On the battlefield on the western front of Guangling Road, the battle is in full swing. With 10,000 Jibei elite cavalry joining Wu Chongxuan's command, the imperial army already had an advantage, and then Xu Gong led the Gyeonggi elite and 20,000 Shu troops to the battlefield. Therefore, on the western front, the imperial army has already formed a lion against Western Chu. Fighting against the rabbit, Wang Tongshan's old troops broke through Laodushan's defense line and took the lead in breaking the deadlock. The arrival of the second battle of the west wall became a foregone conclusion. On this occasion, Wu Chongxuan convened a military meeting in his capacity as Minister of the Ministry of War. The venue was set in a small place called Wutong Town. Except for Song Li, the main general of the Eastern Front who was separated from the ancient battlefield by the west wall, he was unable to attend. All the imperial court generals who participated in Guangling Dao's suppression of the rebellion gathered in the small town, and there were as many scouts and rangers around the outskirts of Wutong Town as carp crossing the river.
In the twilight, a middle-aged man in black clothes and a high crown stood on the top of the city and looked into the distance. There was only a tall young man in iron armor as his retinue. His status as the General of the Southern Expedition can't command all kinds of soldiers and horses, and he just uses the title of Minister of the Ministry of War to show off his power. If it is not the case, General, as the nominal commander of the Southern Expedition, your title is half a rank higher than that of the Four Conquests and Four Towns General Huo Yi, although he is not a permanent general of the imperial court, but now is wartime, how can he be insulted by Old Man Wu! Old Man Wu has the cheek to ask you to run to this place where no shit happens, Old Man Wu Damn it, Yang Kai is even more shameless, he is also one of the few veterans in the Spring and Autumn Period, not to mention being compared with the old general Yan Zhenchun, in my opinion, he is worse than Yang Shenxing who was demoted to Beiliang to drink the northwest wind!"
Speaking of this, the young man was a little puzzled, lowered his voice, and asked cautiously: "General, why didn't you speak out to reprimand today? Do you also think what I said is reasonable?"
The middle-aged man who had never put on armor or military officials' uniforms turned a deaf ear and put his hand on the rough arrow stack on the wall with a solemn face. He raised his eyes and looked far away, the city was full of spring vegetation, the greenery was getting stronger, and the warm spring breeze was blowing on his face. From time to time, a small team of elite cavalry belonging to the Southern Frontier Army in the past galloped in and out of the town. Their riding skills were superb, not inferior to the Liao Frontier Army. It was hard to imagine that they were soldiers from a place full of miasma. The guest from Wutong Town who came from afar was Lu Shengxiang, who became famous in the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period, and was as famous as Chu Lushan, who rode thousands of horses to open Shu. Chu Lushan is even inferior. The former Longxiang general Xu Gong, who had never experienced the war in the Spring and Autumn Period, admired this future colleague of the Ministry of War very much in his early years. He once said that "Lu Shengxiang can be the pillar of the southeast" praise. The young military general next to Lu Shengxiang is Guo Dongfeng, who has been feeding horses at Youlu Pass for a long time. Come on, Guo Dongfeng is considered to have a good future. The rebellious Guo Dongfeng is used to being open-minded, and he is even more used to being reprimanded and beaten by Lu Shengxiang. This time, Lu Shengxiang surprisingly did not stop him from speaking rudely. To adapt, there were still most of the complaints that could not be uttered. Lu Shengxiang's abnormal silence put a lot of pressure on Guo Dongfeng, and he had to take off his waist saber and bump it against the wall once and for all.
