"Your Highness! Cao Sheng asks to see! ”

As soon as Zhao Huan finished dressing, Sun Xin came to report in person.

"Cao Sheng?"

Zhao Huan was a little puzzled, he had mentioned to Cao Sheng about his expedition, and asked him to hide some Zhao Jinnu for himself - at least in the near future, to avoid Zhao Jinnu from entering the palace, so as not to worry about herself.

There doesn't seem to be any other explanation, what is he doing now?

"Did he say anything?"

"Didn't say. But Cao Luma brought a person, who was very powerful and majestic, and the general guessed that it should have something to do with that person. ”

Alone?

Zhao Huan suddenly remembered something he asked Cao Sheng about a month ago.

"Take me to them!"

Zhao Huan followed Sun Xin and hurriedly walked towards Zichen Gate, and through the door, he saw a tall and mighty young man beside Cao Sheng from a distance, standing solemnly in armor, as stable as an iron tower in Tokyo.

Cao Sheng clenched his fists: "Your Highness! I found you the person you wanted, and it was just the day that was approaching, and I was worried that I would miss the time, so I hurriedly brought it directly into the palace. Fortunately, it still caught up! ”

He pointed to the young warrior beside him: "This is the most outstanding descendant of the Gao family's martial arts, and His Royal Highness once mentioned the high favor in the Humble House." He was originally a general in Shaanxi, and he was summoned by the Gao family, because he had to deal with the tail of the hand in Shaanxi, so he just rushed back! ”

High pampering!

It's finally here, and I hope your martial arts can be as good as the legend says.

No, Zhao Huan looked up and down a few times, his eyes were full of appreciation.

Looking at the figure, this demeanor, and this momentum, it should be no different!

Whoa—

There was a chaotic sound in the high-pet iron armor, and the person had already fallen to the ground.

"The last general is highly favored, see His Royal Highness the Prince! I am willing to go to the soup for His Royal Highness and the Great Song Dynasty, and I will not hesitate! ”

"General Gao, please get up!"

Zhao Huan stretched out his hand to help Gao Zhong up, and his hands touched his forearm, feeling as strong as gold and iron.

"This is going to Huaixi, the mountains are high and the road is far away, and there are thieves and soldiers rampant, I don't know when I will return, has General Gao been ready?"

Gao Chong hugged his fists and said: "If there is an edict in the imperial court, my Gao family has always been public before private, country before family, Gao Chong is always ready, now with His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"Good!"

Zhao Huan praised, "The Great Song Dynasty generals are really loyal to the country!" Come with me, and we'll get out of town when the sun goes down!" ”

"Yes!"

Gao Zhong responded coldly, and then turned to Cao Sheng: "Please Brother Cao to be my grandmother on your behalf, Gao Chong will go out with His Royal Highness the Prince, and he will definitely serve the country loyally, I hope he doesn't think about it!" ”

Cao Sheng nodded: "Don't worry, leave it to me!" ”

said goodbye to Zhao Huan and left.

Before he set out to fight, he had to be a fierce general, and Zhao Huan's heart was even more excited.

The sun set, and Zhao Huan, the eight hundred female guards and supporters, roared out of Tokyo City and went straight to the camp of the forbidden army.

In the large camp, Liu Qi and Yue Fei's troops were already ready, and the 50,000-strong army was solemnly killed, lined up and waited for Zhao Huan.

There is another person, Gongsun Sheng, who is also in the army.

Liu Qi, Yue Fei, and Gongsun Sheng rode horses to Zhao Huan.

"Are you all ready?"

"It's all ready! Each person brought a blanket, five days of dry food, as well as water bags, fire-starting things, etc., and it was no problem to arrive in Nan Fung Province! ”

"Good! This time, let's go to Xijing first and give Wang Qing a serial plan! Zhao Huan was in high spirits, and even Liu Qi, Yue Fei and others were also greatly infected.

"Our troops are divided into two routes: Yue Fei, Zhang Xian, Wang De, Niu Gao, Wang Gui, Liu Jing, Xu Qing, Yao Zheng, you take 20,000 troops all the way to the west, and directly kill Luoyang, Xijing."

