Prince Chen's Mansion of Dongyi Kingdom
The night is as cool as water. The tall and majestic palace is surrounded by towering ancient trees. There is the sound of gurgling water in the distance. A bright crescent moon is hanging high above the antique turret. As a breeze blows, the green gauze around the turret The curtain rises in the wind, and a tall man in rich clothes is standing in the building with a wine bottle in hand, with a solemn expression!
"Shadow, come out!"
Upon hearing the sound, a man in black immediately nimbly jumped down from the treetops, turned around in the air, and was already behind Chu Yujin.
"My lord, what do you want me to do?"
"Shadow, how many years have you followed this king?"
"My subordinate has been following the prince since he was fifteen years old, and it has been eleven years now!"
Chu Yujin raised the flask, took a sip of wine, and sighed: "It has been eleven years. Time flies so fast. I still remember that year when my adoptive father brought you to me for the first time. Even at a young age, you already acted like an adult, bowed to me politely, called me young master, and said you were good at light kung fu, assassination, and seeing things at night."
"Later, my adoptive father told me that you will be my shadow from now on and will be responsible for secretly protecting my safety. I asked you what your name was, but you told me that you have no name and asked me to call you whatever I wanted. I was still a child back then. , I just gave you the name Shadow casually, and then I called you Shadow for eleven years."
Chu Yujin had already entered into the memories of that year, and the corners of her mouth rose unconsciously.
Shadow felt that the prince seemed very sad tonight, and what he said was very different from before. He did not use an honorific, but called himself "I" to him. But he has never been good at words, so he remained silent for a long time before saying: "The shadow will always be the shadow of the prince."
Hearing this, Chu Yujin took another sip of wine and smiled faintly at him, with a bit of bitterness in her smile.
"Do you know? No matter where I am, what I do, or how difficult it is, I have never been afraid, because I know that my adoptive father and you will always be behind me to help me get through and keep me safe. But now I When I turned around, my adoptive father suddenly disappeared."
Chu Yujin felt depressed and sad, so she raised the flask and took another sip of wine.
"My lord! The shadow will always be behind you."
Chu Yujin smiled faintly again, and then said in a low voice: "But I still hope to be the same as before!"
Shadow suddenly understood that Su Tan passed away suddenly, and the prince had never let go. King Dongyi was so partial, and this time it really chilled the prince's heart.
"My lord, do you really want to go to the border to fight?"
Shadow looked at Chu Yujin in silence for a long time, and finally asked.
"Go, how can you not go? You asked me to die, and I had to die. Besides, he just sent me to fight."
"not worth!"
"You mean it's not worth working for someone like King Dongyi. Haha, of course it's not worth it. However, this Dongyi Kingdom won't always be his."
Chu Yujin couldn't help snorting coldly, and a sinister look suddenly appeared on her face.
"My lord, you are drunk. I will send you back to rest!"
Shadow quickly stopped him.
Chu Yujin paused, then turned to look at the tall, majestic, beautiful and dangerous Prince Chen's Mansion. He also realized that he was speechless, so he staggered and let the shadow support him towards the bedroom.
Three months later, Dongyi, Qiushuiguan
Chu Yujin was wearing a general's armor and had a heroic appearance. She was arranging troops while pointing at the simulated terrain map of Jialing Pass on the table.
"Jialing Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the overall terrain is asymmetrical, so the first thing we do is to draw out the enemy troops, and then the second army lines up in the Crescent Moon Formation. The whole army is arranged in an arc, shaped like a crescent moon. I, King We will stand at the concave bottom of the crescent moon. When fighting, we will focus on attacking the flanks and use the thick crescent moon to resist the enemy."
"Your Majesty, the bottom is the weakest point of the entire formation. It is too dangerous. It is better to have the last general at the bottom of the concave crescent moon, and you, Your Majesty, defend on the flanks." Gao Yuming, the former vanguard general of the army, said.
"General Gao underestimates me. Everything should be done as arranged by me."
After hearing this, all the generals quickly advised together: "My lord! You have a distinguished status, and the generals and others must ensure your safety."
"Life is equally precious to everyone. Since I am standing here, I am no different from any of you. Besides, I have my own intention in making this arrangement. Generals, there is no need to say any more. Just execute the plan!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
All the generals responded in unison, respecting Chu Yujin even more in their hearts.
Since they have been working with Chu Yujin for a month, they have admired his ability to lead troops in battles and form troops. Gao Yuming, in particular, has completely regarded Chu Yujin as a role model for him to learn from. On the contrary, everyone has a deep respect for him. However, Zhu Zhao, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, only expressed his agreement and was conciliatory.
"General Zhu!"
The voice of the guard outside the door came into the tent, and everyone's faces showed a look of disgust. Then when they saw Zhu Zhao strutting in, everyone hurriedly folded their hands and saluted: "General Zhu!"
Only Chu Yujin walked straight up to the main seat at this time, sat down peacefully, and then glanced at Zhu Zhao coldly.
Although Zhu Zhao was named the Commander-in-Chief of the Three Armies and was one level higher than Chu Yujin, no matter how much he had the support of the prince, he did not dare to openly compete with His Highness King Chen in terms of rank, so he still politely raised his hands and said to Chu Yujin: "His Royal Highness King Chen!"
"Well! Why did General Zhu come so late? We have just lined up the formation." Chu Yujin said expressionlessly.
"Am I late? Yesterday, the Japanese general informed me that the formation demonstration will begin at Chenshi today. Now that we have just arrived at Chenshi, how come I am late?" Zhu Zhao said anxiously.
