Chapter 116: King Cai's Silence
Zhao Gou sat upright, listening attentively to what King Cai explained. He knew that King Cai came late at night, not simply to catch up, but also heard King Cai himself say that he had something important to say.
"Fang La, this person has a lot of prestige in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and wherever he passed, the rebels attached themselves one after another, and even the people welcomed him, as if they regarded him as the emperor."
Cai Wang Zhao seemed to continue: "This time you go to exterminate the Fangla rebels, there is a long way to go, even if you become a hussar general and the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, any army can be deployed, it is still a difficult bone to gnaw, this must be known to you." ”
Zhao Gou nodded, and said in a deep voice: "What is Fang La's person?" Do he really have millions of troops in his hands? ”
Zhao Ru replied: "Fang La's real strength is not a million, mixed with the people, it can't be counted, and the number of people who can fight on the battlefield is only hundreds of thousands, I don't know how many it is." ”
"But there's one thing you have to keep in mind! Fang La's person is not so easy to deal with, I once sent several people to investigate the military situation, but without exception, they did not come back, only a tattered piece of paper, leaving a few words, talking about his martial arts, I guess his martial arts are not weaker than mine. ”
"This time you go to conquer Fang La, you must be careful. We can't help you much, it's up to you. Also, how are your injuries? ”
Zhao Gou was taken aback, only a few people knew about his injury, and the others didn't know about it, even his father didn't know, he really didn't understand where his imperial uncle knew about it, and said in surprise: "Uncle Huang, how do you know that I'm injured?" ”
"Don't forget, I'm also a martial arts practitioner!" Cai Wang Zhao seemed to smile slightly, and said: "Whether you have it on your body or not, you can guess one or two by looking at your pace and breath." You are now in a bad mood and a little pale, I can still see this. Even if you haven't learned any internal skills, you still know a little bit about some simple things. However, I'm very curious, given your injuries, you should rest, but why do you move freely? ”
"Uncle Huang, don't scorn me!" Zhao Gou couldn't help but laugh and said, "The injury I suffered was not an external injury, but an internal injury, so that I couldn't use any internal force, let alone use force." This time when I fought against the Liangshan Army, if it weren't for the reinforcements arriving at the last moment, I might have had to use it forcibly as a last resort, so that I would have been seriously injured if I didn't die. ”
Cai Wang Zhao seemed to ponder for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Your injury was caused by Lu Junyi? ”
Zhao Gou exclaimed again: "Uncle Huang, this ...... Did you know? ”
"Lu Junyi is the only person with superb martial arts in the Liangshan army, I once fought with him, and his martial arts are better than blue. If it is about marksmanship, it is invincible in the world, and even I have suffered in his hands. However, he didn't get any bargains that time. ”
Cai Wang Zhao seemed to stand with his hands in his hands, thinking back to the past, the instrument was so lofty, even Zhao Gou admired it a little. He knew that his imperial uncle's martial arts were unfathomable, and the last time he defeated him, he only gained the upper hand when he was seriously ill. If it is Zhao who has recovered from his injuries, Zhao Gou really has no bottom in his heart.
Zhao Gou suddenly remembered something and asked, "Uncle Huang, my nephew has something I want to ask you, I wonder if you can tell the truth?" ”
Zhao Ru replied curiously: "What? If you have something, just say it, you don't have to hide your head and tail! ”
Zhao Gou asked straight to the point: "Uncle Huang, does the master's son die on the battlefield related to you?" ”
Zhao seemed to be silent, and said indifferently: "I'll tell you about this matter in the future, for now, it's more important for you to deal with the next things." ”
Zhao Gou saw that Zhao seemed reluctant to say more, and he couldn't continue to ask. After all, this matter is about the only son of King Cai and Zhao. Next, Zhao didn't want to stay longer, so he got up and left. Zhao Gou looked at Zhao Ru's departing back with a wry smile, shook his head and returned to his room, lying down to rest.
After Zhao Qi left the county king's mansion, he did not return to Amber Villa, nor did he return to the palace to report the situation to Song Huizong, but came to a separate garden and quietly looked at a dignified man inside. Zhao seemed to look at it intently for a moment, and then quietly turned away as if it had never appeared.
"Is he gone?" The man sitting in the house asked in a low voice as he turned to leave.
A man in black bowed down and replied, "Back to the master, he is already gone." ”
The man nodded and sneered: "At the beginning, the difference between this king's thoughts and his thoughts ended up like this, and he has been keeping his head in obscurity all these years, just to avoid the emperor's eyes and ears. However, I didn't expect that this emperor really couldn't be underestimated, and he actually sent people to observe my every move from time to time. Right now. This king does not have the strength to compete with you, and when the time comes, I will show you my methods. ”
The man threw away the brush in his hand, left the word "dragon" on the rice paper, pulled out a dagger from his bosom, and slammed the paper open. Cai Wang Zhao seemed to have only looked at the surface, not all of it, if he saw the things behind, he would be very surprised, he was very careful that he was still discovered, and he had already taken precautions.
The next day, Zhao Gou got up early. It's just because, in addition to Song Jiang and others, the generals who exterminated Fang La this time also included Yue Fei, Liu Qi and others who had quelled the rebellion of the Liangshan Army with him before. At the same time, Zhao Gou issued another military order, sending orders to Zeng Xiaoyun, the army of Jingxi Road, Zhang Shuye and others, ordering them to lead the army to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to help him.
This time, Zhao Gou did not have any lenient heart, and decided to exterminate the Fangla rebel army, and kill anyone who stood in his way. Therefore, when Zhao Gou mobilized the army, he asked them to do their best and ordered all the soldiers to pour out. After Zhao Gou's military order was conveyed, everyone did not dare to disobey it, and all of them gathered a large army.
Before Zhao Gou set off, he had an extra piece of information about the Fangla rebel army in his hand. Even if it is only a little bit, the effect is not very big, it is better than knowing nothing and going to the battle without preparation, then the battle will be lost. In addition, Zhao Gou learned one thing from the intelligence, that is, a generation of traitorous Cai Jing died in the hands of Fang La.
"Cai Jing is dead?" Zhao Gou muttered to himself, "In this way, it will not be my own action, it is better if he is dead." However, it would be cheaper for him to die like this. Fang La really knows how to grasp the hearts of the people, and through Cai Jing's death, he can inspire the support of the people, and he can also be welcomed by the people, which is really a double win. ”
Zhao Gou took a closer look at the information investigated, there was not much on it, only anything that Fang La had done in recent years, and said with a frown: "There are actually some evil sects that have entered it, and these evil sects really have to deal with it well, otherwise there will be a lot of chaos in the sect, and it will also be a troublesome thing." ”
What is the exact number of the rebel army led by Fang La, the intelligence does not state, and the approximate number given is indeed hundreds of thousands. However, the soldiers who can really fight are about 300,000, and most of the others are civilians. Seeing that this was the result, Zhao Gou muttered: "If you really kill them all, I don't know how many innocent people will die, and they will be affected by the orders of the monarch outside, and then it will depend on the situation!" ”
Zhao Gou wants to rise for the Great Song Dynasty, but he doesn't want to step on the bones of the people and rise step by step, such a rise has no meaning to him. Therefore, Zhao Gou decided that Song Huizong said that there was no forgiveness for killing, and no one was spared. However, Zhao Gou still feels that some people are not merciless when they should be killed, and they should not kill innocents indiscriminately when they should not be killed.