Chu madman felt that he was really bored with himself, he and Ji Ran were people who didn't know what loyalty was, even if they wanted to be loyal, the prince who was worthy of his loyalty had already been defeated and assassinated......

So he scratched his head and asked, "Then why don't you just stay?" ”

Ji Ran got up and said: "Those who rejuvenate the teacher must first accumulate food, money, and cloth, if they do not accumulate first, the soldiers will be hungry, and the hungry will be easy to hurt." If the division is not revitalized for several years, it is easy to be defeated suddenly, the land will be lost, and the corpses of the soldiers will be strewn all over the field......"

The Chu madman felt that it was wrong when he heard it, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Stop, stop, isn't this your "Ji Ran Strategy"?" No one else has heard of it, but I have seen it, and they say that what do they do with me, and do they want to show off? ”

Ji Ran had a feeling for the cow playing the piano, and snorted coldly: "These things, I don't need to teach them, Zhao Xiaosikou has already realized that now Xilu's wealth and goods are the best in the East, and porcelain, silk, and paper goods dominate the world, he not only attaches importance to farming, but also attaches importance to coinage, salt and iron, but he doesn't give full play to the function of these sharp weapons." In terms of combat, he also knows that when the war is rested, he will not be reckless, and this time he entered the Song Dynasty, he also knew that he would cut the autumn grain in advance, eat the enemy for one minute, and be my ten bells. ”

"Now that he understands these truths, it is enough for Ji Qiao, Duanmu Ci and others under him to operate the small area of Xilu, what can I do if I stay?"

Chu Madman sneered: "Yes, your ability is too big, and the ordinary small temple can't accommodate it." ”

Speaking of this, Ji Ran's attitude suddenly became contemptuous of everything: "That's right, if the water of the waves is dirty, I can follow Lao Tzu and recklessly run the rivers and lakes with you; The waters of the waves are clear. I will wash my tassels, put on my crown and return to the court. Xilu under Zhao Zitai is indeed a fairly clear water. It's a pity that it's just a trickle now. The House of Hundred Vehicles doesn't need me to govern, and you want me to stay and assist? Let's wait until he really takes charge of a country of a thousand times! ”

Chu madman said sourly: "Wait for him to win this battle." took Shangqiu and used Sicheng Le to steal the Song Kingdom, isn't it a thousand times? If you steal the country of Lu again, it will be another thousand times ...... Two thousand times ......"

Speaking of this, the Chu madman was also taken aback by himself and gasped.

"In this way, wouldn't he be stronger than the entire Zhao clan? Then do you need to go back to the Jin Kingdom and wait to be the son of the world and inherit Zhao Meng's throne? It's better to stand on your own, a Xizhao. A Dong Zhao got it! ”

"How can things be as simple as you think......" Ji Ran poured a basin of cold water on the Chu madman.

"I haven't seen the affairs of Lu Guo with my own eyes, and I don't care, let's just talk about Song Guo's side. It is true that the Zhao and Le coalition forces won a great victory in this battle, and it is not false that the main forces of Uncle Xiao and the four princes have been defeated, but there are more than these in the country, the Xiang family also controls a large area, and the Song Duke still has the support of the imperial family. Moreover, in the land of the four wars of the Song Kingdom, catching up with this chaos, it became fat in the eyes of the surrounding princes. Now that the Zheng army has been defeated and the Wei army has been destroyed, these two countries will not be able to get much benefit. ”

"In several frontier countries in the world, the country of Qi is still recovering. There is also the country of Lu, which cannot come and interfere. The six secretaries of the Jin State went their own way, plus fought protracted battles with Xianyu, Dai, and Wuzhi. I'm not interested in taking care of it. The state of Chu is avoiding the edge of the state of Wu, and even Chen and Cai cannot completely recover it. Not to mention going north. As a result, only the people of Wu are left...... Zhao Xiaosikou relied on this battle to monopolize the benefits of the Song Kingdom? I don't think it's easy! ”

……

"The next goal. Of course, it is to march to Songcheng Shangqiu! ”

The coalition army has basically finished cleaning up the battlefield, and the Xiang clan soldiers led by Cao Jun and Sima Geng have almost lost their combat effectiveness and have to stay in place to rest, but the Zhao clan and Sicheng Le's soldiers, a total of more than 4,000 people, who have not suffered much loss, will continue to drive and rush to the next battlefield, or meet new enemies.

