Chapter 52 - Debate
Zhe Keqiu looked at the Dazhang Pass in front of him, and his heart could not help but heave a sigh of relief!
No matter what, after arriving here, he could be considered to be slightly safe, and his Home Breaker could be considered to be slightly safer as well!
"How is the crown prince? Is he still under our control? " Just as he heaved a sigh of relief, Zhe Keqiu immediately thought of the Crown Prince Zhao Chen. This was the "good thing" in his hands, he could not let anything go wrong with this "good thing"!
"His Highness the Crown Prince is currently in Dazhang Pass, I have already sent people to enter there to 'protect' him!" Zhe Yanwen said.
"Very good! This Crown Prince must not be allowed to escape my control! " Zhe Keqiu said.
"Father, I wonder how Brother is doing now?" Zhe Yanwen's face revealed a worried expression.
"He's so … It was a difficult task! You don't like to lead troops, I originally wanted to hand over Home Breaker to Yan Chi, but he really disappointed me! From today onwards, after a hundred years, this Home Breaker will still be handed over to you! " Zhe Keqiu's face also revealed a worried expression, and spoke faintly after a long while.
"I hope that second brother will be alright!" Zhe Yanwen sighed.
"Alright, let's use the terrain advantage and leave Nvzhen behind for now! Just that, he did not know how many soldiers were able to retreat to the Dazhang Pass! You can go and count the number of people first, and then bring the army to Dazhang Pass. I will go and pay my respects to the little crown prince! " Zhe Keqiu said.
In Zhe Keqiu's heart, Zhao Chen was just a "child", the contempt in his tone was hard to conceal!
Immediately, Zhe Keqiu led a group of soldiers and entered the Dazhang Pass, while Zhe Yanwen was still counting the casualties of the Home Breaker, let alone this!
At this moment, Zhao Chen was already aware of the news of Home Breaker's arrival from a room in the Dazhang Pass.
In his hands was an imprint, he was sizing up this imprint, this was naturally the number one treasure of the Central Plains, the Imperial Jade Seal! Throughout the journey, he had never allowed the Imperial Jade Seal to leave his side! This Imperial Jade Seal was extremely important, with this Imperial Jade Seal, he would be able to be more righteous and win the hearts of the people!
"In the past, Qin Shihuang unified all five continents and four seas, and used He family's Wall to forge Imperial Jade Seal s! He had thought that the Imperial Jade Seal could be passed down from one generation to the next, including Qin Er and Qin San, all the way until the end of time! Unfortunately, Qin only lasted two generations, and this Imperial Jade Seal was already obtained by Liu Bang! For the next thousand years, Imperial Jade Seal remained the orthodox symbol of the Central Plains. Only the emperor of the Central Plains had the qualification to own a Imperial Jade Seal! Right now, I am the monarch of the nation, and I possess this Imperial Jade Seal in place of royal father. I absolutely cannot let it fall into the hands of the Nvzhen or those traitors and traitors! Zhe Keqiu is here again, he's going to fight with him again! I'll probably have to deal with him for a long time in the future! " Zhao Chen secretly thought.
He kept the Imperial Jade Seal close to his body and walked to the hall outside. Li Gang, Li Ruoshui, Yue Fei and the others were waiting for him there.
"General Wang, how did Home Breaker get rid of him?" Zhao Chen said.
"Zhe Keqiu himself led ten thousand troops and horses to the west. Along with Chen Cang, Zhe Keqiu led the Nvzhen onto a side street, and after that, Zhe Keqiu brought a few hundred of his personal guards back. As for those ten thousand troops and horses, they were probably exterminated by the Nvzhen! After we reach the Qin Mountains, the roads here are very complicated, I am afraid Nvzhen will need some time to reach here! " Wang De said.
"So that's how it is, this Zhe Keqiu is really vicious, to actually be able to give up 10,000 people for nothing!" Zhao Chen sneered.
