His Royal Highness King Wei raised his head and looked at Zhou Shizhong. After being silent for a while, he slowly said: "Could it be that the general suspects that this rumor was spread by me?"
"Your Highness, it is no longer important who passed it on."
General Zhou said slowly: "Now, even Zhou has heard the news, which means that the matter has spread widely. Yandu has probably also received these rumors..."
"That is to say, Your Majesty probably already knows."
General Zhou looked at King Wei quietly and said, "What your Highness should be thinking about is whether he suspects that King Wei passed it on."
"Father, the Holy Ming is wise and wise."
Zhao Kai took a deep breath and said, "In addition, the Qing Jing Secretary has great eyes and hands, so naturally he will not misunderstand me."
General Zhou was silent.
After a while, he decided to tell Zhao Kaizhi. After a pause, he said: "Your Highness, what Zhou means is that your Highness should go back to Yandu first, meet with His Majesty, and explain clearly to His Majesty.
, If Your Majesty has not misunderstood, His Highness will go back to Yandu and then come back, and the horseback riding will only take half a month. The spring thaw may not start by then, and it is impossible to start a fight without affecting His Highness's army..."
"If your Majesty is deceived by someone, please go back and explain it clearly to your Majesty."
After a pause, he continued: "His Majesty has been ill in recent years. His Majesty has not been back this year. Wouldn't it be good to take this opportunity to go back for a visit and take a look at the situation in Yandu?"
Zhou Shizhong's words can be said to be very mature and wise words.
But these words depend on who says them and when they say them.
His Royal Highness King Wei sat in front of Zhou Shizhong, lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and glanced at General Zhou, and said slowly: "Now, all the 100,000 reinforcements from the imperial court have arrived along the Huaihe River. Could it be that the general is dissatisfied with this king?"
Are you in the way, trying to drive me back to Yandu?"
He frowned and said: "This king came to the front line this time to perform meritorious service. Now the situation in Yandu is unclear, and someone has spread such a rumor. If I go back like this, can I still come out?"
When Zhou Shizhong heard this, he just sighed and did not continue to persuade him.
Because His Royal Highness King Wei is a bit too "smart", or in other words too clever.
This kind of person, as long as he has his own judgment, will often believe it firmly. If anyone tries to persuade him, he will not be able to listen.
"Since His Highness said so, there is nothing Zhou can do."
General Zhou sighed and said, "I can only hope that your Majesty will understand everything clearly."
His Highness Prince Wei rubbed his chin and thought for a while, then said: "That's it, I will go back and write a statement and report it to myself. After the father reads it, he will naturally send the Purity Department to verify it."
Zhou Shizhong frowned secretly.
He took a deep look at Zhao Kai and sighed secretly in his heart.
Silly boy, the purpose of asking you to return to Beijing is not to prove to the emperor that you have no objections, but to prove to the future new emperor that you have no objections!
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If you submit a letter to the emperor now, where can the future new emperor read it?
With these rumors going on, once the world is turned upside down and the master of Yandu changes, the first one will not be able to tolerate you, the prince who is "in charge of the army" outside!
However, Zhou Shizhong also knew in his heart that the young prince in front of him did not expect this.
But...he wants to fight for the throne.
Therefore, he does not think that the future new emperor will be someone else, and he does not want to just go back to Yandu and bow his head in submission.
Faced with the rumors that have spread widely in Xuzhou, His Highness King Wei's attitude is quite ambiguous.
After the young prince had a conversation with Zhou Shizhong, he suddenly looked up at Zhou Shizhong and asked: "General, last year our army attacked Huai'an, but the results were not very good. This year's reinforcements from the imperial court have arrived, and we must fight.
It looks better.”
His Highness King Wei's words were a bit cryptic, but Zhou Shizhong had already heard them.
What he means is that the imperial army has arrived, so we can no longer lie about military merits like last year. At least we can't lie about the number of heads on a large scale. This will definitely be discovered by the imperial reinforcements. Among these people, there must be the imperial eyes and ears.
of.
Zhou Shizhong nodded slowly and said: "Your Highness, don't worry. Our army has sufficient strength this year. Even if it is forced, we can still gain a foothold on the south bank. When the time comes, we will definitely be able to march to Nanchen territory and force those Southern Dynasties into the city to defend it."
city."
There are many cities along the Huaihe River, such as Huai'an City.
