Zhao Shan walked to the door of the Ming Hall and looked at the royal city, which was already very withered. More than 200 years of wind, frost, rain and snow have not only whipped the city wall of Jinyang, but also washed this palace representing the glory of the Zhao family. Zhao Jianzi and Zhao Xiangzi were sleeping in this palace back then, and every step you took might disturb their dreams.

Even if Zhao Shanlong walked and walked here, he consciously began to put down his pace. At the door of the Ming Hall, Zhao Yan and Lian Po were guarding one side, one was a slightly obscene middle-aged man, and the other was an anxious young man, and the two stood there, which actually confirmed the situation of Zhao today: the decline of the Zhao aristocracy and the rise of the emerging aristocracy.

"Uncle Zhao... General Zhao, the boy Lian Po met the general. "When Lian Wu followed Zhao Shan, he often saw Zhao Shan in the barracks, and he admired this veteran very much, and he always referred to him as his uncle in private, but in a crowded place, Zhao Shan asked him to follow the rules. It was because I was happy just now, and I almost broke the rules.

"Uncle." Zhao Yan saw that it was Zhao Shan, but he didn't understand these truths, and he had a flattering smile on his face. When he saw Zhao Ran accompanying him just now, he was already very relieved. Knowing this, he has already completed seventy-seven eighty-eight, and his life can be regarded as saved.

Zhao Shan nodded to the two, took two steps towards Mingtang, suddenly stopped, turned around, and said to the two: "The family of the clan lord is ......."

"Back to my uncle, the family of the criminal Zhao Xian has been imprisoned, how to deal with it, it's better to ask my uncle to decide, after all, Zhao Xian he..."

"Since it has not been disposed of, how can it be called a criminal minister? As for his crimes, he has his own ruler and division to adjudicate, and no one has the right to deal with them. In addition," Zhao Shan looked at Zhao Yan and said in a disgusted tone: "He is the elder of the Zhao family, and the patriarch and the monarch have not yet been convicted of his crimes, so he is still the elder of the Zhao family, and he is called by his name, is this your filial piety?" ”

After Zhao Shan finished speaking, he left everyone with a stunned face, knocked on the door of the Ming Hall, walked in, closed the door of the hall, and left everyone outside. Zhao Yan was scolded inexplicably, and muttered in her heart: A criminal is a criminal, if you are not guilty, what are you Zhao Shan doing? However, I definitely did not dare to say this again.

Mingtang is the name of the Son of Heaven for the sacrificial place, and the sacrificial place of the princes is called Pan Palace. The so-called "all things are from heaven, and people are from ancestors", and respecting heaven and law is a habit that Chinese have inherited for thousands of years, and since the beginning of the Xia Dynasty, Chinese have begun to worship heaven and earth and ancestors. This situation is more prevalent in Zhao State, and the reason for this is probably that the people of Zhao State believe in the blessing of their ancestors more. This is also a precedent thing, for example, Zhao Dun dreamed that his uncle was holding his waist and crying, and then laughed happily, and told him after someone interpreted the dream, this is a great omen, but after the big murder, it will be a good luck.

Sure enough, when Zhao Shuo, the son of Zhao Dun, his wife and concubine Zhao Zhuangji, that is, Meng Ji, the daughter of Jin Chenggong, and Zhao Shuo's uncle Zhao Yingqi were accused of fornication, and the Zhao family expelled Zhao Yingqi from the Zhao family and the Jin Kingdom in order to maintain his reputation, which made Zhao Zhuangji very annoyed.

After Jin Jinggong succeeded to the throne, Zhao Zhuangji framed the Zhao brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo for rebellion, because she was the sister of Jin Jinggong, so Jin Jinggong believed her, and wiped out the entire Zhao clan, only Zhao Zhuangji and his son Zhao Wu survived. It is known as the "difficulty of going to the palace". Later, Han Ju, who received the grace of Zhao Dun's nurturing, made a statement to Jin Jinggong, requesting the restoration of Zhao's sacrifice, and Jin Jinggong was grateful for Zhao's merits, and reinstated Zhao Wu's restoration of the title and fiefdom, and the Zhao family has prospered since then. Zhao Wu is the legendary orphan of the Zhao family.

