Chapter 21

  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Taizu would occasionally exchange a few casual words with Zhang Yong, as if he had no worries at all. However, in reality, the situation was far from optimistic.

  Braving the rain, he walked for about half an hour in the pitch-black forest and searched carefully around a radius of two or three miles before finally finding the carriage that Yu Qiao was riding in.

  Judging from the marks all around, it seems that a horse was bitten to death here. The carriage didnt stop in time and crashed into a huge stone wall, shattering into pieces. On the wreckage, you can see large red stains where blood had been washed away by the rain.

  Song Chuyi stood silently in front of a pile of broken wood for a long time, surrounded by the soldiers of Weiguo. Some looked at the wreckage of the carriage, while others looked at Song Chuyi, but no one made a sound. The broken armor reflected a faint, cold light in the rainy night, like rows of standing tombstones.

  "Go find a place to take shelter from the rain." Song Chu said.

  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, one could see that Ji Yu was a person who cherished his soldiers extremely. They had been drenched in rain for a whole night and if they continued like this, they might collapse before even engaging with the Song army.

  Ji Yu hesitated for a moment before immediately leading his troops towards the cliff they had just passed.

  "Huai Jin, you..." Zhang Yi was at a loss for words to comfort her.

  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, a faint smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Life and death are common things. I met him by chance, and its not worth being heartbroken."

  Zhang Yi looked at her, although he said so, she did not show too much sadness, but he always felt a little suffocated in his heart. He sighed and said, "Forget it, leaving this place early is the right thing to do. I havent seen the city for four months, and being in these desolate mountains makes me feel even more useless."

  The strategist is a person, and the strategy is a force. Here, they can barely exert their strength, and not being buried in the wolfs belly is already a great fortune.

  The two men were silent as they followed the guards through a thicket of brambles until they reached the foot of the precipice.

  The cliff is inverted and narrow at the bottom, with a part hollowed out to accommodate over 1,000 people. The remaining people are on guard around the perimeter, taking turns resting to prevent wolf packs from launching a surprise attack.

  On a rainy day, there were no dry branches or hay for the soldiers to use as firewood. They could only pile up the handles of torches and umbrellas and burn them. As they burned, they dried some firewood, so that the fire would not go out.

  Song Chu Yi and Zhang Yi had just sat down by the fire when Ji Yu walked over, "Gentlemen, have you thought of a solution?"

  The fire was not dry enough, and the burning fire pit emitted a thick smoke. Song Chu closed his eyes, piled up the firewood, and said, "If you want to fight, come ask me for advice; if you dont want to fight, go ask him."

  In fact, with Song Chu Yis eloquence and intelligence, she could have been a great strategist, but her biggest drawback was that she was a woman, not a beauty, and at the moment, she didnt even have a reputation, perhaps others wouldnt even let her into the city.

  "Its best if we dont have to fight." Ji Yu thought. It wasnt that he was weak, but rather that neither the soldiers nor the country could withstand a war of attrition.

  "The state of Qin is currently in internal turmoil, and Wei has been at odds with Qin for so many years. They wont give up this great opportunity, they dont have time to care about these small matters on this side. The opportunity lies in Chu and Song." Song initially felt that since it was already midnight and she had summoned over 2,000 people to search for someone in the rain, she had to put in some effort to repay them. She always disliked owing others anything.

  Zhang Yi huddled with his sleeves, kneeling beside the fire heap, cold and trembling, and said in a shaky voice, "Do you have any other plans? You wont come with over 2,000 people to attack the city and plunder the land, will you?"

  Song Chu rolled her eyes and Zhang Yi also had the nerve to say she was venomous, but he wasnt much better himself.

  "We had 30,000 troops with us, and this branch along with two other armies was preparing to launch a surprise attack on Songs capital, Luoyang. Wei State was also supposed to join in, we only needed to launch a pincer movement from three sides to create the illusion of a large army surrounding Luoyang, once Luoyang is thrown into chaos, Wei State would immediately dispatch its main force to launch a frontal assault. However, after two days of battling with Songs army, there was no news from Weis army." Ji Yu felt extremely frustrated, this battle without Weis army, their forces were scattered and attacking Songs capital city, it was like hitting a stone with an egg, courting destruction.

  This Wei country is really too shameless! Not a bit of integrity at all. Song Chu thought to herself again, its really worth learning from and drawing lessons.

  "Wei State is not without troops, perhaps when you return, Wei has replaced the capital of Wei." Song Chu was just being alarmist, she knew that although the state of Wei was small, it shared a common ancestry with the Zhou royal house and had always maintained good diplomatic relations with neighboring states, and its rulers lived long lives.

  "Wei Liu cant retain talented scholars, if its really like that, then his luck has run out." Ji Yu sighed.

  Zhang Yi sneered and said, "He spouts nonsense and you believe it. Even if the rebellion of the vassals started without justice, now that rituals and music have collapsed and the Zhou royal house is in name only, but as long as it still exists, Wei and the Zhou royal house are of the same vein. As long as the Zhou royal house exists for a day, wanting to destroy Wei is not a trivial matter."

  Ji is the national surname of the State of Wei. The first queen of King Wen of Zhou, Tai Si, gave birth to ten sons, and the first ruler of the State of Wei, Kang Shu Feng, was a close brother of Wu Wang Ji Fa.

  Ji Yu was taken aback, furrowing his brow as he looked at Song Chuyi. Seeing her kneeling with her chin resting on her knee, her eyes narrowed as if she were about to fall asleep, he felt even more annoyed. However, thinking back to how he had abandoned their search halfway, despite promising to do his best to find her friend, and although he had put in a lot of effort, strictly speaking, he hadnt really fulfilled his promise. Now that she wasnt taking it seriously, he was afraid she must be very angry.

  Ji Yu thought that Song Chu Yi was indeed a gentleman, very refined and cultured. In this situation, he didnt blame them, but instead helped them think of a way to get out of it.

  Actually, Yu Rong was just misunderstanding Song Chu Yi, her nonsense was just something she came up with on the spot, without any emotional attachment.

  "It would be better to start with the Song State, its not difficult to resolve, after all, the situation is so obvious." Zhang Yi felt that this matter didnt need him to show up in person. "Firstly, you must contact the other two teams and make sure they dont clash with the Song army again. Then send someone alone into Su Yang for negotiations. The content is also very simple."

  Zhang Yi paused for a moment, then continued, "Just cry and complain, saying that the King of Wei is using his strength to bully the weak, forcing the State of Wei to use its national strength to attack Song. The State of Wei does not border Song, nor does it have the power to contend with Song, so sending troops to attack is really out of helplessness."

  "But even if Song Guo believes us, he may not let us off." Ji Yu said worriedly.

  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, one of them couldnt help but turn his head and say, "How can this Han man be so unworldly? He is moved by emotions, enlightened by reason, and tempted by benefits. The powerful ministers of the Song Dynasty dominate the country, and it is said that Emperor Taizong of Song has a penchant for beautiful women. You have over 100 beautiful women in your country, cant you send them all? Dont think that sending a few beauties wont make up for this matter. Take Daji of Shang and Baosi of Zhou for example, the fate of a nation can be decided with just one smile. As long as you describe these beauties as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, he will surely be tempted."

  Ji Yu nodded, even if the country of Wei didnt have beauties comparable to Daji or Bao Si, flattery would still be possible. It was more important to get away first; if the beauties sent later werent beautiful enough, that could only mean everyone had different tastes.

  Zhang Yi coughed and said, "General Ji has a real understanding."

  Youre so perceptive, grasping Song Shouchengs shameless idea so quickly.

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