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In the Northern Song Dynasty, near the border of Western Xia, Qinfeng Road, there was an important military town called Lanzhou. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIn the Song war against the Western Xia, this border city has always played a very important role. At this time, in the official residence in the center of Lanzhou City, Zhao Dan was sitting behind the official case, burying his head in dealing with the accumulated affairs. With Skynet as a support, it is really not difficult for him to appear here.

After several years of development, today's Skynet is a behemoth, and its power has penetrated deep into the Song Dynasty's government and the public. Up to Miyagi and down to the prefectures and counties, more than half of the officials controlled by Skynet have already been controlled, and most of them are in high positions. These officials who were united and used formed a huge force, which was enough to influence the government and influence the current situation, and was even called the "witch party" by those unwitting officials. These people deceived the Holy Hearing, manipulated the entire Great Song Dynasty, and were slowly hollowing out the dragon veins of the Zhao clan in order to seek more power.

Of course, it is not that people of insight have discovered their wolf ambitions, but these "smart people" are often powerless, and the only way to fight against Skynet is to bury themselves in the soil and raise the grass on the grave. Over time, the opposition gradually disappeared from the court. In the long run, those who tend to be inflammatory, naturally join it, making their power even more prosperous.

In this case, for example, it is really easy to directly control the promotion of officials and promote Zhao Dan exceptionally. Now he is in a high position in Qin Fengjing's pacification, in charge of the military and political affairs, and supervises civil affairs.

From a straw coat to such a high position, Zhao Dan's admiration for Wu Xi directly turned into worship. With the assistance of Skynet, Zhao Dan managed the jurisdiction like an iron bucket, and Qin Fenglu at this time had actually already broken away from the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and faintly had the situation of a country within a country.

It's just that although Qin Fenglu is a lot stronger now, its difficult and dangerous environment has not been improved much. Not to mention the Western Xia iron cavalry that often detained the border and plundered in the north, even the barbaric Tibetan tribes in the west often provoked them. Although the border army led by Zhao Dan defeated the invasion of the two sides many times, it was also very annoyed and extremely distressed.

So just a few months ago, Zhao Dan, who had received the approval of Wu Xi, brazenly sent troops to raid Tubo, all the way like a bamboo, covering a wide area, and grabbing countless gold and silver treasures. After this battle, Zhao Dan drove the Tibetan prisoners of war into slavery, so that the Han laborers changed from the oppressed to the oppressor. not only expanded the size of the army, but also won the support of the people of Qin Fenglu. It's just that he didn't get the king's order, and his act of sending troops without authorization was already a conspiracy, and naturally he was deeply hated by those who were loyal to Song.

Of course, the situation may not be all good, after all, Tibet is a force with a unique culture, and it is not willing to simply submit to the rule of foreign races, and rebellions of all sizes have occurred one after another. The Western Xia in the north is also eyeing the tiger, just waiting for Zhao Dan to show a little flaw, and he will immediately wave his army to the south, seize wealth and life, and take women. Therefore, in order to solve these troubles, Zhao Dan had to discuss with his staff until late at night, hoping to get a solution to the bibimbap.

That night, Qin Feng comforted the envoy's mansion, and Zhao Dan and his subordinates had a routine meeting in the study.

"How is the division of the Tibetan tribes going?" Zhao Dan put down the Chinese piece in his hand, looked up at the subordinates below and asked.

"The Tibetan people are not united in the first place, and their contradictions between them are sharp, with our strength, as long as we operate a little, we can completely divide them, adults don't need to worry, things are going very smoothly." A subordinate dressed as a civilian stood up and replied.

Zhao Dan snorted, and then said: "This matter must be kept an eye on, the Western Xia barbarians in the north are salivating over our newly acquired wealth, and their iron harriers are already very brave and good at fighting, especially good at rushing into battle. Our heavy infantry is already very reluctant to deal with it, plus the growing Yipintang..."After a pause, he continued: "If we don't deal with those Tibetan rats as soon as possible, so that the rest of the Tibetan slaves lose the will to resist and produce with peace of mind, we will be wiped out by the Western Xia!" Leaving this hundred pounds of body to death is still secondary, and the most important thing is not to live up to the young master's expectations of us! ”

As soon as the words fell, all the subordinates got up and replied loudly: "Yes! Mission completion guaranteed! Among them, there are some saber leaders who salute, and the saber special forces led by them have always been the trump card in the hands of Zhao Dan, and they have frequently carried out activities in various battlefields, which has made a great reputation, and it can be said that it has taught a generation of Xixia people a new term "special forces".

Seeing that the military heart was available, Zhao Dan nodded with satisfaction and was about to announce the dismissal of the meeting. At this time, a man in a saber uniform stood up and saluted: "Fengxiang Mansion Infantry Army Commander Yang Changmeng Lord Yang is a diehard loyalist of the Song Court, but the Lord promoted him last month, and now he has a lot of military strength under his command, and he will not suppress it... His subordinates are worried that he will have a negative impact on the great affairs of the Chief! As soon as these words came out, several officers echoed their words, saying that Yang Changmeng was not credible and should be suppressed.

