treacherous world

This place in Dali may have gathered so many top experts for the first time in history.Not to mention Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and Zhao Pu, the three current heroes, just the four supreme elders, Yinhou, Tianzun, and Lu's brothers, are enough to shock the entire Central Plains martial arts.

It's just that, at this time, this group of masters of the rivers and lakes is going to do a less grand thing-eating noodles.

No matter what a master is, he needs to eat. The two Lu brothers have been driving for a long time, and when they asked for noodles, Bai Yutang, who is his grandson, naturally had to greet them well.

These two old men may not be as good as Tianzun and Yinhou in terms of martial arts, but in terms of eccentricity, they are even worse.The two of them didn't want to eat delicacies from mountains and seas, but insisted on eating the noodles cooked by Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, so the two of them had no choice but to run to the kitchen to cook.

Zhan Zhao was beating the dough lightly with a rolling pin in his hand, and asked Bai Yutang who was kneading, "You never think that they intentionally send us away?"

Bai Yutang raised his hand and threw the dough high into the air, flipped his wrist to catch it and threw it up again, and said, "Eight or nine is not far from ten."

"Unexpectedly, Bai Fu's previous generation has such a deep relationship with Fifth Aunt. No wonder he knows so many things."

Bai Yutang caught the dough and twirled it a few times, and it turned into a thin slice of flatbread, which was thrown in front of Zhan Zhao.

While rolling out the dough, Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, "Bai Fu has lied to you for so long, you are not happy."

Zhan Zhaohui asked this mainly because Bai Yutang's expression was rather serious at the moment, and he seemed to have something on his mind.

Bai Yutang came back to his senses, as if reacting.

Zhan Zhao knew that Bai Yutang was not thinking about Bai Fu, but something else.

"No." Bai Yutang shook his head, "Is he doing good for me? I have no position to be unhappy."

"Then you've been acting weird since just now..." Zhan Zhao heard footsteps outside when he was rolling out the noodles, walking in small steps, very cheerful.

Turning around, I saw the fourth son rushing in from the kitchen door, followed by two girls.

"Little Lord!"

It was Chen Xing'er and Yue Ya'er who ran in, like tits, they ran behind Bai Yutang and looked at the stove from left to right, "Master said he wants to eat beef tendon noodles!"

"Second master said he wants to eat snow vegetable noodles."

The fourth son raised his hand, "The fourth son wants to eat egg noodles!"

Zhan Zhao rolled out the dough thinly, took the kitchen knife and turned it around twice, then "swish, swish, swish" a few times, and swept it into the dustpan next to it... the thin and long noodles were cut.

"Wow!" The two girls clapped their hands together with the fourth son.

Zhan Zhao is helpless.

"Do you want help?"

Outside, Gongsun came in with Xiao Liang, who seemed to have washed his hands, with his sleeves rolled up, Xiao Liang was carrying a vegetable basket with fresh vegetables and beef in it.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and looked at Gongsun with some puzzlement.

Gongsun smiled knowingly, and went to the sink to wash the vegetables, "I was dismissed too, Zhao Pu, the four old men and Bai Fu don't know what to discuss."

The rolling pin in Zhan Zhao’s hand was twirling leisurely on the back of his hand, so that the fourth son’s eyes didn’t fall off… The other hand was rubbing his chin and muttering to himself, “It’s strange… just now Zhao Pu also strange."

Bai Yutang threw the dough into the air, caught it and asked Chen Xing'er behind him, "Did you two come from the north or the south?"

"Master, what do you want us to do?" Yue Ya'er was more careful than Chen Xing'er, so she asked Bai Yutang.

"Yes." Bai Yutang nodded, "I want you two to go to the south to see..."

"You don't need to look at it, you guessed it right."

At this time, someone spoke at the door, interrupting everyone.

When Zhan Zhao and the others turned their heads, they saw Zhao Pu strolling in with his hands behind his back, holding a roll of blueprints in his hands.

Zhan Zhao saw that his face seemed helpless and Bai Yutang was frowning, so he guessed that something happened.