Once the defense line along the river was lost, Dachen's army had no choice but to abandon the river and defend the city.
The places outside the city will fall into the hands of these Qi people. Those people who have no time to escape into the city will be massacred and plundered by these Qi people.
At that time, there will be no objections whether it is the Conquest of the Southern Army or the imperial court's reinforcements.
After all, if you kill Southerners to get military honors, everyone will be promoted and rich after returning. As for whether they killed soldiers of the Southern Dynasties...
that's not important.
His Highness King Wei's eyes lit up, and he said, "General, when will we take action?"
Zhao Kai knew it very well.
This time, his old father, His Majesty the Emperor of Da Qi, although Lei Lei was furious and seemed determined to fight Nan Chen to the death, he also knew that unless the fight between the two countries reached the end, it would be impossible to separate.
Win or lose.
He just wanted to teach little Emperor Nan Chen a lesson.
It would be best to seize several cities of Chen State and force Nanchen to sue for peace. When the time comes, you can seek benefits from Chen State, and when the power of Qi State changes, Chen State will not dare to move.
This was all the strategic intentions of the Da Qi Emperor.
As long as this strategic intention is achieved, he, the prince of the military governor, will have merit. Then he can return to Yandu in glory, return to his old father, and compete with those brothers for the throne!
"soon."
Zhou Shizhong said quietly: "At the latest by the end of this month, we can march south. This time, it won't be a trivial fight like last year."
"Zhou is already searching for ships everywhere. When the time comes, the army will press directly from the front line of Huai'an. No matter what conspiracy the scholar surnamed Shen in Huai'an has, it will be of no use."
"His defense line along the Huaihe River will be directly destroyed by us."
Zhao Kai's eyes became excited. He looked up at Zhou Shizhong and asked, "General, are you still going to attack Huai'an?"
"It's too slow to hit other places..."
Zhou Shizhong whispered: "If we attack Huai'an, Zhao Lu may not be able to save us. If we attack other places, the Huaihe Navy will have 100,000 troops, and there will be reinforcements later, so we don't know how long the attack will last."
"Although I don't know what Zhao Lu is thinking, we tentatively attacked Huai'an several times last year, and his Huaihe Navy..."
Zhou Shizhong's voice was low: "Don't move."
"In this battle, even if we only win Huai'an Mansion, we can still explain to the court that this soft persimmon..."
"If you don't pinch it, it won't turn white."
Zhao Kai clapped his hands and smiled.
"That's very good. I will just wait for the good news from the general."
………………
On the tenth day of February, the Huai'an Army's eastern front camp was at Xiangshui Camp.
Mr. Shen sat on the main seat, with Xue Wei and Su Ding sitting on both sides of him. Su Ding looked serious and lowered his head slightly to Shen Yi and said: "Mr. Shen, there are more and more ships on the north shore..."
"Stretching for 20 to 30 miles, there are Qi people's ships everywhere. The scout camp estimates that there are more than 200 ships just north of the Xiangshui Camp. There may be more than 500 ships on the north bank of our entire Huai'an defense line.
"
"With so many ships, they can even directly transport more than 5,000 soldiers and horses!"
When Su Ding said this, he took a deep breath and said: "With more than 5,000 people coming, even if one or two thousand people are lost during the landing, they can immediately establish a defense line on the south bank and calmly cover the subsequent landing. In half a day, they can
Send tens of thousands of people over."
General Su looked at Shen Yi with some helplessness: "Mr. Shen, when the time comes, we will no longer be able to defend the defense line along Huai'an. We will have no choice but to retreat to Huai'an City to guard Huai'an."
When Mr. Shen heard this, he couldn't help but frown. He glanced to the north and slapped the table hard.
“It’s our Huai’an again!”
After exhaling a breath, he looked at the two people and said: "We can't let them continue to gather calmly like this. We have to move, we can't just sit back and wait for death. As for retreating to Huai'an City..."
Mr. Shen said solemnly: "Only when we have no choice can we retreat to Huai'an. If we can stop the Qi people from the Huai River, we must try our best to stop them."
Su Ding looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Mr. Shen, how do you want to move?"
"We can't let them think that the Huaihe navy is all dead."
At this point, Shen Yi cursed angrily: "Although those people are indeed dead!"
He took a deep breath, looked at Su Dingxue Wei, and whispered.