Zhao Dan frowned, seemed to be very dissatisfied with their proposal, and said in a deep voice: "Yang Changmeng is the Yang family, the three generations of famous generals of the Yang family, who have guarded the country for generations, and are the heroes who resisted the invasion of Liaogou. They are kind to the entire Han people! Is it unkind to us? Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and said as if comforting: "If this Yang Changmeng is just a straw bag, I have nothing to say about kicking him away, but you ask yourself, whether it is facing the Xixia Iron Cavalry, or facing the Tubo rat, has he Yang Changmeng ever flinched once?" His current exploits are all earned by himself, how can I suppress him for no reason? Besides, although he may be loyal to Song Ting, he has no disrespect for me at the moment, to sum up, I treat him well, and I believe that the young master will understand me. ”

Those subordinates looked at each other, and tried to persuade again, but suddenly heard a voice sound: "Haha, you traitor, although you intend to rebel, it doesn't seem to be completely loyal, Qi, you have repelled the Xixia Iron Cavalry several times before, and I also praised you as a great hero, what a good man, and I admire you very much when I meet people." Bah! I'm so blind! But I didn't expect you to have ill intentions and intend to rebel, but you are really a disloyal and unfilial person! The voice suddenly sounded in the hall, but it was so strange that it was impossible to hear from which position, and it was obvious that it had used a very high level of skill.

"Protect your lordship!" Hearing this voice, all the subordinates in the hall were shocked, and they all pulled out their weapons and surrounded Zhao Dan to protect him tightly. But Zhao Dan's face didn't change, but he didn't hear where the person was, so he said loudly: "Which master didn't remind him when he came to the contemptible mansion, and he didn't even prepare a cup of tea, which is really rude." ”

"Hmph, rebel thief! You don't deserve tea to Lao Tzu! The man seemed to be very angry, but he didn't show a flaw, but he still underestimated Zhao Dan after all. The first time was just because Zhao Dan was concentrating on thinking and not being vigilant enough to not find him, and now that he said another word, he couldn't hide Zhao Dan's perception.

Immediately, Zhao Dan snatched the saber of one of his subordinates and threw it on the roof. This throw was so powerful that it directly made a big hole in the roof, and the broken tiles fell like rain, but the sharp-eyed people saw through the tiles that a black dress flashed by and went outside. "Chase!" Several saber officers shouted and chased after them, and at this time, there was also a noise outside, and it was obvious that the guards in the palace also reacted.

Not long after, there was a sound of fighting in the house, apparently stopping the assassin, and Zhao Dan eased his anger and walked out of the hall. When I got outside, I saw the guards in the house and those subordinates surrounding a man in black fighting, the man in black was much higher in martial arts than the saber officer, Rao was under siege, but he still seemed to be at ease, but he made the guards scream. It's just that after all, there are a large number of guards, but they can't break out.

Seeing this, Zhao Dan knew that the assassin couldn't get out, so he didn't make a move at the moment, just watched intently from the sidelines. That man was not stupid, he knew that his operation was already very auspicious, but surprisingly, he did not lose the will to resist, but burst out in despair with superhuman combat power, seriously injuring several elite guards one after another.

At this time, Zhao Dan had already recognized his identity, and his expression became solemn, but he didn't say anything, planning to capture the person. Two fists are invincible to four hands, as time passed, the man's strength to resist became smaller and smaller, and after using all his strength to force back a guard, he was immediately slashed by the guard behind him, he snorted, and swung the ghost head knife back, but was avoided by the clever guard.

seemed to know that he had entered a desperate situation, and when the man saw that he couldn't cut the guards behind him, he didn't move, and only raised his knife and glared at Zhao Dan to show his unyieldingness. When the guards saw that he no longer moved, they did not persecute him, but surrounded him to prevent him from escaping.

Zhao Dan saw that he had already controlled the situation, so he said loudly: "Attacking the imperial court officials, Wu Changfeng, are the beggars going to rebel?!" "It turns out that this person is Wu Changfeng, one of the four elders of the Beggar Gang, who is in a high position in the Beggar Gang, and is good at using a Qimen Sancai knife, but he wants to assassinate Zhao Dan for some reason.

Wu Changfeng snorted coldly and said, "Imperial Palace? Phew! Do you deserve it too? Rebel thief! After scolding, he didn't say more, his eyes were closed, his chin was raised, as if it was a very embarrassing thing to talk to him. When Zhao Dan saw his appearance, anger suddenly came out, and he immediately shouted: "Wu Changfeng! You seem to be justified as a rebel and thief, what do you rely on?!"

