[Comprehensive Martial Arts] The Road to Powerful Ministers

The Youxian King withdrew, and there must be someone to fill the gap. Ali Kan had no choice but to personally command the confidant army and bite the bullet.Because the strength of the Eastern Route Army is not strong, Gao Qingding is familiar with them, and he doesn't think he can do much, and there is a Jianghu person by his side, which always gives people the illusion that laymen guide the insiders, so Ali Kan decided to send Lieying's 2 people to deal with the Eastern Route Army, and assigned a few generals of Rouran blood to check and balance.

Lieying's troops were lost in the war, and Alikan had provided them for him, but the Rouran people could naturally become leaders by virtue of their blood, at least a small leader, and then use these leaders to control the army. Line into a net.This kind of thinking is very good. The leader has power and authority, and his subordinates check and balance each other, and he is not afraid of them taking the leader.It's a pity that this method can be used in normal times, but it can't be used on Lie Ying's troops.

Lie Ying's troops were all Han Chinese, who were loyal to the imperial dynasty wholeheartedly. When they heard that Lie Ying had rebelled, they were on the verge of rioting, but Lie Ying coaxed them into coaxing them.Lie Ying had already appointed a leader for each team. Now that the Rouran people came, they were naturally reduced to deputy positions. On the eve of the decisive battle with the Eastern Route Army, Lie Ying summoned these deputy positions to conspire, and directly mixed the Rouran among them. Then people killed.

Gao Qingding and Lu Xiaofeng's 5-man East Route Army won the victory without encountering resistance at all, welcomed back their compatriots, and successfully became 7 men.When Yun Weijue received the battle report, he couldn't laugh or cry. He had already arranged this, but now that Lu Xiaofeng met him, he always felt that it was Lu Xiaofeng's halo effect~ The West Route Army was formed by the experienced old Jiang Wei Shang. He led an army of [-], as well as Keli from the Western Demon Cult and cavalry from various countries in the Western Regions, including of course the cavalry commanded by Prince Jiamu of the Gumo Kingdom.The cavalry of these countries in the Western Regions were temporarily under the command of Keli.Although they are numerous in number, they belong to different groups, have different armed forces, and even their clothing looks varied.What Yun Weizhen was most worried about was their army. If Wei Shang and Ke Li didn't lead well, it would be possible to blow up the camp directly.

Yun Weizhen waited in fear. Fortunately, the Western Demon Cult has much tighter control over the countries, thanks to Yu Luocha.

The most dangerous situation now is the duel between the Chinese army and Ali Kan's main force.The Western Demon Cult is willing to form an alliance, but they are unwilling to confront Alikan head-on, for fear of damaging their strength. People in the Jianghu have very little advantage in this kind of confrontation between large armies.Yun Weijue has used all the available strategies and integrated the resources that can be united. Now, only the decisive battle is left.

The [-] Central Route Army, the [-] Alikan main force, Chen Bing on the grassland, and the tents are lined up, which is a mighty scene that blocks the sky and blocks the sun.The barracks and soldiers lined up in a black and dense area, and there was no end in sight.The weeds that had started to wither and turn yellow had disappeared under the trampling of the people, and there was yellow sand under their feet. Every time they ran horses in the military camp, there would always be a splash of dust, which was very choking.

"General, why don't you go to war directly?" A partial general asked.

"That's right, it's not that the scouts have already succeeded, Rouran's horses have been poisoned, it's a good time for us to send troops." Wu Ding who said this, fearing that Guo Ping was inexperienced, Yun Weijue called Wu Ding to come over to suppress the formation .

"Alikan's main force is nearly 10 people. These are strong laborers. If they can save their lives, they will be of great use in the future." Guo Ping explained lightly.

"What's the use? How can you not kill people on the battlefield!" Wu Ding couldn't help but retort, he didn't know what a big man like Yun Weijue was thinking, but when he went to the battlefield, he wanted to win without killing people. How could this be possible? .

