Take the system back to the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 162 This Is Not My Daddy
On the high hills of Ganoderma lucidum, the mountain wind blowing is getting stronger and colder, and winter is coming soon.

Wang Xiu looked into the distance and was silent.

Standing beside him, the heavy general Li Tianqian, whose shoulder was injured, turned pale.

The defeat in the Battle of Xishan had a great impact on mentality and morale. Although it didn't hurt any bones, it was originally determined to eat big meat, and wanted to abolish the Wuwei Army and eat that batch of important equipment.The final result was that the Wuwei Army did not die, so they snatched more than 200 army horses and more than 30 magic arm bows.And paid some price!
"It wasn't until I had a premonition that something was wrong and hurriedly withdrew to Ganoderma lucidum mountain. This king didn't think it through. It was impossible for the officers and soldiers to deploy a new main force. The information Zhu Xiao provided to us was generally accurate. All of this... is because of Yang Shanbai. Agarwood, Zhao Cheng from Guichi County!”

Wang Xiu was trembling with anger while talking to herself.Not to mention losing the battle due to insufficient strength, it is also reasonable.

However, when he was strong and determined to win, he did not get the expected profit. He was harassed by the two teams of Bai Chenxiang and Zhao Cheng, and retreated due to excessive caution and misassessment that the main force of the Jiangnan East Road commander entered Chizhou.The price was paid, but the profit was only a quarter of what was expected.

"This is the distress of smart people. Now it seems that thinking too much is really sick."

Wang Xiu sighed, "Why were you blinded by lard at that time and were you worried that Zhu Xiao would betray us?"

"Your Majesty, you don't need to blame yourself too much... You can't go wrong if you are careful. There will be a long time to come." Li Tianrun comforted.

Wang Xiu was still not reconciled, since the breakup was inevitable.It was supposed to wipe out the entire Wuwei army establishment, eat more than 200 magic arm crossbows, seven or eight hundred war horses in one go, and defeat the will of all the officers and soldiers in a short period of time, and then quickly took Chizhou City.

But now, due to the deterioration of the situation, the officers and soldiers were injured and survived, so Wang Xiu did not dare to send troops to Chizhou City casually.

First of all, in the battle of Xishan, Bai Chenxiang's combat strength was unusually strong. With her standing behind like a nail, ready to stab a knife at any time, it felt like there was always a thorn in her flesh.

In addition, Zhao Cheng is much more wretched than expected. The latest news is: Chizhou has officially activated Zhao Cheng to command all military forces to suppress bandits.

If it were someone else, it would be too easy to analyze what the officers and soldiers would do.Wang Xiu had every chance to free up his hands to eat Bai Chenxiang's troops, and then slowly harvest the officers and troops.

But now facing Zhao Cheng who led a small team of dozens of people and personally made Wang Xiu suffer in the Battle of Xishan, he still has a total of more than 2000 officers and troops in his hands.Such a situation caused Wang Xiu to not dare to send troops to Yangshan or Chizhou City casually for the time being.

"Everything is broken in the hands of this kid!"

Wang Xiu murmured with a cold face.

Li Tianyun also suggested: "Your Majesty, delaying for too long is not good for us. Before this, he had a premonition that war was inevitable, so His Majesty accelerated the annexation of the surrounding cottages. Our number also quickly expanded to more than [-]. But those people did not join for a long time. , not the original brothers, it’s okay to fight against the wind, but if time goes by and we can’t use more victories and supplies to win over their minds, if we still let the officers and soldiers gain the upper hand, might things change?”

"The king knows about this."

Wang Xiu narrowed her eyes.This is indeed the problem at the moment, and what Li Tianrun said is quite correct.

Fortunately, in principle, the Battle of Xishan was not considered a defeat because it did not get the expected profit.Therefore, it is still too early for "Ganoderma lucidum mountain to fly separately". As long as there are no obvious defeats in the future, the impact on the morale of the army will be within the controllable range.

