Chapter 249: Discord
Guo Zhiyuan chuckled in his heart, knowing that Zhao Bingjian was already suspicious of himself, if he couldn't dispel Zhao Bingjian's suspicions, maybe Zhao Bingjian would change his face in the next second and let the guards arrest him, and then torture him, fortunately, Guo Zhiyuan had already thought about all kinds of possible accidents before he came, and said with a smile unhurriedly: "The villain joined the rebel army after the marshal's uprising, the marshal naturally never saw the villain, the villain was originally a scout in the vanguard camp of General Fubo, because the villain's sister was fortunate to be favored by the general, The general promoted the villain to be his personal bodyguard, so he was fortunate enough to get this errand to deliver the letter, and to see the marshal's true face......"
Zhao Bingjian nodded expressionlessly, and his suspicion of Guo Zhiyuan in his heart was slightly reduced, this is indeed what his precious brother Zhao Chengcheng likes to do, as long as he falls in love with any woman, he will reward her relatives, but this still can't explain why Zhao Chengcheng suddenly wrote to him, so he continued to ask: "In addition to this letter, what else do you want your general to bring to Ben Shuai?" ……”
Guo Zhiyuan scratched his head and said: "My general heard that the marshal has won successive battles and has captured the eight counties of Zhangzhou, he is very happy for the marshal, and he also wants to share his worries for the marshal, and let the villain ask the marshal for a ......."
Zhao Bingjian was completely relieved, it turned out that Zhao Chengcheng was worried about their seizure, and he also wanted to share the oil and water, which was in line with Zhao Chengcheng's character, so he laughed and said: "You tell your general, let him stay in Zhangpu County honestly, there are benefits for him, and when Ben Shuai achieves great things, he will be crowned a king of peace, and he will enjoy endless glory and wealth!" ……”
Guo Zhiyuan was secretly amused when he heard it, this Zhao Bingjian really burned his head, and now he started to dream of the emperor, but he hurriedly flattered: "The villain wishes the marshal success and great achievements, and the little ones can also have a good future with the marshal......"
Zhao Bingjian saw that Guo Zhiyuan became more and more pleasing to the eye, and felt that he would be interested in things, no wonder Zhao Chengcheng would promote him as a cronie, so he took out a token from his arms and threw it to Guo Zhiyuan, and said with a smile: "You are good to assist your general, this commander will not treat you badly, you take this token to the quartermaster to get 1,200 taels of silver, 10 taels for you as a reward of silver, 1,000 taels for your general to bring ......"
Guo Zhiyuan hurriedly pretended to be grateful, bowed and said, "Marshal Xie ...... reward"
Zhao Bingjian was busy with military affairs and ignored Guo Zhiyuan anymore, and left in a hurry. Guo Zhiyuan took Zhao Bingjian's token but did not rush to find the quartermaster, while taking the opportunity to observe the rebels' guard arrangement everywhere, while thinking about the strategy of breaking the enemy, he took the opportunity to venture into the tiger's den this time and gained a lot, not only to find out the rebels' defense arrangements in Shuizhai Mountain, but also to understand that the rebels are not monolithic, and the internal contradictions are very deep.
With Guo Zhiyuan's current strength, it is tantamount to a fool's dream to exterminate the rebels, only by taking advantage of the internal contradictions of the rebels and using discord to provoke them to infighting, he has a glimmer of hope for success, through the quarrel of the four rebel leaders who just overheard outside the main hall, that Liu Ruosi is the most likely to fight for, plus Guo Zhiyuan has a general understanding of the situation of the four rebel leaders through those rebel leaders left behind in Zhangpu County before coming, and knows that Liu Ruosi is the commander of the Fujian Water Division, Naturally, his vision and insight are much stronger than that of a bandit leader like Zhang Tianbao, as long as he can know that the defeat of the rebels is inevitable, it is still possible to convince him to defect.
Now that Liu Ruosi has moved his mind to accept the imperial court's recruitment, it shows that he is not optimistic about the future fate of the rebels, and his heart has been shaken, and Liu Ruosi is the only one among the four rebel leaders who has received formal military training.
But it is not an easy task to win over Liu Ruosi, the rebels are now in full swing, Liu Ruosi is thinking of accepting the imperial court's recruitment of An, most of them are also the idea of waiting for the price to sell, people like Liu Ruosi, what loyalty you tell him is empty, and the only thing that can move him is real interests, the problem is that Guo Zhiyuan is not a secret envoy sent by the imperial court, so it is naturally impossible to give him any substantive promises and benefits, he can only fool, but Liu Ruosi's shrewdness is not so easy to fool, once he can't fight for it, Guo Zhiyuan's identity will be completely revealed, Liu Ruosi may turn his face and hand him over to Zhao Bingjian at any time, and it is conceivable how Zhao Bingjian, who knows that he has been deceived, will treat him!
Guo Zhiyuan thought about it and couldn't think of a better way, fighting for Liu Ruosi was his only chance, so he had to take this risk! He told Zhang Cheng what he thought, Zhang Cheng was so shocked that he didn't close his mouth for a long time, his own adults are too good at death, it is risky enough to go to the base camp of the main rebel army to find out information, and now he has to be alone to persuade Liu Ruosi to defect, isn't this impatient?
However, Zhang Cheng also knew Guo Zhiyuan's character, once he decided that no one could stop him, so he had to agree to help Guo Zhiyuan cover up, under the pretext that Guo Zhiyuan was not feeling well, he asked Zhao Bingjian's subordinates for a room to rest, and he guarded outside the door, and asked Guo Zhiyuan to sneak out of the window to find Liu Ruosi.
The leaders of the four major rebels have their own forces, and the camping places are also separated, Liu Ruosi's camp is close to the side of Shuizhai, which can also be seen that this guy is indeed very cunning, and holding Shuizhai is equivalent to holding the retreat, in case the momentum is not good, he can escape from Shuizhai by sea at any time.
Guo Zhiyuan had the token given by Zhao Bingjian in his hand, so he didn't bother to see Liu Ruosi, Liu Ruosi thought that Zhao Bingjian sent his subordinates to pass some news to him, and when he saw Guo Zhiyuan, he was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "Aren't you the kid who just went outside the main hall?" What did Marshal Zhao send you to find the general? ……”
Guo Zhiyuan couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, this Liu Ruosi is indeed outstanding, he just glanced at himself hurriedly outside the hall just now, and he actually remembered it so clearly, it was really not simple! However, before coming, Guo Zhiyuan had already thought about how to persuade Liu Ruosi's countermeasures, so he smiled slightly and said, "I was not sent by Zhao Bingjian to find General Liu, but by the imperial court......"
Although he had the heart to accept the imperial court's recruitment, he didn't expect the people from the imperial court to come so quickly, and the first person to be recruited by the imperial court was of course Zhao Bingjian, the nominal supreme leader of the rebels, Zhao Bingjian should have consulted with the three of them whether he accepted Zhao'an or not, but now it was Guo Zhiyuan who came directly to find him, this matter was strange, his eyes opened suddenly, a cold light flashed in his eyes, he slapped the table hard, pointed at Guo Zhiyuan and said sharply: "You are a secret agent of the imperial court?" How daring! Someone! Take it for me! ……”