Chapter Thirty-Four: All the Way West

"We have been on the road all night, at least more than 300 miles, and now it is safe, we can take a break!" Li Gang got off the horse and said with a smile.

Li Gang is a Wenchen, the weakest body, this night's rush made him extremely tired, but he was in a good mood to be able to escape from Xiangzhou City!

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, let's go find something to eat first!" The middle-aged man also jumped off his horse, he looked around, and said.

There is almost nothing to eat in this deserted village, but ancient and modern times are different, there are woods everywhere, and there are many wild things in it, and it is still very easy to hunt some wild things with the skills of a middle-aged person!

The lively young man left with the middle-aged man, and the young man of Mune had already jumped off his horse!

At this moment, the young man of Mune is holding a bow in his hand, which is the famous "Heaven Shaking Bow"! Looking at this sky-shaking bow, the eyes of the young man couldn't help but show a trace of excitement! In addition to his extraordinary fist and foot skills, his bow and arrow skills are also extremely high, but ordinary bows and arrows can't withstand his divine power at all, and after having this sky-shaking bow, his divine power can be fully exerted!

Zhao Chen had also dismounted at this moment, and his eyes were full of curiosity when he looked at the young man Mu Ne!

During the Northern and Southern Song dynasties, there were many heroes, many of whom were strong in martial arts, but it was extremely rare for martial arts to be strong to this extent!

"Thank you for the rescue, I don't know the name of the strong man?" Zhao Chen said with a smile.

"Grass people Yue Fei see His Royal Highness the Prince!" The young man fell to his knees and said.

Zhao Chen's face changed drastically, and he stayed there all of a sudden!

Yue Fei...... The character in front of him, who looks like an honest migrant worker, is Yue Fei! If he hadn't seen the martial arts of the young man, he would never have believed this sentence!

"Oh my God, Yue Fei, this person turned out to be Yue Fei!" At this moment, Zhao Chen only has such thoughts in his heart!

If it is the most famous person in the transition era of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasty, it is definitely Yue Fei! This person is the military god of this era and a national hero! In Zhao Chen's mind, Yue Fei should be tall and handsome, with a strange appearance, how could he never have imagined that Yue Fei was such a character!

"His Royal Highness the Prince? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Seeing that Zhao Chen was stunned and didn't speak for a long time, and Yue Fei was still kneeling there, Li Gang couldn't help but remind.

"Ahh Yue Zhuangshi, please get up! Great, that's great! It turns out that you are Yue Fei! Hahahaha! Zhao Chen couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh!

He is so happy now, after coming to this era, he often feels uneasy in his heart, often feels that danger is beside him, but now that he knows that this person is Yue Fei, he seems to have suddenly found a backer, all the uneasiness, all the danger seems to be far away from him!

He looked up to the sky and laughed, he didn't stop for a long time, Li Gang next to him was curious and surprised, he didn't know what was wrong with Zhao Chen! He and Zhao Chen have been staying for more than a month, and they have never seen Zhao Chen have such a time!

"Your Highness? Your Highness? Li Gang couldn't help but remind again.

"I'm so happy! Yue Zhuangshi, are you a word Pengju? Zhao Chen forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart and said.

"Yes, the grass people are Pengju, how does His Highness know?" The young man of Mu Ne was the famous Yue Fei Yue Pengju in this era, and he was also extremely surprised at this moment!

"That's right, it's you, it's you...... Yes, you are from Tangyin County, Xiangzhou, and we are in Xiangzhou now...... Martial arts are so strong, who are you not? Zhao Chen was ecstatic for a while, and his speech became a little confused!

Yue Fei was more and more surprised at this moment, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince actually knew his words and his place of origin, it seemed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had really heard of his name a long time ago! However, although his martial arts are high, he is only slightly famous in Xiangzhou, and he doesn't understand how His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows his name!

"Your eldest brother and third brother, who are they?" After being excited for a long time, Zhao Chen said again.

"The eldest brother of the grass people, Wang Gui, and the third brother Zhang Xian, they are all from Yonghe Township Xiaoyi like the grass people! In the past, our three brothers were farming in the township, but now that the Jurchen barbarians have invaded and our hometown has been destroyed, we want to join the army and fight against the Jurchens! Yue Fei said.

"Good! Good! It's great that you have such a mind! I ask you, would you like to follow me and drive out the Tartars with me and restore the Central Plains? Zhao Chen said.