"Murder is definitely to be killed, but when to strike and who to start with is also particular. Alright, Wu Ding, you lead troops to outflank from the West Road, and we form a big encirclement circle, just surround it with Baorouran people. The east road is almost completely surrounded." Guo Ping didn't explain much, and directly ordered Wu Ding to lead the troops away.

People from Wu Ding's family left the camp, and Wu Ding's adjutant was also very puzzled, "What are we doing? What's the use of encircling and not fighting? Rouran Qibing is already very good at charging, and now the encirclement is so big, where are we going?" You have to defend, but the Rouran people only need to find a place to charge, isn't this a waste of effort?"

"Okay, you are the general or he is the general. Now General Guo is the chief general of the Chinese army, and the military order is like a mountain. Just listen to him." Wu Ding hurriedly interrupted his adjutant. Conflicts on the battlefield, isn't it courting death?Although he also has such doubts in his heart.

There are not a few generals who have doubts like Wu Ding, but they still obey orders and form an encirclement circle, which can reflect the superiority of the Central Plains military system.

The encirclement circle was formally formed. Guo Ping led troops to sneak attack on the logistics of Ali Kan's main force, and burned all the grain, grass and livestock. Now Ali Kan's main force has no food.

At the same time, there was a great news that the Youxian King was stabbed by the people sent by Ali Kan. When he was dying, he handed over the army to his eldest son to lead the army. Ready to go to war.

Now, King Youxian's subordinates were kneeling in front of him, swearing to the gods to be loyal to the eldest prince, so King Youxian closed his eyes unwillingly.

When King Youxian was assassinated, there were only Ali Kan's envoy and King Youxian's confidant Jebe beside him. When everyone arrived, Jebe had already killed the envoy and was seriously injured himself.

"Master, you can't die, it's because Zhebie is useless and failed to protect you." Zhebie knelt down beside Youxian King's bed, tears streaming down his face.

"Zhebe, stand up, the father has already gone, he didn't blame you, the most important thing now is to avenge the father." The eldest prince who will succeed Youxian called Jebe, and his archery skills were still the same. Taught it!

"That's right, Zhebie, it's not your fault, it's Alikan who is too vicious, we need to avenge the master." Wu En persuaded.

"Revenge! Revenge!" The eldest prince raised his right hand and shouted, and his subordinates immediately agreed, raising their weapons and shouting, "Revenge, revenge!"

The eldest prince said two more words of generosity, temporarily uniting the clansmen with hatred, and then discussed with his confidants what to do next, whether to hit the people in the Central Plains, or Alikan, or just watch to get cheap, or even better. Don't forget that there are already countries in the Western Regions watching, and these Western Regions people also need to be on guard.

In the camp of the dead Youxian King, only Jebe, who was guilty and seriously injured, was left to confess in front of Youxian King's bed. After everyone left, Jebe stood up and stretched. Afterwards, Jebe's height suddenly decreased, and a normal prairie man suddenly became much shorter, like a man from the Central Plains.Jebe took off his clothes, and took off the human skin mask on his face, revealing the brown clothes inside. The fake Jebe rushed out like a monkey, knocked out a man and dragged him into the king's tent, and took Jebe away. Give him the clothes on the boat, put on the human skin mask, then hold his hand and help him commit suicide.

Before the new Youxian King and his confidantes had reached an agreement, someone came to report that Jebie killed himself and followed the old Xianwang.The new Youxian King sighed and asked him to be buried in the sky with high-level etiquette.

The person pretending to be Zhebe was naturally Sikong Zhaixing, who stole a horse, ran out of Youxian King's camp, stretched his body, and complained: "Don't you say that all grassland men are extremely bold? Why is this Zhebie looks like a slave, more verbose than an old lady, I'm exhausted!"

Sikong Zhaixing ran a little further, lit a bunch of beacon fires on the grassland, controlled the light and shade of the fireworks, and sent messages to the garrison guarding the direction of the Great Wall.