Since there is such an example, Zhao Guo is more convinced of what he said about his dreams, and he naturally takes special care of the Pan Palace in Jinyang City. And the Pan Palace of Zhao is slightly different from other princes, because Zhao not only enshrined his ancestors in the Pan Palace, but even those who have made outstanding contributions to Zhao are also placed in the Pan Palace, the most famous of which is Dong Anyu, who built Jinyang City and committed suicide in order to protect the entire Zhao family.

After Zhao Shan entered the Pan Palace, by the dim candlelight, he saw that under the portraits of the ancestors of the Zhao family, an old man was lying on his back, kneeling there. Zhao Shan slowly paced behind Zhao Xian, first bowed to the ancestors of the Zhao family, knelt there, opened his mouth and said: "Clan father, the boy is ordered by the king to come to greet you." ”

After a while, Zhao Xian said slowly: "Zhao Xian is deeply guilty, and it is a great honor to be able to receive the condolences of the king." ”

Zhao Shan heard the loneliness in it, and continued: "They didn't treat you to the clan..."

"A few yellow-mouthed children, I don't know the severity, I didn't expect the old man to be cautious all his life, but he lost to a few boys, it seems that so-and-so is really old."

"The king ordered you to say hello and ask if you are in good health." Zhao Shan asked slowly.

Zhao Xian said slightly mockingly: "Our lord is much more subtle than Jianzi and Xiangzi back then, he always wants to have a good reputation, and he is not willing to be scolded, even if he is scolded behind his back, he is unwilling." ”

Zhao Shan was silent, not knowing how to answer this.

"Let's just say it, is the king going to trap the old man at home? Or expelled from the Zhao family? Or, let the old man's whole family be guillotined? Speaking of the last sentence, Zhao Xian suddenly raised his voice, and the entire Pan Palace seemed to tremble. It's as if all the ancestors woke up.

"The king's order is," Zhao Shan calmed his mind and said: "This matter was caused by the clan father, and another minister died, even if he was biased, but the law of the country is like this, and he can't help it." ”

"But it is inevitable that the clan is getting older and doing things a little confused. The Pan Palace in Jinyang can't be taken care of by no one, so the clan will take care of it every day. Find a servant to serve, and don't leave the Pan Palace. ”

Zhao Shan said slowly, his tone getting deeper and lower. Zhao Yong's method is actually a circle in disguise, although the environment of Pan Palace is good, but after all, it belongs to the Lingtang, Zhao Xian is older, and he is often with these gloomy things, and his body is definitely getting worse and worse. That servant can be regarded as a watchman.

Zhao Xian's face was expressionless, and he continued to listen to Zhao Shan.

"But the extrajustice is ruthless, the clan is guilty of this crime, and the family cannot advise, which is really not the work of the son of man. The old clan is under the age of ten, and all the clans are wiped out. The remaining sons are all guilty of crimes and are not allowed to enter the sect. ”

Zhao Xian had three sons, and there were seventeen people in the clan, and almost no one was spared except for the youngest son's children. "Wait." Zhao Xian said, "The youngest son Zhao has been expelled from the house by the old man because of the crime of unfilial piety, according to the Zhao family law, the old man has the right to expel the unworthy descendants from the door wall, this is a document, and please convey it to the general." ”

Zhao Xian took out a silk book from his arms, trembling in his hand, and a strong sourness hit his eyes. He saw that day again, Zhao Ji knelt at his feet, hugged himself and cried. No matter how much Zhao He dissuaded, he couldn't stop Zhao Xian's determination, because he knew that only in this way could he leave a trace of incense for himself and let his family still pass it on. So, I thought of such a way to save myself by cutting off my tail. It's just that from then on, Zhao He's branch has become a lonely ghost, and he can no longer call himself a Zhao family clan.

Zhao Shan took out the silk book from Zhao Xian's trembling hand, unfolded it and looked at it carefully, and found that the date of the payment turned out to be the day Jia Cha died, that is, after Jia Cha died, Zhao Xian was already prepared. But it also shows that Zhao Xianzhen does not have any idea of rebellion.

But if Zhao Yong doesn't take advantage of Zhao Xian's excuse to hit the clan forces in Jinyang, then next, maybe another Zhao Xian will pop out. This is what Zhao Yong does not want to see.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside the Pan Palace, Zhao Shan frowned, thinking to himself Could it be that Zhao Xian and the others still have a trick, this is to set themselves up? He looked at Zhao Xian, and Zhao Xian also looked at him, just when the two were puzzled, Zhao Ran broke in and said in a panic: "Uncle, the Lian Wu army is outside the city, and we want to open the city and surrender, otherwise we will attack the city." ”

Zhao Ran said a word, and the faces of Zhao Shan and Zhao Xian changed greatly.