After handing over the noodles to Yue Ya'er and Chen Xing'er, Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and Gongsun sat down at the table together, and saw Zhao Pu shaking his hand, and spread out a drawing, which was a topographic map of Dali.

Zhao Pu held down the drawings, took a handful of garlic, and filled the drawings one by one.

"What's the situation?" Zhan Zhao asked Zhao Pu.

"Ten Southern Barbarian Clans." Zhao Pu pointed to a few garlic cloves.

"Nanman..." Zhan Zhao wondered, "I seem to have heard of it, but didn't it mean that they live in the jungle all the year round, and the population is sparse?"

"That was in the past," Zhao Pu waved his hand lightly, "I've heard people mention it before. Recently, the Nanman generation seems to have had wars. Several tribes stood out. The ten most powerful tribes swallowed up all the other tribes. There seems to be a tacit understanding between the ten clans. There are rumors that they are ruled by the same person. They use elephants as mounts, wear masks and hold poisonous spears. They are very fierce, but they cannot understand the language of the Han people. After inquiring, it is said that the number of people may have exceeded 20 without knowing it."

"There are so many people?" Gongsun was surprised. "The Nanban people are sparsely populated, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. How come so many people come out all of a sudden?"

"This is the strangest place." Zhao Pu also nodded, "I remember I sent people to investigate three years ago, and the number of people in Nanban was at most [-] to [-]. It is impossible to pose a threat in the short term, but since last year, a large number of people came Unidentified people have poured in, and the current number is almost unpredictable."

Bai Yutang nodded, "Then?"

"You also know what's wrong with your uncle and my master, right..." Zhao Pu said something ambiguous, causing Bai Yutang to raise his eyebrows helplessly, while Zhan Zhao and Gongsun looked at each other and said in unison, "What's wrong?"

"My little uncle is very talented, he can spy on disasters, or it is most appropriate to say that he is a crow's mouth. He basically speaks about natural disasters and man-made disasters. He said that something will happen, which means something big will happen."

"If it's just some formation or conspiracy, I don't think it's too scary." Zhao Pu placed some garlic on the map again, "After thinking about it, I think that this time we are all focusing on Dali. I forgot about Nanban Yiyi. This time, it’s really a big deal!”

As he said that, Zhao Pu drew a long line, which was exactly where the black water was.

"The current situation in Dali is like a game of chess. The black water is the Chu River. Our side is not prepared at all, but the opponent's chess pieces are all placed along the banks of the black water." Zhao Pu tapped the table lightly, " Just now I asked Ziying Zheying to take a look, there are at least 10 people gathered at the other end of the black water, and there are at least a thousand elephants."

Everyone was a little confused.

"But I can get any news..." Zhan Zhao was surprised.

"There are many jungles in the south, and the barbarians who live in the jungle all the year round are good at hiding. This time they should have arrived with the Buddha statue delivery team. Our attention is all on the internal struggle in Dali. This time someone wanted to assassinate Duan Sulong, but I didn't expect someone to be drunk. These barbarians set up a five-element formation for me behind the black water, just like a pocket.

Everyone looked at each other.

"Five elements formation..." Gongsun frowned and asked Zhao Pu, "What about our soldiers and horses?"

"The trouble with the Five Elements Formation is that it's impossible to defend against. It's as if we were trapped in the black water."

Bai Yutang looked at the blueprint, "Xing Huaizhou's soldiers and horses can't move yet. Once they come to support us, they will lose the Southern Border of the Great Song Dynasty. If the other party comes to the Song Dynasty with a ulterior motive and abandons us and directly invades the Song Dynasty, it will definitely cause great harm. Greater loss."

"Sure enough, he is an expert, what he said is not good at all." Zhao Pu nodded, agreeing with Bai Yutang's words very much, "If the garrison in the northwest rushes over, the battle line is too long, even if Ouyang leads the vanguard, even if there are only 1 people It will take at least fifteen days to come here, and the boats and vehicles are exhausted, and the army is too tired to win. The most troublesome thing is that we are trapped in the city, and there is no guarantee that the opponent's chess pieces will not be inserted..."

