Goryeo, some disappointed Zheng Zhi, Goryeo is not a rich place, the north is mostly mountainous and hilly, to the south slowly leveled, there is no prosperous cultural heritage, there is no developed technology, and the Great Song Dynasty is far from comparable.

Outside the city are low-slung houses, bleak colors, and simple buildings. The people also looked black and thin, looking malnourished, and the clothes were even simpler, even in winter, they were simple linen long skirts, and the simple buns on their heads seemed to have not been washed for ten years.

It is Gwangju City, which is also extremely stingy, and even the cities of Weizhou and even Lingzhou are not comparable. The city walls are low, and although the towers are also short, the architectural style is no different from that of the Han people.

Countless people on the city wall shouted, and more than half of the pedestrians who came and went at the city gate were locked outside the city wall.

The people who stayed outside the city saw the iron armor running on the road in the distance, and they scattered and fled.

Zheng Zhi looked at these fleeing people and ignored them, just ordered his subordinates to start the whole team.

Zheng Zhi looked at the low city wall and was extremely disappointed. Here in Gwangju, in fact, just like the south of the Great Song Dynasty, it has been peaceful for a long time, there is no war, and the armament is naturally slack.

In the northern part of Goryeo, there are still some fortified cities, but the northern border has never been stable. The coercion and temptation of the Liao, the friction of the Jurchens, and the wars have also been a lot.

Four small cannons, unloaded from the wagon, were set up in front of the head, and a group of sailors without iron armor began to operate the cannons, cleaning the chambers, pouring in the gunpowder, and then sliding into the shells.

Zheng Zhi is preparing here, and Gwangju City is naturally also preparing, and there are also many crossbow soldiers, all of whom are on the city.

Suddenly a feathered arrow shot out of the city, and a white cloth was tied to it.

Naturally, the white cloth was not surrendered, but was written all over the handwriting, and Zheng Zhi sent someone to take the feather arrow inserted in the soil.

The white cloth also went to the hands of Zheng Zhi, and a man wrote neatly, and wrote: Goryeo Gwangju Zhizhou, respectfully, ask where your Excellency is the soldiers and horses, and what are you doing here?

Zheng Zhi saw the simple letter, threw it directly on the ground, and didn't bother to reply, just said: "Hurry up and shoot!" ”

There are only three possibilities for soldiers and horses to come to Gwangju, the southernmost part of Goryeo, one is the Wa people, the other is the Song people, and the other is the Liao people.

But suddenly there are thousands of people here, and it seems that none of them is realistic. If it is only a few hundred people, Song Liaowei has this ability. The delivery of thousands of people, Song Liaowei did not have this ability. The Jurchens are even less likely.

Zheng Zhi's army didn't even have a banner, which couldn't help but make people even more confused.

Seeing that there was no response from outside for a long time, several people shouted and muttered above the city, and Zheng Zhi couldn't understand it.

The four cannons that responded were loud, and the unicorn under Zheng Zhi's seat was also slightly startled, Zheng Zhi stretched out his hand to gently appease him, and the unicorn beast no longer moved left and right.

Apparently the horses were also getting used to the loud sound of the artillery.

The city gate was instantly knocked out of several large holes, but it still stood tall. The artillery roared, and sawdust flew at the gates.

There was a sudden silence above the tower, and after a while, there was a loud cry of grunting.

The city gate finally collapsed, Zheng Zhi only did not move at the head of the city, nor did he immediately issue an order to attack, but ordered: "After entering the city, everyone is not allowed to talk, and if you like something, you will grab it, and if there is resistance, you will be killed." Withdraw when the gold is called! ”

The soldiers were ordered to gallop left and right, and when all the orders arrived, Zheng Zhifang ordered: "Enter the city!" ”

Eight hundred knights on the left and right rushed to the city gate first, and the city gate was also crowded with Goryeo soldiers, most of whom wore leather armor and held long knives similar to Tang knives, and shouted incessantly, but none of them could understand the words.

