Jiankang, Taicheng, Jieqi Pavilion, and the imperial concubine Zhang Lihua sat on the couch and talked to a woman standing in front of her. The woman was young, dressed in silk and satin, with a charming appearance, and her skin was white but red without any makeup. She was a beauty carefully prepared by Zhang Lihua for the emperor.

The emperor is fond of women and has a large number of concubines in the harem, but Zhang Lihua can be overwhelmed by all the beauty and has been pampering for a long time. In addition to being outstanding in appearance, being understanding is also a very important reason. She will not exclude other women for the sake of being favored alone, but will give the emperor a "surprise" from time to time.

The beauty in front of her was a carefully prepared "surprise". She had already arranged to offer it to the emperor, but the time was wrong these days.

"The official family has been working hard for the country these days and has no time to take care of it. You can serve the bed in a few days."

"yes..."

The woman bowed and then stepped back with the palace maid. Zhang Lihua looked at the graceful back and smiled slightly. The disappointment flashed across the woman's face that moment just now, she could see clearly.

I think I have outstanding appearance, but when I see the officials, I will be fascinated by the fact that I will obey my ideas from now on?

Too naive!

Zhang Lihua despised her. This was the beauty she chose herself. Of course, she knew what the other party was thinking, but she didn't think it was a threat, because no one could walk the path to success again.

Zhang Lihua is a humble military family. Her father and brother rely on weaving mats to support her family. Zhang Lihua, who was born in a poor family, actually had the appearance of falling fish and falling geese. By the age of ten, she had already become a little beauty.

With such a look, it was too wasteful to sell mats on the roadside with his father and brother, and it was not cost-effective to enter the Lefang as a courtesan. As soon as the palace selected a maid, Zhang Lihua was sent to "run for election" by her father and brother. Then she entered the palace as she wished and began to make a try.

The prince's Gong Liangdi was the master she had to serve when she entered the palace, and the prince Chen Shubao soon noticed Zhang Lihua. This maid who had just entered the palace surprised Chen Shubao.

The four words "Young young" cannot stop Chen Shubao's passion. From then on, Lihua, a woman from the poor Zhang family, became the most beloved woman of the prince. When the prince became the emperor, she became the most beloved concubine in the harem.

Countless beautiful women wanted to replace them along the path she had walked back then, but they all failed.

What's the problem?

Those who serve others by sex will love to fly if their beauty is weak. No matter how beautiful a beauty is, the emperor enjoys it day and night, as short as several months, and as long as several years, he will lose interest. Zhang Lihua is not only as beautiful as a fairy, but also has a set of experiences of being able to stand firm in the fiercely competitive harem.

Therefore, she is not afraid that the beauty she chooses will replace her position in the emperor's heart in the future.

Zhang Lihua would not cry, make a fuss or hang herself when she saw the emperor touching another woman. On the contrary, she would select beauties from time to time to offer them to the emperor. On the surface, it seemed to be "inducing the wolf into the house", but the actual effect was very good.

Beauties appear around the emperor, and their energy will be dispersed, and their interest in other concubines will never increase. In this way, no one can compete for her.

After the freshness of those beauties and the emperor, they can only give the title of "female doctor" and "female bachelor" and accompany the emperor and his honored minister to recite poems and essays at banquets every day, becoming beautiful decorations.

Therefore, it was Zhang Lihua's wonderful move to squeeze the emperor into the side of the emperor every once in a while. No one could retake the path she had walked back then. The emperor's favorite was still her Zhang Lihua.

Getting up from the couch, Zhang Lihua sorted out her makeup at the Liulijing, then walked out of the pavilion, and turned to the emperor's residence through the flying bridge. As soon as she entered, she saw Chen Shubao staring at a map on the desk.

