A Piece of Li Song Changting Twilight

When Qin Xiaolou was recovering from his injuries, Zhao Pingzhen deliberately asked many generals to visit him. People saw that Qin Xiaolou was tortured by the golden man with only half his life left, and their previous suspicions were greatly reduced.

Qin Xiaolou was not idle when he was recuperating in bed, and often sent someone to find Tang Jing, and the two of them locked themselves in a tent and talked for several hours without sleep.No one else knew what they were discussing, and Zhao Pingzhen was not in a hurry to ask.

That day Zhao Pingzhen was busy until late at night before returning to the camp. When he entered the tent, he found that Qin Xiaolou had already fallen asleep, but there was still a candle for him on the desk.Zhao Pingzhen took off the armor by himself, went to the bed and tucked the quilt for Qin Xiaolou.

Qin Xiaolou was in a shallow sleep, but he woke up after being touched by him, rubbing his eyes and muttering sleepily: "Huh? You're back."

Zhao Pingzhen smirked slightly, patted his face lightly and said, "Go on to sleep, I'll come up after I wash my face."

Qin Xiaolou responded vaguely, rubbed his hand subconsciously to show intimacy, then turned over and went back to sleep.Mi Yuzhangyin ordered Zhao Pingzhen to stare at the palm of his hand for a moment, shrugged his brows inexplicably, and went to get water to wash himself.

After he washed off all the travel and dust, he walked to the case and was about to extinguish the candle, only then did he find a stack of rice paper under the paperweight on the case.Zhao Pingzhen bent down, and with the help of dim candlelight, he could see clearly the four words written on the header of the first rice paper, which was the third of the 36 victorious tactics - "Killing with a Borrowed Knife".Feeling surprised for a moment, he removed the paperweight and picked up the rice paper.

A clear picture of the relationship between the characters of the Jin Kingdom was drawn on the paper. From childhood to childhood, from honor to humble, densely packed names were lined up layer by layer, and special notes were written next to the names in tiny characters.Zhao Pingzhen was taken aback, and calmed down to take a closer look.

Wanyan Zhao's father, who is now the ruler of Jin Kingdom, is called Wanyan Hongzang.Wanyan Hongzang had five sons in total. Excluding one who died prematurely, the remaining four sons were Wanyan Kai, Wanyan Zhao, Wanyan Min, and Wanyanhang according to their ranking.Wanyan Hongzang himself likes his eldest son Wanyan Kai the most, but Wanyan Zhao's biological mother Tu Shan has the deepest background, and Wanyan Zhao is also the most strategic and courageous among the four princes of the Kingdom of Jin.In this way, Wanyan Kai and Wanyan Zhao became the most favorable candidates for the crown prince.

The third prince Wan Yanmin and the eldest prince Wan Yan Kai were born of the same mother, so naturally they vent their anger through the same nostril; the fourth prince Wan Yanyang is closer to Wan Yan Zhao, and they can be regarded as comrades-in-arms who share the same hatred.As for which important officials of the Kingdom of Jin are on the side of which prince, Zhao Pingzhen has always been clear about these.This time Wan Yanzhao took command of the expedition, also in order to add a strong stroke to his monument of fame, paving the way for a smooth enthronement in the future.He has made great military achievements in the past two years, and many ministers of the Kingdom of Jin have already regarded him as the future monarch.

Zhao Pingzhen carefully read the relationship diagram of the characters, and found that the political inclinations of some powerful officials and generals listed above were slightly different from his previous cognition.He knew that Qin Xiaolou and Tang Jing compiled this relationship map together, presumably Tang Jing had a better understanding of the various factions in the Kingdom of Jin in the past 15 years, so he wrote it down carefully.

After reading the intricate relationship between the characters, he changed the first piece of rice paper to the last, and began to browse the following content.

Qin Xiaolou turned over, half-closed his eyes, and said in a tired voice, "Zhenqing, I haven't finished writing yet, so I'll read it tomorrow and I'll explain it to you in detail."

Zhao Pingzhen was excited when he saw it, and he responded casually, but he stood there motionless.

