The Collection of The End

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Zhao Yun had speculated why the two masters wanted him to travel down the mountain at this time.

He has not yet been crowned and has not fully understood what he has learned. Although he can defeat ordinary masters in martial arts, he will still be defeated if he encounters a real master - such as Master Tong Yuan.

Logically speaking, he should practice cultivation for a few more years and then go out when he can stand alone.

But in that case, it would be difficult to see the "truth", right?

The world is about to be in chaos. The two masters came to this conclusion more than once when talking. The emperor is greedy for money, relatives are involved in politics, eunuchs are in power, kings are ambitious, and aristocratic families have soldiers and self-respect. These are all trivial matters (?).

The real problem is that the imperial court lacks the force to intimidate Xiaoxiao. It is just a plague that temporarily blocked the decree in Luoyang. Those Qiang people who had surrendered as early as the Han Dynasty and had no foundation dare to take advantage of the situation. Not only did the Liangzhou garrison fail Without the power to fight back, Han generals such as Bian Zhang and Han Sui simply became thieves.

The Fifth Army Colonel and the Three Rivers Knights urgently recruited by the imperial court sounded large in scale and superior in strength, and their record of successfully defeating the rebels also proved this - even leaving aside the "Bolide" of the "Nanhua Fairy", they Also quite capable of fighting.

So, where are the troops of the imperial court itself? do what?

They were "guarding Luoyang".

If those soldiers fighting life and death on the front line knew that there was a "friendly army" behind them to prevent them from rebelling, I don't know what they would think.

In fact, according to rumors, this Forbidden Army force controlled entirely by the "Ten Constant Attendants" is well-equipped and has superior combat power, but it has almost never left Luoyang. There are even rumors that "Sword Master" Wang Yue once built it Made an effort.

Therefore, the most serious problem is that the imperial court, or His Majesty the Emperor, completely distrusts other state capitals except Sili.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that several consecutive emperors died due to childlessness, and their successors were elected to the throne by their relatives according to their interests. Although most of these relatives will be unlucky when the emperor comes of age and wants to take power, it does not prevent them. Some people fly into flames.

Talking back to Zhao Yun's travels, if in another three to five years, he goes out as a "promising young man" instead of a "half-grown boy", he will only encounter all kinds of solicitations. Want to find the right strategy to govern the world? By then, Zhao Yun may find that almost everyone who recruits him agrees with his "strategy to govern the world" - even if it has not yet been summarized.

"Master ordered me to go down the mountain to observe those 'heroes' who shined during the chaos in Liangzhou and see what they think of the general trend of the world." Finally, Zhao Yunru said to Zhao Liangfu.

These are the words taught by Master Zhang Jiao. They are telling the truth, and they have not concealed anything. Just by changing the order slightly, the slightly arrogant purpose of "finding strategies for governing the country" will not be shown.

"Oh, it should indeed be so," Zhao Liangfu responded: "My son has outstanding abilities. If he had been born ten years earlier, he would have overshadowed all the generals and captains in the Battle of Xiliang. So, let's first evaluate who is suitable. It doesn't matter if you are a Shangguan, but the next time the barbarians invade, the puppet king rebels, or another Wang Mang appears, that will be the time for you to make achievements."

It sounds like my father has no confidence that this big man will always be stable...

"My son heard that a triumphal procession from the imperial court will pass through the county in the near future. I wonder which general it is from?" Zhao Yun did not answer this sentence and just asked about what he had heard before.

"It's Gongsun Zan, the eldest son of the Gongsun family in Youzhou," Zhao Liangfu replied without hesitation, as if the information was very accurate, "He led the cavalry to make great achievements in this battle, and was named the Cavalry Commander. He returned to Youzhou and officially took office. It seems that I have to make a trip to Zhuojun on the way."

"Oh." Zhao Yun nodded. According to rumors, this person seems to also use a gun, so he could use some advice.

"Other knights from Hedong and Henan rushed back to their places of origin, and most of the generals were promoted in their place.

The son of the great minister, Cao Cao Mengde, seemed to have won the favor of the nobles. He was appointed as the prime minister of Jinan and directly led the troops to take office. " Zhao Liangfu thought for a moment and said: "Oh, there is also Dong Zhuo, the commander of the Northwest Rangers, and his subordinate Lu Bu, who is known as the 'unparalleled one in the world'. They stay in Liangzhou to stabilize the situation and wait for the imperial court to reward them... The other generals are not very famous, at least. My father has never heard the rumors. "

"So..." Zhao Yun thought about the terrain everywhere, and felt that they should be able to meet each other before they arrived at their destination. If they were riding horses...wait, can horses be taken into the "other world"?

"In addition, the 20,000 troops my father promised you are still being prepared. There are now more than 3,000. Don't be anxious. You will be ready when you decide to go out." Zhao Liangfu said, patting his chest vigorously.

"I have my father's kindness, but soldiers are expensive and fines are not expensive. Five thousand is enough. If there is more money and food for recruiting soldiers, it can be used to upgrade the weapons, armor and training food of the original soldiers." Zhao Yun had no choice but to advise.

