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Chapter 4 II

Gao Bao felt that the Central Plains was not upright and was very disappointed. Since then, he had no intention of going north. So he went south to Nanling and traveled to Lingnan. The mountains in Lingnan were high and dense, with dangerous terrain, sparsely populated, and fierce and aggressive people. Since ancient times, he has not had much communication with the Central Plains. The illegal people in the Central Plains are often matched in this wild place, resulting in the three religions and the fish and dragons in Lingnan.

Gao Bao was a naughty man. He had been traveling in Lingnan for ten years and learned some strange and extraordinary techniques that were not popular among the world. He could be considered a success in his studies. His skill of "grabbing the blade with empty hands" made him superb and shocked Lingnan. He would defeat the enemy in three moves, and he was nicknamed "high-level moves".

Gao Bao has unique skills, and people all regard him as a wanderer in the world. Unexpectedly, this man has great ambitions and pretentiousness, thinking that relegating martial arts and cultivating literature is the right way in ancient times. Learning this martial arts is for self-defense, but one person is the enemy. As for the Scriptures, the world's great way, and he can fight against thousands of people. He has this prejudice of valuing literature over military affairs, so he naturally refuses to join the people in the green forest, but he suffers from no recommendation and no way to serve the country. Although he has not learned much, he wears a scarf on his head, wears a long robe, and waving a feather fan on his hands, dressed in a literati. People at that time laugh at him as if he is "like a donkey but not a donkey, like a horse but not a horse, but like a mule."

The last year of Ted was in a time of chaos in the world. The Great Zhou Yueshui Guard Chu Tianming closed the Lingnan Pass and established himself as the King of Chu in Yuezhou, attracting heroes from all over the world. Chu Tianming was eight feet long, raised a thousand pounds, and was able to fight fierce beasts with his hands. He liked to use troops the most, but he thought that scholars were useless and would kill him when he saw them. Gao Bao wanted to do great things, so he abandoned literature and followed the martial arts, and ran to Yuezhou to join Chu Tianming's tent.

The Chu family lived in Lingnan for many years and was considered a powerful man in Yueshui. Chu Tianming heard that the famous "Senior High School Trick" in the world came to surrender, and was overjoyed. He left the mansion to greet him, but saw that this person was ugly and far from the rumors in the world. He thought that his name was not worthy of his name and was very embarrassing, and he suddenly became much colder to him. Fortunately, Gao Bao wrote good writing, floating like a flowing cloud and as a shocking dragon. Chu Tianming loved him very much after reading his visits, so he made him the chief clerk of the royal palace.

Gao Bao had great ambitions. He heard that Chu Tianming only asked him to be the chief clerk of the palace and was not grateful, but just stood there and shook his head.

Chu Tianming was surprised and asked him with a smile what else was wrong?

Gao Bao said slowly: "I am the best in military tactics, followed by martial arts, and followed by calligraphy. The prince Sui Zhu plays birds with a slut, and isn't it a pity?"

When the people around him heard this, they couldn't help laughing, saying that he was so arrogant. Chu Tianming also amused him, and even more aware that this person was ugly, arrogant and embarrassed, but he was worried that his reputation was beyond his name. In order to win the title of "respecting the wise and humble man", he allowed him to enter the shogunate and counsel the military aircraft.

At that time, the Emperor of Song Dynasty, Zhao Yuan, was fighting in the east and west, and there was no time to look south. Chu Tianming was also competing with Zhang Ping, the three counties of Lushui, who were entrenched in Lushui, and the brothers Zhang An were unable to go north. Although Gao Bao joined the army, he was not valued. He couldn't help but sigh that his fate was impermanent and his fortune was a mess.

It is said that spring is gone and autumn is coming, and time flies. Gao Bao was depressed in Yuezhou for several years to join the army. At this time, Zhao Yuan had pacified the towns in northern Yue and ascended the throne in Jincheng. Naturally, he could not allow others to sleep soundly. The Song court sent envoys to Yuezhou several times to persuade Chu Tianming to surrender to the entire territory of Yue to the Song Dynasty, so as not to exert wars and devastated people.

