C85

Chapter 85 - The Original

"What's the important thing?" Yang Shi said.

"Mr. Yang, let me analyze the situation of the Middle Han Area for you first! In the current Middle Han Area, in name, it is the crown prince who holds the highest position. However, the crown prince is still young, so Li Gang, Zhe Keqiu and the rest are the ones in power! " Zhao Ding said.

"That's right!" Yang Shi nodded.

"Especially Zhe Keqiu, he has over a hundred thousand troops in his hands! Today, when we entered the Han Palace, all of the guards there are also Zhe Keqiu's subordinates! Among the chaotic times, military power was the most important! In my opinion, Zhe Keqiu has the most power in Middle Han Area now! Whether it's the crown prince or Li Gang, none of them are actually able to contend against Zhe Keqiu! " Zhao Ding said.

Yang Shi nodded again!

"We don't know whether Zhe Keqiu is truly loyal to the crown prince, or has other intentions, so we have to stay and observe!" Zhao Ding said.

"Other thoughts?" Yang Shi said, puzzled.

"The Crown Prince is still young. Once the Crown Prince ascends to the throne, Zhe Keqiu can seize the son of heaven and subdue the nobles, just like Cao Cao at the end of the Han Dynasty!" Zhao Ding sneered.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Yang Shi stood there in a daze, unable to believe it, and said: "Doesn't that mean, this Zhe Keqiu is not the world's largest treacherous official?"

Zhao Ding nodded and said, "That's right! If Zhe Keqiu truly had such intentions, then he would be the biggest treacherous official in the world! The Emperor Jianyan was a descendant of the royal family, and as a descendant of the Taizu Taizong, even if he inherited the throne, the people of the world would still discuss about it, and it was not much. The Song Dynasty was still in the hands of the Song Dynasty's royal family! Be it the Emperor Jianyan or the crown prince, they were family! But Zhe Keqiu, these are the real outsiders! "

"This Zhe Keqiu is actually so ambitious! Why can't I see it? " Yang Shi said.

"Just now was just a guess! So, we have to stay and observe for a while! To see if Zhe Keqiu was truly loyal to the crown prince! If Zhe Keqiu was completely loyal to the crown prince, then the Middle Han Area would naturally be as hard as steel. In the future, it would be extremely difficult for the Emperor Jianyan to deal with him! If Zhe Keqiu had any other intentions, it would be much easier for us to deal with the internal strife in the Middle Han Area! " Zhao Ding said.

"That's right!" That's right! Master Zhao, it seems that you are quite intelligent! " Yang Shi said in shock.

Zhao Ding laughed, and said: "We still have a second reason to stay here!"

Yang Shi frowned. He pondered for a while, but could not think of a reason, so he said: "Master Zhao, tell me quickly! I can't guess! "

Zhao Ding said: "The second reason is Curved End!"

"Curved End?" Yang Shi asked: "What does it have to do with him?"

"Curved End is in the northwest, controlling an army of 100 thousand! If the Curved End can be used by the Emperor Jianyan, then we can go south to retrieve the Dazhang Pass, and enter the Middle Han Area from there, and annihilate the Crown Prince! Even if the Crown Prince couldn't be eliminated, the Curved End was in the northwest, blocking his exit and making it difficult for him to leave the Middle Han Area. When the crown prince ascends the throne, it is very likely that the Curved End will come down to observe the ceremony, so we will take this opportunity to convince the Curved End! " Zhao Ding said.

"That's right!" Lord Zhao's idea was extremely quick! If we can convince the Curved End, then the crown prince will have a sore throat and will be under constant threat from the Curved End! The Curved End was a great general of the Western Army, his courage far surpassing Zhe Keqiu's! When that time comes, it will be the end for the crown prince and Zhe Keqiu! " Yang Shi was overjoyed.

"In the past few days, we have to get more familiar with the Middle Han Area and contact its officials! If the officials of the Middle Han Area s are willing to follow the Emperor Jianyan, that would be for the best! " Zhao Ding said.

