To The Land of Nevernight

Outside Youzhou City, Northwest Daying.

Although Zhao Shang is not extremely smart, he is not so stupid that he is hopelessly stupid.When he got the imperial decree from Taishi Zhou and knew that he came to Youzhou this time to be a decree official, he also understood that these were Zhao Fu's arrangements.As analyzed by his aides, the emperor wanted to make him the heir apparent, so he entrusted such a big event to his shoulders!

But immediately, the staff said in horror: "It's broken, that secret letter."

Zhao Shang didn't react for a while: "Secret letter?"

The next moment, his face turned pale: "Secret letter! What should I do, that secret letter, hurry up and get it back!"

The staff dared not delay, and hurried to Youzhou City, trying to stop the letter that was secretly sent out of Youzhou.However, at night, the Generalissimo ordered that no one should leave the barracks privately.Zhao Shang and his staff were in a hurry, but no one dared to say that they were going out of the barracks in a hurry to recover the letter.So the second prince's staff managed to return to Youzhou City on the second day, only to find that the scout officer who delivered the letter had left the city overnight!

Taishi Zhou sealed off the city, but never banned Zhao Shang.After all, Zhao Shang is an imposing prince, and no one will stop him from doing anything.

The staff went to chase the letter again, but they couldn't catch up.The distress letter written by Zhao Shang himself was sent all the way to Shengjing.At this point, things have no room for change.Zhao Shang and his staff had no countermeasures and could only pray that the emperor didn't care about that stupid distress letter.However, seven days later, Zhao Shang got the news from Shengjing——

Both the fourth prince Zhao Jing and the fifth prince Zhao Ji had left Shengjing and came to Youzhou.

Zhao Shang sat down on the chair, he turned his head blankly, and looked at his staff: "Sir, what happened now..."

The aides already knew that the crown prince had been obtained, and now it was completely gone.But he gritted his teeth and said: "Your Highness, we may not have no chance. It seems that the letter was delivered to His Majesty in all likelihood, but His Majesty did not issue a decree to punish His Highness. So what if the fourth and fifth princes came to Youzhou, Your Highness It’s still the one with the greatest chance. As long as you make a contribution in this battle, everything will turn around, you can look forward to it.”

On the other side, the fourth prince Zhao Jing and the fifth prince Zhao Ji were sent to Youzhou together, which also caused some controversy in the court.

The emperor has only three princes in total, and all of them are sent to Youzhou now.What the hell is the emperor trying to do?

Tang Shen couldn't figure it out, this time even Wang Qin, Xu Wei and others couldn't figure out the emperor's intention.It wasn't until Ji Fu and Wang Qin mentioned that the second prince Zhao Shang came back from Youzhou with a letter from his family, did Wang Qin sigh and say: "Fate is tricking people."

There is no doubt that Zhao Shang must have done something to disappoint the emperor to bring about such a result.

The battle between Song and Liao lasted for a full month outside Jiaozhou City.

In Shengjing City, there are military reports every five days. Most of them are not good news, but they are not bad news either.Everyone in the Liao Kingdom is a soldier, and Jiaozhou is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if the god of war is reborn, it is absolutely impossible to capture the Liao Kingdom in a short time.Zhao Fu gave Taishi Zhou enough trust, and the food, grass and military salaries were continuously supplied from the official roads of Youzhou.

But even so, there were still many criticisms in the court.

Taishi Zhou was unable to attack Jiaozhou for a long time, and every day spent was a waste of thousands of gold!

What's more, there is civil strife in the Liao Kingdom at the moment, and the reinforcements from Dading Mansion have been delayed, and the Liao Army in Jiaozhou City has hardly received any assistance.The Liao people are fighting like trapped beasts, but Grand Master Zhou did not attack for a long time, so if it goes on day by day, if the reinforcements from Dading Mansion arrive someday, the battle situation may turn around.

But Zhao Fu still didn't doubt Grand Master Zhou, and in the morning, he sternly reprimanded a courtier who questioned Grand Master Zhou.When the courtier was dragged down by the guards, he shouted for injustice.In fact, he was really wronged. He didn't really impeach Grand Master Zhou, he just questioned him, hoping that Grand Master Zhou would send troops to capture Jiaozhou as soon as possible.

Tang Shen sighed inwardly.

This is killing chickens and monkeys.As soon as this matter happened, no one in the court dared to speak rashly about the Grand Master.

Datong Mansion was besieged by Song soldiers, no matter how chaotic the Liao Kingdom was, no matter how fiercely the second and third princes fought for the throne, they dared not send a single soldier.Half a month later, the Liao people sent troops to reinforce Datong Mansion.