"You mean, if one of Gao Zhisheng and Dong Jialuo, who are in charge of the military, rebels or has connections with the Nanman, then they are facing the enemy?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Zhao Pu was very gratified. Although Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang had never led soldiers to fight, they were good enough to be elves, and they were transparent, so there was no need to explain too much.

"So it's not a natural disaster, it's the flames of war..." Gongsun frowned, "The other party's arrangement shows that they have planned everything, and there should be superior people." Absolutely. "Zhao Pu nodded, "The person who can form this kind of formation is definitely not an idiot. This five-element formation is mixed with reality and fiction. It is impossible to know where the focus of his troops is. It is impossible to guard against.Fighting pays attention to anticipating the enemy's opportunities and being one step ahead of others. Now we are three or four steps behind others, and we have already become turtles in the urn. "

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Pu together, and there seemed to be a certain kind of disbelief in their eyes—you, Zhao Pu, would be unable to fight back if someone made such a show?

Zhao Pu raised his eyebrows, "I can't lose my fame in the hands of these savages."

Bai Yutang laughed dryly, "So, you just figured out how to crack it, right?"

Zhao Pu also understood, and nodded, "I did the math, Dali has about [-] soldiers capable of fighting, but the combat power is very weak!"

"Xing Huaizhou also has [-] soldiers and horses, but they are good at fighting." Zhan Zhao said, "If they can't be transferred, then we can mix it up, half and half, good steel will be used on the blade, and bad steel will be used as the number. Is it the truth to frighten people with a display?"

"Smart." Zhao Pu didn't point his finger and continued, Gongsun asked, "Didn't you say that you planned for a rainy day and allocated 5 people in the central Sichuan area, and another 3 people around Luoyang? Have you arrived yet?"

Zhao Pu pouted, "Kiss, how did you steal my limelight?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other in surprise, and asked Zhao Pu, "When did you mobilize your troops?" "Probably... a month ago, when we left for Dali." Zhao Pu raised his lips.Gongsun helped to explain, "He is used to it, and he will mobilize troops to a certain extent every month, so he will be prepared."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang secretly praised in their hearts—an old fox is an old fox, don’t look at Zhao Pu who usually looks like a ruffian prince, the habit of marching and fighting has been ingrained in his bones, he brought soldiers and horses because of habit, and the rear can’t be empty, The so-called preventive measures before they happen!

"In Shuzhong and Luoyang, I have [-] elite soldiers respectively. Zou Liang leads the south, and Qiao Guang leads the north." Zhao Pu stroked his chin.There are many waters in the south, Zou Liang is good at water warfare, Shuzhong is not far from here, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang are both funny—it seems that Zhao Pu didn't guess nothing in advance, but had some ideas, and he was really handsome.

"Have you sent someone to deliver the letter?" Zhan Zhao asked, "How long will it be dispatched?"

"With Marquis Yin's lightness skills, the letter should be delivered within an hour." Zhao Pu answered crisply.

Gongsun stared at him with wide eyes in shock, "You asked Yin Hou to run errands to deliver the letter? What a shame."

Zhao Pu quickly shook his head, "Oh, the old man loves others, he brought it up by himself, here he has the best lightness kungfu and the fastest walking, that's what Tianzun said."

Zhan Zhao naturally knew his grandfather's good intentions, not only because of their safety, but also the safety of the world.

At this time, everyone also understood that the old men only left Zhao Pu to drive them away to buy time. They made a plan and what they should do. As for the explanation, I left it to Zhao Pu to avoid delay .

Bai Yutang smiled, "My master is on the other side of the Black Water, so he went to be your spy?"

Zhao Pu nodded with a smile, "Tianzun also loves people! He is elusive with light skills, and being a spy is simply the best of the best. I want to find out the number of people and the basic situation of the other party, so I can do it easily.

"Let me guess." Zhan Zhao rubbed his chin, "So grandpa and little uncle will deal with Dong Jialuo one by one, and Gao Zhisheng with the other. You want to seize the military power, right?"