Cloudsdale.

The generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army surrounded the sand table, using various signs to mark the situation of the enemy and us, and King Lin Hu ordered Huye to stand in front of the sand table and explain the movements of Lou Fu to the other generals. Speaking of which, when Zhao Yong asked Ling Huye to do this, Ling Huye was still a little surprised, because he was a guest in Cloud City as a general. But I didn't expect Zhao Yong to respect him, and even treat him well, only a little worse than Zhao Yong, so he was even more grateful to Zhao Yong, and he couldn't wait to completely confide in what he knew.

"To the west of Yunzhong City, there are two places where Lou Fu gathers, one is in the north of the big river, and the other is at the foot of Wolf Mountain. At the northern foot of Wolf Mountain, there were also annoying activities in the past, but recently, the Huns went south and seemed to stop near Wolf Mountain. Last time, the Huns' Qiulin Department attacked Lou Fu's pasture in Wuyuan, causing Lou Fu to suffer heavy losses, but the Huyan Department of the Huns found Lou Yuan and hoped to attack the Qiulin people with him. Eventually, the Chulins were outnumbered, and their leaders fled. Now this place, although it is still nominally a ranch of Lou Fu, but the Huns of the Huyan Department have begun to move nearby, and they have a deep relationship with Lou Yuan. ”

"These two places are different from Yunzhong and Yuanyang, they are almost not cities, but they are just annoying nomads here. Therefore, Yuan Yang was defeated, and it hurt Lou Yuan, but it was not a big injury. Jiuyuan and Wuyuan are the most fertile pastures in Lou Annoying, Lou Yuan is here, and a team of about 20,000 people can still be gathered, if you want to deal with us, there is still a chance. ”

Niu Qian, Xu Yuan, Li Zhuo, Lou Shu and others listened to him, and they each fell into deep thought. It was a war situation that they had rarely touched on before. Purely cavalry versus cavalry battles, even if they have encountered it before, they have never encountered so many cavalry battles. In this era when cavalry is not the main body of war, being able to encounter a cavalry battle of 10,000 people makes anyone very excited to think about it.

But the same problem is also in front of us, how to complete a new type of military such as cavalry in a battle of 10,000 people is where everyone is troubled.

"I wonder what King Lin Hu has in mind to help our army defeat the enemy in one fell swoop?" Zhao Yong asked after thinking for a long time.

Ling Huye was taken aback, but quickly calmed down, thought about it and said: "From what Xiao Wang has seen, the problem that our army is encountering now is not how to annihilate the problem of Lou Annoying, but how to find the problem of Lou Annoying. ”

After Ling Huye finished speaking, everyone's expressions lit up, and they suddenly seemed to have caught some inspiration. Zhao Yong also nodded thoughtfully, motioning for him to continue. Ling Huye was encouraged and continued: "As the king just said, before entering this place, the battle plan of the Zhao army was very simple, to eliminate the Lou Fu soldiers as much as possible and force its main force to fight a decisive battle. This is the right way. ”

"However, the vastness of the grassland is far from everyone's imagination, and in order to be able to ensure logistics supply on the grassland, our army has to attack Yuanyang first, and then go down to the clouds, cut off the transportation hub of Lou Annoying to go south and east, and force it to either go west or north. But now, the Huns began to entrench themselves in the north, and no one knew what their intentions were, so the annoying activity space of the building was shrinking. But that final bottom line has not yet been reached. Only by completely cutting off their escape can we force the main force of the other side to engage us, otherwise we will raise tigers and the grassland will never be at peace. ”

Everyone suddenly realized and nodded their heads. Indeed, when they came to the grassland, many of the previous combat methods were forgotten, but it was better for Huye, a bystander, to see that in the final analysis, it was the unfamiliarity with the grassland warfare that led to disagreements in the next step of the Zhao army's deployment. Now, everyone already knows what Ling Huye means.

"Then, what King Lin Hu means is that let's fight this place first." Zhao Yong stretched out his hand, pointed to the farthest Wuyuan, and said to Ling Huye.

(End of chapter)