Chapter 817: Homesickness

Zhou Chu held his hands, tried hard to look at the map, and slowly digested Chen Ao's words. Chen Ao was right. It would be impossible for a hero like Wanyan Aguda to be led by others. The Jurchens have always been strong and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not burn their boats. Then they will make their efforts and take down Qijin Mansion in one fell swoop. Then the Song army located in Dading Mansion will be isolated between Qijin and Linhuang, and the advantages they have finally created are very likely to be reversed.

What method should be used to attract the Jurchens to the Dading Mansion and let them abandon the Qijin Mansion? Zhou Chu was born as a pirate, and the matter of conquering cities and land was not a strong point. Although he had been influenced in recent years, he could not think of a better idea for a while. His eyes fell on Shen Ao and said, "Did your Highness already have an idea?"

Chen Ao sneered and said, "I have no idea. Why do I do so much? Do you think I am full and have nothing to do?"

The people in the hall laughed together, and the atmosphere became lively from the tension just now.

After laughing, Chen Ao's eyebrows were lowered and his fingers fell fiercely in the direction of Linhuang Mansion: "There is only one best way to attract the Jurchens, just attack Linhuang Mansion!"

Linhuang Mansion...

The officers and doctors in the hall were stunned for a moment. Linhuang Mansion was not Dading Mansion. Since it was a long-distance attack, it could only use cavalry. The navy had not many cavalry. Using this force to sneak attack the Jin Dynasty's nest was no different from dying. This would be too risky. If the troops were out of the desert, there would be no one around, and there would be enemy troops everywhere. As long as the Jurchens noticed it, the cavalry would go out everywhere and they would not be able to escape even if they wanted to.

A luster flashed in Chen Ao's eyes, and he glanced at the shocked people and said sternly: "Linhuang Mansion is the nest of the Jin people. The nobles of the Jin people gather here, and the robbers of the robbery are also stored here. This is the greatest treasure in the world and the Jin people's ***. As long as the Linhuang Mansion is taken down, the Jin people will be shaken and will be defeated in this battle! I was ordered to command the navy army and horses to cross the *** here. Why? You really think that I am here to rescue the Liao Kingdom..." Chen Ao smiled a little coldly and said decisively: "It has nothing to do with us whether the Liao Kingdom dies or lives..."

The Liao leader in the hall lowered his head awkwardly for a moment, but Chen Ao was able to get straight to the point. Although they were a little surprised, they didn't dare to complain about anything. Song and Liao were originally enemies. You insisted that they came from all the way to save you. Besides, they would not believe that their brotherhood was deep and their neighbors helped each other.

Chen Ao continued: "I came to kill the Tartars. The Jurchens were ambitious and wanted to kill the mountains and rivers. Then I killed one of them. The Linhuang Mansion had the most Tartars and the Jurchens. This time, this time, the Linhuang Mansion was in Linhuang, Wanyan Aguda would be shocked and would definitely abandon Qijin Mansion and go north. So..." Chen Ao's fingers relied on the position of Linhuang Mansion and said: "I led the army to attack Linhuang Mansion, Zhou Chu..."

"Ah." Zhou Chu said with a serious look on his chest.

Chen Ao continued: "You lead your army to station in Dading Prefecture to fight against Wanyan Aguda's army, and buy time for me. When I break the Linhuang Prefecture, I will bring my troops back to the army. In this Dading Prefecture, I will fight against Wanyan Aguda to the death!"

Zhou Chu's cheeks twitched and said viciously: "Zhou Chu is in Dading Mansion, and His Highness the King of the Lord returns to his army."

Chen Ao laughed and said, "It's just like this that you want to defend the Dading Mansion, which is a great achievement."

A doctor standing in the corner was a little worried, saying, "Your Highness, the navy's cavalry is only 10,000, and according to information, there are as many as 70,000 to 80,000 horses outside the Jurchen Pass. Even on the side of Linhuang Mansion, there are more than 50,000 people, and they attack 50,000 with 10,000, but I'm afraid..."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Who said that I only have 10,000 people? I have 100,000 iron cavalry."

"Hundreds of thousands..." Everyone took a breath, feeling quite confused.

Chen Ao's eyes fell on the Xixia location on the map, thinking to himself, at this time, Li Qing and Wuda were probably sent troops, where is Gui Zhihuan? Where is his Hengshan Iron Cavalry? Today, I will fight side by side with you to create an immortal great cause.

"Huh... the rain outside stopped." Chen Ao glanced out of the window and saw that the sky was clear in a blink of an eye, and couldn't help but walk towards the window.

After a rain, suddenly, the sky shone with thousands of rays of light. The garden outside the hall was full of vitality, and even the air became extremely fresh.

Chen Ao stood for a while and smiled and said, "How can you stay in the house with such good weather? It's really a waste of resources. Come and prepare a few charcoal pots. Let's just barbecue and eat together outside and slaughter a lamb. By the way, call all the guards in this temple who don't have to be on duty, and then go to warm up some wine, just to let everyone say goodbye to the king in advance."

