C34

Chapter 34 - Heading West

"We've traveled for an entire night and walked at least 300 miles. Now that we're safe, we can take a break!" Li Gang got down from the horse and laughed.

Li Gang was a scholar and his body was the weakest, the night's worth of traveling had made him extremely exhausted, but he was still able to escape from the Xiangzhou City, he was in an extremely good mood!

"Your Highness, let's go find something to eat!" The middle-aged man also jumped down from the horse, looked around and said.

There was almost nothing edible in this abandoned village. However, the ancient times were different from the modern times. There were trees everywhere and there were many wild animals. It was very easy for the middle-aged man to hunt some wild animals!

The lively youth followed the middle-aged man and left. wooden youth also jumped down from his horse!

At that moment, the wooden youth was holding onto a bow, it was the famous "vibrating arch"! Looking at the vibrating arch, wooden youth could not help but reveal a sliver of excitement in his eyes! Other than his fist and feet skills being extraordinary, his archery skills were also extremely high. It was just that ordinary arrows could not withstand his divine power at all, and only after obtaining this vibrating arch, would he be able to unleash his full power!

Zhao Chen had already dismounted, his eyes looking at wooden youth, full of curiosity!

During the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties, heroes appeared one after another. Many of them were experts in martial arts. However, it was still extremely rare for a person to be strong to this extent!

"Many thanks for your help. May I know the noble name of this warrior?" Zhao Chen laughed.

"This commoner, Yue Fei, pays his respects to the Crown Prince!" wooden youth suddenly kneeled on the ground and said.

Zhao Chen's face changed drastically as he stood there in a daze!

Yue Fei... The person in front of him who had a stiff and wooden appearance, and who looked like an honest farmer was actually Yue Fei! If he had not seen the martial arts of the wooden youth, he would never have believed these words!

"Oh my god, Yue Fei, this person is actually Yue Fei!" At this moment, Zhao Chen only had this thought in his mind!

If it was the most famous person in the Southern Northern Song Dynasty, then it would definitely be Yue Fei! This man was the god of war of this era, the national hero! Zhao Chen thought that Yue Fei should be a tall and handsome man with a very majestic appearance. He never expected that Yue Fei was such a character!

"Your Highness? Your Highness the Crown Prince? " Seeing Zhao Chen standing there in a daze, and not saying anything for a long time, while Yue Fei was still kneeling on the ground, Li Gang couldn't help but remind him.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Please get up! Great, this is great! So you are Yue Fei! "Hahahaha!" Zhao Chen could not help but laugh!

Ever since he came to this era, he had often felt uneasy, and often felt that he was in danger right by his side. But now that he knew that this person was Yue Fei, it was as if he suddenly found a backer.

He raised his head and laughed, he did not stop for a long time, and Li Gang who was beside him was both curious and surprised, he did not know what was going on with Zhao Chen! He had already stayed with Zhao Chen for more than a month, and had never seen Zhao Chen have such a time!

"Your Highness?" Your Highness? " Li Gang couldn't help but remind him again.

"I am so happy! warrior Yue, are you the 'Peng Ju'? " Zhao Chen forcefully suppressed the excitement in his heart and said.

"That's right, the word 'commoner' is' Pengju '. How does Your Highness know?" The wooden youth was the famous Yue Fei Yue Pengju of this era. At this moment, he was also extremely shocked!

"That's right, that's you, that's you …" That's right, you are a person of Xiangzhou's Tang Yin County, we are currently in Xiangzhou … With such powerful martial arts skills, who else could it be other than you? " Zhao Chen was wild with joy at that moment, and even his speech had become a little chaotic!

Yue Fei was even more surprised at this moment. His Highness the crown prince actually knew his calligraphy and his birthplace. Looks like his Highness the crown prince had heard of his name a long time ago! However, although his martial arts skills were powerful, he was only slightly famous in the Xiangzhou. He did not understand how the Crown Prince knew his name!

"Who are your elder brothers and third brothers?" After being excited for a long time, Zhao Chen asked again.

"Big brother Wang Gui, third brother Zhang Xian, they are the same as this commoner, Eternal Harmony Village's filial tribulations! In the past, when the three of us were working in the countryside, we were attacked by the true female barbarians. Since our hometown was destroyed, we wanted to rely on the army to fight against the true female barbarians! " Yue Fei said.

