Beimang retreated, and the entire capital was in a cheerful environment, and everyone cheered to celebrate this joy.

But the euphoria did not last long, because another, larger crisis had not yet been resolved.

Rebellion of the Eight Kings!

The eight princes led by the king of Huainan set off a rebellion in the south, and the princes from all over the country gathered to follow, and officials from all over the country joined their commands, and the territories that were previously captured by the prodigal army were also occupied by them one by one, claiming to be 100,000 in armor and 500,000 soldiers!

The king of Huainan is known as "traitorous ministers make trouble, and the Qing monarch is on the side", carrying supreme power, unstoppable, and invincible!

If the Northern Mangmang barbarians are at most looting near Chang'an City and cannot really subvert the imperial court, then these eight princes and kings are here to seize the world, and the blatant rebellion can be described as vigorous!

After Zhao Xuanqi solved the Beimang matter, he came to the outside of the city to find Zhao Wuxing as soon as possible.

Zhao Wuxing was dressed in black armor, his tall physique exuded a fierce aura, and he had already waited for a long time with 40,000 elite soldiers.

Supplies and baggage and other items have been prepared, and orders must be given at this moment, ready to go at any time!

When Zhao Wuxing saw Zhao Xuanqi coming, he immediately lowered his head and saluted respectfully: "Generalissimo, Beimang has withdrawn, there is no longer any threat from Chang'an City, we can already free up our hands to deal with the rebellion of the Eight Kings!" ”

"Am I going to leave now?"

Zhao Xuanqi replied: "This is natural, you will immediately lead 40,000 elite soldiers to set off!" ”

Zhao Wuxing swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looked at it a little timidly, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Dare to ask the Generalissimo, what should I do?" Is there any way to make an exception? ”

Zhao Wuxing's heart was uneasy.

Although he was familiar with the art of war over the years, and he was also proficient in warfare, he had no confidence in winning with 40,000 troops against the eight princes and princes, and so many princes in various places were also in rebellion.

The momentum of the eight princes and kings is more fierce than the uprising of the prodigal army, the officials and princes of the world have joined the command of the king of Huainan, and even the territory of the prodigal army has been occupied by them, claiming to be 100,000 in armor, and the army of the world is one million, which is very terrifying.

The difficulty of quelling the rebellion this time is very high, higher than the suppression of the uprising of the prodigal army, at least the battle with the prodigal army belongs to the defense of the city, in Chang'an City is a defensive battle, as long as it is guarded and defended, you can rely on the tall city wall to resist the enemy.

But if he goes out to suppress the rebellion, there is no such tall city wall as Chang'an City outside, and there is no such majestic city, he took 40,000 elite soldiers over, and he couldn't find a big city like the Great Wall to defend, the low city wall was easy to be broken by the enemy, and since it was to suppress the rebellion, it must not be able to defend the city all the time, but also take the initiative to attack the enemy, which is too difficult!

Zhao Wuxing saw no hope of victory at all.

He looked at Zhao Xuanqi with blank eyes, his tall body was pulled together, looking like a defeated rooster, with an innocent expression.

Zhao Xuanqi was amused by the tall man's performance, and he asked rhetorically, "Do you think I'm so stupid?" Will I send you to die in vain? Since I asked Ling to lead the army over, I have already arranged a good strategy to destroy the enemy! ”

Zhao Wuxing's haze was swept away, he patted the armor on his chest, and said happily: "Please also ask the generalissimo to teach me!" ”

Zhao Xuanqi's eyes showed a bright light, his tone was excited, and he slowly analyzed: "Beimang's million iron horses are coming, there must be the figure of the King of Huainan behind this, and there must be factors that they provoked, they regard Beimang as a sharp blade and want to kill people with a knife." ”

"When the king of Huainan wants us to fight with Beimang, and they take advantage of the fisherman's profits, take the opportunity to seize the world, and when our vitality is greatly damaged, they will come to us again and give us a heavy blow and send us back to the west......"

"At this point in time, King Huainan definitely thinks that we have fought with Beimang bloody, and we can't spare our hands to deal with them at all."

"However, they probably didn't expect that Beimang had withdrawn, and we didn't fight Beimang at all, and we are still in their heyday."