Qin Xiaolou waited for a while, seeing that he had no intention of going to sleep, he turned over and sat up, and was going to analyze the details of this murder plan for him.Seeing that he was about to get out of bed, Zhao Pingzhen held the paper and hesitated for a moment, then put it back and pressed it again with a paperweight: "That's all, let's see tomorrow."

The next day, when Zhao Pingzhen woke up, he subconsciously touched the position by his side, but only felt a piece of residual heat, Qin Xiaolou was no longer there.

He opened his eyes and saw Qin Xiaolou was writing on the desk.Because the injuries on his body have not fully healed, it is inconvenient for his buttocks to touch things, forming a posture of neither kneeling nor sitting, which looks so funny.

Zhao Pingzhen sat up, smiled and shook his head: "Is this how you write these days?"

Qin Xiaolou glared at him reproachfully, lowered his head and continued writing.

Zhao Pingzhen climbed out of bed, combed his hair casually, and washed himself with the clean water left at the door.When he returned to Qin Xiaolou's side, Qin Xiaolou just finished writing the last stroke, put the pen on the inkstone, and signaled Zhao Pingzhen to sit down beside him: "Come, let me tell you."

Zhao Pingzhen was absent-minded and didn't listen to him. He looked around, and finally took the quilt off the bed, put the thickly folded quilt on his lap, and then pulled Qin Xiaolou to sit on his lap: "Say stop."

Qin Xiaolou lowered his eyes, pursed his lips, and then raised his eyes and said, "I was arrested and taken to the Jinren this time, and I found a lot."

He pointed to the paper full of people's names, and drew a circle on the names of several generals of the Jin Kingdom with his finger: "These are the generals brought out by Wan Yanzhao on this expedition. These are Wan Yanzhao's cronies , led by Wan Yanzhao's most elite personal soldiers." His fingers wandered and stopped on the name of a person named He Shi, and beside this name was written death in small characters. "Wan Yanzhao sent him to bring 2000 people to sneak attack and burn our army's food and grass. He and his troops were all killed."

Zhao Pingzhen nodded: "I know."

Qin Xiaolou took out another piece of paper that wrote the names of the generals used in various battles since Wan Yanzhao's expedition, and the success or failure of the battle. Put the two pieces of paper together for comparison, and said while stroking with his fingers: "These two are Wanyan Hongzang himself. The veterans brought out now belong to the camp of the eldest prince Wan Yankai. The gold master sent them to go out with the army. It should be a chess set for the eldest son to monitor Wan Yan Zhao by the way. Wan Yan Zhao has almost never used them to fight. "

"This man, Zong Zan, is a general trained by Wan Yankai himself, and he is not a benefactor. Wan Yanzhao made him fight thankless battles. He was almost killed in the battle of Pingdingshan, and he only led a hundred people to escape. Afterwards, Wan Yanzhao asked him to guard Hekou again. In order to retaliate, he pretended to be defeated and fled as soon as he confronted our army. Annihilate." At this point, Qin Xiaolou suddenly stopped.

"Huh?" Zhao Pingzhen looked at him suspiciously.

Qin Xiaolou smiled: "The injuries on my body are all thanks to this person. If Tang Jing hadn't come in time, I would have died under his lynching. And Wan Yanzhao always used the Soft policy."

Zhao Pingzhen was stunned for a moment, and then showed a suddenly realized expression: "You mean..."

Qin Xiaolou nodded and said, "Do you remember Wushu?"

Zhao Pingzhen squinted his eyes and snorted softly: "Of course, I will never forget the battle against Ying Tianfu in my life."

Qin Xiaolou said: "Wu Shu is the cousin of the third prince Wan Yanmin, Zong Zan is the cousin of the first prince Wan Yan Kai, and Wo Wo, Ke Ning, Yan Ya... these people, Wan Yan Zhao can't control them, even There is nothing we can do about them. Zong Zan deliberately defeated the battle and lynched me. Wan Yanzhao has been patient with him. After conquering the city, Wan Yanzhao ordered that the people of our country should not be massacred, but the massacres continued. These all show that the Jin army The power controlled by Wanyan Kai in the army is enough to cause great chaos, so it's not that Wanyan Zhao doesn't want to cure, but he really can't cure, so he can only use a knife to kill people, and use our hands to get rid of Wu Shu and others."