"Good!" Good! It's great of you to have such thoughts! Let me ask you, are you willing to follow me and drive out the Tataru and restore the Central Plains? " Zhao Chen said.

"Your Highness is the crown prince. Now that the two emperors have been captured and you are the king in charge of the country, we naturally have to follow you!" Yue Fei said without the slightest hesitation.

"Hero Yue, you saw it too. The Emperor Kang has committed heinous crimes and attempted to harm His Highness the Crown Prince! Now that the Emperor Kang has so many subordinates and the Crown Prince only has an old official like me following him, even so, you are still willing to follow him? " Li Gang suddenly spoke up.

"Even so, I should still follow His Highness the Crown Prince! "A man should emphasize loyalty. If not, would he still be a man?" Yue Fei said once again "without the slightest hesitation".

This person was the perfect example of loyalty in history. Historically, it was because the two emperors and the crown prince were captured at the same time, leaving only Zhao Gou as the descendant of the imperial family. Naturally, he was loyal to Zhao Gou! But right now, Zhao Chen was still alive, so he was naturally loyal to Zhao Chen! Zhao Chen did not need to painstakingly recruit him. As long as this person knew Zhao Chen's identity, he would naturally be loyal to Zhao Chen.

"That's great! Yue Fei was the God of War, while Wang Gui and Zhang Xian seemed to be the main generals of the Yue Clan Army. Although it's dangerous for me to make a trip to Xiangzhou, it's still worth it to recruit Yue Fei, Wang Gui, and Zhang Xian! " At this moment, Zhao Chen was secretly happy in his heart as he exclaimed in his heart.

After around an hour, Wang Gui and Zhang Xian arrived. The two of them caught a little deer, and the few of them squatted down to start a fire to roast meat!

By the time the meat was done roasting, they were all abnormally hungry and were heartily eating!

"Your Highness, it is all this old subject's fault. Bringing you to the Xiangzhou City, I almost caused Your Highness to be harmed by the Emperor Kang!" After a while, Li Gang said.

"You can't blame me for this matter. Teacher is doing this for my own good!" Sigh, no one would have thought that this Ninth Uncle was actually so ambitious! In truth, Ninth Uncle was very talented, if not he would not have been able to recruit such fierce warriors like Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi, as well as hundreds of thousands of fallen soldiers and allies in such a short period of time! If Ninth Uncle wholeheartedly wants to resist the gold, so what if I give him the throne? " Zhao Chen chewed on a large piece of meat and said.

"How can Your Highness have such thoughts?" Emperor Kang is unscrupulous, how can you give him the throne? " Li Gang was dumbstruck.

"I am only saying that if he wholeheartedly resist the gold, I can give the throne to him! It's a pity, I know he won't wholeheartedly resist the gold! He will not go north to save royal father and emperor, he will not allow the people of the world to live a peaceful life! " Zhao Chen said indifferently.

"Emperor Kang is truly a traitor, I will definitely kill him in my lifetime!" Yue Fei suddenly said.

"If he wants to kill me, I won't let him off either!" Zhao Chen laughed and said.

If people don't offend me, I won't offend them. If people offend me, I will definitely offend them! If Emperor Kang wanted to kill him, he would now view Emperor Kang as his enemy and he would have to think of a way to kill him in the future!

Of course, the Emperor Kang was much stronger than him right now, so he could only avoid the danger for now.

"Your Highness, where should we go next?" Wang Gui said.

"I'll have to consult teacher on this!" Zhao Chen laughed, and looked at Li Gang.

Li Gang thought for a while, then said: "Your Highness, I think we better go to the northwest!"

thought that it would be best to go to Jiangnan now. It was safest there. Historically, Zhao Gou had gone to Jiangnan, and had settled down there. Now, he wanted to occupy Jiangnan before Zhao Gou! He never thought that Li Gang would actually suggest going to the northwest!

"Your Highness should know that the armies of the world are separated into forbidden armies, Western Army s. The strength of Western Army s far surpasses that of the forbidden forces, and the northwest is the place of origin of the Western Army. Once we get there, we can take control of the Western Army first, and only then can we contend against the Emperor Kang and the Nvzhen! " Li Gang said.

"Western Army? Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, and Zhang Jun are all from the Western Army, so didn't they already seek support from the Emperor Kang? " Zhao Chen said.