But Chu Tianming was arrogant and could he be willing to let others do whatever he wanted? He humiliated the envoys many times. After several tolerance, Zhao Yuan finally appointed his younger brother Zhao Qin as General Pingnan to lead 400,000 troops south, and sent the founding prince to lead 20,000 troops south to Jiangzhou to raise food and grass. After the arrangement was made, Zhao Yuan sent envoys to Yuezhou to recruit surrender.

When Chu Tianming heard that the Song army was heading south, he summoned all the ministers to ask for advice. When everyone heard that the Song army was 400,000 to the south, they were at a loss and speechless for a while. Only Gao Bao did not know the current affairs, so he struggled to come out and talked happily: "Zhao Yuan is a hero in the world, and his ambition is not small. Now all the towns in the north of Yue have been flattened. The Song army took advantage of the victory to go south, and there were many soldiers and generals, and the power was unstoppable. Yueshui was slim and exhausted, and the people's hearts were floating. The general was not enough to use, and the soldiers could not stand a battle. Therefore, the land was dangerous and could not be relied on, and the city was solid but could not be defended. Now for the prince, how could the emperor be like a hundred-year-old Duke? He should follow the general of the Lingbei Town, Hao Zhiyuan, respond to the order, and express his guilt and return to his will to protect the Chu family's century-old foundation. The best strategy is to protect the lives of 700,000 people in the Yueshui River."

Chu Tianming remained silent. All the ministers acted according to the face of the King of Chu, shouting: "Why did Gao Shanjun want to strengthen his ambition and destroy his majesty, and make the world laugh at me for no one in Yueshui? This is a plan!"

Seeing everyone's objection, Gao Bao also said: "If the prince is unwilling to be controlled by others, he can take advantage of the dangerous land and defend Jingnan with heavy troops. Several strange troops went out of the Nanling Road to raid the Song army's food route. Lingnan is dangerous and it is inconvenient to transport grain. In addition, our army is constantly raiding. The Song army's 400,000 troops came from afar, and food will become a problem. The prince only needs to confront the Song army for more than a month, and the Song army's food will be completely finished. When the Song army retreats in short supply, the prince can lead troops to chase and kill them, and he will definitely win. This plan is the ultimate goal."

Seeing that Chu Tianming was still unquestionable, the ministers also hummed and said, "If the prince thought that Jingnan City was small and not enough to defend, he could withdraw the soldiers of the county magistrates in Yuezhou, accumulate food and grass under the city of Yuezhou, cut off traffic, and destroy the empty city. When the Song army arrived at this point, there was no way to advance, and there was no city to rely on. Then he was harassed by a small group of people along the way, making them tired of dealing with it. The Song army was 400,000 people going south and would definitely go to the battle. They would definitely go deeper regardless of the danger and violated the military taboo. The prince gathered the army at the city of Yuezhou to wait for work. When the Song army reached the city of Yuezhou, they would be trapped and defeated with one blow! This is the worst strategy."

The Chu family has been the dominant Yueshui for more than a hundred years. The temperament of no one else but me is engraved in the bones of their descendants. In addition, Chu Tianming is very brave and brave. He has been a hero for half his life and has a strong spirit. At this moment, he is patient and has a rare opportunity to listen to Gao Bao after he finished speaking. He only felt that the three strategies above, middle and lower levels were not satisfied, so he shook his head and said, "I'm listening to your words that all mean fearing the enemy and fighting. The generals of the northern Vietnamese towns are mediocre and have no mention of it. The Song army took the towns of Yueshui by chance. Although my Yueshui is small, the soldiers and generals can be as strong as ten. The Song soldiers went deep into danger and were arrogant and incompetent, even if they were not afraid of a million, let alone 400,000? I think Gao Chanjun must have been scared by this paper tiger." As he said that, he made fun of Gao Bao. All the ministers were incompetent and only knew how to follow the voice.

Chu Tianming heard the compliments from the ministers, and his great enthusiasm for excitement came to his mind again. He stood up and said loudly: "I want to make a good relationship with Zhang, Lushui, and make an appointment with brothers to join forces to fight the Northern Expedition, capture the Zhao bandits and divide the world equally!"

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