Guo Dongfeng's depression is not without reason. The battle of Guangling Road is coming to an end, but the main general Lu Shengxiang, as the nominal first person in the Southern Expedition, was unable to get out of the military order at Youluguan, and then finally put aside life and death and refused to take risks. Yang Kai and Lu Shengxiang, the deputy generals of the Southern Expedition who were seeking to win steadily, led the army to attack in person, but they aroused a lot of criticism from the court in Tai'an City, and even the courtiers handed out words of hatred, and the words and sentences were extremely insidious I dare not say how unbearable General Piao Yi is, on the contrary, I only say that Lu Shengxiang is a well-deserved general. It is a general rather than a handsome talent. This obviously means that Lu Shengxiang has no problem as a "general" who leads the army alone, but if he is the coach of the Southern Expedition who needs a "general", he will be a bit powerless. Guo Dongfeng resented Yang Kai, a veteran general, because Yang Kai was really old and had no ambition to open up the territory. The sons of officials and eunuchs are even more exaggerated than Yang Shenxing's original demeanor. After all, the latter only accepts general seed brothers, and Yang Kai's food is even worse. How dare Yang Kai have the slightest enterprising heart, so after the veteran led the army to the south, he wanted to hug Lu Shengxiang's thigh so that he could not move. Yang Shenxing’s lessons learned from the past made Yang Kai, who was already a seasoned and prudent soldier, have to be more cautious. Guo Dongfeng had seen Yang Kai’s main force advance quickly, and the intensive and frequent use of scouts and scouts was even more extreme. Guo Dongfeng felt that he could do it all It has been recorded in the annals of history, almost every three miles there is a full scout, casting a net all over the sky, especially at that time when I heard that the Northern Liang cavalry went straight to Guangling Road, and Yang Kai's army located to the west of Lu Shengxiang, even if it was only a few miles away. Following the Jizhou cavalry army and the Xu Gong army all the way, Yang Kai began to order to stop. Guo Dongfeng heard that almost half of the more than 200 officials and eunuchs were there overnight, so he rushed back in the name of welcoming and escorting the grain and grass in Gyeonggi. retreat. Guo Dongfeng almost laughed out loud because of this.
A refined man in the official robe of a military official walked up to the top of the city alone without any followers. Guo Dongfeng turned his head and looked at it. Although it was an unfamiliar face, he was an official of the third rank, and his prominent status was obvious. The pillar of the Xu family, a Taoist nun, was the former leader of the Jiangnan scholars. After Lu Baijie, the Minister of the Ministry of War, "broken his halberd and sank into the sand" in Tai'an City, Xu Gong undoubtedly became the successor of the Jiangnan Taoist officials in the capital. Guo Dongfeng didn't feel bad about this person. Xu Gong and his benefactor Lu Shengxiang really had the same disease. When Xu Gong went to Beijing to perform his duties in the Ministry of War, the chair of the Minister of the Ministry of War under his buttocks was thrown to Liangliao before it was warmed up. Patrolling the border, he was finally able to take control of the military power by virtue of a series of good news that he assisted Gu Jiantang of the Dazhu Kingdom on the border of Liaodong. I'm afraid it will be more difficult, so there is already a joke about "the minister in need" in the officialdom of Tai'an City.
Lu Shengxiang has a cold temperament. Whether in Chunxue Tower of Guangling Road or in the officialdom of Tai'an City, he has always had a "reputation" for being resolute and noble, but when he saw Xu Gong climbed to the top of the city, he smiled slightly, took the initiative to take a few steps forward, and clasped his fists and said : "Lu has met Xu Shilang."
Xu Gong's appearance is majestic, he has both a heroic battlefield aura and a unique aura of aristocratic children. Compared with Lu Shengxiang, who has no obvious background, Xu Gong is more in line with the image of a Confucian general in the minds of scholars. He saw Lu Shengxiang's initiative. He also smiled and said sincerely: "Xu Gong admired General Lu for a long time, and finally he was able to meet the real person. Hearing a hundred miles is worth seeing once. My trip to the south is worthwhile."
Lu Shengxiang smiled and said: "Gu Dazu of the Southern Tang Dynasty first created the theory of the situation of military strategists in "Ash Collection". Lu thought that the "big words of military strategists" had been exhausted in this book, and it is difficult to have a higher opinion in the world. The Ministry of War can be compared, there is no matter big or small, tens of thousands of words, teaching the generals and soldiers in the army step by step, perform their duties, and understand the essence of the military strategist "small words and great righteousness". When Xu Shilang entered Beijing, I was no longer in the capital, but it happened The book of war written by Xu Shilang in his early years was reported. At that time, I had nothing to do all day in Youluguan, so I concentrated on studying and benefited a lot, and I didn’t feel that my time was wasted. Taoist priests have deep prejudices, and mistakenly think that Xu Shilang is also the kind of rotten Confucian who talks about military tactics on paper. If he had read that military book a few years earlier, he should have said "Xu Longxiang is the pillar of the southeast", even if the world mistakenly thinks it is you and me. It’s okay for people to invite each other’s names.”
