"Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years!"

This sentence is well verified in Song Jiang, even if Zhao Gou is only a twelve-year-old teenager. However, what he said didn't want to be a teenager, but like an old and spicy elder, every word was beautiful, pointing directly to his heart, so that Song Jiang let go of the knot in his heart and saw the blue sky through the clouds and mist.

Song Jiang and others followed Zhao Gou back to Qingzhou City, Zhang Shuye also followed the army, and when they arrived in Qingzhou City, the battle in the city was over, the Song army won a great victory, and most of the generals of the Liangshan army were captured alive, and some had died on the battlefield.

When they saw Song Jiang and Zhao Gou coming together, they couldn't help but be a little stunned and surprised, thinking that Song Jiang and the others were also captured by the Song army, and they couldn't help but get nervous. Zhao Gou ordered the soldiers to release all the prisoners, and everyone looked at him in confusion, so they could only obey orders.

Seeing this, walkers Wu Song, Shi Jin, Lu Zhishen and others immediately raised their weapons to kill Zhao Gou, Yue Fei, Liu Qi and others hurriedly stepped forward to stop them, but they were stopped by Zhao Gou, he looked at everyone unhurriedly, and Song Jiang, who was standing beside him, also stood up, stood in front of Zhao Gou, arrived at the crowd to attack, and shouted: "Don't stop quickly, don't you think there are not enough dead brothers?" ”

Everyone was stunned, hurriedly stopped, and said, "Brother! ……”

Song Jiang said: "I have promised the county king that he is willing to accept Zhao'an and return to the imperial court, and if you are willing to be with me, you will be with you, and if you are not willing to accept Zhao'an together, you will part ways, and I will not have any complaints." When we say goodbye, we are still brothers, no matter where we are, if the brothers are in trouble, I, Song Jiang, will definitely come to help. ”

The walker Wu Song, the nine-patterned dragon Shi Jin, the flower monk Lu Zhishen and others were all silent, they were all burdened with lawsuits, if they entered the court again and settled the accounts after the autumn, it would be tantamount to making matters worse for them. They all hated Song Ting in their hearts, and after a big battle, the brothers died and were injured, and they really didn't want to accept Zhao'an in their hearts, so they could only be silent and say no more.

Seeing that everyone was hesitant and silent, Zhao Gou slowly stepped forward and said in a straight voice: "I know that you heroes are out of necessity and unwilling to serve the court, which is normal, I understand all this." When all the heroes fell into the grass again, they all served as court officials, and they only ended up here because of the traitors. ”

"Seeing the increase in taxes and forced labor in the imperial court, everyone is for the people, if it is for themselves, all the heroes can have a place to go wherever they go. Since the imperial court has ordered to come to Zhao'an, I hereby assure you that I will not be responsible for all the mistakes I have committed before. If someone dares to mention your past again, I, Zhao Gou, will be the first to come out and oppose it, if I want to move you, unless I, Zhao Gou, fall and no longer be in the court, as long as I Zhao Gou has one day, you can rest assured. ”

"Can murder also be exonerated for murder?"

Zhao Gou saw someone talking, nodded with a smile, and said: "Everything I did before is not to blame, even if it is murder and arson, as long as you accept the court's recruitment, then you will be an official in the future, if you are a traitor, dare to kill people and set fires, and do all kinds of evil, then you will be heavily responsible, everything will be done in accordance with the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, you must not bully the weak, nor oppress the people, everything must be public and law-abiding." Since you have been officials of the DPRK and China before, there should be no problem with this. ”

"In that case, then I will follow Brother Gongming and return to the imperial court!"

Zhao Gou turned his head and saw that this person was holding a double whip in his hand, looking like a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and his eyes were wide, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "I don't know who the general is?" ”

The man shouted, "Huh Yanzhuo! ”

"Twin whips are burning!" Zhao Gou was surprised, "I don't know if the famous Iron Whip King Hu Yanzan, the founder of the Great Song Dynasty, has anything to do with you?" ”

"I'm ashamed!" Hu Yanzhuo sighed guiltily, "It's the villain ancestor!" ”

Zhao Gou hurriedly said: "It turned out that after the gate, the Iron Whip King was a meritorious minister of the Great Song Dynasty, following Emperor Taizu to fight in the south and the north, galloping on the battlefield, expanding the territory and making countless military exploits. I don't know that the general is actually the descendant of the Iron Whip King, it is really disrespectful and disrespectful! ”

Hu Yanzhuo saw Zhao Gou bowing slightly, and hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "The lord of the county is very polite, and the criminal minister does not dare to accept such a big gift from the lord, he really can't afford it!" ”

"How to stand it, rightfully so!" Zhao Gou was full of sincerity and slightly bowed, without any half-heartedness.

Seeing that Zhao Gou was so polite and virtuous, everyone couldn't help but feel a little emotional. With Hu Yanzhuo's submission, the generals of the Liangshan Army also agreed to submit to the imperial court and accept Zhao'an. Song Jiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart when he saw that his brothers agreed to submit, and then glanced at Zhao Gou deeply, turned his head and glanced at Wu Yong, both of them nodded, and understood.

