Chapter five hundred and forty-eight changes in Jiangnan
It has been two full days since Shadow Guard and Sharp Blade entered the mountain, and no news will be released until the winner is decided.
There was still no news after such a long time, which made Tangning start to feel an unpleasant feeling in her heart.
After all, the Shadow Guards are the elite of the Yulin Guards, and they also possess the art of poisonous poison. If the sharp blade fights them face to face, although they can still win, they will not win easily.
If the sharp blade regards them as real enemies, it will do its best to win at the minimum cost, using camouflage, terrain, and even traps to remove the enemies one by one.
After all, the purpose of the existence of the sharp blade is not to train a hundred invincible generals. On a real battlefield, a hundred people can play a very small role. Their training direction is more biased towards a "deception".
From a time point of view, it is very likely that they will choose the latter method.
When Tang Ning walked into Zuo Xiaowei again, the atmosphere in the camp was obviously different. Everyone had smiles on their faces, and the atmosphere was full of joy.
Xiao Jue saw him, strode over, and said, "You came just in time. I was about to send someone to inform you that the Shadow Guard and the Sharp Blade came out of the mountain. The winner has been decided."
Tangning asked: "Who won?"
"Of course we won!" Xiao Jue said matter-of-factly: "All one hundred of the Shadow Guards have been captured alive. We only lost five people here. We were caught off guard by their poisonous techniques. I thought His Majesty's personal
How powerful Wei is, but it turns out it's just that..."
Captain Sharp Blade walked over and stood in front of Tang Ning. After standing still, he said loudly: "General, the mission has been completed. Please give instructions, General!"
It was exactly as he expected, but facing them, he couldn't blame or complain.
Tangning waved her hands a little tiredly and said, "Everyone has worked hard. Let's take a day off today and continue training tomorrow."
If you win, you win, and if you win with such no suspense, why don't you ask him to tell Emperor Chen that your personal guards are all a bunch of fighting scum, so why not disband as soon as possible...
He looked at Chen Zhou and said, "Prepare your horses and enter the palace."
Sharp Blade's training is very hard, and it is rare to have a day's rest. With this free day, everyone's spirits are quite high.
But there are some exceptions.
The five people who accidentally fell into the Shadow Guard's poisonous spell and had their belt cards taken away from them stood in shame on the martial arts field, with their heads lowered and no longer ashamed to look at the crowd.
The Blade Captain named Liu Tong looked at them and said: "Don't rest today. As a Blade member, you actually fell into the shadow guard's way. Do you still have the nerve to rest?"
The five people were sent to continue training in the martial arts field. A squad leader looked at Liu Tong and asked with some confusion: "Boss, although we won this time, General Tang doesn't seem to be very happy..."
Liu Tong glanced at him and asked: "Can General Tang be happy when these five unsatisfactory guys come out? If I were General Tang, I wouldn't be happy either!"
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Tang Ning stood at the door of the imperial study, and a eunuch went in to inform Emperor Chen.
Emperor Chen had said two days ago that as soon as there was a winner between the two teams, the results would be sent immediately, so he did not delay and prepared his horses to enter the palace as soon as possible.
After a while, the eunuch came in and said, "Master Tang, your Majesty will let you in."
Emperor Chen was reviewing the memorial. When Tang Ning walked in, he glanced up and asked, "What do you think, is it my shadow guard who is more powerful, or your sharp blade?"
Tang Ning cupped her hands and said, "Your Majesty is wrong. Whether they are shadow guards or sharp blades, they are all your Majesty's soldiers. I am only training them for your Majesty."
Chen Huang nodded and said: "There is some truth in this."
Tangning corrected her: "It doesn't make sense, it's just the truth."
Emperor Chen seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly put down the memorial, raised his head, looked at him and asked, "Did the Shadow Guard lose?"
"Your Majesty is wise." Tangning nodded and said, "In this competition, Shadow Guard is slightly better."
Chen Huang thought for a while and asked: "Slightly better, what is the specific amount?"
