Outlaws of the Marsh

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The dozen or so people Zhao Gou named hold most of the people in the Generalissimo's Mansion.

If the Grand Marshal's Mansion wants to fight to the death with the Jin army, without any of them, um... To be more precise, it would be impossible without the soldiers and horses in the hands of any of them.

But following Zhao Gou's order, only Zong Ze took the order!
Zhao Gou's face sank all of a sudden, and he said sharply, "Aren't you willing to be loyal to the country?"

Wang Boyan and others quickly bowed down and said: "I dare not."

After everyone straightened up, Wang Boyan said: "We are all loyal to the Song Dynasty and the King, but now is indeed not a good time to send troops."

Zhao Gou said angrily: "Both the emperor and your majesty have been abolished by the gold thieves. If you don't send troops at this time, when will you wait?"

Wang Boyan said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I would like to request a separate report."

At the beginning, Wang Boyan invited Zhao Gou, who was frightened by the Cizhou people, to return to Xiangzhou with a silk letter, and personally led troops to meet Zhao Gou by the Yellow River, which made Zhao Gou very grateful to Wang Boyan. Since then, Wang Boyan has become Zhao Gou's confidant. He won the trust of Zhao Gou.

Today, Wang Boyan is already Zhao Gou's important deputy, and his power is even higher than that of the other deputy Marshal Zong Ze. If the Grand Marshal's Mansion is compared to an imperial court, then Wang Boyan is undoubtedly the prime minister.

Therefore, Zhao Gou couldn't refuse Wang Boyan's request for a separate report due to emotion and reason.

Zhao Gou suppressed his anger, got up and went to the back hall.

Wang Boyan followed immediately.

When he came to the back hall, Zhao Gou said angrily, "If you have anything to say, please say it quickly."

Wang Boyan said: "Your Majesty, you can't send troops now."

Zhao Gou frowned again, and said, "Why can't you send troops?"

Wang Boyan said: "Your Majesty should be clear that there are only [-] to [-] troops directly under our Grand Marshal's Mansion, and most of them are rout soldiers and militiamen. The combat power can be imagined. Fan Ne, Zhao Ye, Wang Xiang and the others are cowardly Cowardly war, can you honor your majesty's order to send troops? Your majesty must not forget that they dared to disobey your majesty's order, instead of going to rescue Tokyo, they marched south without authorization..."

Hearing Wang Boyan's reminder, Zhao Gou finally remembered the hatefulness of Fan Ne, Zhao Ye, Wang Xiang and others, and began to calm down.

In fact, not only is Zhao Gou unable to command Fan Ne, Zhao Ye, and Wang Xiang at present, but Weng Yanguo and others have also violated Zhao Gou's orders. He listened to his words and wanted to fight, without knowing the overall situation.

In Zhao Gou's view, in such a situation, if he sent troops to a decisive battle with the Jin people, he would lose in all likelihood.

Therefore, Zhao Goucai has been standing still.

Zhao Gou took a deep breath, and then exhaled.

After calming down for a while, Zhao Goucai said: "The gold thief destroyed my Song Zhengtong, captured my father, abolished my elder brother, and captured my Zhao family's sons. How can the lonely king not avenge the death of the country and the species?"

Wang Boyan said: "Such a great enmity must be avenged, but definitely not now."

Zhao Gou asked: "Why not now? Is it because the lonely king can't command Fan Ne, Zhao Ye and others? Tell you, even if there are only 6 or [-] horses, the lonely king can seek revenge from the gold thief!"

Wang Boyan said: "Your Majesty is powerful, so naturally you don't need to be afraid of gold thieves, but the problem is that there are not only gold troops in Tokyo today."

After Zhao Gou reacted for a while, he asked, "Has Liang Shan's army reached Tokyo?"

Wang Boyan hesitated for a moment, and then said: "There is something that I haven't had time to tell the king just now."

Zhao Gou asked, "What's the matter?"

Wang Boyan organized his speech for a long time, and then said: "The Jin people originally wanted to take away all the daughters of the royal family and clan, but when the royal family and clan were leaving the city, the Liangshan army took Bianliang city by surprise, put down the thousand-jin gate, and drove the convoy away." Divided into two, the men of the royal family, including those from the Zong family, left Bianliang City, and were taken to the Jin camp by the Jin people, while the women of the royal family, including those from the Zong family, were all imprisoned in Bianliang City."

Only then did Zhao Gou think of his family, and said, "The queen mother, the concubines of the lonely king, and the five daughters of the lonely king?"

Wang Boyan whispered: "It should still be in Bianliang City."

Zhao Gou asked: "Is there any news about them?"

Wang Boyan hesitated for a moment, then said: "Fan Qiong locked all the daughters of the royal family and the clan into the palace, claiming... that he would dedicate them all to the King of Liaodong."

