Zhao Gou felt that his life had reached a new level, at least in terms of name. He has changed from the Prince of Passover, who has a tendency to rebel, to the generalissimo of the world, who can justifiably recruit volunteers and mobilize the army. Under the joy, he felt that life was so beautiful, and even the traitorous Wang Boyan didn't hate people so much.

Unconsciously, the sky was already bright, the hunting team and the Xiangzhou soldiers drove back to Cizhou, the stretcher prepared for Li Ziming had been prepared, wrapped him in a blanket and put it in, Qiu Dabelly and Shi Erlang carried it. Wang Boyan also worked hard, took a small sedan chair into the mountain, and said that everything should be prepared for the generalissimo. Zhao Gou thought to himself, this sugar-coated cannonball, Marshal Ben has to hold on, but in the past two days of life and death, climbing up and down, Zhao Gou was indeed a little tired, so he also sat in the sedan chair, and as soon as he sat in, he fell asleep almost instantly.

A group of hundreds of people, walking in the mountains like this, is also mighty, a walk, walked for two days, every time stopped, roasted a few deer to eat, and so the prey obtained from this hunt is almost half consumed, finally out of Taihang Mountain, Cizhou City is in front of you.

As the saying goes, good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, but in fact, if you don't pass on one thing, it is not to see whether the matter is good or bad, but to see whether he is interested in it. When the soldiers carried the heads of the seven golden men into the field of vision of the people of Cizhou, they were excited.

"The king has killed a lot of golden people!"

"The king is already the generalissimo of the world!"

"The king took ten people into the mountain, and when he came back, hundreds of people appeared!"

Half an hour (an hour) later, the people of Cizhou began to rumor that Zhao Gou could point trees into soldiers, and he led the tree soldiers to easily encircle and suppress eight hundred gold people in Taihang Mountain. By the time Zhao Gou sat in a small sedan chair and entered Cizhou City amid the applause and cheers of the people of Cizhou, the people of Cizhou had already determined that he was the handsome man of the heavenly court, the king of Tota Li, no, King Zhao Tianwang had descended.

Zhao Gou heard the people shouting like this, and he was secretly happy in his heart, thinking, as long as it was not Marshal Tianpeng who went down to earth, he could say anything.

"Weichen Cizhou Zhizhou Zongze, meet the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses." Just as he was thinking wildly, Zong Ze's voice came from outside the sedan chair.

Zhao Gou was happy in his heart, after getting along with Wang Boyan for so many days, he also needed to see a loyal minister to wash his soul, he was happy to open the sedan curtain, and sure enough, he saw the old general Zong Ze dressed in military uniform, kneeling outside the sedan chair. It's just that, unlike his Zhao Gou and Wang Boyan's radiant spirits, Zong Ze looks much more haggard and tired than when Zhao Gou left.

When Zhao Gou saw Zong Ze looking like he was five years old again, he inevitably suspected that the old general was worried that he would not be able to sleep well, so he couldn't help but feel guilty in his heart. Zhao got off the sedan chair, helped Zong Ze get up, and asked warmly, "Zong Zhizhou, you have to pay attention to your body." ”

Zong Ze arched his hand, and his tone was painful, "Generalissimo, a few days ago, the official family sent a secret envoy to Cizhou, and crowned the king as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, Wang Zhizhou and his ministers as the deputy marshal, commanding the Kyushu army Qin Wang, the generalissimo, the Beijing division is in danger, and the official family is in danger!" ”

Zhao Gouxin said, Oh? Dare to love Song Qinzong, a coward, I still don't trust me, and while sealing me, he also named Zong Ze and Wang Boyan as deputy marshals to restrain me. Wang Boyan himself became the deputy marshal, but he didn't mention a word, and he looked like he was purely an ordinary soldier and wholeheartedly obeyed the orders of the marshal.

Here, Zhao Gou had an epiphany of the first difference between loyal ministers and traitorous ministers: loyal ministers are concerned about the overall situation of the world, and traitors are concerned about the mood of the leaders.

After thinking about his thoughts, Zhao nodded, patted Zong Ze's hand, and said, "Where is the imperial brother's secret envoy?" Please ask the old general to bring his own commander to recommend. ”

Zong Ze said yes, Zhao Gou turned around, waved at Wang Boyan, motioned for him to follow, and entered the Zhizhou Mansion with Zong Ze.

Before meeting the Wax Pill Secret Envoy, Zong Ze first briefly described the progress of my departure from Cizhou in the past few days, probably because the recruitment of the volunteers was quite smooth, and more than 100 new volunteers were added, and now there are nearly 400 volunteers. It's just that no newcomer can pull a two-hundred-pound hard bow. At the same time, he is also calling on the people of Cizhou, especially the wealthy households in Cizhou, to donate grain, grass, and military salaries to prepare military funds. Today, the grain and grass stored in Cizhou are enough for 10,000 troops to eat for a year.

Zong Ze paused, and then said, "Lin Xuesong's father, Lin Daguanren, donated 5,000 stone of grain and wanted to ransom Lin Xuesong to go home. ”

Zhao Gou smiled, "Is there any mistake, it seems that Lin Xiaoguan was kidnapped, he volunteered to join the Volunteer Army, and if he can't go back, Lin Xuesong is in charge, and it has nothing to do with Ben Shuai." Let their father and son solve these things by themselves, and take the grain and not return it. ”

Zong Ze said yes, and said, "Generalissimo, you are already the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, can the criteria for recruiting volunteers be relaxed?" Now the king has a very high reputation in Cizhou City, and if the standards are relaxed, the volunteers will easily exceed 10,000. ”

Zhao Gou hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, there are not many soldiers, but in refinement, in morale." A few days ago, Ben Shuai met the eight-person team of the Jin people in the Taihang Mountains, and he was beaten quite embarrassed by the fact that he had fought more and less, and he also used tactics. Alas," Zhao Gou sighed and said, "If the recruited soldiers are not capable enough, they will waste food in peacetime, and they will help them in battle, so it is better not to recruit them." After speaking, he looked at Zong Ze, turned to look at Wang Boyan, and said, "In the future, the world will be recruited according to the inherent standards." Righteous warriors should be able to carry at least forty pounds of luggage to run ten miles; The captain of the ten must be able to draw at least two hundred pounds of hard bow. The age of the soldier must be between eighteen and twenty-five, and the commander of ten must be under thirty. ”

Zong Ze Wang Boyan said yes.

Wang Boyan didn't have anything to say, Zong Ze frowned, and said, "If this standard is followed, when will the Volunteer Army become an army?" ”

Zhao Gou smiled and said, "The soldiers and horses of the world will all converge on us, why should the old general of the sect worry?" ”

Zong Ze shook his head lightly and sighed, "Alas, although there are many soldiers and horses in the world, there are very few people who have achieved it." ”

Zhao Gouxin said, it seems that the old general Zong Ze has also seen through the essence of today's Northern Song Dynasty army, most of those armies, in fact, are not enough to achieve more than defeat, kneeling externally, arrogant internally, embarrassed and useful. So, he didn't say much on this topic anymore, and asked Zong Ze, "Marshal Ben caught a golden man in the mountains, and the old general sent someone to interrogate him, which can be regarded as knowing first-hand information." By the way, what did the wax pill secret envoy go to Cizhou? ”

Zong Ze sighed again, "Generalissimo, you can ask him personally." China is really in danger this time! ”