The defection teams of several state capitals on Hebei West Road, which were mixed with military and civilians, bloated and lacked unified command, were not strong in self-defense, but they did not panic at all, nor were they in a hurry to rush desperately.

Because their respective leading generals knew the Hebei garrison very well: on the way east, no army could stop them.

They were all old border troops, and they didn't take the huge border army of Hejian Province stationed in front of them in their eyes at all.

That is a newly formed rabble composed mainly of various scum in the hinterland, how can they have the courage to leave the walled city and stand against them, the old border army of a hundred battles.

Even if Su Yuanjing was loyal to the country and dared to wave his army bravely to intercept the bomb, they were not afraid, and they were confident that they could defeat no matter how many troops blocking the Hebei East Road as they were.

In the Song Border Army series, they know that they are not brave and good at fighting elites, and they may be the worst in the serious border army, but no matter how bad they are, they are much stronger than the newly formed miscellaneous border army on the side of Hejian Mansion.

Captain Su, who thinks that is also a military governor, also knows this.

He is not stupid, he must not rashly take a lot of hard work to pacify, teach and train, but he is only trying to put out an army that looks like a soldier and take risks.

The bloody deaths and injuries on the battlefield are terrible, and it is not something that can be resisted by those who have never been in a battle.

I don't know how many recruits who are conceited and brave on weekdays really go to the battlefield but are so scared that they pee their pants without knowing it.

In the face of the overwhelming pressure on the face, seeing the unshakable sea of bullets, knives and fires, people will feel so small and insignificant;

In the face of the rain of arrows, the powerful war horse neighed and the brave armor master fell down with arrows all over his body, the killing screams were earth-shattering, and everywhere he saw was scorched corpses, stumps, blood, fire, broken guns, and broken flags, everyone was like a desperate dirty ghost, life at this moment was so humble and fleeting, whether it was an official or a soldier to the battlefield, regardless of whether it was high or low, life was not as good as grass mustard, the tragedy of the bloody battle could make the wind and clouds change color, and the ghosts and gods were also frightened and moved, recruits, not frightened to just pout their buttocks and hold their heads and cry helplessly, not so frightened that they collapsed and couldn't move, It is already good to be able to cover your head and brain, and shout with the hoarse voice of the officer, and to command the commander to fall into a frenzy of fighting according to the usual training.

Armies that dare to fight can only be formed after gradually exercising and adapting to the process of killing and being killed.

If the new army suddenly comes up and fights a vicious battle, it will be easily routed and severely defeated, and the morale of the soldiers who have just formed will definitely be finished. If you are frightened, it will be difficult to recover in the future, and such an army will not be an army, and you can only dance a knife to kill the people madly, but you will flee in the face of war, and even the rogue and chaotic people are not as good.

At that time, can you still expect to use such an army to defend the border against the fierce Liaokou who come and go like the wind?

Su Yuanjing can't afford to lose his place and guard the border. The high-ranking officials who have been immersed in the rich and gentle township of the capital for a long time, one is counted as one, they are all courageless and ischemic, and they all regard their own lives very tightly when they arrive at the border. For these two reasons, no matter how loyal and righteous he was to serve the country, he would not dare to lead the unreliable miscellaneous new army to intercept the defection.

The 100,000 troops of Hejian Province are not enough to worry about.

And the most terrible Cangbei army on the eastbound road has collapsed.

The Cangbei Army, which did not escape, even if it had the ability to go south to intercept it, was afraid that it would not intercept it.

I don't know what I'm thinking.

I'm afraid that their marshal Wen Chenghou can't return, and the rest of the Cangbei army will die, and they will defect immediately, and the brothers who defected first still do all the way, and the rebels on the west road are also compatriots of the pirate country, and sooner or later they will be their own families, so how can the brothers of Cangbei actively go south to intercept the defectors when the whereabouts of Wen Chenghou are unknown.

There was still a Cangzhou army left on the eastbound road.

Removing the part of the army that can't be moved to guard the border, there are still 4,000 people in Cangzhou City, but that's not a roadblock.

That is a waste army, a greedy and fearful of death, shameless and evil border army rotten people, seemingly brave but only worthy of scaring and scaring the honest people in the jurisdiction, should not exist at all, all should be sent to the mine or something to be punished as coolies. It is ridiculous that the imperial court should let such a group guard the border and important towns.

Of course, there are other state capitals to use along the way.

But the inland government army in the south is also a rotten thing newly formed in the summer national disaster, and I don't know if I can defend the city safely, how dare I go north to fight and intercept it.

In short, the officers and soldiers in the east had nothing to worry about. The only most terrifying thing is that the Western army pursues and kills them.

The Zhejia Army, one of the six divisions of the Western Army, is next to the Hebei West Road.