"However, it is precisely because of this pressure that this king does not dare to send troops easily now. He must do something first and then move. Zhao Cheng and Bai Chenxiang are the real rivals, and they are the biggest opponents in this king's life."

Wang Xiu's words made Li Tianrun feel a little bad, and he frowned, but it was not convenient to say it anymore.Because in fact, there were many copycats in Chizhou who were brave and fierce in the past, but they all fell into Wang Xiu's hands in the end.

"What did the Fang leader say?" Wang Xiu asked suddenly.

Li Tianrun has always been in charge of the communication with Fang La, and they are old friends.Back then, Li Tianrun was wanted for murdering someone in Qingxi, Muzhou, and fled to Chizhou. Because of his high martial arts skills and daring to fight, he was taken in by Lingzhi Mountain, and Wang Xiu gave him a lot of attention.

Since then, the Bangyuandong Manichaeism and Ganoderma lucidum mountain have gradually established contact and communication.Fangla has a silver mine and Wangxiu has a copper mine, so he gradually grew bigger.

Li Tianrun clasped his fists and said, "Back to your Majesty, the latest news from the secret forces of Leader Fang is that it will take at least five days before they can enter Chizhou to help in the battle."

"Okay! Let this bitch Bai Chenxiang be my Mrs. Yazhai. She doesn't want to. If she doesn't eat the toast, let her have a taste of those cultists."

Wang Xiuhan said, "As long as Fang La restrains or kills Bai Chenxiang's tribe as promised, this king will have no worries. I will personally tell him how many bones Zhao Cheng has on the battlefield."

……

After returning from Yangshan, Zhao Cheng resolutely went to Tan Xiaolan to count points for half an hour.

Because of Zhao Cheng's bravery in Xishan, her praise, and the expansion of her promotion rights, etc., she, who loves vanity, is in a better mood and likes Zhao Cheng more, so she is very strong in terms of points, even if she can't win even this time. , without the reward of "suppressing the demon girl", it seems that he also got [-] points.

Shuang is a little refreshed, but it is worse than last time, it is really weak in the legs and feet.After all, vitality needs to be recovered slowly, and it hasn't been long since the last tragic victory.

"I still need... don't run away, Mr. Concubine, I still need to..."

Hearing such a voice outside the door, Zhao Qingming was really desperate, he couldn't wait to see this stupid official still like this, I don't know how he won the battle of Xishan?
Even if Zhao Qingming didn't urge Zhao Cheng, he couldn't hold it anymore, so he ran away with his pants up. He ran too fast and fell at the door.

Faint official!
Seeing his distressed appearance, Zhao Qingming was depressed for a while, but he quickly helped the funny brother up, and said earnestly: "My lord, you can't do this. Hurry up and go back with me to deal with the affairs."

"Okay, come and meet her tomorrow."

Returning to the "office" after making an appointment, Zhao Cheng looked at Zhao Qingming with his hat tilted again, "Call me out of bed this late at night, you better have something important to do?"

Zhao Qingming clasped his fists and said, "Xiaozhi just came back from Xishan, and Zhou En's body...was found."

In fact, the battlefield cleanup in Xishan was not that fast. In addition to sending police officers from Guichi County, Zhao Cheng also asked the more attentive Zhao Qingming to implement the matter regarding Zhou En's body, which was regarded as the second supervision.

Now it's down in my heart.

Zhou En's sacrifice had already been psychologically prepared in advance. Since it is a war, there must be a price for death, so the discovery of the body is considered an explanation for this matter.

"Really found it?" Zhao Cheng asked one more question.

"I found it, and the body has been brought back by my brother. I know you are most concerned about this matter."

Zhao Qingming waved his hand, and the police immediately brought the body in and put it on the ground.

Zhao Cheng got up and went to check. One leg was gone, his head seemed to be hit by a mace, and his entire cheek was rotten and blurred, but the waist badge was still there.

