I don't know whether it is because of the reappearance on the battlefield that has been gone for a long time, or the yang and evil spirits on the battlefield to nourish people. In short, Cao Wei has been in Youzhou City for nearly a month, and his mental head is more than a little bit better than before.
Now he can walk on his own without help.
Cao Wei accompanied Zhao Zhen, occupied the Golden Pagoda Temple in Youzhou City, drove away the monks in the temple, and regarded the Golden Pagoda Temple as a temporary residence.
The buildings in the Golden Pagoda Temple seem to have been built with the help of merchants from the South of the Song Dynasty, so it has a somewhat southern garden atmosphere.
Cao Wei and Zhao Zhen live in it and are very comfortable.
Looking at the scenery in the temple is far more comfortable than looking at the rugged palace of the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu and the luxurious city lord mansion.
Cao Wei and Zhao Zhen have been relatively free these days and have become fascinated by chess.
From time to time, the two would sit in the corridor by the Fulong Pond of the Golden Pagoda Temple, accompanied by the light and shadow in the water, boil a pot of tea, put expectation, and have a good time.
The two play chess, and the chess patterns are similar.
Cao Wei is good at killing and cutting, so the path on the chessboard is murderous.
Zhao Zhen is accustomed to domineering, so the style of chess on the chessboard is very domineering.
Others may not be able to eat a few pieces in a game of chess.
But when the two of them play chess, they will eat a lot of pieces in one game.
The two played against each other for several days, each with a win or lose.
Cao Wei will not deliberately give way to Zhao Zhen because Zhao Zhen is an official.
Zhao Zhen also didn't like being yielded by Cao Wei.
So the two kill on the chessboard very cheerfully.
After another mismatch, Cao Wei picked up the teacup and took a sip of fragrant tea.
Zhao Zhen greeted the eunuch to record the game, while twisting up a piece of cake, and asked Cao Wei, "Are you deliberately letting me?"
Cao Wei put down the tea cup and said with a smile: "Why did the officials say this?"
Zhao Zhen casually stuffed the pastry into his mouth, chewing the pastry in his mouth, a little bit of expectation in his hand, raised three fingers and shook in front of Cao Wei.
Although Zhao Zhen had no words, Cao Wei knew what Zhao Zhen meant.
Because they had already played a three-game combo before, Zhao Zhen would put up three fingers.
Zhao Zhen's meaning is very obvious. He has already played three draws in a row, and it must have been Cao Wei secretly giving in.
Cao Wei couldn't laugh or cry: "The minister didn't let the official family. The official family must have read a lot of chess records in recent days?"
Zhao Zhen was taken aback for a moment, and nodded slowly.
Cao Wei sighed: "The officials have been watching the chess records of those famous players in recent days, and the chess skill has naturally improved. The minister's body and bones can't watch the chess records for a long time, so it took a lot of effort to reluctantly fight with the official. .
In some days, the minister may not be the opponent of the official. "
Zhao Zhen swallowed the cakes from his throat, took a sip of tea, and stared suspiciously at Cao Wei, "According to your statement, you played against me before. If I can win, you let me?"
Cao Wei shook his head and laughed and said: "The minister did not give way to the official. The minister has been playing against the official with all his heart. The chess skill of the official is advancing, and the minister is also advancing with it when he is playing against the official.
It's just that there is no time to watch the chess records of those famous players, so Changjin can't catch up with the officials. "
Zhao Zhen said generously: "When the battle is over, I will give you enough time to read the game record, and then we will fight again."
Cao Wei smiled and said, "The official thanked the official very much."
Zhao Zhen ordered the eunuchs around him to clean up the chessboard, and invited Cao Wei: "Another game..."
Cao Wei felt that his mental strength was okay, so he responded with a smile.
The two were fighting again on the chessboard.
While fighting, Zhao Zhen asked, "Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu has been probing for more than half a month, when will he launch a strong attack on Youzhou City?"
Cao Wei dropped a child casually, and replied with a smile: "When the minister died..."
Zhao Zhen just twisted the chess piece, froze for a moment, shook his head and said: "That's impossible... Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu must have died in front of you, his bones are far worse than you.
