Chapter 62: The Art of War
As the voice of the middle-aged man in Confucian clothes came out, a burst of laughter like a silver bell suddenly came from outside the small courtyard!
The gray-haired old man was taken aback, he had been paying attention to the scene around him, and he had no idea when a person appeared outside the hospital! He was about to open the courtyard door and go out to check, at this time, a woman dressed in black suddenly appeared on the courtyard wall, the old man was about to block, the body of the woman in black had already fluttered down, her body was extremely fast, almost like a shadow, and appeared in front of the bamboo house after a while!
"Who?" The old man hurried over, he lifted all his strength, and he was ready to do it!
"Stand down!" The middle-aged man in Confucian clothes waved his hand and said lightly.
Hearing this voice, the gray-haired old man retreated and hid in a corner of the courtyard.
"I haven't seen you for more than ten years, and Brother Xiaoyaodao's skills are better than in the past! I was still outside the hospital just now, and Brother Xiaoyao Dao actually discovered my whereabouts, this internal force is so strong, I am afraid that I have reached the innate Great Perfection realm! The woman in black said with a smile.
Her face is covered with a light veil, and she can't see her appearance clearly, but her body shape is extremely graceful, and just her body shape gives people a sense of captivity!
It turned out that the middle-aged man in Confucian clothes was none other than Xiaoyaozi! He helped Yan Zonghan cross the Yellow River and conquer Kaifeng! After that, he promised Yan Zonghan to kill the prince of the Great Song Dynasty and recapture the jade seal of the country! Therefore, he is now in Hanzhong City!
"I haven't seen her for more than ten years, and the Demon Queen's light skills are even better, but I'm afraid that now it's not far from the Innate Great Perfection! The demon queen came, but it was to pass on the jade seal of the country? Xiaoyaozi said lightly.
"Not bad! It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that this jade seal was brought to the northwest by the little prince of the Great Song Dynasty, and now the little prince of the Great Song Dynasty is in Hanzhong City, and this jade seal of the country is naturally in Hanzhong City! The jade seal of the country is very important to me, and I must get the jade seal of the country! The woman called the "Demon Queen" said.
"I promised the Jurchen Marshal to help him get the jade seal ......of the country," Xiaoyaozi said.
"The jade seal of the country is the treasure of the Central Plains, how can it fall into the hands of barbarians?" The Demon Queen interrupted Xiaoyaozi's words and said.
"The Jurchens helped me eliminate the Great Song Clan, and I helped them do things, which should also be." Xiaoyaozi said.
"Now in the Great Song Clan, apart from this little prince, there is only King Kang! With your skill, you can get rid of them all in one person, and you don't need to rely on the Jurchens anymore! Xiaoyaozi, I am going to decide this heirloom jade seal, do you want to fight with me? "The Demon Queen said.
"This ......," Xiaoyaozi said with an embarrassed expression on his face.
"I don't think it's as good as this, I'll help you kill the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, and this heirloom jade seal belongs to me! Although the Great Song Prince is young, there must be a lot of guards beside him, and if you want to kill the Great Song Prince alone, there may be some twists and turns! With my help, killing the Prince of the Great Song Dynasty is as easy as a breeze! After killing the crown prince of the Great Song Dynasty, I will go north with you again and kill His Royal Highness King Kang of the Great Song Dynasty! King Kang is no better than the prince, there is Zong Ze beside him, and that Zong Ze is a top master! In addition, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and others of the Western Army are also rising stars of the Great Song Dynasty, and they have also entered the innate realm! Without my help, you alone want to assassinate King Kang, but I'm afraid it won't be easy! "The Demon Queen said.
"Let me think about it!" Xiaoyaozi frowned and said.
"The Great Song Dynasty is already in the waning mountains, as long as the Jurchens go south again, the Great Song Dynasty will die! Hundreds of millions of people in the Central Plains will fall under the rule of the Jurchen Tatars in the future and be persecuted! Xiaoyaozi, although you have a grudge against the Great Song royal family, you have no hatred with the people of the world, right? You are also a Han from the Central Plains, and you helped the Jurchen Tatars to take revenge! Now that you've got your revenge, there's no need to help them anymore! You give me the jade seal of the country, we are all fellow demons, and in the future the great prosperity of the Datong that will establish my demon gate, you are also the founder of the country, isn't it good? "The Demon Queen said.
Xiaoyaozi was silent for a long time and said, "Okay! Then it's decided, you help me assassinate the Prince of the Great Song Dynasty and His Royal Highness King Kang, and I will give you the jade seal of the country! As for what you said about the prosperity of Datong, I'm not interested! Is there a real prosperous era of Datong in this world, you can deceive the foolish people, if you want to deceive my Xiaoyaozi, it is impossible! ”
The demon queen let out a coquettish laugh and said, "Whether you believe it or not, this is the ambition of my ancestor to be sent to the sect, and I will take over the sect, so I naturally have to complete the ambition of the ancestor master!" Otherwise, I will go underground in the future, and I won't have the face to see Master Zu! ”
Xiaoyaozi shook his head and said, "Your ancestor has gone mad, and he even fantasizes about establishing a prosperous era of Datong!" Our demonic path has always been free, ignoring all the rules of the law and only seeking to be free for ourselves, this is the right way! ”
The Demon Queen shook her head and said, "There is no point in having a free time like that! A hundred years later, who will remember you Xiaoyaozi? You have a long history, from ancient times to the present day! Back then, among the hundreds of sons, there was the ancestor of your free school! But now, apart from our fellow demon sects, who remembers the Patriarch? Forget it, this is a battle of ideas, I won't say much to you! Let's discuss how to assassinate the little prince of the Great Song Dynasty and get the jade seal of the country! ”
At the moment, Xiaoyaozi and the Demon Queen were discussing the assassination of Zhao Chen in the bamboo house, not to mention it!
