So from here, it can basically be judged that the purpose of Zhao Kuangyin's trip, in addition to looking for opportunities, also has a very clear purpose, which is to increase his experience and enrich his social experience. This way of life was very common among people of ancient culture and was called study tours.

In modern martial arts novels, it has also become a necessary step for the hero, and most of the time it happens will be in the middle of the first book. However, Zhao Kuangyin's experience of this trip, compared with the male protagonists in the book, the grade has dropped a lot.

It's not like those people, they can play wherever they go, and they can't spend it even if they don't have any money. When you see a villain, you can beat it up, and when you see a cave, you can get a martial arts cheatbook, and it is divided into two volumes, one internal martial arts, and one swordsmanship, all of which are top-notch goods.

On the way, you must meet one to dozens of stunning beauties, and then the hero begins to spark love, and they have a love triangle, polyamory, geometric love, and functional love, and finally love to death, a mess, a little feet to crack a huge conspiracy to subvert the martial arts, and therefore by more than 100% of the heroes of the rivers and lakes, collectively elected as the new leader of the martial arts alliance.

In contrast, Zhao Kuangyin's experience of this trip is really unspeakable for him. Not only did he not have an affair, but he did not have enough meals, he was poor, and he was looked down upon everywhere.

Once, Zhao Kuangyin came to Fuzhou (now Tianmen, Hubei) and found his father's friend, Wang Yanchao, the defense envoy of Fuzhou, thinking that Wang Yanchao could look at Zhao Hongyin's face and find him a more fixed errand, but he didn't expect Wang Yanchao not to miss the old feelings. only gave him ten strings of money, and sent him away. Again. Zhao Kuangyin came to Suizhou (now Suizhou, Hubei),

Find another old friend of Zhao Hongyin. Suizhou Thorn History Dong Zongben. This Dong Zongben had the intention of leaving Zhao Kuangyin behind, but he didn't expect that Dong Zongben's son couldn't tolerate him, and he had to make several personal attacks on Zhao Kuangyin every day. Zhao Kuangyin couldn't bear this insult, so he had to embark on the road of wandering again.

To say that the most unlucky, Zhao Kuangyin once passed by Panyuan (now Pingliangdong, Gansu), when he didn't have much money on him, and he didn't know where to go next? When he was wandering, he suddenly noticed a group of people gathering on the side of the road to gamble.

Zhao Kuangyin has often been engaged in gambling activities with his friends since he was a child, so after seeing it. Gamble and plunge into it immediately.

On this day, Zhao Kuangyin's luck was exceptionally good, and he won successive battles. In a short time, a large number of copper coins were piled up in front of him.

Zhao Kuangyin has been away from home for so long, and he is very happy when he encounters something pleasant for the first time, and he is trying to chase after the victory and win more money to make a future entanglement.

Who knew that this group of gamblers was also a bunch of scoundrels. Seeing that he dared to win money as a foreigner, he became ill-willed. One of them, taking advantage of Zhao Kuangyin's unpreparedness, quietly walked behind him. Then he gave him a stick.

Zhao Kuangyin was smashed over on the spot, and the others saw this and rushed up. snatched Zhao Kuangyin away, and then dispersed in a hurry. Wait for Zhao Kuangyin to wake up. There was no longer a single figure in sight.

Look at yourself again, the money is gone. The head is also broken, there is no food and clothing here, and there are two lives on the land, and the degree of embarrassment can be imagined.

Zhao Kuangyin's incident was later adapted into an afterword, called "Zhao Kuangyin's bet - you are not allowed to win if you lose." ”

Zhao Kuangyin has thus become a very convincing negative example, many people have quit gambling because of his experience, which is the only contribution he has made to society in the past two years. Zhao Kuangyin wandered outside for two years, and in general it was very unsmooth.

After a long time, nothing has been accomplished, seeing all the states of the world and tasting the desolation of the world. However, Zhao Kuangyin did not sink because of these unfortunate experiences, the wind and frost in the past two years have tempered his will, strengthened his muscles and bones, his blood is still boiling, and his mind is still full of pride. The only thing he lacks is a guiding light that will illuminate his future.

In the second year of Qianyou of the Later Han Dynasty (949), Zhao Kuangyin was still wandering outside, roaming and encountering nothing. One day, he came to Xiangyang and stayed in a monastery.

At that time, there were a lot of such people, and the monks in the temple were accustomed to it, especially when they saw Zhao Kuangyin in rags and a shabby look, so they didn't pay attention to it, but just received him according to the etiquette of receiving Huazi. When Zhao Kuangyin was down, of course, it was not easy to pick and choose, so he temporarily took refuge in this temple.