"On the other way, I, Liu Qi, Wang Jin, Wang Yu, Luan Tingyu, Shi Wengong, Gao Chong, and Gongsun Sheng will lead 30,000 people, bypassing Yingchang Mansion and going straight to Ruzhou!"

"Our two military horses are virtual and real to each other, and we must cooperate closely in order to use Luoyang as bait to transfer Wang Qing's reinforcements."

Yue Fei and Liu Qi raised their eyebrows, "Your Highness wants to besiege the city and send reinforcements?" ”

Zhao Huan nodded: "That's right!" Although Wang Qing's family occupied eight military states, it was just because the local officials were corrupt, the Xiang army was degenerate, and the people and heroes were disappointed in the imperial court! And Wang Qing himself is not talented, on the contrary, he is just a villain, seeing that his subordinates are also nepotistic, I don't believe that his generals are loyal to him. As long as we can recruit one person, we will not only be familiar with Wang Qing's internal military situation, but also be able to easily subdue several states and counties with a strategy. ”

Yue Fei asked, "Does Your Highness have a plan in mind?" ”

Zhao Huan drew a few times on the ground with a long sword, depicting the terrain around Luoyang, Xijing.

Zhao Huan pointed to the east of Luoyang: "General Yue led people to bluff, played the banner of 50,000 people, first attacked the prefectures and counties east of Luoyang, and forced Luoyang guards Gong Duan and Xi Sheng to ask Wang Qing of Nanfeng Mansion for help. ”

"Gong Duan and Xi Sheng, I have already sent someone to find out. Gong Duan's martial arts are low, he is not good at governing the army, and he has no strategy, so he was appointed to stay in Xijing completely because of his relationship with Wang Qing, which is easier to deal with. ”

"Xi Sheng was originally average, his martial arts were scarce, and he didn't have the ability to govern the country and the army. However, he has one means, and that is the formation. In our army, only me and Hui Niang are proficient in the battle method, and you don't know it, rashly gambling with Xi Sheng is easy to lose the army, so you must be careful to avoid it in Luoyang. ”

Yue Fei's eyes lit up: "Understood!" I'll dodge his formation! ”

Zhao Huan nodded, and pointed to the south of Luoyang.

"This is Yique Mountain in Ruzhou, there is a pass called Yique Pass, which is one of the eight passes of Gongwei Luoyang. There is a valley in Yique Pass, and there are thousands of walls on both sides, once someone is trapped in it, even if it is a light skill of time migration, Xie Zhen Xie Bao climbs the mountain, it is difficult to escape from the ascension to heaven. ”

"This valley is where we lay our ambush. We must ensure that the gods unknowingly ambush both ends of the Yique Valley, wait for Wang Qing's reinforcements to arrive, and swallow this reinforcement first! ”

In fact, Zhao Huan is more interested in this reinforcement, or the general who leads this reinforcement.

"Among the reinforcements, we should pay special attention to two people: one is the commander of the army, Du Yan (phonology); One is a Taoist priest named Poison Flame Ghost King Kou Xuan! ”

"Du Yan's martial arts are very strong, Wang Jin and Shi Wengong can only draw with him, and others should not easily fight against him."

"In addition to Du Yan, his lieutenant generals Yu (Yinfeng) Tai, Wei He, and Zhuo Mao's martial arts are also good, and they can't be underestimated."

"As for Kou Ying, although this person's martial arts are average, he is good at using poisonous fire to hurt people, which makes people unguardable, and he must be especially careful when he encounters him, or use a bow and arrow to restrain him remotely, or leave it to Gongsun Daochang to deal with. Wang Qing is the only one under him who knows how to demons, and if he takes this person, Gongsun Daochang can go back to Tokyo directly. ”

Liu Qi, Yue Fei, and Gongsun Sheng remembered Zhao Huan's words firmly.

