Chapter 651: Dragon Face’s Wrath

Starting from three sides and heading south, Chen Ao hurried back to Beijing, so he was entertained everywhere, but he didn't stop for a long time.

The spring atmosphere along the way is becoming more and more obvious. The horse team is galloping all the way, and the first person to open the way is the energetic Tonghu.

Tong Hu's joining is both a new force and, on the other hand, a transaction. Tong Guan's handing Tong Hu into Chen Ao's hands is more like a letter of controversy. The content of this transaction is that Tong Guan is willing to follow Chen Ao's leader, form an allies, and become another powerful helper after Yang Jian after the old party and Yang Jian. Chen Ao must also ensure Tong Guan's benefits, and more importantly, cultivate Tong Hu.

Tong Guan’s influence on the political situation is far less than that of Yang Jian, nor is he as good as his old party. Although he has some holy relatives, it is not worth mentioning in Shen Ao’s eyes.

However, there is one thing that Yang Jian and the old party cannot have, that is the influence of the border army. The major border towns of the Song Dynasty, with nearly one million border troops, regardless of whether they belong to the three borders, have a lot of respect for Tong Guan. In other words, in this circle, Tong Guan is already a big boss and has a very high reputation.

In the future, the lieutenant of the Martial Arts School will drop out and go to the imperial guards and border towns. If no one takes care of him, relying solely on Chen Ao’s reputation, those Qiu Bas, who have completely different ideas from the lieutenant, may not dare to extort blatantly, but small actions are naturally inevitable. Chen Ao is beyond the reach of him. No matter how great his ability is, he is unable to do anything. With Tong Guan, it is different. Saying hello can make everyone turn a blind eye and pinch their noses and recognize them.

This influence is not only based on status, but also on superb skills. Tong Guan's strengths are here. As a eunuch, he can integrate into the eunuch and be an excellent eunuch in peace. As a bad guy, he can join the Bianjing group, be a promising slander, kill and set fire to fire more than others. In the end, he was asked to supervise the army, and he could do things as well. After transforming himself into a big bowl of wine and eating meat, he suddenly grabbed the weakness of Qiu Ba and made a fuss, and he was said to have taken over dozens or hundreds of adopted sons. These adopted sons were orphans of fallen generals. Although the business was gone, the relationship was still there. Therefore, the border army almost regarded Tong Guan as the most respectable eunuch, the kind who worshipped as a god.

"If this bastard gets into the pile of literary and artistic youth, wouldn't he steal the limelight from me?" Chen Ao admired Tong Guan very much and had to express his admiration.

Fortunately, Tong Hu is also very successful, not like Gao Yanei. His riding and shooting skills are indeed admirable. As he walked over, he arranged scouts, explored the way forward, and chose camping sites, and even had some knowledge of marching. Even the other coaches secretly admired them.

More importantly, this guy looked at the terrain very accurately and wanted to show off his side by Shen Ao, so he often beats his horse next to Shen Ao. When passing by a valley, he then pointed to him and said that there could be ambushers in this valley, but there should be no water source near this valley, and the ambushers should last for up to two days.

Chen Ao said in his heart: You crow's mouth really attracted ambush. I killed you for sacrificial flag first. But his face was smiling and encouraged him, "If you want to pass here, what can you do to break the ambush in the valley?"

Tong Hu was very excited, with a red face on his face, and a loud voice said: "Prince, it is easy to break it. This valley is in a gourd shape. The ambush must be in the forest on both sides. If an ambush comes out, you only need to stand up for the generals to stabilize the morale of the army, then form a chariot formation, set the chariot on the periphery, arrange spearmen inside, and archers can't resist it. If there is a cavalry, you can immediately attack the pass and take it there. You can attack and defend it if you advance for two days. As long as you persist for two days, the ambush will collapse. When you cover it and kill it, you can turn defeat into victory."

Chen Ao said oh, looking like he was taught, and then said, "What if there is no car?"

Tong Hu was stunned for a moment before saying, "Marching and fighting, how can we have so many weapons and food without cars?"

Chen Ao said: "What I said is if."

Tong Hu said seriously: "This is also easy. Without a chariot array, although it is a little more difficult, placing the spearman on the periphery can also resist it, but the casualties are inevitable. Whether it can be held firm depends on whether the general can share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers and lead the way."

Chen Ao said lightly: "What if there is not even a spearman?"

Tong Hu was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes. He must have wanted to curse, and only brought a team of archers out. You can do a big fuck? But the Prince of Penglai was the Prince of the Prince, and he was Tong Hu's immediate boss. He dared not scold him. The muscles on Tong Hu's face twitched and said, "A good wife is not a good girl, and it's Wu Qi's rebirth, what if he can do?"

