Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 41

[Chapter 41]

“Where did this Miss Xu start with saying that?” Zhao Xu’s complexion changed slightly.

Xu E must have grasped some important information that he did not know.

“Your Highness, do you know that Zhang Kang has asked Yuan Li, the head of the Yuan family, for help? It just so happens that my master wants to deal with the Yuan family, so it is necessary to cooperate with His Highness.” Xu E said softly.

“Yuan family?” Zhao Xu’s heart sank.

Zhang Kang had secretly used the Yuan family to threaten him that day.

“Exactly, the Yuan family has been cultivating Yanzhou for many years, and they have 150,000 Xuanjia troops in their hands. They are not scumbags like the Zhang family.” Xu E straightened the black hair on his forehead.

“It’s just, who is this noble person?” Zhao Xu was a little annoyed.

It seems that I still have a long way to go, after all, compared with these natives, my foundation is too shallow.

“Your Highness said that the time has come, His Highness will know.”

“Then how can we cooperate?”

“After receiving the news, I will notify His Highness.”

Zhao Xu frowned. This nobleman is really expensive, is it more expensive than him, the prince?

“The king will think about it.” Zhao Xu was suddenly upset, got up and walked outside, chatting lazily.

Xu E got up, “If Your Highness is free, you can come to Tianxiang Tower to relieve boredom, and I will look after His Highness from now on.”

Zhao Xu raised his hand and strode away.

“Noble man? In this world, apart from the emperor, is there anyone more noble than the prince? According to what the general has seen, if you arrest all the people in Tianxianglou and torture them, you will know their details.”

Outside Tianxianglou.

Zhao Xu and everyone got on the horse, Xu Lie looked upstairs.

He was also angry at being scolded by Huan’er.

Liu Fu looked at Xu Lie with a smile. Although he didn’t go in, he heard a woman scolding Xu Lie.

Seeing Liu Fu’s mean smile, Xu Lie sensed his thoughts and turned his head away.

Zhao Xu reined in his horse and continued towards the North Camp. Hearing Xu Lie’s angry words, he said to himself, “Whoever is the nobleman she is talking about? At present, his interests are not in conflict with the palace, and it seems that he is at odds with the Yuan family. This king is far away in Yanzhou, and there is no news about it, so it may be beneficial to keep it.”

Liu Fu nodded slightly, “Could it be the emperor who can call himself a nobleman in front of His Highness…”

“Probably not…” Zhao Xu was stunned, this The Ninth Prince’s own father could send his son to such a place of tigers and wolves, how could he specially send someone to help him secretly.

What’s more, he is the emperor, so there is no need to deal with the Yuan family secretly.

But because the Ninth Prince lived in the deep palace for a long time, he didn’t get in touch with many dignitaries.

Zhao Xu couldn’t think of anyone who had this possibility.

Shaking his head, he galloped forward.

The fourth floor of Tianxiang Building.

Xu E half hidden by the window watched Zhao Xu and his party leave.

Huan’er, a maidservant in yellow beside her, said: “This king of Yan is really a blessing in disguise. He came to Yanzhou, but he recovered from his illness, and both the master and the lady are helping him.”

Xu E lightly stroked her left arm, she said with a light smile: ” You said that King Yan’s madness has healed on its own, will he forget the past?”

Xiaohuan looked at King Yan and his party in the distance, “Madness is a brain disease, that’s not certain.”

Xu E sighed slightly , “He is much more airy than when he was in the capital three years ago, he is not as submissive as that.” Xiaohuan

shook her head.

Six years ago, Xu Pei, the head of Qingfengzhai, was killed by Pang Kun and Zhang’s family.

At that time, Xu Pei’s eight-year-old daughter narrowly escaped the catastrophe.

Fleeing down the mountain, he met a bad merchant and was taken to the capital. He met his current master and practiced singing and dancing since then for use in time.

Now six years have passed, and the once childish child has emerged slim and beautiful, overwhelming the crowd.

But her desire to avenge her father was not fulfilled, and she came to Yan County after getting her master’s consent.

I never thought that I would encounter the assassination of King Yan again.

“Six years ago, a bowl of porridge changed my life, King Yan made a profit.” Liu Sanniang came in at this moment.

She had heard about Xu E.

Xu E was abducted to the capital to escape from evil merchants, but she almost died of hunger, cold and hunger.

Just meeting the Ninth Prince who was traveling with his mother at that time, the Ninth Prince brought her a bowl of hot porridge when he saw her lying on the side of the road, and continued her life.

Originally, with Tianxianglou’s ability in Yanjun, Pang Kun could be killed independently.

However, the master’s instruction and Xu E’s intentions made them unanimously decide to help King Yan.

This allowed King Yan to escape.

“It’s just that if we make a move this time, I’m afraid it will arouse the Zhang family’s vigilance, so we should be careful in the future.” Xu Sanniang said.

“Yes.” Xu E agreed, staring blankly at the back.

…

Beidaying.

Lu Chang stood on the general platform to supervise the training of the soldiers of the royal family.

Seeing the arrival of King Yan, he asked his lieutenants to continue to command the soldiers to practice the battle formation, and greeted him himself.

“Your Highness.” Lu Chang cupped his fists.

Zhao Xu nodded, asked Lu Chang to excuse himself, and looked at the soldiers on the camp ground.

At this time, the soldiers on the school grounds lined up vertically and horizontally.

