The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

~Date:~November 08~

Although everyone didn't know what the prince was up to, out of their immense trust in the prince, they resolutely carried out the order and quickly assembled, leaving only a team of men and horses to prepare for the sudden attack by the Xia army. The rest all dismounted and had a rest.

As soon as the fight started, Zhao Tong sent the inner guard

The squadron's cooks, doctors, and handymen, including Jianxi, were all organized into the logistics support squadron, responsible for treating the wounded, guarding prisoners, and sheltering stragglers. During the battle, they would follow behind and wait for a break.

It's their turn to be busy.

"Second Master, you are tired. Let's drink ginseng soup to suppress hunger first!" Jian Xi ordered a group of people to quickly drive the prince's exclusive car over, set up a pergola, set up a bed, a low table, herbal tea, fruits,

Waiting for the prince, he wiped his hands and face, rinsed his mouth, and handed him a bowl of still warm ginseng soup.

"Haha, you are the one who is so happy and exhausted. You walk like a big duck. I asked you to follow the army in Liangu. If you don't listen, you know what it's like this time!" Zhao Tong took the ginseng soup and said with a smile.

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"Hey, I am born with a low life. If I can't see the prince for a day, I will feel restless, unable to sleep, and unable to eat." Jian Xi said with a smile while standing behind Zhao Tong.

"Okay, don't pretend to be like me. You're so fat that you can produce ten pounds of oil!" Zhao Tong patted Jian Xi's belly and said, "One bowl of ginseng soup is enough for me, and the rest will be given to the wounded.

Send it!"

"The prince has given orders, why are you still standing there!" Jian Xi knew the prince's temper. Although he felt a little reluctant, he did not dare to disobey and ordered people to send the wounded soldiers to the team.

"How are our casualties?" Zhao Tong asked Jianxi after taking a sip of soup.

"Second Master, fortunately, more than 20 of them are alive, and they are not dead yet. However, a few of them are too seriously injured. Even if they are revived, I am afraid they will be disabled!" Jian Xi said carefully, looking at the prince's face.

, he knew that what the prince was most afraid of hearing was the number of casualties, but he did not dare to report it truthfully.

"Well, let them take good care of them and send them to Taiyuan camp as soon as possible, where the conditions are better!" Zhao Tong said calmly. But he still felt uncomfortable. He knew very well that in a war, people would die and someone would be injured, "That's right.

How many proton troops were captured today, have they been identified?" he asked again.

"Second Master, we caught thirty-seven today. Including the eight captured in the previous two days, there are forty-five. And their status is not low. There are people in the family who are officials in the court, including both

There are minor officials in the middle divisions such as the city lord, as well as military divisions, governors and other junior officials, most of whom are the heirs of the family!" Seeing the joy, he immediately changed his face. The messenger said with a sly smile.

"Well, take good care of them all and find an opportunity to send them away quickly. This matter can be left to Zhang Que of the caravan. After all, it is not appropriate for us to come forward to let people know. Let them get in touch first and then determine the specific price.

If you check carefully and don’t miss the big fish, I don’t need to talk about other things!” Zhao Tong nodded and said, wondering how Brother Cha could treat so many big brother’s children.

As a minister, even if the emperor's brother felt sorry for him and sent him a special army, he would not be able to safely place so many children of high-ranking officials in his camp. This is a strange phenomenon under his control.

There is only one reasonable explanation, and that is that Brother Cha is restless. He is no longer the good brother who loyally serves the emperor, but has developed a disobedient heart.

Zhao Tong thought about this explanation and found it to be the most reasonable. The current Xia Lord is Cha Ge's half-brother Li Qianshun. This man took charge of the government at the age of seventeen. However, this man is different from the previous ones. He is not a pioneering king, but a conservative one. The emperor's lord, surrendered to the Liao Kingdom one-sidedly, and was politically dependent on the Liao Dynasty. He adopted a conciliatory policy towards the Song Dynasty. In order to break up with the Song Dynasty, he did not hesitate to execute Wei Baobei, who had planned to disturb the Song border for the Empress Dowager Liang. People want to maintain the status quo and live a stable life.

In addition, Li Qianshun was also an admirer of Han culture, and the dispute between the "Fan rites" and the "Han rites" in the Xia Kingdom had been going on for a long time, and it became even more intense with him. He decided to vigorously promote Han culture, regardless of the opposition of the courtiers, in order to change Xixia In order to maintain the "backward" ethos, he specially established Chinese studies, selected a large number of children of the royal family and nobles to teach Chinese studies, and established a "noble education service". The state provided food for the people and trained them. However, his approach of emulating the Song Dynasty in emphasizing literature over military affairs aroused the aristocratic aristocrats in the court. The minister's dissatisfaction.

Cha Ge was young and promising, brave and good at fighting, and possessed both wisdom and bravery. He succeeded Ren Duobaozhong and became the commander-in-chief of the Xixia Army before he was twenty years old, and became the actual controller of the Xia Army. No matter how high the chair you sit on, you will think more. Regarding high-level matters, Brother Cha was successful as a young man and had great power. He won consecutive battles in the battle, and there was a group of people below to fan the flames. He came up with some higher ideas and it was just a matter of time. These ** in Brother Cha's pro-army were those who wanted to help. The children of the guys he ascended to Dabao were, firstly, to show their loyalty to Brother Cha, and secondly, to train the next generation and prepare them to be good successors.

