The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 592: Use of surprise troops and conspiracy

After dinner in the evening, Zhao Tong and Yuan Jing watched Yuan Ying playing swordplay in the small square.

Yuan Ying carried eight swords on her back, all of which were weapons sharpened like iron. One was Li Huangzhu's Qiushui Changtian Sword, and the other seven were the weapons of the Seventh Son of Birds of Prey.

She was so proud at this moment that no one in the world had more swords than her. Master Dog actually asked her to practice marksmanship just now. How could she practice marksmanship without even a sword? Still comfortable with the sword.

Just watch Yuan Ying move around and use a set of swordsmanship that he made up, including Aolong Sword, Feiwen Sword, Shehun Sword, Qingmu Sword, Star Fighting Sword, Tianbao Sword, and Mingyan Sword, taking turns in his hands , and finally Qiushui Changtian Sword came out and shouted: "Master, look at me, Wanjian Chaozong!"

She holds a sword hilt between her two fingers, which can be used to operate the eight swords, just like a peacock spreading its tail, which is really beautiful.

Zhao Tong reached out and touched his chin: "Wan Jian Chaozong?"

Since his battle with Tantai Mingye in the Tianshan Divine Bird Palace, where he temporarily mastered the seventh path of the sky transformation and the fourteenth life-threatening sword, he has completely stabilized the realm of the grand master.

Even the realm of great master.

At this moment, his understanding of kendo changed again and became different.

Zhao Tong narrowed his eyes at this moment, looking at this traitor, he could really surprise him.

This is a prerequisite for understanding the realm of heaven and man. Without knowing the meaning of all things in the world, no matter how powerful your combat power is, it is absolutely impossible to touch the door of the realm of heaven and man.

"Master, what move should I change to?" Yuan Ying was stunned when she heard this. She had never thought about this. She just thought that the method of sheathing the sword was very majestic and free.

"I can do it, I can do it, Sister Nineteen. I have already thought about how to catch the sword. I can use a window to push the window to look at the moon, or I can use Su Qin to carry the sword..." Yuan Ying said as she walked forward. His eyes were full of longing: "When the time comes, I will catch it with one sheath, and then stab it out with my own sword. How can the other party avoid it? It is simply a surprise, and if you attack it unprepared, you will definitely succeed!"

His body remained motionless, his expression seemed to be smiling but not smiling, as if he had forgotten all the troubles in the world and was sitting quietly, as if he were detached.

Although Yuan Ying's random fabrication of "Ten Thousand Swords Chaozong" just for the sake of being fancy and beautiful is useless and has no effect on the competition at all. It can neither fight nor kill people, but Zhao Tong was watching this swordsmanship. , suddenly felt a trace of extremely rare and precious "meaning", born from the heart.

This hand is also very good, but it is also of no use. I have never seen anyone sheath their sword like this after a fight. If the opponent is not dead, and suddenly launches a sneak attack, the weapon will be gone in his hand, but it will be fatal. .

Of course, this "meaning" actually has nothing to do with Yuan Ying. It was when Zhao Tong saw her peacock-like swordsmanship that he thought of other things, the things in the sky and the earth, facing the blue sea and the sky at dusk, It was only through limiting myself to a corner that I suddenly realized a glimmer of "meaning".

From seeing mountains but not mountains, seeing water but not water, it has changed back to a state of mind where seeing mountains is still mountains and water is still water.

But this actually has something to do with Yuan Ying. If she wasn't here to practice the Ten Thousand Swords Chaozong, Zhao Tong wouldn't be able to think about the world and have that kind of intention at this moment.

What you see is no longer the move itself, but the "meaning" contained in the move, the meaning that is in harmony with yourself and the nature of heaven and earth.

Zhao Tao used the Thirteen Life-Destroying Swords when he killed the Seventh Son of the Bird of Prey and became a Grand Master again. Later, he used the Fourteenth Sword and the Seventh Transformation in the Siguo Cave and rushed directly to the realm of Dacheng, but Yuan Ying didn't look at it. When I arrived, I only saw the thirteenth sword.

