Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 133 The Zhao family's strategy, the way to win

It's late at night, some people are asleep, some are not.

After Zhou Shu left, Su Yuan did not rest, but immediately wrote a new letter.

The content of the letter was part of his previous conversation with Zhou Shu.

Don't look at the words, but some of them are definitely deadly enough.For example, Concubine Yugui and Fu Chengyang colluded, and the head of the eunuch was suspected of intervening in the struggle for the heir apparent... These things are undoubtedly the most taboo of the emperor.

If Emperor Qingxiang saw this, as long as he was not mad at him, he would definitely put Fu Chengyang to death.

Although Su Yuan wanted to kill this guy himself, he could accept it if old Qingxiang killed him for him.In any case, if Fu Chengyang, a master, is not dead, it will still cause him some trouble.

After writing the letter, he sent people to rush to Xuzhou overnight to send it to the state pastoral mansion.

Afterwards, he felt a little relieved, the exhaustion welling up in his heart could no longer be suppressed, and he just found a place to lie down and sleep.

But at this moment in the capital, many people can't sleep.

Among them is a large family, the Zhao family.

The Zhao family has a big house in the south of the city, and all those who can set up a house here are powerful and powerful people.

For example, the Zhao family's neighbor is the Household Minister's Mansion, and half a street diagonally opposite is the Prime Minister's Mansion.

At this moment in the hall of the Zhao family, several candles were burning, illuminating the room extremely brightly.

All the important members of the Zhao family were there, a total of a dozen or so people, all of whom were related by blood, and they were blood relatives who could trust each other.

The old man of the Zhao family, Zhao Zhiguang, with messy white hair and a lion's head, leaned on his crutches and hit the ground heavily, making a dull thumping sound.

"How dare Emperor Qingxiang treat my Zhao family like this!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone else put on a straight face and took it seriously.

"Cheng'er is talented both in civil and military affairs, outstanding in talent and appearance, how is he worse than that Zhou Chong, Emperor Qingxiang actually wants to establish Zhou Chong instead of Li Cheng'er as the crown prince!"

"Father said it was right!" Zhao Zhiguang said to a middle-aged man, "Besides, our Cheng'er is still the eldest son. It's not in line with the etiquette of the ancestors to abolish the elder and establish the younger!"

"And our Zhao family has protected the emperor's safety for generations and has made great contributions several times. How can we be treated like this?"

"Hmph... make a lot of noise, is it useful!" Zhao Zhiguang yelled, slamming his crutch on the table vigorously.

boom!
A loud noise startled everyone else.

"Zhaomei came to me crying! That little bastard Zhou Chong is going to be the crown prince, so how can she continue to be the queen?"

"My aunt is right. If Zhou Chong becomes the crown prince, then his mother Yu Guifei will overwhelm aunt because mother is more expensive than her son?" One of Zhao Zhiguang's grandsons said indignantly.

The Zhao family was originally one of the most powerful aristocratic families in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they were just waiting for this generation to achieve greater glory.As long as Zhou Cheng can inherit the throne, the Zhao family can almost be under one person and over ten thousand people.

As a result, Emperor Qingxiang, an old man who was about to die of illness, suddenly made such a mess, showing that he wanted to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones.

This is absolutely unacceptable to the Zhao family.

Zhao Zhiguang said: "Now Emperor Qingxiang asked Zhou Chong and Li Gui to guard the city together, the meaning is very obvious, it is to give credit to his precious little son!"

It's not just him, all civil and military officials in the whole dynasty know it well.

Who doesn't know that Li Gui is in charge of fighting. As for Zhou Chong's assistance, what can he help?It is not bad to shout a few words "charge, kill, ah".

This arrangement has only one meaning, that is, Emperor Qingxiang has confidence in Li Gui's victory in this battle.In the future, when Su Yuan retreated or was wiped out, when meritorious service was rewarded, Li Gui wisely said, "It all depends on His Highness's strategizing", and the great merit will definitely fall to Zhou Chong.

At that time, Emperor Qingxiang announced that he would be established as the crown prince, which was a matter of course. Even if others objected, it would be difficult.

The Zhao family cannot accept this blatant way of paving the way.

Even if Emperor Qingxiang didn't show his partiality so clearly, and let Zhou Chong and Zhou Cheng assist Li Gui at the same time, it still made sense.

Now that he is so eccentric, the Zhao family dare not object with their mouths, but they definitely do not agree in their hearts.

"But what should we do now." Someone said helplessly, "Emperor Qingxiang is determined to support Zhou Chong, and there seems to be nothing we can do."

"You bastard! Who says you can't do anything!"

Zhao Zhiguang scolded angrily, and then spoke slowly under the gaze of everyone.

