Volume 1 The Dusty North (5)

No matter what, sitting still and waiting for death is definitely not Shen Tuo's habit, even if he dies under the knife, it is better than sitting in the northern country for decades and then dying miserably. Although the group of teenagers in front of them is young and naΓ―ve, if they are used, they are much more useful than a group of shameless, immoral and courageless officials.

Tianxingjian, a gentleman is self-reliant.

Such a strong language has been forgotten by the literati group and the aristocratic royal family in this era, Shen Tuo in this small city of the Five Kingdoms, what he originally saw was decadence, panic, fear and timidity, and the so-called generals of the entire civil official group were all mentally weak and extremely depressed. Even if the country is ruined, he still only thinks about making a living, and in addition to resentment and dissatisfaction with his own situation, he has no reflection or regret for his past political and military mistakes.

It was only in the bodies of these young Han family sons that Shen Tuo could see a glimmer of hope.

A few days later, the ball game in Beijing was imminent, and the messengers who came to urge also came a few times, but Shen Tuo was no better than the real Qinzong Zhao Heng, as soon as he heard that the Jin people had summoned, he was frightened, he knew that this trip was not dangerous, and immediately selected a group of attendants and guards, and decided to set off for the Jin Kingdom to go to Beijing.

He didn't care, Zhao Ji and the ministers of the Song family were like mourning, for fear that the golden people would make it difficult, Shen Tuo would beat the dog like a meat bun this time, and it would be difficult to return.

Zhao Ji himself was inconvenient to come to see him off, so he issued orders again and again, and all the clans, nobles, and ministers in the Five Kingdoms City came to see him off. In this way, in front of the dwarf earth city gate of the Five Kingdoms City, more than 1,000 people stood in the black press to see Shen Tuo off.

Seeing that there were not a few serious guards around Shen Tuo, only a group of teenagers of more than ten people surrounded Shen Tuo who was riding on a horse, everyone frowned and shook their heads, feeling that the emperor was too neglectful of his safety.

Shen Tuo knew what everyone was thinking, so he smiled and said: "On this road, it is all the hinterland of the Jin people, and along the northern border, there are also border troops stationed for defense, plus the Jin soldiers of Yimou Ke, I don't have a few people around me, and it is very safe." ”

The kings and the ministers also knew that he was right, but they speculated in their hearts that they were not at ease, and they were still frightened.

This group of people, all of whom were captured when the city of Tokyo was broken, witnessed the ferocity and strength of the Jurchen soldiers, and the thought of the emperor being forcibly summoned to Shangjing and being trapped in the group of barbarians covered in stinking was terrifying.

Some of them are indeed worried about Shen Tuo's safety, and there are also quite a few people, but they are worried that Shen Tuo is a little careless, which will anger the Jurchen nobles and affect everyone. In addition, there were more than 100 golden soldiers guarding Shen Tuo's side, all of them were fierce and fierce, and they glanced at the ministers from time to time, which made them tremble and dare not face it.

Shen Tuo smiled bitterly, only feeling that the group of ministers of the Song Dynasty in front of him was no different from a group of sheep. In fact, less than two hundred years ago, even when the Tang Dynasty was about to set in the West Mountain and was crippled, the envoys of any strong town could ride their horses and whip up their horses and declare their power in the foreign barbarian state, as if they were in a no-man's land.

A flock of sheep led by a lion and a flock of lions led by a sheep are judged by their strength and weakness.

Shen Tuo took a long breath and said secretly: "Zhao Kuangyin, for the benefit of your family, you have mistaken me for hundreds of years in China!" ”

His current identity is Zhao Heng, but psychologically he is not at all, he has no respect for the founding emperor of the Zhao family. Every Chinese knows that after the Han and Tang Dynasties, starting with the Song Dynasty, China began to weaken. After Jingkang, there was a precedent for the Central Plains Dynasty to call his vassals and nephews to kill heroes to seek peace, all kinds of shame, thousands of years later, still make people sigh.

In the past, when I looked at history, it was just in a book, and it was still hated. And the situation in the book is displayed in front of him like this, and the taste here is really good for Shen Tuo not to know how to react.

He didn't want to look at the situation in front of him, and then looked at the young man who was guarding in front of him, although he was not as tall as an adult, and his spirit was impressive, but he was strong and confident, and he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, because he commanded to Chongji: "Chongji, open the way in front of your head, let's set off." ”

He turned his head to the ministers and said, "I will definitely be fine if I go here, and you will return." ”

After that, he no longer paid attention to the crowd, and only waited for the front team to move forward, and then lightly controlled the reins of the horse, and followed.

He gradually went farther away, but he could not hear the ministers talking. Before Zhao Heng, he was weak and afraid of things, and he couldn't ride a horse. It is thousands of miles to the north, you can only ride a donkey and ride a car, where can you be so carved Shen Tuo in general, with a strong attitude, riding on a majestic horse, it is actually calm.

Everyone has a difference in their hearts, and they can't help but talk about it, but they can't understand it correctly, and when Shen Tuo goes far away, they will also scatter as birds and beasts.

