Song Dynasty

Chapter 289 Attack ([-])

Zhong Ziang glanced at Niu Gao, and suddenly his expression changed: "Tie Zhu."

Niu Gao remained calm: "What orders does His Royal Highness have?"

Zhong Ziang stood up slowly, looked at Niu Gao: "You look so familiar, I seem to have seen you somewhere."

Niu Gao's heart skipped a beat. He was already strong in mind, but he still maintained a humble look: "Today is the first time the villain sees His Highness."

Yang Yao interjected and said with a smile: "Prince, this brother Tie Zhu was originally from Hebei and Liao, and he lived in the south of the river. Didn't I tell you and the Holy One just now?"

"No, absolutely wrong. We don't see many tall men like Tie Zhu in Hunan. Once I meet him once, I will never forget it." Zhong Ziang turned his head fiercely, wanting to reprimand him, but at this moment, Pain appeared on his face.

It turned out that his left arm was injured, but this turn of the head affected the injury.

Seeing this, Niu Gao hurriedly asked: "His Royal Highness, I heard that your left arm is injured, but it's important, villain, I know a little about massage, and also have some medical skills. May I take a look for you?" He put his right hand over, reaching the back of Zhong Ziang's neck.

His subordinates were secretly accumulating energy, and only waited for one of them to be bad. First, he broke the neck of the thief Zhong.

However, this bird man has a big head and a thick neck, as well as a thick layer of fat, so it's not very easy to use.

Zhong Ziang snorted: "What else can I do? That day when I met the brigade of the Sizhou army's king thief, I got an arrow in my back and couldn't move. Then I fell down and I couldn't use my left hand. Are you really that good?" Can massage and medical skills?"

Yang Yao: "Of course, His Royal Highness, I injured my lung meridian and coughed non-stop all day long. Brother Tie Zhu injected it and it stopped immediately. You might as well try it."

"Hmph, nonsense, if I really have the means, I will make a big official. Otherwise..."

Yang Yao laughed: "Don't do it otherwise, if it doesn't work, what else can I do? Tie Zhu is mine, and I will make amends to you at that time. Not to mention him, even a serious doctor from Jiangling's mansion would not dare to come here. Guarantee that the medicine will cure the disease."

Seeing that Zhong Ziang wasn't bothering him anymore, Niu Gao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and felt rejoicing in his heart: Fortunately, I was covered in iron armor during the battle that day, and Ziang was far away after Zhong Ziang, and fortunately, Ximei combed my hair and shaved for me earlier, otherwise I would be in trouble today up.

Without further talking, Niu Gao roughly asked about Zhong Ziang's injury, and then said: "His Royal Highness, please lift your left arm. Yes, yes, lift it over your head...Why, can you only use this position?" ?”

It turned out that Zhong Ziang's left arm was only raised to shoulder level and could not move, his face was full of pain.

Seeing this situation, Niu Gao knew it well.This is a typical fall and fall to the elbow, straining a big tendon.

Niu Gao has encountered this kind of slander before. It was 20 years ago when he was practicing equipment with an instructor at home. He was hit on the hand with a stick. Although it didn't hurt when he came down, he couldn't lift his arm. .After raising it for half a month, I couldn't bear it anymore and found a doctor who came back, and after one injection, it immediately recovered.It was from that time that Niu Gao became interested in things like massage and acupuncture, and felt that martial arts practitioners would inevitably get injured, and it would be good to learn some acupuncture and massage techniques, as the so-called skill does not overwhelm one's body.

"Nonsense, if the Crown Prince can raise it higher, can I still use you?" Zhong Ziang said angrily, "You bastard, can you cure it?"

"Yes, yes, it will be effective with one injection." Niu Gao agreed, took out the golden needle from his bosom, asked Zhong Ziang to take off his clothes, pricked the acupuncture point behind the elbow, and then pinched the needle and rotated it a few times .Then he retracted the needle and said with a smile, "His Royal Highness, try again."

Zhong Ziang shook his left arm, and opened his mouth immediately: "It's amazing, it's amazing, my hand is healed, as if it wasn't injured." He was so happy that the prince of the pseudo-big Chu Kingdom kept moving. With his arms crossed, he looked like he was scratching his ears and cheeks.

Zhong Xiang, who was seated on the top, saw that his son was fine, and laughed loudly: "That's right, although it is a heretic, but the prince's injury can be cured, but it is also blessed by the great name."

Everyone said in unison: "The officials are right, congratulations to the prince."

Among them, Niu Gao's voice was the loudest: "Congratulations to the official family, congratulations to the prince, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Zhong Xiang laughed instead: "Tie Zhu, you cured the crown prince. You congratulated me and shouted so loudly. Are you asking for an official position?"

Niu Gao: "The villain dare not, but the villain is terrified."

"What do you call a villain, call yourself a minister. You have made a contribution today, and you are Mrs. Yang's brother-in-law. If you are not given a knighthood and an official position, it is not beautiful. Let me think about it, what kind of official should you be named?" ?”

Just as Zhong Xiangfu had to think, Yang Yao took a step forward: "Report to the official family, Tie Zhu is highly skilled in martial arts, and he is a rare warrior. I recommended him to be the commander of the guardian team, just to serve the gods."

Niu Gao's heart skipped a beat, he had already figured it out in the past few days.The guardian team is Zhong Xiang's "Tianzi's Army", with a total of more than 2000 people, divided into five armies: the upper army, the middle army, the lower army, the upper middle, and the lower middle.