Zheng Zhi stood motionless in front of the battle, watching the soldiers on the left and right go forward, and there was another person beside him who was Wang Wen, Zheng Zhi suddenly turned around and asked: "What are those Koreans shouting in front of the head?" ”

Wang Wen's face was full of unbearable, and he couldn't bear to look at it directly, but he didn't dare not reply to Zheng Zhi's words, and replied tremblingly: "They are not allowed to enter the city, and those who enter the city will die!" ”

Zheng Zhi nodded, and asked again, "Have you also thought about the throne?" ”

Wang Wen was shocked when he heard this, but he didn't know what to say, and he was still hesitating how to answer Zheng Zhi's words. To say that I haven't thought about it is obviously a lie. If you want to think about it, it is obviously not the words of an exile.

Zheng Zhi asked again: "What is the name of your Goryeo capital?" ”

Obviously, Zheng Zhi didn't know anything about the affairs of Goryeo, or even knew nothing.

Wang Wen hurriedly replied: "Back to Shangguan, the capital of Goryeo is in Kaizhou, and it is called Kaijing." ”

"What if someone invades Kaegyong and makes you the king of Goryeo?" Zheng Zhi asked again.

Wang Wen was even more shocked when he heard this, and his heart seemed to be touched, but he replied again and again: "Shangguan is joking, the villain doesn't dare to think about it." ”

Zheng Zhi also laughed when he heard this, and only said: "I don't dare to think about it, it seems that I have thought about it." It's not a joke, if you come to Goryeo in a few years, I'll help you find a throne to sit on. When you hear that ginseng is abundant in Goryeo, you will exchange it for human participation. ”

Zheng Zhi's words were half-true and half-false, so he wanted to provoke Wang Wen's heart.

"Back to Shangguan, ginseng is abundant near Kaijing, and now more tributes are paid to the Liao people, and some are sent to Bianliang." Wang Wen subconsciously didn't answer Zheng Zhi's words, but subconsciously revealed some inner truth. Kaegyo is located in what is now the Kaesong Development Zone in North Korea, and it is near the place where Korean ginseng is abundant.

This Wang Wen knows something about the Great Song Dynasty, after all, the books he reads, the words he writes, and the Chinese he speaks are all from the Great Song Dynasty. But it is the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and few people really understand Goryeo.

Zheng Zhi nodded and didn't ask any more, but he also asked what he wanted to hear. I just looked up at the soldiers who rushed into Gwangju City.

The horses galloped in, and the Goryeo soldiers who were blocked at the city gate flew out a few steps away, and there were obviously not many soldiers in Gwangju City, the southernmost part of Goryeo, blocking the iron horse, just using the mantis arm as a car.

This Gwangju city does not have a large population, only one or two thousand. The soldiers entered the city, but Zheng Zhi did not enter the city, and he knew that this city was not special, nor was it very rich.

Zheng Zhi was extremely disappointed in Goryeo, which was not rich, and not being rich meant that there was not much benefit. Plundering such a place will not yield much in addition to the population. There may be some gold and silver money, if you really control here, there is also a kind of harvest, that is, to collect grain, the maximum amount of grain, sea grain transportation is much more efficient than land, in Goryeo grain collection is also a good way.

It is not bad to introduce Champa rice from the south of the Yangtze River to Goryeo for planting, and let the Goryeo people grow grain for Zheng Zhi. It can also provide labor when Zheng Zhi needs it.

Zheng Zhi has never controlled the land of foreign tribes under his command, but it is also expressly forbidden to ravage the land of the Han people, and kill the Han people without permission.

This military order was also promulgated early, just like in Hangzhou, the soldiers did not harass the people at all, and Zheng Zhi's harvest came from Fang La, who looted the entire Jiangnan and Zhejiang, and finally made a wedding dress for Zheng Zhi. Maybe Zheng Zhi really has to thank Fang La, if it weren't for Fang La, where would Zheng Zhi be able to support so many soldiers, and where would he be able to support the war in the northwest.

It was already dark, and the army was already outside the city, still besieging Gwangju Fortress.

One night later, it was just dawn. Zheng Zhi had already pulled out and went straight back to Mokpo, there were still eight big ships on the Mokpo wharf, but there were more than 2,000 more people on board, and the bottom of the cabin was full.

In Tokyo, Tong Guan frowned today and went straight to Genyue to see Zhao Ji, his heart was worried, but he had already received the news and knew what was going on today.

Zhao Ji was in the Xiaoxiao Tower, with Zhao Yingluo by his side, and an official about fifty years old standing in front of him, and Taoist Lin Lingsu beside him.

