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Chapter 1110 Are you ready?
"Indeed, Zhao Kuangyin is a troublesome figure, and he is too powerful. Even if he rebels, he can quickly quell the war." Li Congjia nodded and said, "What about Fu Yanqing's support?"

"It's too easy to get Fu Yanqing's support. As long as Zhao Kuangyin promises to marry Fu Xuanyi and Fu Xuanci after defeating Chai Rong, then he can get Fu Yanqing's support. Fu Yanqing doesn't care who is the emperor, as long as he is the emperor's father-in-law. This girl Fu Xuanyi has been married twice, would she care about marrying one more time?"

"That's right." Li Hongji nodded and said, "Brother has become more and more intelligent recently. Then why do you think Zhao Kuangyin has been unwilling to rebel and proclaim himself emperor? At this time, Zhao Kuangyin should have the strength to do so."

"The reason why Zhao Kuangyin did not dare to rebel is because Guo Xin is still alive. Although he does not know where Guo Xin is, he will not dare to rebel as long as this person is still alive. Guo Xin is not an easy person to offend. His father is Guo Wei. It was justifiable to inherit the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even if Zhao Kuangyin seized the power of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he could not kill all the civil and military ministers. These ministers were all loyal to Guo Xin. As long as these people appeared in the world, they would immediately defect. Secondly, Chai Rong did a good job, at least between him and When Guo Wei became emperor, the lives of the people of Zhou Dynasty were getting better and better. If Zhao Kuangyin succeeded in proclaiming himself emperor, the people might not be happy. He would not dare to go against the people's will. So Zhao Kuangyin had been waiting for an opportunity to kill Chai Rong. He dared to rebel only after Chai Rong died and Guo Xin did not show up."

Li Congjia thought about it carefully, and the elder brother's analysis was correct. I didn't expect the elder brother's analysis ability to be so strong.Indeed, as the eldest brother said, Zhao Kuangyin dared to rebel only after Chai Rong died and Guo Xin did not appear.Even if one condition is not met, Zhao Kuangyin will never do this.

Of course, Zhao Kuangyin will definitely try every means to assassinate Chai Rong. He must kill Chai Rong's son before he grows up, otherwise Chai Rong will pass the throne to his son.Of course, Chai Rong is also very likely to pass the position to Guo Xin, but Guo Xin will not accept it, and may not even appear.

Guo Xin will definitely be present when Chai Rong dies, but his character is not suitable for being an emperor.Guo Xin himself knew this problem, so he did this because his pursuit was not to become an emperor.

But... If Zhao Kuangyin killed Chai Rong, Guo Xin couldn't ignore it.Guo Xin's brain is definitely better than Zhao Kuangyin's. How could he allow Zhao Kuangyin to kill his eldest brother.But if Zhao Kuangyin doesn't do anything, how long will he have to wait?Now that Chai Rong is only in his 30s, it is impossible for Zhao Kuangyin to wait for Chai Rong to die naturally.

"Then how long does Zhao Kuangyin have to wait? He can't take the initiative to kill Chai Rong. Guo Xin will not give up. Although Guo Xin's martial arts is not as good as Zhao Kuangyin now, it is impossible for Zhao Kuangyin to offend Zong Xin's disciples. He knows that Zong Xin's disciples How terrifying." Li Congjia has fully seen the horror of Guo Xin, which is also not entirely about martial arts, but also his clever mind.But... Guo Xin's martial arts is already very terrifying. In this short period of one year, Guo Xin's martial arts continues to break through the limits, and the speed of progress is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

I have only observed Guo Xin for a year, Zhao Kuangyin has known Guo Xin for nearly 8 years, how could he not know how scary this kid is?
Li Hongji curled his lips and said: "Well... I don't know Guo Xin, so I don't know how powerful he is. But I think he looks similar to Wuya Zi Dao. Although Senior Xiao Yao Zi is very powerful, compared to Master Zong Xin He should not be weak, so the disciples taught by Master Zongxin should be very similar to the disciples taught by Xiaoyaozi. Judging from Taoist Wuyazi's martial arts, it won't take many years to surpass Zhao Kuangyin. Indeed, Zhao Kuangyin would not dare to Recklessly."

Li Congjia really admired his elder brother's analytical ability, but he didn't know that Xiaoyaozi was Zong Xin and Wuyazi was Guo Xin... These two masters and apprentices like to cause trouble. What can be done about this?
"Brother's analysis is very correct, and I think so too. And my younger brother has stayed with Zong Xin and Tian Ya for a while before, and knows how strong these two are, so... Zhao Kuangyin should not be able to do it directly."

"Oh~ Actually, this matter has nothing to do with us. No matter who is the emperor, as long as he can't break Shouzhou, it will be fine. What's more, the most important thing now is the next ten days. As long as Da Zhou doesn't retreat , we can defeat the Zhou army, and then we can march straight in, no matter who becomes the emperor."

"It makes sense, let's go back and report to the emperor first."

"Hmm~"

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Great Zhou Barracks
Chai Rong was lying in his tent with a sad face, Zhao Kuangyin and Fan Zhi were sitting beside him, and the others were not there for the time being, and they all went to prepare to retreat.In fact, the entire Great Zhou military camp is very anxious. If the troops do not retreat, the river will rise, and they will all be trapped east of the Huaihe River by the Southern Tang navy, and they will be closed and beaten.

