While Chu Ge was struggling to solve the dilemma of Wang Wenchuan's reform, Zhao Haiping was seriously exploring the story line of Yu Jiaxuan.
After more than a day of hard work, most players have basically determined the relationship between these two lines.
This copy of "Let's Stop Talking" seems to have two lines: civil and military. Zhang Renxia and Wang Wenchuan are obviously the literary line, while Yu Jiaxuan is the military line.
However, unlike the dungeon "The Marquis Is Not My Will", the dungeon "Let's Stop Talking" does not seem to force players to complete both lines perfectly.
The two figures Yu Jiaxuan and Wang Wenchuan do not have as close a relationship as the relationship between General Deng and Governor Lin.
Therefore, many players have speculated that these two lines may have different emphasis.
Players can choose to focus on Yu Jiaxuan, or they can choose to focus on Wang Wenchuan. For the other line, they can simply challenge it and make the most cost-effective improvement.
As long as the results of the two lines are combined to ensure that the battle of Niuzhu can be won, this dungeon will be successfully cleared.
Of course, there is no concrete evidence on this yet, it is purely speculation by some players who are progressing quickly.
Zhao Haiping, of course, chose Yu Jiaxuan's line as the main direction of attack.
At this time, his identity is Jiangxi Tiexing, and the next mission goal seems to be very simple: Dang Kou!
This can also be seen as the second stage of the story line of the character Yu Jiaxuan.
After forcing his way into a camp of 50,000 people with 50 men and capturing Ma Anbang alive, Yu Jiaxuan's timeline can only be described as "wasted".
The game didn't even give any reason, and jumped directly to the scene where he and Zhang Renxia were drinking, and time flew by for two full years.
There are only nine years left before the Battle of Niuzhu, and from Yu Jiaxuan's perspective, in the past two years, in addition to handling some trivial local matters, he built a house for himself with the generous salary of Qi Dynasty officials
Other than that, there's really not much else to do.
Northern Expedition? Troop training? New laws?
That has nothing to do with him.
Zhao Haiping was also puzzled before, why Yu Jiaxuan made such a great contribution that even made "the Holy Emperor sigh", but in the end he was not reused for two whole years?
After briefly consulting historical materials, he understood.
In fact, this problem is not surprising, it can even be said to be inevitable.
Because of Yu Jiaxuan's identity, he was a "reformed man."
The so-called reformers are those who returned to the Qi Dynasty from the Jin Kingdom for their righteousness.
Not only did Yu Jiaxuan grow up in the occupied areas of the Jin Kingdom, his grandfather was also an official of the Jin people. Although his grandfather had been instilling in Yu Jiaxuan the idea of "recovering the old mountains and rivers" when he was a child, in the eyes of the Qi Dynasty court, he was obviously still
Put him into the ranks of "non-my kind".
The game does not show the scene after Yu Jiaxuan led the rebel army back to the Qi Dynasty, but Zhao Haiping himself can find these historical records from historical materials.
After returning to the Qi Dynasty, the court did hold a very honorable incorporation ceremony for Yu Jiaxuan.
However, behind the seemingly high-level ceremony, there is naked distrust.
The more than 10,000 nominal troops were all dispersed and divided into various armies. Naturally, Yu Jiaxuan lost any military power and was instead given an official position.
At that time, Yu Jiaxuan obviously did not realize the seriousness of this matter.
He only regarded this as a routine operation. After all, he was a rebel who had surrendered, so it was understandable that the court did not trust him.
In his opinion, even if he could not lead the army for the time being, he could still express his ambition by serving as an official. After all, gold will shine wherever it is.
In the future, as long as officials can make achievements, they will always be promoted. In an environment like the Qi Dynasty, civilian officials who reached high-level positions could also enter the Privy Council and lead troops.
In the previous wars of the Qi Dynasty, civil servants were involved.
In the next two years, Yu Jiaxuan continued to write "Ten Thousand Characters of Pingrong Policy", and everyone who heard it was amazed and praised it.
It's just that these things are destined not to be accepted by the court.
One of the sentences, "The Qiu captives will perish in sixty years, and the worries of conquering China will be great." It was supposed to be a life-saving medicine to penetrate the situation and save the Qi Dynasty. However, in the end, it turned into a divine prophecy of the Qi Dynasty's final demise.
Before this, Zhao Haiping didn't actually know who Yu Jiaxuan was, but he only knew that he was a famous poet who would go down in history.
But now, I feel the same resentment towards Yu Jiaxuan.
I remember how high-spirited the fifty horsemen were when they brought back the traitors from the hijacking camp.
Nowadays, there is no place for heroes.
Of course, compared to the real Yu Jiaxuan in history, the player's situation is still better.
Because in this historical slice with a severely distorted timeline, Wang Wenchuan's new law is also being promoted in full swing.
At least players can comfort themselves by saying, "The new law has not yet been implemented, so we cannot start provocations without permission."
Players can say that Yu Jiaxuan has no use now because the Qi Dynasty's treasury is empty and the army's combat effectiveness is not strong, so even if he fights, there will be no good results.
When Wang Wenchuan's reform is successful and the army has combat effectiveness, it will not be too late to fight again.
Yu Jiaxuan is still young and can wait.
But in real history, when Yu Jiaxuan wasted his years, the entire Qi Dynasty did nothing. It was still a scene of singing and dancing, music was played, and dances continued.