The defected Hebei West Route Army knew very well that it was afraid that it would not be able to defeat the Zhejia army with twice or even three times the strength.

The once famous Zhe family is now in decline, although the family still has many children, and the population can be called prosperous, but it is no longer the top general who bravely served the country in the past, and the children are either the waste who only knows how to corrupt and hedonize the people, or they are the backbone of the lineage like Zheyan, who has ambitions and talented backgrounds, but changed his career from Wen Xiang to take the road of scholars and doctors to change the lowly martial arts court, mixed in the officialdom of the capital with the intention of improving the family's political status in the Great Song Dynasty to obtain a more stable and higher level of wealth, or it is a down-and-out side branch mediocrity, and can only continue to mix the army This bowl of rice, I hope that I can work hard and endure hardships to mix up some military exploits, plus the favor of my family, and get out of the way to become an official and a half-job, and live a decent and rich life from now on.

Now it is a bargain to be in charge of the army, this person can govern the government, is proficient in leading troops to fight, and is a general, but just like that, in the system and social atmosphere of the Great Song Dynasty, he must also be an official who only values the interests of his own wealth and nobility, whether it is his conduct or ability, he is afraid that he is worse than his ancestors.

The subordinates of the Zhejia army looked at the many generals, all of them were very brave and talented generals, but they had never heard of one who was really brave and outstanding, and had outstanding ability to take on great responsibilities, and most of them were children from the intertwined generals.

The defected general of the Hebei West Road Border Army is clear that the upper echelons of the Zhejia Army are not very good, but the soldiers below are still extremely resistant to hard fighting, and their blood and courage have not decreased as much as they did back then. But not much to worry about.

Because the Zhejia army belongs to the border army on the Hedong Road, it is not allowed to be ordered, especially the border army will never dare to be greedy for merit and move troops beyond the jurisdiction without authorization, let alone enter the interior. The imperial court was afraid that these fierce border troops who only had the generals on their heads and despised the orders of the imperial court would rebel or cause trouble in the interior. But when the news was reported to the capital for approval, and then returned to the Zhejia army, it took a few days or even longer, and the defection brigade on the West Hebei Road had already swept the prefectures and counties along the way to the east and arrived at the Cangzhou Seaside.

Moreover, they had already discovered in advance that the Cangbei soldiers and civilians who defected first had been received in time by the pirates who were exchanging a large amount of grain, copper, and iron for salt, fine silver coins, and tempting gems on the northern coast, and there would be enough pirate ships to meet them at the seashore in time to escape. Their way out is decided, there is nothing to fear.

In this way, the defectors of Hebei West Road were like halal mountain rogues, unscrupulously swept the wealth along the way, and ran all the way to the coast of Cangzhou unimpeded.

After Zheng Juzhong returned to the city, it must not be long before he was horrified to see how this defector force over.

Pray that the rebels don't break through Cangzhou City.

During Taiwei Su's trip, his heart was full of worries.

He knew that the border troops on the West Hebei Road defected in large numbers, and they should also have defected to the pirates. He really did not dare to lead his unreliable army to meet and forcibly suppress and intercept, before leaving, he had strictly ordered the generals of all departments to strictly guard the city and camp, and no one was allowed to go out without his new order to stop the traitors.

He also knew that the pirates had ships on the nearby coast ready to meet the defectors, but he didn't know if any of the rebels on the West Hebei Road would defect to Zhao Zhuang and force Zhao Gonglian to lead them to rebel and seek wealth, and he was even more worried that the imperial court would be so hesitant and slow to deal with the crisis, wasting too much precious time, and the Cangbei army, which had not defected, would be impatient and blatantly go south privately to defect to the only commander they recognized in their hearts, and finally forced Zhao Gonglian, who had no way to retreat, to embark on the road of rebellion.

Hebei is already turbulent, full of thunder, and will break out at any time to break out of earth-shattering or even earth-shattering disasters, but the emperor and the court don't know what to think......

Su Yuanjing could see from the actions of the imperial court that the emperor didn't know how powerful it was, and he was afraid that his heart to eradicate Cangzhao Manmen was not only not dead, but it was still very strong, and he was still trying.

He sighed worriedly, and with his guards, he came to Zhaozhuang quickly under the company and surveillance of the eunuch.

The whole of Hebei fell into chaos and collapsed, and Zhaozhuang, which is located in the eastern corner of Cangzhou, is still a peaceful and peaceful autumn scene, which is not the core of the storm.

The huge contrast made Su Yuanjing sigh more and more.

What the hell is this!

This is really pure self-inflicted sin by the imperial court. What can Zhao Gonglian blame?

But seeing that Zhao Zhuang did not have the tense state of vigilance before the rebellion. Su Taiwei still felt his heart suddenly loosen and saw some hope.

