Chapter 334: War Horse
When Rong Sleeping Crane heard this, he smiled a little and said, "Uncle, why should I regret it? As you said, when I first saw him, I knew that he would become what he is now. No, it should be said that he was originally such a person, but the people he cared about were all fine at that time, and for them, he tried to control himself and be a good man!"
"As for why I should use him......"
He said lightly, "Because people like him, for me, are the most familiar and understanding of nature, and it is easier to use than those so-called honest people, why not?"
"Are you most familiar with the sex of this kind of vicious person?" Zhao Shi frowned, thinking that he was talking about the bandits who were accustomed to seeing fierce gods and evil on Tortoiseshell Island, sighed, and was about to speak, but he didn't want to let the sleeping crane "um", and said: "Because of course people know and are familiar with themselves, so I don't even want to figure out his thoughts and practices, as long as I know it compared to my state of mind when I was on the island!"
Zhao Shi: "......"
He was silent for a while this time before he said, "Mizhen, I told you before that you were wronged when you were exiled. I know that your mother has always felt sorry for you. But whether it was last time, or at this time, I always said the same sentence: It's nothing for a man to suffer a little, if you don't have this experience, even if you are talented, you can't say that it is Huang Wuyi, Gao Chengxuan and the like, where did you get your achievements today?"
"Always lingering on the pain of the past and remembering it, this is definitely not the mind of a big husband, and it is also harmful to the future!"
"What's more, all your grievances have passed, and now you have a wife and young children, just waiting for the great things to be accomplished, you will be famous in history, the supreme in the world!"
"I very much look forward to you being able to fulfill the last wish of His Majesty Emperor Muzong, and I look forward to you building a feat that all the previous emperors failed to achieve!"
"I hope that thousands of years from now, the world will still remember your talents and achievements. ”
"It's not a petty childish comment like 'scheming', 'retribution', and 'disregard for the overall situation'!"
"Don't look at Meng Guiyu's scenery at this time, it is impossible for a person like him to go too far!"
"At most, it's a moment, but it's just a flash in the pan!"
"I know that the one behind you is brilliant and beyond my reach!"
"However, my Zhao family has been a hairpin for several generations, and the family has not declined so far, and although the emperor is famous all over the world and has great prestige, who can inherit this reputation under his knees?"
"It can be seen that although the emperor himself has unparalleled talent, compared to teaching his children, he may not be as good as my Zhao family!"
"I am telling you these words, not as General Huaihua, but as an uncle, I hope you can listen to them and keep them in mind!"
"When you are all over the world, you should know my good intentions!"
"...................................." Rong Sleepy Crane looked at him speechlessly for a long time before reminding, "Uncle, I said, that is my state of mind on the island. At that time, I had never seen the vastness of the shore, and my vision was narrow, and I was in the company of a group of bandits who did all kinds of evil all day long, and of course I thought about intrigue. After going ashore, I studied and took the imperial examination, and I had to worry about major things when I was free, where did I get the kung fu to feel sorry for myself?"
"Besides, I don't have anything to complain about!"
"After all, the people who are sorry for me have basically been killed by me a long time ago!"
"If you want to hold a grudge, generally speaking, it's someone else who hates me!"
Zhao Shi: "......"
He was silent for a moment, decisively changed the topic, and said, "Meng Guiyu calculated Meng Boqin's sake, I understand, but I still don't understand, you didn't know about this before, now that you know, why not only don't you stop it, but also add fuel to him?!"
"Because I haven't been in Northern Xinjiang for a long time, I don't have so much effort to rub shoulders with him!" Rong Sleepy Crane said lightly, "Meng Boqin is only here today thanks to the support of his family, not to mention his own talents, first of all, he has never faced this kind of almost extinction of the clan and took on the heavy task of revitalizing the sect alone! During this time, Jizhou has certainly made a lot of noise because of his frequent actions. But just looking at his actual actions, you can know that he is actually at a loss. ”
Or rather, scared. ”
"After all, it's like when a family has a lot of money, it doesn't matter if you lose a thousand or eight hundred at the gambling table. ”
"But if the family is in the middle of the road, there are a total of ten taels of silver left in the family, and they all point to this money for eating, dressing and living, and then press the gambling table...... Uncle thinks that this family can still care about winning or losing?"
“…… I thought he would at least try to go south. Referring to this old rival who has been confronted for many years, Zhao Shi is somewhat embarrassed, "After all, although Zheng Hou is not very good to his step-sister-in-law, after the concubine goes, the concubine gradually loses his favor, but for this original concubine, he really digs out his heart and lungs!"
"Meng Jiaqian united with us in Western Xinjiang to pit Ruru before, if this matter is done by other disciples, Zheng Hou will definitely not let it go!"
Just because Meng Jiaqian is Meng Boqin's biological son and is a notoriously favored son, Zheng Hou is said to have only written a letter to reprimand a few words...... It can be seen that he really loves Meng Boqin, even loves the house and Wu, and treats Meng Boqin's sons in the knees differently!"
"Such an old father died tragically in Chang'an, he didn't dare to take revenge, didn't he dare to collect the body, and didn't even make a gesture?"
"Now that he has left abruptly and defected to the enemy country, have you ever thought that among the streets and alleys of Chang'an, the bodies of Xu Zheng Hou and others have not been collected so far, and they are still waiting for him?"
"If he doesn't go, the famous generation of princes in the past can't even get their bodies into the ground after death, and they have become the mouths of insects, ants and wild dogs!!"
"Is this the work of the Son of Man?!"
"Not to mention the most valued heir!!"
Compared with Zhao Shi's indignation at Zheng Hou and others, Rong Mianhe felt that this was normal: "After the news of what happened to Zheng Hou and others came to Northern Xinjiang, Meng Boqin hesitated for a long time, in fact, he had two choices: one was revenge, and the other was not revenge. ”
"There are two problems to face in revenge: what to do if you win, what to do if you lose?"