Both Gongsun and Bai Yutang nodded, they were indeed thoughtful.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Pu shook his head, "No."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback.

Gongsun also wondered, "Aren't you going to take the military power from these two?"

Zhao Pu smiled lightly, and pointed at the three of them, "You three seem to have never fought before..."

"Nonsense." The three of them said in unison.

Zhao Pu scratched his chin helplessly, "These two elders, I entrusted someone to do something, but it's not to seize military power, but to watch someone."

Everyone was stunned.

Bai Yutang frowned, "Could it be Duan Sulong you're talking about?"

Zhao Pu nodded, his face darkened, "I don't love him."

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, "He looks...so isn't he very ambitious?"

"some……"

When everyone was in doubt, they heard the fourth son quietly say something.

Everyone looked back at him, he was sitting on the stove, Chen Xing'er and Yue Ya'er had already started cooking noodles, and the fourth son was pinching a lump of dough, as if he was pinching a rabbit, without raising his head, he was shaking his feet Muttered the sentence just now.

"Jin'er?" Xiao Liang was beside him, he asked puzzledly, "What's there?"

The fourth son blinked, "Emperor Dali is ambitious."

Zhao Pu thought for a while, "He was in the sedan chair just now, did he say something to you?"

"He said he was envious of Jiujiu, wanted to be an emperor, and wanted power, and he was talking brightly, with ambition and ambition written all over his face..."

The fourth son spoke very calmly.

Gongsun looked at him, "Are you sure?" The fourth son pouted, "Of course, it's so obvious."

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, the power of the four sons was really unstoppable, Duan Sulong usually pretended so well, and unexpectedly showed his secrets in front of him.

"Jin'er, why did he say these things to you?" Xiao Liang didn't quite understand.

The fourth son pursed his lips, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence, "Because I look stupid, so many adults like to tell me the truth, and they always think I don't understand." After finishing speaking, he held his face, " So troublesome!"

Everyone couldn't laugh or cry, the youngest son seemed non-aggressive and dull, if Duan Sulong really harbored evil intentions, it would not be easy if he forbeared, it was indeed easy to put down the line of defense in front of the youngest son.

"No wonder he seemed to want to say something just now." Zhan Zhao frowned, "but then he stopped."

"Is Duan Sulong a bit stupid for cooperating with the Nanman in order to seize power?" Gongsun looked at Zhao Pu, "Or is he sure that the barbarian will give him the power he wants?"

Bai Yutang looked at Zhao Pu, "So you asked my grandfather and my uncle to watch. My uncle is very gifted and has strong observation skills. Maybe Duan Sulong really has the secret weapon to suppress the Nanman?"

Zhao Pu smiled and nodded, "Smart people are smart people, it's so easy to communicate."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang exchanged a joke, to be honest... Zhao Zhen is indeed a good emperor.But the same other big truth...Zhao Pu is definitely made to be an emperor!

No wonder Zhao Zhen was not afraid of Zhao Pu taking the throne, because if he really wanted to take it, he would have already taken it away.It is not easy to be the Marshal of the Army and Horses of the Song Dynasty. Whoever said that Zhao Pu was short-hearted, but his heart was used for serious things.

Gongsun also had to sigh with emotion, as soon as the war came, Zhao Pu seized the opportunity to show off, and used the handsome one that the fourth son often said.

"Then what do you want us to do?" Zhan Zhao asked Zhao Pu.

At this time, the two girls brought up the hot noodles, saying that they had saved the noodles for Yinhou and Tianzun, and they could eat them when they came back. Lu Tianhan and Lu Dongdi's two portions, the two of them, to send.

Holding the noodle bowl, Zhao Pu stuffed eggs into the mouth of the fourth son, and said to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "I miss you two, and I will be a lieutenant for a while."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were taken aback for a moment. They thought they were going to seize the military power of Dong Jialuo and Gao Zhisheng, but they didn't expect to be lieutenants?

Zhao Pu smiled lightly, and poked Gongsun, "You make me a military advisor for a while."

