Chapter 10 Knowing and Knowing the Other Side
"Is this Zhanlu?" Gongwei, who was originally a little ignorant, was surprised. He was sitting on a bear to lure. "I passed the wooden box in the envoy's hand. When I opened it, I saw that there was an ancient long gang lying in the narrow wooden box. The dark yellow scabbard was engraved with simple soup dragon patterns. The workmanship was exquisite and simple. There was no precious decoration on the sword, and it was even worse than the sword. The silk was placed under it, but it exuded a sense of grandeur, which made the silk below feel ashamed.
Gongwei was a professor. Although he was not a major in metallurgy, he had a stubborn concept of being rich in the present and being weak in the past. In addition, in the late Qin Dynasty, he had seen many bronze or iron swords and halberds. Except for the Wu hook made of meteorite on his waist, which can be considered as cutting iron like mud, the others are very ordinary and assassination is OK. However, it is easier to break when chopped, so he was not very keen on the so-called ancient magic weapons. He always felt that from the perspective of technology, later generations would always pass those of the previous lives.
.But he was very interested in Zhanlu. For nothing else, it was because the famous general Yue Fei he admired once owned this sword. Among the famous generals in ancient times, he admired Yue Fei the most against the Jin Dynasty. He knew very well about Yue Fei's deeds. He was catchy in Yue Fei's poems. Even when learning boxing was said to be a special attentive practice by Yue Fei. As a fan of Yue Fei, he naturally knew the two major artifacts that Yue Fei had in the legend: the Liquan spear transformed by the big snake and the Zhanlu sword.
Suddenly, this famous sword appeared in front of him, and he naturally became curious. Is this the legendary Zhanlu sword that cuts iron like mud? He didn't care about analyzing the change of his eyes of the messenger and carefully stretched out his hand to get the sword, but when he reached halfway, he felt that his hands were not clean for no reason, and he hurriedly called out: "Come and get water."
A maid brought a basin of water, and Gongwei washed his hands carefully. He repeatedly wiped the water from his hands, then he respectfully held the sword, holding the warm scabbard in one hand; holding the cold gangster in the other hand, and slowly drawing out the long sword.
A cold light flashed from the gap, and the soft light was not dazzling, but Gongwei still squinted his eyes involuntarily. He slowly drew his sword out of the sheath, and the slightly thick and short sword body was like a pool of autumn water, emitting a burst of coolness. Gongwei waved his slightest and murderous aura came out.
"Good sword!" Gong Wei praised.
"Good sword!" Lu Shizhi, Huan Fu and others praised secretly.
Guan Chao remained silent. But he was very disdainful. When Gongwei met him, he did not have any enthusiasm and sat there lazily without even the minimum etiquette. He became interested until he saw this famous sword, which shows that he was also a greedy person. It seems that Zhang Liang still knew very well about Gongwei and knew what could tempt him. Although this sword was the king's beloved thing, when he fled Xinzheng, the king only carried this sword with him. Unexpectedly, he could not save it in the end and fell into the hands of Gongwei. What a pity.
Gongwei glanced at Guan Chao. Although Guan Chao quickly changed into a respectful smile, he still felt the disdain in his eyes, and he did not explain it to him. He was originally not interested in any famous sword. No matter how good the bronze sword is, it is just a bronze sword. How good can it be? He liked this sword because Yue Fei. Although history has changed, Yue Fei may not appear again, but he still cannot give up his admiration.
A soldier can only be considered a soldier if he lives like Yue Fei.
"You king is so good." Gongwei took the sheath from Tian Lun and carefully scraped it back. While admiring the patterns on the scabbard, he said carelessly.
Guan Chao is neither humble nor arrogant: "My king said that famous swords are matched with heroes. Only heroes like Junhou can be worthy of this sword. The king is now in a heavy court and rarely fights. Keeping this sword is also a brutal thing. I heard that Junhou loves swords, so I gave it to Junhou."
Gongwei smiled slightly: "Your king praised me. I am not a hero. There is no hero in the world, so I made my son famous. However, I have taken over your king's wishes. Needless to say, please let your king move his troops to Luyang. We will fight Li You there."
Guan Chao agreed to send troops to aid South Korea directly when he saw Gongwei, but he simply thanked him. He bowed and wanted to retreat. Gongwei called him again: "The envoy stays. I have a few words to ask, if you are convenient, please say bluntly. If it is not convenient, I will not be strong.
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Guan Chao was stunned for a moment, as if he had never expected that the arrogant Gongwei was so polite. He quickly bowed and said, "June and Hou are inquiring, as long as I know, I will speak out."