However, at this moment, an old monk in the temple walked out by chance, glanced at Zhao Kuangyin inadvertently, and was suddenly shocked in place, and hurriedly asked: "Junben nobleman, why bother to be so light." ”

This old monk is very old, and his mana is also very high, if he can survive until now, he must belong to the kind of elder-level person who can enjoy special government allowances. Zhao Kuangyin has been wandering outside for more than two years, and he can still distinguish the height of his eyebrows, so he honestly explained his situation to the old monk, and introduced his background, experience, and the purpose of this trip to him.

After hearing this, the old monk sighed repeatedly: "You are mistaken! As he spoke, he led him to the secret room and said in detail: "Jun Ben nobleman, now the Central Plains is eventful, it is the time for heroes to spread their wings, and Jun prefers to go south, so that heroes have no place to play, please return to the north immediately, there will be adventures." ”

As he spoke, he took out all the private money he had saved over the years and told him to return to the Central Plains immediately. Zhao Kuangyin was very excited after hearing this, because he had been traveling for two years, and he had suffered from all the eyes of people along the way.

And who has ever been optimistic about his future? And the old monk in front of him is a master of Taoism at a glance, since he is willing to give so much money to give, then he is definitely not fooling himself, is he destined to be a "nobleman"?

After Zhao Kuangyin received the good words of this old monk, he no longer hesitated, and after thanking him, he immediately set off to return to the Central Plains to find his own adventure.

It is said that on the way back, Zhao Kuangyin passed by the Gaoxin Temple in Shangqiu, Henan, and entered the temple to ask for a sign to see how his fortune was. The first time I sought it was the history of thorns. After praying, it is unlucky. Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but be a little disappointed. If you ask for moderation again, it is still unlucky. I was even more disappointed. I had to ask the prime minister and privy envoy with the mentality of giving it a try, but it was still unlucky.

This time, Zhao Kuangyin was disheartened, got up and left.

But just walked out of the door and suddenly came back, and begged the emperor with a heart, but the bamboo stick landed, and it turned out to be a holy lotus, which was a good luck lot, and it was a request for anything. You can have whatever you want, you can't go any further, and the good ones can't be better than the best ones. Zhao Kuangyin was stunned after getting the sign, and suddenly a wave of pride came to his heart in a blink of an eye, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, and without hesitation, he got up and embarked on the splendid future that had already been destined for him.

After Zhao Kuangyin returned to the Central Plains, just in time for Guo Wei, who was still the privy envoy of the Later Han Dynasty at that time, he was ordered to go to Guanzhong to crusade against Li Shouzhen. Zhao Kuangyin hurriedly went to defect, but was left behind by Guo Wei. But at that time, he was not reused by Guo Wei, but just accepted him as a very ordinary personal guard soldier.

After Guo Wei returned victoriously, Zhao Kuangyin was made up as the head (leader) of the east and west classes because of his merits with the army, which was just a petty officer similar to the head of the army. It was not until Guo Wei became emperor that Zhao Kuangyin was promoted step by step to the deputy commander of Huazhou, and the future was a little brighter. But it is still far from the result of his request for a lot.

However, as the so-called troubled times have many opportunities, Zhao Kuangyin became the deputy commander of Huazhou not long after. Guo Wei dismissed Wang Jun from his position as prime minister and privy envoy in the court, so that Chai Rong, who had been suppressed by Wang Jun, was able to enter Beijing to serve as Kaifeng Yin. Take power.

And Chai Rong was suppressed by Wang Jun before and his wings were not abundant, so he paid great attention to local talents, so he transferred Zhao Kuangyin, who was then the deputy commander of Huazhou, to the forbidden army as a direct military envoy, as his own power training.

This was a crucial step for Zhao Kuangyin, because soon after, Chai Rong ascended the throne as emperor, although Zhao Kuangyin was not promoted because of this, but he was a talent discovered when he was the new monarch Long Qian, and his position was greatly superior to that of officers of the same rank as him.

As soon as Chai Rong became emperor, Liu Chong, the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, led the Liao army into the Kou, which led to the famous Battle of Gaoping. In this battle, the first shining point of the Hou Zhou side is Chai Rong, and Zhao Kuangyin, as a middle-level general in the forbidden army, can bravely rush into the enemy formation at the critical moment of the battle, regardless of life and death, and his actions also left a deep impression on Chai Rong who was also on the battlefield.

Therefore, after the end of the battle of Gaoping, Zhao Kuangyin was naturally promoted by Chai Rong to the Marquis of Yu, the military capital of the palace, and finally made him enter the ranks of senior commanders and fighters in the army.