She had previously asked Zhao Tan to teach him swordsmanship, but he refused to teach her. He said that if the swordsmanship was not learned by a great master, he would become obsessed with it and feel as if ten thousand ants had burrowed into his body. In the end, he would bleed from all his orifices and die.

"Master, master, how am I doing with my training? Is this swordsmanship comparable to your swordsmanship against the Seven Swords of Tianshan Mountain?" Yuan Ying ran over and asked as if offering a treasure.

Zhao Tong took a sip of tea and said: "Twenty-eight, look, you have so many swords that no one in the world can compare with you. If a sword comes from the opposite side, can you use the scabbard to catch it?" ? If there is one person on the other side, then pick up one sword scabbard, five people pick up five swords. After catching it, no matter whether the sword can be wrenched or not, the opponent will not have a weapon in his hand. Aren't you taking advantage? You might kill him in one go. Where is the other party!"

"Yes!" Yuan Ying's eyes lit up when she heard this. Why didn't she think of this? It seems that Master Dog still has some tricks up his sleeve. He can also think of such weird tricks. He is worthy of being a great master.

Yuan Ying was frightened and didn't dare to mention it anymore, but she couldn't bear to learn the sword, so she started to create it out of thin air. After that, she felt good about herself and hypnotized herself. She already felt that her sword was no weaker than Zhao Tong's.

"Your Highness, is this okay?" Yuan Jing thought for a while after hearing this. Although it sounded reasonable, upon closer inspection, something was not quite right.

It's already a return to nature, no more work.

Yuan Jing couldn't help but laugh. He looked at Zhao Tong, who also looked over. The two of them looked at each other, and Zhao Tong nodded and said: "It's not bad. If the technique of sheathing the sword at the end can be replaced with a trick, it will be better." Better."

Yuan Ying finished the sword technique, and threw the eight swords into the air one after another. She held the scabbard in her hand, and with a few refreshing "chichichi" sounds, the swords all fell into the sheaths.

"Pah!" Zhao Tong raised his hand and fired a blast: "What are you thinking about!"

"Master, what's wrong..." Yuan Ying immediately held her head to save her life, with a look of confusion on her face.

"How easy is it to connect a scabbard to a sword? Just talk about it. If you don't practice tens of thousands of times, how can you achieve it? What a dream it is to realize it now!" Zhao Tao scolded.

"Then I, then I will practice now..." Yuan Ying muttered.

"Why do you practice? Now practice the spear for me!" Zhao Tong said: "Practice the first three moves of the stunning spear technique again!"

"Okay, Master..." Yuan Ying couldn't help but pouted.

Two days later, it was already September 13th. Zhao Tong personally led his army north to attack Kedun City. At this time, Kedun City had not yet fallen into the hands of the Jin Kingdom, and the Jurchens had not yet sent a large number of troops to the west.

Although Kedun City is not a famous pass, it is an important place.

Not only did he have 20,000 cavalry, but he was also the Liao Kingdom's reserve horse farm. Zhao Tao's attack on Kedun City was to clear the northward obstacles and to seize the horses.

Tie Yaozi's war horses were still short of 2,000, and it was difficult for Longyou and Hexi to get them together. There were already few horses on the Uighur side, so it was not cheap and useful to pick out a hundred and eighty horses, so Zhao Tong set his sights on Canton City.

He mobilized a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses, asked Li Yanxian to take full command, and went directly to the northern grasslands to kill.

Kedun City is also a place where many ethnic groups are mixed. Khitans, Tatars, Dangxiang, Turks, and even the Orosi tribe who migrated from around the vast sea in the north are the "brown bear" tribe in later generations.

When the troops arrived at Ketun, they immediately started fighting, and the resistance in the city was extremely fierce. At first, they didn't even care that there were more soldiers on Zhao Tao's side. The cavalry went out of the city to charge, but after suffering heavy losses, they retreated into the city.