"Who found the body?" Zhao Cheng asked softly.

"It's the Xiang army. A commander knew that the lord was looking for it by name, so he deliberately found it and sent it to me." The messenger said.

Zhao Cheng was stunned and said: "Who leaked the news that I did not deliberately name the Xiang army to find this body?"

At this point, several police officers who participated in the search and rescue in Xishan and Zhao Qingming were stunned. After looking at each other, they shook their heads, expressing that they had never mentioned this matter.

"Sure enough, there is a problem..."

Zhao Cheng's face turned cold, he hesitated for a while and said, "Go to Tan Xiaolan and ask her to bring Zhou En's son over to identify the corpse."

Just at this time, Cai Wenji, who couldn't sleep, came in again, frowned and said, "Zhao Cheng, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you, don't you think it's not cruel enough? You actually want that child to come and target his bloody father with his own eyes?" Corpse?"

Zhao Qingming quickly followed Cai Wenji's words and said, "My lord, this is indeed a bit inappropriate..."

"To shut up."

Zhao Cheng turned around and sat up and said, "I'm not a nanny, and I have no obligation to take care of anyone's emotions in this incident. I want the truth."

"..."

Even Cai Wenji is not convenient to provoke him at this time.

Not long after, Tan Xiaolan, who still looked coquettish, came with the child. At first, the child was very sad, but then he was stunned, crying and screaming, "No, this is not my father."

"do not Cry……"

Zhao Cheng frowned and said, "Baby, you should think clearly, identify it carefully, and then talk about it. If you are biased in this matter, I will lock you up too."

"I won't admit it wrong, this is not my father."

The child was so frightened that he cried and hid behind Tan Xiaolan, fearing that he would be locked up.

"Could it be..."

Now Cai Wenji also feels that something is wrong with this matter, but she hasn't thought of the key point yet.

For Zhao Cheng, there was no need to figure out the key points. Anyway, it was obvious that something had happened. If someone wanted to cover up the matter by stealing the boat, he had to do the opposite.

This is no longer simply trying to solve a case, and it has nothing to do with Cai You's political correctness.

Even Cai You had to be serious about this incident, because it means that there are some very concealed things in the team, which are related to the safety of nearly 10 people in Chizhou at the moment.From the point of view of selfishness and self-love, as a commander, if you lead such a team to fight, there will be accidents, and you will definitely be stabbed by these scumbags.

Reminiscent of the special status and means of the Yingbao Bureau during this period, Wang Fu is moving closer to the Yingbao Bureau. The deployment of the Wuwei Army seems to have been leaked in advance, and the actions of the Xiang Army seem to wipe the ass of the Wuwei Army. Dong Ping refuses to cooperate. Investigating, hiding in Wang Fu's mansion, all kinds of strange incidents emerged one after another.

Thinking about it, Zhao Cheng didn't know the details, but he vaguely knew what to do. He immediately turned to sit up and waved his hands, "Tan Xiaolan take the doll away, take care of it."

He looked at Cai Wenji again, hesitating for a while, "Miss Cai, is there anything else?"

Hearing the scholar's tone of seeing off the guests, Cai Wenji was a little unhappy, "Why am I hindering you?"

"I'm an official and you're a citizen. You want to hear military secrets now. What do you say is hindering me?" Zhao Cheng blinked.

In front of so many people, Cai Wenji has never been so embarrassed, her mouth is crooked, but it is inconvenient to attack, because this scholar is no longer Wuxia Ameng, and has initially possessed the temperament of a handsome minister, which is what Chizhou must rely on now people.

And in theory, the traitor father can't control him very much now, he is mainly responsible to Huang Wenbing.

"Hmph, wait and see, you can't do anything without Miss Ben's help."

Cai Wenji stomped away angrily, wanting to burst into tears but feeling embarrassed.She herself also wondered why she could always be easily offended by this scholar.

(End of this chapter)