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Chapter 41 - Deceit

At this moment, in Zhao Chen's courtyard, Zhao Chen was reminiscing with Li Ruoshui and the others!

Zhao Chen was very happy in his heart. He originally thought that he would never be able to see the two people in front of him again. These two ministers were truly supporting him. With them around, his power had increased by a lot! Although he was still surrounded by the big cats and kittens, he felt much safer!

"Master Li, General Wang, you guys have been travelling westward. Tell me, will Nvzhen hit your way to Tongguan?" At this time, Zhao Chen asked the same question.

"This …" Li Ruoshui hesitated for a while, then said: "This matter is hard to say, we do not know whether they will attack the Tongguan! Logically speaking, it shouldn't be, right? It has already been more than half a year since Nvzhen started fighting last autumn. They have been on the battlefield for half a year, and their soldiers are extremely exhausted.

"The battle prowess of the Nvzhen is truly not as good as before!" Wang De also nodded.

At this moment, Li Gang, Yue Fei and the rest were also present. Li Gang thought for a moment, then said: "Your Highness, everyone. Furthermore, they will be advancing very quickly, and will soon reach the bottom of the Tongguan! "

Li Ruoshui was startled, and said: "How do you know?"

Li Gang laughed and said: "Nvzhen's plan to invade from the south is for the country to be exterminated! The Kaifeng City has been destroyed, His Majesty and the Supreme Emperor have been captured, the majority of the royal family's disciples have also been captured! Unfortunately, the crown prince had managed to escape. This way, the plan to exterminate the Nvzhen was not completed, they had to continue to attack and eliminate the crown prince! This was one of them! In addition, the Imperial Jade Seal was also brought to the Tongguan by the Crown Prince. This Imperial Jade Seal was extremely important, without the Imperial Jade Seal, the great gold the Nvzhen had built would always be a barbarian, and it would never get the support of the scholars from the north of the Yellow River. Even if it is for the Imperial Jade Seal s, they would fight their way to Tongguan. This is second place! "

After Li Gang finished speaking, Li Ruoshui stood there blankly. After a long while, he nodded and said: "Lord Li is right, the Nvzhen will come and fight you in the end! What should we do? "

Li Gang thought for a while, then said: "For now, we won't be in any danger! Tongguan is a dangerous place, the father and son of the Broken Sect have an army stationed here, it will not be a simple matter for the Nvzhen to break open the Tongguan! "

Zhao Chen said: "Teacher, back then Zhe Keqiu and Zhe Yanzhi led a 150 thousand strong army to defend the Yellow River. When the Nvzhen arrived, they fled without fighting! This time around, if they do not fight and escape, what should we do? "

Li Gang frowned. After a long while, he said: "It shouldn't be! This Tongguan was the Zhuang family's territory, this place was different from the Shaanxi Province, Zhe Keqiu should not be so foolish, and had given up on the Tongguan! Now that I have given up on the Tongguan, in the future, it will be difficult to retake the Tongguan! "

Zhao Chen nodded, and said: "I hope so!"

In fact, they did not know that Zhe Keqiu, Zhe Yanzhi were currently discussing about the possibility of the Nvzhen attacking the Tongguan, and their thoughts were completely different from Zhao Chen's!

Late at night, the room was brightly lit!

At that moment, other than Zhe Keqiu and Zhe Yanzhi, there was another man in the room. This man was Zhe Keqiu's eldest son, Zhe Yanwen. In reality, although Zhe Yanwen was from a general class family, he had a weak personality. As a result, he had never led his troops and had only dealt with the civil affairs of the Fu Clan.

The possibility of the Nvzhen attacking the Tongguan was extremely important, so Zhe Keqiu called his eldest son over! He knew that even though his eldest son was gentle and weak, he was quite shrewd. In this aspect, he surpassed his second son! The second son had the courage to be unwise, and was often unable to help when discussing big matters!

In the middle of the room was a map, on it were Hedong, Hebei, and Henan, and also the Shaanxi they were in, beside it was the Yellow River, and beside it were the Tongguan! There was even the direction of the Nvzhen s' attack marked on it, Zhe Yanwen was looking carefully!

"Father, it looks like the soldiers of the Nvzhen are heading towards the west! Look, this is Wanyan Loushi, this is Wanyan Zongwang, this is Wan Yanzong, this is Wan Yanwushu, the soldiers of the Nvzhen have split into several paths and are all heading towards the west, but if their target is not the Tongguan, then where is it? " Zhe Yanwen said.

"This... The north-west is a poor place, and there is not much wealth here. There are not many commoners, and they are far from being comparable to bihuai, Jiangnan and the others. Why do not the Nvzhen attack those places, but instead attack the north-west? " Zhe Keqiu said.

