Chapter 8 The royal road is ruthless
What does might it really mean?
Guo Jia could not give a clear definition.
But in his heart.
Power means never compromising and never bowing down.
Being coerced, Guo Jia's heart will never be indifferent, not to mention that Zhu Rong is using Zhen Zhen Dao to blackmail him today, even if it is an official under him, Guo Jia's heart will also rise with monstrous anger.
Even if the people in Zhu Rong's hands are Zhen Jiang, Cai Yan, Xiao Qiao, Guo Ye, Guo Jin.
Guo Jia will not compromise, and will not be at the mercy of the other party.
Once compromised, you may be able to save your loved one's life.
However, the officials under Guo Jia will see Guo Jia's weak side, Guo Jia's enemies will grasp his weaknesses, once there will be a second, a third time, and more threats will follow.
This precedent can't be opened, even if it really breaks up, Guo Jia can't agree to Zhurong's conditions.
Emotions aside, the impact of military operations on the lives of one or two people involves tens of thousands of troops and countless money and food, and more far-reaching, there are also the people affected by the war, as well as a series of negative effects after the withdrawal.
At this time, it is not Guo Jia who shows his infatuated side, and it is not the time when his children are long and heroic are short of breath.
He needed to give an account to everyone, including the officials under his rule, to show them that their lord's guild would not be abolished because of personal affairs, and whether the monarch they assisted was worth their death.
And show a signal to the current enemy and the potential enemy in the future, whether Guo Jia will be clamped down on this kind of coercion.
Zhu Rong looked at Guo Jia incredulously, and asked, "You, what did you say?" ”
Guo Jia smiled sarcastically.
"Do it, kill them. Quick, don't hesitate. ”
When Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao heard Guo Jia's words, their soft hearts seemed to be torn apart, and they couldn't help but die.
Zhu Rong looked at Guo Jia in surprise and sluggishness.
Guo Jia's left hand behind him was open, and he said softly: "Zhu Rong, open your eyes and take a look, this is my army, maybe, you think that the warriors of the southern barbarian Yi clan will definitely be able to beat the Han people to the ground if they fight alone, hehe, I don't comment on this, but I don't know if the swords and guns of the southern warriors can break through the armor of my army soldiers, and your weapons are not sharper than mine." Let me tell you a secret that is not a secret, in this city, there are my 30,000 troops, in the east of Chengdu, there are my 100,000 troops, in the north of Chengdu, there are my 100,000 troops, and in the south of Sichuan, there are 70,000 of my troops. ”
The 300,000 army is Guo Jia's current strength, it is not a secret, but not everyone understands it.
Zhu Rong broke out in a cold sweat, and still asked in a tough tone, "What do you want to say!" ”
Guo Jia took another step forward, only about ten steps away from them.
Smiling and soft-spoken.
"Zhu Rong, I'll make a bet with you, in this way, you kill the two of them first, and then I will kill everyone around you, except for you, and then I will personally lead the army south, you will stay by my side and watch it with your own eyes, and see what my 300,000 soldiers and horses can bring to the south? There is a person you may not have heard, his name is Cao Ying, he slaughtered countless cities, and he killed a lot of evil, and my current strength is stronger than him, I think it is time for the world to understand the fate of angering me, just use the south to kill chickens and monkeys. How many people are there in the South? 100,000, 200,000, 300,000? Million? Why don't you kill them both quickly, so that you and I can go south together, and count how many people in the south are available for me to kill. ”
Zhu Rong's companions looked at the Tiger Guard with trepidation, the dark armor seemed to be extremely strong, and the halberd in his hand reflected a dazzling light in the sunlight.
The best equipment of Guo Jia's soldiers and horses is the trapping camp, followed by the Tiger Guard, and then the Yinling Flying Cavalry and Crossbowmen.
The well-built tiger guard is the leader in the confrontation of foot soldiers, and it can be connected into a line as stable as Mount Tai when retreating, and it is invincible to enter the city and pull out the village, so nearly ten years have passed, and Guo Jia can only afford to raise 10,000 such elite troops, and no matter how much, he can't afford it.
Zhu Rong's body trembled, what would an army like Huwei bring with him when he went to the south?
What else is there but death?
The south is backward, and the war is fought only by bravery and some tamed beasts, regardless of tactics and tactics, only looking at the equipment, and even the Taiping army's equipment in the south is not comparable to the backward foot soldiers, and the battle loss ratio can be imagined.
"You really don't care about the lives of the two of them?"
Zhu Rong held on to the last glimmer of hope and stared at Guo Jia through gritted teeth.
Guo Jia looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Hahahaha, Zhu Rong, are you begging me? Are you begging me to bow to you for their sake? Don't be verbose, women are women, give me decisiveness, do you surrender or seek death? Kill them quickly if you don't surrender! I'll take you with me and let you see how I'm leveling the south, and the chickens and dogs won't stay! ”
Zhu Rong was ruthless in her heart, and for a moment she really wanted to kill Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao, but the scene of the tribe's blood suddenly appeared in her mind.
When the dagger fell to the ground, Zhu Rong's voice trembled and pleaded with Guo Jia: "I, I surrender." Please, please, please don't kill the people of the south, what you want to do with me, as you please. ”
"You're qualified to negotiate terms with me?"
Guo Jia snorted coldly and turned around suddenly.