"Then Fu Chengyang was kicked out of the palace by Emperor Qingxiang, why do you think?"

"I heard it was a mistake."

"It's one thing to say the wrong thing. I think Emperor Qingxiang has long been dissatisfied with this dead eunuch."

"Grandpa, why is that? Didn't Emperor Qingxiang always rely on Fu Chengyang to do things for him?" Sun Tzu asked in confusion.

A sneer twitched from the corner of Zhao Zhiguang's mouth: "Hmph...Emperor Qingxiang really relied on him when he was young. But now, he is old and sick. Look at Fu Chengyang, who is about the same age, how good he is. Walk with the wind!"

"..."

Everyone didn't expect this angle at all, but after careful recollection, it seems to be true!

Emperor Qingxiang is now bedridden, and sometimes needs help.On the other hand, Fu Chengyang was about the same age as Qing Xiang, but his body was as strong as a cow!

This is naturally related to Fu Chengyang's martial arts practice, and all the officials are aware of this.But only a few people know that Fu Chengyang's martial arts has almost reached the peak, so that he has to deliberately make up to look old.

If he didn't wear any makeup at all, then Fu Chengyang would still look like a man in his early forties, in his prime.

It was obvious what Emperor Qingxiang would think.

Zhao Zhiguang's grandson suddenly realized: "Grandpa, you mean, the emperor is jealous that Fu Chengyang is about the same age as him, but in very good health?"

Zhao Zhiguang nodded slightly: "Jealousy is one, but not the most important. The most important is the second."

"Second? What is the second?"

"Hong En, tell me!" Zhao Zhiguang said to the man sitting on the right.The latter is his eldest son, Zhao Hongen, who will be the new head of the Zhao family after a hundred years.

Zhao Hongen doesn't like to talk, but at this moment he answered very precisely: "Secondly, Emperor Qingxiang will be worried that Zhou Chong is still young and lacks experience after succeeding to the throne, so he may become Fu Chengyang's puppet, leading to the situation of eunuchs supervising the country. Appear."

Zhao Zhiguang patted the table with great satisfaction: "Hong En said it very well!"

The rest of the Zhao family also understood. From this point of view, this Fu Chengyang really became Emperor Qingxiang's heart disease.

No wonder this time Fu Chengyang was stripped of his status as chief executive and sent to the front line to defend the city just by making a slight mistake.

It seems that Emperor Qingxiang intends to get rid of him...

"But father." Zhao Zhiguang's other son still couldn't figure it out, "What does this have to do with Cheng'er? Fu Chengyang has fallen, Cheng'er still can't be the crown prince, right?"

"Useless stuff!" Zhao Zhiguang scolded after hearing this, "Learn from your elder brother! Use your brain, let me ask you, Fu Chengyang said something wrong, what did he say?"

"Uh, it seems to be about Zhou Chong..."

"What does it seem like? Exactly! He showed concern for Zhou Chong, which made Emperor Qingxiang decide to get rid of him! You still don't understand? As long as Emperor Qingxiang realizes that Fu Chengyang and Zhou Chong were originally together , then tell me, will he still establish Zhou Chong as the prince!"

"So that's it! I understand my father!"

"...What our Zhao family has to do now is to connect Fu Chengyang and Zhou Chong. You go and think of a way, and I will ask Zhaomei to tell her to collect some information in the palace."

After Zhao Zhiguang finished speaking, he stood up, his disheveled hair full of momentum.

"The emperor takes turns to do it, and now it's the turn of my Zhao family's children!"

"Hey, grandpa, my cousin is called Zhou Cheng, not Zhao Cheng..." The grandson couldn't help but complain.

"You little bastard!" Zhao Zhiguang was very angry, "Zhou Cheng is your aunt's son, why not the Zhao family! Let me hear you talking nonsense again, I will break your leg!"

"Yes yes yes...Grandpa, I was wrong, I won't dare next time..."

The next day.

As soon as the sky dawned, Su Yuan first organized the soldiers to eat, and then continued to yell.

What was scolded yesterday about your ancestors and your ancestors, today it is changed to "your family", which is more targeted and personal, and full of offensive power.

The soldiers scolded vigorously. Zhou Shu listened behind him, and even though he knew it was a trick of the general, he still frowned slightly.

She grew up in the palace, where did she hear such foul language.Su Yuan doesn't care, he is a modern time traveler, what swear words have he never seen on the Internet?In comparison, what he made the soldiers scold now is really ordinary.

If he was really swearing completely, he could take out some extremely disgusting curse words in modern times and let the soldiers shout.But right now it's not necessary.

Cursing also pays attention to a step-by-step process.

On the city wall of the capital, Li Gui also has a black line.