In the west route army, Wei Shang is experienced and experienced, Keli is brave and good at fighting, and all the Rouran troops who dealt with them were wiped out within a month, and they harvested countless gold, silver, treasures, and horse slaves.According to the agreement, the armies of the Western Regions led by Keli can take away the gold, silver and jewels, and Wei Shang wants horses and slaves.

Now only the [-] troops led by Ali Kan are left in Rouran's army. These troops have lost their food and grass in Guo Ping's encirclement and are struggling to support them.

The food and grass of the Rouran people is not the rice and millet piled up like the Central Plains people, but a large number of cattle and sheep. The Rouran people mainly eat meat and dairy products.Guo Ping's fire caused those livestock to rush into the camp of Ali Kan's army, causing a lot of chaos.With the current situation, the sergeants surrounding Alikan's army are more confident.

Guo Ping confronted Ali Kan on the grassland, but Yun Weijue asked Huamanlou and several guards from the eighteen guards to go to Beijing to escort the prince to Yunzhong in the northwest.

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The capital, the imperial palace.

The emperor flipped through Yun Weijue's memorial back and forth, frowning, not knowing what to think.

After a while, the emperor said to himself, "What is Yuan Yan doing?" Half of the fruits of victory in this battle will be given to the prince.The emperor couldn't figure out what Yun Weijue was going to do. Could it be that he was afraid that his contribution would be too great, and the emperor would not be able to tolerate him?The emperor's face darkened even more when he thought of being here.

"The prince has always had such a temper." Tieshan mistakenly thought that the emperor was asking him, and he could not agree or object, so he could only say such an ambiguous sentence.

The emperor nodded and said, "That's right." The emperor thought to himself, I'm afraid he was thinking wrong just now, Yun Weijue has a temperament of empathy, what the late emperor said was indeed right.During his most difficult time last year, the emperor used his status as the prince to escort him. Now that the war is about to win, Yun Weixuan will naturally reciprocate, and he will distribute some of the military achievements to his disciples——Yun Weixuan hangs on to the crown prince What about Fu's title?

The emperor understood Yun Weijue's intentions, and the old foxes who had been in the capital for many years naturally understood faster. The empress looked up with a smiling face, wishing she could set up a longevity tablet for Yun Weixuan.

Hua Manlou and the guards of the Eighteen Guards received the prince and persuaded the prince to dress lightly and let the guard of honor and His Majesty's reward follow up.

"Your Highness, let's go on horseback." The one who spoke was the cousin of the crown prince's mother's family. The crown prince is going out, and he is the heir of a country. What a precious status, he naturally has a special guard of honor and guards. Without the guarding army, the only one who ran to Yunzhong by himself was his cousin.

"But, there is a war in the northwest right now, what if on the way..." The eight-year-old prince is no longer a naive and ignorant child. Since he was crowned prince, has he encountered few assassins and murderers?What's the use of just relying on those few people sent by Yun Weizhen?

"Your Highness, since Prince Zhaoye sent someone to pick him up, there must be his intentions. I also heard that General Guo Ping is now surrounding Rouran's army, but it's unclear how long it will last. The battlefield is changing rapidly. If you arrive The battle is over, so you are really going to patrol the border on behalf of the sky." The cousin persuaded patiently.

"What you said makes sense, but Gu is young and not good at riding, is it okay?" The prince was still a little worried.

"Your Highness, this may be a test for you by Prince Zhaoye. You must know that he is now the prince and your elder. The prince values ​​friendship the most, if you can share the hardships with him in the bitter cold northwest, you will be able to welcome the joys and sorrows with him when you return to the capital!" The cousin strongly urged.

The prince made sense after thinking about it, and accepted Huamanlou's proposal.

Even if they had this plan, the matter would be done without telling others. The prince asked his personal servant to cover up, changed into a humble uniform, took his cousin, two trusted guards, and followed Huamanlou and his party to gallop to the northwest and go.

