Shi Zhongxin is not a fool, on the contrary, he is a very smart man. Although he seems harmless and goes about his life with a simple and honest face, in fact he is more sensitive than anyone else.
It is precisely because he has no ability that he puts extra effort into trying to figure out other people's thoughts. It is not an easy task to get information that is useful to him from people who are smarter than him, so he pays great attention to the fact that others don't care.
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No one can say that a person who can remember the two different changes of Zou Tong's footsteps is a fool, let alone a person who can guess the outcome of the incident from the weight of the footsteps. We generally call this kind of person
Strange person!
Although Zou Tong was surprised by Shi Zhongxin's sensitivity, he had something on his mind and ignored this feeling when he looked at Shi Zhongxin's honest old face.
After drinking all the wine in the glass, he turned the glass upside down and said with a smile: "I am on duty today and I shouldn't drink, but you used the victory of the general to persuade me to drink, so I had to drink a glass.
Lao Shi, can you still do what you said before?"
Shi Zhongxin poured another glass of wine into his mouth and said: "Of course you can do it. At the beginning, I was worried that Marquis Yun would not be able to win. Now that I have the endorsement of a big victory, there is no problem. Old Zou, first tell me how far Marquis Yun will win.
To what extent is it, is it defeating Yelvhua Tower or defeating it?"
Zou Tong looked around carefully and whispered: "Annihilate them all! Not a single one of the 14,000 barbarians escaped!" Zou Tong then explained the entire Tangxian battle to Shi Zhongxin clearly.
"Happy!" Shi Zhongxin's big hand slapped the low table heavily and he cheered.
"How many prisoners of war are there? We brothers will have enough to eat as many living prisoners of war as are not registered."
Zou Tong shook his head and said: "There are no prisoners of war!"
"How can it be?"
Zou Tong smiled bitterly and said: "There were originally six thousand prisoners of war, but the general dug a hole and buried them all alive!"
"Kill in a trap?" Shi Zhongxin stood up from his chair when he heard what Zou Tong said.
"Keep your voice down, the general is in a rage right now. He looks very scary now. Some of the people in Tang County ran away before the war, and the rest were killed by the barbarian men from Yelvhua Tower. Then
If the general kills all the barbarians again, if you do the math, there are still people alive in that place in Tang County, so it’s not unusual to call it a ghost town."
Shi Zhongxin gritted his teeth in pain and said: "After all, he is still young. Trapping and killing prisoners of war will not do him any good. He will also be criticized by the old masters in the court. Why not stay and sell them to us? How many more warriors can he have under his command?"
Make money to support your retirement.”
Zou Tong shook his hand like a cattail leaf fan and said repeatedly: "Don't say such things at this time. Cao Dading and the others used women, food, grass, and ordnance to beg Yeluhua Tower not to attack the city. Yeluhua Tower itself felt that the advance was too powerful.
I was worried that we would be surrounded by the Song Dynasty army, so I accepted the gift and did not attack the city.
The city was saved, but the wives of Cao Dading, the defense envoy of Dingzhou, Chen Xian, the transshipment envoy, and Yang Du, the governor of the state, were sent over to be destroyed by the Yelvhua Tower. I heard that the breast meat of Chen Xian's wife was cut off and steamed as gifts.
Chen Xian, all 1,128 women died in the end, the scene was too tragic to witness.
The two women, who could have survived, committed suicide in the general's arms after combing his hair and wiping his armor. It was because of this that the general went crazy and was able to do such things as going out to kill him.
Lao Shi, I think we shouldn’t do this kind of thing this time? I feel cold all over just thinking about it, I can’t bear it!”
Shi Zhongxin slapped the wine bottle in front of him away, and cursed: "That bastard Cao Dading, only this bastard Cao Dading can do this. Chen Xian and Yang Du, two useless civil servants, still know about it."
You want face, this bitch doesn’t even know what face is.
Although he is a dandy in Tokyo, he is too despised if he cannot even protect his own woman. Rough men in the countryside know how to kill people for their wives. Is this idiot's love for treating others as human beings?
Didn’t he enter the city? I’m going to beat him right now!”
Zou Tong sighed and walked out as a habit to pick up the flat silver pot. He shook it and found that the wine inside was not spilled. He took a sip from the spout and said, "Your Majesty has no intention of killing Cao Dading.
I can't say anything to forgive this guy, and it seems that Marquis Yun will not rest until he kills Cao Dad, so I have to take the blame and send him far away before the old masters in the court know the whole story.
, this guy voluntarily went to Cangzhou Prison City!"
"Then go to Shamen Island! This idiot dares to go to Cangzhou Prison City. Lao Yun will chase him to Cangzhou Prison City when he comes back. Only the isolated place of Shamen Island is safe. If I were Cao Dading, I would never go to Cangzhou
From the prison city.”
Shi Zhongxin sneered and said: "If something like this happened, the Queen would probably not have the shame to protect this idiot. His father, Cao Rui, died early, otherwise he would have been pissed to death. Our generals can
You don’t know how to fight, but you can’t be courageous. If you fail to fight, you may die!
