Above the school field, the sky is boiling. Another round of wrestling is about to begin. The two soldiers had already climbed the low platform amid the high cheers of everyone, and once again attracted everyone's attention.

However, Zuo Liangyu's attention did not follow everyone to stay on the low platform, but instead moved to Chen Wang's body.

"There's one thing I want to ask you." Zuo Liangyu put down the wine glass in his hand, his voice was not loud, but it was enough for Chen Wang to be able to hear it in the noisy crowd of people.

Chen Wang's eyes moved slightly, he heard the solemnity in Zuo Liangyu's words, and immediately paid attention to Zuo Liangyu's body.

"What do you want to ask?" Chen Wang restrained the smile on his face and asked.

"I want to ask...... Zuo Liangyu pressed the wine glass on the table in front of him with one hand, and propped the other hand on his knees.

His gaze was deep, his tone was low, and he asked solemnly.

"What the hell do you want to do?" The air seemed to freeze at this moment. Chen Wang's eyes condensed slightly, and he slowly put down the wine glass in his hand, and did not answer Zuo Liangyu's question.

Zuo Liangyu's sudden question was indeed not what he expected. But to some extent, it was also expected by him.

At the beginning of the Kuizhou Mansion, he went to meet Zuo Liangyu in the name of persuasion. In the account, the words he blatantly said to Zuo Liangyu had already exposed most of the plot.

It is reasonable for Zuo Liangyu to ask this question here now.

"Don't you know?" Chen Wang smiled indifferently and did not answer Zuo Liangyu's question, but threw the question to Zuo Liangyu again.

Zuo Liangyu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he fell silent. The shouts around were thunderous, and on the ring, the gladiatorial battle between the two soldiers had already entered a white heat.

"The troubled times are in all directions, and if there is a soldier, it is the king of grass......" Zuo Liangyu's expression was dark, his eyes were sharp, and he slowly read out what Chen Wang said to him when he was in Kuizhou Mansion.

"That's what you told me before."

"At the beginning, I thought that what you wanted to do was Qi Jiguang, to be a famous general of ZTE, and to leave a name in history." Zuo Liangyu turned his head, looked at the soldiers who were wrestling in the ring below, and said in a deep voice.

"Later, when I was in Kuizhou Mansion, I thought you wanted Li Chengliang to be the ancestor of Dashou, not subject to the control of those civil officials, and to be the grass king of one side and the emperor of the soil......"

"But right now, your ambitions don't just go that far." Zuo Liangyu's gaze swept over the low platform, looked at the soldiers of the Hanzhong Army around the low platform, looked at the dense military tents on the periphery of the school field, and looked at the fiery red flags spread all over the mountains.

After coming to Xiangyang, when he saw Chen Wang again, Zuo Liangyu knew that he was wrong, and it was ridiculously wrong.

Chen Wang's plan was far more magnificent and huge than he thought. More than 10,000 Hanzhong troops outside Xiangyang City, all of whom wore armor and were forbidden by order, were elite soldiers and strong generals in the absolute sense.

And this is not all the soldiers and horses under Chen Wang's command, but only the cavalry directly under Chen Wang's command, and the reinforcement battalions under the command of the two subordinate generals.

All towns and battalions were eating empty salaries, but Chen Wang not only did not eat empty salaries, but the battalion headquarters under his command even exceeded the number of soldiers, and he also had to use the name of auxiliary soldiers as a cover.

Money is needed to raise soldiers, and it is impossible for the military salary allocated by the imperial court to be in full. It is very difficult to raise soldiers and horses in the quota, and the military salary is simply not enough.

There are so many soldiers and horses in Hanzhong Town under Chen Wang, it is naturally impossible for these soldiers and horses not to need military salaries, so where do their military salaries come from?

Not to mention the source of military salaries, what is Chen Wang spending so much of his own money to raise so many soldiers and horses?

Ambition...... Chen Wang picked up the wine glass and took a sip of the wine in the glass. Chen Wang didn't like this word, it was not a good word.

To be honest, he never had any ambitions. If he had a choice, he wouldn't even want to come here.

But he didn't have a choice, not only did he get here, but he was also caught up in the catastrophe. The torrent of the times carries the fate of individuals.

The fate of being held hostage by the times can only rise and fall with the times. He has been able to get all the way to where he is today, and many of the hardships are simply not for outsiders.

"Think ......of it as ambition," Chen Wang did not refute what Zuo Liangyu said.

"Actually, what you thought before was not wrong." Chen Wang looked at Xiangyang City in the distance.

