Chapter 145: The General Trend

"All for my emperor!"

When Xu Bao said this, his upper body was upright, his eyes were looking ahead, his right hand was touching his chest, his voice was loud, and in the glow of the morning sun, he looked so solemn and impassioned!

As the first batch of students of the former martial arts and today's Army University, Zhang Lun was stunned for a moment, of course he knew this sentence, and he was very familiar with this sentence, but he never thought that this sentence would come out of the mouth of a person like Xu Bao.

In recent years, Zhang Lun did not have much time in Beijing, he often led the first army to the east and west, but every year he had to go to Beijing to report on his work, in addition to official business, he had to ride a horse to the suburbs of martial arts, and then go around there, of course, sometimes there to give a lesson or two, impart combat experience, this practice has been strongly supported by Emperor Zhu Yunwen. Wandering around and lecturing in martial arts seems to have become a habit of martial arts graduates, Cao Yushu, Shao Yun, and Tan Yuan are all the same, only Zhang Fu goes less, as for the reason, everyone knows it.

Wandering around the martial arts school park, Zhang Lun could feel a kind of enthusiastic and vigorous spirit. Whenever he saw these slightly immature junior students, and heard their loud singing and solemn oaths, Zhang Lun would think of the emperor who created all this. In Zhang Lun's opinion, but with martial arts, all military generals must effectively die, because His Majesty really thinks about them, and really wants to make martial artists live like literati, educated, and dignified!

Of course, the phrase "everything for my emperor", Zhang Lun didn't say much, because he felt that loyalty was not in words, but in action, and he did feel a little embarrassed, but the new generation of martial arts students is completely different, in some major and critical matters, such as the oath meeting, the army charge, meritorious service awards, etc., this sentence has become a fixed line, inspiring these students to forge ahead bravely, to overcome obstacles, to create the future.

And this habit is actually cultivated over time, and Fu Zhong, the martial arts sacrifice, is the initiator of this matter.

In Zhang Lun's opinion, compared with Fu Zhong, the Duke of Yingguo, and Fu Youde, the Duke of the Old Kingdom, can only be regarded as ordinary, and the two of them give people a completely different impression. The old man is strong, the tiger has a bear waist, the sex is like a fire, the voice is loud, and the tiger and tiger are vigorous when he walks, not to mention the merits of his life's conquest, and now he has made people do a biography, describing his life's achievements, "Fighting Pohu Lake with armor, holding his arms and collecting Ezhu, the division of Xiongqi Huaizuo, the Jiejie of Lu Liang, its use of the Central Plains, the iron cavalry long drive, across thousands of miles, its denunciation of Xishu, the golden bull false road." The number of cities, or the king to break the country, or cut the flag, the shock of Shuonan, the long escape of Hulu, the barbarians for it, the great achievements, enough to crown the policy, the house and Jinding, Yi cover the heavens. ”

Fu Zhong is not, he inherited his father's physique, but did not inherit his father's Wen Taowu strategy, but relied on his father's military exploits to be Princess Shouchun's concubine, and later became a commander in Huguang, he has not experienced any wars, and naturally has no military exploits, and in the war, he has not seen him actively ask for war, which shows that he has no great ambitions, and his talent is just ordinary.

After his father died in battle, Fu Zhong attacked Jue Ying Guogong, and naturally returned to Beijing, but he encountered problems in the distribution of work, he could not go back to be a commander, and arranged to do things in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, which was just a decent rule, but His Majesty had a discerning eye, found its unknown advantages, and appointed him to take charge of martial arts. Raising the flag, paying homage to His Majesty's portrait, etc., in short, His Majesty said one, he can do two, or even three, it can be said that over the years, the development of martial arts, Fu Zhong still has a lot of credit, His Majesty is also very satisfied, and has issued many decrees to praise.

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"Brother, come, brother toast you, thanks to you yesterday!"

While speaking, Xu Bao stood up, poured a glass of wine for Duan Hui opposite, and then the two of them drank it all.

"Big brother, it's still your means that are high, play that Wen Yanrong in the palm of your hand!" Duan Hui put down his wine glass and gave Xu Bao a thumbs up.

"Hehe, it's not okay if you don't do that," Xu Bao took a bite of the dish in his hand, shook his head and said: "Since Li Fanggan's death, Your Majesty has not expressed his position, people's hearts are fluctuating, except for you, brother, the eldest brother doesn't know who is with me, I don't dare to express my position easily, and Wen Yanrong has found a lot of people in private, I have to guard against it!" ”

"Well, Wen Yanrong also approached me privately and asked me to support Anti-Ming, and said that if the eldest brother doesn't know the current affairs and wants me to replace him, he is really daydreaming!"

"Haha, haha, yes, he's really a pipe dream!"

