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Chapter 477 Attacking the heart is the first (first update)
After the capture of Wendeng County, Jin Chunqiu and Zhou Zhou guarded the captives and strengthened the city defenses. On the other hand, they sent people to Youzhou by boat to report to Li Chongjiu that Wendeng County had been captured and asked for reinforcements.

The courier took a boat from Wendeng to the mouth of the Sancha River and landed. After Zhou Bo, the governor of the county, heard about it, he ordered his horses to be sent to Linshuo Palace in Youjing at a speed of [-] urgency.Inside Linshuo Palace, Wen Yanbo, Ji Chuan, Xue Wanshu, Chen Xiaoyi, Wang Gui, Lin Dangfeng and other ministers all arrived.

Everyone heard that Zhou Zhou and Jin Chunqiu changed their minds arbitrarily, and instead of directly supporting Donglai County, they turned to capture Wendeng County. The reactions were mixed.

Chen Xiaoyi said indignantly: "Your Majesty, this is an act of arbitrarily asserting and violating military orders. Even if there are huge reasons, the decision made in Zhongshu Province must not be changed. Jin Chunqiu is from Xinluo. , Zhou Zhou is an official of our country Zhao, who knows the law and knows the law, and he did this, I suggest that Zhou Zhou be severely punished."

Xue Wanshu said from the side: "Chen Zaifu, now is not the time to pursue anyone's responsibility. In Jin Chunqiu, Zhou Zhou's surprise attack on Wendeng County has become a fact. It can be expected that the siege of Donglai County will be resolved, although it is not complete. , but they can all advance and retreat, and after Chunyu Nan loses his lair, he will inevitably counterattack, and now our army must send troops to land at Wendeng by sea for support, so that we can defend Wendeng."

"It's nonsense," Chen Xiaoyi said, "The law is the law, how can it be easily violated."

Ji Chuan also made the first statement: "My minister seconded the proposal, our army is preparing to fight against Liu Heitai, if we continue to station troops in Wendeng, wouldn't it be a big taboo for military strategists to divide troops just before the battle?"
Lin Dangfeng said: "It's not necessarily a division of troops. If we capture Donglai County, our army will not only get hundreds of ships and ships, but also threaten Liu Heita from the east. This is not killing two birds with one stone."

Although Lin Dangfeng is the secretary of the household department, he must represent the interests of Zhao's domestic businessmen, so he said this.He also responded to Zhou Bo's attack on Wendeng, which was equivalent to opening up the mouth of the Sancha River, Duli Town, Wendeng, and Dangxiang City at the same time, connecting the four sea routes into one piece.

In this way, the risk of merchant ships going to sea is less, and it is easier to obtain supplies from the sea.

Li Chongjiu heard that several important ministers were arguing there, and it is true that capturing Wendeng will definitely be of great benefit to the formation of a grand strategy of encircling Goguryeo and the sea in the future, and going south to Yangzhou from the sea.But right now, Liu Heita's offensive effect is limited after all. Zhou Zhou Jin Chunqiu's own decision made Li Chongjiu's front in Shandong stretched, and he had to invest more troops.

Taking Wendeng alone is not enough to accomplish anything. Judging from the current situation, it is tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to discard it. Unless the entire Donglai County is captured, then it is enough to threaten Liu Heitai in the west.Or with the power of one county in Donglai County, they can send troops to the north at any time, open up the Bohai Sea with Li Chongjiu, and the two counties of Beihai, and take the entire Bohai Bay into their pockets from the south.

With all the rich coastal lands in his hands, what room does Liu Heitai have to compete with Li Chongjiu for supremacy.

Li Chongjiu tapped his index finger and said, "How about the surrender of the Donglai County governor?"