Chen Ao won and thought happily: What are you showing off? The expert still wants to fool me, an outsider? I am not as good as you in marching and fighting. But I am the one who refers to a deer as a horse, distorts right and wrong, and talks nonsense. Can you be as good as my expert?

After Tong Hu was defeated this time, he did not dare to harass Chen Ao anymore and did not dare to get close to him from afar.

Seeing him like this, Chen Ao was afraid of his heart and waved his hand to come over. The horse team was passing by a hill and asked him: "How to kill the enemy here to annihilate Shun Ruo's enemies?"

The boy tiger's body shook, his eyes shining. The prince asked himself how meaningful it is. He immediately said: "The most taboo thing in the battle between hills is to let the enemy occupy the heights, so he must first seize the hills with the cavalry, and then rely on the hills to set up the formation. In this way, the chance of victory can be increased."

Chen Aohe nodded, touching the mane of the war horse, and asked, "What if there were no cavalry?"

"..." Come again...

Tong Hu gritted his teeth and said, "Then quickly set the array near the hills. If the thief army goes up to the hills, we can teach the archers to shoot and kill them immediately. Our army cannot seize them, so naturally we cannot let the thief army snatch them."

Chen Ao looked at the hills in the distance and nodded, "Yes, it's a good idea to prevent them from relying on the hills to set up formations. But what if there is not even a archer?"

Tong Hu retreated in disappointment and left a sentence: "Go and see what news there is in the scout." Then he fled in panic.

In a blink of an eye, Bianjing was getting closer and closer. After passing a ferry in front, you could reach Bianjing in another fifty miles. Chen Ao was in a state of excitement and wanted to shout, "Bianjing, I, Hu Hansan, are back!" Finally, I calmed down and were exhausted. I had to ask someone to report first, and camp on the spot, rest for a night before rushing to Beijing.

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Wenjing Pavilion was also busy, and several ministers were summoned to the pavilion to wait for the order. When Zhao Ji came in, everyone saluted. Zhao Ji was full of red faces and pressed his hands with great enthusiasm and said, "Sit down and talk, there is no need to be too polite."

When Zhao Ji sat down, everyone bowed down. Cai Jing was sitting upright on the left. Cai Jing seemed a little depressed and looked more and more old. On the right were Duke of Wei County, Duke of Qi Guo Zhou Zheng and Minister of Rites Yang Zhen. The four of them looked at Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji said cheerfully: "Chen Ao is back, just outside the city, and he will arrive at noon tomorrow. This time he worked hard and made great contributions. After his life, he finally earned the Princess of Xixia for me. I can't be careless about him. I'll call you here today to discuss the welcome."

Quartz smiled faintly and said, "It is a great joy for the Prince of Penglai to return to Beijing. It should be treated with caution. Please ask Your Majesty to come up with a charter so that your ministers can arrange it."

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "I plan to come out to greet me in person, how about?"

Yang Zhen, the Minister of Rites, hesitated for a moment, but licked his mouth and said nothing; neither Quartz nor Zhou Zheng objected.

Although the imperial guards came out to welcome him was a little more grand, since Zhao Ji was happy, there was nothing to object to.

Seeing that no one objected, Zhao Ji said happily: "Then I will make the decision?"

Cai Jing suddenly said, "Your Majesty..."

Zhao Ji's smile had not yet disappeared, and he said, "Is it something that Cai Aiqing has to say? But it's okay to say that, I won't be surprised."

Cai Jing said slowly: "The old minister thinks it is inappropriate."

Zhao Ji's face froze. Over the years, Cai Jing had never said the word "inappropriate" in front of Zhao Ji. Whatever Zhao Ji said, Cai Jing just did as he told him. But today, he unexpectedly raised objections. Even the Minister of Rites, Yang Zhen, who had never participated in the struggle between the old and new parties, was slightly surprised at this time. What happened to Cai Jing today? Although Chen Ao and Cai Jing had a rift, could he bring any benefits to him when he came up with the welcome to do something?

Zhao Ji suddenly became a little depressed and said in a deep voice: "Why is it inappropriate?"

Cai Jing lowered his eyebrows and said with a pleasing look: "Your Majesty forgives the crime. The old minister is just expressing his own opinions and has no other intentions."

Zhao Ji said impatiently: "Speak quickly if you have anything to say, don't beat around the bush."

