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Chapter 1 Only Compromise

Zhao Bing is going to the nearby Weizhou, why are everyone so nervous? Because... because there is a very fierce place - sand dunes!

The sand dunes were actually a good place in ancient times. During the Shang Dynasty, there was a palace in Ligong. King Zhou also tamed various birds and beasts here, built wine pools and meat forests, sang and drank wildly, and stayed up all night, allowing people to know what licentious and luxurious means. Of course, they were also characterized by dynasties as the number one foolish monarch in history.

His atrocities finally aroused the resistance of other princes. When King Wu of Zhou led his troops to Chaoge, King Zhou's army turned against him to help King Zhou, which shows how unpopular King Zhou of Shang was. In the end, he ordered people to bring out the treasures and put them beside him, then snail them in a silk, jumped into the fire and burned themselves to death.

During the Warring States Period, Shaqiu was a territory of Zhao State, and King Zhao established Li officials here. Later, he was very talented and magnificent. King Wuling of Zhao, who was wearing Hu clothing and cavalry, deposed the eldest son Zhao Huiwen, and was in charge of the youngest son Zhao Huiwen, and then planted the seeds of palace transformation. Three years later, King Huiwen left the capital Handan and traveled north to Shaqiu. His eldest son, Prince Zhang, raised troops to cause trouble and wanted to usurp the throne. Then, he was defeated and fled to Shaqiu Palace.

At this time, King Wuling was besieged in the palace and protected the rebellious Gongzi Zhang because of pity. Unfortunately, he could no longer control the situation. Perhaps Zhao He knew the consequences of their withdrawal from the Shadui Palace, so he simply did nothing. In order to relieve his worries, he led his troops to surround the Shadui Palace and killed Gongzi Zhang. He was also worried that his father Zhao Yong would pursue the crime of killing Gongzi Zhang and his soldiers to surround the Lord's Palace in the future, so he "used the siege instead of killing him."

There was no food or drinking water in the palace. The prince Cheng and his father had no food and water cut off for three months. The father Zhao Yong was forced to dig a bird's nest to eat the bird's nest. Finally, Zhao Yong, the king of Zhao Wuling, was starved to death when he was young in his prime. After Prince Cheng confirmed that his father Zhao Yong died, he opened the inner palace to collect the body for him.

A generation of talent, King Wuling, had a great ambition to unify the world, but he had a grand ambition and ended up starving to death in the palace. It was a pity, so sad and lamentable. Even Sima Qian had to sigh: "Hesitation has not been decided, so the chaos arose, and even the father and son died, and it would be painful to laugh at the world!"

The most famous major event in Sha Dunes was when Qin Shihuang annexed the six kingdoms and unified China to "show his power and subdue the country." He went to Pingyuanjin for the fifth time and died of illness on the platform of Sha Dunes. After that, Zhao Gao did not die in the funeral, and made his successor with the prime minister to tamper with the will, and made Hu Hai the emperor, ordered Fusu to commit suicide, killing the general Meng Tian, ​​and eventually ended in the Qin Dynasty for two lifetimes.

The mighty and arrogant emperors fell on the seemingly inconspicuous land of the sand dunes, unwilling to end their lives. So the sand dunes became the famous "land of trapped dragons". After the emperors who went there would detour, and they would avoid them in a hurry to prevent themselves from having bad luck...

The emperor was willful and did not believe in ghosts and gods, so no one dared. If something really happened, eight heads would not be enough to cut them down. But seeing that the emperor was determined to work hard and would not give up until he was allowed to go, everyone was numb. Tian Zhong and the crowd tried to persuade him for a long time, but he couldn't kowtow and bow, and he couldn't show the truth and reason, and he had no idea for a while.

With no choice, Tian Zhong remembered Chen Shishi who was with him. Although his official rank was not high, he was a close confidant around the emperor. When it came to the uncle, he might be able to guess the emperor's thoughts, and he would also take a look at a doctor and prescribe medicine. Chen Shishi smiled and whispered a few words in Tian Zhong's ear. Then he suddenly realized that the emperor was cheating!

The truth is that the emperor wanted to go to the front line of the real line, and he also expected that everyone would advise and block it. The emperor liked to read travel notes and local chronicles the most. He did not know all the local humanities and geography, but he did not know where the sand dunes were. That was why he deliberately wanted to go to Weizhou to bargain with them and achieve the first goal.

Tian Zhong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but immediately became worried again. The front line was not something that the emperor could go casually. Although the imperial court did not issue an order, the emperor reached a tacit understanding. This Northern Expedition did not allow the emperor to approach within 200 miles of the front line to avoid accidents. He was considered to have watched the emperor grow up, and of course he knew that the emperor had been present in person since childhood, and had participated in almost all large and large battles, and was a person who could not sit still when he heard the sound of cannons.

The young emperor of the Northern Expedition has been in charge in the rear and has maintained a distance of more than a hundred miles from the front line. He thought that he had been personally expeditioning for the past few months, but he could not even hear the sound of gunfire. He must have felt itchy and uncomfortable in his heart. Now he has finally gotten rid of the constraints of Lu and Deng Xiang, and must have been thinking about the battle again.

