0014 Longxi Death
When Shen Zhezi saw the soldier Liu Meng lifting the big rocks of the two of them holding each other with his own hands, he was stunned and a trance arisen a puzzle. Could it be that he had traveled to the martial arts plane by himself?
At this time, my cousin walked behind Shen Zhezi silently and said, "Liu Meng's sleight of strength is amazing, especially good at short-term fights and sumo wrestling. One blow can break the neck bones of people. There are few opponents in Wu. Last year, he led the crowd to attack, and there were as many as dozens of Zhou's soldiers who died at his hands."
When Shen Zhezi heard this, he became more surprised. He really couldn't imagine that this seemingly ordinary middle-aged man had such powerful courage.
Liu Meng put down the big stone and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air. He said with a little shyness and pride: "General praised me. The martial arts of the Three Wus are so skillful than me. However, anyone who wants to hurt the young man in front of me will definitely not be able to do it!"
Shen Zhezi secretly smacked his tongue and couldn't help asking: "Are there any guards in our family as strong as Uncle Meng?"
"I dare not be called such a young man. What are my skills? The master led more than 500 soldiers from Longxi, each of whom had extraordinary skills." Seeing that Shen Zhezi was quite interested, Liu Meng explained patiently.
Although he was tired all over, Shen Zhezi was full of energy. Through Liu Meng's narration, he realized that the Longxi sect, which had been run by the Shen family for generations, was a dead soldier who had been guarding the family business for generations. These people each had their own skills. They were all trained to select children of excellent qualifications from childhood to train them, responsible for guarding the direct tribe, or attacking battle formations, or lurking assassination, which had a little bit of a special forces soldier.
What disappointed Shen Zhezi was that these dead soldiers did not practice any secret martial arts, but their qualifications were different from ordinary people. With years of hard practice, they had amazing skills. To put it bluntly, they were the exploitation of human potential, thereby maintaining a level of strength that was different from ordinary people. In addition to the loss of battles, few Longxi soldiers could live beyond the age of forty.
It is also extremely costly to maintain such a large-scale death warrior force, especially to cultivate it from a young age. Therefore, with the financial resources of the Shen family, it can only be maintained at a very small scale and cannot be expanded into an established army.
After learning about this, Shen Zhezi was in a mixed mood. He was grateful for the price these dead men paid, and he also breathed a sigh of relief. He had been really worried about the martial arts genius of the Xianbei Murong family. In his mind, the Murong family was also the target of killing in the future, second only to the beast family Shi Hu family. It was not because of the good or bad senses, but because of the priorities. Since he came to this era, he made up his mind not to let Shi Hu, a tyrannical bastard, die a good death!
After the initial surprise, Shen Zhezi quickly accepted the existence of these brave and powerful dead soldiers. In this turbulent era, although there was no historian like Sima Qian, they also existed and influenced the current situation. For example, Sima Zong, the King of Nandun, who was killed by Yu Liang a few years later, died one of the causes of death was to make friends with heroes and raise dead soldiers and commit misconduct.
What moved Shen Zhezi was that, in addition to separating the part of the Shen family's Longxi soldiers who were other relatives, the remaining more than 300 were actually incorporated into the army he supervised by his father to protect himself. With such a team of death soldiers, Shen Zhezi's safety is no longer safe, which shows how much his father hopes for him.
After resting in Xiling City for one night, the next morning, Shen Zhezi asked Yu Yi to go on the road to Wukang together. At this point, many things no longer need to be explained clearly, and Yu Yi would not be so stupid that he insisted on not going to Wukang under such circumstances.
As for the Wei family of Shangyu who was detained in Xiling City, Shen Zhezi ordered people to let them go. This kind of thing killed or not killed would have no effect on the matter. Letting them go can also convey a message to the Kuaiji gentry, that is, Yu Yi had already been mixed with the Shen family.
Yu Yi himself had no influence, neither fame nor authority, but the Yingchuan Yu family he represented was an emerging political force that should not be underestimated. After knowing this, even if the Kuaiji gentry was in a state of chaos, they would have some concerns and would be more at ease for the time being.