In the imperial tent of the Liao Kingdom, Yelushege severely reprimanded the prince Taishi Yeluding for his delay in sending troops.In the past, Brother Yelushe would never dare to confront Yeluding.But now that the Song army came to invade, most of Datong Mansion was attacked overnight, and it was almost broken directly. The leaders of the tribes were shocked, and they also had doubts about Yeluding.

Brother Yelushe: "Datong Mansion is the Grand Master's place, and Xiao Han, the guard of Datong Mansion, was the former subordinate of the Grand Master. Everyone knows that Datong Mansion is the natural danger of our Daliao. How did the people of Song Dynasty cut off the fortune of our Liao Kingdom?" Liang Xiaodao, suddenly launched an attack on me, Daliao? There must be a traitor in the Datong mansion!"

Brother Yelushe showed a distressed expression, because he was already tired from serving the unconscious Emperor Liao every day, his cheeks were thin and his face was pale.He said to Yeluding weeping blood: "Master, today's Song Army is no longer what it was 30 years ago. I can't wait to underestimate them! Brother She, please send troops to Datong Mansion quickly to catch that traitor!" Come out, don't let the Song Army continue to shout arrogantly in front of the gate of my Datong Prefecture!"

As soon as the words fell, Brother Yelushe lifted the hem of his clothes and was about to kneel down.

The tribal leaders in the account were all shocked, and hurriedly stopped him: "Your Highness can't do it."

Brother Yelushe's pale and delicate face is full of determination: "Brother She stays in front of the emperor's bed every day to wait on the sick, but only regrets that he has no power to kill the enemy. Now I only hope that the grand master will send troops quickly, and Brother She will do it." Whatever, Brother She will never frown."

The tribal leaders were moved: "It's just Song soldiers, I'm afraid they will do something! No one sends troops, I will!"

"Okay, I will also send troops."

"I'm out too."

The prince and grand master Yeluding looked coldly at Brother Yelushe, who was about to cry, and those tribal leaders who were filled with righteous indignation. It's just that all the generals of the Black Wolf Army are guarded in all directions, and the old minister controls the soldiers of the Black Wolf Army, but there are no good generals in his hands, so it is difficult to send troops."

Brother Yelushe's heart trembled.

Yeluding half knelt down and bowed to Brother Yelushe: "Your Highness's pure heart has moved the old minister. In this way, the old minister is willing to hand over all the [-] black wolf troops to His Highness, and His Highness will go south with the army to destroy the Shameless Song people!"

Brother Yelushe moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something.

Ye Lvding interrupted him: "Let the matter of serving the sick be in the hands of the third highness. The third highness is extremely dull, and the second highness is the general talent that my Daliao lacks!"

In this way, Brother Yelushe followed the [-] black wolf army and went south to Datong Mansion.

On the march, Yeluqin couldn't hide his worry: "At first, I thought that I could take advantage of the Song army to transfer Yeluding's black wolf army, but who would have thought that he would drive His Highness away from Shangjing as well."

Brother Yelushe sneered: "It may not be a bad thing. Anyway, didn't the black wolf army that Yeluding trusted most left the capital with His Highness?"

Yeluqin: "What does Your Highness mean?"

"A lone wolf without a pack of wolves is the meat to be slaughtered. The grand master thought he was just following his plan, so why didn't I follow the trend?"

Brother Yelushe put on his armor and held his sword, and said loudly: "In this battle, my Highness will make Datong Mansion the burial place of his black wolf army!"

Yeluqin looked at brother Yelushe approvingly, but Xiao Zhen beside him was sweating profusely.

Xiao Zhen was originally just a small adjutant of the Xijin Mansion, he never thought that he would be blessed by misfortune and become brother Yelushe's confidant.Xiao Zhen is a fool who is greedy for money, what a person like him wants to do, he can't hide it from Brother Yelushe at all, so Brother Yelushe can use him with great confidence.

After leaving the big tent, Xiao Zhen still had lingering fears, when Qiao Jiu came up.

Xiao Zhen trusted Qiao Jiu very much, and told what he heard in the tent.

Qiao Jiu: "Second Highness wants to take this opportunity to eradicate the Black Wolf Army. Your Excellency, why don't you help Your Highness, as long as you do well, Second Highness will ascend the throne in the future, and Your Excellency will be able to achieve great success just around the corner."

Hearing this, Xiao Zhen suddenly realized something, he raised his head and fixedly stared at Qiao Jiu, as if he wanted to see through him.

"Originally, I always thought that you were from the Third Prince's place, and that your Song identity was your disguise. Now, it seems that I have been guessing wrong. Could it be that you are really a spy of the Song Dynasty!"