"Yes!" We will do this right now! " Yang Shi said.

Right now, the two of them were discussing how to convince the Curved End to contact their officials.

At this moment, in the distant Northwest Jingyuan City, there was actually a scene of rolling yellow sand!

The Northwest was a desert with many deserts. A sandstorm during spring and summer was a very normal occurrence.

A few dozen kilometers east of Jingyuan City, there was an army moving forward! The formation of this army was very neat. Even if the sandstorm was about to arrive, there was not much chaos! The soldiers kept their heads down as they strode forward!

"The wind is too strong, let our brothers find a place to rest!" The leader was a tall and sturdy high-ranking officer. He was mounted on a horse, dressed in ordinary military uniform, and wielding an ancient halberd in his hand! At this moment, he waved the ancient halberd in his hand and shouted, "Break through!"

He looked to be in his forties, and there was an air of elegance in his resolute face! His face was unshaven. It was unknown how long it had been since he had shaved, but it did not affect his handsome appearance! His face always seemed to have a faint smile on it, looking extremely relaxed and at ease!

Under his lead, the troop quickly found a dilapidated village. The soldiers then hid inside the houses in the village.

The middle-aged general also descended from his horse and entered a dilapidated room!

A twenty-something year old scholar followed middle-aged general into a dilapidated house. This scholar looked somewhat thin and pale, but his eyes were exceptionally bright!

middle-aged general had already sat down. He took out a gigantic gourd from his waist and opened its lid. Immediately, the smell of alcohol filled the entire room!

middle-aged general praised as he drank. After a while, he put down the bottle gourd and laughed: "What a good wine! Wang Shu, do you want to try it? "

The young scholar shook his head with a bitter smile and said, "I can't drink the strong wine in the general's gourd! I have clear water here! "

The young scholar took out a leather pouch that was filled with clear water. He drank a few mouthfuls before letting out a sigh of relief. Only then did he stop!

"Wang Shu, tell me, will there be any danger in our trip to Middle Han Area?" middle-aged general said.

The wind outside whistled loudly, but middle-aged general seemed to be unable to hear it, he only focused on looking at the young scholar, waiting for his reply.

"General, don't worry, there won't be even the slightest bit of danger!" We have 100 thousand soldiers in the Jing Road! With this 100 thousand strong army, who would dare harm the general? Besides, even though the general's martial arts weren't the best in the world, few could match him! Even if it were a magnificent army, it would be impossible to stop the general! What is the general afraid of? " The young scholar laughed.

"That's right!" What you said makes sense! My Curved End has joined the army at around ten years of age, and in the past twenty years, I have experienced many hundreds of battles, and I have never feared any of them! This Middle Han Area is a dragon pond and a tiger cave, I want to give it a try! " The middle-aged general laughed!

So it turned out that this middle-aged general was none other than the famous Jing Road's Scripture's envoy!

In the Western Army, Curved End was definitely famous!

If it was said that in the older generation, the most famous were the teachers, teachers, Zhe Keqiu and others. In the younger generation, the most famous were Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and others. In the middle of the middle-aged generation, there was not a single person who could be compared with Curved End!

In the past, the Curved End was a subordinate of the path of teachers, and he was raised by the path of teachers as the "successor"!

Historically, in the early days of the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a popular saying: "When there is literature, there is power; when there is bravery; when there is scheming, it is Wu Da [1].", which referred to the two most powerful people in the Western Army at that time, one was the Curved End, and the other was Wu Jie! At that time, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and the others had followed Zhao Gou to Jiangnan, and were no longer considered part of Western Army.

Curved End was a straightforward person and was proud of her talent, so she was not popular among the officials! Especially after he had offended that Chuan Shao Xuan and caused the death of Zhang Jun (not Zhang Jun), when Curved End was only 41 years old!

When the citizens of Guan Shan knew that the Curved End had been killed, they did not hesitate! Before she died, "the Shu people have more than one letter for adjudication of injustice"! After his death, "the people near and far, the people who heard of his death, all felt regret, there were those who could not eat the sun", "the soldiers of the Shan Western Army, all felt regret, there were traitors"!

