In a hilly area near Dengzhuang Village, southwest of Dengzhou City.
"Why are there so many cypress trees here?"
"Who planted it?"
General Zhu was questioning the villager who brought him here.
"This...these cypress trees existed many years ago!"
"Xiao... Xiaomin doesn't know either!"
"Master Jun, can you let the little one go now?"
Of course the villager was anxious to leave.
"We are short of people to chop wood now, so of course you are not allowed to leave!"
"Someone is coming!"
"Go and grab some villagers nearby and chop down all the wood... chop it up!"
General Zhu signaled.
"Master Jun...Master Jun, I know there is no one nearby who can chop down trees!"
"I know!"
"Would you like me to help you find someone?"
After hearing General Zhu's instructions, the villagers immediately came over and volunteered to help find people.
"Do you really know where the person is?"
"Okay, then I will ask a few brothers to accompany you and bring all those people over!"
General Zhu said, and arranged for six soldiers to follow the villager to find helpers nearby.
"Are you there yet?"
"How far is it?"
"what happened?"
"Where exactly are you taking us?"
After following this villager for a long time and never seeing any common people nearby, the six soldiers felt that something was wrong.
At this moment, the villager took the opportunity to get into the grass on the side and disappeared in an instant.
Six Song soldiers were about to chase the villagers, but were immediately hit by a hail of arrows and fell to the ground one after another.
"Are you the only ones worthy of playing with me, Wang Laoliu?"
Then the villager came back and pointed at the corpses of six soldiers and said.
At this time, a group of soldiers wearing armor with the word "明" printed on them immediately surrounded them.
"Brother, are you the famous Xiao Zhuge in Dengzhou, Wang Ke, the grandson of General Wang Yan?"
Then, a general came over.
"Yes!"
"How do you know my name?"
It turns out that this village man's name is Wang Ke.
As for Wang Ke, he is actually the son of Wang Fu, the illegitimate son of Wang Yan, a famous anti-gold general who once served as the prefect of Jingnan.
Because he was an illegitimate child, Mr. Wang was naturally not welcomed by the Wang family since he was a child. As a result, Mr. Wang was very dissatisfied with the Wang family. When he was sixteen years old, he quietly ran away from home and went to Dengzhou to join the Yue Family Army.
, participated in the anti-golden war.
Unexpectedly, among the disciples of the famous general Wang Yan, only the illegitimate son Wang Fu was able to lead troops in battles, and repeatedly defeated the invasion of Jin soldiers.
Wang Fu, who originally wanted to follow Marshal Yue to regain the Central Plains, saw Marshal Yue being killed, and after the Song and Jin Dynasties negotiated peace, he angrily took his family to live in seclusion near Dengzhou, and did not have any contact with his father and brother.
Wang Fu was not idle when he was living in seclusion, and began to teach his son Wang Ke carefully.
Unexpectedly, Wang Ke was really smart. Under Wang Fu's guidance, Wang Ke's reputation gradually became famous in the surrounding area. After all, Zhuge Liang was once a native of Nanyang near Dengzhou, so Wang Ke gradually became known as "Little Zhuge".
However, Wang Ke was deeply taught by his father, and he looked down upon fame. He concentrated on living in seclusion at home and farming, and never went out. He even repeatedly refused calls from the imperial court and his uncles who were officials in the imperial court.
This time, Wang Ke wanted to take some wood home and build some household items. Unexpectedly, he met Song Bing on the road and forced him to take him to where the wood was cut.
Wang Ke originally had no good impression of the officers and soldiers, so he wanted to use the cypress forest near the hillock to play tricks on the Song soldiers.
But when Wang Ke realized that these Song soldiers were so numerous that he might not be able to succeed, he thought of the Xu Ming army he had discovered nearby yesterday.
So Wang Ke just took advantage of the Song general asking him to come to help him find migrant workers, and led these Song soldiers to Xu Ming's army, and used Xu Ming's army to avenge himself.
"After the famous general, how come I, Yue Lin, haven't heard of little Zhuge?"
"So to speak, we are still old friends, right?"
It turns out that this general is Yue Lin.
"You said we are old friends?"
"You said your surname is Yue?"
"Could it be that you are the queen of Marshal Yue?"
When Wang Ke heard what Yue Lin said, this was the first thing he thought of.
"Ha ha!"
"Little Zhuge is really amazing!"
"My father is Marshal Yue!"
Yue Lin responded with a smile.
"After Marshal Yue, you are indeed so majestic!"
"I heard before that General Yue Lin followed Marshal Xu to defeat the Tatar Emperor Wan Yanliang, and then crusaded against the Central Plains and recovered a large amount of Central Plains land!"
"But why did Marshal Xu not continue his crusade against the Tatars, but rebelled against the Song Dynasty, and is now at loggerheads with the Song Dynasty?"
Wang Ke suddenly asked.
"Our Majesty was also forced to do so!"
"After all, what happened to my late father back then is still vivid in my mind!"
"Brother Wang Ke, just like your father, weren't you forced to live in seclusion?"
"So I believe, brother, you can understand our Majesty's helplessness now!"
Yue Lin replied.
"His Majesty?"
"Could it be that the rumor in the world that Marshal Xu ascended the throne in Luoyang and proclaimed himself emperor with the authentic imperial seal is true?"
Wang Ke asked again.
"yes!"
"If our Majesty does not ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, how can we stabilize the hearts of the people of the Central Plains and stabilize the surrendered generals of the Jin Kingdom?"
"However, after our Majesty ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he did not engage in any enjoyment at all. Instead, he became more diligent than before!"
Yue Lin responded.
"I have heard about your Majesty's virtues for a long time. It's a pity that I, a mountain villager, cannot travel far and have no chance to visit!"
"well……!"
Wang Ke couldn't help but say.
"Brother Wang, why are you sighing?"
“Is there something difficult at home?”
Yue Lin seemed to have guessed something.
"Sigh... my father died of illness a few years ago, and my mother has gradually become unwell in the past two years. Now I can only take good care of my mother at home, otherwise I really want to go to Luoyang and see your majesty's beauty!
"
Wang Ke responded.
"That's it!"
"Why don't you, Brother Wang, wait until I lead the troops to relieve the siege of Dengzhou, and then go to your home to visit your aunt?"
Of course Yue Lin must not forget his mission.
"General Yue, as you said!"
"Could it be that you brought the troops here just to understand the siege of Dengzhou?"
Wang Ke asked immediately.
"yes!"
"I came here this time to understand the siege of Dengzhou!"
"It's a pity that the Song soldiers were too strong during the siege this time, and Li Xianzhong's army was not far away from Tangzhou City and could support them at any time, so I didn't dare to act rashly after I rushed to the vicinity of Dengzhou City!"
Yue Lin seemed a little worried.
"General Yue means that you can besiege Dengzhou at any time, but you are worried that the main force of the Song army near Tangzhou will come to support you, right?"
Wang Ke then asked.
"yes!"
"I didn't expect Brother Wang to understand my worries as soon as I told you. You are indeed worthy of little Zhuge!"
Yue Lin admired Wang Ke even more at this time.
"I heard that Li Xianzhong used to be your Majesty's general, and he has always admired your Majesty very much. Now, although it has sent troops to attack your Majesty, in my opinion, it probably doesn't really want to lead the army!"
"And now it has chosen to garrison troops in Tangzhou instead of continuing to go north, and it has not sent troops to help Wang Zhen attack Dengzhou. I'm afraid it has another hidden agenda!"