You can still regain some energy, and there may be decades to live well in the future, and the Liao Emperor Yelulongxu has already reached the point where the oil is exhausted. "
After hearing this, Cao Wei handed over to Zhao Zhen: "The minister thank you for your pity, the minister's body and bones, the minister knows his mind. For decades, the minister dare not think about it. But there is one thing that the official said, and the Liao emperor Yelulongxu must be dead. In front of the minister.
The officials sent people to attack Dading Mansion and Feihukou, and then captured Youzhou City.
Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu saw that the minister was leading the army, and knew that the minister's body was not good enough, so he used the tactics of exhausting the enemy to bring down the minister.
But his purpose was so obvious that it was easy to be seen through by the ministers.
Since Chen has seen through his tactics, how could he be fooled? "
Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said: "Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu really did not hide his thoughts. He probably thinks that you are the only one who can afford military affairs in Youzhou City."
Cao Wei pondered for a moment, and said, "He should have thought this way at first. But recently, through feint attacks, he should be able to detect that there are other people in Youzhou City who can afford military affairs."
Zhao Zhen was taken aback, and questioned: "Then why didn't he choose to attack Youzhou City? The longer the war dragged on, the more disadvantaged it would be for him."
Cao Wei smiled and said: "The Liao Emperor Yelulongxu has never been dragged. The fighting between Dading Mansion and Feihukou has been very tragic. Not only that, the Liao Emperor Yelulongxu also used to lure the enemy deeper. Tactics.
He wanted to learn from Brother Na Yeluxiu, and attract the soldiers and horses that my Da Song arranged in Dading Mansion and Feihukou to the hinterland of Liao, and then cut off their food and grass, and then annihilate them.
Then open a hole from Feihukou and Dadingfu.
Take this to win this battle. "
Zhao Zhen nodded slightly, and then asked: "Then why doesn't he go on three sides?"
Cao Wei said frankly: "The minister guessed that he should be unsure. He was not sure to retake Youzhou City from the minister, so he was hesitant to attack. The soldiers and horses here are the elites of Song and Liao. Once one of them is defeated. , You will immediately fall into the most passive state, and you will lose the victory of the entire war.
If he loses, he will most likely lose his life, and he will lose half of his life.
So without full assurance, he won't move.
He should now think that he can open the situation from other places and use the least force to achieve the greatest results. "
"Feihukou and Dading Mansion?!"
Zhao Zhen questioned.
Cao Wei smiled and shook his head, "The battle between Feihukou and Dading Mansion was fierce, and both sides suffered heavy casualties. The Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu followed the example of Yeluxiu and set the overall situation.
But it should not be Feihukou and Dadingfu that Liao Emperor Yelulongxu really relied on. "
Zhao Zhen was taken aback, and after careful consideration, he said in amazement: "He sent soldiers and horses to attack my northern border of Song Dynasty again?"
Cao Wei nodded and laughed: "The soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty have been attracted to the west and east. The north is very empty, and the south is empty, but the south is near the sea. Liao does not have so many warships coming across the sea.
On the contrary, it is the northern border, where the Liao State has enough troops and horses to station, and the northern border is either grassland or desert, which is more conducive to the cavalry charge of the Liao State.
Therefore, the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu will inevitably send troops and horses to make a sneak attack on the northern border. "
Zhao Zhen sneered, "Isn't he afraid that I will defend him if he uses the same method twice?"
Cao Wei smiled and said: "After the Song Dynasty reformed the military system, the combat effectiveness of the Forbidden Army became stronger, but the deployment became clear. The Song Dynasty mobilized most of the Forbidden Army to the western and eastern battlefields, and could not hide it from others.
There was only a soldier and horse of the Zhenbei Army in the north, and it was natural that they couldn't hide it from the Liao Emperor Yelulongxu.
Nowadays, the generals I can play in Song Dynasty are either in the west or in the east. There is only one Yang Wenguang in the north.
The Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu didn't have to worry about another Kou Ji disrupting the situation suddenly, and he didn't need to worry that the officials would lead his troops northward in anger.
So he naturally has to calculate the northern border.
A good calculation is not afraid to use it a second time, as long as it is useful.
When Emperor Taizong marched north, Yeluxiu, the great king of the Southern Court of Liao State, used three times to lure the enemy into depth, and this time it worked.
