal guards must be much higher, so Gu Yuzhi sent Guard Zhang, 200 elite soldiers and 2,000 navy troops there because he was afraid that Guard Zhang would suffer a loss.

As for why they didn't send Mr. Huo, who was more powerful in fighting, of course they were afraid that Gu Yufan's princesses would recognize Mr. Huo!

He remembered that Xie Changshi had analyzed the process of Mr. Huo's conviction with him before, and it was very likely that Gu Yufan was the troublemaker.

Then he looked at Mr. Huo again: "Mr. Huo is going to Yangzhou. He will bring a hundred elite soldiers and a thousand navy..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard Guard Qi say: "Your Highness, there is something here." Gu Yuzhi raised his head and looked at him: "What?"

Seeing Prince Qi like this, could it be that there is something bad about him?
Gu Yuzhi blinked and saw Prince Qi take out a brochure from his arms and hand it over.

He subconsciously took it and flipped through it, then stood up suddenly and handed the booklet directly to Mr. Huo: "Look, look, look, this is some criminal evidence of Fan Qiu, the prefect of Yangzhou."

After Mr. Huo took the booklet, Gu Yuzhi turned to look at Prince Qi with an unhappy face. He pouted and said, "Prince Qi, you have these evidences, why didn't you take them out earlier?"

In this way, he could have Guard Jiang deliver it to the emperor's brother.

If that's the case, the news coming out will definitely be that not only Gu Yufan was demoted to a commoner, but also Fan Qiu and the Jiangzhou magistrate should be arrested.

Prince Qi bent down and apologized repeatedly: "Yes, yes, it's all my fault!"

Seeing that he was so good at admitting his mistake, Gu Yuzhi puffed his face and snorted: "Okay, I forgive you."

Prince Qi then continued: "It's not that I didn't want to take the evidence, it was just delivered this morning."

As soon as he heard this, Gu Yuzhi knew that he had wronged Prince Qi. He scratched his head and said, "I'm sorry, I just wronged you."

Prince Qi's eyebrows were frivolous, obviously a little surprised.

He had been with the emperor for many years, and even when the prince was not taken seriously, the emperor never apologized for misblaming them for this little thing.

Prince Qi smiled and said: "All the evidence here has been verified repeatedly by my people."

He glanced at Mr. Huo and said: "Your Highness, what Fan Qiu committed is not an exaggeration even if he beheaded ten times. So I suggest that if Fan Qiu refuses to surrender, can he be killed on the spot?"

Kill on the spot?

Gu Yuzhi was a little confused. He subconsciously looked at Xie Changshi and saw Xie Changshi pondering for a moment and said: "I also second my opinion."

Gu Yuzhi clapped his hands and stood up: "Okay! Then Xie Changshi, you write an edict and I will stamp it."

In this way, if the city guards still do not open the city gate when they see Mr. Huo's edict, then Mr. Huo has the right to kill Fan Qiu on the spot.

Xie Changshi nodded and said, "I obey."

Gu Yuzhi then looked at Zhu Shoubei: "Zhu Shoubei, you have been in Huizhou for more than a year. Are you familiar with Shenzhou and Huzhou? These two state capitals will provide each of you with 500 naval troops and 200 city defense troops." ,Is it enough?"

Zhu Shoubei nodded and said: "That's enough. As far as I know, the number of city guards in Huzhou and Shenzhou is only five hundred at most."

The city of Huizhou is much larger than that of Huzhou and Shenzhou, and their city guard in Huizhou only has 500 people. If Huzhou and Shenzhou exceed this scale, they have evil intentions.

The general direction was determined, but there were still some details left, so they moved to Prince Qi's study.

Especially Zhang Weiwei or Mr. Huo, looking at the detailed maps of Yangzhou and Jiangzhou, kept discussing the battle plan.

Gu Yuzhi sat aside and listened carefully, looking at this and that, trying to digest what the two said.

It wasn't until the end of noon that they formulated a detailed siege plan. Then Guard Zhang and Mr. Huo didn't even have time to eat. They hurriedly ordered their troops, planning to set off in half an hour...