On this day, the King of Song taught Song Zhiwen the sword in the ancestral temple, and the servant presented a forbidden army feather arrow to Junzi Qi.
The gentleman dressed in royal robes, with a high crown, broke the arrow with his own hands, and said to Song Zhiwen: "The late king has been buried in hatred for twenty years. Can the general avenge this arrow for the lonely king?"
Song Zhiwen knelt down to receive the sword, holding the Emperor's Sword high above his head, and said: "I will never return to the court until I break the capital of Zheng!"
At the border between the two countries, Song Zhiwen returned to the Song Army camp that night, rewarded the three armies, and ordered the three armies to set off early tomorrow morning with their swords pointed at Zhengdu.
At this time, Zheng's civil war was still going on.
The princeling and the young prince are at odds with each other.
Due to internal and external troubles, the Zheng State was suddenly attacked from both sides and seemed to be in danger of destroying the country.
Yu Youwei witnessed Song Zhiwen leaving Suiyang City.
That night, the moon and stars were sparse.
In the small wind chime building, a girl in a traditional skirt is holding a sword among the pavilions and pavilions.
There is a pond of lotus flowers all around.
As the seasons change, the weather in the south gradually turns hotter. Although there are no lotus flowers in bloom in the lotus pond, the lotus leaves in the lotus pond are already bright green.
The famous sword Qiushui.
When Yu Youwei sheathed her sword, the person who was supposed to come had already arrived.
Uncle Long was still wearing a raincoat, holding the ancient sword, standing behind Yu Youwei, motionless, like a statue.
"You're here." Yu Youwei didn't even look back.
The man behind him seemed to appear out of thin air without making any sound.
The person who came was dressed in white and had an ordinary face, but his faint aura had an inexplicable connotation of acquired harmony.
If anyone who survived the battle at Hulao Pass saw him, they would definitely recognize him immediately, because he was none other than Zhang Wei, the Dushan King who made great contributions to Hulao Pass in that battle!
"The situation in the south has been decided. When will you leave for the north?" King Dushan asked, looking at the woman's back with a longing expression.
"Without further delay, it will be tomorrow." Yu Youwei said softly.
"That's fine." King Dushan said, "Song Zhiwen takes action, and it's a certainty that Jixia Academy will deal with him. If you don't leave, it will be a matter of time before they investigate you with their methods. I'll think about it then. It will be difficult to escape.”
"You make it sound like going north is not troublesome." Yu Youwei chuckled.
"There's nothing we can do about it," Zhang Wei said, "The one who wants to build the Four Evil Formation, Taotie is an indispensable part of it. I thought that the group of monks in Xuankong Temple could keep the seal of the Three Body Buddhist Temple, but who would have thought Were they dealt with so easily?"
"Zhang Wei." Yu Youwei stood up, turned around, raised her head slightly, looked at the man in white, and asked him, "Who do you think the person who bloodbathed the Xuankong Temple could be?"
"If you ask me, it's probably related to the man in black who suddenly appeared in the decisive battle of Hulao Pass." Zhang Wei said, "Even if Master Yuantong is not here, there is still Zen Master Huitong in Xuankong Temple. The Northern Territory can be under Zen Master Huitong There are not many people who bloodbathed the Xuankong Temple. Even if I count them, it is impossible that those who are the pillars of the righteous path have done it."
"So the last man in black is the most likely." Yu Youwei said.
"That's right." Zhang Wei nodded.
"What does he mean?" Yu Youwei asked again, "Since he was able to cleanse the Xuankong Temple with blood, that person must have been quite successful. And if this person is really the man in black who finally appeared in Hulao Pass, he has That weird demon soldier, in this case, if you want to snatch the Taotie from his hands, it will probably be a fierce battle."
"The Sky Demon Emperor's intention is very clear." Zhang Wei said, "He is determined to win Taotie, one of the four ancient evils."
"That's right." Yu Youwei smiled, "He can always get what he wants."
King Dushan looked at the woman in front of him and remained silent.
There was silence for a while as the two of them had their own thoughts.
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War broke out in the north and south, and the Song army, led by Ru Jian, was unstoppable. In just one month, they captured fifteen cities and pointed their sword at Zhengdu. For a time, they became unstoppable.
The Crown Prince of Zheng adhered to the strategy of pacifying the country first before resisting foreign aggression, and Zheng's civil war reached a dire straits. Seeing that the little prince's side was at the end of its rope, these loyal generals who protected the country saw that the situation was not good, and quickly changed their strategies and began to defend the city without fighting. They planned to use Song Zhiwen's army to bring down the princelings. Then take the opportunity to seek Zhengshuo's power.
The prince was furious, but there was nothing he could do.
Zheng's civil war has already involved all the country's troops.