It can be seen that strategies are not afraid of being used in the battlefield, they are afraid that they are useless in the right place. "
Zhao Zhen glanced at Cao Wei, and before he heard Cao Wei secretly alluding to Zhao Guangyi's ignorance of soldiers, he muttered: "But so far, I have not received any reports of the invasion of soldiers and horses from the Liao Kingdom in the north.
If it is true as you said, the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu would calculate the Northern Territory of the Great Song Dynasty, then the troops he dispatched would naturally not be less.
Can Yang Wenguang alone and a North Army Army be able to stop it? "
Cao Wei heard what Zhao Zhen said and said frankly: "The officials should trust Kou Ji. Kou Ji always likes to arrange things properly. Before the war broke out, Kou Ji was not sure whether the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu would sneak an attack. I am in the north of Song Dynasty.
But he still made the deployment.
The battles on the western and eastern borders of the Great Song Dynasty were so tense. The total number of soldiers and horses on both sides exceeded one million, but they still seemed insufficient.
Under such circumstances, Kou Ji still did not mobilize the Northern Zhenbei Army in the north.
It suffices to explain that Kou Ji has been preventing the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu from sending troops and horses to attack us in the northern border of the Song Dynasty.
In addition, although the two forbidden forces in Zhennan and Zhendong are still not full, they have exercised some ideas. If they sit on a warship from the sea and join our battle against the Liao Kingdom, it will also help the war to a certain extent. .
But Kou Ji still did not dispatch two soldiers and horses from Zhennan Zhendong.
He left two soldiers and horses in Zhennan and Zhendong, so he must also guard against other countries taking the opportunity to take advantage of our great Song Dynasty.
It is estimated that the Liao State suddenly took out a navy army to attack my Da Song's mind.
Therefore, Kou Ji has always planned very comprehensively.
He dared to place a forbidden army from the Zhenbei Army in the northern border of the Great Song Dynasty. He believed that the Zhenbei Army could defend the soldiers and horses sent by the Liao Emperor Yelulongxu to sneak attacks.
In addition, officials should also trust Yang Wenguang.
Together, Yang Wenguang's strategy of war is not perfect.
But in terms of loyalty and courage, Yang Wenguang is definitely second to none in my great Song Dynasty.
Whether he can hold me, the ministers of the Northern Border of Song Dynasty dare not make any assertions.
But if the soldiers and horses of Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu wanted to invade south, the first thing they had to do was to step on his corpse.
He is not dead, and Liao Bing can't even want to step into the first one of my Great Song Dynasty. "
After hearing what Cao Wei said, Zhao Zhen fell into deep thought.
Cao Wei sighed slightly and said, "Speaking of which, Yang Wenguang also has the potential to become a great general, but he didn't have the right time. The Yang family's most proficient in military strategy should be his grandfather, General Yang, and his uncle Yang Yanyu. .
It is a pity that his grandfather and his uncle died early, and he failed to get his grandfather and uncle to teach the art of war by himself.
His father is also pretty good in terms of military strategy.
It's a pity that I didn't fully understand the mystery.
So Yang Wenguang couldn't teach Yang Wenguang any essence.
Plus his father died early.
He wants to support a family, and he spends most of his time on human relationships and worldliness, and he doesn't have much time to study military books.
After a long time, it was naturally delayed.
It wasn't long before he picked up the book of war in a serious manner. It might take 20 to 30 years to realize the essence of it.
He is a titan on the battlefield. Whenever an enemy arrives, he will inevitably charge forward. It is hard to say whether he will survive twenty or thirty years. "
Zhao Zhen heard that Cao Wei began to talk about the pros and cons of the great Song military generals, so he gave up his contemplation and listened carefully.
After listening to Cao Wei's account of Yang Wenguang, Zhao Zhen couldn't help asking: "When did Cao Aiqing realize the essence of the art of war?"
Cao Wei smiled bitterly, "The minister only realized a little bit of the essence after he was over forty years old. After arriving at the Wenchang Academy, he understood thoroughly after calming down."
Zhao Zhen questioned: "Can no one understand the essence of the art of war before the age of 30?"
Cao Wei shook his head and said: "Yes!"
Zhao Zhen immediately asked: "Who?!"
Cao Wei counted them one by one: "Bai Qi, Wang Ben, Han Xin, Huo Qubing..."
Cao Wei counted the people, except Bai Qi, the rest were young generals who became famous.
