Zhang Chao worked in the kitchen of the Shuai Mansion for a long time and made a stew of golden carp for Li Shimin, then a dried roasted cabbage soak, the last one was stir-fried wild vegetables, and the other was crucian carp soup.

Four dishes were cooked with great effort, and Zhang Chao even asked Ke Wu to get his own cooking guy and ingredients bag.

The crucian carp soup is white, and the wild vegetables are green, while the stewed carp that is only cut into several large sections has a strong aroma.

Especially the dried roasted cabbage fish soak, the roe is the best selected by Zhang Chao, and the fish soak is also the thick-skinned big soak. First, stir-fry the fish roe until it turns golden, and then soak the fish into the pot. The golden cabbage is paired with powdery white fish soaks and floats on the mellow red soup, which makes Li Shimin's index finger tremble and he can't help but salivate.

I picked up the chopsticks and picked up some fish roe. The fish essence filled my heart. The fish soaked in the taste and was very tough because of the thick skin when chewing.

"Get some Erguotou." Li Shimin suddenly said.

Liu Shili, Gongsun Wuda and other confidant guards, standing next to Li Shimin, couldn't help but look at each other. They all knew that the King of Qin was not good at drinking and rarely drank, let alone in the army. Apart from the oath and the day of triumphant celebration, it was basically difficult to see the King of Qin drinking in the army.

Now, the King of Qin actually took the initiative to ask for wine, and what he wanted was Erguotou.

"Your Highness, Erguotou is quite strong." Zhang Chao had to remind him carefully. He was not worried that Li Shimin knew about the winery. Anyway, the winery had already taken out 10% of the shares to Li Shimin. It was not directly given to him, but someone gave it to Princess Qin in Chang'an, which was actually for him.

Of course, the King of Qin was not short of money. He had so much money given by the emperor. The emperor even gave him a coin minting furnace so that he could cast money at will. A coin minting furnace. If he kept running all year round, he could at least minting tens of thousands of mintings. Even if the cost was removed, he could earn two or three thousand mintings a year.

However, the King of Qin also used money, and he was very generous in rewarding his subordinates.

Last time, Zhang Chao gave 10% of the shares of the soap shop, but Li Shimin returned the shares.

Besides, the winery was organized in Chang'an, and it was not organized in the army, nor did it beg for military rations or anything like that. Although Zhang Chao's Erguotou steamed wine was left, he did not sell it. At most, he sometimes gave some favors, and when the generals came to ask for it, he also gave some.

Li Shimin knew that Erguotou was not surprising, but he had to remind him if Li Shimin wanted to drink it.

Niu saw a guy like Hu getting drunk, and if King Qin was also drunk, that would be bad.

"I know how strong the Erguotou is, and I don't drink much, just drink a little."

He brought Erguotou and Zhang Chao poured a small cup for Li Shimin.

It's only about one or two.

Li Shimin picked up the wine glass and put it in front of his nose and smelled it. It was indeed mellow.

I took a small sip and then picked up a piece of fish bubble. Oh, this taste is delicious.

"You guys sit down and eat together, eat while it's hot, it won't be delicious when it's cold." Li Shimin was very polite.

This kind of politeness made Zhang Chao and Liu Shili look at each other for a long time, and finally sat down opposite Li Shimin.

"I have never eaten such a big carp, and I have never eaten it. Wen Yuan cooked it well."

Li Shimin has been under great pressure recently. Since defeating Zheng and Xia in the Central Plains War and being appointed as General Tiance, he clearly felt that the prince was targeting him everywhere, and he had finally obtained the opportunity to send troops this time. If it weren't for Li Shentong, Li Xiaochang, Li Yi, Li Shiji and others who fought poorly, the prince wouldn't give him another chance to lead the troops to fight.

After all, Li Shimin was just a young man in his twenties. It was not a few years earlier. A few years earlier, the emperor and the prince would not take the opportunity to make money, and would save him face. The world was unified and many things became complicated.

"Sanlang, you persuaded me to be careful of Mingshui's fraud last time, and asked me to be wary of Liu Heita's coming to steal Mingshui. Although you were wrong in the end, you really surrendered, but you guessed that Liu Heita really rushed to seize Mingshui." Li Shimin took a small sip of Erguotou and grabbed a piece of fish roe into his mouth.

Tasting the deliciousness of fish roe, Li Shimin nodded and continued, "Tell me about the current situation in Mingzhou City. Do you think it is time to fight or siege the city?"

Li Shimin's eyes were staring at Zhang Chao.

Zhang Chao was a little fake when he was seen. I was just a guy who talked about the war on paper. The last time I didn’t expect it accurately. It was not based on any analysis at all, it was entirely because I knew that Liu Heita would really come to capture the city like a mad dog in history.

"I am just a medical battalion to join the army"

"The medical battalion is also the military. What is the position of joining the military? I ask you, and you should answer seriously."

This is really a duck to be put on the shelves. Zhang Chao thought that he was so cheap, just release the carp directly and send the fish to you for food. You asked me to fish, and now he asked me about such a major military affairs, which is too big.

"explain!"

Li Shimin glared at him and Zhang Chao had no choice.

