In the previous chapter, it was mentioned that the two deputy marshals, one loyal and one traitor, unanimously suggested that Zhao Gou leave Cizhou. Zhao Gou was surprised and thought so, and decided to set off. Before leaving, he promoted the seven heroes of Cizhou to centurion, and especially rewarded Li Ziming, who took the lead. There were already three or four hundred volunteers in Cizhou, and they needed a centurion commander, so Zhao Gou made a cautious decision on which of the seven centurions should stay in Cizhou. Zhang Erlang and Zhang Sanlang can't do it, the two of them can be regarded as having offended Li Dang, the former county lieutenant of the local snake Cizhou, thoroughly, and they must be taken away; Qiu Shi and Shi Erlang are really kind, and they say all day long that they want to go with Zhao Gou, so naturally they will also take them away; Li Ziming needs to recuperate from his injuries and must stay in Cizhou; Lin Xuesong's father is a big family in Cizhou, and he stayed to help Li Ziming, and Li Dare will be a little taboo; Cizhou is adjacent to water, and Wang Chong's brain is active, so he can also stay.

In this way, the decision was made to take away the candidates who stayed, and the next day (3 o'clock in the morning to 5 o'clock in the morning), Wang Boyan led the way, Qiu Shi, Shi Erlang, and the Zhang brothers guarded, and the two eunuchs of King Kang's mansion, Kang Lu Lan Jue served, and Zhao Gou set off and quietly left Cizhou. When leaving, Zong Ze was dressed in civilian clothes and rode a donkey to see him off.

This old and strong hero attached himself to Zhao Gou's ear and whispered, "Generalissimo, the old minister is panicking, and there is a request for a capital crime." ”

Zhao Gou smiled without changing his face, and said in his heart, why did the ancient people always have so many meaningless nonsense? They said they weren't tired, and I was tired when I listened. However, on the surface, he still nodded to Zong Ze in a serious manner, and said, "Zong Shuai, we can be regarded as confidants in the old year, please don't be so polite in the future, just say it directly." ”

Zong Ze said yes, and then still attached himself to his ear and said, "Generalissimo, the old minister wants to build a marshal's mansion in this Cizhou city, and stand side by side with the generalissimo's mansion in Xiangzhou to confuse the Jin people." The old minister overstepped and asked the generalissimo to forgive his sins. ”

Zhao Gou was shocked when he heard Zong Ze say this, of course, he was shocked not by Zong Ze's transgression, but by Zong Ze's resolute bravery. You must know that the target of the Jin people's siege, Song Qinzong was Song Qinzong before Jingkang's shame, and he was after Jingkang's shame. Zong Ze has this temper, he opened such a marshal's mansion, this is a plan to die for him. Zhao Gou shook his head, but he was worried that the old general would misunderstand, so he nodded hurriedly, he dragged Zong Ze, walked to the place where he avoided people, patted his arm, and said, "Old general, you can open the Marshal's Mansion, but you can't stay in Cizhou all the time." Marshal Ben was in the mountains, encountered eight Jin people, and had already recognized the fierceness of the Jin people. Old general, you also know that there are more than 10,000 golden people, and they are unstoppable. Therefore, we are currently short of major generals, so we can only guerrilla, and we must not play positional warfare encounters with the Jinren. After speaking, he was worried that Zong Ze would be too loyal, and sincerely lured the Jin people to Cizhou for his safety, so he added, "General Zong, you don't think about yourself, but also for the lives of the people of Cizhou." Let's stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood. ”

When Zong Ze heard Zhao Gou say this, his expression was extremely moved, and he said sincerely, "Generalissimo, you really love the people like a son!" ”

Zhao Gou smiled, and said in his heart, compared with the brain-dead Song Huizong and Song Qinzong, normal modern people love the people like children.