There are 400 soldiers in each army, all of whom are veterans with long-term combat experience, and their equipment ranks first in Manichaeism.Unlike other believers who were dressed in rags and only had crude weapons in their hands, many of them even only had a hoe and a large, poorly made blade.

He rejoiced in his heart, if he could be the commander in charge of military power, wouldn't it be convenient for him to act.

Sitting on the seat, Zhong Xiang smiled and stroked the beard on his chin, and was about to speak.Zhong Ziang below was in great urgency. Since the establishment of the Great Chu, this regime has been encircled and suppressed by the army of the Song Dynasty since the day it was established, and no perfect system has been formulated.

Moreover, the Great Chu established the country based on Ming Zunjiao, and the soldiers and officials under it were not only bound by the so-called national laws, but also strictly controlled by the religious laws.In many cases, once the Islamic law and the imperial system conflict, everyone does not know whether to obey the Islamic law or the national law.

For example, people in the Ming religion cannot stick to meat, but soldiers fighting on the front line are physically exhausted, and if they don't eat meat, they will have no combat effectiveness at all.And I and my father also like to enjoy it. On weekdays, the officials of the DPRK and China explain that "the punishment cannot be punished by the emperor".

However, when it comes to such a major event as the succession of the great emperor, because it involves the vital interests of everyone, if someone is serious, the problem will be serious.There is an unwritten rule in Manichaeism - the emperor must also be the leader of the church. ——Father is now the leader, and Yang Yao is the deputy leader, and he will definitely take over as the leader in the future.If that day really comes, with Yang Yao's prestige in the army, naturally he will not be a prince.

Seeing that Yang Yao wanted to recommend his future brother-in-law to be the Commander of the Protectorate Squad to further strengthen his power in the army, Zhong Ziang became anxious.

He walked out with a big smile, and said to Zhong Xiang: "Father, Tie Zhu's medical skills are superb, and he cured his son's stubborn illness with a single injection. With such means, he is a rare talent. Such a person should stay in the court to serve If we go to lead troops to fight, there is a good or bad thing, if we are sick, who will we go to? Therefore, my son recommends him as the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital."

Niu Gao was stunned: Imperial physician, isn't this nonsense, is there an imperial physician like me?
Yang Yao frowned: "Officials, His Highness the Crown Prince's proposal seems inappropriate."

Zhong Ziang said with a smile: "Brother Yao, don't you want to ask for an official position and title for Tie Zhu? The rank of an imperial physician is not low, and his status is respected."

Zhong Xiang nodded: "Let's just leave it at that. Appoint Tie Zhu as the Imperial Physician of the Imperial Hospital, and grant him the title of Marquis of Gutian. It's not good to lead troops to fight. If you get together less, leave more. Presumably Ximei also hopes that her own man will stay by his side."

Everyone laughed: "Your Majesty is right."

Yang Yao was still waiting to say more, but Zhong Xiang yawned, looking out of energy: "That's it, I'm going to make my own decisions, and the families of the lords don't want to make trouble again."

A person who looked like a servant sang: "I am the imperial physician of the Imperial Hospital, thank you Tie Zhu, Gutian Hou."

Niu Gao had no choice but to kneel down and kowtow again: "Minister Tie Zhu, thank the Lord for your kindness." But it was funny in his heart: My old Niu was actually made a marquis, a prince for thousands of generations, hehe, it looks like a big horse monkey.

After thanking him for his kindness, Niu Gao stepped back and listened, and the Manichaeists began to discuss the so-called military affairs again.

Yang Yao looked worried: "Isn't the official family far away in Lizhou? Why did you come to Taoyuan today?"

Zhong Ziang snorted: "Father is the son of heaven, so he is willing to set up his place, but according to his heart, do I need to explain it to you?"

Yang Yao held back his anger and said, "This time, the imperial court's army is powerful, and I have no choice but to disperse guerrilla attacks to delay the enemy's offensive. Hunan is poor, and Wang Shenyuan's food and grass are not enough. When he runs out of food and fodder, his morale will drop When it is down, it is the opportunity for our god religion to win. Therefore, our army should disperse rather than gather. However, the officials ordered the ministers to build Lianyunzhai and gather a large number of supplies and troops here. If the news leaked out, Wang Shen led If the main force comes to attack, if we are surrounded in this mountain, we will not be able to escape even if we want to. I cannot understand what the officials are doing."

Zhong Ziang sneered: "Mrs. Yang, disperse the guerrillas, disperse the guerrillas, Xu Weizhi's plan, it's easy to say. I really think that Wang Shen's thief is a fool. If you disperse the guerrillas, they will also disperse the guerrillas. You are not wrong in the current situation." I know, Wang Thief made a strange formation, and I don't know what kind of demon method he used. A small formation formed by a dozen people was able to withstand the attacks of more than a hundred of us, but he did not hurt one of them. How many god brothers Just because of your idea, you were martyred. If you knew this, you might as well gather the main force to fight against Wang Shen, and at least you can behead him. Now, it is rumored in the army that Wang Shen is the descendant of the devil, and the morale has been lost. You Yang The wife is responsible, so what should you do?"

Everyone nodded and said: "His Royal Highness is right, the battle can no longer be fought like this, we have to change our method."

Another person persuaded: "The crown prince is serious. Brother Yao has made great contributions in commanding the battle on the battlefield. It is not his fault alone that my divine sect did not fight this battle smoothly."

(End of this chapter)