Xu Gong laughed heartily and said, "The words of Lu Shengxiang in front of you are better than thousands of words in the distance."
The "distance" in Xu Gong's mouth is naturally the uproar in the temples of Tai'an City. The implication is that even if Xu Gong loses his official position and leaves Beijing, it is not a big deal if he does not become the Minister of the Ministry of War.
As soon as they hit it off, they probably said Xu Gong and Lu Shengxiang.
Guo Dongfeng interjected: "Xu Shilang, it is said that Yuan Tingshan, the famous general of Jizhou, came here with you?"
Xu Gong smiled calmly: "General Yuan did leave two days earlier than me, but Che Ye, the commander of the Xishu infantry, came with me."
Guo Dongfeng laughed and said: "No wonder when our old general Yang Kai Yang entered the city yesterday, the young and highly accomplished General Yuan stood beside Mr. Shang Shu. Why, Xu Shilang came to the city today to pay homage to that King Jing'an ?”
Xu Gong didn't care about this young hero's unscrupulous words, he shook his head and said, "King Jing'an is greeted by His Excellency Shang Shu. I heard that the King of Shu may arrive today, so I want to come and have a closer look."
Lu Shengxiang said indifferently: "The king of Shu and I joined forces to defeat the enemy in the northern battlefield of Guangling Road, but we parted ways after meeting each other from afar. We feel regretful, and today we are no different from Shi Lang Xu."
Gu Jiantang, Chen Zhibao, Lu Baijie, Wu Chongxuan, Lu Shengxiang, Xu Gong, Tang Tieshuang.
These seven people are undoubtedly the influential figures in the Liyang Military Department in the past five years. Except for Lu Baijie who had to take the blame for being dragged down by the Guangling Road War, he left sadly. The well-deserved promotion, Wu Chongxuan is in full swing at this time, and among the servants, Tang Tieshuang is the latest to enter the capital, but compared with the two Xu Gong and Lu Shengxiang at the top of the city at this time, it seems to be a bit late. Seeing Tang Tieshuang as the best candidate to be the next minister of the Ministry of War, it can be seen how much "people's hearts" Xu Gong lost when he failed to stop the Beiliang cavalry army when he led the army south.
At this time, there was a large group of people in Wutong Town galloping out of the city, and there were many young people with high-spirited faces on tall horses. Guo Dongfeng lay lazily on the arrow stack, watching them whipping their horses out of the city, his mouth crooked, his face full of disdain.
Standing beside Lu Shengxiang, Xu Gong smiled and said, "It seems that King Jing'an is quite popular."
Lu Shengxiang smiled and played with his taste: "Nowadays, everyone in the world does not know that King Jing'an is loyal to the court, and they all say that he can be a model for the world's vassal kings. In the past four or five years, the court has not yet been entrusted with a king. Among the many vassal princes, Beiliang Xu Fengnian was known as a playboy, Zhao Zhu in Southern Xinjiang was famous for his bravery, Guangling Zhao Huan was famous for his ruthlessness, Liaodong Zhao Yi and his like were relatively unknown, and Zhao Xun was only famous in Jiangzuo Wenlin at that time, but no one thought that He was able to inherit the title of vassal king, but he never thought that in just two or three years, he first moved the capital with his two strategies and thirteen strategies, and then spread all over the country for his rescue of Huainan King Zhao Ying. The group of nobles who came to Wutong Town with General Yang Kai probably came to admire King Jing'an, their peer. Guo Dongfeng, how do you say something?"
Guo Dongfeng, who suddenly heard Lu Shengxiang's question, froze for a moment, at a loss.