He had already learned the lesson of the first two times when he came back from the wall, and when he came up, he greeted the Zhuang Ding guards who were blocking the Xihe Bridge: "This official is the prefect of Hejian Prefecture and the pacification envoy of Gaoyang Guanlu, and he is the imperial lieutenant. Please ask the little brother who guards the bridge to inform your master, and say that Yuanjing, the old residence of the capital, is visiting. Whether you see it or not is your master's business. You have to be wordy. ”

showed his majesty, but his posture was very low, he was afraid that he would be disturbed by the Shouqiao Zhuang Ding Saye again, and he would not have the opportunity to say the content of Zhao Gonglian's will like the previous two waves.

What he didn't know was that as soon as the holy decree from Zhao Zhuang, including the secret decree to Zheng Juzhong, came out, Zhao Gonglian would know it clearly in a blink of an eye, and he didn't need to listen to Xuan Cai Di at all.

The first two decrees were all to fool people, and they still wanted to play people like fools, and they were insincere.

This resignation and going home to work as a farmer was not a whim decision of Zhao Gonglian, but a discussion and planning with his younger brother in advance.

If you don't toss Zhao Ji and bow his head honestly, how can he stop?

How can Captain Su know this?

He was pleased to see that when he said this, although Shouqiao Zhuang Ding still didn't have a good face, he didn't refuse directly on behalf of the master's family.

"It's old. Then please wait patiently outside the bridge for us to go and ask the Lord. Our eldest prince went to the ground, but he was willing to see you, and I am afraid that he will not be able to come over for a while. ”

Su Yuanjing smiled: "That's okay." The old man is not in a hurry. All you have to do is let us know. ”

Sure enough, we have to wait.

After about half an hour of dry work under the sun, Zhao Gonglian appeared, coming from the fields beyond the East River and riding a horse.

But Zhao Gonglian was willing to come forward, which already made Taiwei Su happy.

It seems that although this genius was disheartened by the imperial court, his conduct has not changed, and he still remembers the kindness of helping the prime minister in the court and is willing to give face.

But when the two horses came close to the front and back, they could see the image clearly from a distance, and Su Yuanjing's heart suddenly sank with a little relief.

The person who came was indeed Zhao Gonglian, and he was accompanied by Jiao Ting, a personal guard.

But Zhao Gonglian had a big bald head like Jiao Ting, who was born with a lack of hair, wearing a simple and half-worn coarse linen and straw clothes, with high sleeves, and there were several worn-out or scratched cuts on his clothes, and his feet were straw sandals, and his face, neck, arms, and feet were very tanned.

People say that there are poems and books in their stomachs, and they are angry.

Zhao Gonglian not only has a lot of reading, but also has a broad feeling and ability to help the world and the people, and compared with ordinary talents, he blooms with a kind of brilliance that is difficult to describe in words.

It is a kind of helplessness that has to endure the shameless greed of the world and insist on its own innocence.

Forced by the situation, he no longer placed his compassion on the people of the world, but limited to Zhaozhuang, or a little more limited to some areas of Cangzhou that Zhaozhuang could radiate.

That's how Su Taiwei sees it.

He believes that Zhao Gonglian's image is not a show and pretending to be pitiful.

In fact, after Zhao Gonglian went home, he was filial to his grandmother, talked to his grandmother, listened to nagging, made the old man happy, and immediately relieved the luxury, swept away the glitz, and took the subordinates who were not on the task of guarding the task to work in the field with the villagers almost every day. Today, he was carrying water and weeding in the big vegetable field in the east, and he didn't know that Su Yuanjing would come.

Su Taiwei's heart sank:

Zhao Gonglian, as a scholar, as the youngest and most prominent high-ranking official and dignitary in the past, but shaved his head like a monk, I am afraid that it shows a kind of determination, indicating that he is like a monk to pursue worldly things, such as power, such as honoring ancestors, no longer attached, and it is not rare to have and pursue these disturbing things.

Zhao Gonglian has no ambition in his eyes, no majesty and sophistication that powerful people naturally have, sunny, plain, calm, relaxed, leisurely, and content.

His eyes seemed to be shining brightly, and his eyes were not on the world of the Great Song Dynasty and the politics of the Great Song Dynasty, but at the sky, reflecting the stars and the sea.

Yes, Zhao Gonglian's heart is no longer in the Great Song Dynasty, and he doesn't care about the big Song Dynasty's camp flies and dogs.

He pretended to be a subject of the new empire and a passion for the great cause, and his eyes turned to the whole world.

The Great Song Dynasty is not big, too small, and it has long been unable to accommodate his ability and ambition to govern the world. He was tired of everything in this filthy, cowardly, and old homeland.