The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 80
The business with the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wu Yue went very smoothly.

But at this time, a very bad news came from Pan Mei.

When the news came, the last winter snow had not yet melted, and it was still cold inside and outside the palace.

In the early morning of this day, when the news came, all civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked. Pan Mei, who had won every victory in the Southern Han Dynasty, met the Southern Han Xiangzhen in Shaozhou. scattered, and many soldiers were brutally killed by the elephant array.

After the news was delivered, the entire hall suddenly fell silent.

Zhao Kuangyin's brows were furrowed, his expression was solemn, he still counted on Pan Mei to destroy Nan Han, but now he was stumped by Nan Han's elephant formation, what should he do?

After a long silence, Zhao Kuangyin looked at His Highness and his ministers and said, "Do you love each other have any countermeasures against the Southern Han elephant array?"

Everyone looked at each other and talked a lot, but no one could come up with a substantive suggestion. After all, none of them had ever seen an elephant. How would they know how to deal with the elephant array in the Southern Han Dynasty?
King Jin was hesitant to speak in the hall. He had some understanding of the elephant array in the Southern Han Dynasty, but although he knew it, he didn't know how to decipher it, and because of geographical limitations, he had never seen an elephant.

Zhao Kuangyin was furious when he saw that none of the civil and military personnel in the Manchu Dynasty could solve the matter, and said, "Back to the court!"

All the ministers looked at each other, but there was nothing to do, so they had to leave one after another. When they left the court, there was still a cold north wind blowing outside.

When the King of Jin got into the carriage and was about to go back to Kaifeng Mansion, he suddenly thought of Liu Wei, and then thought of the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wu Yue. They were very close to the Southern Han Dynasty. Would it be okay to ask them?

After thinking this way, King Jin went directly to the post house of Honglu Temple.

When King Jin came to the posthouse, Liu Wei was discussing the last issue with the envoys of Southern Tang, Wu and Yue. As long as this issue can be resolved, the business between the three countries can basically be finalized.

Everyone was very puzzled by the arrival of King Jin, and the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wu Yue were even more puzzled.

King Jin sat down in the living room and warmed his hands on the stove for a while, until his palms were warm, he asked in a very casual tone: "The two countries are adjacent to the Southern Han Dynasty, how much do you know about the Southern Han Xiangzheng? "

The purpose of King Jin's casual words was to avoid being suspected by the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wu Yue. Liu Wei heard this, but he immediately understood that the Song Dynasty was at war with the Southern Han Dynasty. Now King Jin suddenly When it comes to the Xiangzheng, it is thought that Pan Mei encountered the Nanhan Xiangzheng in the Southern Han Dynasty, so that she was unable to conquer the Southern Han Dynasty in a short time.

After understanding, Liu Wei didn't say anything, just sat and listened.

Qian Weikai, the Eastern Yue King of Wuyue, seemed to know the Southern Han elephant formation very well. Hearing the king of Jin's question, he said, "The Southern Han elephant formation is said to be very powerful. The elephant is so huge that it is as big as a house. Every time there is a war, the Southern Han elephant formation is very powerful. The generals of the Han Dynasty lined up the elephants in front of the formation. Each elephant carried ten soldiers with weapons, and then drove the elephant forward. The elephant's skin was rough and thick, and ordinary weapons could not move it. It can trample several people to death, plus the soldiers on the back of the elephant, killing the enemy is like chopping vegetables."

When Qian Weikai said this, everyone was shocked, thinking that the Xiangzheng was really powerful, and when the street was surprised, they were more or less confused and understood why King Jin asked this question.

But at this time, the King of Jin was still indifferent, and said: "I wonder if there is a way to break this Southern Han elephant formation?"

Qian Weikai knew King Jin's intentions at this time, so he couldn't help showing embarrassment, and said: "This king has only heard about the Southern Han elephant array, and the specific method of breaking it is unknown, but if I can see it with my own eyes, I can break it. When there is a way."

After finishing speaking, Qian Weikai showed a slight smile at the corner of his mouth. King Jin frowned slightly when he heard what Qian Weikai said.

It's just that the king of Jin at this time can't help him.

And when King Jin was in a dilemma, Liu Wei, who was sitting by the side, smiled slightly: "My lord, in fact, if you want to break the Southern Han elephant formation, why do you need to take a look in person? My subordinates have a way to break the Southern Han elephant formation." formation."

Hearing Liu Wei's words, King Jin was overjoyed, but Qian Weikai was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Can you break the Southern Han elephant formation?"

Qian Weikai was a little surprised. Although he knew that Liu Wei was good at martial arts, he didn't think Liu Wei could do anything about this kind of battle. Besides, everyone in the Southern Han Xiangzheng just heard about it and didn't go to see it in person. Do you know if it can be broken?

Liu Wei smiled indifferently, and said: "Of course it can be broken. Although the Southern Han elephant array is powerful, don't forget that elephants are very big, and it is very inconvenient to move around. Besides, elephants are animals anyway. When we get to them, do you think they will rush to the enemy camp as the Southern Han people want?"

Liu Wei didn't say what method to use in detail, but his short analysis already gave everyone present a sense of epiphany.

King Jin was a little overjoyed, and he left again and again and rushed to the palace.