Qiao Jiu was also stunned, he didn't expect that the idiot Xiao Zhen would always regard him as someone from Yelvding.However, Xiao Zhen's guess was not unreasonable, Xijin Mansion in Nanjing was located in the hinterland of Liao Kingdom, how could he have imagined that Tang Shen and Su Wenyun could extend their hands so far and stir up a puddle of muddy water in Xijin Mansion.

Qiao Jiu didn't panic when his identity was exposed, he smiled and said, "Since the adults didn't call someone to come in and arrest the little one, it seems that they don't intend to make public about it. You don't have to look down on the little one like this, the little one is just a businessman." Forget it, isn’t the cooperation between adults and children these years unpleasant? The adults know well that it is still possible for the Song army to capture a Datong mansion, and capture the entire Liao country? It is absolutely impossible. What the Song people want, from beginning to end Only the land of the three states that was lost a hundred years ago. What the Second Highness wants is to eradicate the Black Wolf Army."

Xiao Zhen: "You mean..."

"How can we eradicate the black wolf army? Letting them die under the knife of the Song people only requires a few words from the lord, how easy it is. Once the lord has done something for the second highness, the lord can truly become the second highness in the future." confidant, why not do it?"

Xiao Zhen still wanted to pretend to be righteous: "I am a Liao official, and you are a spy of the Song Dynasty. How can I let my Liao soldiers go to death!"

Qiao Jiu gave him a step down: "It's never the adults who want to destroy the Black Wolf Army, but the Second Highness!"

Xiao Zhen was originally a villain without principles, otherwise he would not have secretly communicated with Qiao Jiu for so many years.After listening to Qiao Jiu's words, Xiao Zhen only felt a broad road unfolding in front of him.

He, Xiao Zhen, is really about to flourish!

On the second day of May in the 36th year of Kaiping, the famous black wolf army came to Datong Mansion in mighty strength.The black wolf army came very quickly, and the leader of the black wolf army was named Yeluqi, who was Yelvding's confidant.Yeluding said that Brother Yelushe would lead the Black Wolf Army, but he couldn't really hand over his cronies to Brother Yelushe with confidence.

Yeluqi made a prompt decision, and as soon as he arrived in Datong Mansion, he sent troops outside the city, intending to counterattack the Song army.

"My black wolf army just arrived, and Song Jun must have thought that we were going to rest and adjust our breath. We caught him off guard and wiped out the enemy in one fell swoop!"

However, when the Black Wolf Army rushed to the Song Army Barracks outside Jiaozhou City, the Song Army retreated at an extremely fast speed, and the Black Wolf Army rushed to nothing.

At night, a thin young man wearing a black cloak walked into the marshal's tent. He lifted the cloak, revealing a handsome face with red lips and white teeth.

Taishi Zhou sat upright, looked up at him, and said in a loud voice, "Master Su."

Su Wenyun smiled slightly, bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty Su Wenyun, I have seen the Generalissimo."

Grand Master Zhou: "You have been in Youzhou for two years, but this is the first time this Commander has seen you. Today, Commander-in-Chief has to thank you for withdrawing early."

"Your Majesty is just serving His Majesty the same as the Marshal."

Taishi Zhou nodded appreciatively, and he said: "Jingde told me, you got the information, then the second prince of Liao Kingdom wants to kill one hundred thousand black wolf troops in Datong Mansion?"

"That's true."

"Maybe it's true?"

Su Wenyun narrowed his eyes slightly: "The black wolf army raided tonight, but my Song army was unharmed. This is the proof."

In the big tent, Su Wenyun talked with Taishi Zhou for a while.Su Wenyun put on his cloak again and left the tent.He had just walked to a dimly lit place with no one around, suddenly sensed that something was wrong, and quickly said: "Li Jingde, if you dare to put a sack on me again, I will kill you to vent my anger in the future!"

General Li froze in place.

Su Wenyun turned around, only to see that Li Jingde's hands were empty and he didn't take a sack.

Li Jingde rubbed his nose: "You weak civil servants, do you only slander Zhongliang? Please, please don't open your mouth. I can't beat you."

Su Wenyun sneered, didn't bother to talk to him, turned around and was about to leave.

"Hey, this general is here to thank you."

Su Wenyun turned her head and gave him a sidelong glance.

General Li swaggered out of the shadowed place, and said lightly: "Thank you for withdrawing troops early this time."

It stands to reason that Su Wenyun should have made some sarcasm at this moment, but he looked at the black cloth belt on Li Jingde's left arm, and swallowed back the harsh words before he could utter them.

"Slandering Zhongliang? Tsk, only treacherous ministers like Wang Zifeng would do this." After speaking, he flung his sleeves and left.