Chapter 57 - Grab credit
Li Gang thought for a moment, shook his head, and said: "Impossible!"
Zhao Chen asked: "Why is that impossible?"
Li Gang said: "Wu Jie was able to defeat Jin Army because of the terrain and strategy. His own strength is still very low! He only had Wu Lin, Yang Congyi and two or three other generals under his command, and four to five thousand troops. So when I said that I wanted to rely on Wu Jie and Zhe Keqiu to fight, I still couldn't! "
Zhao Chen nodded his head, his heart feeling of disappointment!
"Your Highness, no matter what, we are safe now!" Li Gang said from the side.
"Oh? Is the Nvzhen not going to continue attacking? " Zhao Chen said.
"The Nvzhen will continue to attack, but she will not launch such a large-scale attack like before!" Li Gang said.
"Firstly, the Nvzhen has been fighting for half a year, and now it is time to stop. Their soldiers and horses are all extremely exhausted! Secondly, the Nvzhen was invincible in battle previously, with an unparalleled aura. No matter where she attacked, she could do it in one go! But now that the Nvzhen had lost to the Monk Yuan, their momentum had been thwarted, and they needed a period of time to recover. Third, Nvzhen took half a year to take down thousands of miles of territory, including Hebei, Hedong, Henan, bihuai … All of the territories of the Song Dynasty were now in gold, but the people there are all Chinese! If everything goes as expected, right now, these places must be formed from a large number of loyal soldiers, Nvzhen is going to pour a large amount of troops into suppressing the rebel army! " Li Gang said.
"Teacher is right, we are safe for now!" Zhao Chen thought for a while and nodded.
A smile finally appeared on his face. From the time he left Kaifeng until now, he was either fleeing for his life or on the road to escaping for his life. Finally, he no longer needed to flee for his life!
Of course, he still had danger, the biggest danger was Zhe Keqiu! But if Zhe Keqiu wanted to seize the heaven's gift to order the dukes, it would be impossible to harm him in a short amount of time, and it would be impossible to harm him even in a few years or even over ten years. He had a lot of time to deal with Zhe Keqiu!
Thinking back to the road, Zhao Chen felt that his strength was also increasing! When he had just left the Kaifeng City, he only had Li Gang and Wang De by his side. But now, the most famous generals of this era, Yue Fei, had already arrived beside him, and the Yue Clan Army's main generals, Wang Gui and Zhang Xian, had also arrived by his side! Li Ruoshui came over to his side! And Wu Jie, these two people were also beside him!
"Yue Fei, Wu Jie, these are the two most outstanding generals of this era! Together, the two of them are enough to fight against Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun and the others who are under Emperor Kang's command. However, the two of them are still too weak right now, especially Yue Fei. He is currently still the commander in chief, and belongs to me, the crown prince's bodyguard. Zhao Chen secretly thought.
"Your Highness, Wu Jie is a talent, you must rope them to your side!" Just at this time, Li Gang spoke out.
"Of course, I will find them for a talk in the next few days and try to win them over!" Zhao Chen laughed.
He naturally knew how extraordinary these two generals were. Naturally, he would not let such talents off the hook! Right now, although he was in a dangerous place, although he had Zhe Keqiu, the treacherous official, Zhao Chen. But Zhao Chen still had to continuously raise his strength, and these were all things he could compete with Zhe Keqiu in the future!
"That Zhe Keqiu wanted us to retreat into the river, but he thought that it would be impossible for Wu Jie to defend Monk Origin! But now, not only did Wu Jie defend Monk Origin, he had also suffered a huge defeat at Nvzhen. Zhao Chen suddenly thought about this question.
In fact, Zhe Keqiu was feeling very bad right now!
His hundred thousand plus Home Breaker s were no match for Nvzhen. They were chased all the way by Nvzhen, but Wu Jie had defeated Nvzhen with just over five thousand soldiers, it was hard for him to accept!
To him, this was like someone slapping him in the face! Comparing the two of them, he felt a huge sense of humiliation!
At this moment, the Dazhang Pass was finally quietened down. Zhe Keqiu stood in the room, feeling uneasy!
"Is my Home Breaker really so weak? Wu Jie is only a little over twenty years old brat, and they can already defeat the Nvzhen, so why can't I? "
"We cannot leave them in the Dazhang Pass. If they continue to stay in the Dazhang Pass, others will only say that I, Zhe Keqiu, am useless!"
"Damn it!" I have to think of a way to kill these two! "
He was jealous that he actually had plans to kill Wu Jie!
Just then, the door was pushed open, Zhe Keqiu turned around, only to see his eldest son, Zhe Yanwen, enter the room.
"Father, right now, the entire army is discussing and discussing about Wu Jie, saying that they defeated Jin Army!" Zhe Yanwen was also obviously very depressed in his heart as he said.