Although Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and the rest are skilled in martial arts, they are only deputy generals in the Western Army. They only have a few thousand soldiers and horses under their command, they have brought thousands of soldiers and horses to submit to the His Royal Highness! Liu Guangshi's Liu Jiajia was the main faction of the Western Army. Right now, the tens of thousands of people in the Liu Jiajia had already sided with the Emperor Kang, but other than the Liu Jiajia, there were other factions as well as other armies! Like the Home Breaker s of Zhe Keqiu and Zhe Yanzhi, they were still staying in the northwest side. Other than the Home Breaker, there were also the's Pingyuan Army, Yao Gu's Yao Army and so on … There are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Northwest, and these people can all be used by His Highness! " Li Gang said.

"So that's how it is!" Zhao Chen nodded.

He thought about it carefully. Right now, having control over the army was indeed the most important! In these troubled times, the army was much more important than territory! With an army, there would be everything! A great man of the later generations said that "power comes from the spear". This was the truth of China from ancient times to modern times! He really needed his own army right now!

"Other than this, it's easier to defend in the northwest than to attack! With the Yellow River and the Tongguan in danger, it would be extremely difficult for the Nvzhen to call! Even if we fail to defend the pass, we can retreat to Sichuan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack! This is the second reason why I suggested that Your Highness head northwest! " Li Gang said.

"So, there's a third reason?" Zhao Chen asked curiously.

"There is naturally a third reason! Qin Shihuang and Han Gao Zu had occupied Guanzhong and Sichuan, and then achieved domination under the heavens! Guan Zhong, Sichuan and other places are prosperous places in the Qin and Han dynasties, so I suggest that Your Highness head northwest! " Li Gang said.

"Alright, I will listen to teacher and head to the northwest! Initially, I was planning to head to Jiangnan, because there are so many channels. When we reach Jiangnan, the Nvzhen's cavalry would lose its effectiveness, and we would be safe! " Zhao Chen said.

Li Gang shook his head, and said: "When we reach Jiangnan, the Nvzhen's cavalry would naturally lose its effect, but what about the troops under the Emperor Kang's command? It is still possible for the Emperor Kang to kill him, so the most important thing for us to do now is to head west and take control of the Western Army! Moreover, even if His Highness managed to gain a foothold in Jiangnan, it would be extremely difficult for him to return to the Central Plains in the future … "Since ancient times, there has never been a reason to attack the north from the south. After occupying the south of the river, one can only settle down in the end!"

Zhao Chen pondered over Li Gang's words as he listened. After careful consideration, he secretly admired Li Gang's foresight, and thought that he was not someone who could be compared to his! During the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou had not returned to the Central Plains. On one hand, it was because he had wholeheartedly requested for peace, and on the other hand, it was because he was in Jiangnan! Jiangnan was a peaceful place, not a popular place. He had almost committed a grave mistake!

"Very well, we will do as teacher says. We will head west now!" When we reach the northwest, we'll be truly safe! " Zhao Chen stood up and said.

"Once we cross the Yellow River and reach the Tongguan, we will be safe." Li Gang also stood up and laughed.

Yue Fei, Wang Gui and Zhang Xian also stood up, and the three of them went to lead the horse.

"Teacher, who is the general of Tongguan now?" Zhao Chen said.

"General of the Tongguan? Seems to be the father and son of Zhe Keqiu! " Li Gang thought about it and said.

"So it's them!" Back then royal father told them to protect the Yellow River, but they actually ran away after hearing the Jin Army's drumbeats. Zhao Chen said.

"We have nowhere to go, only there! We'll act when the time comes! " Li Gang said.

"That's the only way!" Zhao Chen sighed softly and said.

In the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the imperial government was rotten to the core. The army was rotten to the core. Everything was rotten to the core! The generals of the Northern Song were not reliable at all, but right now, other than relying on those people, he had no other way! Right now, he only had Li Gang, Yue Fei and a few others with him. The big cats were simply too weak and couldn't compete with Emperor Kang, Nvzhen at all.

"Zhe Keqiu, Zhe Yanzhi, I hope these two are easy to deal with! Let's go west! Yue Fei, you have to teach me how to ride a horse. Yue Fei and the other two had already brought their horses over, as he smiled and said.

The group of five left in a cloud of dust …