"Is it because of the crown prince?" Zhe Yanwen suddenly said.

"This …" Zhe Keqiu stood there stunned, and Zhe Yanzhi stood there dumbstruck!

"If it's really because of the crown prince, we might as well send the crown prince out to the Nvzhen!" Zhe Yanzhi said.

"But father, the Nvzhen is so powerful that even the seed army can't withstand a single blow. How can we defeat them?" Zhe Yanzhi said.

"We are in danger from the Tongguan. Maybe we can stop them?" Zhe Keqiu said.

He was a little hesitant in his heart, not knowing if the Tongguan could stop the Nvzhen, but at this moment, he had another plan to escape, just like last time when he fled without fighting on the banks of the Yellow River!

He was good at bullying the weak, like Zhao Chen, the young crown prince. In his eyes, Zhao Chen was a tool that he could bully as he pleased, but he was afraid of getting stronger. The Nvzhen was stronger than him, he didn't even have the courage to fight! This was the northwest barrier of the Song Dynasty s from before. It was the Zhuo Family General and Home Breaker who had been guarding the Northwest Palace Region for more than five hundred years! By now, they had already started to rot from their roots! How could such a high ranking officer, such an army be a match for the Nvzhen?

Zhe Yanwen had been frowning and thinking hard the entire time. Now that he heard the two of them discussing everything, Zhe Yanwen said. "Father, Second Brother, I have a plan that might be able to be used against Jin Army!"

Zhe Keqiu came quickly to know of his son Cong Rui, and anxiously asked: What plan? Say it quickly! "

Zhe Yanwen said: "Father, hasn't Yao Gu always been envious of the Tongguan? Let's just give the Tongguan to Yao Gu! Other than Tongguan, we will also give the Chang'an City to Yao Gu! "

Yao Gu was also a great general of the Western Army and the Yao Army was also a main faction of the Western Army! The year before last, when the Nvzhen first went south, Yao Gu led his troops and led the soldiers there. At that time, his subordinates were all severely injured, but even so, he still had over 50,000 troops under his command, and they were all quite elite!

Before Zhe Keqiu could say anything, Zhe Yanzhi had already become enraged and said, "Big Brother, you must be muddled! Tongguan and Chang An are our starting points, how can we give them to Yao Gu? "

Zhe Keqiu actually laughed out loud, and said, "What a good plan, what a good plan! This is a strategy of killing two birds with one stone! "

Zhe Yanzhi was startled, and said: "Two birds with one stone? What do you mean? "

Zhe Keqiu said in dissatisfaction, "Yan Chi, you must learn from your brother! You are in the army now, and these hundred thousand men will be handed over to you in the future, but you can't! Yan Wen, tell him why he killed two birds with one stone! "

Zhe Yanwen nodded his head, and said: "We will give the Tongguan and Chang An to Yao Gu, and have him guard this place. When the Nvzhen arrives, the Yao Army will be in charge of defending the Nvzhen! At that time, the Yao Army will suffer heavy losses, and even the Nvzhen will be blocked, isn't that the same as killing two birds with one stone? "

Zhe Yanzhi then realized, and laughed: So that's how it is, big brother is smart, little brother is impressed! It's just that we need to give the Tongguan to Yao Gu, why should we give Chang An to Yao Gu? "

Chang'an was the most important city in the northwest. Before Song, this was the ancient capital of the numerous dynasties! It was just that at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Yellow Nest had risen up and incinerated Chang An. Even until the Song Dynasty, Chang An had not been able to recover his former prosperity! But no matter what, the strategic position here was still very important! Previously, when the teachers were here, this place was the seed army's encampment, but after the seed army was completely annihilated, Zhe Keqiu seized the opportunity to occupy this place! Now that Zhe Yanwen wanted to give up here, Zhe Yanzhi was extremely confused in his heart!

Zhe Yanwen said: "I am afraid that the Tongguan will not be able to stop me, then I will need a long peace! If the Yao Army were to guard these two places, maybe it would be able to stop the Nvzhen! When Nvzhen goes back, there won't be much people left in the Yao Army, we'll just have to snatch back these two places! "

Zhe Yanzhi's face was all smiles, and he said: "Big brother, you have a brilliant plan, we will follow this method!"

Zhe Keqiu said: "Tomorrow, I will send someone to notify Yao Gu! We need to leave Tongguan as soon as possible! Also, we need to send someone to find out more about the Nvzhen. If the Nvzhen comes to Shaanxi Province, no matter if Yao Gu comes or not, we have to leave! "

This night, the father and son duo of the Zhuo Family slept for a long time! Zhao Chen, Li Gang and the others also discussed for a long time, and it was at this time that they finally fell asleep!

Tongguan City had finally quietened down...