Zhang Lihua is favored by Chen Shubao, and there is no need to communicate with the emperor when entering and leaving the emperor's bedroom. Therefore, Chen Shubao, who was watching the map, did not notice that Zhang Lihua came in. The eunuch standing beside him saw Zhang Lihua approaching and was about to remind Chen Shubao, but she stopped him with gestures.

He signaled the eunuch to bring a set of tea sets. Zhang Lihua skillfully brewed a pot of good tea. The tea fragrance filled the air, which made Chen Shubao, who was frowning, feel shocked after smelling it, and then he found that there was one more person around him.

"Oh, is my beloved concubine coming? I didn't notice it for a while and I neglected her beloved concubine."

Zhang Lihua smiled and brought the brewed tea to Chen Shubao: "Official family, please use tea."

"Okay, okay..." Chen Shubao took the teacup, Zhang Lihua looked at the other party, and then said with heartache: "The official family is busy with national affairs, with a lot of haggard face, I am frightened, and I ask the official family to take care of the country and the country."

"Oh, it would be great if those censors were as sensible as their beloved concubines." Chen Shubao sighed, put down the teacup, lit the map with his hands, and complained: "I will see the matter in the past few days. How can I not work hard?"

Chen Shubao, who has always been the purpose of being a worry-free emperor, is now full of sorrow and complaining. Zhang Lihua makes an listening statement with a smile, which makes Chen Shubao's idea of ​​telling him stronger and stronger.

In his harem, Zhang Lihua was the most understanding, so Chen Shubao treated most concubines and beauties as vents, but regarded concubines Zhang Lihua, Kong and Gong Er Guipin as confidants, among which Zhang Lihua is the most trusted.

At this moment, Chen Shubao was holding back all his words to find someone to talk to him. Zhang Lihua came just in time, and he kept pouring out his annoyance.

In the past few days, Chen State has faced a turning point in life and death. If it is done well, Chen State will turn the crisis into safety. If it is not done well, Chen Shubao may become the king of the devastated country.

A few months ago, the situation in Zhou State suddenly changed and internal strife broke out. After weighing the pros and cons, Chen Shubao decided to join forces with Yuwen to attack the Yuchi family, but before that, he would have to be at the best.

He used Fu Jun as the envoy to Jiangbei and contacted Yuchi Youqi, the Minister of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the South East Road of Zhou, and tried to get some benefits back, but after several troubles, he had no other benefits except to return some captured Chen officials, soldiers and family members.

The official in charge of the negotiations on the other side was Fang Gongyi, the chief clerk of the prime minister's office. He was very skilled in vain and slaughtering. Fu Jian traveled back and forth several times between the north and south banks of the Yangtze River. Not to mention an inch of land, he could not even get a grain of food.

Yuchi's sincerity in making peace was very poor, probably because he looked down on Chen State, which made Chen Shubao very angry and could only turn his attention to the west and the Shannan area occupied by Yuwen's family.

He took Xu Shanxin as the envoy to Shannan and contacted Ling Yu Wenming, the Minister of Shannan Road, the Zhou State, and tried his best to get some benefits back. Xu Shanxin fulfilled his mission and brought back 400,000 hu of grain.

These foods were like timely rain, which made the Jiankang military and civilians who were facing the dilemma of food shortage cheer. Xu Shanxin also brought the other party's envoys and confirmed two important news.

First, the emperor of Zhou did not "dead", but went through a lot of hardships to escape to Shannan. Xu Shanxin had been to Yecheng, the capital of Zhou as an envoy of Chen, and had seen the emperor of Zhou with his own eyes. This time he was in Anlu, he was indeed the one who saw him.

Second, the King of Xiyang of Zhou State now governs Xuanhu, the prefecture of Yuzhou, and the powerful prime minister Yuchi Dun personally led an army of more than 100,000 to besiege Xuanhu. So far (when Xu Shanxin left Anlu), he was unable to capture it.

These two news boosted the spirit of the king and minister of Chen, because according to the news confirmed by Xu Shanxin, it was a foregone conclusion that the splitting of the Zhou Kingdom into the East and West Zhou. The key lies in how long the Yuwen family's "Western Zhou" can last.

