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Chapter 1112 Almost Leaked

Fan Zhi said depressedly: "Zhao Kuangyin, from your tone of voice, you don't seem to care about this matter. What kind of inside story do you know? Could it be Zong Xin who counted your majesty's life expectancy? Do you know how much your majesty's life expectancy is?"

"I don't dare to talk nonsense about this. If you are interested, you can ask His Majesty himself. Anyway, I dare not ask, because it is disrespectful to ask such things. If His Majesty is not happy, he may kill you. Zhao Kuangyin said: "Anyway, I have nothing to be afraid of. Even if His Majesty wants to kill me, it doesn't matter. I dare to escape, and I can escape. Can you escape?"

"Relying on your martial arts prowess, you are amazing, right? It was Zong Xin who taught you to be so shameless and lifeless..." Fan Zhi said depressedly: "What do you think is the winning rate of this sneak attack on the Southern Tang Navy? ?”

"I'm [-]% sure."

"so much?"

"Of course, I didn't come up with this method..." Zhao Kuangyin said depressedly, "It seems that I slipped my tongue."

Fan Zhi waved his hands and said, "No, no, I knew you didn't have such a brain. His Highness Qi Wang must have thought of this method. Although I didn't report it to His Majesty, in fact, I also met His Highness Qi, and he came back once. Beam."

"Is it obvious? I can't think of such a plan?"

"It's not very obvious. Anyway, I know you. Judging from your tone and state, I know that you didn't come up with this method yourself." Fan Zhi said: "No matter who came up with it, anyway, this battle can determine whether His Majesty can We have to work hard to unify the world."

"Hmm~" Zhao Kuangyin didn't mind what Fan Zhi thought. Although he was very loyal to Chai Rong now, Zhao Kuangyin's pursuit was to seize Chai Rong's country and society.Zhao Kuangyin was a little embarrassed, wondering if Fan Zhi would be so loyal to him after he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

Zhao Kuangyin is very clear about one thing, loyal ministers don't know the two masters.Since Fan Zhi is a person with a good brain but a somewhat rigid personality, unless Chai Rong offends him thoroughly in some way, he will never betray him.

Zhao Kuangyin also thought that after he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, whether Fan Zhi was loyal to Chai Rong or Guo Xin, he would hope that Guo Xin would return to Bianliang to preside over the overall situation.This is a threat to himself, because Fan Zhi's appeal is very strong, which is why Chai Rong, as the emperor, deliberately wins over Fan Zhi.

But these things can be considered later. The most important thing now is to attack the Southern Tang Navy.As long as it succeeds this time, things will be easy in the future.

Once Shouzhou is broken, Nantang will be completely exposed to Da Zhou's attack range. When the time comes, fight if you want to fight, and take a rest if you don't want to fight.Basically, the foundation for unifying the world has been laid, and the next step is a matter of time.

The two were walking when Zheng Ziming suddenly stepped forward and saluted them respectfully.Although he and Zhao Kuangyin are siblings, the etiquette of superiors and subordinates in the military camp cannot be less, and they can be casual at home.

"what's up?"

"General Zhao, I found traces of the Tang army on the west side of the Huaihe River. They seemed to be trying to destroy the pontoon bridge. They had been hiding in a wood not far from the pontoon bridge. I also secretly observed it, and most people couldn't see it at all. This group of people really It’s cruel enough, it’s been several days without cooking at all.”

"Continue to observe. Without my order, you must not act rashly. Even if they want to destroy the pontoon bridge, don't move. Let them destroy it."

Zheng Ziming said with a smirk, "Obey."

"Zheng Ziming, you also know?"

"Nonsense, how could I not know that I have been hanging out with Zhao Kuangyin all day?" Zheng Ziming said: "Then don't bother me, I will go and take care of it immediately."

"be careful."

"Hmm~"

Zheng Ziming immediately retreated. In fact, the task assigned by Zhao Kuangyin to Zheng Ziming was to guard the pontoon, because he was worried about assigning it to others.What if the Southern Tang army rushes over and these people fight to the death?The play must be well acted, otherwise the Southern Tang army will inevitably become suspicious. It is most appropriate to let Zheng Ziming, an insider, do this.

"Great, it must be Huangfu Jixun who came to destroy the pontoon bridge and ordered the three armies to prepare to withdraw. Slowly retreat, don't be in a hurry, let them destroy the pontoon bridge tonight, and then we will repair it immediately." Zhao Kuangyin said excitedly: " This scene is quite well done, as long as it is not repaired fast enough, the Southern Tang navy will come with all their strength, and then it will be their doom."

"Too insidious."

"What? Unconvinced? Hit me if you have the ability."

"Can't win."

"It's right if we can't win. Let's split up. This battle must be fought beautifully, so that people in Nantang will be afraid when they see us in the future." Zhao Kuangyin immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare to withdraw troops. There are still about 10 days before the estimated time. At this time, it will take a day or two to withdraw the troops. If the floating bridge is damaged, it will take a few days to repair it.