Now that they were being attacked from both sides, the prince's army was already full of complaints and was on the verge of collapse. Who was Song Zhiwen's opponent?
"God destroyed me, Dazheng, not because of the use of troops!" The prince looked up to the sky and sighed.
But the great road is fifty, and Tianyan is forty-nine.
Just when the prince was at his most desperate, Jixia Academy, which had been silent for a long time, finally took action.
A mighty army set out from Linzi. Chen Shouren, a leader of the young generation who has been in the limelight in Jixia Academy in recent years, led 30,000 troops. Following Yan Zhidui's recommendation of wine at the Academy and the order of the King of Qi, he rushed to the aid of Zheng.
The army set off and headed straight for Zhengdu.
"Jixia Academy has finally taken action." When Chen Shouren led his troops into the border of Zheng State, Song Zhiwen had already received the secret message from the scouts. He held a candle in the huge military tent and summoned his generals to pass the secret message to everyone for review.
In the camp, the generals looked at it with different expressions.
"Commander, what are you afraid of!" A general said in a loud voice, not taking Chen Shouren seriously in his heart. "Chen Shouren said that he is the leader of the younger generation who has been in the limelight in Jixia Academy in recent years, but in the end he is just a talker on paper. Poor scholar!"
"The last general thinks what General Yang said is reasonable!" Another general said, "Chen Shouren is just a Confucian scholar who has never even been on the battlefield. I think King Qi is too old and confused to dare to let such a young boy lead an army in a war. , and I’m not afraid of being laughed at by everyone in the world!”
After saying that, some of the generals in the camp burst into laughter.
Song Zhiwen remained silent.
"Commander, generals!" Another general said with a solemn expression, "I think we should not underestimate this Chen Shouren. Commander, I have heard that this Chen Shouren is one of the Seven Sages of Jixia, Mr. Yuan Tiangang. Proud disciple! Mr. Yuan is well-known throughout the Northern Territory. During the Northern War 70 years ago, Mr. Yuan had already followed Tian Dan, the first general of the Qi State, to conquer the north and south."
"Mr. Yuan was only in his twenties back then, but he was already the most valued military advisor under General Tian Dan, who was known as one of the four gods of national war." The general continued, "At that time, Mr. Tian Dan and Mr. Yuan Join forces and gallop through the national war, without any defeat except at Hulao Pass, where King Yanzhao suffers a heavy loss! As Mr. Yuan’s favorite disciple, Chen Shouren must obtain Mr. Yuan’s true legacy. In the end, we still think that we are still It’s better to be cautious!”
"Why does General Li need to enhance other people's ambitions and destroy his own prestige?" A general said sarcastically, "I am a rough man, but I can also be reasonable in everything! I only know that the commander has been working hard in the army when he was twelve years old. I have climbed step by step to my current position! And my cultivation is obvious to everyone. Then how can Chen Shouren, a fool who only studies hard in Jixia Academy, be compared with the coach?"
Several generals were about to start an argument. On the main seat, the young general stretched out a hand and pressed it down to signal everyone to be silent.
In the military tent, because of Song Zhiwen's small movement, there was suddenly silence.
"I have listened to the opinions of the generals." Song Zhiwen said, looking around, "There is a saying in the art of war, 'Know your enemy and yourself, and you can win a hundred battles without danger.'" Chen Shouren came with bad intentions. Since Qi State dared to send him Leading troops to help Zheng Guo, this person must have his own merits, and we must not take him lightly."
"The commander's words are right." A general said, "The art of war has it that arrogant soldiers will be defeated. Now our army has conquered fifteen cities in the Zheng Kingdom, and its morale is at its peak! Our army should forge ahead with determination, and directly attack the capital of Zheng. We must not leave the battle. underestimate the enemy!"
They talked at night in the military tent until midnight.
Song Zhi asked out of the military tent and looked up at the endless sky in the north, but his heart was filled with worry.
The seasons are changing, the weather is getting hotter, and there is not much time left for him.
Summer is here, and it’s unbearably hot in the north. At that time, let alone marching and fighting, even sitting and guarding the city, the soldiers wearing armor will be so hot that they can't breathe.
Now the Song army has captured fifteen cities in a row, and its morale is at its peak. But once the war drags on to summer, because they are fighting deep into the hinterland of Zheng State, the right time, place, and even people will favor Zheng State.
Therefore, before summer comes, it is the best way to go straight to Zhengdu.
Chen Shouren will be Song Zhiwen's biggest enemy on this battlefield.
If Jixia Academy wants to deal with him, it will never bully him or use seniority to suppress others. Since they dared to use Chen Shouren against Song Zhiwen, it meant that the old gentlemen in Jixia Academy absolutely valued Chen Shouren's abilities.
This young man is by no means an ordinary person.
This battle is starting to get difficult.