Li Yanxian then commanded the army to sweep away all the surrounding areas, driving out all the Tatar Turks and other stragglers a hundred miles away, especially destroying their vehicles and luggage, so that they could not escape with their tents, and they were left without any daily necessities. This way they won't come back to harass you in a short time.

Then they began to attack the city of Kedun, but the city was very stubborn. Although it was a dry city, but because there were many people inside and the food and grass were not short, they would rather die than surrender. For a while, corpses were everywhere inside and outside the city, and blood flowed. into a river.

It was only three or four days before the end of September, and the military order given by Zhao Tong was that Ketun must be captured before the end of the month, otherwise the solar terms of the grassland would change, and as soon as October entered, the north wind would pick up, and it would be freezing cold, making it difficult to take out the sleeves. It's hard to continue.

Li Yanxian then began to collect grass and trees. At this time when the grassland was drying up, there was no shortage of such things. Then he lit fires everywhere, day and night, using fireworks to cover the other's sight, and then began to dig tunnels.

The grassland soil was soft, making it easy to dig tunnels. However, in order to prevent collapse, we dug a few more tunnels. Finally, one tunnel was strong and reliable. We took advantage of the dark night and high winds to enter the city. After a full night of fierce fighting, we finally captured Keyun. .

After occupying Ketun, they first massacred a group of people, especially the leaders of the Khitan tribes. All of them were spared and eradicated. These leaders were called the leaders of the tribe. In fact, they had already lived in the city and no longer lived a nomadic life.

After the killing, they began to comfort them. After all, the soldiers did not surrender during the siege, probably because the generals above were suppressing them. Now that the city had been taken, they were all prisoners. There was no suppression, so naturally they were still willing to surrender.

After counting the belongings and arranging the troops and horses, it was already early October when everything was in order.

This trip to the north not only removed the nail in the city of Ketun, but also collected enough war horses for the Iron Kites, as well as countless money and items.

Kedun City has been in operation for a long time, even earlier than the four capitals in the eastern part of the Liao Kingdom. It is the birthplace of Khitan. Not to mention the city treasury, there are countless treasures in the houses of the leaders of various tribes. It is no wonder that Yelu Dashi was able to gather enough food and supplies for the western expedition.

The capture of Kedun Zhao Tong was a small meal, and then ordered Yang Zhi to station here, leaving 10,000 troops and horses for defense. Yang Zhi acted cautiously, unlike Lu Da Shijin who was impulsive. In this place where various ethnic groups are mixed, it is better than others The people were more secure. As for the surrendered Khitan soldiers and prisoners, they were all brought back to Xingzhou and dealt with later.

On the afternoon of the day he returned to Xingzhou, Zhao Tong received an urgent military report from the east that Yanjing City had been lost.

Not only Yanjing, but all the other fifteen states were captured by the Jurchens and refused to surrender. All Song soldiers who could not escape were killed. For a time, the land of Yanyun was almost like a hell on earth.

Zhao Tong immediately called everyone to discuss the matter. There were different opinions among the people, but half of them did not think that the Jurchens would have the intention to go south. They only thought that they would learn from the Liao Kingdom, cut the Taihang Mountains, and establish the eastern section of the Yellow River.

After Zhao Tong listened for a long time, he dismissed everyone, leaving General Lu alone.

When General Lu saw that everyone was leaving, he hurriedly saluted and said: "Your Majesty, if a straight woman is too ambitious, she will definitely look to Shu. If she takes Yanyun, she will covet the Central Plains. Your Majesty, you should make plans in advance. If the court fails to take precautions, something will happen." If it becomes a catastrophe, the prince must not only be prepared to save the people of the Central Plains, but also... make plans to ascend the great treasure!"

Zhao Tong glanced at him and said slowly: "I haven't considered any great treasures for the time being, but let me ask you, Wei Qing, have you ever thought about entering the Martial Arts Temple one day in the future?"