After finishing his complacency, Zhao Gou said again, "Wang Boyan said last night that there is a lot of food in the Daimyo's Mansion. This marshal will first go to Xiangzhou to recruit volunteers, and when the gathering is completed, he will leave Xiangzhou and go to the Daimyo Mansion to continue to recruit the world's elite soldiers. When the time comes, Zong Shuai, you can judge for yourself, whether to go to the Daimyo Mansion to make peace with Ben Shuai, or change the state and county to recruit volunteers. After speaking, Zhao Gou instructed again, "Zong Shuai, the situation is stronger than people, don't sacrifice your life in vain at this time!" ”

Zong Ze nodded and arched his hand, "Yes!" Generalissimo, please take care as well. ”

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Xiangzhou and Cizhou are two adjacent prefectures and counties, separated by only one Zhanghe River. There was a bridge between the two states, but it was burned down last winter when the Jin soldiers invaded for the first time. Therefore, it is also convenient for people on both sides of the strait to walk on the ice in winter and take boats in other seasons. However, at this time, it is a little embarrassing, if you want to say take a boat, the Zhanghe River has frozen, but if you want to say that you want to walk the ice, the Zhanghe River has just thawed a few days, and the ice surface may not be solid, as if it does not meet the requirements of swaggering. So, everyone dismounted and unloaded, and the team was divided into several parts and crossed the river in batches, so that the ice would not be able to withstand the pressure.

Zhao Gou was in the second batch of river-crossing teams, Zhang Sanlang stood in the first exploration, and Qiu Shi dragged a door panel to stand next to Zhao Gou, in case of emergency.

I only heard Zhao Gou ask Zhang Sanlang, "How is it, is the ice surface strong?" ”

Saburo replied, "Back to the king, it's solid, it's no problem to leave, and the horse team is slow down one by one, it should be no problem." ”

Zhao Gou nodded and crossed the river on ice. At this time, the sky was still completely dark, the vast wilderness under the field of vision, the stars twinkled above the field of vision, and the team of more than 100 people marched in such an environment, and there was really a sense of loneliness and insignificance. Zhao Gou has been traveling for a long time, but it seems that it is the first time that he has the opportunity to enjoy the starry sky, and he only thinks that there are so many stars in the sky? Zhao Gou finally understood what the stars were and what the Milky Way was. He took a deep breath, thinking to himself that it was no wonder that the ancients in the East and the West would fantasize that the stars were some kind of gods, because, in ancient times without light pollution, the sea of stars was originally vast and sacred. In the modern era in which he lives, especially in the big modern cities, even when the PM2.5 level is less than 50, the night sky looks like nothing more than a few kerosene lamps are lit.

The Zhanghe River was not a very wide river, that is, a quarter of an hour's work, and the whole team went ashore and entered the boundary of Xiangzhou. After entering Xiangzhou, Wang Boyan looked much more relaxed, and he said, "Generalissimo, my subordinates have received a report that the Jin people are very impressed by the generalissimo, so they specially sent cavalry to Cizhou to wait for the opportunity to assassinate." ”

Zhao Gou's mind was still shocked by the sea of stars, and he didn't notice that Wang Boyan was talking to him for a while, but fortunately, Lan Jue was very good at dealing with this situation, so he only heard Lan Jue say, "Thanks to Wang Shuai's attention, our king will not treat you badly." Kang Lu said, "Last year, our king went to Jinying to be a hostage, and the Jin people didn't know Mount Tai with eyes, so they handed over a hard bow of 200 catties and wanted to embarrass the king. Joke, who is our king? Hmph, he was fifteen years old and could draw a hard bow weighing 200 catties, and our generalissimo pulled the bow and opened the arrow, hitting the bull's-eye three times in a row. From then on, the entire Jin battalion no longer dared to be arrogant in front of the generalissimo. ”

To be honest, Zhao Gou is tired of hearing it, and I'm afraid Wang Boyan has also heard it in various reports, so he just bowed his hand to me and saluted decently, "The generalissimo is mighty." ”

However, the Xiangzhou soldiers under Wang Boyan have never heard of it, they heard that Zhao Gou still has such deeds, one by one, ah, and heard Wang Boyan say that the generalissimo is mighty. They immediately shouted that the generalissimo was mighty.

Seeing this, Zhao Gou hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't shout, don't shout, according to the current situation, we should quietly enter the city, don't shoot." ”