The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"My lord, I'm going out this time for personal reasons," Wang Meng said, "I've mentioned it to my lord before. I was born in the Northwest, joined the army, honed my skills, and made some achievements on the battlefield. That’s why I was able to join the Jinyi Guard, but there are some things that the adults don’t know about, and I’m afraid it’s not recorded in the file of the guard.”

Wang Meng was talking, while Zhang Fan was listening quietly. Obviously, it was the first time that Wang Meng talked about himself, and it was definitely something he had never said before, something outsiders didn't know. matter.

"Your Excellency also stayed in the army for a while, although it wasn't long, but I think you have some understanding of the affairs of the army," Wang Meng continued, "There are no more than two kinds of terracotta warriors conscripted by the army. One is that the family has joined the army for generations, which is unavoidable, and the other is ordinary people, which is mostly because of the poor family situation. In general, neither of these is a good ending, and the humble job belongs to the latter. By.

"However, my lord, there are some things you don't know. Those who have been in the army for generations are generally prepared from an early age, including some actions and the like, and there are also some experiences of their fathers who went to battle to kill the enemy. This kind of thing, if you don't experience it yourself, you won't understand it at all, but it is much better after all. I am afraid that if you can survive once or twice in battle, it will be fine. Not enough, but it would be much better.

"My lord thinks, how can a person from an ordinary family who came from a lowly position get to where he is now?"

"I'm afraid it's because someone here helped you." Although Zhang Fan didn't know exactly what the situation was, he could still guess some things.

"My lord is right," Wang Meng nodded, and said, "There is someone who has helped the humble official a lot. In fact, he is not from a military family, but just an ordinary citizen. Moreover, the humble official has always believed that The most important thing on the battlefield is not your strength, but your experience and intuition on the battlefield.

"Things like intuition are born in people and cannot be changed, but things like experience can be learned. However, the person who helped the humble job a lot taught the humble job not this, but It is the purest form of force. It should be said that Humble is just like his disciple, except that he is about the same age as Humble, only slightly older than Hide, and he does not teach Hide like a master and apprentice, but But he can also teach the humble job, although the humble job didn't know it at the time, but now that I think about it, the routines of those moves are not like the miscellaneous roads in the green forest, but they also have tricks. Obviously, they are members of a certain sect. "

Hearing Wang Meng's words, Zhang Fan also had some thoughts in his heart. Although he didn't know the specific situation, he understood a lot. In fact, Zhang Fan had been curious about Wang Meng before, especially his skills. I dare not say that Wang Meng's skill is invincible in the entire court. At the very least, Zhang Fan understands that no matter it is Jinyiwei or Dongchang, there are only a handful of people who can successfully attack Liang Chao, let alone dare to fight against Liang Chao. Not a single one won by super-frontal hostility.

Moreover, although Zhang Fan doesn't understand martial arts, he has seen it before. Wang Meng's martial arts are not just the kind of routines that he only had when he was trained in the army, but very standardized moves. His talent allows him to be handy when facing the enemy.

Zhang Fan had been suspicious before, if Wang Meng didn't say it today, he wouldn't know there was another story in it, but now that Wang Meng said it, Zhang Fan felt that everything was very reasonable.

"That is to say, that person taught you all your martial arts." Although Zhang Fan was asking a question, he didn't want to expect Wang Meng to answer him, and continued, "So, you asked me to leave this time to go out. , could it be for this person's business, too?"

"That's right," Liang Chao said, "Actually, I received a letter from him that day, saying that I needed to go to help with something, and that's why I asked my lord for leave, but I didn't tell you where I was. It wasn't until I arrived at the humble position that I realized something.

"He used to teach low-level martial arts, and even when he joined the army, he used a fake name. I didn't know his real name until I saw him again this time. He is not even from the Central Plains,"

"Oh." Hearing what Liang Chao said, Zhang Fan was really interested. "He is a foreigner. I'm not curious about that. Even if he joined Mingjun and helped us fight the Tartars, plus I can understand teaching you martial arts, the most is that he is not a tartar, but I still want to ask why, "

Although Zhang Fan didn't say why, Liang Chao naturally understood what Zhang Fan wanted to ask.