"Your Royal Highness is the crown prince, now that the second emperor has been captured, the prince is the prince of the country, we naturally want to follow you!" Yue Fei said without hesitation.

"Yue Zhuangshi, you have also seen that King Kang is rebellious and trying to murder His Royal Highness the Prince! Now King Kang has a large number of soldiers and horses, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only has an old minister like me to follow, even so, are you willing to follow His Royal Highness the Prince? Next to him, Li Gang suddenly spoke.

"Even so, I should follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! You should be loyal to you, otherwise you are still human? Yue Fei said again "without hesitation".

This person is a model of foolish loyalty in history, in history, it is because the second emperor and the crown prince were captured at the same time, and only one of the royal children is left, Zhao Gou, he is naturally loyal to Zhao Gou! But now, Zhao Chen is still alive in the world, he is naturally loyal to Zhao Chen! Zhao Chen doesn't have to work hard to recruit at all, as long as this person knows Zhao Chen's identity, he will naturally be loyal to Zhao Chen, and he will have no other thoughts at all!

"Great! Yue Fei is the god of war, and Wang Gui and Zhang Xian seem to be the main generals of the Yue family army in later generations! I went to Xiangzhou, although it was dangerous, but it was worth it to recruit Yue Fei, Wang Gui, and Zhang Xian! At this moment, Zhao Chen was happy in his heart and said secretly.

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About half an hour later, Wang Gui and Zhang Xian arrived, and the two caught a small deer, and several people squatted there to make a fire and barbecue!

By the time the meat was cooked, several people were already extremely hungry, and they all began to feast at this moment!

"Your Highness, it's all the old ministers who are not good, they brought you to Xiangzhou City, and almost let Your Highness be killed by King Kang!" After a while, Li Gang said.

"You can't blame the teacher for this, the teacher is also for the good of this palace! Hey, no one thought that I, the ninth uncle, would be so ambitious! In fact, Uncle Nine is very talented, otherwise he would not have been able to recruit many fierce generals such as Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Liu Guangshi, as well as hundreds of thousands of defeated soldiers and rebels in a short period of time! If Uncle Nine is wholeheartedly fighting against gold, what does it matter if I give up the throne to him? Zhao Chen gnawed on a large piece of meat and said.

"How can Your Highness have such a mind? King Kang is rebellious, how can he give up the throne to him? Li Gang was dumbfounded.

"I'm just saying that if he is single-minded in fighting against gold, I can give him the throne! It's a pity, I know that he will definitely not fight against gold wholeheartedly! He will not go on the Northern Expedition, will not rescue his father and the Emperor, and will not let the people of the world live in peace! Zhao Chen said lightly.

"King Kang is rebellious, I will definitely kill this fang in my lifetime!" Yue Fei said suddenly.

"If he wants to kill me, I won't let him go!" Zhao Chen smiled and said.

If anyone does not offend me, I will not offend, but if anyone offends me, I will offend! King Kang wants to kill him, he now regards King Kang as an enemy, and he will find a way to kill King Kang in the future!

Of course, King Kang's current strength is much stronger than him, and he can only avoid the edge for the time being, and let himself be safe first!

"Your Highness, where are we going next?" Wang Guidao.

"I'm going to ask the teacher about this!" Zhao Chen said with a smile, he looked at Li Gang.

Li Gang thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, I think we'd better go to the northwest!" ”

"Northwest?" Zhao Chen was stunned for a moment and said, "Why did you go there?" ”

According to Zhao Chen's idea, it is best to go to Jiangnan now, where it is the safest! In history, Zhao Gou went to Jiangnan, and then he was on the side of Jiangnan, and now he wants to occupy Jiangnan before Zhao Gou! He didn't expect Li Gang to suggest going to the northwest!

"Your Highness should know that the army in the world is divided into the forbidden army and the western army, and the strength of the western army is far better than that of the forbidden army, and the northwest is the birthplace of the western army, so I suggest that your highness go to the northwest! After we get there, we can first control the Western Army, so that we can compete with King Kang and the Jurchens! Li Gang said.

"Western Army? Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, and Zhang Jun are all from the Western Army, haven't they already taken refuge in King Kang? Zhao Chen said.