Entering the imperial palace, Zhao Kuangyin's imperial study room already had many officials discussing it. Although Zhao Kuangyin retreated due to anger in the court hall, he finally had to find a way to solve the war in the distance. For this reason, he sent Prime Minister Zhao Pu and the Privy Council Several officials were called.

Dudu didn't call King Jin, but King Jin came by himself.

When Jin Wang saw this situation, he immediately understood what was going on, but at this critical moment, he didn't care too much. After saluting Zhao Kuangyin, he spoke out the art of defeating the enemy.

And this technique of defeating the enemy was thought of by him on the way into the palace after listening to Liu Wei's words. There are not many techniques of defeating the enemy, but they are very practical, such as using arrows and crossbows to shoot elephants, or attacking elephants with fire. , Use the beating drums to make the elephants turn around and rush towards the enemy camp. In this way, wouldn't it be possible to defeat the enemy?

King Jin expressed his thoughts in one breath. After speaking, the imperial study room was silent. After a long time, Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said: "It is indeed a good idea."

Zhao Kuangyin expressed his approval of King Jin's idea, which made Wei Wang Zhao Tingmei very upset, so he hinted to Chen Chen, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, that Chen Chen had many things to rely on Wei Wang at this time, so he quickly expressed his understanding and stood up and said: "My lord It’s really good, I’m very impressed.”

Chen Chen expressed his admiration for King Jin both inside and out, and he knew very well that he only needed to do this, because doing so would make Zhao Kuangyin more wary of King Jin, and would make Zhao Kuangyin feel that King Jin was more vigilant than King Jin. As an emperor, he was even more admired by the hearts of ministers.

Sometimes when you want to deal with a person, you don't need to shout and shout, just greet him a little bit, and you may be able to achieve the desired effect.

And Chen Chen expected it well. As soon as he said this, Zhao Kuangyin's face changed suddenly, and even his tone became a little cold. He looked at King Jin and asked, "My brother is very scheming, but it's just about the Xiangzheng in the Southern Han Dynasty. know?"

The King of Jin is by no means a fool. When Zhao Kuangyin's expression changed drastically, he knew that he had been plotted by others. Fortunately, he responded quickly, and quickly saluted, "Your brother knows this, but he wants to relieve the worries of the emperor after he comes down to court. , Thinking that the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wuyue were in the posthouse, and the two countries were close to the Southern Han Dynasty, they should know something, so they went to the posthouse to inquire about the news. These views were put forward after the envoys of the Chinese state described the Xiangzheng of the Southern Han Dynasty."

After King Jin finished speaking, he stood aside very quietly, but everyone present was slightly startled, what, is this what Liu Wei thought?

After Zhao Kuangyin listened to King Jin's words, his expression turned around, and he said with a smile: "It turned out that Prince Liu thought about it, but this Liu Wei is a smart man." As he said that, Zhao Kuangyin thought of the piece "The Art of Mind" written by Liu Wei , A person who can write an article like "Heart Technique" must be really good at fighting.

After thinking about it this way, he felt that Liu Wei couldn't be allowed to lead the army anymore, but it would be good not to let him lead the army and let him make suggestions in the capital.

"Immediately send a letter to Pan Mei, asking him to follow what King Jin said just now."
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Southern Han Dynasty.

Liu Wei has been in a bad mood for the past few days, because Pan Mei of the Song Dynasty even conquered several states, and attacking him in the Southern Han Dynasty was like entering no man's land, but he was in a good mood these two days, because the army of the Song Dynasty was in They were very vulnerable in front of the Southern Han elephant formation. To celebrate, he ordered people to choose a dozen beauties from the people and send them to the palace for him to enjoy.

In Liu Yu's view, his Southern Han elephant array is their Southern Han's magic weapon for protecting the country. With this elephant array, no one can do anything against him.

More importantly, yesterday he ordered someone to make armor for those elephants. With the armor on their bodies, those elephants are invulnerable, so that they can rampage in the Song Dynasty's army.

The more he thinks like this, the better Liu Wei's mood will be.

And while Liu Yan was having fun with his concubine in the harem, in the Witch Palace, Fan Huzi, the head of the Witch Sect, was frowning deeply.

Although Fan Huzi is called Fan Huzi, she is a woman, and she is a hot and beautiful woman. In the Southern Han Dynasty, she can be said to be an existence below one person and above ten thousand people. Sometimes even the Emperor Liu Yan of the Southern Han Dynasty Do what she says.

But at this time, Fan Huzi had a very bad feeling. It had been several months since the Great Song Dynasty attacked the Southern Han Dynasty. Just around the corner.

The Witch Sect was her whole life's effort, and she didn't want the downfall of the Southern Han Dynasty to lead to the downfall of her Witch Sect. She had to think of a way to get the best of both worlds.

After such careful consideration, Fan Huzi called Hua Qiongxian, the young master of the Witch Sect.

"Lead a team of people, build a few large ships in the coastal area, and move all the belongings of our witches there. If the Southern Han Dynasty is really not inferior to the Song army, we will evacuate immediately."

Fan Huzi's words were firm, without any hesitation, Hua Qiongxian was slightly taken aback, and wanted to ask, but after seeing Fan Huzi's expression, she was slightly startled, and quickly answered with her hands clasped.

(End of this chapter)