"Then I'll thank you in advance." Gongwei turned around and walked towards the back room. Guan Chao followed him and walked to the door of the backyard. Gongwei asked softly: "Do you know the news about my girl? Is she okay in Korea?"
Guan Chao nodded and nodded: "June, Ling Mei is very good with Zhang Situ. Zhang Situ is now practicing Taoism behind closed doors and does not care about government affairs. He plays the piano with Ling Mei and entertains himself every day. The two get along very well."
Gongwei frowned and looked at Guan Chao with some expectations. Seeing that Guan Chao was confused, hesitated for a while, he had to ask, "Then does she bring me a message?"
Guan Chao was a little surprised and shook his head blankly. Gongwei sighed in disappointment and complained: "This girl is really determined and doesn't even send a message. She's so mean. Oh, forget it, thank you for your envoy."
"Your Majesty, please be polite." Guan Chao replied respectfully, turning around and leaving, his body net was about to move, and suddenly he remembered something: "Your Majesty, I heard that the king went to Situ's mansion and wanted to ask Situ to come forward to the Lord Majesty for help. Ling Mei didn't say a word from beginning to end."
"Is that?" Gongwei understood a little in a daze. When Gongqiao followed Zhang Liang, he once said that she was stuck between Gongwei and Zhang Liang in a dilemma. If the two of them were going to have a conflict in the future, she could only watch. She would never help one to punish the other. He sighed and shook his head, feeling angry and sad for Gongqiao's keeping his promise, and stood there in a daze for a moment.
"Junhou Guanchao met Gongwei. He didn't say anything for a long time and a soft reminder.
"Uh" Gong Wei came to his senses. He was a little embarrassed, bowed his hand repeatedly, patted his forehead and said, "I feel ashamed, I feel a headache for my sister's affairs for a while. I am negligent and noble."
The concubine smiled and said, "It's okay, the brother-in-law and the wife have a deep affection, which is really touching."
"Hehe." Gongwei said no more. He led Guan Chao back to the front hall and issued an order to send troops north in front of Guan Chao. Guan Chao went happily. Gongwei announced the order to station Lu Shizhi in Wancheng, and the generals of the branch took their own responsibility. He made arrangements very early. The King of Han sent people to come, and he also wanted to go north. If the King of Han didn't send people, he would go north. The autumn harvest in Nanyang was about to be approached, and he could not allow 300,000 Qin troops to attack Nanyang. The harvest of the year was destroyed.
Five days later, the magistrate took an army of 30,000 to the north of Wancheng. Countless newlywed generals bid farewell to their wives. The pavilion outside Wancheng was crowded with people, and Zhou Bo's two newlywed wives and concubines also came to see him off. The two women held Zhou Bo's hand one left and one right, crying and unable to speak. Zhou Bo's face turned red and wanted to push them away. He was reluctant to let them go. He was middle-aged and bachelor for half his life, and suddenly there was a woman and a family. Although they were not a beauty, they were the flesh in his heart. He was pulled by them in front of his subordinates. The restrained Zhou Bo was a little unaware of what to do.
"Old Zhou, it's not that he is separated from life and death, why are you so sad?" The tiger and leopard cavalry rode Guan Ying on a tall horse, and with his magnificent personal guards, he stopped the war horse and shouted at Zhou Bo: "Isn't it just going to fight a war with the Qin army, and will be back soon."
Zhou Bo's face turned redder. He spread the woman's hand, jumped on the horse without looking back, and ran away under the guards. Guan Ying followed closely. When passing by Mrs. Zhou Bo, he laughed: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, it's only two or three months or half a year later. We will definitely defeat the Qin army and return to make contributions. You can wait for good news at home." After saying that, a war horse was urging the horse, rolled up a burst of smoke and dust, and ran away. The people who saw him off were choked and screamed. The timid muttered in his stomach twice, and the bold ones cried out: "This General Guan is shaking his might again, so you must not let the Lord see and scold him."
Looking at the soldiers who were bidding farewell to Yiyi, Lu Yi smiled and said angrily: "Look, you are all troublesome. You want to get married and get married. You are reluctant to leave. You cry when you go to war. It's so unlucky.
Gongwei laughed: "What's so strange about this? Since ancient times, Is it human nature to be sad about separation? What's the auspicious or unlucky? Besides, you only see those who are reluctant to break up, but you don't see many soldiers hoping to kill the enemy and make merit in order to support their wives."