However, there was still some time lag, which was enough for the Zhou army to retreat to the west of the Huaihe River. They had to think of other ways to create surprises, make everything go smoothly, and ensure that there would be no suspicion in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Zhao Kuangyin is also a person who has received Zongxin's shameless education, and he also thinks that he should be able to come up with a better solution.Zhao Kuangyin is quite confident in his mind. Of course, he is not as good as Zong Xin and Tian Ya, nor is he as good as Fan Zhi, but he is quite smart.

Zhao Kuangyin thought about it for a while. In fact, this matter is not difficult to handle, as long as he deliberately creates some unexpected situations on his side.As for the accident... Let's talk about it later, anyway, there are still a few days.

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east bank of the huaihe river
Huangfu Jixun's life in the past few days can be said to be extremely difficult. He traveled a long distance to the east of the Huaihe River. In order to avoid the surveillance of the Zhou army, he took a long detour. They endured the severe cold every day, and what they ate was some dry food that they carried with them. The soldiers were also under great mental pressure.

Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Huangfu Jixun himself was under great mental pressure.He only dared to send three people out to investigate, which was already a huge risk.As long as one of them is exposed and tells the location of this forest, the entire army will be wiped out.

The most uncomfortable thing is that I can't do anything, and I don't even dare to poke my head out to see what's going on outside. I can only wait for these three people to come back every day to report.As long as these three people don't come back, they have to change camps to avoid being completely wiped out.

Every evening was the most difficult time, Huangfu Jixun was really worried that if anyone didn't come back, they would be exposed.It's nothing to wipe out the five hundred elite soldiers. The key is that they can't complete the mission. This is the most uncomfortable thing.

Finally, when the three disguised soldiers returned to the woods, the three immediately knelt down in front of Huangfu Jixun.

"Reporting to the general, the Zhou army has already begun to withdraw its troops, and it looks like they will be able to cross the Huaihe River within two or three days. The three pontoon bridges are weakly guarded, and this is a good opportunity for us to attack."

Hearing the report from the three of them, Huangfu Jixun felt a little depressed.It was only 7 days since they set off from Shouzhou, and there are still 8 days before the estimated time.If the pontoon bridge is destroyed at this time, Zhou Jun still has several days to repair the pontoon bridge, which is enough time for Zhou Jun to evacuate to the east of the Huaihe River after repairing the pontoon bridge.

This is a question, whether to attack or not to attack at this time?If you don't attack, Zhou Jun will be able to cross the Huai River soon, and it will be too late by then.If you attack, it will not have much effect, it will only delay the retreat of the Zhou army a little bit.

"If it can be delayed for a few days..." Huangfu Jixun gritted his teeth and said, "Go ahead and attack the four pontoon bridges at midnight tonight. No matter how stubborn the enemy forces are, all three pontoon bridges must be demolished. No wood can be left behind."

"As ordered."

Huangfu Jixun issued a military order, and his men immediately went to convey it.Everyone acted lightly and did not dare to make any big moves. This was also to hide this large army.Not to mention that they move too much, the sound of snoring while sleeping at night can wake up a tiger.

After all, it is an army of 500 people, and it is actually very difficult to completely hide it.Therefore, Huangfu Jixun ordered that it is best not to move or move when there is nothing to do, so as not to be exposed.

In fact, Zheng Ziming still found them, but Huangfu Jixun didn't know about it at all, and he was still hiding it, thinking that it was very well hidden.Just like an ostrich will hide its head when it is in danger, only you think it is safe.

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Huangfu Jixun led [-] elite soldiers directly to the first pontoon bridge. This pontoon bridge was actually very crudely built, just connecting a pile of horizontal logs with a few ropes, and there were many wooden stakes on the river bank to fix the ropes.

Although the pontoon bridge can be destroyed by cutting off the ropes on these wooden piles, but only by doing so, the ropes at the other end are still holding the logs, and as long as the logs are pulled back, they can be re-fixed, which is meaningless at all .

In fact, Huangfu Jixun had already considered these things. He had to go into the water and cut the rope as close as possible to the east bank of the Huaihe River. Only in this way could he delay more time.Ask Zhou Jun to find logs and ropes to repair the pontoon bridge.

Every year, Zhou Jun would build a pontoon bridge, but in the past, they would set up piles in the river and then tie floating wood to the piles.This allowed the driftwood to be above the water's surface, making it more efficient and safer for the soldiers to walk.

This time Huangfu Jixun felt a little depressed, because although such a pontoon bridge looks simple, it is more troublesome to disassemble, requiring a person to swim to the opposite bank to cut the rope.Not only ordinary hemp ropes are used to fix the pontoon, but also iron chains. These iron chains are the most difficult to break, and they are very loud, so they will be discovered if they are not careful.

But at this time, the Zhou army was far away from the pontoon bridge, and only sent some people to garrison the pontoon bridge.And the number of people is not too many, first take down all three pontoon bridges on the west bank of the Huaihe River.After breaking the ropes of the pontoon on the west bank, swim to the east bank and destroy these ropes.

The ropes on the West Bank can be more casual, as long as these are controlled, it is not difficult to break these ropes.But the ropes on the east bank are more troublesome. You can only risk your life to cut these ropes, and it is impossible to have a head-on conflict with the opposite bank.After all, they were going to swim across, and it was extremely unfavorable to directly attack the people on the bank in the river.

(End of this chapter)