Shen Zhezi did not take away the private soldiers stationed in Xiling City and instructed him to continue to defend the city. On the one hand, it was to maintain a deterrence to Kuaiji, and on the other hand, it was also to lay the foundation for the subsequent plan.
Seeing the appearance of the Shen family's private soldiers, when he set out on the road again, Yu Yi couldn't help but sigh: "I often hear people say that the heroic spirit of Jiangdong is not strong enough for Zhou Chen. What I see today is indeed worthy of his reputation."
"My father once said that even if there are treasures, they should be used properly. If the pearl is thrown into the dark, it will only make people feel regretful." Shen Zhezi replied with a smile.
When Yu Yi heard this, his eyes became even more intense, and he clapped his hands and exclaimed: "It is really unbearable to throw a bright pearl into the dark room. Shen Shiju's mouth was filled with orchids and lingerie, and his lyrics were exquisite. People at that time had misunderstood him too much."
People from the Wei and Jin dynasties admired the most beautiful and beautiful words. The book of the worldly language contributed a large number of idioms. Although Shen Zhezi did not admire the pure talk, he had a thousand and seven hundred years of cultural influence. His instant interpretation and use of allusions was refreshing. Therefore, when traveling through the Eastern Jin Dynasty, even if he did not understand the principles of Chinese studies, as long as he read the complete collection of idioms, he could probably get a little bit of the name of the pure.
Shen Zhezi didn't need to say anything more, so he saw Yu Yi turning into a contemplative state. The so-called "collusion" is the saying that turtle sees mung beans, and the courtesan meets a rich man, and there is no need to try to tease each other. Attractiveness has been created between each other.
To put it in another way, it means that when the golden wind and jade dew meet, it will be better than countless people in the world. The military power possessed by the Shen family naturally has great temptation to the emerging family clans such as the Yu family in Yingchuan.
The Wang family of Langya first created the situation of "the king and the horse share the world", but if they want to maintain this situation, the basis is not that the king and the ministers complement each other, but that the royal family is weak, the Wang family is in the center, and the outside is strong. Who can survive in this era is mediocre? The key is that there is no need to be a guide, and they all know it very well.
When the Yu family of Yingchuan rose, the identity of the foreign relative was first, which can be compared with the relatively harmonious personal relationship between Emperor Yuan of Jin Sima Rui and Wang Dao. Yu Liang's personal fame and ability was second, and being able to stand firm in the center was the best manifestation of his ability. But these were not enough to make the Yu family of Yingchuan become a top family like the Wang family in Langya.
One of the most fatal flaws is that the Yu family in Yingchuan does not have strong armed forces as foreign aid. The armed forces mastered by the Wang family in Langya were brought directly from the Central Plains, and can be said to be the legacy left by Wang Yan carefully arranged.
In order to gain this advantage, the Yu family in Yingchuan must be careful to manage from scratch. Later, in the Su Jun rebellion, the Yu Liang brothers were chased and urinated, which fully exposed the weakness of the Yu family's lack of strong support. In order to compete for Jiangzhou, the Yu family can be said to have used all kinds of things, and used poisoning such as not being on the surface, which shows that the secret battle is fierce.
Although the Yu family has not reached the height of later generations, its need and impulse to control military power have already emerged. How could Yu Yi not be moved when facing the rich Wuxing Shen family in Jiangdong?
During the journey, Yu Yi and Shen Zhezi had little conversation, but there was a tacit feeling between their eyebrows and eyes. In this kind of spiritual atmosphere, they arrived at the Shen Family Military Camp outside Wukang City.
Shen Zhezi sent someone to inform Chen Chong first, but this time there was no farce of being ordered to protect him. He asked his father to notify him to avoid meeting Yu Yi for the time being. After Yu Yi was settled in the camp, Shen Zhezi hurried to discuss with his father.
Seeing his son's face full of dust and exhaustion, Chen Chong was both distressed and annoyed, and opened his mouth and scolded, "Didn't I tell you to settle down in Kuaiji, what should I do?"
Seeing that his father looked haggard, Shen Zhezi felt a move in his heart and asked, "Is the Wang family defeated?"
Chapter completed!