Between the four of them, they just waited for Tong Guan to arrive.

When Tong Guan arrived to visit, Zhao Ji opened his mouth and said: "The war in the north is imminent, and it is time to arrange the employment matters, the general who leads the army has Zheng Zhi, but the matter of supervising the army and Xuanfu scheduling should also be decided, Tong Guan, do you have any ideas?" ”

Tong Guan has actually heard some rumors, this matter is a certainty, this Great Song Dynasty can go out to supervise the army to proclaim the appeasement, and only Tong Guan is alone, at this time Emperor Zhao Ji asked with this word, obviously he is not alone, Tong Guan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Shengming, the furrow in the chest is so wide, the minister is far from it, so please ask Your Majesty to decide." ”

Zhao Ji laughed when he heard this: "Haha... Tong Guan, I have already chosen for you, it is Cai You, what do you think? ”

Tong Guan hurriedly looked up at Cai You, who was standing aside, and replied: "Your Majesty is far-sighted, Master Cai is the son of Master Cai, and he must have the style of his father, so he can take on this important task!" ”

It turns out that this person who has been standing in front of Zhao Ji, about fifty years old, is Cai You, the son of Cai Jing, Cai You is really not as good as Cai Jing, Cai Jing is at least the orthodox Jinshi and the first, or one of the four great calligraphers of the Song Dynasty, and his calligraphy and painting attainments are superb. Cai You has not even taken the Jinshi test, and the method of the upper position is no different from that of Wang Hao's generation. But this Cai You was actually given the same Jinshi background by Zhao Ji, and the official worships the Longteng Pavilion University Scholar, which is really ridiculous.

Longtuge University Scholar was originally given to people like Bao Zheng, but now when he arrives in the Huizong Dynasty, a person who can't even pass the Jinshi exam can also be appointed as a Longtuge University Scholar.

Cai You was also mixed with several so-called credits during the Song-Liao War, and since then he has officially entered the power center of the Great Song Dynasty. There was even capital that began to pour into each other politically with his father.

Lin Lingsu also said: "Your Majesty, you can watch the sky at night, and there are stars and moons, and dragons across the phoenix. There is also the talisman of the heavenly book cloud seal, in order to prove the meaning of heaven, the Liao people will be defeated in this battle, and Bachelor Cai is the person who should receive the seal of His Majesty, and send Bachelor Cai to supervise the army to proclaim the appeasement, the war will be smoother, and the soldiers can be less than 20,000 dead and wounded. ”

Zhao Ji was overjoyed when he heard this, and praised it repeatedly: "Excellent, very good, this time I will send Cai You as Tong Guan's deputy to take charge of the war in the north." ”

Lin Lingsu spoke for Cai You like this, just because Cai You was of great help to Lin Lingsu, not only trying to help Lin Lingsu prove some changes in the Heavenly Dao and the gods. In the name of Longtu Pavilion, Taoist temples were vigorously built throughout the country. Lin Lingsu naturally wants to repay the favor.

To say that Cai You's rise, although there is Cai Jing's shadow, it is a completely different path, when Wang Huang flattered, Cai You mostly followed Wang Huang to please Zhao Ji. also found another way to befriend Lin Lingsu, so he had a very good impression in front of Zhao Ji. If there is no fame, he will be given the same Jinshi background, and if there is no way to rise, he will be named a scholar of Longtuge, obviously in preparation for worshipping the prime minister.

Tong Guan came here, and he already knew it in his heart, but there was no way. had to admit it, in Zhao Ji's heart, Tong Guan was obviously not as important as Lin Lingsu, and Tong Guan brought Zhao Ji some things smoothly. Lin Lingsu brought Zhao Ji a spiritual "sublimation". A house slave and a "spiritual teacher" are not the same.

Tong Guan also knew that he couldn't refute today's events, so he could only go with the flow. Fortunately, he is positive, and Cai You is just a deputy. This Zhao Ji can still distinguish a primary and secondary, and he is not so confused that he can let Cai You be the right and Tong Guan be the deputy.

Tong Guan also understood what Zhao Ji meant, that is, let Cai You follow him to get some credit, and come back so that he can become an official and become a knight. Tong Guan also only hopes that Cai You can really keep to himself, just take some credit, and don't point fingers at military affairs.

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