All the Liangshan troops returned to the imperial court and accepted Zhao'an, and the Jingxi Road army also sent Lu Junyi and Yang Zhi into Qingzhou City. When the two of them saw Song Jiang and the others sitting together with Zhao Gouduan, they looked at them in astonishment, and heard Wu Song and others beside them explain, they could only accept their fate and reluctantly agreed to recruit An.

After counting, the generals of the Song Army, Liu Qi, Yue Fei and others were seriously injured, there was no worry about their lives, more than half of the 36 generals of the Liangshan Army were killed and wounded, the most serious were Niu Gao and Li Kui, the two of them fought with their lives in the end, the size was not much different, and the strength was about the same, from the beginning of the weapon battle to the final hand-to-hand combat, the two were even more injured, and they were unconscious, and there was no worry about their lives.

The surviving generals of the Liangshan Army: Hu Baoyi Song Jiang, Zhi Duoxing Wu Yong, Jade Qilin Lu Junyi, Dadao Guan Sheng, Living Yan Luo Ruan Xiaoqi, Red-haired Ghost Liu Tang, Wu Yu Arrow Zhang Qing, Prodigal Son Yan Qing, Sick Lieutenant Chi Sun Li, Langli Baitiao Zhang Shun, Boat Huo'er Zhang Heng, Standing Tai Sui Ruan Xiaoer, Flower Monk Lu Zhishen, Xing Wu Song, Iron Whip Hu Yanxuan, Mixed River Dragon Li Jun, Nine Pattern Dragon Shi Jin, Xiao Li Guanghuarong, Black Whirlwind Li Kui, Little Whirlwind Chai Jin, Winged Tiger Lei Heng, Shenxing Taibao Dai Zong, Short-lived Erlang Ruan Xiaowu, Blue-faced Beast Yang Zhi, Saiguan Suo Yang Xiong, Desperate San Lang Shi Xiu, he kept hitting Dong Ping, the two-headed snake Xie Zhen, and the beautiful bearded man Zhu Tong, a total of 30 people.

Among them, 12 people were seriously injured, and 6 people were being rescued by military doctors on the line of life and death. If you can't wake up tonight, you will die, including Li Jun, the dragon of the mixed river, Dai Zong, the god Taibao, Liu Tang, the red-haired ghost, Lei Heng, the winged tiger, Li Kui, the black whirlwind, and Zhang Heng.

The Song army killed 15,000 soldiers, and only 10,000 of the 50,000 Liangshan army remained, 20,000 were killed in battle, and 20,000 fled in all directions. Moreover, the dead soldiers, whether they were the Song army or the Liangshan army, were all piled together, and then burned in the fire, turned into a handful of loess, personally erected a monument, and led the army to respectfully bid farewell.

Song Jiang and the others were shocked by Zhao Gou's behavior again, they were all military generals, and it was inevitable that they would die on the battlefield, and no one knew which day they would leave their lives on the battlefield. For the brothers who died on the battlefield, they were basically abandoned in the wilderness, or buried on the spot, but they never piled up everyone's corpses like Zhao Gou and then burned them.

Zhao Gou's behavior once again convinced them, even if they claimed to be heroes of Liangshan, they couldn't do this. If a general had died in battle, a solemn funeral might have been held, but those soldiers had never been treated like this. Not only did he let them rest in peace after death, but Zhao Gou also recorded the names of the soldiers who died in the battle one by one, so that he could go to the court to ask for a reward.

The fire burned for three days and three nights before everything was done completely. It was only at this time that Lu Junyi, Yang Zhi and others willingly submitted to the imperial court, and they also saw that Zhao Gou was different, not only treating soldiers, but even enemies, giving enough respect, even if they were enemies before death, and all the hatred and resentment disappeared after death.

After everything was done, Zhao Gou appeased the people in the city, and personally promised that the first task after returning to Beijing was to ask the emperor to exempt him from heavy taxes. The people in the city cheered and cheered, and everyone was elated, and even the soldiers of the Song army enjoyed the gratitude of the people in the city. At that moment, Zeng Xiaoyun and Zhang Shuye both thought in unison: "If the country is governed by the king of Guangping County, it will be a blessing for the people of the world." ”

When the two of them couldn't help but think of this in their hearts, they shook their heads violently and didn't think about it anymore. After all, the current emperor Song Huizong is in his heyday, how can he easily abdicate. Moreover, the king of Guangping County received the favor of the emperor, and according to the ancestral system, he was also the eldest son who inherited the great treasure and ascended the throne as the emperor.

However, not only the two of them thought so, but even Song Jiang, Wu Yong, Hu Yanzhuo and others felt that Zhao Gou should be the emperor if he became the emperor. It's just that they are also clearly aware of the major events in the DPRK and China, and it is not what they say, but they still have to remain silent. However, their hearts slowly changed, and they gradually moved closer to Zhao Gou, and all this was what Song Huizong was looking forward to.