The city of the Five Kingdoms is bordered by Heishui, that is, the bank of the Heilongjiang River in later generations, and it is only more than 500 miles away from Huining Mansion in Shangjing, the capital of the Jin Kingdom. At that time, the Jin Kingdom was initially decided, and the local government council was still in the system, ruling in the form of tribes, and in all parts of Yanjing, the Han people and the Khitan people were in the form of farming and settlement, setting up state governments, building roads, and intermingling. Although it is a little backward than the Song Dynasty, it is also similar in pattern. In this homeland of Jinguo, it is still a nomadic hunting as the main production and lifestyle, living in a simple way, and the roads are not repaired. The conditions were so difficult, and the Jin Bing Mouke who led the team also knew that the Nanren Emperor was weak, so he took care of it, and he could rest after traveling dozens of miles a day every day.

Shen Tuo was originally in good health, but the body he lived in was too weak, and he had deliberately strengthened his exercise these days, and he was still exhausted after a slight bump on the horseback.

On the other hand, the guards in front of him, although most of them were underage teenagers, they were all fierce and fierce, and they didn't take this bit of travel in their eyes, the Song people were like this, not to mention those Jurchen soldiers who grew up on horseback since childhood. He was ashamed in his heart, but in turn he urged the Jin people to hurry, and the leader of the team couldn't resist him, so he strengthened for one or twenty miles a day, and only rested when Shen Tuo couldn't stand it.

In this way, he taught these Jin people to respect them, and they all thought: "It turns out that the emperor of the southerners is not useless." ”

On this day, everyone ran until late, but they missed the lodging, and as far as the eye could see, there was no pasture around, let alone the government reception. The Mouke Hu Shahu who led the team said to Shen Tuo: "I can't do it today, so I have to camp here and stay in the wilderness, and I have wronged the emperor." ”

With his status and status, in fact, there is no need to explain to Shen Tuo at all, but these days, the two get along closely, Shen Tuo has a bold and generous personality, perseverance and determination, but Hu Shahu admires it very much, and he has faintly regarded Shen Tuo as a friend. Although the Jurchens are brutal, they are straightforward, and once they appreciate each other, they are polite and courteous everywhere, and even the Jurchen soldiers who are involved in this small group are polite to the Song people, unlike the soldiers of other teams, who either beat and scold the ordinary Song people.

Shen Tuo set up a pergola with his hands and looked around, but he only saw the sky and the wilderness, not only did he not see anyone, but he couldn't see half of the cattle and sheep. Everywhere you look, only the remnant sun and the sunset are like blood, and the dry grass and loess are vast.

Because he smiled at Hu Shahu: "It's actually my fault, I want to run more than 20 miles, and I knew that I would rest in the tribe of the right people." ”

He knew that the Jurchens were straightforward and hated red tape the most, so when he talked to Hu Shahu, he even omitted the word "I".

Hu Shahu didn't care, jumped a horse, frowned and gave orders, let all the gold soldiers dismount, cut down trees for piles, set up camp tents, and let people make fires to boil water and prepare dinner.

While he was busy, he smiled at Shen Tuo, who was kneading his shoulders and pinching his legs, and said, "The emperor don't be polite with me, you Central Plains people are like this, you have too many courtesies." ”

Shen Tuo also smiled: "It's not strange that there are many people, this is our southern word." Although etiquette is cumbersome, it is what people need, otherwise there is no condescension and humility, which is terrible. ”

He just said it casually, but Hu Shahu sighed: "Yes." When our grandfather invaded Zhongjing, won the world, and knew that Ban Bo was extremely strong, he still had to discuss with the ministers, everyone gathered in a heap, sat together, there was no distance between each other, and he could say whatever he wanted. ”

He patted his leg and exclaimed, "Hey, that's a pleasure! But later, Emperor Taizong got Yanjing, grabbed the Yellow Umbrella cover of the Liao Dog Emperor, and the honor guard guarded, and the rules changed all of a sudden. All of a sudden, it seems to have a lot of weight. I see, what bullshit etiquette, what good is it except to teach people to disobey in the stomach! ”

Shen Tuo saw that his face was full of anger, and he didn't say anything, thinking about it for a while, but he paced in front of Hu Shahu and said in a low voice: "The general needs to be more careful when he speaks." ”

Seeing Hu Shahu glaring at him, he persuaded again: "I know that the general is a hero, but there are many villains in the world, so why bother to cause trouble." ”

He praised first and then persuaded, but he made this barbarian general very comfortable. In fact, this Hu Shahu is very old, and he is from Longyun Lao, and he raised troops with Yan Aguda back then, but he only did this small trick, which is also because he has too little scheming and too much resentment. He knew that he was wrong, Shen Tuo woke up with a word, but he also knew that there were many taboos in Shicai's words, so he also crossed the soldiers who were listening to the side, and scolded: "If you don't go to do things, what are you doing here?" ”

In this way, he inherited a small favor from Shen Tuo, Hu Shahu was straightforward and rude, so he said: "The emperor will wait a minute, I will take a few people to shoot some wild things, and let the emperor fight the tooth sacrifice!" ”

Shen Tuo was stopped, but he had already mounted his horse, shouted a few personal soldiers, and went with bows and arrows. At that time, the Jurchens ate and drank, it was very rude, and it was a good delicacy to put fat slices on top of coarse rice, Shen Tuo was also ruthless these days, and he looked at him at the moment, but he didn't stop.