Tang Ning handed over a folder and said, "The detailed battle situation is all in this folder."
Wei Jian walked down, took the envelope, and handed it over. After Chen Huang opened it and looked at it, his face looked a little unnatural.
Sharp Blade captured all one hundred of the Shadow Guards at the cost of five men. Wasn't this a slap in the face?
The emperor's personal bodyguard, also his most proud bodyguard, was so vulnerable. Even as Tangning said just now, both the shadow guards and the sharp blades belonged to him, but the shadow guards were on duty in the palace, so he naturally felt more vulnerable.
Preferring to be more of a shadow guard.
Tang Ning raised her head and looked at Emperor Chen, cupped her hands and said, "If your Majesty has no other instructions, I will leave first."
Chen Huang must be unhappy now. If he stays here any longer, he will be suspected of watching the fun.
Thinking of Haikou, which he boasted in front of Tang Ning yesterday, Chen Huang felt a little hot in his face. He waved his hand and said, "You can go down first."
After Tang Ning left, Chen Huang's face darkened and he said, "Call Gongsun Ying over!"
Gongsun Ying had not yet learned about the outcome of the Shadow Guards and the Sharp Blade, but when he walked into the hall and saw Emperor Chen's face, he roughly guessed what was going on. His expression changed slightly, and he knelt down and said, "See your Majesty.
"
Chen Huang threw the envelope in front of her and said, "Read it for yourself."
Gongsun Ying opened the booklet and after reading it, his face became even paler. He gritted his teeth and explained: "Your Majesty, the training time for the Shadow Guards is still short. When they truly learn the art of Gu, no one will be like them.
His Majesty has also seen with his own eyes that the current Yulin Guard is no match for the Shadow Guard at all..."
Chen Huang naturally knew that the strength of the Shadow Guards had surpassed that of the Yulin Guards, but he did not expect that there was such a huge gap between them and those trained by Tang Ning.
He called Gongsun Ying over, but he was filled with anger and couldn't vent it. This man still had some effect on him.
He calmed down a little, and as soon as he sat down, a young eunuch walked in, walked quickly to the front, put a secret letter on the table, and said: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the secret spies in the south of the Yangtze River."
Chen Huang raised his eyebrows: "Jiangnan?"
His secret spies are spread all over the states and every government. They are usually very well hidden and will not report to the capital unless there is any major incident, let alone an urgent report.
And Jiangnan is the place where the imperial court relies on taxation. Once there is a change, it will have a huge impact on the imperial situation. He tore open the secret letter and after reading the contents above, he stood up suddenly and his face became completely gloomy.
When he heard "Jiangnan", Gongsun Ying raised his head and saw Chen Huang's expression change, as if he had thought of something, his fists clenched, and a trace of anxiety appeared in his eyes.
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After Tangning left the palace, she went straight home.
The face-saving Emperor Chen didn't want to watch the competition. What he wanted to see was the strength of the Shadow Guards. If he had known that the Sharp Blade guys were all brainless, he would have made it clearer at the beginning.
Even if the outcome is still sharp, everyone pretends to be more similar and evenly matched, so that the result is not so disparate, and Chen Huang feels better.
When he feels bad, he will find ways to make others feel bad.
Tang Ning was well aware of Chen Huang's pride and pettiness, but she wasn't sure yet whether he was so petty as to give him a pair of shoes after losing a match.
In the back house of the Tang family, Zhao Man saw that he had a sad look on his face, so he sat close to him and asked, "What's the matter? Is the affairs of the official department difficult?"
Tangning shook her head and said, "It's not the officials, it's your father..."
Zhao Man blinked his eyes and asked in surprise: "What's wrong with my father?"
Tang Ning told Zhao Man the results of the competition between Shadow Guard and Sharp Blade. She smiled, rested her head on Tang Ning's shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, although my father is indeed stingy, he is not stingy to this extent...
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"Uncle, uncle..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Qing'er ran in from outside in a panic and said, "Uncle, someone is coming from the palace, saying that the emperor wants you to enter the palace immediately..."