When Bai Qi became famous, his age was indeed not young.
Cao Wei included it, but the essence is because of Bai Qi's background.
Bai Qi was born in grassroots, and it was because of Shang Yang's reform that he stepped onto the stage of history.
His origin was determined, and he wanted to ask a famous teacher to teach him the art of war. It was impossible.
Because in the pre-Qin period, the value of knowledge is very high.
Almost all people who can learn knowledge and war strategy are the children of the big clan.
For grassroots poor people, literacy is a very extravagant thing.
If Bai Qi had a son from a big clan, with his talent, he didn't need to use the military system to fight for a background.
Therefore, Bai Qi must learn the art of war while fighting. The time to learn the art of war should not be long, but being able to rise up in the Qin country and sit in the position of a ruler means that he has realized the art of war in a very short period of time. The essence of.
Cao Wei naturally wanted him to be included.
Zhao Zhen heard Cao Wei's count of heroes, rubbed his eyebrows slightly, and said solemnly, "I'm talking about this dynasty!"
Cao Wei chuckled. He actually knew that Zhao Zhen wanted to ask this dynasty. He just bought a pass.
Hearing this dynasty deliberately proposed, Cao Wei said with a smile: "In this dynasty, when Kou Ji was less than 25 years old, if he could put aside all affairs and study the art of war, he might be able to comprehend when he was 30 years old. To the essence of the art of war."
Zhao Zhen glanced at Cao Wei and said quietly: "Fourth brother is already over thirty..."
Cao Wei sighed and said: "Then Di Qing is left..."
Zhao Zhen glared at Cao Wei, and said angrily: "You deliberately didn't talk about Di Qing, do you think that Di Qing is your disciple, and you deliberately avoid it?"
Cao Wei smiled and said, "The minister has no intention of this."
Zhao Zhen glared at Cao Wei again.
Cao Wei smiled and said, "The officials are afraid that the officials will regard Di Qing as a member of the Cao family."
Zhao Zhen glared at Cao Wei angrily, "I have always valued talents since I took office. As long as I can contribute to my Song, I don't care what his background is, let alone what kind of wife he has."
Cao Wei smiled indifferently and did not respond to Zhao Zhen's words. Instead, he preached to himself: "Di Qing is a born child with a soldier. Even if he doesn't marry the niece of his minister and does not recognize Kou Ji as his elder brother, he can still stand out.
After the minister died, it was him who could help Da Song guard the border. "
At this point, Cao Wei looked at Zhao Zhen and continued: "He is a person who values filial piety and loyalty to the emperor very much. If the officials want him to die, they don't need to do anything else.
Just send someone to hint him, and he will slay himself. "
Cao Wei taught Di Qing for a long time and knew Di Qing's temperament.
On the battlefield, Di Qing is a general who is not afraid of any enemy.
But in private, the word loyalty and filial piety bound Di Qing to death.
He is full of filial piety and can help his brother replace the heinous crime, which can be said to be a risk of life.
For the sake of loyalty, he will also drew his sword without hesitation.
"Snapped!"
Zhao Zhen slapped the table and pointed at Cao Wei angrily. "In your eyes, I am just a faint king who is jealous and capable and can't hold people in his chest?"
Cao Wei hurriedly got up, bowed and said, "The minister is deadly!"
Zhao Zhen yelled, "Of course you are dead! I! Zhao Zhen! Can tolerate anyone in the world! As long as someone can make my Song stronger and bigger, he just points to my nose and scolds me, and I can tolerate him in the court. In class!
Not only can I put him in the court hall, I can also give him a high-ranking marquis!
As long as there is someone who can make my Song Dynasty powerful, Fukuzawa Bandai!
I can allow him to be a side-by-side king! "
Cao Wei stared at Zhao Zhen in astonishment.
Zhao Zhen became more and more angry when he talked about it. At the end, he cursed in spite of his image, "I don't care how powerful the civil and military powers under my hand are. As long as he doesn't defeat me, I will live up to him!"
Cao Wei felt that Zhao Zhen was a little bit angry, so he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "The official...think twice..."
Zhao Zhen glared at Cao Wei viciously, "I think very clearly, and I don't need to think twice. I know why you said this to me. You see that I suppressed the emperor's relatives and Wu Xun, so I feel that I Be careful, I feel that I have no tolerance for others.