Cai Jing said slowly: "The old minister is thinking, if Your Majesty greets the Prince of Penglai, the Prince of Penglai is a great minister, and his right and left arms, and he has the same affection as his father-in-law and son-in-law as His Majesty, his Majesty will come out to greet him with justification, and there is nothing wrong with that."

Zhao Ji thought that Cai Jing would say that the imperial guards would leave the palace and would disturb the people, so he had a rebuttal in his heart. Unexpectedly, what Cai Jing said was something he didn't expect, and he was stunned for a moment, saying, "Since that's the case, why is Cai Aiqing inappropriate?"

Cai Jing ignored Quartz. Zhou Zheng looked over and said calmly: "But if Your Majesty is the King of Political Consultative Affairs in the West Xia, the old minister, as the chief assistant, he would have to speak up for justice. The King of Political Consultative Affairs received the mission of the King of Political Consultative Affairs from Xixia from Xixia. This trip was to talk about peace talks with our Song Dynasty. Although it was intended to be a good idea, before the negotiations were made, our Song Dynasty must not be weak, otherwise we will inevitably be despised by the people of Xixia. If Your Majesty goes out to welcome the King of Political Consultative Affairs in the West Xia, the people of Xixia will become even more arrogant and think that our Song Dynasty is weak and can be bullied. Will Your Majesty do this become an uproar and arouse others and destroy your own prestige?" Cai Jing continued: "Because of this, the old minister feels that it is very inappropriate. Please think twice before doing it."

Cai Jing's words were so loud and impeccable that Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment, then snorted coldly: "Chen Ao is not from Xixia."

Cai Jing said: "But he is the envoy of Xixia, the King of Political Affairs of Xixia, and the father of the future Xixia king."

Zhao Ji suddenly became depressed. What he was most worried about in recent days was this. In the Song Dynasty, Chen Ao was already the most important minister, but in Xixia, he had a great vision. Not to mention anything else. No matter how loyal Chen Ao was to him, wouldn't he plan for his own bloodline? Judging from the message sent back by Xiaozuo, it was a foregone conclusion that Chen Ao and the descendants of the Xixia Princess were ordered to be the grandson of Xixia.

Zhao Ji let out a sigh, and after a long time, he stubbornly said: "Chen Ao will not let me down, I know."

Cai Jing pursed his lips and smiled faintly: "Everyone who licks the calf has a love. Chen Ao has to plan for his descendants. Your Majesty, the old minister asserted that Chen Ao will definitely use the convenience of the Minister of the Honglu Temple to make profits for Xixia!"

Zhao Ji snorted coldly, but was speechless and couldn't help but look at Zhou Zheng and said, "What do you think Zhou Aiqing?"

Zhou Zheng was silent for a moment, but he did not dare to protect Chen Ao. After all, Chen Ao has only one bloodline at present, and it is still in Xixia. What does Chen Ao think? Although Zhou Zheng has a close relationship with Shen Ao, he still doesn’t know. Zhou Zheng could only smile bitterly: “If Your Majesty asks the prince for his loyalty to the Song Dynasty, I am willing to protect the whole family, but I have to ask Weichen whether Chen Ao will favor Xixia a little, and Weichen dare not assert.”

Zhao Ji sighed and said, "What Cai Aiqing said is not wrong, so we will appoint someone else to welcome you. Cai Aiqing, how are you going?"

Cai Jing smiled faintly and said, "The old minister follows the order. But the old minister wants to ask, what should be the etiquette of welcome?"

Zhao Ji said a little irritatedly: "I have to ask this too?"

Cai Jing didn't know what happened today, but he repeatedly went against Zhao Ji's will. He slowly said: "Your Majesty, for such a big thing, the old minister dare not be good at it. Should our Song Dynasty welcome the prince or the etiquette of the prince or the envoy be of great importance. If you use it wrong, I am afraid that it will make people laugh."

Cai Jing deliberately made the three words "Song Dynasty" very important, and looked at Zhao Ji with a smile, and faintly, he felt a little aggressive.

Zhao Ji was already furious and said, "How can my minister treat him with the courtesy of an envoy?" He stood up and said irritably, "That's all about this today. I'm tired, you guys leave!" After issuing the order to expel guests, Zhao Ji immediately turned away.

Yang Jian, who was standing beside him, looked at Cai Jing in a conscientious manner before chasing Zhao Ji out.

Cai Jing sat calmly for a while before trembling slightly: "The old minister received the order to thank him."

After saying that, Zhou Ruo still didn't forget to look at Quartz. Then he smiled faintly before slowly standing up and leaving.

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Chapter completed!