The cousin of the crown prince analyzed it well. This indeed meant that Yun Weixuan was going to test the crown prince, but more importantly, this war was coming to an end, and he wanted to distribute the credit to the emperor again to deepen his impression of love in front of the emperor.Since he was so grateful to a prince who did not contribute, but only borrowed his identity, then Yun Weixuan must show more sincerity to the emperor.

This sincerity is already ready.

When the crown prince arrived in Yunzhong County, Guo Ping had repelled more than a dozen attacks and breakouts by the Rouran people, and trapped these people in the encirclement. , Professional assassins to support, of course, these things can only be kept secret, use conspiracy on the battlefield, even if it is used on the enemy, to prevent your own army from dying and shaking the morale of the army.

Chang Shi notified the prince's arrival, and Yun Weijue hurried out to greet him.

"His Royal Highness." Yun Weijue bowed his hands and nodded. The crown prince is the second heir of the kingdom, so Yun Weijue still maintained the basic etiquette.

"Uncle, don't be too polite. You are an elder and a teacher. You are lonely." The prince hurriedly supported him, and he kept returning the courtesy.What is Yun Weijue's identity and what is his status in the emperor's heart, can the crown prince not know?How dare he match Yun Weiduo's gift.

At this time, Yun Weijue looked at the prince carefully, and saw that his skin was flushed, his face was bloodshot, his legs were not normal, and his lips were covered with white skin. He knew that he had suffered a lot along the way. up.Yun Weijue smiled and said: "His Royal Highness has worked hard all the way, please take a bath and change clothes first."

Yun Weijue asked Shi, the head of the palace who followed the battlefield, to take the prince and his party down to wash up, Hua Manlou also went to wash up first, and Yun Weijue waited for him in the study.

Huamanlu and Yun Weijue had a good understanding, and Huamanlou wanted to tell Yun Weijue about the prince.

"How, do you have the qualifications?" Yun Weijue asked impatiently after Huamanlou sat down.

"At the beginning, you didn't even know who your disciple was, so you were brave enough to be appointed as the crown prince. I heard that you even recommended the crown prince candidate to His Majesty, which is even more generous." Hua Manlou knew that the battle was about to end, My mood also relaxed, and I started joking with Yun Weizhen.

"However, according to the etiquette and law, it was His Majesty's grace at the beginning. What I want to borrow is not only the prince, but his identity. Now I am about to return to the court with victory, and a bigger and more fierce battlefield is waiting for me. How dare I not?" First determine the character of your comrade-in-arms." Yun Weijue rolled his eyes and said.

"The prince is talented and has a good character." Huamenlou set the tone first: "I took the people along and galloped all the way. The prince should have never learned riding skills seriously. In the first two days, his thigh was worn out and he didn't complain. At most, he only complained to his cousin, gritted his teeth and followed us, and the guards rode with the prince for a while, but it was a hardship."

"Complaining to my cousin doesn't dare to complain to you. I'm afraid I have already guessed that this is my test for him. If you don't complain, it doesn't necessarily mean that you can endure hardship. It may be forbearance and deep scheming. The royal child, there is no The innocent type." Yun Weijuan showed Huamanlou his own darkness without hesitation.

"The prince didn't know I was blind until a few days later, and he didn't express any sympathy or disgust." Hua Manlou explained for the prince.

"Your ability is enough to cover up the lack of blindness... Well, what he admires is your ability. You can control your emotions freely at a young age, and you don't even feel that it violates the harmony. This skill is not bad." Yun Weijue commented that people with physical defects in the palace cannot appear in front of the nobles, scaring the nobles and polluting the eyes of the nobles.The prince should have never seen a disabled person. Although Hua Manlou's appearance is not scary at all, normal people will be a little bit estranged after all.

Yun Weijuan is unwilling to call Huamanlou's blindness a defect, he feels it is a pity in his heart, like Venus with a broken arm, because of the lack of blindness, Huamanlou has truly achieved success. building.