"Oh, really? Wasn't it Yinshi who informed you yesterday?"
Chu Yujin raised her eyes and looked at the people in the tent.
Everyone understands.
"Yes, it was Yin Shi who informed me. General Zhu must have remembered it wrong!" Everyone said one after another.
"How could it be? I informed you personally, how could I remember it wrong?"
Zhu Zhao's face turned red with anger, and he looked at everyone in the tent fiercely. However, everyone said in unison that he had remembered the time wrongly, but they were confused by what he said. Even he thought for a moment that he had remembered the time wrongly.
"Then, it may be that the general is busy with military affairs and has forgotten the time! Please tell me the formation of the queue you just set up!"
"Say it again? Humph! I'm tired, let's let others speak to General Zhu!" Chu Yujin glanced at Zhu Zhao and walked out of the tent directly after speaking.
Everyone hurriedly bowed and saluted at the same time: "Best farewell to Your Majesty!"
After saying that, everyone immediately dispersed, leaving only Zhu Zhao and his generals staring with big eyes.
Zhu Zhao was very angry and shouted at the general: "The most taboo thing when marching and fighting is for the general to be disloyal and cooperate with such people. How can I fight this battle?"
The general behind him was covered in cold sweat and did not dare to answer.
To the north, Yongzhou border military camp
"General Shen, I'm sorry. This time Dongyi openly started a war with Nan'an under the pretext of regaining Jialing Pass. In fact, he wanted to attack Yongji Pass again from Jialing Pass to the north. General, don't underestimate the enemy! Has the general forgotten how King Dongyi betrayed his faith and captured three cities in the north?"
Regarding the relationship between the battle of Jialing Pass and Beilin's life and death, Nan'an's special envoy had been talking to Shen He for an hour!
Shen He nodded repeatedly on the surface, but in fact he was extremely bored. After seeing Ye Hu enter the account, he quickly found an excuse to escape by himself, leaving only Ye Hu to chat with the special envoy.
After Ye Hu inquired in detail about the details of the battle between Special Envoy Dongyi and Nan'an, he couldn't help but look at Chu Yujin with suspicion.
According to the special envoy, he can change his body shape back and forth in Yanyue's eyes, killing people and being invisible.
In the first battle between the two armies, Nan'an suffered heavy losses, so it hurriedly asked for help from the north.
Recently, Ye Hu has also been learning various formations, and happened to be studying the Yanyue Formation. Looking at the terrain of Jialing Pass, this formation is indeed the most suitable.
When fighting in this formation, the emphasis is on attacking the flanks and resisting the enemy with thick crescents. The people in the recess of the crescent of this formation are the most dangerous and the most critical. According to the description of Nan'an's special envoy, Chu Yujin happened to be standing in this position.
With the noble body of King Chen, he was alone in the most dangerous place when the two armies were fighting. Apart from other things, Ye Hu admired him for this.
"Chu Yujin, you are worthy of fighting with me!" Ye Hu praised in his heart.
Ye Hu finally promised Nan'an's special envoy that he would try his best to persuade General Shen He to assist Nan'an in the battle with Dongyi, and then the special envoy returned to Jialing Pass three times.
In the afternoon of that day, Shen He summoned all the generals to his big tent to discuss whether to assist Nan'an this time.
Most of the generals did not support it. The reason was that Jialing Pass was originally the territory of Dongyi. It was Nan'an who took advantage of the battle between Beilin and Dongyi to rob Dongyi's territory. It is understandable that Dongyi wanted to regain the lost territory this time.
Second, Beilin and Dongyi have fought many times, and Nan'an has never come to help. This time, it has the audacity to ask Beilin to send troops to help, which is really unreasonable.
Shen He nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, and other generals also joined in the objections.
Shen He was about to make a decision when he heard Ye Hu suddenly say sonorously and forcefully: "The general thinks that we should assist Nan'an this time, because helping Nan'an is helping me to move north."
After hearing this, all the generals retorted: "Did General Ye also believe the nonsense of the Nan'an envoy? It is illogical and unreasonable to take the Yongji Pass from Jialing Pass."
Seeing this, Ye Hu did not flinch but continued to shout to Shen He: "There is only one reason why the general feels that he must provide assistance, and that is the attack on Jialing Pass this time. The leader of the army is the fifth son of King Dongyi, King Chen Chu Yujin."
"This Chu Yujin's identity is not simple. In fact, he is the same person as Su Changfeng, the leader of the Xiangsi Sect. This person is far more capable and resourceful than his father and brother, and his ambition is even greater. If we don't interfere this time, let him sit. If you give this person the opportunity to take charge of the Dongyi Kingdom in the future, that will be the biggest hidden danger to our Beilin Kingdom."
Shen Changge listened to Ye Hu's analysis and felt it was very reasonable. He nodded repeatedly. When he thought of Qing Xuan's death, he couldn't calm down the hatred in his heart.
So he echoed Ye Hudao: "The general has also known about this person. This person does have multiple identities. He has a high position in the Dongyi court and in the world. He has many capable people. If you don't take advantage of him when he is weak, Get rid of it, I'm afraid our northern border generals will have trouble sleeping and eating from now on."
Some generals who were usually close to the two of them felt that it made sense after listening to their analysis, and began to agree.
For a moment, the generals in the tent were talking a lot. Ye Hu turned to look at Shen Changge, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled in tacit understanding.
Shen He finally agreed to write a memorial on the matter and leave it to King Beilin to decide personally.