Chapter 214 The Thief

At dawn, it was freezing.

At this time, the fog in the mountain forest, which was evaporated by the sun during the day, fell down, and with the cold wind blowing, it was really colder than the ice and snow. In addition, at this time, it is generally the time when everyone sleeps the deepest, and people get cold when they feel sleepy, so the two black and red armies who confronted in Xiaocang Mountain have been noisy all night. At this time, they have not slept yet, and they are a little sleepy.

Chu Tianya is also a mortal. At this time, he also felt a little sleepy and difficult, so he took a nap with his clothes in the handsome chair. Fortunately, there was still a fire around him, and it was not a problem to drive away the cold. Xiao Linglong has been with him all the time, and Chu Tianya urges her to go to bed. At this time, she saw Chu Tianya sitting and taking a nap, so she moved the bedding from the sleeping tent behind to cover him.

As soon as the bedding was put on his body, Chu Tianya's eyes immediately opened and he woke up.

"Sleep!" Xiao Linglong pressed him and didn't let him get up, and there was a little anger in his tone, "Do you care so much about the victory or defeat of an exercise?"

Chu Tianya lay down, smiled with his eyes closed, and said, "Seriously, I don't care at all. If Bai Yu and Jiao Wentong win, I will be happy.

"Why?" Xiao Linglong was puzzled, "The lord lost to his subordinates. Don't you feel ashamed?"

"Not at all." Chu Tianya said, "If my subordinates have better counselors and generals than me, and they lose to me with more troops than me, wouldn't it prove that they are incompetent enough? Isn't it very sad for me, the lord?"

"So you want them to win?"

"One word, go all out." Chu Tianya said, "The purpose of the exercise is to be proficient and strong, not to really win or lose. I won't let them, and they won't let me. Do you know what my deepest experience is now?

"You said."

"Talent. We need talents! A large number of outstanding talents. With that, Chu Tianya opened his eyes. Although he was full of blood, he was full of light. "Now I understand the meaning of the ancestor's words. What does it mean that thousands of troops are easy to get? The Hedong Rebel Army has expanded to 100,000 people in just half a year, but how many generals can really stand alone and counselors who can make plans to win thousands of miles? - Usually, I really can't see anything. Everyone is leading, training and discussing, and everyone can talk endlessly. But when it comes to the battle, it's really good to watch it.

"So who do you think is useful among the leaders now?" Xiao Linglong said.

Chu Tianya smiled bitterly, "It can only be said that each has its own strengths."

"How's the second brother?" Xiao Linglong asked.

Chu Tianya frowned for a moment and said, "The second brother is a fierce tiger in the battlefield, and he has gone all the way. He is the kind of master who fights hard with people with a knife and a shot. It is absolutely not a problem to rush into the battle and destroy the city. He is also very good at leading soldiers and training. However, the soldier's deceit is that the victory or defeat of a real war is not exactly a knife and a shot on the battlefield. It is often the stage of strategy and tactics, and its victory or defeat are generally clear.

"Listen to what you mean, the second brother is a fierce general, but he is unbearable to be handsome?" Xiao Linglong said.

Chu Tianya smiled and said nothing.

"What, are you still keeping it a secret from me? Are you afraid that I'll talk to my second brother?" Xiao Linglong put her hand into the bedding and twisted it lightly on Chu Tianya's lap.

"Look at what you said. Even if the second brother is your own brother, you are now my person, and you must be towards me!" Chu Tianya laughed and said, "Seven points, as long as we know it in our hearts. Why do you have to make it clear?"

"Yes, yes, yes, everything is reasonable for you." After Xiao Linglong twisted him, her hands did not leave. She simply put her hands in between his legs to keep warm, and she also snuggled up and leaned closer to the brazier.

Chu Tianya simply pulled away the bedding and picked her up and put her on her body. Anyway, the handsome chair was big enough and strong enough that the two of them sat together without any crowding. Cover the bedding on your body again to keep warm.

Xiao Linglong sat in Chu Tianya's arms and giggled and scolded, "Is there such an unscrupulous marshal like you? Hold women in the barracks.