"Ah, the Martial Arts Temple?" General Lu couldn't help but tremble when he heard the words. He was originally a student of the Imperial Academy. His ambition since childhood was not only to honor his ancestors and benefit the people, but also to be worthy of enjoying the Confucian Temple. He would become a later Confucian and be admired by Confucian scholars all over the world.

But this ambition has been impossible to realize, and it has been impossible since the time of Bing Fang La. Later, when he voted for Zhao Tao and led the army, he could hardly think of that idea.

But even if he no longer had the idea of ​​enjoying the Confucian Temple, he never thought of entering the Martial Temple instead. Even if he made a clever plan in Ziwu Valley and sent his troops out of Liangzhou and directly captured Xingqing Mansion, he had compared it to the famous commander in history, Wuhou Li Jingdu. I made some comments, but I really never thought about entering the martial arts temple.

From the ambition to enjoy the Confucian Temple to the ambition to enjoy the Martial Arts Temple, the contrast between them is really huge.

General Lu felt that it was better for him to be more modest: "Your Majesty, my subordinate is just a scholar, and he was once a bandit, so I don't have the power to tie a chicken..."

Zhao Tong glanced at him and said to himself that your ambition is written on your face, but he still said adamantly, "Do you want me to find you a mirror to look at at home?"

"Weiqing, isn't Yasheng Zhang Zifang a scholar?"

General Lu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the abilities of a sub-sage are far beyond the reach of my subordinates. They are not as good as bits and pieces. They can't keep up with the flattery. How dare you compare yourself with literary talent and claim to be a scholar? You will be born in the market, but a scholar from the common people. He has no shoulders and no hands." Carrying a basket, my chest has no longitude and latitude, and my body has no extraordinary strength, so I really don’t dare.”

Zhao Tong smiled and said: "That's true. The most versatile person in martial arts temple is probably Du Yu and Du Yuankai. When it comes to martial arts, you really don't have any."

"That's right, that's right..." General Lu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in his heart that he shouldn't be greedy about this matter. He couldn't be greedy about it. Although the prince said this, it would be best if he forgot about it.

"But..." Zhao Tong touched his chin and looked at him and said, "You have the word "general" in your name. Doesn't this mean you are not martial?"

General Lu was stunned when he heard this. The general in his name did not mean war general, but the coming one. Otherwise, why would his cousin be called Wei Qing? How good it is to be called Wu Cheng.

"Your Majesty, this, this..."

Zhao Tong laughed loudly and leaned back in his chair: "I think since you abandoned literature and turned to martial arts, you might as well change your name to 武成."

"Ah?" Lu Jiang's face twitched, and he said calmly: "Your Majesty, my subordinate, I have not abandoned the article. I don't want to change it..."

The font and size can be changed, but it will never be changed easily without special reasons. Generally, it will last a lifetime.

"Three Kingdoms·Biography of Guan Yu": Guan Yu, whose courtesy name is Yunchang and whose real name is Changsheng, was a native of Jie County, Hedong.

Guan Yu changed his name. In ancient times, Yu could connect to the universe, so Changsheng and Yunchang both fit the name.

Deng Ai, Fu Xie and other people well known to later generations also changed their names.

Zhao Tan looked at General Lu and smiled without saying a word. General Lu suddenly thought that he was going to talk to Zhao Tan about the Jurchens. Why did it all involve changing his cousin's name? He said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, the woman is a wolf at heart. Your Majesty, please don't take it lightly. My subordinate's analysis is very likely to come true."

"Are you a straight woman?" Zhao Tong nodded, and his expression gradually became serious: "Since we are talking about straight women, I will have a serious discussion with you, Wei Qing."

The two of them stayed in the hall until the evening, and they still didn't disperse. Zhao Tong asked someone to bring snacks and supper, and continued to talk at night by candlelight...

(End of this chapter)