He originally thought that Su Yuan tossed all day yesterday, but today it stopped.Unexpectedly, it started again, and the curse words were changed, targeting the emperor himself.

This gave Li Gui an ominous premonition that Emperor Qingxiang might not be able to hold back his anger, and force him to send troops after going to the top.

And that's definitely not a good idea.Because after yesterday's experiment, he has come to the conclusion that Su Yuan's cavalry is well-trained and very fierce, it is best not to fight them head-on.

Li Gui's worries became reality in less than half an hour.

The little eunuch came from the palace, holding the emperor's handbook, the content was to order Li Gui to send troops, and to teach Su Yuan a severe lesson!
It was written in the handbook that there are so many defensive troops in the capital, so what if some of them are drawn out to fight Su Yuan?Why should you be so cautious as an old general!
Li Gui sighed in his heart when he saw the contents of the handbook.

What he was most worried about was that he could hold his breath, but the emperor couldn't hold his breath.Now that his fears had become reality, he had to do as he was told.

If he was young, he might rush into the palace immediately, explain clearly to the emperor, and argue.But now that he's old, he knows that some things don't make sense.

If he really wanted to argue, the result might be what he didn't want to see - a general change.

If Emperor Qingxiang replaced him in a fit of anger and let other generals lead the army, that would be what Li Gui feared the most.

It's not that he thinks that there are no outstanding generals in the capital except him, but that he is the only one who has qualifications and a reputation, and can rely on the "Li family" to suppress some impulsive opinions.

For a young general, he may be very capable of fighting and has great military talent.But when faced with a prince like Zhou Chong who is almost a prince by default, can he still stand firm in his opinion?
Li Gui is not afraid of offending Zhou Chong, because he has capital.But whether the other generals dare to refuse in person, or refuse Zhou Chong several times, it is really hard to say.

Therefore, Li Gui was not afraid of the emperor's "micro-management" in the palace, but he was afraid that the emperor would take back his military power and replace it with others.

"Old General Li, the emperor's order has come!" Zhou Chong held back his anger yesterday, but he finally let it out today.

With a provocative look in his eyes, he seemed to be saying to Li Gui, didn't you die and refuse to let him play yesterday? Today, the emperor's order came, you stubborn old man, don't you want to be obedient!
This scene made Fu Chengyang not far away look very ugly.

Why is my child so narrow-minded?There is no room for people at all.If this continues, how can one become an excellent emperor?
On the contrary, she looks more and more like Qingxiang's narrow-minded...

Fu Chengyang was startled suddenly, he thought to himself, could it be that Qingxiang thinks that Zhou Chong's character resembles his own, so he looks at him differently?This is...

He didn't know whether to be happy or sad, so he had to divert his attention first, after all, there were things that bothered him even more.

It wasn't that Li Gui was forced to send troops, it was a matter of Xuzhou.

Last night, the spider personnel in Xuzhou sent back news that the assassination had been terminated, and that Bai Shiquan did not kill Song Qian, and his whereabouts are currently unknown.

This made Fu Chengyang furious when he received the news.

Will a master master fail in the assassination?What a joke!That Song Qian is not like Su Yuan, who is afraid of death, who wears ordinary armor and mixes among the soldiers every day.

Then Song Qian is living in the State Shepherd's Mansion dignifiedly, how can the assassination fail?What are you eating!
Undoubtedly, this failure had nothing to do with martial arts, it wasn't that Bai Shiquan couldn't kill Song Qian, but that he changed his mind and didn't kill Song Qian.

Fu Chengyang didn't know why Bai Shiquan changed his mind, but he knew that Song Qian might have known the instigation behind the scenes... In this way, the two would be completely against each other.

"Song Qian is not a coward. That guy is vicious and vicious, and he will take revenge. He will definitely find a way to deal with me. I have to be careful..."

Fu Chengyang thought, Li Gui's side has already started to recruit troops.

The emperor's order cannot be violated. Despite the inner resistance, he still had to send troops to fight Su Yuan.But he knew it well, so he wouldn't come to the truth, he just wanted to put on a show and "fool" Emperor Qingxiang.

So, he ordered [-] soldiers and horses, let them be the vanguard, went out from the east gate, circled the city for half a circle, and raided the Bei'an army camp.

After the raid, the west, south, and north gates will all be opened, and large troops will go out to meet them—this is what Li Gui said to the generals leading the vanguard.

But in his already cold general heart, he knew very well that this was a lie, and he would never send a large army to respond.

He wants to use the 1 people as a price to let everyone, including Emperor Qingxiang in the palace, know that it is impossible to fight head-on, and that the only way to win is to stay calm and wait for reinforcements.

(End of this chapter)