"At the beginning, I thought about being Qi Jiguang."

"It's a pity that no one in the court is Zhang Juzheng." In this era at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there is really no shortage of good generals.

There are Juniper, Liu Ling, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Cao Wenzhao, and Cao Bianjiao in the front. Even when he was in Nanming, Li Dingguo and other generals were willing to excel.

It's just that the Ming court has been decaying for a long time from the inside, and the imbalance between civil and military forces for hundreds of years has made the foundation of the Ming court already fester.

"As for Li Chengliang......" Chen Wang glanced at Zuo Liangyu. Zuo Liangyu in history just wants to be a figure like Li Chengliang.

When Chongzhen issued an order to allow him to live in Wuchang, Zuo Liangyu immediately wrote a letter and sent troops to attack Zhang Xianzhong.

In history, Zuo Liangyu never had the ambition to enter the world, he just wanted to be Li Chengliang.

Moreover, there is no ability to forge ahead. When Li Chengliang is really good, he worships the marquis and is in power, as long as he is in the place of the feudal territory, he is above 10,000 people, in fact, he is the same as the emperor of the soil.

"And since they've all done it to this extent, why not go any further?" Chen Wang made no secret of his thoughts.

If you have the opportunity to change, why not.

"The current world is no longer the time when Li Chengliang was at the beginning." In Li Chengliang's era, the social contradictions were not as intense as they are now.

The internal stability of the Ming court was still stable, and during the reign of Zhang Juzheng, it was the middle period of the Ming Dynasty, and the military strength of the Ming Dynasty was unprecedentedly strong.

There is no chance of rebellion at all, and Li Chengliang is already the top of the sky to be the emperor of Liaodong. But the current situation is very different from the era in which Li Chengliang lived.

It is true that he can be Li Chengliang, but when he is Li Chengliang, the final outcome is a dead end. After the Qing army entered the customs, they would not stop moving south, what they wanted was to encroach on the whole world.

"Li Chengliang's fate is good, he has been the emperor of soil for so many years, he has been named Ning Yuanbo, and finally he has a good death."

"But......" Chen Wang knew what Zuo Liangyu was thinking, and he accentuated his tone a little.

"In addition to Li Chengliang in this history, which of the powerful military ministers have been able to die well?"

"If you don't take this road, you can't be cautious and cautious, and you can go to the end." Zuo Liangyu's expression changed slightly, and he didn't know how to read.

But he has also listened to storytelling and listened to other people's dramas. There are also military ministers in this dynasty, but there are indeed very few who can die well.

It's just that in many cases, people have a fluke mentality. After this matter was brought to the table by Chen Wang nakedly, Zuo Liangyu's heart couldn't help but feel a little more uneasy.

Chen Wang looked at the constant change in the expression on Zuo Liangyu's face, and knew that Zuo Liangyu's heart must be entangled.

This node is the best time to persuade Zuo Liangyu, and the best opportunity to lead Zuo Liangyu to the path he set.

"You asked me a question, and I'm asking you a question now." Chen Wang leaned back in his seat and threw a question to Zuo Liangyu.

"What is the Son of Heaven?"

"Son of Heaven ......" Zuo Liangyu's expression was solemn, and his mind slowly sank, he didn't understand why Chen Wang suddenly asked this question.

To be honest, just saying this word made him feel a little awe-inspiring in his heart. The Son of Heaven is the emperor, the father of the monarch, the lord of the Ninety-Five, and the most prominent person in the world...... Zuo Liangyu's thoughts were confused, and he didn't know how to answer Chen Wang's question.

But at this time, Chen Wang gave him an answer.

"The ancients: The Son of Heaven is also a knight. Therefore, he is called the Son of Heaven, who is the king, the father, the mother of heaven, and the earth, and the son of heaven. ”

"The Son of Heaven sits in the Ming Hall, carries the national seal, and lists the nine tripods, so that those who come from all directions know the people of the world."

"The Son of Heaven, rich from all over the world, represents the herdsmen of the heavens."

"But if I want to tell you......" Chen Wang slowly stood up, his gaze did not stay on Zuo Liangyu's body, but stayed on the sergeant who was wrestling in the ring.

"These words are all empty talk and nonsense." Zuo Liangyu looked at Chen Wang, who stood up, and he felt contempt from Chen Wang's tone.

And this contempt had a big impact on Zuo Liangyu. Heaven is said above, and earth is spoken below. Monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons.

This has been a tradition for thousands of years.