The young scholar by the side was Curved End's advisor, Wang Shu! This Wang Shu was a Scholar of Huizong, he was once a Zhixian and was recommended by Curved End, becoming a member of the Jingyuan Army that received judgement! Curved End had an abnormal amount of trust in Wang Shu, the two of them practically talked about everything, talked about everything!

"Wang Shu, tell me, if I had gone to Hebei with Lord Seedling, would I have been able to fight against the seed army when we were together?" Curved End suddenly said after laughing for a while.

"I'm afraid not!" Wang Shu said.

"Why not? seed army was the strongest army in the Western Army! Even though my Jingyuan Army can't compare to seed army, she isn't far from it. She far surpasses Home Breaker, Yao Army and the rest! With the combined two forces, the total strength of the army has reached over two hundred thousand, could it be that you are still unable to contend against the Nvzhen? " Curved End said.

"Back then when the seed army encountered the Nvzhen, before sshe could even touch the main force of the Nvzhen, he was defeated by thousands of the vanguards of the Nvzhen! "General, if you go, I'm afraid it will be the same!" Wang Shu shook his head and said.

"Humph!" I don't believe that Nvzhen can defeat Lord Seedling so easily! I heard that Lord Seedling was severely ill at that time, and that must have been one of the reasons behind seed army's defeat! " Curved End said.

"That's right!" Wang Shu silently nodded his head and did not continue on this topic.

"Wang Shu, do you think the Nvzhen will still go south? Can they destroy our Song Dynasty? " After a while, Curved End asked again.

"Naturally, the Nvzhen would also go south! They had a greedy nature, repeatedly going south to steal wealth and population. Naturally, they would do this again in the future! But, if they want to destroy our Song Dynasty, I am afraid they cannot! " Wang Shu said.

"Oh? "Why?" Curved End said.

"One of them, we Song Dynasty have a large number of citizens, if women truly invade, the citizens will resist! The further south the Nvzhen went, the greater the resistance! Of the two, the His Royal Highness and the Crown Prince both seemed to place emphasis on fighting. The Emperor Kang had an army of hundreds of thousands under their command, while the Crown Prince was in danger of being confined by the Home Breaker and the Chuan Shu! Three, Nvzhen is also different from back then! " Wang Shu said.

"What's the difference between the Nvzhen and the past?" The Curved End asked in confusion.

"The Nvzhen just came out of the forest, they only have a few hundred thousand people, yet they want to challenge the Great Western Continent! At that time, they would only be able to win if they were determined and unafraid of danger! Now, the Nvzhen had annihilated the Great Western Continent, and had occupied Hebei, HeDong, and other places! Now, they were no longer the barbarians. They had once lived in the deep mountains and had come to live in the ancient forests. They were a powerful race with a playworld in the north! There were very few people in the world who could contend against them. They would probably have a good time! Wealth eroded people, I think the female real military strength will be greatly reduced! I'm afraid that many of the true female generals also covet wealth and aren't willing to continue fighting in the south! " Wang Shu said.

Curved End thought for a moment, then nodded!

At this moment, Wang Shu seemed to be thinking about something as well. After a while, Wang Shu suddenly shouted, "General, the world is in chaos, you should have made your plans earlier!"

Curved End was surprised for a moment, and said: "You've already planned it out? What are you planning to do? "

Wang Shu said: "Emperor Kang will ascend the throne, and your Highness the Crown Prince will ascend the throne! Song Dynasty was no longer the Song Dynasty of the past! As the proverb goes, there is no difference in heaven and no earth. As for the nation having no two masters, what would the general choose? "

"This …" The Curved End frowned and said, "The female true invaders are eyeing my Song Dynasty covetously. Emperor Kang and the Crown Prince are actually arguing at this time! I don't know what to do! "Sigh!"

"General, I've been thinking about this these past few days! I have the best of the best three to offer to the general! " Wang Shu said.