Zhao Xuanqi commanded: "The so-called soldiers are fast, at this time, you can lead the troops over at the fastest speed, you can definitely attack them unprepared, take the king of Huainan by surprise, take the opportunity to give them heavy damage, and let them suffer a big hardship!" ”

Zhao Wuxing's eyes lit up: "My subordinates know." ”

Zhao Xuanqi continued to command: "During this period, you have to remember one thing, you and I are holding back, you must not use artillery and bombs, and you must not be the first to expose these two decisive weapons!" ”

In the past few months, the masters of the craftsman shop have finally produced a few cannons, but only a few.

At the same time, some bombs were made, but the number of bombs was not large, only more than 100 explosive packs, and there were no flowering bombs and white phosphorus bombs at all.

Zhao Wuxing was very puzzled by this, he touched his head and wondered: "But if I don't use these two weapons, I can't defeat so many rebels at all, so what should I do?" ”

Zhao Xuanqi replied: "After you attack the enemy once, you will immediately flee as soon as you succeed in the blow, you immediately go to find a strong city wall to defend, and be a turtle with a shrunken head, delay the time hard, just drag it on, and drag it on for as long as you want!" ”

The tall Zhao Wuxing was confused for a moment, his face was full of suspicion, and he asked suspiciously: "Generalissimo, didn't I go to quell the rebellion?" Why find a place to hide and stall for time? What is the purpose of procrastination? And when is the best time to use gunpowder? ”

Zhao Xuanqi paced in place a few times, and then his eyes showed a deep gaze, and he said categorically about his plan: "You wait for me to arrive!" ”

"When you lead the army to put down the rebellion head-on, I will lead a part of the soldiers to climb over the snowy mountains from the position of the prairie, run for thousands of miles, go around to the rear of the enemy, and flank you front and rear!"

"When I go around to the enemy's rear, we agree on a signal, and you will know that I am coming when you see the signal from a distance."

"You stick to the city, you can only take the initiative when you see the signal, this time is the best time to use artillery explosives, which can help you to hit the enemy by surprise with fewer shots, and let the enemy army be in chaos!"

"When I saw the enemy army in the rear, I took the opportunity to fight with you in front and back, defeated the enemy army together, and completely suppressed this rebellion!"

Zhao Wuxing's face changed drastically.

He never thought that Marshal Zhao would make such an idea!

Climb over the snowy mountains, go around behind the enemy, and attack from both sides!

Immediately dissuaded: "Generalissimo, I'm afraid this won't work, even the herdsmen who herd sheep all the year round don't dare to climb over the Great Snow Mountain, which is extinct all the year round, and it belongs to a complete no-man's land, and some are just endless emptiness, and anyone who tries to climb over the Great Snow Mountain will die in it!"

Daxueshan is not a real snow-capped mountain, but a prairie in the snow area, because it is close to the north, the cold snap is very heavy, so it is snow-capped all year round and very cold.

From the location of Chang'an City, it is true that you can go around the Great Snow Mountain to the rear of the Huainan King's territory, but there are thousands of miles along the way!

The road was full of grasslands and heavy snow, and there were no creatures in sight, steep mountain roads, cold breath, and no water or food......

The most terrible thing is that it is still difficult to identify the direction of the road, and if people accidentally get lost in it, they will be completely trapped in it.

The Great Snow Mountain belongs to a terrifying forbidden land, and has always had a title among the herdsmen who believe in the Immortal Heaven: the forbidden area of death, the land of the gods.

It means that even if you are a god, you will not be able to climb over the Great Snow Mountain, but will be buried in the Great Snow Mountain and die.

You can imagine how terrifying the Great Snow Mountain is!

Not to mention that Zhao Xuanqi is not simply climbing over the Snow Mountain, he still has to march!

You need to carry a lot of weapons and a lot of food along the way, in the past, it was purely meat buns and dogs, and there was no return!

Zhao Wuxing had heard the story about the Great Snow Mountain, so he didn't believe that Zhao Xuanqi could climb over the Great Snow Mountain at all, his head shook like a rattle, and he kept admonishing Zhao Xuanqi to give up this terrible idea.

You may die in battle with the enemy, but if you enter the Great Snow Mountain, you will be sent to death on your own initiative!

Zhao Xuanqi showed a smile on his face, walked in front of this man, looked at his eyes seriously and said slowly: "In addition to this plan, what other plan do you say can defeat the enemy army?" ”

Zhao Wuxing opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything.

The imperial court can now be said to be the enemy of the world, and the princes and kings rebelled because of the cutting of the domain, even if there was no reduction of the domain, the king of Huainan would rebel.