In the makeshift marching tent, Le Wei excitedly hammered the location of Shangqiu on the map with his fist.

He didn't do much, but he saw that the coalition army had won a big victory, and Le Wei admired his brother-in-law Zhao Wuxian, but also completely ignited his excitement. As soon as he opened his mouth, he analyzed the situation endlessly, and those who didn't know thought that the battle just now was won by him!

"Thousands of enemy soldiers were killed and wounded in this battle, and nearly 6,000 were taken prisoner! Only the Zheng army escaped more than 3,000 people, and now hundreds of light horsemen and hundreds of fast-paced soldiers are in pursuit. The direction in which they fled did not choose Shangqiu in the southwest, but Mengcheng in the west, probably wanting to flee directly back to Zheng Guo, but they did not expect that we had already asked the head of the family Chen Yin to organize a rebellion in Mengcheng, and now that the city may have been recovered, we will be able to stop Zheng's army under the city. It doesn't matter if they go around it, our 5,000 troops will follow closely behind, and after going to Mengcheng to rest and recuperate, and then go straight to Shangqiu, then great things can be accomplished, and civil strife can be extinguished! ”

After saying such a long list without rest, he looked at the expressions of the people around him with some smugness, hoping to see their expressions of surprise and admiration, however......

Everyone just looked at each other, but looked at Zhao Wuxian.

It was still Zhao Wuxian who gave face to his eldest brother, he was an important tool for the Zhao family to control the military and political affairs of the Song State in the future, and he had to be praised from time to time to make him happy. So Zhao Wuxian clapped his hands and praised: "Wonderful, my brother's strategy is very mysterious in the art of war." ”

Le Yu was overjoyed and said, "Then what are you waiting for?" We waited for the camp to pull out the camp overnight and go to Shangqiu to bring the head of the traitorous party, Le Daxin, to justice, and to rescue the king and his daughter. The Huang clan and the Ling clan in the Dai clan have sent people to inform me, saying that they are willing to be the inner response! ”

Hey, uncle, that was a month ago, Zheng and Wei hadn't entered the game at that time, because of the addition of Zhao Wuxian and Cao Guo, Sicheng Le's was gaining the upper hand, so is the promise still counted?

Of course, it counts, now that the situation is reversed here, the Zhao and Le coalition forces are almost certain to win, and if the Huang clan and the Ling clan can see the direction of the wind, they will inevitably fall to this side. In fact, in this battle, a captured son of the Huang clan kept saying that the Huang clan's submission to the rebel party was a last resort, and he could do it at any time, and he even revealed the news that Nanzi was imprisoned in Tonggong.

To put it bluntly, this civil war is still the contradiction between the distant branch of the Song State and the close branch of the Song State, and the Xiang clan is already in ruins, and it is the Song Dynasty's single-minded support for the time being. Like Sicheng Le's family, the Huang family, and the Ling family, which belong to the Dai clan and are estranged from the public family, and those who supported the four princes in this coup d'état are mostly the sons and grandsons of Song Pinggong and Song Yuangong, represented by the Gongzi Dynasty.

Le Daxin is a special case, so he was regarded as a traitor by the three clans of the Dai clan, Le Daxin hated that he couldn't kill Shangqiu immediately, and captured Le Daxin, who was old and couldn't go out to fight, and killed him in the ancestral temple.

But Zhao Wuxian hadn't finished speaking.