"Of course, it's best if you win!"
"But if you lose...... In the past, the Meng clan was lush and leafy, but I am afraid that it can only rely on the Meng Guiyu brothers to continue the bloodline. ”
"But there is a gap between the Meng Guiyu brothers and Zheng Hou, even if they pass it on, will they care about Zheng Hou's branch? ”
Rong Sleeping Crane smiled indifferently, "As for not taking revenge, in fact, it is to choose the safest way to preserve the bloodline." ”
Then there are two choices: stay in Northern Xinjiang and leave Northern Xinjiang. ”
"Let's talk about staying in Northern Xinjiang first, although Northern Xinjiang is a place where Meng and Meng Boqin have been operating for many years, but in the end it is different from Western Xinjiang to my situation. In the western Xinjiang, I drove away or killed all the people who had the final say before, and now I am the only one in charge; but in the northern Xinjiang, although my uncle can't help Meng Boqin, how can Meng Boqin get my uncle?"
"This is still the same as before. ”
"At this time, Zheng Hou and they are all killed and injured, but my uncle's brother-in-law and nephew are still there, in the long run, one will disappear and the other will grow, Meng Boqin will fall into the disadvantage, and let his uncle deal with it, but it is only a matter of time or time!"
"So if he wasn't stupid, he shouldn't have chosen to stay!"
"As for leaving the northern frontier...... What Meng Shi mixed up before, but it is intended for the world!"
"Therefore he stands high and falls, and although Middle-earth is big now, where is their place to live?
"It's just that I can't even take the whole of Northern Xinjiang, which has been in operation for many years, let alone where I am not familiar with life?"
"In this case, if he doesn't go to Ruru, where else can he go?"
"Since they have all decided to give up revenge and preserve their bloodline, they will inherit the Meng clan...... What is he doing pretending to be trying to go south?"
"Wouldn't it be bad if you miss and be intercepted halfway, and you won't even be able to take refuge in Ruru?!"
He finally concluded, "Meng Boqin's actions this time were very neat, but they revealed a little bit of the simplicity of the people in the army. ”
"But these words have a grudge against the people in the army!" Zhao Shi was displeased, "You can be so simple about betraying the country, and you can't be a son of man at all! Is it embarrassing and worthy of praise?"
He calmed down and said, "Don't talk about Meng Boqin, anyway, a traitor is a traitor, and his relatives are really not a good thing, from a humble family to a powerful government and the opposition, so many favors, but a group of white-eyed wolves have been used to it! The emperor misled the country!!
Rong Sleeping Crane smiled when he heard the words and didn't speak, but Zhao Shi himself reacted: his sister Zhao Ziye is the princess of Gaomi, no matter whether it is King Gaomi or Rong Sleeping Crane who succeeds in the future, his family is a proper descendant, it's just the difference between the queen first and then the queen mother, or the queen mother directly!
So "relatives are not good things", well......
Zhao Shi coughed a few times in embarrassment, and changed the topic again: "Don't you want to say that you contributed to Meng Guiyu's calculations?
Rong Sleeping Crane said: "As my uncle just said, not everyone does such a thing as betraying the country. Not to mention that many people have feelings of being unable to leave their homeland! Therefore, if Meng Boqin directly led his troops south to avenge Zheng Hou and others, there would definitely be more people willing to follow him than those who defected to Ruru with him at this time!"
"The reason why he focused on burning grain and grass, destroying the baggage, poisoning and killing war horses, in the final analysis, is also to use this way to prove to his subordinates that the future of Northern Xinjiang is bright, and to prompt more people to be willing to follow him to Ruru!"
"However, not to mention the righteousness of the family and the country, let's just say that Ruru has never stopped coveting Middle-earth over the years, and among the older people in the border army, who has no grudge against them? Because of this grievance, many people are willing to die for Meng Boqin, but they may not be willing to take refuge in the enemy for him!"
"In this way, of course, he made a big fuss and was menacing, but in fact, because of my watch, the really important city defense, Kang Zhao's safety, but none of them were moved!"
"That is, he burned the camp and some heavy grain and grass...... Uncle should not forget that the grain and grass at this time were still sent at the beginning of spring, and there was not much for a long time. ”
"The burned baggage is probably dilapidated, and it won't last long. ”
"The biggest loss is just the war horse!"
"This is a ...... that specifically allows the spies to succeed, so as to confuse Meng Boqin, Ruru and Meng Guiyu."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted angrily by Zhao Shi: "It's just a war horse?! Lao Tzu would rather lose the city defense, but Lao Tzu himself was poisoned! Do you know that it is not easy to save these 80,000 war horses in Northern Xinjiang?
"Could it be that my northern Xinjiang boy is useless?!"
"It's because of the horses!"
"I can't ride a single person and two horses in the northern Xinjiang, what about them Ruru?
"Our war horses can't hold it anymore, but their war horses are still in good spirits!"
"Can you fight like this without falling behind?!"
"Now that I lost nearly one-tenth of it in one night, even if Meng Boqin took away some of the elite horses, wouldn't he also take away those war horses that the elite riders were used to?!"
"Now it's good!"
"The number of elite riders, except for those who followed Meng Boqin, there was no loss. ”
"But the horseless rider...... What else could that be for?!"
"Six thousand war horses, is a gap that can be filled in a moment and a half?!"
"......" Rong Sleeping Crane looked at him quietly for a moment before he said, "Ten days!"
Zhao Shi didn't know why: "What?"
"Within ten days, I'll fill this gap for you!" Rong Sleeping Crane said lightly, "Of course, these six thousand war horses are not given for free...... Uncle, have you figured out what to get in exchange?"