"It seems that the issue of Brother Cha needs to be reconsidered!" Zhao Tong thought clearly and had to think carefully about the next step.

"Second Master, don't you trust me when I do this? The guards are all loyal to us. When the time comes, if they are reported to have died of illness, beaten to death, escaped, or disappeared, their names will be missing from the roster!" Jian Xi didn't know what the prince was doing at this moment. I thought of many things for a while, and still laughed softly and said, "Second Master, how much money can we make from this deal?"

"At least this number is enough!" Zhao Tong stretched out his hand, spread his fingers and waved it in front of Jian Xi's eyes.

"Half a million guan?!" Jianxi exclaimed, but immediately covered his mouth, looked around carefully, and saw that no one else was paying attention, then he put down his hand. This number is quite a lot. Every year in the Song Dynasty, After just 'rewarding' Lord Xia with 200,000 guan, the prince dared to offer 500,000 guan.

"Too bad, you missed a few digits. There are many young and old over there. It's all money!" Zhao Tong sneered and looked at Xia Jun opposite, his eyes full of greed.

"Fifty-five million, the second master Xia Guo's annual tax revenue may not reach this amount. Can they afford it?" Jian Xi also met the owner of the money, but he was still frightened and stammered.

"Come on, is Wang Fu's family rich? How much is Cai Jing's family? You've also been to Zhu Meng's family. Their money will be less than that in the treasury. I'm afraid it won't hurt if each family spends five million yuan. Come on, the crows in the world are generally black. Some of these people’s families have inherited it for hundreds of years. For this little money, we don’t want more than five million!” Zhao Tong rolled his eyes and said.

"Your Majesty, are we not going to pursue him?" Xin Zhao came over and asked after arranging everything.

"Chase, why don't you chase? We are all tired. Let's catch up after a while!" Zhao Tong looked up at Zhao Xin and said, "Jianxi and I are discussing a business. Have you made arrangements with Miss Zhe and the others? Let's have dinner together later. , that’s all the trouble you caused!”

"Humph, who cares to hear this?" Xin Zhao said in a mocking manner, imitating the prince's eye roll.

"Xin Zhao, I asked the Huo Army to prepare food for them, and told them that they don't have to open fire on their own!" Jian Xi quickly smoothed things over, and Zhao Xin hummed and walked towards the Fuzhou Army.

"Jianxi, have you noticed that Xin Zhao seems to have changed? In the past, he looked like a cross-eyed chicken when he saw his family. How can you intercede with them today? Nothing will happen?" Zhao Tong looked at Xin Zhao's back and said.

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"Second Master, no, maybe Zhao Xin has figured it out, don't worry!" Jian Xi said.

"He figured it out. What did he figure out?" Zhao Tong asked in confusion. Jianxi looked at the prince's confused look and smiled without answering.

Cha Ge used several sharp turns to successfully widen the distance from the Song army. He planned to turn northwest again, so that he could get rid of the Song army and go around to the mouth of Tumao River to meet up with the unsent reinforcements as planned.

If he crossed the Tuwei River under their cover, he would be like a tiger in the mountains and escape. But when he was struggling for his ideals, he suddenly found that the Song army had stopped moving.

"Your Majesty, should we run away?" asked Marquis Yu from Cha Ge's tent.

Damn it!" Brother Cha whipped Marquis Yu off his horse. In fact, Marquis Yu was looking for a slap in the face, so he went east and ran back to Liangu. He finally escaped and went back to provide food for others.

; Turning to the northwest, the direction where the Song army dismounted and rested was exactly the northwest. Who knows if they had set up an ambush there, waiting for their hook!

"Rest on the spot and wait and see what happens!" Now that Brother Cha has been teased by Zhao Tao, he has long lost the confidence he used to have. Now before making every decision, he must carefully consider whether there is a pitfall ahead. He decided to first

Let’s take a look and then take a break.

Compared with Zhao Tong's place, Brother Cha's treatment was much worse. Not to mention the sunshade, even the sleeping tent was burned down. He could only sit on the ground in the yellow sand, but he stood up after sitting for a while. The sand

Eggs can be cooked by being exposed to the sun

My butt couldn't bear it, so I had to squat down. Fortunately, a soldier looked at me and came over to dig a hole. He turned over the sand at the bottom and piled a mound. He took off his cloak and picked it up with a spear.

Building a small shed finally gave him a place to rest and cool down.

Brother Cha sat down and took the kettle and lunch from the soldiers. The water was drawn from the river, and the food he ate was the one he had grabbed in a hurry yesterday, including half-cooked mutton without any saltiness and two dry biscuits.

With the aroma wafting from the opposite side, Cha Ge took two bites and found it even more difficult to swallow.

"What's my next step?" I don't know which celebrity said, 'When your stomach is empty, your mind will think about more things.' Brother Cha also had to think about his future. If he died in battle, it would be simple.

Seal your wife as your shadow and have a grand burial, no need

Think about it; if you go back alive, but you lose your troops, how do you explain it to the emperor? Even if your life is bleak, you will only be demoted, dismissed, and imprisoned in the palace, with no future; if you are captured today, what will be the result?

To be continued...

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