"Are you all gone?" Chai Rong spoke weakly, accompanied by a coughing sound from time to time. It seemed that this time he was indeed seriously ill.

"Go back to Your Majesty, we're all gone."

"That's good~ Is Zhao Kuangyin ready? How many catapults do we have?" Although Chai Rong was seriously ill, he still cared about the frontline affairs very much, and he never ordered the withdrawal of troops, which also made the soldiers' morale unstable.In fact, Chai Rong was not that seriously ill, it was just a common cold, but he deliberately acted so uncomfortable to let the soldiers see his physical condition.

It is normal for the two armies to have spies in each other.Chai Rong deliberately let the other party's spies see that he was seriously ill, and then reported the incident.As long as the other party thinks that no one dares to order the withdrawal of troops because he is seriously ill, everything will be logical.

Zhao Kuangyin and Fan Zhi were the few who knew the whole plan, and the others only knew part of the plan. They didn't know that what Chai Rong really wanted to deal with was not Shouzhou but the Southern Tang navy.Although this proposal was put forward by Zhao Kuangyin, it was Chai Rong who made the final decision.

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Your Majesty, the catapults have already been fully prepared. As long as the Southern Tang navy dares to come and is trapped in the Huaihe River and cannot move, we will guarantee that they will come and go. Lord Fan, I don't know how the dams behind our army have been built. ?”

"It has been completed a long time ago. We just waited for the Southern Tang Navy to come and ordered the soldiers to pull up the dike that was lying horizontally and fix it to ensure that ships could not pass. And we also made a lot of preparations and fixed the interceptor under the water. The wooden piles are all connected with ropes. At this time, these ropes are deliberately lengthened so that the wooden piles go deep into the water. As long as the soldiers on one side pull out, they will surface."

Chai Rong nodded and said: "Don't make me troublesome. Although I have asked many times, I want to confirm a few more times. After all, this matter is related to the life and death of my 20 soldiers. This move is too far away. It's dangerous, if the Southern Tang navy sees the clue, I'm afraid our entire army will be wiped out."

"What your Majesty considers is that we are also constantly practicing and testing, just to be foolproof." Zhao Kuangyin said: "This time is indeed a risky move, but if Nantang came to sneak attack when we did not retreat for a long time, trying to stop our retreat It is the best, it looks more realistic this way. I also deliberately withdrew the people guarding the pontoon bridge, but I don’t know if the people from Nantang would dare to attack.”

"I don't think it's possible. With Liu Renshan's character, even if all our troops stand here and throw martial arts into the river, he won't dare to come without his armor..." It wasn't that Fan Zhi despised Liu Renshan. , he really has this kind of character, even if Zhou Jun has no combat power, he can't send troops to attack.

Liu Renfan was not only impatient, but also had an old-fashioned personality. If he was asked to defend the city, he would definitely just defend the city. No soldier was allowed to step out of Shouzhou, otherwise he would be punished by military law.

There is indeed this rule in Shouzhou. Anyone who asks to fight does not need to listen to him at all, and he is dragged out to fight until he does not ask to fight.

However, this is just a rule, and no idiot asked to fight. After all, the opponent has already besieged the city. Under such circumstances, who would run out to fight the opponent?

At this time, the strength of Shouzhou was less than 20, while the army of Dazhou was [-]. With such a disparity in strength, even Zong Xin would not be able to fight directly.

Chai Rong nodded and said: "Indeed, with Liu Renfan's character, he will never let people go to fight, let alone come and attack. However, Huangfu Jixun may lead people to destroy the pontoon. Anyway, we are not based on this The purpose is to withdraw troops, but if someone really comes to destroy the pontoon bridge, they must repair it desperately and pretend to be very anxious, so as to confuse the enemy."

"According to the order."

Everyone understands that this is a gamble.Although Zhao Kuangyin and Fan Zhi have already planned and perfected it, who can say clearly what will happen on the battlefield?Success is certainly good, but if it fails... that would be the life and death of the 20 soldiers of the Great Zhou. This is no joke.

"Your Majesty, the most important thing now is to take care of the dragon body." Fan Zhi said: "We have made sufficient preparations for this battle, and your Majesty does not need to worry anymore. Your Majesty, the dragon body is important. This is the foundation of my great Zhou Dynasty. Don't worry too much. "

Chai Rong nodded: "The widow's health is fine, nothing serious, as long as he recuperates for a period of time, he will recover. Fan Xiang doesn't have to worry too much, the widow is also a martial arts practitioner after all, so he is not so fragile."

"Your Majesty, according to my long-term observation, your Majesty's health seems to be getting worse and worse, but I don't know why." Zhao Kuangyin said: "It stands to reason that your Majesty has profound skills, and minor illnesses such as colds and colds should not be so serious. What's more, my minister It can be seen that His Majesty's internal strength is getting less and less, is it because he is negligent in exercising?"

"No~" Chai Rong gritted his teeth: "The real reason is not internal strength or anything, but the amber soul in the widow. Since the amber soul entered the body, the body has been getting better and better in the past few years, and the skill is getting higher and higher. Cultivation can also improve. But in recent years, the tiger spirit in the body has become more and more manic, and the black tiger tattoo is extremely hot or cold from time to time, and there is even a feeling of breaking out of the body, this is the real problem."

(End of this chapter)