"Son of Heaven......" The tsunami-like shouts of the mountains were rolling in wave after wave, rolling from all directions of the school field.

In the ring, the wrestling is over. The loser slumped on the table and no one cared. The victor stands in the ring with his hands held high.

Under the ring, countless soldiers raised their arms and paid the highest respect to the victor.

"Mighty!"

"Mighty!!"

"Mighty !!" The deafening shouts echoed in Zuo Liangyu's ears, making his eardrums ache.

"Princely generals, would you rather have a kind?" The boiling voice did not overwhelm Chen Wang's voice, Chen Wang's voice was firm and calm, and it was heard clearly by Zuo Liangyu.

"Son of Heaven, those who are strong in soldiers and horses should do it!"

"Boom-" Zuo Liangyu sat on the seat, only feeling that something was exploding in his mind.

His mind was muddy, and his thoughts were almost dead. A thought that had never existed, like a poisonous weed, grew wildly in his heart, spreading like a plague.

What Zuo Liangyu was thinking, Chen Wang didn't know and didn't care. Because according to his understanding of Zuo Liangyu.

Zuo Liangyu will definitely choose the right path in the end. Chen Wang stood on the lookout, raised the wine glass in his hand, and raised his glass to the victory in the ring.

On the lookout, all the generals of the Hanzhong army stood up, and also raised the wine glasses in their hands to salute their generals.

In the ring, the winning soldier also saw Chen Wang, who was toasting him, and excitedly hugged his fists in return.

On the school field, countless soldiers who were cheering for the victor also turned their eyes to the lookout because of the victor's actions, and saw Chen Wang raising his wine glass.

The next moment, even more enthusiastic cheers had burst out of the throats of the soldiers.

"General, mighty!" All the soldiers in the camp raised their arms and paid the highest respect to Chen Wang.

The cheers were like a tsunami from the mountains, wave after wave, wave after wave. When Chen Wang sat down and the scene returned to calm, Zuo Liangyu also regained calm.

Zuo Liangyu's eyes were clear, his expression was as usual, and he no longer saw any haze. Chen Wang was clear, Zuo Liangyu's heart had already figured it out.

At this time, it is naturally the best moment to take advantage of the victory to pursue.

"Today's situation, you must also know that in four words, it is internal and external troubles."

"The Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, the Wanmin Army, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and the Liukou from all over the country have been digging the foundation of the Ming Dynasty."

"Have them as targets in front of them to attract the attention of the imperial court."

"We can accumulate strength in the dark and recruit troops in a big way."

"Just like we do now." Chen Wang pointed to the cheering soldiers below.

"There are 17,000 soldiers and horses in my town, and more than 10,000 hidden in the name of the guards."

"The 8,000 Huguang soldiers under Chen Hongfan's command are also under my control."

"Now the battalion soldiers in Henan are also under my control, and the new army that has been trained is also under my control." Chen Wang does not shy away from it, and many times he needs to show his strength appropriately to be convincing.

"The mess in Liaodong, you used to be in Changping, so you naturally know it."

"In March this year, Jiannu attacked Liaodong again and besieged Jinzhou." Zuo Liangyu nodded.

"The situation in Liaodong is okay so far, but it does involve the troops of the Nine Sides."

"Nope." Chen Wang shook his head.

"The situation in Liaodong is not good at all." Zuo Liangyu frowned slightly, although the Tang newspaper will whitewash some of it, but what can be reported is probably not much worse, and he naturally has a channel for news in the court, and Changping also has old knowledge.

He has always been paying attention to the battle situation in Liaodong. In June, Zu Dashou led the troops to attack many times, killed and injured a lot of Jiannu, and captured a lot of heads, all of which were reported to the Ministry of War for approval.

"This time, the battle situation in Liaodong is different from the past." Chen Wang knew what Zuo Liangyu was thinking.

"The situation in the north, you also knew it in Changping before."

"It's normal for this kind of small-scale confrontation to achieve results, and the real test is the large-scale confrontation that follows."

"This time, Jiannu's determination is far more resolute than everyone thinks......" For the prophet of history, Chen Wang's tone was very resolute.

At the beginning of the Battle of Songjin, the upper echelons of the Ming court thought that Jiannu would just retreat after plundering, just like in previous years.

"Wait...... "When Jiannu established the city of Yiju and the army gathered on the Songjin defensive line. Ming Tingcai reacted as if he had just woken up from a dream and understood Jiannu's strategic intentions.

And at this time, it was actually completely late.

"Wait until the building collapses...... "Songjin, for the Ming court, is almost a battle that must be lost.