Chapter 103: Looking at each other and smiling at each other
Everyone didn't expect Song Jiang to want to kill himself, and it was too late to stop him, the sword in his hand touched his neck, and blood immediately flowed down. At this critical moment, an off-string arrow galloped forward. Before everyone could react, they felt an arrow pass by and fly directly towards Song Jiang.
Song Jiang closed his eyes, his ears didn't listen to what was going on outside the window, and he only thought about killing himself. The arrow passed through the crowd and flew again and shot directly at the sword in Song Jiang's hand, making a piercing sound. The power of the shot was too great, Song Jiang was defenseless, the sword came out directly, everyone saw a good opportunity, where to let Song Jiang kill himself again, he was stunned, fell to the ground, and held Song Jiang down, unable to allow him to move.
"Chief Song, what can't you think about? Why kill yourself? Everyone hurriedly turned around and saw Zhao Gou walking over with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and Zhao Gou continued: "As the commander of an army, you rashly kill yourself and want to shoulder all the blame, what face do you have to meet those brothers who were born and died?" ”
"Even if you really want to die, it's not this time, it's still self-killing, you're just a coward in this way, how can you be called a big husband, how can you become a hero? You are the leader of the Liangshan Army, and your brothers were born and died for you, and you bravely faced it, but you chose the behavior of a coward to escape, which really misjudged you. ”
"Life in the world is often unsatisfactory, as long as you live there is hope, keep your body to serve the Great Song Dynasty, expel the Jin soldiers, and recover the rivers and mountains, isn't it happy? Has the chief forgotten your purpose in gathering the people to revolt? The people of the Great Song Dynasty live in the heat of the water, and the traitorous ministers are in charge, why can't you think about it for the people, if the traitors are not removed, how can the country be prosperous? If you really want to die, then go to the border pass, fight with other places, and fight for the people of the Great Song Dynasty. ”
Uncle Zhang bowed down and shouted, "Lord Junwang, why did you come in person?" ”
Zhao Gou replied: "If I hadn't come in person, I might not have seen such a scene." ”
Uncle Zhang looked at Zhao Gou embarrassedly, he followed Zhao Gou's orders to come here to garrison, and set off from Haizhou to collect the lost city, forming a two-sided attack. Even if Zhao Gou didn't take the initiative to attack Qingzhou City, Zhang Shuye would lead the army to take advantage of the situation from the rear to sneak attack.
Moreover, Zhao Gou already knew that Zhang Shuye had occupied Yizhou and attacked Qingzhou City, he had already ordered someone to send a letter to Zhang Shuye, asking him to lead people to block the retreat of Song Jiang and others, the purpose was to take advantage of the opportunity to sneak attack. Zhao Gou also ordered Uncle Zhang not to kill at night, to capture as much alive as possible, and persuade them to surrender.
Therefore, Uncle Zhang only appeared in front of Song Jiang at night, otherwise he could only wait in Yizhou City. However, Song Jiang didn't know all this, his troops and attention were attracted by Zhao Gou, he didn't care about his rear at all, and he didn't know the situation in Yizhou City, and he thought that he was safe and sound, and he never thought that he had already been attacked by Uncle Zhang.
Zhao Gou single-handedly took the lead in pursuing Song Jiang, and never allowed him to leave, so as not to have endless troubles. However, Zhao Gou also knew how he could compete with thousands of troops and horses with his own personal strength, and could only order a part of the infantry to follow him to pursue Song Jiang. At this time, Song Jiang was like a frightened bird, where did he know how many troops Zhao Gou had with him, so he could only flee in a hurry, all of which was in Zhao Gou's arms.
What Zhao Gou said was true, if he hadn't come in person, Song Jiang would have really killed himself. Uncle Zhang relaxed his vigilance mentally and felt that Song Jiang was willing to accept Zhao'an, and he would not have other ideas, let alone hurt himself. In fact, Song Jiang had no choice to fight back, but thought about killing himself.
If it weren't for Zhao Gou following closely and happened to see Song Jiang pull out the sword in his hand, he would have known that something was wrong. So, Zhao Gou took out the bow and arrow with lightning speed, and immediately shot out, the distance exceeded two hundred and eighty steps, and after seeing Song Jiang's actions clearly with the help of the torch light in everyone's hands, he immediately took out the bow and arrow and shot it out without hesitation, otherwise Song Jiang really lacked the skills to return to heaven and had no cure.
The Liangshan army was defeated, the soldiers fled in all directions, and the generals under Song Jiang were also captured alive by the Song army, and some were killed by the army. Even if the martial arts are high, they are just fighting alone, how can they be compared with thousands of troops, the mantis arm is a car, and they are not able to measure their strength, the situation has been one-sided, and Zhao Gou is not willing to kill more, especially the generals of the Liangshan Army are good in martial arts, all of them are highly skilled people, and one less is one less general who charges into battle, which is also a big loss for the Great Song Dynasty.
At this time, if Song Jiang really died, the Liangshan army would definitely not sincerely submit to the imperial court, and there would be a counterproductive effect, arousing their anger again, and the two armies would fight again. Zhao Gou came forward to stop Song Jiang from killing himself, and scolded Song Jiang for being worthless, saying that he was a coward.