"Oh, it's true. The king has been paying more and more taxes with clever names recently. I don't know when a 'tax on the number of private soldiers' may appear. My son is really smart." Zhao Liangfu said suddenly.

"...Father is full of praise."

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Zhao Yun stayed at home for a few days to wait for Gongsun Zan's team to pass by, and then he found that he began to miss the "Martial Arts Hall".

The first is his brother Zhao Feng. He gathered a group of half-grown teenagers of similar age from nowhere. After calling Zhao Yun out, he declared, "Look, Zhao Zilong is indeed my brother. I didn't lie to you." Then Zhao Yun had to think. Ways to prove that you are yourself and demonstrate some "immortal magic".

Of course there are magic spells, but you can only choose those that can frighten these teenagers. After they tell the elders in the family, adults with higher experience can come up with the "key tricks", but they will not look down on the Zhao family because of it. skills to perform.

Then there was the mother. She brought a large list of daughters from acquaintances in Changshan from nowhere, and said that she would let Zhao Yun choose a daughter-in-law by himself... He was not yet fifteen years old! ...If you look carefully at those records, this batch of girls from a certain family and a certain clan are probably about the same age, but if you call them "naughty and cute" and "virtuous", you can forget them. What's the matter with "Shude" and "Noble and Elegance"?

Zhao Yun finally got away with the excuse of "I haven't left the army yet, so I don't want to talk about personal affairs." And decided to find a "correct strategy for governing the world" as soon as possible and get involved. He didn't believe that there would be any other lord who could lead the way for his subordinates.

Finally, there is the father. Zhao Liangfu’s approach is quite normal. He built a set of light armor for Zhao Yun on the grounds that "you must wear elegant clothes when meeting high officials", which fit well enough and left room for his future growth.

But the trouble was that his father's aesthetics was a problem. After he heard that Zhao Yun's martial arts was called "Hundred Birds Chaotic Phoenix Spear", he specifically asked the blacksmith to add a bird's beak to the helmet and embellished a phoenix on the back of the armor. Decoration in the shape of tail feathers - this doesn't look like a phoenix at all, more like a peacock.

If Zhao Yun has made any obvious gains in the past few days, it is that he has gained a little understanding of how to enter and use that world.

After picking up a bunch of new weapons from the guards at the martial arts arena, Zhao Yun initially judged that among the poems containing birds, there were words such as out, return, go, come, etc., or the ending movements were horizontal or vertical chops. Each move can open a passage to that world. It has no effect on the people and things in "this world" and cannot be seen. As long as you walk over, you will instantly pass through and reach the other side.

Inanimate objects have no effect on the items carried by Zhao Yun, but other animals that try, such as cats, dogs, chickens, ducks, or donkeys and horses, will fall into a deep sleep directly after entering that world. Perhaps the same is true for people, but He didn't dare to try it rashly.

In addition, Zhao Yun had a deeper understanding of Master Zhang Jiao's words that it seemed to be "floating". From "this world" to "the other world", there would be an undeterminable deviation in position, or one or two. A ruler, or more than ten steps, but after returning from the "other world", it is extremely precise.

This situation looks like two maps stacked on top of each other. The lower one is relatively stable, while the upper one is drifting in the wind. Only Zhao Yun, the "nail", passes through and "pins" the two worlds together. , they will "coincide".

After thinking of this metaphor, Zhao Yun no longer had a deeper understanding of the magic of the "Saint's Pavilion" and the "Martial Man's Pavilion", but he was still far from being able to perform such operations personally.

At present, Zhao Yun can't think of any other uses for this kind of "travel" other than getting past heavily guarded guards.

It's nice to be able to take surprise in battle, but because it requires specific moves or actions, you often can't use them when facing opponents of the same or higher level than you, but use them to deal with those who are weaker than you - that's even more unnecessary. .

Perhaps, it can be stabbed out with a spear, the tip of the spear disappears halfway, and when it reappears, it will be at the enemy's throat? Zhao Yun seriously thought about the possibility of its realization and found that it was possible, but he would never be able to do it by himself.

In addition, as Gongsun Zan's army gradually approached, Zhao Yun also learned about Gongsun Zan from more and more detailed rumors.

In this quelling the rebellion, the person who really played a big role in Gongsun Zan's command was his lieutenant Liu Bei and Liu Xuande. The thousands of people who were given to him to take back to Youzhou were also donated by their teacher Lu Zhi.

Others circulating in the market include Cao Cao, Cao Mengde, Yuan Shao, Yuan Benchu, Xun Chen, Xun Youruo, Xia Hou brothers, and a strange group of Jiangdong troops who must have miscounted their number.

However, what is most often mentioned is Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian who stayed in Xiliang and his "trapped camp". Although it is said that he was defeated once by a special cavalry of the rebels who escaped, but the phrase "the ambition of trapping the camp", "Death and no life" is still quite catchy, so much so that some of the Zhao family's servants would say it during training.

Finally, when Zhao Yun began to think about whether to leave first to avoid his overly enthusiastic parents and brothers, Gongsun Zan's large team arrived.