Zhao Huan finally explained: "It is not difficult to conquer Xijing, the most important thing is that I want to use the strategy of surrendering troops to win the gates of other states and counties in Wangqing, so as to minimize the loss of normal battles." You are all pillars of the country, and in the future, you should not be limited to the gains and losses of one city and one place, but should magnify your vision to the whole world. ”

Zhao Huan took the opportunity to say to Liu Jian and Yue Fei. He believed that today's words would certainly have a noticeable impact on the military thinking of the two men.

"For example, let's attack Wang Qing this time. Wang Qing is a traitor, and he is innocent of death, but not everyone of his subordinates deserves to die, and they cannot all be treated as traitors. This is very important, because the generals of the forbidden army and the Xiang army of the Great Song Dynasty used to execute all the thieves every time they suppressed them, and even killed the good people around the thieves or the ordinary people who had to be thieves in exchange for merit. This must be stopped in the future. ”

Liu Jian and Yue Fei were silent, the military discipline of the Great Song Dynasty official army was not ordinarily bad, and they also knew something.

How bad is it? In the hearts of the people, the officials and soldiers are worse than the bandits and grass bandits! Because at least the bandits and grass robbers are generally local heroes, and most of them only rob and not kill the surrounding people; And what about the officers and soldiers? Two lights - grab the light, kill the light, and then take the head for a reward.

So the two of them were deeply touched by Zhao Huan's words.

"No matter how evil Wang Qing is, the soldiers and people under him, but all those who are not angry with people and gods should be given a way to live. The reason is also very simple, that is, they are Song people after all, and their brothers are outside the wall to resist their insults! ”

Zhao Huan continued.

"Of course, it will be different to fight against foreign countries in the future, every time you kill a foreigner, the opponent's national strength will be weakened by one point, and the Great Song Dynasty will be relatively strengthened by one point, and under the long-term accumulation, this kind of population advantage will become more and more obvious. Therefore, to kill or not to kill, we must consider from the perspective of the country, and we can neither stare at the small merits of the mouse, nor be the benevolence of a woman to be Mr. Dongguo! ”

Mr. Dong Guo rescued the Zhongshan wolf from the hunter, but he was eaten by the wolf after the hunter left. Zhao Huan is warning them not to be good people to foreigners.

Looking at their pensive looks, Zhao Huan knew that his words were not in vain, turned his horse's head, and pointed to the West:

"Let's go!"

……

Henan Mansion, the capital city of Xijing Luoyang. Surrounded by mountains, there is the Yellow River passing through it, and there are eight passes around the danger, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Wang Qing began attacking Henan Province two months ago, and occupied the entire province more than 20 days ago. When Li Yanxian passed by, Luoyang was in turmoil, and he had the heart to quell the rebellion, but Zhao Huan in Tokyo City obviously needed himself more; Moreover, the situation in Luoyang has been eroded, and it is useless to rely on himself as an unofficial and powerless person, so he ignored it.

This made Gong Duan and Xi Sheng think that Luoyang seemed to have become an abandoned son of the Great Song Dynasty. In addition, Zhao Huan has just coup d'état, and Tokyo must be busy cleaning up the mess, and they think that Luoyang should be stable for a few months.

So the main thing they did in Henan Mansion was two: robbing people and grabbing grain!

Grab people and expand your strength.

Grab food, fill your stomach, and then grab more people and stick to Xijing.

As long as we can occupy Xijing, cut off the communication between Shaanxi and Tokyo, and then conclude an offensive and defensive alliance with Tian Hu, we will be able to advance and retreat freely, and sooner or later we will be able to take advantage of the situation and besiege Tokyo.

Occupying Xijing, blocking the east and west, and connecting Tianhu in the north were the strategies that Li Zhu had set for Wang Qing at the beginning, and they were regarded as treasures by Wang Qing.

But the wanton looting of Wang Qing's subordinates was something Li Zhu never expected.

Li Zhu had already secretly regretted in his heart: What is the difference between such Wang Qing and Zhao Song?

So he went around Wang Qing's territory, went to Tokyo again, and then returned to Fangzhou to ignore the world again.

The only strategic talent under Wang Qing also left behind, which made Wang Qing's subordinates even more unscrupulous.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration for the people of Xijing at this time to say that they are in dire straits.