Shi Xiu, Yang Xiong and others looked at the arrogant Zhao Gou angrily, daring to be angry but not daring to speak. After all, if Zhao Gou hadn't come to the rescue, Song Jiang would have really died. However, Song Jiang was criticized by Zhao Gou, but his face showed guilt, without any anger and unwillingness, and he felt that what Zhao Gou said was extremely true and scolded correctly.
"You lost this battle in my hands, and you are not wronged, everything is because you are arrogant and have forgotten the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Song army. Although some of the soldiers of the Song Army are not as effective as yours, don't ignore our strength. War is not a bandit, we must think about the overall situation, and personal gains and losses can be put aside and ignored. ”
Zhao Gou spoke eloquently, in a tone of lesson, and then said: "I am the prince of the current emperor, the commander of the army, and the person in the court. The generals of the Liangshan Army are brave and strategic, more bloody, and less of the overall situation. When Lu Junyi and Yang Zhi were arrested, your eyes were all fixed on me, but you didn't know that the rear had already been occupied by our army. ”
"There are still three holes in the cunning rabbit, how can you not forget the back road when you lead the troops to fight, especially after you are defeated, if you return to the court, you will definitely be brutalized by traitors, so you choose to kill yourself, which is really wrong. Leader Song, they are all brothers who were born and died with you, without your leadership, do you think they will really submit to the court and be loyal to the country? ”
"No matter what means are used on the battlefield, as long as it does not violate the moral bottom line, the winner is king, you can say that I Zhao Gou is not martial, or you can say that I am conspiring to win. Even if you gather people to revolt, launch a rebellion, and want to subvert the Zhao family, you are Song people after all, and you are a family, will people still tell you what kind of morality when you fight with the Jin soldiers? ”
"Today, the Holy Lord remembers that you Liangshanbo are all usable talents, so he sent me to recruit you and let you serve the country. If it weren't for your arrogance and stubbornness, how could you have killed and injured so many brothers? You feel guilty in your heart, I feel even more guilty in my heart, just because these tragic deaths are all good men of the Great Song Dynasty, they are all the talents of a general, the Great Song Dynasty can be without me Zhao Gou, but there can be no generals who can fight well, the people of the Great Song Dynasty are still looking forward to you being able to expel the Jin soldiers, if you still want to die, then I Zhao Gou will personally take action, die in my hands, it is much better than killing yourself, I only hate you for not being able to serve the Great Song Dynasty with all your blood, it is really a pity! ”
Uncle Zhang's eyes widened at night, stunned like a wooden chicken, and after hearing Zhao Gou's remarks, the whole person was stupid, thinking: "Is he really just a twelve-year-old boy?" ”
Shi Xiu and the others were red-faced, ashamed, and said angrily: "Boy, don't think that we are obedient to the imperial court and willing to accept Zhao'an, you can ridicule Brother Gongming like this, if you dare to talk nonsense again, beware of the ruthlessness of the weapons in my hands." ”
Zhao Gou ignored them, he didn't pay attention to them at all, his eyes stayed on Song Jiang's body, he stopped Shi Xiu and the others' words, walked in front of Zhao Gou with steps, respectfully behaved, and said respectfully: "What Lord Jun Wang said is very true, Song is convinced!" ”
"Brother! ......" Shi Xiu, Yang Xiong and the others hurriedly shouted.
Song Jiang shook his head and sighed: "Lord Junwang is reasonable, everything is because Song is too proud, the two armies are fighting, and being able to become the commander of an army at a young age must have something extraordinary, but it is really negligence that caused today's situation." At the beginning, if I had accepted the imperial court's recruitment, I would not have killed so many brothers in battle, the deaths of these brothers were all caused by my Song Jiang, and I felt very guilty in my heart. ”
"These brothers followed me Song Jiang to hold high the banner of righteousness and embark on the road of no return, that is, they trusted me Song, elected me as the leader, and also supported the brothers, captured the city one after another, and had a smooth journey along the way, almost forgetting that no matter how weak the soldiers of the Song army were, they were stronger than our army's combat effectiveness, and they were fully equipped.
"Since the brothers can face it, then what am I afraid of Song Jiang! Since I, Song, accepted the imperial court's recruitment, then I, Song Jiang, swear here that I will be loyal and have no two hearts, and I will lead the army to kill all the thieves who invaded the Great Song Dynasty. Song thanked Lord Junwang for his advice. ”
Seeing that Song Jiang was back to the same as before, Zhao Gou couldn't help but smile slightly: "This is the former Song Gongming, the kid spoke wildly before, and he had to be in love, and I hope the leader will forgive me!" ”
"Lord Junwang is polite, if it weren't for your lesson, how could Song understand the truth!"
Song Jiang replied respectfully, he was very grateful to Zhao Gou in his heart. Even if Zhao Gou's words were more ruthless, they went straight to the original intention, but untied Song Jiang's knot, made him completely understand his mission, and no longer walked into the alley and couldn't get out. Zhao Gou and Song Jiang looked at each other and smiled, and tacitly, at this moment Song Jiang was also impressed by Zhao Gou, the two who were enemies before, turned into jade silk in a blink of an eye, everything was as if nothing had happened, making the second monk scratch their heads, as if they were old friends who had not seen each other for many years, and they really couldn't understand it.