Bo Ji also chuckled softly and said, "My husband is right, because of the different love and benefits, this is also in line with the way of heaven."
Lu Yi gave Bo Ji a blank look: "You can coax him, I just said one thing, you kept talking, even the way of heaven has come out. If you continue, do you want to say something about the Supreme Shan Ruoshui?"
"How dare you show off in front of your sister?" Bo Ji stuck out her tongue and put her arms around Lu Yi's arm. Gongwei smiled faintly and suddenly sighed: "The world is raging, it's just the beginning."
"What, will it take a long time to fight?" Bo Ji asked in confusion.
"Husband, don't think too much. Things in the world are originally unsatisfactory." Lu Yi also closed his smile and said sadly: "Mr. Shang said, "War to fight, even if you fight, you can kill, even if you kill. Since everything is inevitable, it's better to let go of your burden and try to resolve the chaos in the world as soon as possible."
"Sister, why do you advise your husband to learn from Wei'an's ruthlessness?" Bo Ji said unhappily.
"Relaxed?" Lu Yi glanced at Bo Ji, then looked at Gongwei with a silent expression: "This is not ruthless, this is too much passionate."
Bo Ji looked at the two of them in confusion, blinked her eyes, and her long eyelashes trembled twice. She didn't say anything more.
The army headed north, and with the preliminary preparations, it went smoothly all the way. When it was about to arrive in Luyang, Gongwei received news from Han Wangcheng. Zhang Han led a large army to pursue Wei Wangbao and had entered Yingchuan territory. Xinzheng was under his troops. He did not dare to stay for too long. He had withdrawn from Xinzheng City and retreated south to meet with Gongwei. Because he was afraid of revenge of the Qin army, many people did not dare to stay in Xinzheng anymore and retreated together. Therefore, the time was slow. According to reports, Li You's troops had already entered Yingchuan County along the Rushui River, which might cut off their retreat. Please ask Gongwei to block Li You's army and cover them to retreat to Nanyang.
When the Gongwei heard the news, the governor dared not be negligent. He rushed into Yingchuan and seized Jiaxian. Fortunately, he accelerated his distance and occupied Jiaxian. The Qin army arrived fifty miles west of Jiaxian. When they heard that the Gongwei had occupied Jiaxian, they had to stop and set up a camp beside the Rushui River, stabilized their positions, and sent scouts to inquire about the news, and approached Gongxian cautiously.
The Qin army also has 30,000 people, and the one who led the troops was Li You. Li You was the eldest son of the Chengzhou Li Si. He was in his fifties this year. Because of his father Li Si, he guarded Sichuan. He has been in his prime. Sanchuan County is the only way to enter Guanzhong in Shandong and a key place. Although he is just a county magistrate, his status is much more important than ordinary county magistrates. Of course, he is not an incompetent person, but his ability to occupy this position is mainly because of his father. Therefore, many people cannot see it.
As for him, he was just concerned about Li Si's relationship. No one dared to say anything in person, but Li You is not a fool. He could still understand the meaning of others' awe and contempt. He always wanted to prove it to others that he could be the Sanchuan Shun because he had this ability. Unfortunately, he never waited for this opportunity. Although Emperor Shin-Emperor passed by Luoyang several times during the Eastern Tour and was ordered to take over, Emperor Shin-Emperor never gave him a word of commendation, which invisibly confirmed his incompetence.
This time, the chaos in Shandong broke out. He made it worse. Wu Guang, Tian Xi and others surrounded Haoyang with nearly 100,000 troops. Song Liu swept across Nanyang and Yingchuan under his nose. Zhou Wen was even more arrogant and ignored his existence. He led his troops to attack the central government, almost taking the emperor's life and interrupting the rule of the Qin Empire. Although Li You led his army to fight bloody battles, Luoyang and Rongyang were safe, it was the Shaofu Zhang Han who finally solved the rebel army, which made Li You feel very regretful. And King Cheng of Han restored the country in Xinzheng, and deeply hurt his self-esteem like a needle.
This time, he finally waited for the opportunity. Zhang Han defeated the most powerful Xiang Liang, rushed south, captured Chenliu, and then took the lead in taking Daliang. He couldn't help but demanded to cooperate with Zhang Han. He personally led 30,000 elite troops to detour the southern part of Yingchuan. He prepared to cut off Han Wangcheng's retreat and attack with Zhang Han to destroy the newly revived South Korea to relieve his hatred. He walked anxiously, but unexpectedly he was still one step slower, just one day short of time. He was blocked by the Communist Wei in Jia County.