I will tell you today, no matter how powerful people are, as long as they do things for my Da Song, as long as they call me an official, I will be able to tolerate them.
What I can't tolerate are those wicked people who do nothing, don't want to serve the court, and just want to smash the bones on the court.
I suppressed the emperor's relatives and Wuxun.
But in the Li family where your Cao family and Li Zhaoliang belong, have I ever moved a little bit
In terms of power, wealth, and threat, how many other companies can compare to your Cao family? "
Cao Wei was shocked and crawled to the ground, "Chen Cao Wei, the crime deserves ten thousand deaths!"
Zhao Zhen said angrily: "If it wasn't for you to be useful, I will let someone pull you out and cut you off now. I tell you that I have something tolerant of others. You have taken Yan Yun and I will give you the title of king.
I will give you a king who can be alive.
I dare to make this king with a different surname.
If you can't hold Yanyun, you can go to Donghuamen as a doorman.
I want the civil and military of the Manchu dynasty to look at you and remember the price of humiliating me. "
Zhao Zhen pointed to the direction of Bianjing City and roared: "Don't you want to protect Zhao Run? I give you this opportunity! You have taken Yanyun, he is the prince, you can't take Yanyun, I will let him give it to you. The fourth brother has been a long-term follower for ten years.
You should understand the fourth brother's temperament.
He doesn't care that Zhao Run is a prince.
When it's time to fight, he will never be soft. "
Cao Wei touched his head to the ground and said in a trembled voice: "The minister deserves ten thousand deaths..."
"Go to the City Lord's Mansion, I don't want to see you these few days."
Zhao Zhen flicked his sleeves and carried his hands on his back, no longer looking at Cao Wei.
Cao Wei gritted his teeth, got up and bowed to Zhao Zhen deeply, and left the corridor.
After Cao Wei had left, Chen Lin dared to walk to Zhao Zhen's side and whispered to persuade him: "The official... calm down..."
Zhao Zhen glared at Chen Lin, and asked in a cold voice: "In your eyes, am I an emperor who has no tolerance for people?!"
Chen Lin hurriedly said: "It was Cao's own speculation, and it had nothing to do with the servants. From the servants' eyes, the officials are the most tolerant emperors in the world, and no one can compare to the official."
Zhao Zhen stared at Chen Lin, but did not speak.
Chen Lin rolled her eyes and hurriedly said: "Kou Ji, Cao Wei, Kou Zhun, and even Liu Heng, they are still alive, it is proof."
The four people named by Chen Lin are very clever.
Kou Zhun once had the power to control the whole government. After Zhao Zhen came to power, he did not kill him and establish his prestige, which is considered very tolerant.
In exchange for other emperors, it seems that people who have controlled the government and power over the government and the opposition will almost never let go.
Kou Ji now has a large number of civil and military gangs, and his faintly right-to-doing momentum, placed in the hands of other emperors, is also a key attack and key prevention target.
Cao Wei and Liu Heng, two people who were offended by Zhao Zhen.
In other dynasties, it is estimated that they have been cut by thousands of swords a long time ago.
Now these four people are living well in the world, and one is more nourishing than one, which shows how much Zhao Zhen can accommodate.
Chen Lin pointed out four people, which can be said to be just right.
But Zhao Zhen was not happy. "Nonsense, what does the life and death of the fourth brother have to do with whether I can tolerate people?! Kou Gong is destined to live and die, that is doomed by God, Kou Gong has done me great meritorious service in the Song Dynasty, and he has not exceeded it For example, can I tolerate others? What does it have to do with him
Cao Wei and Liu Heng, you are right.
They contributed to and died for our country.
Don't say they angered me, even if they say that I am not in my face, I can tolerate them. "
Chen Lin hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice, "The official, didn't you just say that you want Cao Wei to be the doorman?"
Zhao Zhen was angrily smiled by Chen Lin's words, "I just said casually, can I really let him be the doorman?!"
Chen Lin chuckled in a low voice.
When Zhao Zhen saw this, he snorted, "You are clever and know how to calm me down. I don't care how others say me behind my back. I just feel that what I have done is so obvious, and what I said is so obvious.
Some people still speculate on my mind.
I don't need them to speculate about my thoughts, I only hope that they will do their best for me. "