Xiao Ren waved his hand, and the pro-guard army swarmed the general Zhu Rong and his group.
Standing at the foot of the stairs of the mansion, after Guo Jia asked Dian Wei to lead the tiger guard back to the camp, Guo Ye came to his side and asked with some confidence: "Father, if Zhu Rong really killed the second and third aunts, would it be true that my father would really slaughter the south?" ”
Guo Jia sighed lightly and said softly: "Ye'er, you should think about this question yourself, what I can tell you is that if your mother is in the hands of Zhu Rong today, my approach will not change." ”
Zhu Rong didn't have the courage to burn the jade after all, if she really killed Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao in a madness, would Guo Jia really raise troops to go south to slaughter the south? In fact, even Guo Jia didn't know the answer.
Zhu Rong obviously can't represent the entire south, so what she did can't put all the blame on the entire south, let alone let the people of the south bear the consequences, Guo Jia's previous words were just to scare Zhu Rong.
"My lord, what should I do with them?"
Xiao Ren came to Guo Jia's side to ask for instructions.
Guo Jia glanced at Zhu Rong and his party who were bound, and saw that Zhu Rong was still shouting at him not to blame the people in the south, Guo Jia said lightly: "Put them in prison, don't make things difficult for them, they are just being used." ”
Xiao Ren took the order and turned around to do it.
Guo Jia's eyes moved away from Zhu Rong, and found that Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao, who were raining pear blossoms, were crying bitterly in Zhen Jiang's arms, Guo Jia just wanted to go over to comfort them for a few words, but was stopped by Zhen Jiang's implicit complaining gaze.
Laughing at himself, Guo Jia walked towards home.
Zhen Jiang accompanied Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao home, and did not return to the mansion until night, asked the next person, and learned that Guo Jia was in the study, so he wanted to run to Xingshi to ask for the guilt.
As soon as she turned the corridor aisle, Zhen Jiang unexpectedly found Cai Yan standing around the corner, waiting for her like a rabbit.
"Is my sister going to blame my husband?"
Cai Yan looked at the courtyard at night, cold and quiet, just like the cold silence of this winter.
Zhen Jiang asked rhetorically: "Do you think your husband is doing the right thing?" Dao'er and Tuo'er heard her husband's words and thought that her husband had always hated them from the bottom of his heart, and when he returned home, he even had the heart to seek death. ”
Cai Yan sighed leisurely, turned his head to look at Zhen Jiang, and said softly: "I just want to ask my sister, Dao'er and De'er, are they getting out of trouble?" ”
"Yes, but it's heartbroken."
Zhen Jiang is also a little sad, it seems that today's Guo Jia, the current Guo Jia, is no longer the person she knew and longed for back then.
His heart was cold and frightening.
"My sister should think about what her husband should do in that situation. Zhu Rong succeeded, next time, maybe the person who was kidnapped was you, me, or Jin'er. My sister puts herself in her husband's shoes, if you don't have a better way to deal with it, what reason do you have to question your husband? ”
Cai Yan left suddenly, and said that, she finished what she should say, and she didn't say what she shouldn't say, and she wouldn't say it to scare Zhen Jiang.
Zhen Jiang, who was standing in place, calmed down, and after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't come up with a countermeasure.
What if she were Guo Jia? Listen to Zhu Rong? Could it be that Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao will be safe and sound?
If you don't listen to Zhu Rong, Zhen Dao is probably a dead end, but now it is difficult to get out.
Judging from the results, Guo Jia did nothing wrong.
But the process is heartbreaking.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhen Jiang twisted his waist and went out of the house again, and returned to his parents' house to relieve his two younger sisters.
Guo Jia in the study is not alone, and Xiao Qiao is sitting in his arms.
Little Joe hooked his neck and comforted him softly.
"Others don't understand the husband, so why should the husband be sad?"
Guo Jia is actually self-reflecting, and embarking on this path means losing a lot, including friendship and family affection.
Today's event is a happy ending, what if next time? What about sacrifices?
hugged Xiao Qiao tightly, sniffing the intoxicating body fragrance, Guo Jia was silent, but the strength of holding her became heavier and heavier, as if he wanted to merge into one.
Xiao Qiao suddenly leaned into Guo Jia's ear and whispered, "Does the husband know how to make the concubine pregnant?" ”
Guo Jia leaned back, looked at Xiao Qiao, and asked puzzledly, "Why do you ask this?" This kind of thing is not certain. ”
Xiao Qiao blinked, her charm was smart, and she said bluntly: "The concubine wants to have children for her husband, but after such a long time, the concubine's stomach has not moved at all." ”
Guo Jia placed her on the desk and began to undress her.
"Huh? What does the husband do? ”
Little Joe shrank back, a little incomprehensible.
Guo Jia kept moving, and said as a matter of course: "Give birth to a child." ”
Xiao Qiao's face flushed, and he asked weakly, "Can't, can't you go to the concubine's room?" ”
In the study, Cai Yan, Zhen Jiang, and Diao Chan have all been pushed down by Guo Jia, and Xiao Qiao has not tried it yet.
Guo Jia leaned in front of her and said mysteriously: "Here, the success rate of having a child is high. ”
Xiao Qiao's face was flushed but a little surprised, biting his lower lip, he took the initiative to widen Guo Jia's clothes for him......
(To be continued)