The sun rises in the east, the soft light of the early sun is sprinkled on the land of Zengtou City, dyed with a layer of gold, the breeze blows through the high hills, and the curling smoke rises from the chimneys of ordinary peasant people's homes, which is quiet and peaceful.

In the alleys, children frolicked, and the woman put the prepared food into a food box, carefully arranged the collar for it, and when everything was cleaned up, the man carried the hoe and plow out of the courtyard gate and headed for his field.

On the gate of Zengtou City, the heads of Zeng Mi and Zeng Kui were hanging, and the Jurchens who had been entrenched in Zengtou City for decades were destroyed, and the haze of being controlled by foreigners dissipated, and the land that was taken away by the Zeng family was returned to the hands of the Han people.

Three days have passed since the war, and after all the aftermath matters have been dealt with, Zhu Biao and Wei Dingguo stood on the gate tower of Zengtou City, looking at this side of the land, Zhu Biao looked far away, and muttered.

"Sad, the Qin and Han dynasties, the palace and thousands of rooms have been made of soil; Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer. ”

Wei Dingguo heard this half of the words, his heart was mixed, although this time he successfully destroyed Zengtou City, but Wei Dingguo did not have half of the joy of meritorious service, this group of Jurchens entrenched in Zengtou City for these years and was not discovered, Wei Dingguo did not dare to think about the problem, this time if it was not for the killing of a team of Zhuang guests in Dulonggang, angered the world-moving Taishan Jun, but I don't know how long it will take for the Han people in Zengtou City to regain peace.

Thinking of the letters that were searched from the Zeng Lane room two days ago, Wei Dingguo's heart was even heavier, and after a while, he arched his hand to Zhu Biao and said: "Zhu Gongzi, this time I was able to exterminate this group of Jurchen thieves with your help, only earlier Wei and the single brother only came here as ordinary bandits, but they didn't expect that there were so many complicated joints here, and asked Gongzi to point out a clear path for the two of us, how to report to the court after we go back." ”

When Zhu Biao heard this, he pondered for a moment, and he also knew in his heart how much trouble those secret letters between Zeng Lang and Jin Guo had caused to this Divine Fire General.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Biao asked towards Wei Dingguo's meaningful opening: "General Wei, in your heart, are you a general of the Great Song Dynasty or a general of the people of the world?" ”

When Wei Dingguo heard this, his face was stunned, his heart swelled with sour water, a trace of confusion appeared in his eyes, and he lowered his head and muttered in a low voice: "What is the difference between the generals of the court and the generals of the people?" ”

Throughout the three hundred and nineteen years of the Song Dynasty, the military generals have always been suppressed by civilian officials, but in all large and small battles, even if you are a figure like Di Qing and Yang Ye, there will be civilian moderation. There are countless regimental training envoys in local governors like Wei Dingguo in the entire Great Song Dynasty, and it is as difficult for these low-level generals as Shu Dao to come out.

If Wei Dingguo chooses to be a general of the imperial court, then those letters will be regarded as never found again, and he can only be promoted to a higher level by virtue of this meritorious service; If Wei Dingguo chooses to be the general of the people, and those letters are sent to Tokyo, the best result is to continue to be the training envoy of the Lingzhou regiment unchanged, and the worst result will even lead to death.

Zhu Biao stared at Wei Dingguo, knowing that he understood what he meant, and did not urge, but waited quietly for him to come back to his senses.

"If you don't find those letters, Wei may still be able to be a general of the court with peace of mind, but since you see it, you can't treat it as if it didn't happen, Wei Dingguo is willing to be a general of the people."

The corners of Zhu Biao's mouth rose slightly, but he also felt fortunate in his heart, this military general of the Great Song Dynasty was not completely corroded after all, compared to the calm and sleek holy water general Shan Tingqi, Wei Dingguo, a more fierce and stubborn character, still retains the bloody nature that a military general should have.

"General Wei, you have to think clearly, if those letters are sent to Tokyo, the official family will not be able to see them, and it may be good if they fall into the hands of Cai Jing, but if they fall into the hands of Tong Guan, the general may cause death." Zhu Biao looked at Wei Dingguo with a pair of eyes, and his tone was a little heavy.

Wei Dingguo's body is upright, but he feels that he has never been so sober for decades, he is awe-inspiring and upright, and said frankly: "Wei has lived for more than 30 years, and today he knows who to live for, and now the court is doing the dream of Lianjin to resist Liao and recover the land of Yanyun, but I don't know that the disaster of the Jurchens of the Jin Kingdom is better than that of the Khitan, and the money and grain transported to the Jin Kingdom every year in a small Zengtou City is so massive, and I don't know how many Zengtou Cities exist in the world of the Great Song Dynasty. Wei is not afraid of death. ”

Zhu Biao looked at this divine fire general, and only felt that he had re-acquainted himself with this person, Mr. Shi's Wei Dingguo had a violent personality and was accustomed to the courage of a husband, and now it seems that this person in front of him is a flesh-and-blood Great Song general.

This time he went out to attack Zengtou City, originally to save the ghost-faced Du Xing and avenge the dead Dulonggang Zhuangke; The second is to take this opportunity to help Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, and Lu Zhishen wash away the charges on their heads, but now it seems that the second purpose cannot be achieved.

Zhu Biao was not angry about this, firstly, Lin Chong and others did not attach importance to this, although Zhu Biao did not have any hope for the Great Song Dynasty, but Wei Dingguo's righteous act of ringing the bell for the country made Zhu Biao respectful.

"General Wei's idea makes Zhu admire, only one point, I hope that after General Wei returns to Lingzhou, Mo will send the letter to Tokyo in the form of a concerto, and only send it to Cai Jingfu secretly, so as to leave a way back for himself." Zhu Biao said seriously towards Wei Dingguo.

Wei Dingguo frowned slightly, and asked: "Why is this so, then Cai Jing is the traitor of the country, how can he help someone?" ”

"It is precisely because Cai Jing is a traitor and holds the power of the court that the general needs to send the letter to him, if he and Tong Guan are not all the way, he will make the letter public to the court and stand for you; If he colluded with Tong Guan and handed over the letter to Tong Guan, then in order to gag the general's mouth, he might appease you if the letter was not exposed; In this way, it is better than hastily sending letters to Tokyo, causing the various forces in the DPRK and China to attack each other, and finally pushing the general out as a scapegoat. Zhu Biao patiently explained, but he didn't want this divine fire general to lose his life rashly.

Wei Dingguo lowered his head and pondered, nodded after a while, and arched his hand towards Zhu Biao: "Thank you Zhu Gongzi for your advice, Wei knows how to act." ”

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Sanshan Island, Laizhou Bay, Zeng Tu, who had been galloping day and night for more than ten days, stood on the deck of a merchant ship going to sea at this time, wearing the clothes of ordinary people up and down, holding the steel gun tightly with only his hands, like a wounded lone wolf, looking at the coastline of the Great Song Dynasty that was gradually moving away, and made a poisonous oath in his heart:

"Zhu Biao, Wei Dingguo, Lu Zhishen...... The Zeng family's blood feud, a certain Zeng Tu will come to report sooner or later, if you don't break your corpse into thousands of pieces, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart. ”

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