Now that he was thinking about pressing the emperor's thoughts, Tian Zhong thought it was difficult to do it. He knew that the emperor had not been a sedate person since he was a child, and he could escape the many guards and sneak out of the heavily guarded camp. The same was true when he became an emperor. He would not say anything when he was in Qiongzhou. Even when he was in Lin'an, he often sneaked out to visit and go to restaurants, which made everyone frustrated.

Now Tian Zhong knew that even if he disagreed, it would be difficult to stop the emperor who had come here with "multiple hardships". He thought that instead of letting the emperor lead a few people to sneak away, it would be better to try to send him safely. At least this matter is still under control, knowing the emperor's whereabouts and properly ensuring his safety.

Of course, the sand dunes cannot be used, and even the edges cannot be touched. In the eyes of Tian Zhong and everyone, it is more dangerous than letting the emperor go to the battlefield, because it is too evil and has exceeded their understanding ability and is difficult to predict and guard against. So everyone thinks that it is better to let the emperor go to the Zhending front line to work hard, and how to go, you have to plan carefully...

On the 11th day of the 12th lunar month, the Shengjia left Xingtai and returned to Handan for the New Year. Tian Zhong led the civil and military officials from the city to send thirty miles out of the south gate. At the same time, a team of condolences escorted the Jiaofangsi and the condolences to the front line came out of the north gate, met with a condolences from the Huaibei Transportation Department outside the city, and headed north along the main road.

The team sent by the Huaibei Transportation Department transported bullets and shells, gold and silver worth 200,000 guan, and hundreds of large chariots were also sent because of the serious concern. A team of state troops also sent escorts, plus the coachman and the transfer department sent more than 300 accompanying officials. The team escorted the Jiafang Department and the condolences also had 100 large chariots, which were escorted by a battalion of cavalry directly under the General Administration.

After the two teams joined forces, there were more than 200 large trucks, which stretched from several miles long. Although they had accelerated their pace, they still had to walk thirty miles until they were shining. When they arrived at the inn, there were no empty rooms. They could only camp in the fields outside the inn, preparing to use car battles to surround a circular formation, and the personnel camped in the circle.

Zhao Bing had just walked the horse back to the camp, but heard the quarrel. He hurriedly handed the reins to Xu Hong, walked over and listened for a while, and it turned out that the two sides had a dispute over how to allocate the camp. Because the Transport Department transported ammunition and gold and silver, they asked the carriage to be placed in the center of the carriage array and their carriage to be placed on the periphery.

Since Zhao Bingyin is in this team, this team is definitely not simple. After many discussions, everyone thought that a big trip would inevitably lead to the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties' knowledge, which would make it possible to mobilize troops to intercept them. Because everyone understands that even if they fight for tens of thousands of lives, as long as Zhao Bing can be killed, the Song Dynasty would withdraw its troops, and the crisis would be resolved.

So it would be better to let the emperor go in the name of escorting the Jiaofangsi to Zhending to visit the emperor in a hidden name and reach his destination without showing any water. Now there are tens of thousands of troops stationed on the front line, so the emperor will be safe when he arrives there. The important thing is that nothing happens on the way.

The escort team is always the only one who is a cavalry battalion. They are asked to pretend to be a cavalry battalion directly under the General Administration Office. They are also drawn to some officers and soldiers of the personal guards and baggage regiments, who are mixed in as coachmen, servants, or officials of the Ministry of Rites. Zhao Bing's identity at this time was a small team in the cavalry battalion, with twenty cavalry under his command.

Of course, this is just an open force. In secret, there are also scout camps sent by the Operations Team of the Affairs Bureau and the General Administration of the Eastern Route Army scattered around the team to reconnaise the enemy situation and eliminate enemy detectives. Once discovered, they will notify the surrounding garrison guards. The Eighth Army also sent a cavalry regiment to accompany them about ten miles behind their team, and once there is something to do, they can provide reinforcements nearby.

However, except for the personal guards and others who came with Zhao Bing, no one else knew about it. The task they received was to protect the Jiaofangsi and his group and the supplies of the Imperially Give up the troops. In order to show that they were no different from the ordinary team, they also chose to accompany the team of the Huaibei Transportation Department and did not notify the garrisons and places along the way, which also led to them not being able to get a kang at the post station.

Who is the biggest among the people who follow you? Heaven is not as big as the emperor! Now these people actually asked them to set up the camp on the periphery, but those miscellaneous people were in the formation. How could they agree?

"Can you please let me say something?" Seeing that the two sides were fighting harder and darker, Zhao Bing stepped forward and said to Xu Wunan, the head of the Ministry of War, who was responsible for security.

"What do you mean by Team Huang?" Xu Wunan subconsciously wanted to avoid the emperor's courtesy. He dared not accept the emperor's courtesy, but then he thought that he would have to do a complete set of things when he made a fake, so he could only accept it without returning the courtesy. He frowned proudly. After all, he was also a fifth-rank official in a robe. How could he return the courtesy to a team that was not in the right way?

"Master Xu, according to the rules of the military, ammunition is an explosive object. It must not only stay away from fire candles, but also prevent enemy damage and place it in a safe place. Otherwise, a rocket will ignite the gunpowder. There are dozens of vehicles of ammunition here, which is indeed not easy to place outside the formation." Zhao Bing reported.

"This team is talking very well. We must take advantage of you. It is because we need ammunition in the front line. If we lose, we will be punished!" At this time, an official from the Transshipment Instructor who was arguing with them also agreed.
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