"My lord, this time the humble job is..." Liang Chao didn't answer Zhang Fan's question right away, but said, "I went to the Northeast and met him there,"

"Northeast," upon hearing these two words, Zhang Fan began to think again. Northeast, although that place is relatively peaceful now, it is only because of Li Chengliang stationed there that it can suppress Wang Gao's group. If it weren't for this, the war in the Northeast would have started long ago. Even though it seems to be calm now, there is actually an undercurrent surging under the surface. Now, Nurha is naked in the Northeast. The weak Ming Ting was actually not vulnerable, so he returned to his hometown, trying to find a way to solve the problems there, all he did was to protect his own people.

Although Wang Meng didn't say clearly what he said just now, he also revealed some information to Zhang Fan. The person who taught him martial arts must be from the Northeast, so in the Northeast, there are four forces, and one is the Han people. He did not say that he is not Han, and there are Han people in non-Central Plains, but Zhang Fan felt that Wang Meng would not say such ambiguous words, that person must not be Han.

Then there are only three situations for the person born, either he is a tartar, or he is a stick, or he is a Jurchen.

Tartars, Zhang Fan felt that although it was possible, it was not very likely. After all, that person had joined the Ming army and helped Mingjun fight against Tartars. Obviously, there would be exceptions, but they were very small.

As for Bangzi, Zhang Fan didn't think it was possible. Of course, he didn't have any reason, it was just a paranoid emotion that made him hate it.

Most likely, there is only one situation left.

"He is a Jurchen," Zhang Fan asked.

And Wang Meng who answered him also nodded, affirming his guess.

"My lord, his real name is Almu, and he is from the Jianzhou Jurchen clan. Speaking of which, he and that Nurhachi can still have some relatives," Wang Meng said, "The reason why he doesn't want to call me a disciple is not because Because he and I are divided into two clans, it’s really because he didn’t know who the person who taught him martial arts back then was, I heard that it was taught by an old man he didn’t know when he was young.”

"This..." Zhang Fan's face was a little cold when he heard this. It turns out that this bloody martial arts novel actually exists in reality, but now, when it's not the time to discuss these, Zhang Fan wonders why Wang Meng If you want to tell him this matter, there should be some hidden secrets in it.

"Back then he came to Shaanxi alone to join Mingjun in killing the Tartars. It was a bit of a secret," Wang Meng continued, "His family also had some status among his tribe, and the place was always infested by the Tartars. Once, the Tartars Zizi attacked and killed his father, and the people who opposed his family wanted to take this opportunity to kill his whole family. At that time, he had just achieved martial arts, but he was still not energetic. There were many people, but they still couldn't protect their families, and finally escaped.

"Later, I didn't go back for a while, so I came to the northwest and joined Ming Jun. While killing the Tartars to vent his anger, he also honed his martial arts along the way. After he returned, he killed his enemies and avenged him, but he didn't want to. If you live in the clan again, you will live in seclusion alone.

"Until recently, the adults in the Northeast also knew about the affairs in the Northeast. Wang Gao planned to rebel, and he also made a lot of moves, but the court didn't want to move, but Wang Gao is now accumulating strength, and he dare not fight against the court. Thinking of his own idea, he wants to lead the Jurchen tribes to strengthen his own strength, but there are many tribes in the Jurchen who refuse to accept Wang Gao, so Wang Gao is now massacring, and now, he just led the disaster to the tribe of Almu, His people had no choice but to ask him for help.

"It was for this matter that he called the humble official to go,"

"So that's how it is," Zhang Fan asked, "Then what's the situation over there now?"

"After I left the humble post, I didn't ask the court to contribute," Wang Meng said, "I just helped him kill the leader who Wang Gao was going to use to recover the tribes this time. Now his tribe is safe, but Wang Gao gave up. One clan, but his ambition has not stopped, and now in the northeast, Wang Gao is stepping up to regain all the clans, it seems that he will make trouble soon, "

After hearing this, Zhang Fan began to think again. In fact, Zhang Fan has been paying attention to the affairs in the Northeast, but the focus of attention of the court and even Jin Yiwei is whether Jurchen will make trouble with the court. Of course , This is already certain. They are now looking at the outside of Jurchen, or the situation in the entire Northeast, but Wang Gao's private actions are not known.

Now, Wang Meng brought back this news, making Zhang Fan understand that the Northeast side has to start preparing countermeasures.