The princes and officials from all over the country, because of the previous Qinwang order, recruited a lot of troops, but in Chang'an Rapids retreated, abandoning the emperor in spite of the crime, this crime is very big, they are afraid of being blamed by the imperial court, so they can only join the command of the king of Huainan one after another, trying to subvert the world and reshuffle.

As for the territory of the prodigal army, the imperial court had no way to recover it, and as a result, these territories became the profits of the princes and princes everywhere, and the imperial court suppressed the uprising of the prodigal army, but it did not gain much benefit!

Except for Zhao Xuanqi's strategy, there is really no other way to defeat the enemy army!

Zhao Xuanqi continued: "What's more, others can't do it, why can't I? What others can't do, I want to do! I'm no ordinary person! ”

Zhao Wuxing was infected by Zhao Xuanqi's self-confidence.

That's right.

The Generalissimo is no ordinary man.

He is a god in the sky.

Break the wave army of 500,000 troops!

The soldiers are bloodless and force back the millions of iron horsemen in Beimang!

All these incredible things were like myths and legends, and if he hadn't seen them with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that anyone would do such a thing.

Generalissimo always works miracles.

It's just a matter of climbing over the snowy mountains.

The generalissimo said he could do it, then it would definitely work!

Zhao Wuxing's eyes shone brightly, and he held the generalissimo's hand tightly with both hands: "Marshal, you must not have an accident, I believe you!" ”

"I'm waiting for you in the Huainan area, you can't break your trust with me!"

He gave Zhao Xuanqi a standard military salute, and then slowly left, the sound of armor pieces colliding in the distance.

It didn't take long for 40,000 elite soldiers, under the leadership of Zhao Wuxing, to slowly leave Chang'an, and the direction they went was Huainan!

Zhao Xuanqi stood outside Chang'an City, squinting at the back of the army in the distance, a smile blooming on his face.

"I can do it!"

Since he decided to climb over the Great Snow Mountain, Zhao Xuanqi was naturally not a whim, and he was not a fool, if he was not prepared, how could he go over and die?

He was sure that he would make such a decision!

In this small half a year in winter, Zhao Xuanqi had already seen that the world was about to be in turmoil, so he took precautions, in addition to creating firearms in the factory, he also asked craftsmen to make some gadgets to enhance the combat effectiveness of the army.

Take telescopes, for example.

Telescopes are basically already equipped in the army.

It is very useful to observe the enemy very well, and to observe the distant scene by the way.

Compressed biscuits included.

It is said that it is a compressed biscuit, but in fact it is not a biscuit, but a compressed food similar to a compressed biscuit, Zhao Xuanqi carefully developed it, as long as you take a small piece, you can make soldiers feel full.

This kind of food, especially useful on the march!

It takes at least half a month to cross the snowy mountains, and if you bring normal food, it will be heavy and heavy, and it is impossible to bring it at all, and you can't bring it at all.

Compressed biscuits are the best option to allow soldiers to travel light, reduce weight, speed up and make it less difficult to climb over mountains.

At the same time there is a compass in the army.

If you have a compass as a directional tool, you won't be afraid of getting lost, as long as you follow the direction, you will always reach your destination!

Moreover, Zhao Xuanqi used to be a liberal arts student, he liked to read various magazines, and he also knew how to look at the celestial phenomena to identify the direction, he had already experimented, and these methods were also useful in this world.

If Zhao Xuanqi leads the army, the direction will basically not deviate too much, and basically will not lose its way.

In Chinese history, Li Guang, the flying general, has the title of Li Guang's difficult to seal, because he often gets lost, which leads to delays in fighters, and Zhao Xuanqi doesn't want to get lost and die like him.

And Zhao Xuanqi decided to give up those bulky and long cold weapons, and chose to only bring a flintlock pistol and some ammunition.

Zhao Xuanqi did not hand over the flintlock pistol to Zhao Wuxing, but Zhao Xuanqi prepared to use it himself, and with the flintlock pistol, he could launch the most fierce attack in the enemy's rear with the smallest number of people!

He doesn't have to take too many people to climb over the big snow mountain, too many people are not good, if there are fewer people, it can reduce the difficulty of climbing!

Each person is equipped with three horses, and there is no need to wear armor at all, so what armor is needed in the age of firearms? As long as you bring warm clothing, you can travel lightly and shuttle through the snowy mountains as fast as possible, so as to achieve the feat of climbing!