Xu Gong said softly: "All the way south, I did hear, 'There are Xu Chu and Song in the northwest, but it's a pity that I am in the Central Plains.'"
Guo Dongfeng, who heard this statement for the first time, was furious, "Just because he, who doesn't know anything about military affairs, is also worthy of being called "Central Plains Xun"?! The Xu guy blocked it anyway. I, Guo Dongfeng, are somewhat convinced by the iron hooves of the million-strong army in Beimang. As for the brilliant Song Maolin, who is only famous for his beauty like a woman, I, Guo Dongfeng, disdain to compare with him, but who is this Zhao Xun? Which garlic?!"
There were no soldiers near the city where the three of them stood, so Guo Dongfeng's wild words didn't matter.
Xu Gong smiled slightly, "What a 'pity'."
Lu Shengxiang said almost at the same time: "What a 'My Central Plains'."
The two contemporary famous generals who met for the first time in the town for a long time looked at each other and smiled.
Not long after, Jing'an King Zhao Xun, who was wearing a vassal's python robe, withdrew from the Guangling River Navy and headed north, and came to Wutong Town with only a standard of fine horses. After the meeting, Zhao Xun was gentle and elegant, and treated each other with courtesy, and the latter all felt that it was too late to meet each other.
A large group of people poured into the gate of the small town. When Zhao Xun saw the two men at the head of the city, he quickly smiled and clasped his fists on the horseback to salute. Xu Gong and Lu Shengxiang also clasped their fists in return. How could a Liyang general who was born as a servant of the Ministry of War be disrespectful, but those young people who were in charge of the wind and rain in Tai'an City when they were young were arguing for King Jing'an. He should be so careful, not to mention going out of the city to greet him, at the very least, he should immediately go down to the city to say hello after seeing this vassal king. But what annoyed these people even more happened. On the street, there were three cavalry rushing up suddenly. Facing their cavalry, almost all of whom were distinguished, they were unwilling to give way at all. Give way, I am afraid that the two sides who meet on a narrow road will collide, and the domineering three riders will go straight out of the city in the middle of the road, without even looking at everyone.
When someone was going to get angry, someone would remind him in a low voice, and then everything was calm.
It turned out that the three riders from Western Shu were none other than Che Ye, Dian Xiong, and Wei Fucheng.
Especially Dian Xiongshou and Wei Fucheng were once the "Four Teeth of the Northern Liang" outside the Northwest Pass, and later they followed Chen Zhibao to leave Liang and enter Shu without a single soldier, and they were like thunder in the Liyang court.
Xu Gong looked at the backs of the three riders, his expression normal. In fact, if the 20,000 Shu troops hadn't retreated in front of the battle, the northern Liang cavalry had entered Guangling Road before, and it would never have been so overwhelming. But because of this, the Minister of the Ministry of War, who lost the hearts of the people in the court, didn't seem to hold any grudges.
Lu Shengxiang glanced at Xu Gong calmly.
About a quarter of an hour later, three riders out of the city turned into four riders into the city.
Leading by a white-clothed man, he held a long spear obliquely, looking as handsome as a god.
Lu Shengxiang and Xu Gong moved at the same time, no longer standing on the spot condescending, and after walking down the city wall, they stood near the inconspicuous city wall.
The four riders did not stop, but the man in white nodded slightly to the two on horseback.
Guo Dongfeng's eyes were burning, and he murmured: "I will do the same in the future."
The two court generals who didn't feel neglected in their hearts watched the four horses go away quietly.
What's more, at this time, the little Wutong Town is full of dragons crossing the river, with many people and miscellaneous eyes. Two servants who are unfavorable in the battlefield and frustrated in the officialdom stay together. If the king has an intersection, then it is really asking for trouble.
But for this person named Chen Zhibao, whether it was Lu Shengxiang who had been famous for a long time, or Xu Gong who was a rising star in the Liyang Army, they all had some sincere fascination and admiration.