"Your Highness, be cautious, I am afraid Zhe Keqiu is already here!" Li Gang anxiously said.
Zhao Chen nodded, thought for a while, and said: "Teacher, it's inconvenient for me to say anything more when Zhe Keqiu arrives, it's all up to you!"
Li Gang replied: "That's only natural, I will take care of Zhe Keqiu for your highness!"
Just then, the sound of footsteps came from outside. Zhao Chen, Li Gang and the rest all looked out, to see Zhe Keqiu heading towards the room!
In an instant, Zhao Chen's face revealed an expression of "cowardice", "stupor", and so on. And when Zhe Keqiu saw Zhao Chen's expression, he also revealed a satisfied expression!
"Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince!" This time, Zhe Keqiu did not even bow towards Zhao Chen, but simply gave a small bow, and said.
"General Crop has worked hard! General Crop, where is Nvzhen? Have they caught up yet? " Zhao Chen's face was terrifying, his entire body was trembling.
"Your Highness, don't worry. The Nvzhen has not caught up yet! However, we must immediately leave this place! " Zhe Keqiu said.
"Leave this place?" Zhao Chen was startled, and asked: "Why are you leaving?"
Zhe Keqiu said: "The Nvzhen's fighting strength is unparalleled, its power is unstoppable, we are not its match, so we have to leave the Dazhang Pass immediately!"
Zhao Chen scolded Zhe Keqiu in his heart. Previously, Zhe Keqiu had already abandoned the Tongguan, but now, Zhe Keqiu was even willing to abandon the Dazhang Pass! It was just that he was pretending to be a timid and useless crown prince, so he naturally could not say that he wanted to stay and fight to the death with Nvzhen.
At this moment, Li Gang had already opened his mouth and said: "General Crop, Dazhang Pass is one of the four trials, and the terrain is extremely dangerous. We are just about to resist Jin Army here, why should we leave?"
Zhe Keqiu coldly snorted: "Back then, when Yao Gu was in danger of reaching the Tongguan, wasn't he also attacked and taken in a single day? Although the Dazhang Pass is dangerous, but I am afraid it cannot be compared to the Tongguan? "
Yue Fei took a step forward and said: "General Crop, if we leave Dazhang Pass, everything in front of us will be flat, and the Female Genuine Cavalry will chase us, how can we defend against it?"
Zhe Keqiu looked at Yue Fei coldly, and said: "Who are you? What kind of status did he have? I want to discuss important matters with His Highness the Crown Prince and Lord Li, what qualifications do you have to talk to me? "
Yue Fei was furious in his heart, his face flushed red, but Li Gang anxiously pulled Yue Fei down and said: "General Crop, Yue Fei is right, if we leave Dazhang Pass, Nvzhen follows us, what will we do?"
Zhe Keqiu coldly snorted, and said: "We naturally do not all leave the Dazhang Pass, we will leave more than ten thousand troops behind to defend the Dazhang Pass! After we evacuate here, we will go all the way south and not stay here until we reach the river. Then, we will be safe! "
Zhao Chen was stunned, this Zhe Keqiu actually wanted to retreat all the way to Sichuan! Although he knew that Zhe Keqiu was cowardly, he didn't know that he was cowardly to this extent!
If they lost the Guan Shan in Sichuan, Zhao Chen would never come out! Since ancient times, no one had ever relied solely on Sichuan to conquer the world! There were many kings in the history of the Kingdom of Shu, but none of them had ever been able to win the world over! Liu Bei was a wise man, and was considered a hero. However, after arriving at Sichuan, he could only guard there, even if his subordinates were Zhuge Liang and the Five Tigers General, they could only guard there, unable to leave for the rest of their lives! Ancient road traffic was lagging behind, the influence of terrain and terrain on the development of the regime was enormous. Attacking from north to south was relatively easy, but from south to north was much more difficult! It would be very easy to sweep Sichuan after taking over the world, but if you took over Sichuan, it would be very difficult to rely on Sichuan to take over the world!
