Judgement

Chapter 280 Five

Chapter 280 Five

There was no sound in the study of Renxindian for a while. No one dared to inquire about the secrets of the royal family, nor would they be so stupid as to blurt out more questions like Xiang Xiaotian did.Zhao Shen looked around at the four people in the study with his hands behind his back, and remained silent for a long time, until Eunuch Liu, who was guarding the hall outside the study door, rushed in. "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, something is wrong. Eight hundred miles away from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to report the news, Jin Shizong Wan Yanyong sent more than [-] troops to gather in Yanjing!"

"Ah! What! The Jin people came so fast. My Song Dynasty failed in the Northern Expedition from Zhang Jun. After Yu Yunwen died of illness, who can be the commander-in-chief of the army? General Xin Qiji is still on the way, and the Song Dynasty generals are dying. It’s true that the heavens are going to destroy my Great Song Dynasty! Quickly order Li Xianzhong, the governor of the mighty army, to dispatch troops from eastern Zhejiang to fight Wanyan Yong.” Zhao Shen, Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty, sat down on the grand master’s chair powerlessly.

Xiang Xiaotian sighed: "It's really not easy for you, the emperor. So many generals like Yang Yizhong, Liu Qi, and Wu Lin have all died in battle in horse leather shrouds. I met both in Yangzhou Prefecture and Jiangzhou Prefecture. Talented Xu Ruoyi and Mu Shiguang, both of whom are talented in civil and military affairs, are all loyal and good generals, if you can use them, your majesty, they will be good generals."

Shi Hao suddenly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, since Master Chen has no intention of being an official, it is better to ask Master Chen's elder brother Xiang Zhuangshi to join the army as a general. Xiang Zhuangshi's battle with Chu Jiangfeng today is enough to show Xiang Zhuangshi's bravery. If he can serve The country kills the enemy, it must be the talent of a general, the emperor please forgive me for speaking bluntly, the country will destroy the world and the common people can live in peace!"

Song Xiaozong sighed: "Xiang Zhuang, I know that you have the unique skills to defeat the commander of the imperial army, but they don't know that you are willing to work for the country to kill foreign enemies!"

"Hey, you two, the monarch and his ministers, came together to set Lao Tzu up! I'm just a reckless man with only two arms. What kind of general is that? This is no joke. When my wife can move around, we I'm leaving." Xiang Xiaotian refused repeatedly with a sullen face.

Hu Gansi sneered and said: "I don't know where Xiang Zhuangshi will go after leaving Lin'an City? Your wife just gave birth to a child, and the woman is in confinement, do you have the heart for her to follow you in a boat and car? It is said that a person lives for a hundred years but dies once. It’s heavier than Mount Tai, but it’s also lighter than a feather. Wouldn’t Mr. Xiang be willing to spend his whole life without contributing to the country?” Hu Gansi’s words left Xiang Xiaotian speechless, thinking that Qi Ying just gave birth to a child, and the bumpy rides must be unbearable , and my husband and wife are just useless to accompany Chen Mengsheng, and they can't help them in a crisis.Thinking of seeing the golden soldiers domineering in Shandong makes me angry, I really want to fight with the golden soldiers...

Xiang Xiaotian turned his head and asked Chen Mengsheng: "Brother, do you think I should help Da Song to kill the gold soldiers, or follow you to wander around the world to hoe the strong and help the weak?"

Chen Mengsheng said with a smile: "Brother has already made a decision in his heart. No matter what, as long as he doesn't regret it, I will support his decision. The elder brother has already been broken by Huangshi Gongdao in the Jiangzhou mansion. One day as a brother, We are brothers for life. Please take good care of your elder brother, and we will meet again in the future when we have a destiny!"

"Hehe, brothers are brothers after all. Parents are the one who gave birth to me, and you are the one who knows my heart! I will wait here for Xu Ruoyi and Mu Shiguang to join General Xin Qiji together." Xiang Xiaotian didn't care Said.

