Zhou Shangwen, who was attacked by the prince, couldn't figure out what was happening for a while.

But he soon realized that he had been cheated.

Now is the time to show his rich experience in officialdom. Zhou Shangwen knew very well that the prince was in high spirits and he was indeed the leader of the staff. If he stood up at this time and said that these conclusions were not his own, the prince who would be slapped in the face on the spot would most likely behead him in anger.

Of course, others will definitely advise him, but the best outcome is dismissal from office.

Why am I still working hard in the officialdom when I am over seventy years old?

Isn't it just that you can't bear to give up the little power in your hands?

If he was still in his position, he would be the Grand Tutor and the Prince's Tutor of the Chen Dynasty. But if he was dismissed, he would just be a farmer in his seventies who was always wanted by everyone.

We must never let this happen!

"Your Highness, thank you for your kind words."

Zhou Shangwen pinched himself hard under his clothes and forced himself to wake up. In a flash, an expression of confidence appeared on his face.

"I dare not take any credit for this. I rely entirely on the strong support of my colleagues."

"Very good. Grand Tutor Zhou has excellent character and is neither self-righteous nor arrogant. Very good."

Chen Yu sighed and ordered rewards for Zhou Shangwen and other staff members in the staff department. However, everyone could already see that the prince completely regarded Zhou Shangwen's words as self-deprecation. In other words, the prince had already determined that the conclusions of these intelligence analyses were made by Zhou Shangwen.

That... is really great.

Even if offending Zhou Shangwen now would make people's life a little uncomfortable, but as long as the subsequent battle situation proves that his intelligence analysis is wrong, then he will definitely fall!

What if he happens to get it right by chance?

During the midnight conspiracy, Lord Wei Chunwei gave the standard answer: "Even if he is right, we can make him wrong. You have been officials for so many years, but you can't catch the thieves when investigating cases, and you can't find people to collect taxes. But finding a few spies from Qinghe should not be a problem. When the time comes, we just need to..."

In any case, at noon that day, the prince issued a new military order with unprecedented efficiency.

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The troops left behind in the central battlefield increased their vigilance to prevent the Liang Kingdom from taking advantage of the situation.

The army defending Xinyuetu in the southwest region dispatched elite troops to the north to join the punitive army.

The garrisons in all areas should strictly guard their defense zones, and if any small group of enemy forces infiltrate and sabotage, they should be eliminated immediately.

The entire army broke camp and accelerated its advance, determined to capture Zhaoyang before the main force from Qinghe arrived.

As the crown prince, Chen Yu was very clear that he was facing only two external enemies, one was his old rival Liang State, and the other was Qinghe.

Not to mention the Xia Kingdom, which has no borders at all and is now doing nothing behind closed doors. As for Xinyuetu, although he is still flying the banner of Cambodia, anyone who is not blind can see that if Qinghe wants to destroy him, it will only take a moment.

Although he didn't know what the use of Lin Hai keeping Xin Yuetu was, since the intelligence proved that it was not the main force of Qinghe that passed through Xin Yuetu's territory to attack the heartland of Chen Dynasty, then as for the few things in Xin Yuetu's hand, it was lucky that he didn't have to fight him. There was no need to waste a large number of soldiers on defending against Xin Yuetu's possible surprise attack.

It would be more cost-effective to concentrate this amount of troops to attack Qinghe.

Concentrate your efforts on major tasks and concentrate your forces on major battles.

He still understands this principle.

On August 15th, the day when the moon was at its fullest, under Chen Yu's constant urging, the main force of most of the Chen Dynasty's soldiers gathered and finally arrived outside Zhaoyang City, which was no longer loyal to it.

Yes, as the situation between the enemy and us changed, Lin Hai finally did not give up Zhaoyang, or rather, such a big city, he could not give up without firing a single arrow, so the battle between the two sides continued around Zhaoyang City.

That night, the roundest moon shone a bright blood red.

At the beginning, the two sides were evenly matched.

According to Lin Hai's instructions, before the decisive battle, they should use as few weapons as possible that were beyond the understanding of the Chen Dynasty people. After all, they had finally tricked the main force of the Chen Dynasty into their home court. If they were scared away, they would have to hunt them down one by one in the future, which would be a big trouble.

On August 20, the first large-scale battle broke out.

Due to the large number of combatants on both sides, Zhaoyang actually became a core stronghold of the Qinghe Army. For some reason, Lin Hai, who loved infrastructure construction, taught a large number of apprentices who also loved infrastructure construction.

Under the command of Huang Zong, the soldiers of the First Army and the militia defending Zhaoyang City dug and built a large number of fortifications around Zhaoyang City.

Even though the Chen Dynasty army had set up camp less than ten miles away, the soldiers of the First Army had already entered their positions, and the militia and mobilized soldiers were constantly reinforcing and expanding these earthworks.

This made Chen Yu very annoyed.

After seeing Qinghe's fortifications with his own eyes, he had to admit that it was unrealistic to launch an attack on Zhaoyang directly at the beginning, even if he had an absolute advantage in military strength.

The fortifications on both sides of Zhaoyang City would completely expose the flanks of the Chen Dynasty army attacking Zhaoyang to the attacks of the famous Qinghe crossbows.

This sentence is very difficult to pronounce.

But Chen Yu couldn't think of expressing his meaning so simply and clearly for a while.

However, the people around me are all military generals, and they should understand without me saying anything, so it doesn’t matter how I say it, as long as they can understand it.

"In that case, let's fight."

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