The real resentment in Yu Jiaxuan's heart is even more conceivable.
Fortunately, players can skip these meaningless waits and go directly to the next stage of challenge.
The mission this time is to defeat the bandits.
Zhao Haiping looked at the complicated hills in front of him, and then at the disheveled and energetic officers and soldiers behind him.
"Who are these bandits?" Zhao Haiping asked the deputy general who was following him.
As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger. After all, Zhao Haiping has relatively rich experience in leading troops. Although his experience in leading troops was gained through hard trials after repeated failures, he has still mastered this most basic content.
If you want to defeat the enemy, you must first understand the enemy's situation.
The lieutenant hurriedly bowed and said: "For your information, Your Majesty, these bandits are called tea bandits because their leader is a tea merchant in his sixties. This man is called Lai Wenzheng, and he recruits local warriors to protect the smugglers.
Because he killed an official, he became a bandit.
"This man fought in many provinces. Not only did he hide in the mountains several times to escape encirclement and suppression by the imperial army, but he even got lucky and won several times while the army was not prepared.
"But don't worry, Lord Signing. This time my army enters the mountain, and we have an absolute advantage in numbers. Your Excellency is wise and powerful, and I will definitely be able to capture this Lai Wen."
Zhao Haiping nodded slightly, thinking in his mind.
A tea merchant...and such an old tea merchant...
Going up to the mountains to become a bandit at this age is really going to make you stronger as you age.
However, judging from the fact that these people dared to smuggle and intercept and kill official officials, they must be ruthless people. They fought in many provinces, hid in the mountains, and even defeated the unprepared officers and soldiers after fleeing in embarrassment. It seems that this person is taking the lead.
Although Lai Wenzheng is very old, he also knows some military skills and is difficult to deal with.
A group of bandits who smuggled tea were able to defeat the army and fought in several places without anyone being able to do anything about it. The imperial court was indeed beaten in the face.
No wonder the court finally remembered Yu Jiaxuan.
The imperial court regarded him as a "reformed man", and it was absolutely impossible for him to lead an army to fight against gold. But the imperial court knew his abilities, so he was asked to be a fire captain and do such dirty work as a gangster.
Tired work.
That’s all, what else can we do?
Zhao Haiping didn't feel that he had any other choice at this time. He could only serve as a tool for the Qi Dynasty's court. He hoped that the gangsters could use this meritorious service to improve their status and get closer to the Battle of Niuzhu.
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"The army marches into the mountains!"
Zhao Haiping gave an order, and the officers and soldiers behind him started to move towards the mountains ahead.
Before that, of course Zhao Haiping also made some other arrangements.
He has arranged guides to explore several key exits from the mountain, and arranged for several of his lieutenants to lead their men to block all of these key exits in advance.
In this way, he can achieve the goal of catching a turtle in an urn by personally attacking from the front with his officers and troops.
The mountain road is rugged, so Zhao Haiping and others did not ride horses, but walked.
Before Zhao Haiping set off, he picked a handy long knife as his weapon.
It is true that he is still not used to Yu Jiaxuan's sword. It would be safer to use a long sword.
Zhao Haiping is still very confident about this time.
Although these officers and soldiers don't seem to have much fighting ability, and they can only be beaten ten times against the Jin people, they are gangsters after all.
At this time, their military strength is at an absolute advantage, and the morale of the soldiers is relatively guaranteed.
Moreover, in the era of cold weapons, the bonus effect of individual combat power on morale is very obvious. Zhao Haiping, playing the role of Yu Jiaxuan, can maximize his own force value. When the time comes, it should be a problem to lead a wave of charges and defeat these tea bandits.
Not big.
"Ahead is the village gate." The deputy general pointed to the simple wooden gate not far away.
Zhao Haiping couldn't help but frown, feeling something was wrong.
Why does it look so quiet?
Could there be an ambush?
It's not like... these are just some bandits. They are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength. So what if there is an ambush?
Or should I say...
Zhao Haiping suddenly had a bad premonition and immediately gave an order: "Come in!"
The officers and soldiers immediately rushed forward and knocked open the gate of the village.
As a result, they found that there was no one in the village.
In fact, the place where these tea bandits are located is not a very big village, and is rather simple. According to previous information, there are only a few hundred people.
This cottage can barely accommodate all these tea bandits. To say it is impregnable is absolutely impossible.
But the question is, what about people?
The officers and soldiers all looked at each other, and the deputy general looked at Zhao Haiping, waiting for his next order.
Zhao Haiping found the stove used for cooking in the cottage and reached out to touch the ashes in the stove.
"There is still some residual warmth... spread out and chase!"
Zhao Haiping immediately gave a decisive order and asked several deputy generals to lead the officers and soldiers to pursue several paths down the mountain.
It stands to reason that he has arranged people to guard these key roads in advance. If these tea bandits go down the mountain at this time, they will definitely encounter one of the army.
At this time, we sent people to pursue them and attack them from both front and back. As long as they could hold back these tea bandits until all the other troops gathered together, wouldn't it be easy to capture them?
After giving the order, the officers and soldiers cheered up again and began to descend the mountain.
What Zhao Haiping didn't expect was that the officers and soldiers searched the entire mountain and found nothing.
The officers and soldiers responsible for blocking the path down the mountain did not even see a single tea bandit. The two groups of officers and soldiers stared at each other with confused expressions.
Zhao Haiping also scratched his head inexplicably.