After a pause, Zhao Dan calmed the anger in his heart, and continued in as calm a tone as possible: "I, Zhao Dan, have been conscientious and conscientious since I guarded Qinfeng Road, and I never dared to slack off, lest I live up to the expectations of the people and benefactors. Not to mention any credit, there is always hard work! Now that he is being insulted like you like this, Zhao is really unconvinced! ”

Wu Changfeng raised his eyebrows coldly, and said hatefully: "I! You traitor still have to quibble, it's really shameless, where you and your minions are plotting to rebel, I can hear it clearly! Without the king's order, he sent troops to Tibet without permission, is this not a rebellion? What you are doing is nothing but self-interest! ”

Zhao Dan sighed leisurely, knowing that he was a diehard loyalist of the Song Dynasty, and he would never understand his ambitions, and he didn't want to bother talking any more, so he said: "Different angles, different views are naturally different, the so-called mutual understanding and 'empathy' are impossible, hehe, now think about it, the young master's words are really very reasonable." Anyway, if the Tao is different and does not conspire with each other, I should not have thought that I could be understood by you. ”

Wu Changfeng sneered, just as he was farting, he didn't put a word in his ears, and his heart was full of enthusiasm for serving the country with generosity. He looks at death like home, but he is very heroic, which makes Zhao Dan sigh with emotion, once upon a time, he was also such a hot-blooded and pure man.

Thinking like this, Zhao Dan felt a little sorry for him, and he couldn't bear to kill him for a while, thinking so in his heart, he immediately took action. He said loudly: "Wu Changfeng, the Song court is weak externally and rotten internally, and it is definitely not a good choice for the Han nation, I want to change this situation, so that the Liao dog and the Western Xia barbarians will no longer dare to and pee on the heads of the Han people!" With such an ideal, I must not let Song Ting continue like this! I advise you to also think clearly, whether you will continue to be foolish. Alas, your loyalty to the Song Ting, I, Zhao Dan, see it in my eyes, and I also admire it very much, and it is also... Quite understanding..."

Saying that, Zhao Dan hesitated for a long time, and finally exhaled heavily, as if he had made an extremely important decision, and said loudly: "Wu Changfeng, you go!" I won't kill you this time, but, see you next time, I will show no mercy! ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the guards changed color. "Your Excellency!" One of his subordinates couldn't help but try to persuade him, but Zhao Dan raised his hand to stop him and said, "I have made up my mind!" There is no need to persuade again. The subordinate's face turned pale, hesitated, and finally stopped persuading, and he retreated. At this time, another person on the side stepped forward and said, "My lord! No matter what the result is today, we and the beggar gang are all married, the beggar gang is the first gang in the world, this person is the elder of the gang, by no means comparable to ordinary thieves, my lord, let the tiger return to the mountain is not done by the wise, please think twice! ”

This person's name is Meng Zhe, he is one of the saber commanders, and he is in a high position, which cannot be suppressed by Zhao Dan with a word. It's just that Zhao Dan admires Wu Changfeng's generosity and sadness, and he really can't bear to start. Besides, at this time, the decision has been made, and it cannot be changed unless it is Wu Xi, let alone the suggestion of a subordinate under his own direct jurisdiction? Even at this time, Zhao Dan didn't feel that he was being admonished, but he just felt that his majesty was provoked, and he was angry in his heart, and he inadvertently became louder when he spoke: "I said let it go!" Doesn't what I say count?! ”

Wu Changfeng happened to be escorted by two saber special forces, although Zhao Dan was the highest commander, but Meng Zhe was their direct superior. In this case, the two did not directly obey the order to release them, but looked at Meng Zhe with embarrassed expressions. But this reaction finally completely angered Zhao Dan, and he shouted: "What are you all watching him do? I'm the district governor! It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders! Do you pay attention to all these things taught by the Knife Sharpening Camp? Let them go!"

Meng Zhe was also very angry when he heard him say this, but Zhao Dan was his boss, and it would definitely not be of any benefit to him to contradict Zhao Dan, so he didn't dare to talk back. It's just that it's always unpleasant to hold back his anger, so he glared at the two and shouted, "Didn't you hear what Lord Zhao said? Let go! The two special forces glanced at each other, and they both flashed a hint of helplessness, and then let go of Wu Changfeng.

After this change, Wu Changfeng had mixed feelings in his heart, glanced at Zhao Dan in a complicated way, his lips moved and stopped, but in the end he just sighed, turned around and left. Looking at his back, Meng Zhe bowed to Zhao Dan and said solemnly: "Today's matter, the subordinates will truthfully report to the first respect, within the scope of their duties, please forgive me!" ”

Zhao Dan thought that he was using Wu Xi to suppress himself, and he didn't look down on his fox and fake tiger might, glanced at him with horizontal eyebrows, snorted coldly, and left directly without helping, leaving only Meng Zhe to continue to bend over with an embarrassed face.

Back in the study, Zhao Dan was still bruised, obviously very angry. But it's no wonder that he almost grew up watching Wu Xi, in terms of qualifications and strength, Wu Xi's subordinates, only Wu Shun can compare with him. And even Wu Shun respects him very much when he talks to him, and he will never object to what he says.

It's just that he is angry, but there is no grudge, after all, in essence, he is still that straight-hearted man, and he will never want to wear small shoes for Meng Zhe because of such a thing. At this time, I went back to the study and sat down to think about it, and I felt that Meng Zhe was a very good person, not afraid of power, in the face of his own pressure, he could still insist on his own opinions, and he was not blind and reckless, and he had to retreat when he knew that he should retreat. Thinking like this, I admired this posterity again.