"There are some military tactics, and if there are ten, they will surround them, if there are five, they will attack them, and if there are multiples, they will fight them." Zhang Chao first pulled out the military tactics, but Li Shimin's face darkened, "Stop talking nonsense, just click directly."

In terms of military tactics, Li Shimin is not sure how familiar he is than Zhang Chao.

The so-called ten sieges are derived from Sun Tzu's art of war. The original intention is that we are ten times the enemy, so we will encircle and annihilate. If we are five times the enemy, we will attack. If we are twice the enemy, we will work hard to defeat the enemy. If we are evenly matched, we will try to disperse each one to defeat the enemy. If the troops are weaker than the enemy, we will have to avoid fighting.

Therefore, the weak side must avoid fighting to stick to it.

Now under the city of Mingzhou, the Tang army has a total of 100,000 war support, while the rebels in the city have 30,000, which is less than ten times more than three times. If you follow the military strategy, of course you have to attack, but this is not a field battle, it is a siege battle.

Siege warfare is different from field combat. The defending side of the city has city wall defense and food support. In theory, it can defend against a strong attack of seven times the enemy for at least two months, or even for half a year to a year.

Li Shimin's troops were nearly five times that of the rebels, but Mingzhou City was strong and tall, with a lot of food and grass in the city. Many people supported the rebels. At that time, the large households in the city opened the city gate to welcome Liu Heita's rebels into the city.

The strength of Mingzhou city, sufficient food and grass, the toughness of the rebels, and the support of the people will narrow the gap in strength between the Tang army and the rebels a lot.

If you attack such a strong city, there will be great casualties.

Li Shimin actually agreed to the generals' long-term siege plan, but he just wanted to hear what Zhang San meant and see how he looked at it from Zhang San's perspective.

"Your Highness, the rebels are now turtles in the jar and beasts in the prison. Although the city of Mingzhou is strong, it is just a big tomb of the rebels. Now other parts of Hebei have been pacified. Why don't your highness send people to surrender the rebels in the city?"

"Recruiting surrender?"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment.

He really didn't think about why he wanted to surrender. Liu Heita, Gao Yaxian and other Dou Jiande's remaining party were in trouble and did not rebel. Such people were not willing to die if they were raided and destroyed. Why did they still surrender him?

"Liu Heita must not be forgiven!" Li Shimin said hatefully. "I will definitely capture and send it to Chang'an alive, beheaded in the head of the downtown county and be displayed in the city gate!"

Zhang Chao smacked his lips, "Your Highness, it is not contrary to the rebels in the city and the killing of Liu Heita."

In Zhang Chao's opinion, at this time, the rebels were isolated and helpless and became trapped beasts. If the Tang army was forced to force them, they would definitely fight to the death, break the net to the death, and fight to the trapped beasts.

There are also many military tactics, surround three cubes and one cube. The most advantageous thing is to dismantle the enemy's fighting spirit, and you can also set up an ambush at the gap.

Now the Tang army only needs to send an envoy into the city and announce the surrender of the rebels in the city. As long as they are willing to surrender, the court will pardon them. No matter what, once this surrender order is issued, it will definitely divide and disintegrate the morale of the army in the city.

Not everyone followed Liu Heita to revenge Dou Jiande. Even if some of them really made a fuss for Dou Jiande at the beginning, how many people could really take life and death lightly and persevere to the end?

The rebels are also humans. They have family members, wives and children, and no one is willing to die.

The Tang army is now sure to win, and has completely taken the initiative and advantage. They can surround and fight as much as they want. The rebels have no hope at all. A letter of surrender said that they can relieve the morale of the rebels to the end.

Even if Liu Heita can temporarily control the rebels with his prestige or force, he cannot be suppressed by relying on high pressure alone.

If the rebels really want to surrender, that would be even better. At that time, ordinary rebel soldiers can be dismissed, but the backbone of the rebels such as Liu Heita will be controlled.

You can stop killing and lock up, wait until the people of Hebei are calm and the Tang Dynasty has completely controlled Hebei. At that time, Liu Heita and others still wanted to kill and let go. Even if they were released, they would not be able to make waves again.

Anyway, no matter whether it succeeds or not, it doesn’t cost any money to send a letter to a messenger.

After hearing this, Li Shimin was silent for a while.

"What you said is right. Whether it is successful or not will be lost to our army, but it can at least destroy the morale of the rebels and reduce their morale."

Li Shimin looked at Zhang Chao, "You are doing well and you are quite good at speaking. I think it's better to send you as a surrender envoy, and you will go to Mingzhou City to persuade me to surrender Liu Heita and other rebels on behalf of me."

When Zhang Chao heard this, he was scared to pee.

His face turned pale. He had been avoiding adventures all the time. Even in the military camp, he had to wear silk armor at night. It was not very safe and he would never leave the barracks easily.

But now, Li Shimin actually asked him to go into the tiger's den alone and become a surrender envoy.

Oh my God, I have worked hard to cook such a big table of dishes for you. This is how you repay me?

Li Shimin, I really didn’t expect you to be such a person. I misread you.

At this time, Zhang Chao really wanted to pick up the pot of dried roasted cabbage soaked red soup, directly poured it from Li Shimin's head to his feet.
Chapter completed!