I deeply agree with this statement, I have two classmates, a man and a woman, and later got married, the man became the section chief, he has real power, and his family is also very rich and has status, but the male classmate never goes home, just spends all day drinking outside, do you say that the woman can be happy? I don't think so, but maybe, after all, people are doing well, and I can't say what they think, but in my opinion, it's better to marry an honest person than this.

But if I really want to be like that, maybe I will envy those who have a successful career, this kind of thing is really hard to say, fortunately unhappy in people's hearts.

The battle of Gaoping has undoubtedly had a huge impact on Zhao Kuangyin. For Chai Rong, its impact is more direct.

The result of the Gaoping battle was Chai Rong's complete victory. At the same time, in this battle, Chai Rong quickly established a high prestige for himself in the whole army and even the whole country with his heroic performance and the role he played in turning the tide, and it can be said that such a result has far exceeded his expectations before the war.

However, when this war ended, Chai Rong not only fell into deep thought. Fan Aineng and He Hui, who fled from the battle, are all veterans left by Guo Wei, why did they run away without waiting for the battle? Why did he spread rumors of his defeat after fleeing? Is it impossible to fight or not to fight? What's in it for them?

The problem that Chai Rong thinks about is exactly the problem that every ruler of the five generations has to face, but cannot be completely solved, that is, these generals who lead the army are arrogant and domineering, and they are afraid that the world will not be chaotic. Let's just say that in the Gaoping War in front of them, did Fan Aineng, He Hui and others really lead their troops to flee because they were afraid of the Han army?

It's not like that, in fact, they are looking forward to Chai Rong being able to lose a battle. As long as Chai Rong is defeated, the Northern Han Dynasty will drive straight into the Central Plains, all the way into the Central Plains, and then the world will be in chaos, and they have military power in their hands, and they can divide one side at any time.

If you don't mix it well, you can still get a soil emperor, once the time is ripe, maybe you can rise because of the situation, and it is not impossible to snatch the emperor's throne in your hands, isn't it just this wishful thinking that they are fighting!

However, the final result of the Gaoping War was Chai Rong's complete victory, which made Fan Aineng and He Hui very passive. Because according to their experience of fleeing from the battlefield for many years, since the Zhou army was inferior to the Han army in terms of troops, and it was broken up before the battle, how could it still win? But Chai Rong won this battle, which made Fan and He's wishful thinking all come to naught, and they couldn't run away, and there was nowhere to escape. After thinking about it, the two had no choice but to pack up the rout and return to Chai Rong.

Chai Rong didn't blame them, and of course it was impossible to praise them, so he didn't say anything at all, but just let them follow the army into Luzhou. Chai Rong did not punish them on the spot, which also has a certain reason,

Because if you talk about crimes, these two people will only have a dead end, but after all, they are veterans used by Guo Wei, and there are many people like them in China, and it is easy to kill these two people, but I am afraid that it will cause panic among others.

When the time comes, it will not end well if there is a mess. But if you don't kill them, how can you swallow this breath? And the next time they face the enemy, will there be other generals who will follow their example? If this happens to someone else, don't you still deal with it?

In the days that followed, Chai Rong racked his brains about the matter. On March 25, Chai Rong was resting in the palace, and Zhang Yongde, who was waiting in front of the palace at that time, took the opportunity to ask for his opinion and said: "Xiao Zhang!

You also saw the process of the battle of Gaoping that day, although we won, but it was also a narrow victory, the main reason is that the two senior generals Fan Aineng and He Hui escaped from the battle, seriously disturbing the morale of the army, this behavior has reached a very shameless point, and it stands to reason that they can no longer be kept.

But they are veterans used by the first emperor, I have just ascended the throne, if I deal with them too much, will it have any bad effects, you can help me analyze it. ”

Zhang Yongde replied: "Fan and He have never made great contributions, they are reluctant to lead the festival, look at the enemy and escape, although they are dead, they can't be responsible." His Majesty intends to flatten the four seas, but the military law is not established, although there are bears and millions of people, they can use it safely! ”

Chai Rong jumped up when he heard this, threw his pillow on the ground, and shouted goodness. So he immediately ordered Fan Aineng, He Hui and the generals who escaped that day, a total of more than 70 people, to be arrested, and sharply accused them, saying: "You Cao are tired of the generals, and you can't fight." Today, those who are looking at the wind and running away, without him, are trying to use me as a strange commodity and sell it to Liu Chong'er! With that, he ordered them all to be beheaded, and the military discipline was immediately enforced. (To be continued.) )