Chapter Seventy-Eight: Coping Strategies
Zhao Chen slept until the next morning!
He got up from the bed, there was no one in the room, he pulled the curtains open, and suddenly the sun filled the room!
In the middle of May of the lunar calendar, the weather is already unusually hot! Most people would never go to the sun at this time! Zhao Chen let the sun shine on his body!
His heart was full of joy!
After being sick for many days, he finally got out of bed! He finally doesn't have to continue to be unconscious, he can finally be like a normal person!
He felt a little weakness in his body, which must have been the result of being unconscious for many days! But the physical pain has completely disappeared!
"I'm really good! That's great! ”
"Heaven wants to take my Zhao Chen's life, it seems that it didn't do it! This time, I, Zhao Chen, survived again, and I will continue to do what I want to do and fulfill my dreams! Unfortunately, there are still too many enemies, and I still have to fight these enemies! That's nothing, though! I've died once, am I still afraid of fighting? ”
"In the future, we will have to face the compromises again! For the compromise can be sought, or forbearance, deception! Who made me inferior to him! Sooner or later, though, I'll stomp him to the ground! I will truly master the army, and then destroy all enemies and recover the Central Plains! ”
A pleasant smile appeared on Zhao Chen's face!
"It's a pity! A-Yao turned out to be an enemy, and she wanted to poison me! Such a beautiful and gentle girl is so vicious! It's just that I'm too careless, just like Li Gang and Wang De once said, I have the kindness of a woman, which is why I hurt myself like this! From now on, I will never have the slightest bit of a woman's kindness! For strangers I don't know, I will never believe it easily! Zhao Chen said secretly.
For some reason, when he thought of that rumor, Zhao Chen faintly felt a little heartache! He didn't know why, he actually had a good impression of that Ah Yao! Obviously, A-Yao wanted to kill him, but he still didn't have much desire for revenge!
"That's it! Don't think about her anymore! She's the enemy, and now she doesn't know where she's gone! I've been in a coma for so long, there's definitely a lot going on outside! I don't know how the Jurchens are now, how is King Kang now! I'm going to have to get to know the news quickly! Zhao Chen said secretly.
When he pushed open the door, Wang Gui and Zhang Xian were guarding outside, and the two of them were naturally overjoyed to see him.
"Where did Yue Fei go?" Zhao Chen said.
"Second brother and General Wang went to invite that Wang Zhenren! After arriving at Zhongnan Mountain, the second brother stayed to take care of Wang Zhenren's apprentices, so he was still on Zhongnan Mountain! Zhang Xian said.
"Take care of Wang Zhenren's apprentices? How old is that apprentice? Still need someone to take care of? Zhao Chen said.
"I heard that he was only six or seven years old!" Wang Guidao.
"Oh! This is my junior brother! Zhao Chen's face showed a funny smile, he didn't expect that he had recovered from a long illness, and now he had one more teacher and one more junior brother!
"Go get me something to eat! Then find Master Li and General Zhe! Zhao Chen said.
At that moment, Wang Gui hurriedly ordered someone to prepare food for Zhao Chen, and Zhang Xian had already gone to find Li Gang and asked for it!
By the time Zhao Chen finished eating in a hurry, Li Gang and Zhe Keqiu had already arrived, and the two were already waiting beside them!
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"Where have the Jurchens been lately?" Everyone sat together, and Zhao Chen finally spoke.
"The Jurchens of Guan Shaanxi have retreated to Chang'an! They now occupy Chang'an, Tongguan and other places! The Jurchens in the Central Plains have retreated to the north of the Yellow River, and they set up Zhang Bangchang as the emperor of Great Chu and let Zhang Bangchang guard Kaifeng! Li Gang said.
"Zhang Bangchang, this traitor!" Zhao Chen shook his head slightly.
He knew that although this Zhang Bangchang was a traitor, he didn't have much ability! Historically, this so-called "Great Chu" did not last long at all and was quickly wiped out! This Da Chu is at most a small wave in the long river of history!
"Your Highness, Zhang Bangchang is not worried! Your Highness, be careful of King Kang! Li Gang said.
"Oh, my ninth uncle, what has he done lately?" Zhao Chen said.
"His Royal Highness King Kang led hundreds of thousands of righteous troops from Xiangzhou to Kaifeng, and Zhang Bangchang actually knelt outside Kaifeng City to welcome His Royal Highness King Kang! It is rumored that His Royal Highness King Kang has forced Zhang Bangchang to abdicate! After Zhang Bangchang abdicates, King Kang will ascend the throne as emperor! "Fold, ask.