He is rehearsing the battle formation according to the command flag of the general on the spot.

“Is this a circular formation?” Zhao Xu pointed to the center of the school field.

Suddenly the soldiers formed a circle, the shields came forward, and the spearmen stretched out their spears from the shields.

“Yes.” Lu Chang replied.

Then the formation of the soldiers changed abruptly, like fish scales, with the front protruding.

“The fish-scale formation will be located in the rear of the formation, and the main force will gather in the center, divided into several small fish-scale square formations, arranged in steps, with a slightly convex front end, which belongs to the offensive formation.” Zhao Xu read.

Hearing this, Lu Chang looked at Zhao Xu in surprise.

At this time, the formation changed again, the soldiers were suddenly scattered, and the distance between each other became larger, and the soldiers in the formation raised banners. ,

“This is a sparse formation, but a formation that is empty but solid, with a small number of troops pretending to be a large army.” Zhao Xu laughed.

In ancient times, fighting was not a swarm of bees rushing up and hacking without rules.

Instead, rely on soldiers to form formations.

Generals command operations and often make their own formation responses based on the enemy’s formation.

During the attack, the opponent’s formation will continue to change.

Therefore, the victory or defeat of a war often depends on whether one’s own formation is disordered.

Once messed up, it is almost certain to fail.

Next, the soldiers changed a few more formations, and Zhao Xu pointed them out one by one.

Lu Chang was surprised and said: “Your Highness knows how to march and fight?”

He originally thought that in Yan County, besides Chang Wei, he was definitely the number one in the army.

Now that Zhao Xu is so easy to tell all the military formations, and even understands their functions, he can’t help feeling depressed.

“Your Highness is wise and powerful, so he naturally understands.” Liu Fu immediately carried forward the flattering spirit.

Lu Chang scratched his head, “The general admires it.”

Zhao Xu smiled, Liu Fu’s flattery was very timing.

Get rid of the Du and Huang families, make ice and brew wine, everyone said that King Yan had a plan.

The soldiers in the army said that King Yan was kind, but when it came to marching and fighting, the generals were probably very proud.

It is necessary to let them know that they do not know everything.

“Is this the battle array taught by Chang Wei?” Zhao Xu got on the high general platform, so he could see it more clearly.

“Yes, let the general supervise the training temporarily before the general leaves.” Lu Chang replied.

Zhao Xu had heard that Chang Wei admired Lu Chang very much. It is said that this kid has great strength and good martial arts skills. No matter whether it is a county soldier or a pro-army, he is hard to match.

“Chang Wei said you are good at fighting, Xu Lie, you practice with him.” Zhao Xu wanted to see it.

At present, he is seriously lacking in talents, whether in the army or in the government office.

But in order to stabilize Yan County and make Yan County rich and powerful, he needs the help of suitable subordinates.

After all, as the king of Yan, he knew that there were so many government affairs that it was impossible for him to do everything by himself.

Especially in the army, Chang Wei lost his backbone and had to let Lu Chang, who was in charge of the county soldiers, help him.

Therefore, he planned to merge the county soldiers into the pro-army.

First, there is no need to divide into two systems, and second, it is convenient for him to directly govern.

In order to avoid the situation that the county soldiers were out of his control as before.

As for the law and order in Yan County, it should be under the jurisdiction of the Marquis Wu, who is in charge of arrests.

After hearing this, Lu Chang became as excited as a fighting cock.

The first time he saw Xu Lie, he wanted to fight him, and now he finally got his wish.

“Commander Xu, please!”

Among the guards from the capital, Xu Lie’s martial arts was second only to Chang Wei.

Every time Lu Chang saw him, he would inadvertently show provocative eyes, and he was already upset.

Today, I was reprimanded by the little girl again, and I have nowhere to vent my anger.

Seeing Lu Chang staring straight at him, he smiled grimly, “Please.”

“…There is a show to watch.”

“I bet that Captain Lu will win, but you haven’t seen it before. Captain Lu just pressed down with one hand this morning I killed the pig that escaped.”

“The general asked Commander Xu to protect His Highness, Commander Xu must be very skilled in martial arts, he is the imperial guards, and used to protect the emperor.”

“…”

The army is the most boring, there is nothing else except training on weekdays.

Lu Chang and Xu Lie left the field, clearing a spot in the middle of the school field.

The soldiers sat in a circle watching the play, all with their heads stretched out.

Zhao Xu’an sat on the general platform, and Liu Fu stood on the side, “Your Highness, I bet that Commander Xu will win.” At the

critical moment, he still instinctively had a prejudice against children from rich families like Lu Chang.

“I bet on Lu Chang.” Zhao Xu looked into the field.

The reason why he put Lu Chang in the county army is not without reason.

Before that, he knew Lu Chang.

According to the people of Yancheng, Lu Chang has never bullied innocent people.

Although they often fight, most of them fight against injustice, and they are regarded as righteous people.

It was with this in mind that he decided to use Lu Chang.

Rather than completely thinking about wooing the Lu family.

Of course, members of the three families also did evil in Yan County.

But just like how he dealt with the Huang and Du families, he didn’t beat them to death with a single stick.

After all, there are big clans, villains, and good officials and generals.

“Forgive me for not agreeing with this, I am willing to bet all my wealth on Xu Lie’s victory.” Liu Fu vowed.

Zhao Xu smiled and said nothing.

(end of this chapter)