Sichuan was suitable to become a logistics base, but it was not suitable for them to completely retreat there!
Li Gang was also stunned. After a while, Li Gang said angrily: General Crop, if we retreat to the river, what will we do? The Nvzhen has taken over the north, and is eyeing us covetously. The Emperor Kang is unscrupulous, if in the future, the Emperor Kang will descend from the south and occupy the south, we will face the danger of a pincer attack from both sides, what should we do? "
Zhe Keqiu frowned his eyebrows slightly, and said: "We have no other choice, the Nvzhen is too fierce, we are not the opponent, we can only retreat to the river for now and think of a way in the future!"
Li Gang said coldly: "This matter is not to be allowed! General Crop, you still have a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, could these hundred thousand soldiers and horses not defend a single Dazhang Pass? "
Zhe Keqiu said: "That's hard to say!"
Li Gang said: "General Crop, Nvzhen is full of cavalry, in the mountains, Female Genuine Cavalry is useless! This was the south-west gate of the Central Pass. The Imperial Court had always attached great importance to this place. There was a great reserve of weapons, fodder, and even a hundred thousand soldiers and horses could stay here for a period of time! With your huge army of one hundred thousand, the Nvzhen would never be able to get down from here! "
Zhe Keqiu coldly snorted: "That's not what I meant! If the Dazhang Pass is beaten down, not only you and I will die here, the Crown Prince will also die here! Even if I don't care about my own life, I must care about His Highness' life! Do you think that makes sense? "
Li Gang said angrily: "If you really care about Your Highness, you shouldn't abandon the Dazhang Pass!"
Zhe Keqiu sneered, and said: "This matter concerns His Highness the Crown Prince, so it is naturally His Highness the Crown Prince's decision. Why don't we consult His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Zhe Keqiu believed that Zhao Chen, "as timid as a mouse", would definitely agree to continue escaping! His gaze turned towards Zhao Chen, only to see Zhao Chen trembling all over, as if he did not hear their words!
"Your Highness, do you think we should continue escaping until we reach the center of the river?" Seeing Zhao Chen like this, Zhe Keqiu could only ask.
"This... This … General Crop, what you said was true, this Dazhang Pass can't stop you? " Zhao Chen asked with his whole body trembling.
"That's right!" If even Tongguan is unable to stop me, Dazhang Pass is naturally also not able to! " Zhe Keqiu said.
"What should I do? What should he do? Who will protect me? Who will protect me? " Zhao Chen muttered to himself, while Zhe Keqiu revealed a pleased smile, but right at that moment, Zhao Chen rolled his eyes, and his body actually fell down, causing him to freeze there!
Yue Fei, who was at the side, had already supported Zhao Chen, and said: "Your Highness has been running the whole way, and you are extremely exhausted, and thus fainted! General Crop, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's wait for the crown prince to wake up first! "
Zhe Keqiu frowned, "The military situation is urgent, how can we wait for His Highness the Crown Prince to wake up?"
Li Gang thought for a while, then said: "General Crop, the monks in front of the Dazhang Pass, are guarded by vice general Wu Jie! If this monk was lost, it would not be too late for us to leave the Dazhang Pass! "
Zhe Keqiu was startled, then laughed out loud: "Master Li, are you joking? He only had a few thousand men and horses under his command, so how could these thousands of men and horses stop the Nvzhen? Do you believe that? "
Li Gang remained silent. He did not believe in this matter, he just wanted to find a reason to temporarily delay Zhe Keqiu in the Dazhang Pass!
Zhe Keqiu laughed and shook his head, then said: "Master Li, since you said it like that, I will not argue with you anymore.
Although Zhao Chen was "unconscious", he could hear their words clearly. At this moment, Zhao Chen was secretly praying that Wu Jie could defend against Monk Yuan, making it difficult for Jin Army to continue forward!
At this moment, he could only place his hopes on this historical general …