If you don’t seize Jia County, you can’t cut off Han Wangcheng’s retreat, and of course you can’t kill Han Wangcheng with Zhang Han.
He knew that Zhang Han was strong and if he caught up with Han Wangcheng first, then he would run away this time. If he wanted to make a contribution, he had to kill Han Wang in front of Zhang Han, and what he had to do first was to defeat Gongwei in front of him.
He knew that Gongwei was this unknown boy who helped Han Wangcheng and Wei Wangbao restore the country, which made him unable to restoration. It was this boy who played a real trick in Bolangsha, tricking the veteran Yang Xiong, and defeated Yang Xiong's 10,000 troops and fled. Yang Xiong was even killed in the battlefield.
Li You knew Yang Xiong's strength, and the strength of this unlucky general was not something that his position could show. He was defeated by the Gongwei, which shows that although the Gongwei was not famous, his strength was not weak. This time, the Gongwei occupied Jiaxian before him. Although he got angry, he did not lose his mind. Instead, he calmed down to inquire about military information and prepared to fight Gongwei in a down-to-earth battle. In terms of military strength, he did not worry too much. Although his troops were almost the same, the 30,000 troops under his command were the elite of the Qin army. Even compared with His Majesty the Emperor's Imperial Guard, he had enough confidence to defeat any rebel under the same military strength.
Li You studied military information in the big tent. The general Zhao Ben sat aside and looked at him without saying a word. Zhao Ben and Li You were about the same age, with straight facial features, clear eyebrows and slightly long faces. He was originally a servant in the Li Mansion, but later Li Si was promoted to the career of the officialdom and was always loyal to the Li family. Li You became the descendant of Sanchuan Guard. Zhao Ben served as the general of the army. He was in a proper manner and was not particularly outstanding, but it was difficult for ordinary people to find his flaws.
"Young Master, go further and you will face the Chu army tomorrow." Although Zhao Ben has been an official for many years, he still calls Li You the young master like he used to be a sect in the Li Mansion, which seems different from other generals.
Li You snorted silently: "If you meet the opponent, you will meet the opponent, what are you going to worry about?"
Zhao Ben smiled lightly, twisted the particularly long beard on the corner of his lips, and said lightly: "I am worried about it, of course there is nothing to worry about. Fu Cheng took a large number of people to evacuate. The qualifying situation will definitely not be fast. It should be still in Ying now." In the territory, as long as we defeated Gongwei, we will definitely be able to intercept them. But he stopped talking and fattened Li You. Li You also happened to see him, and the two of them were paired up with me. Zhao Ben smiled a little embarrassedly.
"Are you worried that we can't defeat the Communist Wei?" Li You curled his lips and said with a smile.
"This" Zhao Ben hesitated for a while and still plucked up his courage: "Young Master. Before you can win, you will lose first. Although this Gongwei has no reputation and I don't know what he is from, but so many generals of Chen Sheng died, he lives well, and his power is growing day by day. I think he is still capable. Besides, the young master knows the ability of Lord Yang, and he is defeated by Gongwei. How can we underestimate Gongwei?"
Li You didn't say anything. He raised his head, squinted his eyes slightly and looked outside the tent. After a long time of silence, he suddenly said, "Do you know, Huan Xie's family suddenly disappeared from Xianyang City."
Zhao Ben didn't react at once. Why did he suddenly pull Huan Fu when he talked about Gongwei? He thought for a while, suddenly burst into a cold sweat and said in surprise: "Young Master, what do you mean,"
"How could a farmer, Gongwei, come up with such a clever plan?" Li You sneered: "I have been unable to figure out what the problem is. Not long ago, I suddenly understood when I heard Chengxiang's letter from the strange disappearance of Huan Fu's family."
Zhao Ben took a deep breath. Of course, he knew Huan Xie's reputation. Although he did not believe that Huan Fu would surrender to Gongwei, if Huan Fu was really in Gongwei's army, they would have no chance of winning. When he thought of this, his face became ugly, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"I'm scared? Li You smiled.
Zhao Ben didn't say anything, but his somewhat panicked eyes clearly revealed his timidity.
"Don't be afraid." Li You put down the pen in his hand, held his knees, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Huan Xie is my respected general. I have asked him many times. I have done research on every battle he has fought. If Huan Fu is really helping Gongwei, it is a trouble for others, but for me, it is a good opportunity. My grandson said, "Know yourselves know you, and you will win every battle." I know Huan Fu well, but he knows nothing about me. How could he beat me?"
Zhao Ben breathed a sigh of relief and nodded for a long time.
Chapter completed!