Zhao Chen nodded! He remembered the knowledge learned in the history books of later generations, in the original history, King Kang returned to Kaifeng, and then forced Zhang Bangchang to abdicate, after Zhang Bangchang abdicated, King Kang ascended the throne! After that, King Kang entered Jiangnan and handed over Kaifeng City to Zong Ze to manage!
"Is King Kang's ascension to the throne unstoppable?" After a while, Zhao Chen asked.
"I'm afraid I really can't stop it! King Kang is ambitious and strong, he wants to ascend the throne, how can we stop it? Li Gang said.
"I am the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, and I am the prince of the country! King Kang, he is just a vassal king, after he ascends the throne, is he not afraid that the world will not be convinced? Zhao Chen said.
"People in the world are naturally not convinced! However, His Royal Highness King Kang also has his own advantages! Li Gang thought for a while and said.
"What advantage does he have?" Zhao Chen said.
"His Royal Highness King Kang is older! If it was a peaceful era, he would only be a vassal king, so naturally he would not be qualified to succeed to the throne! But now, the Jurchens are eyeing us, Your Majesty, the Emperor Taishang has been captured, Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so young, he ascended the throne as the emperor and is in charge of the government, I am afraid that many people will support him! After all, in times of national war, a 21-year-old vassal king is more reliable than an 11-year-old prince! Li Gang said.
"He's older than me, that's his advantage!" Zhao Chen nodded and agreed with this statement!
In times of national war, an adult is clearly more advantageous than a young child as a king! It's obvious! Although Zhao Chen hated King Kang, he had to admit this fact!
"His Royal Highness King Kang is good at winning people's hearts, and officials everywhere support him! Needless to say, Kaifeng City is now under his control! The prefects of Jiangling and Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River are said to have pledged their allegiance to King Kang! Jiangnan's important ministers Wang Boyan, Huang Qianshan and others have also gone north and returned to the throne of Kang! I heard that even the great Confucian Yang Shi was loyal to King Kang and was willing to support King Kang as emperor! Yang Shi has a very high reputation among scholars, he supports King Kang, but I am afraid that many scholars will support King Kang together! Li Gang said.
"Wang Boyan, Huang Qianshan! Yang Shi! Zhao Chen was thinking about these three names in his heart.
Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan were famous traitors and traitors in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty! The two of them don't have much ability, but the two of them are in high positions and are extremely popular in Jiangnan! Zhao Gou encircled these two people, but he was afraid that Jiangnan was already under his control! and Yang Shi, this Confucian is also famous, I didn't expect Yang Shi to also take refuge in King Kang!
In contrast, there are only Li Gang, Zhe Keqiu and others beside him! They have only mastered Hanzhong now!
"Our strength is too different from King Kang!" Li Gang said.
"Teacher, what do you think we should do next?" Zhao Chen said.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, General Zhe, I will first analyze for you what His Royal Highness King Kang will do in the future, and then we will think of a way to deal with it!" Li Gang said.
"Good!" Zhao Chen nodded!
There is no objection to Zhe Keqiu next to him, Zhe Keqiu knows that Li Gang is outstanding, and he is Zhang Liang in this era! Although he wants to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but now King Kang is a great threat to them, they should unite to deal with King Kang as a pair, now is not the time to engage in infighting! Therefore, he is very willing to listen to what Li Gang has to say!
"His Royal Highness King Kang will definitely not stay in Kaifeng City all the time! Because Kaifeng City is too dangerous, the Jurchens will come at any time! Therefore, I analyze that His Royal Highness King Kang will send a general to guard Kaifeng, and that person should be Zong Ze! Zong Ze has a great reputation, and he is the leader of the world in terms of literary talent and martial arts! He guarded Kaifeng, and he would definitely be able to make it difficult for the Jurchens to go south! And King Kang himself will go south into Jiangnan! When you arrive in Jiangnan, King Kang is safe! ”
"After arriving in Jiangnan, His Royal Highness King Kang will definitely not let go of Hanzhong and Sichuan! Hanzhong is now in our grasp, and it is a little difficult for him to take it! So, he must first master Sichuan! On the one hand, he will recruit the ministers of Sichuan, and on the other hand, send troops up the Yangtze River into Sichuan! After he occupies Sichuan, he will find a way to recover Hanzhong! ”
"If we lose Sichuan, there is only one place in Hanzhong, and it will never be possible to compete with King Kang! Therefore, the first thing we have to do now is to firmly hold Sichuan in our hands! Li Gang said.
After listening to Li Gang's explanation, Zhao Chen and Zhe Keqiu nodded one after another!
"Teacher, how are we going to control Sichuan?" Zhao Chen said.