As long as the King Yuwen of Xiyang of Zhou State supports one day in Xuanhu, the army led by Zhou State Quan Prime Minister Yuchi Dun will stay in Xuanhu for one day and have no time to take care of it. This is an excellent opportunity for Chen State.

What is the opportunity?

That is to sneak attack Guangling on the north bank of the Yangtze River. As long as it can occupy Guangling and gain an important foothold in Jiangbei, the situation in Chen State will be opened!

This is the suggestion given by the honorable minister Kong Fan and Shi Wenqing. Chen Shubao never brought troops and did not personally command the battle. However, he knew that Guangling had gathered a large number of Zhou troops, and it would be difficult to succeed if he wanted to attack the sneak attack. The word "sneak attack" was too unpleasant.

The Yuwen family and the Yuchi family occupied the territory of the State of Chen, so Chen Shubao felt that the word "recovery" should be used to attack the official army. The strategy offered by Kong and Shi was to send elite troops to bypass the Zhou army's defense in advance, and take advantage of Fu Qian's mission to Guangling again. Yuchi Youqi was wary of his declining intentions and attacked Guangling.

At the same time, the main forces of the navy stationed outside Jiankang City all attacked and controlled the river surface of Guangling. The land troops of the official army advanced to Jingkou, which was separated from Guangling, and when the war broke out in Guangling, they immediately crossed the river northward.

I just heard about this plan and the success rate is very large, and the success rate is probably not high. Chen Shubao disagreed at the beginning, but the biggest reason why he disagreed was not the low success rate, but the fear of damaging the reputation of his generation of wise rulers.

Send envoys to negotiate with others, and at the same time send elite troops to conduct sneak attacks. What should I do if this undeclared warfare ruins my reputation?

The issues that Chen Shubao is most concerned about, of course, Kong Fan and Shi Wenqing have a solution, that is, once they fail, they are defined as "a stubborn provocation" by the border general, which has nothing to do with the official family.

At that time, it was used by Zhongwen's head to calm Yuchi Youqi's anger.

"The official family, I think this experience of being in the general is a bit like Fan Yuqi?"

"Fan Yuqi?" Chen Shubao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head: "It looks a bit similar, but it is actually different..."

Fan Yuqi was a figure in the Warring States Period. He was originally a general of the Qin army. He had a marriage with King Ying Zheng of Qin. He fled to Yan State to take in Prince Dan of Yan. Later, Prince Dan sent Jing Ke to assassinate the King of Qin. Jing Ke used Fan Yuqi's head and Du Kang map as gifts to meet King Ying Zheng of Qin.

When Zhang Lihua mentioned Fan Yuqi, was it a topic that was deliberately raised or a topic with flaws. This move hit Chen Shubao's thoughts. He tasted a sip of tea and began to correct the "misunderstanding" of his favorite concubine.

Who is Yu Zhongwen? The lonely minister and evil son of the Sui State have a grudge against the Yuchi family.

Yu Zhongwen's grandfather Yu Jin was the Taizu of Zhou State, and led his army to capture Jiangling, the capital of Liang State, and was in a high position and power in the court. The Yu family was a first-class powerful man in the Western Wei (Zhou State).

As a result, when the Zhou Kingdom was in trouble in the second year of Daxiang, Yu chose to stand on the side of his relative Yang Jian to confront Yuchi Jiong, the general manager of Xiangzhou who supported the new emperor.

At this time, Yu Jin had already passed away. One son, Yu Yi, was the son-in-law of Zhou Taizu, and was the chief supervisor of Youzhou at that time, but he refused to win over Yuchi Jiong. The other son, Yu Yi, was the chief supervisor of the marching, followed the army sent by Yang Jian to advance westward, attacking Wang Qian, the chief supervisor of Yizhou who was responsive to Yuchi Jiong.