"Your Highness, there are many factions in the Western Army, although Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and others have high martial arts, they are only partial generals in the Western Army, they only have thousands of soldiers and horses, they just took these thousands of soldiers and horses to His Royal Highness King Kang! Liu Guangshi's Liu Jiajun is the main faction of the Western Army, and now tens of thousands of people in the Liu Jiajun have all defected to King Kang, but in addition to Liu Jiajun, there are other factions and other armies in the Western Army! is like the Zhejia army that can be asked for and broken, they still stay in the northwest, and there are 150,000 people in this Zhejia army! In addition to the Zhejia Army, there are also Quduan's Jingyuan Army, Yao Gu's Yao Family Army, and so on...... Now there are still hundreds of thousands of troops in the northwest, and these people can be used by His Highness! Li Gang said.

"I see!" Zhao Chen nodded.

He thought about it carefully, and now mastering the army is indeed the most important thing! In troubled times, the army is much more important than the territory! With the army there is everything! A certain great man in later generations said that "power comes out of the barrel of a gun", which is the truth of China from ancient times to the present! He really needs to have his own army now!

"In addition, the northwest is easy to defend and difficult to attack! Guanzhong is surrounded by the danger of the Yellow River and Tongguan, and it is extremely difficult for the Jurchens to call! Even if Guanzhong is lost, we can retreat to Sichuan, which is even easier to defend and difficult to attack! This is the second reason why I recommend Your Highness to the Northwest! Li Gang said.

"So, there's a third reason?" Zhao Chen said curiously.

"Naturally, there is a third reason! Qin Shi Huang and Han Gaozu both occupied Guanzhong and Sichuan, and then achieved hegemony in the world! Guanzhong, Sichuan and other places were prosperous places in the Qin and Han dynasties, so I suggest that Your Highness go to the northwest! Li Gang said.

"Okay, I'll listen to the teacher and go to the northwest! Originally, I was going to go to Jiangnan, where there are many waterways, and after arriving in Jiangnan, the Jurchen cavalry will lose its effect, and we will be very safe! Zhao Chen said.

Li Gang shook his head and said, "When you get to Jiangnan, the Jurchen cavalry will certainly lose its effect, but what about those soldiers and horses under King Kang?" It is still very dangerous for His Highness to go to Jiangnan, and King Kang may still kill His Highness, so we can only go west, and mastering the Western Army is the most important thing at the moment! Moreover, even if His Highness can gain a firm foothold in Jiangnan, it will be very difficult to return to the Central Plains in the future...... Since ancient times, there has been no reason to invade the north with the south, occupying the south of the Yangtze River, and in the end it can only be on the side of peace! ”

Zhao Chen pondered Li Gang's words while listening, and after thinking about it carefully, he secretly admired it in his heart, thinking that Li Gang's vision was not something he could compare! During the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou did not restore the Central Plains, on the one hand, he was bent on seeking peace, and on the other hand, it was also related to his presence in the south of the Yangtze River! Jiangnan is a place of peace, not a place of prosperity, and I almost made a big mistake!

"Very well, everything will be done according to what the teacher said, and we will go west! When we get to the northwest, we can be considered truly safe! Zhao Chen stood up and said.

"When we cross the Yellow River and arrive at Tongguan, it will be safe." Li Gang also stood up and said with a smile.

Yue Fei, Wang Gui, and Zhang Xian also stood up, and the three of them had already gone to lead the horses.

"Teacher, who is the guard of Tongguan now?" Zhao Chen said.

"The guards of Tongguan? It seems to be a fold to ask, a father and son! Li Gang thought for a while and said.

"It turned out to be them! When their father asked them to guard the Yellow River, they fled in a hurry when they heard the drums of the Jin soldiers, and they didn't know if these two people were reliable? Zhao Chen said.

"We have nowhere to go now but to go there! When we get there, let's see again! Li Gang said.

"That's all there is to it!" Zhao Chen sighed softly and said.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the imperial court was rotten, the army was rotten, everything was rotten! The generals of the Northern Song Dynasty were not reliable at all, but now he had no other way than to rely on those people! He now only has a few people such as Li Gang and Yue Fei, and a few big cats and kittens, he is really weak, and he can't compete with King Kang and the Jurchens at all, and now he has to rely on others!

"I can ask for it, I hope these two people can deal with each other! Let's go, let's go west! Yue Fei, you have to teach me to ride a horse, you can't ride a horse in troubled times! Yue Fei and the three of them had already led the horses, Zhao Chen said with a smile.

The group of five gradually disappeared......