A Liao leader licked his mouth and said with a smile: "Great. If we talk about barbecue, we Khitans have some secret skills. Your Highness wants to go out of the desert. According to the rules of our Khitans, it is time to let everyone drink wine for a night to be considered as having fun."

Chen Ao laughed and said, "Ah... It turns out that the Khitan still has this rule. Why don't I know? We, the Song Dynasty, don't know what rules are there. Zhou Chu, I ask you, what should we do according to the rules when the army goes to fight?"

Zhou Chu thought for a while and said, "Kill the livestock and sacrifice to the heaven!"

Chen Ao couldn't help but be shocked and said, "God doesn't deal with me, so that's all right. But then again, there are some rules when people are about to travel far away in my hometown."

When everyone heard this, they became happy and said, "Isn't Your Highness a native of Bianjing? The rules of Bianjing do not seem to be special."

Chen Ao said seriously: "Who said that I am from Bianjing? In fact, my ancestral home is Hongzhou."

Everyone suddenly realized that most people didn’t know where Hongzhou was. Anyway, when Your Highness said that, everyone said that they must remember it. Zhou Chu said a lot: “Your Highness, then what are the rules for seeing off in Hongzhou?”

Chen Ao said embarrassedly: "I really want to say it?"

Several Liao people yelled: "Your Highness is good at everything, but he is too modest and cautious. If you say anything, we Khitan men will never hide it."

Modesty and prudent... Chen Ao really doesn't know whether these Khitans deliberately mocked him or flattered him. If Chen Ao was modest and prudent, then there would be few thick and bold people in this world.

Chen Ao laughed and said, "It's true that a man is a real man, of course he should say anything. In fact, in my hometown of Hongzhou, I have to send people off when I see them off. Haha... This rural custom is really strange. Others express their feelings to each other or give each other a glass of wine. When they arrive in Hongzhou, they will be given money."

When he heard the word "red envelope", almost everyone looked at each other. Zhou Chu blamed himself: I am a pig, but I don't know that I should have taken care of him. Now, I'm not saying that I'm going to say anything. I'm better now. People have put forward it with a "humble and cautious" approach. Can they still remain indifferent?

Those Liao people who were clamoring were also cold-eyed by everyone. These guys also felt that they were wrong, and they all shook their heads, feeling a little guilty.

A doctor laughed dryly and said, "In the customs of your highness, how big is the red envelope is usually required to send friends to travel far, haha... I am humble and just ask casually..."

Chen Ao said shamelessly: "Well... it's a different person. For example, an ordinary citizen, most of them are enough to make a hundred cents. If he is a gentry scholar, he still needs one or two cents. If he is a seventh-rank county magistrate, it would be amazing. Without ten cents and twenty cents, you can't make a move. If you get to the prefect..." Chen Ao said seriously: "It's impossible to do without fifty-one hundred cents... but if it is..."

When we first heard the 180-word article, everyone finally felt relieved, but when they heard that the prefect had reached 5100 cents, everyone's eyes were green. What is the prefect? ​​He was just a fifth-rank official. But what is the identity of the King of Pingxi? Isn't this drinking human blood?

In fact, most people in the palace said that it was not difficult to say that their family was wealthy, but it was impossible to say that their family was wealthy. The Navy was strictly inspected. Although the salary was extremely high, as a general and a senior officer and a doctor, he had 500 or 600 yuan a year. For the level of Zhou Chu, there were 1,500 yuan a year. As for the leaders of the Khitan, it was even worse. These people were originally nobles and senior generals of the Khitan army. However, that was the case in the past. Later, the Jurchens entered the pass and burned, killed and looted everywhere. The family business was long been robbed by the Jurchens. They had to hide around and wandered around. They could barely get enough food and clothing. Some of them were not well-documented and had not seen the sun. It was not until the Dading Prefecture issued a notice to the Chinese people that they came to join in rags. They were always flirted with their faces, and they were extremely miserable. How could they get enough red envelopes?

According to Chen Ao's meaning, if you don't give a thousand guan, you will be embarrassed to say hello to the King of Pingxi. Isn't this a scam? Who can bear it?

"Cough cough..." Zhou Chu coughed dryly and finally said: "Your Highness, let's have barbecue and wine first."

"Yes, yes... haha, the customs of Hongzhou are really interesting. No wonder they are so outstanding and can produce such a rare genius as His Highness..." Someone said with a dry smile. In fact, in his heart, he had already scolded Hongzhou. Damn Hongzhou, a bastard Hongzhou...

Chen Ao smiled and took everyone to a garden in the palace. He asked people to make fire under the pavilion to find firewood, and asked people to slaughter a lamb, took some other dishes, and warmed up the wine. The guards also came one after another. There were about a hundred people, gathering together, which was very lively.

However, there are also great things, such as Chen Ao always sighs and says, "In my hometown..."

When I heard about my hometown, the smile on everyone's faces became unnatural, and they were even more ugly than crying.

"Homesickness is like a pot of wine. The deeper it hides, the more lingering it becomes." Chen Ao Dayan took a sip of the wine, and looked very melancholy and twitched his head and sighed.

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