"But," Duan Hui hesitated, leaned forward, and lowered his voice, "Big brother, aren't you tempted at all?" Li Fangyuan may not be able to succeed? Since ancient times, North Korea has been outside the Celestial Empire, and although the Celestial Empire has sent troops many times, it has never been able to occupy North Korea, so isn't the big brother afraid of the future? ”

"Afraid of what?" Xu Bao took a chicken leg, took a bite hard, chewed and swallowed it, and then said: "The worst case is that the Ming army withdraws from North Korea, but we can follow the Ming army, just like the black tooth Changzhi in the Tang Dynasty, or Gao Xianzhi, they are all second-to-none famous ministers and good generals!" ”

"That's right," Duan Hui thought for a while, nodded and said, "I don't understand these brothers, as long as the eldest brother says it's okay, then it will definitely work!" ”

Seeing Duan Hui's blind obedience, Xu Bao smiled dumbly, then shook his head and said: "Brother, this possibility is very small, the Ming army has a great chance of exterminating Li Fangyuan and controlling North Korea!" ”

"Why? Could it be that they are even stronger than the Don Army? "As a native of Korean, I have a heartfelt sense of awe for the formerly powerful Tang Dynasty.

"Hehe," Xu Bao smiled and said: "When Li Fangyuan was called emperor and fought against the Ming army, my brother and I didn't figure it out, but I was defeated inexplicably, and finally surrendered, and then fought all the way to Seoul, and was later assigned to the small place of Shuizhou, where I stayed for more than half a year. ”

"In the past six months, my brother and I have meditated and finally figured out that as long as Daming is determined, North Korea will be vulnerable."

"There haven't been many things recently, my brother is studying the historical materials of the Three Kingdoms period, and found that if it weren't for the rise of Tibet in the northwest, then Korea would have been occupied a long time ago."

"In the early stage, the Tang army was like a bamboo, occupying most of North Korea; In the later period, the Tang Army withdrew for two reasons, one was that a large number of troops were transferred out of Korea, and the other was that the naval division basically did not participate in the war, and they all relied on soldiers to fight south along the mountains and rivers of Korea, which was naturally very difficult. ”

"And today, the sailors of the Ming army are even more powerful, they can land anywhere, and the coast is mostly plains, and there are many people with grain, as long as they control the grain-producing areas of the Han River Plain, the Jeolla Plain, and the Hunan Plain, the Ming army will be invincible."

"And Li Fangyuan, who is hiding in Gyeongju, will become a wild man in the mountains like the Mongols who retreated to Mobei, and it is only a matter of time before he fails."

"So as long as the Ming army doesn't make too many mistakes, Li Fangyuan is powerless."

"If this is the case, why should I kill myself?" Xu Bao raised his neck and drank a glass of wine, laughing.

"Besides," Xu Bao may have drunk a little too much, and he was a little excited when he spoke: "We surrendered under the city of Shaliyuan, for the advance of the Ming army, and even broke the city of Shaliyuan, Kaesong, and Seoul, and we were already full of blood debts, Li Fangyuan could not let us go, he was narrow-minded, for his own selfish desires, he killed his brother and deceived his father, people like Zheng Mengzhou and Zheng Daochuan died in his hands, such people could not let us go." ”

"Even if we help Li Fangyuan pacify North Korea, it will inevitably be a dead end in the end."

"So, against this, I won't be against it, sometimes I really don't understand what Li Fangyuan thinks, he thinks others are stupid!"

"Hahahaha!"

Maybe it's because the pressure was too great some time ago, maybe it's because I've been suppressed for too long, at this moment Zhang Lun's army is outside the city, and no one will dare to have any bad intentions, so Xu Bao poured out his heart and drank at the same time, and it didn't take long for him to get drunk!

Seeing Xu Bao slide under the table, Duan Hui hurriedly got up and helped Xu Bao up: "Big brother, big brother!" ”

Seeing that Xu Bao was indeed drunk, a trace of strangeness flashed on Duan Hui's face, he called Xu Bao's guard Xu Cheng, and the two of them worked together to help Xu Bao to the bed, Xu Bao was indeed drunk, and when he helped him to bed, he still muttered in his mouth: "I want to, become, become, black tooth ......"

Duan Hui stayed for a while, instructed Xu Cheng to take care of Xu Bao, and then got up and left.

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After Duan Hui left, about half an hour, someone knocked on Xu Bao's door: "Xu Cheng, have you rested?" ”

Xu Cheng hesitated for a moment, glanced back, but saw Xu Bao open his eyes: "Is it Xu Jing?" ”

"Well, yes!"

"Let him in!"

"My lord," Xu Jing leaned into Xu Bao's ear and muttered a few words in a low voice.

"You mean," Xu Bao frowned, "Are you saying that Duan Hui didn't go home, but went to Lord Zhang in the east of the city?" ”

"Yes!"

"How long have you been there?"

"Approximately," Xu Jing hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice, "It's almost half an hour, and I'm going back now." ”

"Well, okay, I see, you go!"

Xu Jing agreed, and was about to leave, but he heard Xu Bao say in a deep voice: "This matter must be kept absolutely confidential, and Master Duan must not be allowed to know, understand?" ”

"Humble duty understands!"

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When Xu Bao was the only one left in the room, Xu Bao smiled bitterly: "This is really the trend of the times!" ”