Zhao Gou was furious and said, "Fan Qiong, a traitor! Li Yan, you are extremely despicable and shameless!"

Li Yan was scolded by Zhao Gou at this time, which was somewhat wronged, because Li Yan hadn't touched Zhao Song's royal family and the daughter of the Zong family.

But Zhao Gou is now overwhelmed with anger, and this kind of thing happened to him, how dare Wang Boyan correct this?
Besides, who doesn't know, this will happen sooner or later?
Thinking that his mother and concubines were enjoying themselves under Li Yan, Zhao Gou was furious, and shouted: "The lonely king will lead his troops back to Bianliang City, no, if he hits Seoul, the lonely king will kill the whole family of Li's family." ..."

Wang Boyan didn't answer Zhao Gou's words, he wanted Zhao Gou to vent all these negative emotions, so that Zhao Gou could face it later.

After a long time, Zhao Gou's voice gradually became smaller, and finally calmed down.

After a long silence, Zhao Goucai said, "How is the situation in Tokyo today?"

Wang Boyan hurriedly said: "The Jin army is shrinking its forces, and the left army of the Liangshan army has arrived at the city of Bianliang, and the two sides are preparing for a decisive battle."

Zhao Gou said: "So, our chance has come?"

Wang Boyan couldn't bear to attack Zhao Gou again, so he said in words: "If the Jin army and the Liangshan army can both lose, the king can indeed reap the benefits of the fisherman, I'm afraid..."

Zhao Gou asked, "What are you afraid of?"

Wang Boyan said: "I'm afraid they won't fight."

Zhao Gou asked: "Why don't they fight? Didn't you say that they are preparing for a decisive battle?"

Wang Boyan whispered: "At present, Jinren and Liaodong are both winners..."

After hearing this, Zhao Gou laughed at himself and said, "Only Da Song is the loser, right?"

Wang Boyan did not dare to answer this question, but continued: "The Jin army is now determined to return to the north urgently, while Liaodong is determined to eagerly invade the territory of our Song Dynasty... In this case, the Jin army and Liaodong have something to talk about. of."

Zhao Gou is no longer the passionate young man he was back then, but a mature politician.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Gou could understand that the most beneficial thing for Jin Guo and Shuibo Liangshan now is to sit down and talk about how to carve up the Song Dynasty.

There are not only benefits that can be divided here, but also potential crises. Don't forget that although Zhao Song died in name, he has not died in fact. Part of the territory, and his Kang Wang Zhao Gou, this is a force that should not be underestimated by any party - no matter who it is, if it wants to benefit from the Song State, it must consider the residual forces of Zhao Song.

Anyway, if Zhao Gou was replaced by Li Yan or Wanyan Wu begging for money, he would definitely sit down and have a good talk with the other party.

Even Zhao Gou put himself in Li Yan's shoes and thought: "If I were Li Yan, I would definitely stabilize the Jin people first, then go south with all my strength to wipe out Zhao Song, and then go north to rule the world, or simply unite with the Jin people." Go south, and then fight the Jinren."

Thinking of this, Zhao Gou's face turned pale, and he said in his heart: "The lonely king is so naive. At this time, it is not a decisive battle going north, but going south to protect himself."

Seeing that Zhao Gou seemed to understand the stakes, Wang Boyan said again: "For the Song Dynasty, it is indeed a huge crisis that needs to be dealt with carefully, but for the King, this may not be a golden opportunity. .”

Zhao Gou asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Wang Boyan bowed to the ground and said: "Your Majesty is the only remaining fruit of Zhao Song Dynasty, and he should shoulder the heavy responsibility of revitalizing the country of Song Dynasty."

How could Zhao Gou fail to realize that Wang Boyan was trying to persuade him to come in?

Zhao Gou's eyes flashed!
However, Zhao Gou quickly restrained his brilliance, and said with a straight face, "Your Majesty has just been abandoned by the golden man. How can the lonely king inherit the great treasure at this time?"

As soon as Wang Boyan heard it, he understood that it was not that Zhao Gou was unwilling to inherit Zhao Song, but that the timing was wrong.

Wang Boyan also realized that he was a little anxious. This is indeed not a good time to talk about inheriting the Song Dynasty. After all, Zhao Song has just perished. Although Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and others were abolished, they are still in Tokyo. Maybe there is something wrong with this matter misfortune.

Furthermore, he also needs to make a good plan and unify everyone's thinking. You must know that Kang Wang Zhao Gou is not the legal heir of Zhao Song after all.

Wang Boyan said: "I made a mistake, I will definitely handle this matter well."

Zhao Gou didn't say anything more.

Taking a deep breath to calm himself down completely, Zhao Gou took Wang Boyan back to the main hall——Zhao Gou was going to take back the military order for the whole army to go north...

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(End of this chapter)