Song Xiaozong Zhao Shen shook his head and said: "This time the Jin army is coming fiercely, I hope Xiang Zhuangshi can also lead a team to flank Li Xianzhong to help Li Xianzhong. Xiang Xiaotian ordered you to be the vanguard general of the Northern Expedition to save the country. Immediately set off after the Xiang army!"

Xiang Xiaotian said anxiously: "Hey, hey, hey, my lord, I became the vanguard general of the Northern Expedition to save the country without even knowing how to lead troops. Isn't that asking me to lead troops to die? Seeing the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, most of them have no fighting spirit at all, and wanting them to fight to the death unless the sun comes out from the west." Song Xiaozong Zhao Shen was immediately unhappy when he heard this, and waited for Shi Hao.

Shi Hao shook his head helplessly and said: "General Xiang just said that he broke the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty military system. The emperor may not know that the Song Xiang Army has 2000 million people. But there are less than a million people who can really fight. Since the reign of Emperor Shenzong, they have always been empty-paid teams. In recent years, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty fled when they saw the Jin army, so they were occupied by the Jin people in Shandong!"

Zhao Shen had also heard about the inside story of the military system, but he did not expect such an exaggeration.Facing Xiang Xiaotian, he said: "Since General Xiang pointed out that the Song soldiers have no fighting spirit, I wonder if you have a good strategy, General Xiang?"

"This... the number of soldiers is secondary. The value of soldiers lies in their quality. If you give me ten days, I will personally go to the Xiang army to select a group of veterans, and let them lead the young soldiers who have never seen blood." Let’s practice it well. I’m a hunter who hunts in the mountains and I don’t know the art of war, but I know that the wolves in the mountains will always eat such weak cubs.” Xiang Xiaotian said in a deep voice.

"Okay! Survival of the fittest and strong soldiers are really a good way to defeat the enemy. I have passed on my word that General Xiang will select the Xiang army in Lin'an City tomorrow. The Hall of Renxin in the palace will be the residence of General Xiang for the time being. After the construction of the General's Mansion is completed Let General Xiang move in. It's getting late, and I'm hosting a banquet in the Hall of Renxin today. First, for Master Chen's kindness to save me twice, and second, I wish General Xiang a successful start. Prime Minister Hu, Lord Hu, and the others are all widows Your confidants, today you don’t need to observe the ceremonies of a monarch and a minister. I will order Xu Ruoyi and Mu Shiguang to rush to Lin’an City to assist General Xiang..."

Zhao Shen went back to Wende Hall to draft the imperial edict, Shi Hao and Hu Gansi went out of the study to have a busy dinner.Only Chen Mengsheng and Xiang Xiaotian were left in the study. After all these years, the brotherhood between Chen Mengsheng and Xiang Xiaotian has surpassed that of brothers.Chen Mengsheng was silent for a while, and said worriedly: "Brother, I vaguely guessed your decision today when I was in Shandong Mansion. So I quietly checked the life and death book on the boat back to Lin'an. Big brother will have six years of military service. The official worship is the fourth-rank Gyeonggi Minister. It's just..."

Xiang Xiaotian laughed loudly and said, "Say it if you have something to say, you're telling me the secret! I can still be a fourth-rank official, that's a good thing!"

"Hehe, the law is nothing more than human feelings. I just want you to remember that, six years later, you, Xu Ruoyi and Mu Shiguang will be besieged by Jin Shizong's iron cavalry in Qingzhou Prefecture with 5000 troops. Brother, you originally You can escape with the kit given to you by Duke Huangshi. But you can’t bear to watch Xu Ruoyi and Mu Shiguang die under the random arrows of the golden men. In the end, you share the kit given to you by Duke Huangshi with Xu Ruoyi and Mu Shiguang. ..." Chen Mengsheng said sadly.

Xiang Xiaotian stared at Chen Mengsheng in astonishment and said, "Brother, do you mean that I gave this thing to someone, but I was destroyed by the golden man?" Xiang Xiaotian took out the kit from his bosom and asked.