"Retaking Shangqiu is naturally the quickest means to quell this civil strife, but ...... Siege is the most inferior way of warfare, especially Shangqiu Jiancheng, there are many rebels, it is difficult to conquer in a month, even if there is an internal response, it is not easy to get. Besides, brother, we have to face a potential enemy first. ”

Seeing that Zhao Wuxian rejected his plan, Le Wei was originally a little unhappy, but he couldn't help but wonder when he heard this: "Enemy? Haven't the Zheng and Wei states and the rebels been defeated by us, and how can there be any enemies? ”

Zhao Wuxian glanced at Sima Geng, who was as usual with a pale face, he only received the news from the scouts after the war, and Sima Ziniu, who had an upright personality, didn't know about it.

He said with a smile: "As the saying goes, the predecessors planted trees and the later people enjoyed the shade, some people spent a long time under the peach tree, and it was easy to lower the peach branches, but some people came over and wanted to reach the peach without labor......

Zhao Wuxian looked outside the open tent, restrained his smile, and said in a commanding tone: "Brother, I ordered the soldiers of the Le clan to line up, all of them give me more energy, the person who picks peaches has arrived!" ”

He said silently in his heart: "Nanzi, if you are wronged to stay in the Tong Palace for a few more days, I will save you when I clear the last fence in front of me......"

……

The sunset was approaching, and after rowing for a while in the Meng Zhu water, Ji Ran and the Chu madman left their boats to land again and climbed towards a small hill.

Chu Madman asked while crawling, "The monsoon wind is strong and cold, can you have a warm place to rest tonight?" ”

Ji Ran said without looking back: "Cold? What about the bearskin fur that Zhao Xiaosikou gave you? ”

"On the way to Mengzhu, I saw people hungry and cold on the side of the road, so I gave them clothes." A set of bearskin furs worn by the sons and grandsons of the Qing Dynasty is extremely valuable, and it can replace hundreds of acres of land, but in the mouth of Chu Maniac, it is no different from throwing away a ragged shirt.

"You're hurting them......" Ji Ran sighed.

Chu madman jumped to his feet: "Harm them? ”

"However, birds die for food, people die for money, and nature also. Not to mention that this is late autumn, there are probably not a few people who covet the bearskin fur, and I don't know that the fur has been glued with the blood of several people. ”

Chu madman spat and said, "I'm not so stupid!" I will show them the way to Daiyi, and let them wear this fur to go to the Zhao camp, and they will naturally be treated kindly. ”

Ji Ran knew the temperament of his old friend, and he no longer teased him, and replied: "I see, tonight's residence is in the cave on the north side of this hill, and you have been here ten years ago. ”

"Is it the dark, damp cave that rolls into the mud and the sound of dripping water echoes at night? Spare me. The madman Chu was miserable, but his footsteps did not stop at all.

"It's obviously a rare blessed place, and you still pick and choose...... Hey? ”

Ji Ran turned around and laughed and scolded, but after a sigh, he stopped.

"What are you doing, what are you doing stopping?"

Ji Ran was silent for a moment and then said, "Don't be in a hurry to leave, someone from the east is coming......"

As soon as the Chu madman turned around, sure enough, to the east of Meng Zhu, an army appeared on the horizon, waving flags and armor, no less than a thousand people.

However, this was only their forward force, and there were three or four thousand men behind them, who looked like rolling black waves, rolling in the west.

The Chu madman was still trying to identify the flag with the help of the light before sunset, but Ji Ran had already figured out the origins of those people one by one.

"It's the Xiang family, and the people of Wu ......"

Chu madman said helplessly: "You guessed right again." ”

Ji Ran said with a smile: "That's natural, I have already received news that as early as half a month ago, the Wu army, under the leadership of the crown prince, had begun to attack Yanyang, and he crossed Pengcheng, Linxiaoyi, and marched to Shangqiu. I was wondering where he was, why didn't he come to participate in this big battle, but when it came to it, the time was really accurate, and he deserved to be Sun Wuzi's proud disciple! I don't know how much he learned that ghostly military strength? Did the husband meet Zhao Wuxian? Interesting, really funny! (To be continued.) )