Wang Gui cupped his hands and said, "Qiao Jiao, governor of Donglai County, is a loyal and loyal man, and he is not easy to be moved by outsiders. This time, Qi Gongshun and Liu Lan, the general manager of Li Tang Beihai, led 1 horses to attack under Li Yuan's order. Donglai County. Before the siege, they had surrendered in the name of Li Yuan. But Qiao Jiao said, "I am serving Zhengshuo of the Sui Dynasty, and I don't know what Li Tang is, so I immediately refused."
Li Chongjiu frowned and said: "So Qiao Jiao is still a loyal minister. Such a person is indeed not forced by threats."
Wang Gui said: "All the anti-kings in Shandong followed Li Tang, which is the trend of the times. At the beginning, only Donglai and Beihai counties stood firm. After Qi Gongshun attacked Beihai County, only Donglai County remained, and Donglai County nine counties. Qiao Jiao actually only occupies three counties, and the rest of the counties are not broken by Qi Gongshun, Wang Bo and his like, that is, they are independent like Chun Yunan. If Qiao Jiao continues to defend himself, he may not be able to support it for long. I really don't know why he is like this persist in."

Xue Wanshu said: "Wang Shichong abolished the emperor in Luoyang, and wanted to usurp the throne as the emperor. It is obvious. Qiao Jiao has no reason to regard Luoyang as the Zhengshuo. I heard that his ancestors belonged to the imperial family of the Sui Dynasty. It is better to let the king of Qi Write a letter to persuade Qiao Jiao to surrender. Maybe it will work."

"There is no other way to do this, let King Qi write a letter." Li Chongjiu nodded and made a decision.

Li Chongjiu stood up and said, "However, everything must be done properly. Wendeng is already occupied, so there is no reason to abandon it. I decided to add two thousand more troops to Wendeng County. If Qiao Jiao is willing to surrender, then immediately occupy Donglai County." If Qiao Jiao refuses to surrender, we can also try to persuade the general of the navy to surrender, and let him move all the ships to Wendeng, and the army retreats to Wendeng County. Stop here and make full preparations for the southern expedition to Liu Heita."

All the ministers listened and discussed carefully, and Wen Yanbo and others all agreed that this is feasible.

Li Chongjiu paused and then said: "The attack on Wendeng in this battle is the first alliance between our army and Silla. Although we failed to do our best, we finally conquered the city. Pass down the edict to reward Prince Jin Chunqiu of Silla and seal him As General Huyalang, he was given one hundred pieces of silk and two hundred guan in cash, but Zhou Zhou violated the military order, and his merits and demerits were equal, so he was ordered to act as the county magistrate of Wendeng County."

All the ministers leaned over and said: "This humble minister takes orders."

After the ministers resigned, Li Chongjiu was about to go to the bedroom to accompany Yang Ehuang who was pregnant, but at this time he told Zhongshu's servant Zhang Xuansu to come.

Li Chongjiu thought that Zhang Xuansu must have instigated rebellion against Dou Jiande's old department, and finally got a clue.In the past month, Zhang Xuansu didn't give him any news, and the other party was acting mysteriously, even Li Chongjiu refused to reveal anything.Li Chongjiu immediately sent people to call for Ji Chuan and Xue Wanshu to meet Zhang Xuansu in his study.

Zhang Xuansu stepped inside, saluted Li Chongjiu and said, "My lord."

Seeing that Zhang Xuansu looked very good, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but smiled and said: "Zhang Aiqing, I've let you not have to go to court for a month. You must be well maintained at home."

Zhang Xuansu said with a smile: "Reporting to the king, my minister is doing very well. Every morning when I get up, I will sit quietly for a while to nourish my energy, then move my hands and feet, have a light breakfast, and eat a meal at noon. Seasonal lunch, take a nap..."

Ji Chuan at the side listened to Zhang Xuansu's talk, and said with a sneer, "Zhang Shilang, it's really nourishing, but I don't know where you put the important things entrusted by the king, and how are you doing? "

Zhang Xuansu knew that Ji Chuan liked to find fault with him, and said: "Ji Shilang is being polite, it seems that this matter was reported directly to the king, Ji Shilang has no right to intervene."

Seeing Zhang Xuansu's indifferent look, Ji Chuan said angrily in his heart: "Since the king has summoned me to come here together, he has the right to ask. I don't know how many generals under Zhang Shilang's rebellion against Liu Heitai? Who are the governors?" ? How many important ministers are there?"