"I'm a mountain thief. Where did I get so many rules?" Chu Tianya smiled, hugged her in his arms and hugged the bedding, and continued, "Except for the second brother, the other generals Xue Yu and Ma Jian are the same people. They are all officers who are familiar with military strategy, but they are not very good. Xue Yu's number of roads is a little close to that of his second brother, and he is good at charging into the array. Ma Yan prefers to train troops to govern the army, and the platoon before the war is also good, and he is proficient in various affairs of the army, more like a civilian in the army. What they have in common is that they are relatively stable, but the common disadvantage is that there is nothing particularly outstanding. I have to give a comment, that is - the middle!"

"It seems that you know their characteristics very well." Xiao Linglong said, "The most important general among the twelve leaders is none other than the three of them. Others, such as Wang Xun and Liang Xing, are definitely worse than the second brother. According to what you said, there is really no one in our Hedong Rebel Army that you like?

"That's not what I mean." Chu Tianya smiled and said, "Even if it's Han Xin, he can't win thousands of miles by coming out of his mother's womb!" What I mean is that we all need to refine and improve. The experience of killing with a knife and one shot on the battlefield is the most precious. In history, there are many famous generals who came from half-way, and gradually stood out with their talent and hard work. What our Hedong Rebel Army lacks the most now is refining and polishing. In troubled times, there will certainly be many opportunities for war. Maybe in three or five years, one of us will stand out and become Han Xin's second?

"I understand." Xiao Linglong said, "Are you going to cultivate and select talents within the rebels?"

"You're so right!" Chu Tianya hugged Xiao Linglong and kissed her on the face.

Xiao Linglong smiled and shrank to Chu Tianya.

Warm and warm jade, so comfortable.

"There is also a bow-horse children's institute in Tokyo. Why can't we establish our own military school?" Chu Tianya said, "It is not only the existing leaders and generals who can study and improve there, but also continuously send excellent military talents to our own army."

"This thing can't be built up in a day or two?"

"That's it." Chu Tianya said, "But if you start it one day earlier, you will get a profit one day earlier. What do you think?"

Xiao Linglong giggled, "Do you want to become your own country? First of all, we should open a border with Xixia and trade to be self-sufficient, and then we have to train our own military talents - say, when will we become the king and set up a court?"

"That's not interested." Chu Tianya smiled and said, "Unless you want to be a queen."

"Don't talk nonsense, be serious!" Xiao Linglong said, "It's not an overnight effort to cultivate talents by yourself. Of course, the best way is to recruit ready-made ones!"

"Of course." Chu Tianya agreed and said, "Didn't Yelu Yanchen invite me?"

Xiao Linglong was stunned, "Who told you?"

"Who else is going to tell me?" Chu Tianya smiled and said, "How can he be invited by a mountain king like him? You, the princess of Liao, must come forward!"

"It seems that you have already expected that I didn't leave?" Xiao Linglong turned her head and stared at him angrily, "Then why don't you go to Tianshu Peak to find me?"

"If I go to find you, where will Baixu's face go? That's talking nonsense and making it clear that you bully the Lord!" Chu Tianya smiled and said, "It's easy to talk about the matter between us, but it's useless... After all, it's the master and minister who are different. I can't make him panicked!"

"Yo, it seems that your master hasn't done it for a few days, but he has learned that set of imperial mind well?" Xiao Linglong curled her lips and said, "In case Bai Xun and I are in danger in the future, you must save him first?" Because there is only one military division, you want hundreds of women, don't you?

Chu Tianya laughed dryly, "Don't ask this kind of question, because it's wrong no matter how you answer it. You've always been so tricky, have you, Flying Fox?"

"Huh! That's why I have such a big measure!" Xiao Linglong glanced at him angrily and said, "As soon as you talk about talent, I immediately think of a person."

"Who?" Chu Tianya suddenly came to his senses. Because only people at the level of Yelu Yanchen are worthy of the title of 'talent' in Xiao Linglong's view.

"You are stupid - how many of the seven leaders of Qixingzhai have you seen in the past?" Xiao Linglong gently poked on Chu Tianya's forehead.

"Wu Qu - Yang Zaixing?" Chu Tianya suddenly understood, but immediately witherred again. "But he has left the cottage for a year or two, and it is said that he has gone to Huaiyang. There is a vast sea of people thousands of miles away. Where can I find it?

Xiao Linglong also frowned, "It's really hard to find. But according to what I know about Brother Yang, he is an extremely affectionate and righteous person. His feelings for Brother Guan are absolutely more ordinary than his own father and brother. Now that the news of Brother Guan's death has spread all over the world, he should have no reason to be indifferent. But it's strange, why hasn't he come to express his condolences? As long as he comes, there must be a way to keep him - Tianya, when you see him, you will know what a real fierce general is! Millions of people in the army who take the head of the general are talking about people like him!"