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On this day, Zhao Chen stayed in the palace, he was originally waiting for the arrival of Li Gang, Li Ruoshui, Zhe Keqiu and others! Today they have to discuss the matter of enthronement, and before the enthronement, there are complicated things, including the determination of the era name, the determination of the enthronement date, the preparation of the enthronement ceremony, etc., all of which need to be discussed well! Although he, the crown prince, does not have much actual power, these things can't get around him after all!
But on this day, Zhao Chen didn't see these ministers coming! He wanted to leave the palace, but the soldiers of the Zhejia Army refused to do so!
At this moment, Kang An, the captain of the Zhejia Army, was explaining in front of Zhao Chen, and only listened to Kang An: "Your Highness, for your safety, you can't leave the palace, please be considerate of Weichen!" ”
Zhao Chen smiled, he already knew that he couldn't leave the palace, the reason why he did this was just to see the leaders of these Fold Family Army! I didn't expect this person to be Kang'an!
"You're in charge of guarding the palace now?" Zhao Chen said.
"The last general is now the head of the imperial camp!" Kang An Road.
"Imperial Camp?" Zhao Chen was stunned.
"General Zhe has divided 10,000 soldiers to protect His Highness, this is the imperial camp! There are currently 2,000 people in the Han Palace and 8,000 people outside the city! Your Highness, rest assured, this imperial battalion soldier is the most elite in our Folding Army! With them, Your Highness's safety will be worry-free! Kang An said.
Zhao Chen sneered in his heart, thinking that with these 10,000 elite soldiers, he was completely under house arrest!
"Why didn't you see General Zhe today?" Zhao Chen said.
"Your Highness, we just entered Hanzhong yesterday, and we still have a lot to do today! General Zhe is summoning the ministers of the various states and counties in Hanzhong and asking them to come and meet His Highness! In addition, when these 100,000 troops enter Hanzhong, they also need to arrange food and accommodation! In addition, just last night, General Zhi Yanzhi returned, and General Zhi was overjoyed, and I am afraid that I would have to ask him about the battle situation at that time! Kang An said.
"Orihiko is back?" Zhao Chen was disappointed in his heart, he thought that Zhi Yanzhi had died under the iron hooves of the Jurchens, and he didn't expect him to come back!
He doesn't like the Zhe family very much, and he can't wait for all the Zhe family army to die! When Zhi Yan returned, he was naturally unhappy in his heart!
"Your Highness, it looks like it's going to rain, why don't you go back and rest first! Once General Zhe arrives, I will definitely come to inform His Highness! Kang An said.
"Okay, then there will be General Lao!" Zhao Chen smiled and nodded.
Kang An has left, Zhao Chen looked at Kang An's back, and secretly wondered if he could recruit Kang An! This Kang An is now the so-called "Imperial Battalion" director, if he can recruit this Kang An, it will be much easier for him to fight against him in the future!
"Zhe Ke beg to make this person the head of the imperial camp and let him watch over me, then he must be a close confidant of Zhe Keqiu! It's not easy to recruit him! It seems that I need to have someone investigate his details first, and see how close he is to the Confession, so that I can do it! But who can help me investigate? Zhao Chen's eyes showed a thoughtful look!
After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Chen couldn't think of a good candidate for the time being! However, he finally has some ideas for confrontation!
He stood outside for a few more moments, and there was a light rain in the sky!
Soon, the spring rain was overwhelming!
The weather in early spring is still very cold, but there are already soldiers from the Zhejia Army who have brought the stove, Zhao Chen is sitting in front of the room, holding a book in his hand, and is reading!
Yue Fei was standing beside him at this moment, Yue Fei glanced at it and found that it was "The Art of War"!
"Is Your Highness also interested in this art of war?" Yue Fei said curiously.
"It's nature! If you want to recover the Central Plains, defeat the Tartars, and eliminate King Kang, a traitor, you must fight! To fight a war, you have to know the art of war, don't you? Zhao Chen said.
"Your Highness said yes!" Yue Fei nodded.
"Although I, the prince, don't have to go to the battlefield in person, it is still necessary to learn the art of war! Brother Yue, I heard that you have also learned the art of war, so let's discuss it together. Zhao Chen said.
"Good!" Yue Fei was obviously very interested in the art of war, and said with a smile.
The two discussed together, and after a while, they only heard Yue Fei say: "Your Highness, the art of war is nothing more than a surprise victory!" It's just that how to do it is strange, which needs to be mastered by the generals themselves, and the way of using troops is single-minded! ”
Zhao Chen nodded and said, "You're right!" The way of using soldiers must not be stiff! I have some tips for you on the art of war! ”
Yue Fei was curious and said, "Your Highness, just say it!" ”
Zhao Chen smiled: "I don't know if it's right or wrong, these were taught to me by a teacher in the palace back then......"
At that moment, Zhao Chen said slowly.