In the palace hall in Jiaozhou City, Song Yuanyan, the king of Jiaozhou, was chatting with a middle-aged man in his forties drinking tea and chatting.

The middle-aged man sitting opposite Song Yuanyan had a yellowish complexion, a short beard, bright eyes, an open heavenly court, and full temples.

He had a scimitar stuck in his waist. It is about two and a half feet long, and the handle and scabbard are finely carved, which seems to be made of horns or animal bones, faintly revealing a simple atmosphere.

Behind the king of Jiaozhou and the man, there were two servants dressed as maids gently fanning the two of them.

On the coffee table in front of the two, there is a set of fine purple sand tea sets. The spout of the purple sand teapot was still steaming, and in the teacup in front of the two, each holding half a cup of tea, there were actually two ice cubes in the cup. Even so, it is still difficult to hide the aroma of tea in the room.

In this era, it is not surprising that you can drink iced tea in the summer. In the history of our country, the Tang Dynasty has mastered the method of using saltpeter to make ice, and the rich and noble families will also build ice cellars to store ice in winter for summer use. It's just that whether it's saltpeter ice making or ice cellaring ice, it's not something ordinary people can do.

And the king of Jiaozhou, as the lord of one party, is not difficult to get some ice cubes in summer.

For the ancients to discover the method of saltpeter to make ice, the same as the use of saltpeter to make gunpowder, it was unintentionally discovered by Taoist priests when they were alchemizing. Therefore, if you want to say that the earliest chemist in ancient times, it should be the ancient alchemy Taoist. They made immortal contributions to the development of chemistry and chemical industry thousands of years ago.

Song Yuanyan chatted with the middle-aged man while drinking iced tea, and some people fanned them, which was also comfortable.

At this time, a guard outside the hall suddenly came to report: "Lord Qiqi, His Royal Highness the Second Prince has sent a messenger to deliver the letter." ”

When Song Yuanyan heard that his second son had sent someone to deliver the letter, he had an ominous premonition in his heart, guessing that something might have happened to Song Yinpan. Before, every time the eldest son Song Yinbei sent someone to send him a letter, there was no good thing every time, and the news of defeat was repeated. Since Song Yinbei returned to Jiaozhou, he has stayed at home every day and does not come out, perhaps because he feels that he has lost the battle and has no face.

This time, the second son also came to deliver the letter, could it be that he was also the same as Song Yinbei and suffered a defeat?

"Let the messenger come in and speak!" Song Yuyan commanded.

The guard turned and went down, and it wasn't long before he led the messenger into the hall.

The messenger knelt down and kowtowed, and presented the letter.

Song Yuanyan took the letter from the guard's hand, unfolded it, and was shocked!

In the letter, Song Yinpan told Da Chun Lu's army that all his troops were wiped out and that Da Chun Lu was killed. He not only received the news sent by Xiao Ding, but later received the news specially sent by Wang Ba of Longxing County, so it can be determined that Da Chunlu's entire army was annihilated, and there was not a single army of 30,000 left.

Song Yuanyan's greatest surprise was not that the 30,000-strong army was annihilated, but that the other party only had 20,000 people, but was able to destroy his 30,000-strong army. This opponent's method of using military force is simply amazing!

Song Yinpan didn't care too much about the strategy of flanking on both sides, since the commander of the enemy army had such military talent, even if he sent troops to flank the attack on both sides, I am afraid that he might not be able to get benefits.

Song Yuanyan still cares about the deputy marshal of the other party, last time he had inquired about it, all the battles of the other party were commanded by this deputy marshal surnamed Tian, and although his nephew Song Yinzi was the boss, he did not participate in it at all.

So he said to the messenger, "Go down and rest for a while, and I'll write a reply later, and you can bring it back to Pan'er." ”

After the messenger and the guards retreated, the middle-aged man sitting opposite the coffee table looked at Song Yuanyan and asked, "Could it be that there is any news from the front line?" ”

Song Yuanyan took a sip of tea from the teacup, sighed, and then said: "Yes, I just transferred 30,000 troops from Jiangzhou, and as soon as I arrived near Shaoxian, I was completely wiped out by the other party. I don't know who the other party's coach is, and he has such skills! ”

"I heard that the other party's commander is not the emperor's twelfth prince, Mu Wang Song Yinzi?" The middle-aged man asked.

"No, no, although Song Yinzi is the commander, the one who really commands the battle is a deputy marshal surnamed Tian." Song Yuyan hurriedly corrected.

"The deputy marshal surnamed Tian? I have never heard of such a person in the Great Song Kingdom! He's good at fighting? The middle-aged man asked.

"Yes, since they arrived with reinforcements, we have suffered defeat after defeat, and now we have lost more than 100,000 troops, and they have always had only 20,000 or 30,000 troops." Song Yuyan sighed helplessly.

"So powerful? How can there be such a talent in the Great Song Kingdom? The middle-aged man also seemed to be a little shocked.

"Well, this person is indeed a talent, but it's a pity that he won't use it for me. If we can get rid of this person, I think it will be easy for us to defeat them. I don't know if Shangguan is in charge, is there a way to get rid of this person? Song Yuyan looked at the middle-aged man eagerly.

After listening to Song Yuanyan's words, the middle-aged man who was called the head of Shangguan by Song Yuanyan laughed and said: "If you want to get rid of a person, it is not a big deal for me Tianluomen, don't worry, Lord Wang, after I go back, I will send someone to assassinate the deputy marshal surnamed Tian." ”

"Then it's troublesome for the head of Shangguan! However, I heard that the deputy marshal surnamed Tian is not weak in martial arts, and he was also very brave and good at fighting on the battlefield in Yongzhou at the beginning, and he has tens of thousands of troops in Shaoxian County, so it may not be easy to assassinate him. Song Yuanyan reminded.

"This prince can rest assured, I am a master in Tianluomen, and if I want to go to the opponent's camp to get the head of a general, it is as easy as probing to get something. The prince may not know that there is a huge difference between the martial arts practiced by the generals and the people in the rivers and lakes. For the battlefield, the martial arts of their generals are more practical, and for assassination and assassination, the martial arts practiced by our Jianghu people are more dominant. The head of Shangguan, who claimed to be Tianluomen, explained to the king of Jiaozhou.

"In that case, then the king will thank Shangguan first! However, I still have to remind the head of Shangguan that it is better to be more careful! While thanking Song Yuanyan, he was still reminding the head of Shangguan.

"It's okay! Even if my Tianluo Sect master can't assassinate the deputy marshal surnamed Tian, I can still go to the two old monsters of the Netherland of the Hell Valley and Wan Qixing of the Spirit Castle to help me. The prince can rest assured! Shangguan said with victory in his hand.

"Then there is the head of Shangguan Lao, if there is a chance, the head of Shangguan can also introduce the Netherworld of the Hell Valley and the Wan Qixing of the Spirit Castle to this king, haha, haha!" Song Yuyan said and picked up the teacup again.

The two plotted to assassinate Xiao Ding in Jiaozhou City, but Xiao Ding didn't know at all, could he escape this catastrophe?