"They have indeed defeated the Jin Army! This is the truth! " Zhe Keqiu said indifferently.
"Father, these two brats, after they defeat the Jin Army, they will probably become famous throughout the world!" Zhe Yanwen said.
Zhe Keqiu was startled, after a moment he nodded his head, and then a sneer appeared on his face again, and said: Yan Wen, the female soldier was defeated, but the news has not spread yet! Immediately send someone to spread the news, say that my Home Breaker has lost greatly to the Jin Army! Your father will be in charge of the Dazhang Pass and you will be in charge of it at Monk Origin.
"This …" Zhe Yanwen stared blankly for a moment, then said: "Father, is this a little despicable?"
A trace of anger appeared on Zhe Keqiu's face, and he said: "Despicable? What do you know about despicability? How could they give the credit of defeating Jin Army to two kids? Besides, after the news spreads, our reputation as father and son will be even greater. It will be even easier for us to control the heavens in the future and make the dukedom even easier! "Otherwise, if we don't have any meritorious deeds, even if the heavens order the dukes to obey us, the people of the world may not listen to us!"
Zhe Yanwen nodded, and said: "Father is right!"
Zhe Keqiu's expression finally relaxed. He thought for a moment, then said: "Wu Jie still has thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, although these thousands are not worth mentioning, if he stays by the crown prince's side, if he is recruited by the crown prince, it will be very disadvantageous for our future actions! So, we have to drive him away from the crown prince's side right now! "
Zhe Yanwen nodded, and said: "That is only natural!"
Zhe Keqiu said: In a while, you can send someone to inform Wu Jie, and have them immediately leave Dazhang Pass, head to the north to take back the Fengxiang Residence and other places, and guard the Fengxiang Residence! "When the time comes, tell them that it is the crown prince's order!"
A smile appeared on Zhe Yanwen's face, and he said: "Alright, let's do it!"
A smile appeared on Zhe Keqiu's face as well, but after a while, the smile disappeared from his face again, and he said: "Has your little brother, Yan Jin, left anything behind?"
Zhe Yanwen said: "According to those defeated soldiers, Yan Chihuo seemed to have fled northwards. He shouldn't have been in any life-threatening danger!"
When Zhe Keqiu heard this news, he heaved a sigh of relief! He was very fond of his two sons and did not wish for any danger to befall them!
Zhe Keqiu immediately continued: "You send people to find Yan Jin, you must definitely find him and bring him back!"
Zhe Yanwen left the room and looked towards the north. That was the direction of the Fengxiang Residence, he had a pleased smile on his face as he muttered to himself: "After Wu Jie goes to the Fengxiang Residence, the Nvzhen will definitely still attack. You only have 5,000 troops, how can you defend the Fengxiang Residence? When that time comes, you will either be killed by the Nvzhen, or else, even if I am not killed by the Nvzhen himself, I will still be able to behead you two for the sin of losing the city! Heh, anyone who threatens me, Zhe Keqiu, must be eliminated! "
He didn't know that after Zhao Chen and Li Gang's analysis, the Nvzhen would not launch another large-scale attack! In terms of strategic vision, Zhe Keqiu and Li Gang were still far too lacking!
After resting for a bit, Wu Jie and Wu Lin were just about to pay their respects to Zhao Chen. Zhe Yanwen came to pass Zhao Chen's order and Wu Jie said, "I want to meet His Highness the Crown Prince first!"
Zhe Yanwen said with a cold smile: "Your Highness ordered you all to immediately head to the Fengxiang Residence, and told you all not to delay it at all, could it be that you all want to go against his orders?"
Wu Jie said: "Before we leave, we need to bid our farewells to His Highness the crown prince!"
Zhe Yanwen said: "Then there's no need! His Highness the Crown Prince is preparing to go to the Middle Han Area, and will be leaving in a few days, so he has no time to meet you all! "" No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
No matter how much Wu Jie requested, Zhe Yanwen just did not allow Wu Jie to see him! Wu Jie was still just a deputy general, but Zhe Yanwen, as his eldest son, was an envoy whose position was above Wu Jie's! Although Wu Jie and Zhe Yanwen did not belong to one another, it was hard for Wu Jie to disobey. He could only order the soldiers to clean up, then bring the soldiers out of the Dazhang Pass, towards the northern Fengxiang Residence!
"Humph!" Two lowly commoners, you used schemes and tricks to defeat the Nvzhen, do you really think that you are formidable? If you still want to see this brat Zhao Chen, without my permission, if you want to see Zhao Chen, that is just a dream! " Looking at the back of the Wu Jie brothers, Zhe Yanwen spat on the ground fiercely, and thought of something!