Chu Tianya nodded with deep understanding. Yang Zaixing, Chu Tianya has respected him with these three words alone. Why should Xiao Linglong say more?

"Unless Brother Yang can't walk away at all, or... dead! Otherwise, he will definitely come to worship Brother Guan!" Xiao Linglong said and looked at Chu Tianya with a very positive look.

Chu Tianya nodded and said, "In fact, our most obvious shortcoming now is that the generals have a lack of think tanks and a marshal like Han Xin."

Xiao Linglong said, "I think so too. After all, we started with a copycat, and it is not difficult to recruit a group of brave people. The difficult thing is to gather people like Bai Yu. Because most of these characters look down on mountain thieves, they only think about learning from literature and martial arts to lend money to the emperor's family. How can they be willing to become a grass bandits? Even if it was Baixu, he was tied and pressed on the saddle by the second brother with a hemp rope and forced to be a thief!"

"Haha!" Chu Tianya laughed when he heard this, "Yes, although the imperial court has become a general, and other leaders also have the title of generals, in the final analysis, we are indeed mountain thieves. It is indeed human beings that officials look down on us. Recently, Qixingzhai has released a list of recruiting talents one after another, but there are really few intelligent officials who come to join, mostly those who walk around the world. The generals are actually easy to practice. They pull them to the battlefield and fight for me. After a few years of fighting, they will be full of soldiers. It's really rare, it's a counselor!"

Xiao Linglong's eyes lit up, "How about Shi Liai?"

Chu Tianya smiled bitterly, "Yes, it's the same virtue as Bai Shu, and it's even more treacherous than Bai Shu. Bai Shu is good at military strategy, and Shi Liai is better at tricks and planning. The two of them have their own strengths, which can be regarded as complementing each other.

"Then get him." Xiao Linglong said with a smile.

"Do you have a way?"

"No." Xiao Linglong giggled.

"Play with me?" Chu Tianya was annoyed, leaned up with his hands and grabbed her chest firmly.

"Hey! ...Where is this?" Xiao Linglong blushed and struggled.

"Do you have a way? Shi Liai is the old minister of Liao!" Chu Tianya smiled very cheaply, but he didn't let go.

"If you still do this, I just have a way to forget it." Xiao Linglong twisted her body and struggled. Her face was getting redder and redder, and her breathing was a little unnatural.

"Okay, I'll spare you first." Chu Tianya let go of his hand, gently hugged her waist, and whispered in her ear, "Does Your Highness have a way to attract Shi Liai?"

"There is actually a way, but it's really not very open." Xiao Linglong avoided him to blow and giggled.

"That suits me so much." Chu Tianya said solemnly, "I specialize in stealing chickens and dogs, otherwise I will be embarrassed to tell others that I am a mountain thief!"

Xiao Linglong smiled for a while and said, "Siliai is a filial son! An important reason why he carried Liao on his back was that his mother fell into the hands of the golden man. Of course, this is not the main reason. He must have other considerations in mind. But if his mother speaks, he will listen to his mother even if he risks.

"Do you know his mother?"

"Of course." Xiao Linglong smiled and was confident and satisfied, "Not only do you know, but also have a source. A wet nurse when I was a child, and later one of her relatives was recommended by her. Shi Liai had already been a jiedushi at that time. However, all the family members of the jiedushi will try their best to get involved with the royal family, even a little bit. In this way, at least there will be some care in the court. A governor without eyeliner and care in the court can't stand firm at all. It was by recommending a wet nurse to me that Shi Liai got close to my father's group of son-in-law princes. Later, he stood more and more steadily in the court of our country of Liao. Speaking of which, although I have never had any contact with Shi Liai, if he sees me, he will definitely miss three points of kindness, let alone his mother.

"That's good, but I think there is a place where you may be too optimistic." Chu Tianya said.

"Where?"

"That is, Shi Liai will remember the old feelings." Chu Tianya said solemnly, "According to my observation and understanding of him, he is a person who makes a very clear distinction between public and private. Seeing you, he may bow and respectfully call you a princess; but after the ceremony, he will immediately ask someone to take him down and hand him over to justice!"

Xiao Linglong blinked her eyes, "Do you know him so well?"