The entire Gao family died in the Duck River. He knew that he was going to die but he still had to hold on to the end, so his Gao family's title was restored, the mansion was returned to the Gao family, and the rewards given by His Majesty filled the Gao family's treasury.
The 3-year-old boy has also become the Marquis of Wuding. In the past thirty to fifty years, the Gao family's status has been as stable as Mount Tai. It is true that the general's wealth was obtained at the cost of his life.
Do you know, if Marquis Yun had not appeared in Tang County, I would have braved the idea of dying in Dingzhou and walked to Dingzhou, even if I was so frightened that I would not dare to take a step back."
Zou Tong patted Shi Zhongxin's hand and said with a smile: "It is your duty to be loyal to a minister. As for ability, benevolence and wisdom are in the eye of the beholder. So, let's not try to calculate the merits of this time."
Shi Zhongxin shook his head and said: "No, the more we are at this time, the more we need to plan. After this battle, Marquis Yun will probably suffer heavy losses, right? Field battles consume the most troops, not to mention that he also attacked the city.
Marquis Yun is a wise general, and what he hates most is field battles and sieges. Unfortunately, these two combat methods test the combat effectiveness of his soldiers, and damage is inevitable.
He has always been kind to his subordinates, and the soldiers who were injured in the battle need extra subsidies, which will definitely require a lot of money. Therefore, this time we ask him for military exploits, which is actually to help him. If he is great, we can give him more money."
Zou Tong thought for a while and said: "It's better not to ask Marquis Yun at this time. It's better to ask Li Chang to handle this matter. Judging from the content of Li Chang's memorial, the general is as angry as a lion now. He is worried about affecting the morale of the army.
The army was handed over to the supervisor Li Chang for control, which is why His Majesty likes the general the most."
"We can't help him in the military formation, so don't hold him back. In short, the ones who should fight to the death for the Song Dynasty are us who enjoy the glory and wealth. Forget it, wait until His Majesty arrives in Dingzhou
, we went to see Lao Yun for a drink, and even after being scolded by him, we accepted it."
Shi Zhongxin and Zou Tong finished the jar of wine in a short while. Zou Tong stood up unsteadily and waved to Shi Zhongxin before carrying the fly whisk to serve Zhao Zhen. In any case, the emperor should have finished his work at this time.
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Zhao Zhen is also drinking. His body is tired but his spirit is very strong. He can only drink some light rice wine now. In front of him is the official battle report just sent by Yun Zheng. The content on it is always simple.
"The minister Yunzheng rushed six hundred miles to attack Yelvhua Pagoda in Tang County. He trapped six thousand soldiers!"
Every word of Zhao Zhen requires a glass of wine, so after reading this one-sentence memorial, Zhao Zhen, who is a light drinker, was already blushing.
Clapping his hands, the historian who recorded the daily notes was already waiting. Zhao Zhen pointed to the memorial on the table and said to the historian: "Record it and don't modify a single word!"
The historian expressionlessly took the memorial handed over by the maid, glanced at it and said, "The deception of the soldiers is detrimental to your majesty's reputation for benevolence!"
Zhao Zhen blushed and said: "I like it very much. I like this wording very much. It makes me feel like Emperor Qin and Han Dynasty! Compared with benevolence and virtue, I like the domineering spirit in it more."
"Your Majesty, I obey the order!" the historian agreed and returned to the curtain behind the memorial with the memorial in hand. The emperor usually did not interfere with daily life and record the records. Today, for the sake of the emperor's happiness, he did not make any modifications. This is a taboo for His Holiness.
Most historians don't like it, but it is the historian's responsibility to point out what is wrong.
Zhao Zhen actually didn't care much about the affairs of the more than a thousand women. He even believed that Cao Dading's ability to ensure that the city was not lost was the real point. Yun Zheng's rage was because he was a bastard who valued people more than the city.
A good man, a man with a strong self-esteem that makes people speechless. Such a person is naturally excellent as a friend, a brother, and a courtier.
Just not fit to be an emperor!
Zhao Zhen couldn't help but laugh after thinking about this. This is enough. As for Yun Zheng's decision to hack Cao Dading to death, let him go. If Cao Dading accidentally encounters Yun Zheng and is hacked to death, his fate will be bad.
No one is to blame...
Hebei and Hejian are already at war. So far, the performance of the Song Dynasty is remarkable. Di Qing faced the Liao Emperor's attack with both offense and defense, and Yunzheng showed his prowess outside Yanmen Pass.
With 50,000 men at hand, he defeated the 350,000 Liao army, completely turning the tide of the Song-Liao war and making the Song Dynasty feel proud and proud.
Because of this, Zhao Zhen dared to lead a team of fish-belly troops to station in Zhaozhou. It was only three hundred miles away from Dingzhou. It was already a rare adventure for him. Now, Yeluhua, who was described as a devil in the battle report
The pagoda has been made into a wax figure by Li Chang. With one more wax figure on the Wude Hall, he can no longer hurt anyone.
Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen looked at the charming little palace maid and felt hot all over again. He wanted to be gentle again, but found that the little palace maid had been sent away by Zou Tong who had just walked in. (To be continued)