No matter how high the civil servants in the Liyang Temple and how low the generals are in the future, in the hearts of both of them, Chen Zhibao is the kind of romantic figure worthy of sympathy. It is reasonable to say that there are only dead people on the battlefield of gold and iron horses. Undoubtedly, after Ye Baikui's death, he was the only master of military art who could use soldiers like a god, so that the two emperors successively from Liyang were willing to regard him as the barrier of a country. Chunshen lake and stone mountain can not only be pleasing to the eye, but also can determine the geomantic omen.
Xu Gong and Lu Shengxiang stood in the shadow of the city wall, Xu Gong laughed softly: "Xu secretly thought that General Lu didn't need to worry about temporary gains and losses. .”
Lu Shengxiang smiled and said nothing.
Xu Gong left first.
Guo Dongfeng was surprised to find that the main general Lu Shengxiang had a murderous look on his body.
Guo Dongfeng looked at the somewhat unfamiliar General Hu Yi and began to feel uneasy.
Lu Shengxiang took a deep breath, and said with a sneer, "As expected of Xu Longxiang, it seems that in the future, you will be the first person to compete with me for exploits in the frontier."
Guo Dongfeng was confused, for the first time, he held back his curiosity and didn't dare to ask more questions.
Lu Shengxiang exhaled a foul breath and walked forward slowly.
He was only slightly murderous towards Xu Gong who saw through his plan, but he was extremely angry towards Cao Changqing who changed course when things came to an end.
From Lu Shengxiang's point of view, if Cao Changqing followed the previous plan to use troops, then Gu Jiantang would be Xu Xiao of the new dynasty, and as long as he took the initiative to open the door when the Western Chu army sent troops to the north, then he would be the new dynasty's Xu Xiao Gu Jiantang.
Regardless of whether the surname is Zhao or Jiang or any other surname in the new dynasty, Lu Shengxiang only knows the temple at that time. After all, Bian Peisui and the others were young and had congenital defects that were not familiar with the geographical situation in the north. Once the vast territory of Beimang became a place to use troops, it meant that countless military exploits could be obtained at their fingertips. In the dojo, there is no need to pay attention to the intertwined old forces. As long as Lu Shengxiang succeeds in helping the dragon, he will be able to jump under Gu Jiantang in one fell swoop. After that, he may not be able to rely on the future series of wars in Beimang. However, Cao Changqing inexplicably destroyed the bureaucracy, and Lu Shengxiang's forbearance before and after Youlu Pass became the best evidence for being criticized as mediocre in military use in the future.
Lu Shengxiang's face was gloomy, and he said to himself: "Cao Changqing, you should die!"
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The official road outside the town was dusty from far to near, and it was particularly spectacular. It wasn't for cavalry with more than a thousand horses that they wouldn't have such momentum.
In a carriage, because of the bumpy road, the shoulders of the three men and women in the carriage were a little heaved. The young woman had a good face, a tall and well-proportioned figure, obviously not from the south, with a long sword hanging from her waist, full of heroism and chivalrous spirit. The young man was fooling around, and he was flattering the last person at this time, "Sir, you don't know how arrogant Tanghe and Li Chunyu's gang of white-eyed wolves are. Back then, I didn't dare to approach Wu Chongxuan who betrayed the southern border. I really don’t even dare to fart, I’m extremely aggrieved, thanks to the presence of my husband this time, I have the courage to go to Wutong Town.”
The person called Mr. is handsome and indistinguishable from male and female. What is romantic, he is romantic.
Nalan Youci.
He squinted at Zhao Zhu, His Royal Highness Prince of Yanchi, "Wu Chongxuan is not a thing. If you borrow him thousands of rides and don't return them, he is a good thing?"
Zhao Zhu said with a hippie smile: "Mr. is right, good scolding."
Nalan pointed his right hand at the now notorious His Royal Highness, but looked at the woman surnamed Zhang, teasingly said: "Zhang Gaoxia, Zhang Gaoxia, you are blind to see this idiot and counselor."
Zhang Gaoxia, the daughter of Biyaner Zhang Julu, she just laughed it off.
Zhao Zhu was thick-skinned, but Nalan Youci said that he was an idiot in front of Zhang Gaoxia. After all, he was still a little ashamed. He raised the curtain of the car and poked his head out. He could already see the low city head of Wutong Town. On the other side are Zhang Dingyuan, a general from Southern Xinjiang, and Lin Yagong Banque, two disciples of Wang Xianzhi.