In Zhao Xuanqi's memory, even in the world of China, in order to fight, there were many ancients who did similar things like climbing over the Great Snow Mountain, and these ancients were not as abundant as they had prepared, and they did not have these black technologies......

Others can, why can't you yourself?

If not, it's dead!

Running thousands of miles, crossing the snowy mountains, and achieving an impossible overturn, like a divine soldier descending from the sky, and then attacking the enemy on both sides, this is Zhao Xuanqi's strategy.

After Zhao Wuxing left, it was time for Zhao Xuanqi to march.

But as the generalissimo of the imperial court, and as a trusted minister, he is in an important position, not just to go.

Before leaving, Zhao Xuanqi still needs to meet Emperor Qinglong and Princess Xiaoyao, and make a farewell and entrustment.

Princess Xiaoyao has always stayed with the little emperor, and in addition to taking care of her, she also plays a protective role.

Zhao Xuanqi went to the palace.

It didn't take long for Emperor Qinglong and Princess Xiaoyao to choose to meet Zhao Xuanqi in the Qiming Palace.

Zhao Xuanqi walked into the palace, his face did not change, his body stood straight, and slowly told Princess Xiaoyao about his plan this time.

"Are you saying you're going to run thousands of miles, and then climb over the snowy mountains and go around behind the enemy?"

Princess Xiaoyao was frightened.

Her face became very ugly, and she subconsciously said: "No, you can't do this, Daxue Mountain is a no-man's forbidden area, and there is no food supply, and it is easy to get lost, and the weather is very cold......

It's just that the voice is getting quieter and quieter.

She stopped talking in the middle of her speech.

If it was someone else, Princess Xiaoyao didn't believe that person would be able to climb over the Great Snow Mountain, but if this person was Zhao Xuanqi......

She looked at Zhao Xuanqi with a complicated face, you must know that Zhao Xuanqi just now forced back a million Northern Barbarian Iron Riders with the strength of one person!

She is just a woman in her boudoir, where is the opponent of a man like Zhao Xuanqi when she marches and fights?

Since Zhao Xuanqi said yes, then it must do!

She trusted Zhao Xuanqi for no reason, then sighed, a bright light emanated from her beautiful eyes, and changed her words: "You... You can't afford to have an accident......"

Zhao Xuanqi replied sonorously: "I will definitely not have an accident!" ”

It may be that the two of them knew that this operation was auspicious, and the scene suddenly returned to silence, and the entire palace was filled with a dead silence, which seemed desolate and desolate.

Everything seems to be Zhao Xuanqi this time as if he is not here to say goodbye, but to say goodbye......

Emperor Qinglong looked at the silent and dead appearance of the two, and his little face became very pale.

Although he is young, he is extremely smart, and he also knows that Zhao Xuanqi's action is absolutely dangerous, otherwise the scene would never be so dead!

He raised his head, looked at Zhao Xuanqi's tall body, and couldn't help but ask, "Taishi, since it's so dangerous, can you not go?" ”

Zhao Xuanqi, as the teacher of Emperor Qinglong, has a corresponding position, and in this era he is called Taishi, Emperor Shi, etc., and can also be called a teacher, and there is no fixed title.

Zhao Xuanqi smiled: "No, you have to go." ”

The little emperor continued to ask, "Can you give it to someone else?" It's too dangerous, you can't go, just leave it to someone else to do it. ”

Zhao Xuanqi shook his head and said: "I don't trust other people, this kind of big thing can only be done by me, this kind of big thing is safest to leave it to myself, this strategy is also what I came up with, and naturally I have to practice." ”

Emperor Qinglong's face became ugly, and he raised his little face: "Teacher, I don't want you to go!" ”

Zhao Xuanqi lowered his body, half-knelt on the ground, looked directly at the little boy, and touched his head very unruly for a while, and then smiled: "No, I still have a chance to live, if I don't go, everyone will be finished." ”

"If you sacrifice me alone, you can exchange for the happiness and health of the world, if you sacrifice my small family, in exchange for the stability and stability of everyone in the world, what is the way to everything?"

Emperor Qinglong pricked up his ears and listened to this sentence carefully, but his eyes were red, he didn't know too much truth, but he subconsciously didn't want this teacher who had been protecting him to leave.

He gritted his teeth and took this sentence to heart.

Zhao Xuanqi stood up and said goodbye slowly.

He walked out of the warm palace into the windy air, leaving the warm and comfortable room and walking alone under the cold, gloomy sky.

Time waits for no one, it's time to march!

(End of chapter)