"Sometimes, it really doesn't take too much contact and too much time to understand a person." Chu Tianya smiled and said, "Shi Liai is a little similar to Bai Xun, but not exactly the same. He is a very personal person. You're right. At the beginning, when he abandoned Liao Guijin, his mother's problem may be a factor, but it is definitely not a complete factor. If he doesn't want to, he will burn himself with his mother and will never surrender to the State of Jin. I think he is such a person.

Xiao Linglong was stunned, "So, this method doesn't work if you want to blackmail or convince him through Shi Liai's mother?"

"It can be supplemented, not the master." Chu Tianya said, "The best way is for me to defeat Wanyan Zonghan again and catch Shi Liai alive! - We have had this bet for a long time!"

Xiao Linglong was stunned, and then she smiled.

Chu Tianya stretched out his hands angrily and was pressed down by Xiao Linglong before pulling them up.

"Don't make trouble! There are hundreds of people standing outside this tent!"

"You don't even believe me?" Chu Tianya said angrily, "Is it really impossible for me to defeat Wanyan Zonghan again and catch Shi Li Ai alive?"

Xiao Linglong giggled, "Unless you defeat Jiao Erge and catch the white-haired fox alive this time, then I will believe you!"

"Okay, I'll show you how powerful I am!" Chu Tianya was about to get up, and Xiao Linglong pressed him not to let him get up. "Forget it, don't be stubborn. Take a break."

"I'm really in trouble." Chu Tianya smiled and said, "I just chatted with you, and I suddenly had a strange idea!"

Xiao Linglong stood up and said, "What are you going to do?"

"Fight away!" Chu Tianya stood up and stretched out, "Don't play anymore, withdraw to Qingyunbao!"

"What?" Xiao Linglong couldn't help but doubt her ears.

Chu Tianya laughed, "And it's withdrawing at full speed!" I don't want the camp anymore!"

"What do you mean?" Xiao Linglong looked at him confusedly.

"Don't ask so much. Come and catch the pen. Your handwriting is better than me. Chu Tianya said, "Write a letter to Bai Xun, saying that there is a movement in the Western Xia country on the border of the Yellow River. It may be that the Xixia people were instigated by the Jin State to attack me while my backyard is empty, and they must go back to the defense immediately. Otherwise, the nest may be lost!"

"This! ..." Xiao Linglong suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, "You are obviously naughty!"

"The soldiers are not tired of fraud, and they are not cheated. How can they win?" Chu Tianya said, "The elite soldiers and strong generals have been given to them. I have such an advantage. Why don't I use it?"

"Even if they lose, they will not be convinced." Xiao Linglong said.

Chu Tianya's face was straight and said seriously, "On the battlefield, there is only life and death, and there is no unconvinced. Have you ever seen a dead person jump up and cry? Let me tell you, I have learned so many military tactics and experienced so many things. One of the things I understand most is: if there is a war, good people will die quickly and hooligans will live for ten thousand years! What's wrong with playing and cheating the enemy? Is it right to be teased and deceived by the enemy? Is it possible that you have to fight hard with people with one knife and one shot, and kill the enemy with a thousand and lose 800 heroes? Yes, that may be quite majestic and heroic, but this kind of hero can only be an ordinary pawn and a general who rushes into battle. For the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, it is actually a manifestation of incompetence, because he does not defeat the enemy in strategy, and can only use the excessive consumption of too much blood and life of his subordinates in exchange for victory. What is the soldier's 'trage' way? What I understand is that it is shameless, naughty, deceptive, and trying to win the greatest victory at the least cost is tricky!"

Xiao Linglong suddenly cried and couldn't laugh, "Look at you now. You are a traitor, and you don't look like a Song man who grew up in the Southern Kingdom from head to toe! - Aren't the Song people all influenced by Confucianism, follow the rules, and open their mouths to be politeness, benevolence and wisdom?"

Chu Tianya curled his lips with disdain, "If I were like that, could I still live to this day? The kind of Song people you mentioned stand at the head of Taiyuan City and throw a brick down, which can hit seven or eight at once - are you willing to let them be the general of the Hedong Rebel Army and the man of your Princess Xiao?

"Bah, thieves, full of nonsense!" Xiao Linglong was all angry. While laughing and scolding, she sat down and wrote the letter. Just as she was about to write, she wondered, "Why don't you write in combination?"

"Don't ask so much, just write it." Chu Tianya said mysteriously with a smile, "Only in this way can it work!"