"Ha." Zhao Pingzhen said: "I only know that golden dogs have the right to fight, but I don't know how fierce the fight is."

Qin Xiaolou said: "If Zongzan hadn't been driven into a hurry, he wouldn't have pried something out of my mouth regardless of tearing up his face with Wan Yanzhao. Or if I hadn't been taken captive this time, I wouldn't have thought of what happened between them. The time has come to a point where it’s about to explode.”

Zhao Pingzhen nodded: "Okay, tell me about your strategy."

Qin Xiaolou was about to get off Zhao Pingzhen, Zhao Pingzhen wrapped him in a quilt, and directly hugged him horizontally.Qin Xiaolou pointed to the map hanging on the wall, and Zhao Pingzhen hugged him.

Qin Xiaolou said: "My strategy is divided into three steps. First, spread rumors. It is said that Yan Hongzang is seriously ill in Jin State. This plan can disturb the enemy's army and intensify the suspicion and struggle between the two factions; second, contact the Jin army. The generals belonging to Wanyan Kai’s faction said that we are willing to help Wanyan Kai ascend the throne and cut off Wanyan Zhao’s forces together. Once they believe that Wanyan Hongzang is seriously ill, the first task must be to fight for the throne. As for the war with me, Da Mu It can only be second. But one thing, the person we are looking for must be someone as impatient and simple-minded as Zong Zan. Third," he reached out and clicked on the positions of the Jin Army on the map, "these places The defenders are all from Wan Yankai's forces. Their hearts are not toward the coach, so they must be the weak point of the defense. It would be best if they are willing to cooperate with us. If they are not willing, they can fight with a little effort. Attacking across the board, Wan Yanzhao's sphere of influence feigned attack and left, but he tried his best to conquer these places. Then we will deliberately send someone to leak the news of Wanyan Kai's cooperation with us to Wan Yanzhao, forcing him to get rid of it if he doesn't!"

Zhao Pingzhen nodded with satisfaction: "Sure enough, they killed people with a knife, and let the two factions fight among themselves. We watched the fire from the other side and took the opportunity to collect the fisherman's profit. What a poisonous plan!"

Soon, Zhao Pingzhen began to implement this series of strategies.

Unexpectedly, the plan was implemented more smoothly than expected.

Originally, Qin Xiaolou struggled a lot to make the rumor that Wanyan Hongzang was seriously ill credible, so he designed a big picture and filled in the details one after another.Before he could finish laying, the pie in the sky fell down—a messenger from the Kingdom of Jin was intercepted by Mu Jun, and the letter was intercepted.

The letter was sent to Zhao Pingzhen at the first time, and Zhao Pingzhen found Qin Xiaolou before he even had time to open it.This letter was about the issue of military pay and rations. From the letter, Qin Xiaolou learned that the Jin army's rations were in short supply and could not last for a few months.

Qin Xiaolou asked a military adviser who was proficient in Jurchen language to help, and the two imitated the handwriting of this letter and wrote another one.In order to create credibility, seven or eight out of ten of the original content of this letter were copied, and the tone of the letter was also changed to be sad and indignant.Food and grass are in short supply, the monarch is seriously ill, and the domestic situation is on the verge of breaking out, so Wan Yanzhao makes a quick decision and returns home quickly.

After that, Zhao Pingzhen asked someone to imitate the seal on the letter, and found a reliable soldier who put on the clothes of the messenger of the Kingdom of Jin and the waist badge of the messenger, and let him go.

After Zhao Pingzhen received the news of success, he immediately launched a secret operation in the Jin army to release rumors that Wanyan Hongzang was seriously ill.All of a sudden, the rumors went up and down, the people in the Jin army panicked, and the morale of the Mu army soared.