Nalan Youci closed his eyes, put his hands on his knees, and patted lightly.
Zhao Zhu retracted his head and asked curiously: "Sir, why did I have to come to this town this time? To be honest, I hate and fear Wu Chongxuan, and I don't like Xu Gong and Lu Shengxiang too much. Yuan Tingshan That mad dog is disgusting to me even just looking at it, as for King Jing'an, Zhao Xun, I used to hate it, but now it's okay."
Nalan Youci sneered and said: "Of course it's okay, there are so many heroes in the little Wutong Town, counting and counting, you can only wrestle with this dead vassal king."
Zhao Zhu was resentful.
The corners of Zhang Gaoxia's mouth curled up.
Nalan Youci suppressed his smile, and said in a deep voice: "This time I come here, I have four things to do, scold Wu Chongxuan, entertain Xu Gong, meet Lu Shengxiang, and test Chen Zhibao."
Zhao Zhu asked in a low voice: "Could it be that I'm really a crow's mouth, and that Lu Shengxiang really has wolf ambitions?"
Nalan Youci shook his head and said, "Before we meet, it's hard to be sure, but after we meet, it doesn't matter whether Lu Shengxiang has wolf ambitions or not."
Zhao Zhu sighed and said, "Come on, anyway, I can't get involved in these important matters, so I don't want to add extra help, so I have to trouble the capable sir."
Nalan Youci asked abruptly, "Zhao Zhu, let me ask you something. If you ascend the throne and become emperor in the future, assuming that Bei Mang is no longer able to invade the Central Plains, but Xu Fengnian still holds the army in the Northwest, how will you deal with it?"
Zhao Zhu was stunned, and just about to blurt out the words, Nalan Youci, who was smiling, suddenly had cold eyes, and said softly, "Zhao Zhu! Think carefully first!"
After Zhao Zhu was shocked, he raised a bright smiling face, "The old emperor of Liyang, Zhao Li, and Xiaonian's father are called brothers and brothers, which is different from how Xiaonian and I are called brothers and brothers."
Nalan Youci sneered, "Where are you sitting at this moment?"
Zhao Zhu didn't know how to answer, he couldn't say that I, Zhao Zhu, was sitting in the carriage of course, and you, Mr. Nalan, asked knowingly.
Nalan Youci's eyes were deep, and he didn't ask and answer, but asked again, "Where did you sit when he was young? You thought Zhao Li had murderous intentions towards Xu Xiao from the very beginning? He wanted to kill Xu Xiao. His son Zhao Dun wants to kill Zhang Gaoxia's father, is it really their father and son's heart? Isn't it because they want to seek their own government in their position, and it's not the general trend that they have to face after sitting in that chair?"
Zhao Zhu, who had never thought about these problems before, turned pale and was in pain and uneasiness.
Nalan Youci lowered his gaze, "Before he died, Huang Sanjia reluctantly chose you, Zhao Zhu, and handed over his accumulated wealth to me, Nalan Youci. Now Jiang Fuding is beside Wu Chongxuan. On the other hand, even though Wang Tongshan's smart idiot died earlier, Wu Chongxuan's idiot like Wu Chongxuan is not worth mentioning. Even if he was wary of Jiang Fuding, I would kill him easily. If you If you feel bored, you might as well guess who among Tanghe, Li Chunyu and others is the dead man. Zhao Zhu, people who have no foresight must have immediate worries. When a strong wind blows, some people will inevitably go straight up, and some people will inevitably fall from the heights. You are already half a person. Destiny belongs, except for Chen Zhibao who is deeply trying to gain momentum, you are actually invincible, so there are some things that you should think about carefully. Zhao Bing left your family property, such as Zhang Dingyuan, Gu Ying, Ye Xiufeng and The four of Liang and Yue, for example, those staff who are unwilling to lay down in a corner of southern Xinjiang, you have to think about who is from Wu Chongxuan, who is from the court, and who will follow you in the Central Plains after gaining power, because of your own selfishness. Killing the civil servants in the north, who will take the opportunity to start a dispute between the north and the south? Who will be Zhang Julu of Zhao Zhu? Of course, the more important thing is who is the person who wants you to kill Xu Fengnian in the future, or who wants you to kill him? Death to me, Nalan Youci."