Hua Manlou didn't comment on Yun Weijue's comment, and then told the prince's performance on the road. This time he didn't show any emotion, and Yun Weijue didn't comment sharply.

After exchanging views on the prince with Yun Weijue, Hua Manlou went back to the room a little tired.In his room, Lu Xiaofeng and Sikong Zhaixing were already drinking wine and waiting for him.

"Why are you here?" Hua Manlou asked in surprise.

"My Right Army has completed its mission, and the elite have been transferred to Guo Ping's Central Army. The rest of the people are also stationed in the cloud. It's nothing to do with me. Monkey King's Right Wise King's The army was basically wiped out, except for General Wei Shang who was assigned to the west to defend the countries of the Western Regions, the rest are in the central army, waiting for a decisive battle." Lu Xiaofeng explained.

"Everything is alright, swords have no eyes on the battlefield..." Hua Manlou was concerned.

"It's okay, Houjing and I don't need to charge head-on, the soldiers are trained to kill the enemy, how can anyone hurt us." Lu Xiaofeng waved his hand carelessly, indicating that he was really not injured.

"Hua Man Lou, I see how you are so preoccupied." Since Sikong Zaixing is good at disguise, he observes people's facial expressions naturally and meticulously. Lu Xiaofeng even joked carelessly. low.

"It's nothing, I'm just tired." Hua Manlou shook his head.

"Don't talk about Lu Xiaoji, you can't even fool me~" Sikong Zaixing said, Lu Xiaofeng also looked at Huamanlou with concern, afraid that he would let such a person who loves life come here because he doesn't like killing. It is indeed too cruel to watch so many lives disappear with one's own eyes.

"Well, I just feel that Yuanyan is getting more and more...extreme? Cruel? I can't find the exact words to describe it. It's always the feeling of speculating on others with the greatest malice. Now I doubt the person in front of me. Is he the Mr. Yun of Jiyue Qingfeng that I knew back then?" Hua Manlou said helplessly, when Yun Weixuan maliciously speculated about the eight-year-old prince just now, Hua Manlou really wondered for a moment how they became friend's.

"Then I, Mr. Yun, am not a person of Jiyue Qingfeng~" Even though Sikong Zhaixing came to help, he still has a lot of resentment towards Yun Weixuan in his heart: "People who can be in the officialdom are worse than a thief like me." clean."

"Monkey spirit, don't talk nonsense!" Lu Xiaofeng shouted, "What's the matter, can you just talk to us?"

Hua Manlou told Yun Weijue about the Prince's talk, Sikong Zhaixing snorted coldly, but Lu Xiaofeng was thoughtful: "I think Master Yiyun's city, even if he really has this idea, can't It won't show it in front of you, will it?"

"Then what do you mean?" Hua Manlou asked in surprise.

"It's just what you think. I think brother Yun is probably trying to take the opportunity to draw a line with you. He won't even hide things like wars between countries from you, but now he has come to draw a line with you. It seems that he must We are about to experience a more difficult and severe situation." Lu Xiaofeng commented.

"I said, can you not think of him as a saint? But as a court official, Lu Xiaofeng, haven't you been in and out of high-ranking families before, and Huamanlou, isn't your family always dealing with rich and powerful families? Why is he different? Already?" Sikong Zhaixing protested dissatisfied.

"Hahahaha, it's still Sikong Jiehoujing who has understanding, what he said is true, why should we treat him differently, before Brother Yun doesn't embarrass us and hurt us, treat him normally, treat us normally." Lu Xiaofeng laughed loudly.

Hua Manlou also nodded.

On the second day after the crown prince arrived in Yunzhong, Yun Weijue sent a message to the frontline army to take action.

The generals in the Rouran army began to die in large numbers, the prestigious generals were captured one after another, and the cavalry who broke out were repulsed again and again. In the end, Ali Kan once again led the troops to break through the siege, and was beheaded by Guo Ping, declaring the war Ended with the victory of the Central Plains.