Yu Jin had another son, Yu Shi, who was valued by Yang Jian. Yu Shi had three sons, the eldest son Yu Yan, who was the general manager of Wuzhou at that time, and was in charge of Guangling and repelled the attacks of the Chen army several times. The third son Yu Xiangxian married Princess Yuwen, but also stood on Yang Jian's side.

Yu Shi's second son Yu Zhongwen, who was the governor of Dongjun at that time, refused to recruit Yuchi Jiong and was attacked by the other party. Yu Zhongwen defeated the enemy invaded. Yuchi Jiong was furious and sent more troops to besiege Dongjun.

Yu Zhongwen broke through by luck, but his wife and children fell into the hands of Yuchi Jiong and then lost their lives. The Sui Kingdom was destroyed and Yu was liquidated by Yuchi Jiong. Yu Zhongwen escaped again and had another revenge against Yuchi.

Chen Shubao believed that it was the most appropriate person like Yu Zhongwen to calm Yuchi Youqi's anger, but the reason why he thought it was inappropriate to compare Yu Zhongwen to Fan Yuqi was because he was not the prince's alchemy.

He did not use Zhongwen's head to deceive Yuchi Youqi, but instead used him as a pioneer to attack Guangling.

Since Hou Jing, the Southern Dynasties will no longer believe any surrendered general of the Northern Dynasties. Chen Shubao strongly recommended Yu Zhongwen to lead the troops to attack. He was very hesitant at first, but considering the other party's situation, he finally agreed.

Yuchi Jiong, who killed Yu Zhongwen's wife and children, uncles, uncles, and nephews, had passed away. His sons Yuchi Shun, Yuchi Dun and Yuchi Youqi were still there, but Yu Zhongwen would never surrender to Yuchi Youqi who was in charge of Guangling, but would instead fight to kill the enemy.

When Chen Shubao said this, he began to look forward to the bright prospects of the government army after this great victory. He completely forgot that "not-declared battle" would damage his reputation. Zhang Lihua did not say it out loud, but began to strike while the iron was hot:

"The official family, I don't know the military tactics. I always feel that the Zhou army stationed in Guangling must be on high alert. How can the official army succeed in this attack?"

"Don't worry, I... have made careful arrangements..."

Chen Shubao began to offer Buddha with flowers and show off in front of his favorite concubine. The careful deployment he mentioned was actually planned by Kong Fan and Shi Wenqing. Of course, Chen Shubao guessed that the "original writer" should be Yu Zhongwen, while Kong and Shi were just people in charge.

There are two key points in Jiankang's river defense. One is quarrying on the west side of Jiankang, and the other is Jingkou on the northeast of Jiankang. These are two key points on the south bank of the Yangtze River. If the Northern Army wants to cross the river on a large scale, it must land in one of these two key points.

Of course, there is a key point outside Jiankang City, where naval warships gather here to protect the capital and prevent the enemy from directly approaching the city.

Corresponding to the south of the Yangtze River, Jingkou, Hengjiangkou and Guangling on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and corresponding to Baixia is the Liuhe area in the north of the Jiangbei. Therefore, if the Chen army wants to fight in the north, they must capture one of these three important places.

However, the Zhou army has heavy troops in these three places, and it is difficult to succeed in attacking head-on, so it has to go around.

"Guess, how should the official army bypass the Zhou army's defense?"

"The official family... has already been drawn on the map, right?"

Chen Shubao was stunned when he heard this, and then looked at the map. Sure enough, there was a trace of ink at the point where Zhang Lihua's slender jade finger pointed, which was exactly what he drew on himself.

"Haha, I was neglecting!"

Although the answer to the puzzle is already there, Chen Shubao's desire to explain is still high. Of course, Zhang Lihua would not let him down. He said interestingly: "General Yu led the elite official army to attack Guangling on a detour. It was such an unexpected move!"
Chapter completed!