Zhao Zhu tremblingly said: "Sir, Zhao Zhu doesn't know, I don't know."
Zhao Zhu held his head in his hands, as if he didn't dare to think deeply about those questions.
The grand scheme of domination is the most thought-provoking.
Zhang Gaoxia looked sad and hesitated for a moment, she reached out and gently held his arm.
Nalan Youci's face was expressionless, and his eyes were complicated, he didn't know whether it was pity or sarcasm.
His eyes became flat in an instant, and he said in a narrow tone: "I have long seen that your sloppy attitude is not pleasing to the eye, how is it, have you suffered?"
Zhao Zhu raised his head and held Zhang Gaoxia's hand tightly. At the same time, he looked at the only remaining counselor of the Spring and Autumn Period after Li Yishan, Huang Longshi, Yuan Benxi and others died one after another, and looked at Mr. Nalan, the vassal king behind the scenes in southern Xinjiang.
Zhao Zhu suddenly changed his sitting position to a kneeling one, facing Nalan Youci and slowly bowed his head and said: "Zhao Zhu knows that what Mr. wants is different from any other Spring and Autumn Advisor. Zhao Zhu only wants Mr. to be my Yuan Benxi. Zhao Zhu If there is a day when you can sit on the dragon chair and wear the dragon robe, you can promise sir that anyone who dares to kill him will be killed.
If Zhao Zhu died before my husband, at the end of my life, I must ask my husband to choose a minister to stay on my sick bed, and let my husband appoint a minister who will take care of me. Zhao Zhu will not let his descendants be Zhao Zhuan today! "
Nalan Youci laughed, but never spoke again.
Zhao Zhu was covered in sweat, but he was relieved. With his intuition, he found that Nalan Youci's words to him might not be very satisfactory, and it might not be what he really wanted, but this Mr. Nalan was happy that no one knew.
Nalan Youci closed his eyes and meditated, smiling lightly. Completely disregarding the embarrassment and heaviness of His Royal Highness Prince Yanchi.
Nalan Youci suddenly said softly: "If you feel stuffy inside the carriage, you can go out."
Zhao Zhuru was granted amnesty, and hurriedly got up and left with Zhang Gaoxia who was wearing a veiled hat.
Yishan, when you and I heard Huang Longshi say that thousands of years later, many scholars at that time would be able to sit on an equal footing with emperors and generals, even if they faced officials the size of sesame seeds and mung beans. With a strong backbone, parents are officials, and parents are officials. They really treat officials like parents.
I laugh at it, but you are angry at it.
You have spent twenty years teaching your closed disciples to be heroes rather than heroes.
As a result, you died like that, and your ashes were scattered outside the Northwest Pass.
You laugh, I'm angry!
I can guess Huang Longshi's selfishness.
He is Huang Sanjia who counts people's hearts, and a ranger made him lose once.
He felt that he could win the round after his death.
He firmly believed that Zhao Zhu would turn against Xu Fengnian.
Then I, Nalan Youci, will let you and Huang Longshi lose once!
Nalan Youci opened his eyes and looked up at the top of the carriage.
He hummed a little home tune softly.
There was a young man who went to the mountains with a broken bookcase on his back.
There was a little girl who came from the mountains with the fragrance of orchids.
…
Nalan Youci raised the curtain, and the spring breeze was blowing on his face. He squinted his eyes and looked to the northeast, "Cao Changqing, you and I are suffering, but you are still luckier than me."
Nalan Youci suddenly put down the curtain, and suddenly covered his mouth with his hand. After spreading his palm, he looked down at the blood on his hand, and murmured to himself, "The helplessness is all young men."
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Outside the south gate of Liyang City, on the wide official road connected to the imperial road in the city, there was no one there two hours ago.
The whole city is waiting for someone.
Wait for one person to attack the city.