After all, Gongsun has been with Zhao Pu for so long, and knows him best, and smiled, "I see, instead of guessing, why don't you find out by yourself. You want to try who the Nanban's coach is, don't you?"

Zhao Pu laughed, "Xing Huaizhou's army can't refute it, and three thousand elite soldiers are still on call."

"Three thousand elite soldiers...the opponent has 10 troops." Zhan Zhao reminded, "Your status is noble, although Yutang and I's kung fu, and you Zhao Pu is not a vegetarian, so safety should not be a problem. Weakness is a fact, if you fall into a trap, if you hurt a little bit, the country will be unstable, and we can't afford to poke this basket."

Gongsun also nodded, he did not suggest Zhao Pu to take risks.

Zhao Pu looked at Bai Yutang, "What do you think?"

It doesn't matter to Bai Yutang, he can do whatever he wants, at worst, he and Zhan Zhao will protect Zhao Pu, the other party is not strong enough to kill the three of them together, right?

"Oh." Zhao Pu sighed, "You said you three are so smart, why are you so honest..." All three raised their eyebrows, "Be honest?"

Zhao Pu held his chin, and stuffed another chopstick of beef into the mouth of the fourth son. Seeing that the fourth son was frowning and wanted to eat eggs, he stuffed another piece of meat for him.

Seeing the little fourth son's cheeks flustered, Xiao Liang suddenly raised his head and asked Zhao Pu, "Master, are you going to use suspicious tactics?"

Surprise flashed in Zhao Pu's eyes, and he looked at him, "Oh? What kind of suspicious strategy?"

Xiao Liang looked at the crowd and said, "In front of the Changban Bridge, didn't Mr. Zhang ride alone with a few other soldiers and scare off a million Cao soldiers? What Cao Cao was afraid of was Mr. Zhuge's wisdom. There is also the bravery of Guan, Zhang, and Zhao. Although we only have 3000 people now, we can easily form an army of 10 people to confuse our opponents. Moreover, Master, Brother Bai, and Brother Zhan are also famous for their martial arts skills. The army will fight against the generals, and you will be able to defeat the three of you. Mr. is wise and good at healing wood. We have the backing of 40 soldiers and horses from the Song Dynasty. In addition, Master uses soldiers like a god. No one knows if you are real. Not prepared. You can be suspicious of the other party. If the other party is a stupid person, then don’t be afraid. If the other party is a smart person, he must be suspicious, and there is no guarantee that he will not miss his bottom line. "

"Wow!" Xiao Si clapped his hands, "Xiao Liangzi is so smart!"

Gongsun poked his bulging cheek, "Do you understand what Xiao Liangzi is talking about?"

The fourth son raised his head vigorously, "I don't understand, but it sounds amazing!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang also laughed, looking at Zhao Pu again, they were so frightened that they almost flew up, look at the apprentices the master taught!

At this moment, Xing Huaizhou, who was fighting for Zhao Pu, came in with Bai Fu, laughing loudly, "Sure enough, a famous teacher produces a good apprentice! Xiao Liangzi will definitely be a genius in using soldiers in the future."

Zhao Pu curled his lips, "That's right, I teach well!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at him contemptuously, which means that you are not guilty of your heart, you are not all free, it is this kid who likes to learn and loves to read military books!

Zhao Pu has a thick skin, what's the matter with the stocking, that's my book of war!

Xiao Liang indeed expressed Zhao Pu's strategy in one sentence, he just wanted to use a trick of suspicion to find out the opponent's bottom, it is best to be able to see the person who commanded the troops, otherwise they know too little about the enemy, and they will be invincible in every battle The premise is to know yourself and your enemy.

Although Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang have been through the rivers and lakes for a long time, it is the first time to try the taste of playing sticks, and they both feel that it is quite new.However, everyone did not dare to take it lightly. After all, Lu Dongdi was by no means a quack warlock. Since he felt that a catastrophe was imminent, he said that the situation was far more serious than everyone imagined.

At this time, Tianzun, who was standing on the top of the high mountain by the bank of the black water, had a deep understanding. He muttered to himself, something is wrong!