Zhang Xuansu said: "There is none."

Even Xue Wanshu's face changed slightly at this moment, Ji Chuan said with a sneer: "What a servant Zhang, I heard that Minister Zhang is not secretive about his affairs, and made a fool out of everyone that our army is going to attack Liu Heizhen in September this year." You know, Ling Liu Heitai is already prepared in advance. If this matter is caused by Zhang Shilang's delay, not to mention Yu Shi, I, Ji Chuan, will definitely read your book again."

Zhang Xuansu smiled slightly when he heard the words, and said: "Don't worry Ji Shilang, it is precisely because of this that I came to report to the king."

"Zhang Aiqing, please tell me." Li Chongjiu said.

Zhang Xuansu replied and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Heikai is not a general without a plan. At present, the main force of his army and horses is leading one in person, his younger brother Liu Shishan is leading one, and general Zhang Junli is leading one. As for the rest, it is as Fan Yuan wished." , Dong Kangmai, Cao Zhan, Gao Yaxian, Wang Xiaohu, Liu Ya, and Cheng Mingzhen each lead troops, but their numbers are not many."

Xue Wan said: "Liu Shishan and Zhang Junli are Liu Heitai's confidantes, if they can't retaliate, then the others should too?"

Zhang Xuansu smiled and said: "I have some confidence in the rest of the generals, but there is no need to do that for the time being."

Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "Master Zhang must have a clever plan."

Zhang Xuansu said: "It's not a clever plan. Since I released the news that I was going to attack Liu Heita. Now Liu Heita is stationed in Mingzhou and repairing the city. Obviously he intends to stick to it so as to resist our army. At the same time, he can Resist the advantage of our prairie cavalry to avoid the unfavorable situation of the decisive battle on the plains. If our army goes south and the money and food are insufficient, even if we can instigate several other generals and attack the city. But in the end we still have to conquer Mingzhou and attack the army. Next, cut down the cross, cut down the soldiers again, and then attack the city."

"If our army attacks Mingzhou, it will eventually fall from the plan to the city. If Mingzhou cannot be conquered, Liu Heikai only needs to guard until winter, and when our army runs out of food and retreats, he can take over the lost ground and even pursue our army. , so if Mingzhou is not conquered, the land that has been conquered will still be lost after all."

Xue Wanshu couldn't help but agree with him and said: "It is said in the military book that the siege, repairing the sculls, warming, and equipped with equipment, will be completed in three months; from the wall, it will be completed in three months. The ants will be overwhelmed by their anger. In other words, killing one-third of the soldiers and not pulling out the city will be a disaster. If you can keep the city from falling, it is better not to cut down all of them."

Hearing that Xue Wanshu also agreed with Zhang Xuansu's point of view, Ji Chuan immediately said, "You neither instigated general Liu Jun, nor did you want to attack the city. Could it be that Liu Heita would just sit there and fail to surrender voluntarily? It's really ridiculous."

Zhang Xuansu said: "Liu Heita will never surrender voluntarily. I wonder how Ji Shilang thinks of Liu Heita?"

Ji Chuan said: "Fan Kuai's generation."

Zhang Xuansu shook his head and said: "If it is Fan Kuai, how can you make all Dou's soldiers subordinate to him? From my point of view, Liu Heizai is a person like Liu. If you want to defeat the enemy, you must first defeat its general. Fighting will and confidence are used to shake the morale of the army, and when I attacked Liu Heita, it was precisely to attack the heart."

Li Chongjiu said: "Understood, Zhang Shilang wants to drive a wedge between Liu Heitai and his general, so as to renounce his ambition to stick to Mingzhou, right?"

Zhang Xuansu nodded and said, "Exactly."

PS: I am finally done with getting married, and it is inevitable to have a lot of trivial things when starting a family. Thank you for your continued support.

Starting to make up updates today, the first update will be presented, and there will be another update in the evening.

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