Chen Mengsheng nodded and said, "Exactly. Everything I say now will happen in the future. You and my brother may never see each other again after the eldest brother leads the army to the Northern Expedition. After five years, Shi Hao The prime minister will push you to be the general. I only want you, brother, not to take over the post of general, and take your sister-in-law and a pair of children and live in seclusion from now on, so that you can escape the catastrophe of your life and die without any illness at the age of 81."

Xiang Xiaotian blurted out, "What about Da Song?"

"Everything is God's will. Song Xiaozong and Zhao Shen worked hard to govern, but in his later years, he was a talented man in the middle of the court. Under the instigation of the Zhuhe faction, he had to surrender to the Jinren. God's will to trick people is beyond our control." Chen Mengsheng said The secret was revealed to Xiang Xiaotian because he didn't want him to die tragically at the hands of the golden man, and that's all Chen Mengsheng could do to help him.

Xiang Xiaotian smiled wryly and said: "That's not bad, I will go find you after I live in seclusion. Where will you and girl be in five years?"

Chen Mengsheng said embarrassingly: "On the life and death book, there are only the life and death of mortals. I can't find out what will happen to me and Yanran in the future. Maybe if there is a coincidence, we can meet again with my elder brother and sister-in-law. I really don't like this." Got it..." The study fell silent for a moment.

Eunuch Liu's loud laughter came from outside the door, he knocked on the door and came in and cupped his hands to Xiang Xiaotian and said, "This old slave congratulates General Xiang, the emperor has set up a banquet in the Zhaoyang Palace of the Hall of Renxin. Please invite both of you." When attending banquets in the past, the emperor valued General Xiang very much. General Xiang's future is limitless, and General Xiang will take care of this old slave in the future."

Liu Fu'an spoke Mandarin, but how could Xiang Xiaotian understand the mystery of it.He shouted to him: "Succeed, I will take you with me when I go out to fight against the enemy." Eunuch Liu stomped his feet and turned away when he encountered such a reckless man who didn't understand the world, leaving Chen Mengsheng and Xiang Xiaotian haha laughing out loud……

Chen Mengsheng and Xiang Xiaotian entered the wing room of the Hall of Renxin and went to see Qi Ying's mother and son first. They saw Shangguan Yanran holding the child with a smile on his face.Xiang Xiaotian took the opportunity to tease her and said: "Girl, you should give birth soon. Otherwise, I don't care if your kid is bullied by my kid in the future!" Shangguan Yanran blushed and hugged the child towards Xiang Xiaotian He glanced sideways, wanted to retort but was too embarrassed to speak.

The maidservants in the palace were cleaning up the leftovers on the table, and they bowed to Xiang Xiaotian one after another.He called General Xiang, which shocked both Qi Ying and Shangguan Yanran.Xiang Xiaotian waved them back, and Qi Ying said: "Oh, the Jin people are attacking again for the sake of Bo Lieji. I'm not being chased by that old boy Shi Hao, until Xu Ruoyi and Mu Shiguang's brothers When we arrive, we will go on an expedition.”

Qi Ying hugged the child in Shangguan Yanran's hands and said, "Then let's call him Xiang Sheng, and the word Pangui. Brother Chen, what do you think?"

Chen Mengsheng stepped forward to touch the child's forehead and said: "The sister-in-law's name is not unreasonable. My nephew who is not lacking in five elements will definitely make great achievements in the future."

Shangguan Yanran spat: "I don't feel ashamed, this is the women's wing in the Hall of Renxin. You two men, go outside, don't get in the way here."

Qi Ying laughed and said, "I'm sorry for sister Yanran, you've been exhausted all day, go to your room to rest soon."

"Hee hee, the food in the imperial palace is so delicious, and I'm still very full right now. Tease our Xiang Sheng again, and now I can't sleep when I go back to the room." Chen Mengsheng and Xiang Xiaotian smiled and left I left the wing room and went to Zhaoyang Palace to have a banquet.

Chen Mengsheng didn't know whether it was because of the strictness in the deep palace or the severe wind and cold night, but for no reason, he felt the chilly wind blowing on the back of his neck...