The upper and lower walls of the city are armored.
On this day, all the elites of the four armies in the east, west, north, and south of Gyeonggi lined up here. Facing the green clothes, they were still facing a formidable enemy.
A Confucian scholar in blue was walking slowly, on the official road less than half a mile away from the capital. He was alone, holding a chess box, and stopped to sit down.
He did not face the largest city in the world to the north, but sat cross-legged facing west and back east.
The black box contains white pieces, and the white box contains black pieces.
He put the two boxes of old court objects he found from Western Chu Chess in front of him, separated by a chessboard, and the boxes were already opened.
Back in the day, Li Mi, the national teacher, once said after he was drunk: "There is a stone in the world, and I, Da Chu, monopolizes eight fights, and he Cao Deyi monopolizes eight points!"
How can such a character not be coquettish
He was sitting upright, with his fingers together, reaching for the chess box in front of him, but the nianzi couldn't make a move, he just smiled and looked at the opposite side, as if someone was playing chess with him.
The blue-shirted Confucian scholar with frosty temples, with gentle eyes, said softly: "You stick to the black first."
The sky, which was originally cloudless and clear, was suddenly full of wind and clouds.
Anomalies abound in the sky in Tai'an City.
Following the words spoken by the Confucian scholar, a sunspot jumped out of the snow-white chess box not far away, drew an ethereal trajectory, and landed lightly on the center of the invisible chessboard. Location.
Tianyuan first.
Very unreasonable start.
But what was even more unreasonable was seeing a brilliant beam of light falling from the sky above Tai'an City and crashing to the ground.
A majestic city is like an earthquake that happens once in a century.
The world is shaking!
On the eaves of all the halls and pavilions including the Hall of Martial Arts in Tai'an City, countless tiles suddenly moved.
The green-clothed Confucian scholar picked up the crystal clear white chess piece with both fingers, and gently landed on the chessboard with a smile in his eyes.
At the same time, the second beam of light arrived as promised.
Tai'an City flickered again.
There were tens of thousands of Liyang armored soldiers in front of the city, and it turned out that the one who was approaching the city attacked the city first.
All the bed crossbows at the head of the city finally launched a salvo.
If there is wind and thunder in the air, there is a big earthquake.
The middle-aged Confucian scholar completely turned a blind eye.
The second sunspot jumped out of the chess box and landed on the chessboard. After it took root, it hovered quietly and remained motionless.
In the city, the Shiquan town tile decoration on the ridge of the eaves of the Wuying Hall, immortals, dragons and phoenixes, 狻猊, yuyu, Xiezhi, bullfighting, etc. were turned into powder in turn.
Outside the city, nearly a hundred huge arrows, as majestic as a flying sword of a sword fairy, shattered in the air.
The Confucian scholar in green shirt picked up the second white stone, before dropping the stone, he said softly: "I hate it too late to become a Confucian saint. I hate it too late to turn into a domineering one."
He put his fingers together and landed heavily on the chessboard.
There was a clang.
There was a fourth shock in Tai'an City.
This time it was the most violent.
The crotch horse that became many cavalrymen outside the city actually had four legs broken and knelt on the ground on the spot.
On the top of the majestic city, finally a few people couldn't hold back, some went down to the top of the city with their swords, some leaped to kill them, or long plundered.
Another pair of black and white pieces landed on the chessboard one after another.
The green shirt seemed afraid to meet the "chess player" opposite, he lowered his head to look at the chessboard, "I, Cao Changqing, is romantic because you have seen it."
When the fourth white piece jumped out of the chess box nimbly and slowly fell down, the people out of the city were less than thirty steps away from him, Cao Changqing.
Cao Changqing picked up the chess pieces, and this time, instead of dropping them from high to low, he wiped them lightly and landed on the chessboard at a slight angle.
With arrogance, he walked away.
Those martial arts masters who were guarding the capital all flew out backwards as if they had been hit, and smashed directly into the walls of Tai'an City.
In the spring breeze in the spring of the third year of Xiangfu.
Western Chu chess is waiting for an edict, and it will be settled in Tai'an City.