Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Here, His Royal Highness the King of Chu was giving advice to his future brother-in-law. On the other side, Wei Zheng had just conquered Yangshou Mountain. When he saw Zhang Baoxiang, who had come with him but had not climbed the mountain, his head began to buzz with pain: "General Zhang, hurry up! Hurry up!"

"What's wrong, Duke Wei? Are the bandits on the mountain coming to attack us? But isn't the commander of this territory our Prince of Chu?" - Zhang Baoxiang is indeed a wonderful man. Although he was temporarily assigned an official mission by Emperor Li II when he returned to the court to report on his work, he seemed to have no sense of mission at all: "Duke Wei, if the people coming are from His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu... we should actually give up resistance..."

"General Zhang, are you kidding me?" Wei Zheng frowned when he heard Zhang Baoxiang say such discouraging words: "Your Majesty has entrusted you with the command of 500 Black Armored Soldiers. How can you..."

"Duke Wei, what do you know..." Zhang Baoxiang found that any layman would think that only His Majesty's Black Armor Army was invincible. "Let's not talk about how powerful His Majesty's Black Armored Soldiers are. Even the Dou family troops under his command are the elite of the elite. Their soldiers' quality, weapons, armor, and horse configuration are not inferior to His Majesty's Black Armor Army, and may even be stronger. So if we really want to use these 500 Black Armored Soldiers to fight His Majesty the King of Chu, it's actually just a little bit better than an egg hitting a stone, a very limited little bit..."

"Why are you so ambitious that you want to destroy your own prestige?" Although Wei Zheng has begun to slowly try to accept the fact that a "yellow-haired" man with undyed yellow hair will become his son-in-law in the future, he still feels angry at this moment: "How can your majesty's personal soldiers be inferior to..."

"Duke Wei..." Zhang Baoxiang saw that Wei Zheng was still expressing his dissatisfaction, so he simply raised his hand to signal him to be quiet. "Facts speak louder than words. Although I was only staying behind during the Northwest War, I am also familiar with the achievements made by His Royal Highness the King of Chu. I have never heard of anyone other than His Royal Highness the King of Chu and his troops who could defeat the elite Turkic cavalry that outnumbered us by several times or even dozens of times. Duke Wei, you really underestimated His Royal Highness the King of Chu."

"..." After hearing what Zhang Baoxiang said, Wei Zheng pursed his lips, then sighed helplessly: "Yes... We all underestimated His Royal Highness the King of Chu..."

After Wei Zheng sighed, a long silence fell between the two.

After a while.

"Duke Wei, people are coming." Zhang Baoxiang suddenly looked at the black-clothed men running quickly on the mountain road in the distance, and a look of joy gradually emerged on his face: "Good fellows... It seems that the number of people is close to 200. His Royal Highness the King of Chu is really generous..."

"That guy... is quite stingy..." Wei Zheng thought Zhang Baoxiang was speaking sarcastically.

"Lord Wei, you really are..." Zhang Baoxiang shook his head helplessly upon seeing this, and then he personally stepped forward to contact the other party.

But then he got the reply: these men in black would not follow Wei Zheng's main force into Xingzhou, but they would disperse and lurk around them, even after entering the city. Once anything happened, they would rush out from the dark and provide support at the first time.

This is also the best way in Zhang Baoxiang's opinion.

"Lord Wei, it's really settled this time." After Zhang Baoxiang returned to the team, the men in black disappeared into the mountains and forests again.

"Secret escort?" Wei Zheng obviously understood His Royal Highness the King of Chu: "Your Royal Highness the King of Chu is planning to wait for Wang Dayong to hide himself and die..."

"It's a pity that they are using us as bait." Zhang Baoxiang laughed when he heard this, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

After all, even Duke Tang could be used by His Royal Highness the King of Chu to make a nest, so him and Duke Wei...it's not surprising.

"On this matter... don't misunderstand His Royal Highness the King of Chu. He originally intended to keep me on the mountain as a... as a..."

As the saying goes, it is easy to go from simple to luxurious, but it is more difficult to reverse the process.

For example, right now, Duke Wei was too embarrassed to even say the word "bandit" - it wasn't because he was too proud to admit the predicament he encountered when he was at the end of his life, it was really...

When he met His Royal Highness the King of Chu in the mountain stronghold before, Wang Xuance beside His Royal Highness the King of Chu easily reminded Wei Zheng of himself when he was young.

Of course, if he had met His Royal Highness the King of Chu when he was young, he would not have served as a military advisor to the other party - he would have packed up his belongings overnight and quietly fled before dawn.

"Duke Wei, do you really treat His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu as your own son-in-law?" Although Zhang Baoxiang's official rank was not high, he was in front of bigwigs in the court such as Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Li Jing, and Li Ji. In fact, there were some things that only a military general of a slightly lower rank like him was qualified to say in front of them.

"Heh..." Wei Zheng was amused by Zhang Baoxiang's question. "My little girl insists on liking him, what can I do? But this does not affect my principle of speaking and doing things in a realistic way. Please don't misunderstand me."

"No misunderstanding... No misunderstanding..." Zhang Baoxiang chuckled when he heard this. He had originally prepared himself to be scolded, but Duke Wei's temper actually improved a lot after his trip to Yangshou Mountain - you know, when they came here, Duke Wei had repeatedly told him along the way that he would report the matter of being a bandit to the emperor, but now, things seem to have changed again.

"General Zhang, I have to remind you first." Wei Zheng didn't want to discuss these personal matters that made Zhang Baoxiang feel upset, so he simply talked about official business with him: "Your Majesty has long made a rule that the Tang army cannot enter the city without reason. Although you and I have the imperial edict this time, the army can only be stationed outside Xingzhou before the imperial edict is read. You are clear about this..."

"Duke Wei, what you mean is..." Zhang Baoxiang obviously didn't need Wei Zheng to continue: "Wang Dayong will make a fuss about this matter? In this way... His Royal Highness the King of Chu is even more wise!"

"Can you please stop mentioning that brat?" Wei Zheng had not expected that Zhang Baoxiang would find an opportunity to flatter the King of Chu. "Come to think of it... His Highness the King of Chu has indeed made progress. He actually knew to send someone to secretly monitor everything. This is good... If Wang Dayong is really that crazy..."

"Duke Wei, what do you want me to say to make you believe it? With the people provided by His Royal Highness the King of Chu, even if Wang Dayong joins forces with Xingzhou's garrison commander Zhou Ling and plans to have the entire Xingzhou garrison rush forward, he will not be able to gain any advantage."