Chapter 303: Dismembered by five horses, given a lighter sentence?
And Yelv Zonglei, after listening to Yan Zonghan's words, did not refute too much.
Obviously, he agreed with the other party's statement.
As for Zhao Ji, he had no good impression of those grassroots strongmen.
If we can take advantage of this opportunity to completely wipe it out, it will definitely be a good thing for the stability of the Song Dynasty.
But who should be sent to do this?
When Zhao Ji thought of this, his eyes unconsciously glanced at Tong Guan, who was standing in the queue of military commanders.
Because in the past, when leading troops, Tong Guan's shadow could always be seen.
Therefore, Zhao Ji's actions at this time were also his instinctive reaction.
Since the last time, Tong Guan led the troops to suppress the bandits, lost his troops and defeated the generals, and returned in defeat.
When Zhao Ji wanted to use Tong Guan again, he inevitably had a lot of hesitation in his heart.
At this time, Tong Guan was also very tangled in his heart.
On the one hand, he also hoped that Zhao Ji could send him to lead the army again.
Because as long as all that group of grass bandits and bandits are killed, their achievements will certainly not be small.
When the time comes, will he be able to receive rewards such as promotion and wealth without his Tong Guan?
But on the other hand, he was afraid that Zhao Ji would let him command the army again.
Because the last time when Tong Guan fell into the hands of Chao Gai and others, the extremely miserable and embarrassing scene was still vivid in his mind to this day.
If he leads the troops this time and is captured by Chao Gai and others again...
When Tong Guan thought of this, his whole body suddenly trembled.
Cai Jing, the leader of his faction, did not guess what Tong Guan was thinking at this moment.
Therefore, based on the consistent interests of their party, they strongly recommended Tong Guan to Zhao Ji as the commander-in-chief of this expedition.
Because in his opinion, the higher the official position of each official in their party, the more stable his position will be.
So at this time, helping that Tong Guan is equivalent to helping Cai Jing himself.
After hearing Cai Jing's strong recommendation, Tong Guan felt mixed feelings.
But at this moment, Wu Zhi intervened forcefully.
Then, in the Jinluan Palace, Tong Guan's various shortcomings were widely publicized.
It is impossible to say that he led troops to fight.
In his last offensive and defensive tug-of-war with Song Jiang, Chao Gai and others, not only did he not only lead his troops in an unreasonable manner, but he also suffered huge losses in terms of troops and generals.
Even he, the commander-in-chief, was captured by the enemy leader.
Later, in order to survive, he behaved even more ugly.
When these words came out of Wu Zhi's mouth one after another, Tong Guan's entire face changed.
He used to be very naive and thought that no one else would know about this except the strongmen and bandits in Qingfeng Village.
Unexpectedly, Wu Zhi not only knew about it, but also described the scene at that time very clearly.
This move immediately made Tong Guan feel ashamed and angry.
At the same time, Tong Guan was also puzzled as to why Wu Zhi knew this matter so clearly.
When Tong Guan asked this question, Wu Zhi's next reply made Tong Guan shut up without hesitation.
I saw Wu Zhi smiling calmly at this time.
Then, he looked at Tong Guan with a playful expression.
"It's not difficult for me to know this."
"Previously, when I was out of the palace on errands for the officials, I passed by Qingfeng Village."
"In a wine shop at the foot of the mountain village, I heard about all the indescribable things that happened to Master Tong Guan after he was kidnapped up the mountain."
"So regarding this expedition, we really cannot let Lord Tong Guan take charge again."
"Otherwise, if he falls into the hands of those strong bandits again, then with the temperament of those strong bandits, how can Lord Tong Guan survive?"
"I'm afraid I'll be quartered by five horses. Isn't this considered a lenient sentence?"
After Wu Zhi's arrangement, the boy was left in the court, completely humiliated.
At this moment, he was gnashing his teeth in hatred.
If there weren't so many talkative people here, he really wanted to go up and tear Wu Zhi's mouth to pieces.
Before that, Wu Zhi had offended Tong Guan to death.
So now he is not afraid of offending Tong Guan again.
Yelv Zonglei had previously thought of asking the Song Dynasty to send troops to avenge the Liao Kingdom.
When the time comes, the Liao Kingdom will only need to bring the captured crossbow equipment and the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry of the Song Dynasty back to the Liao Kingdom.
But now it seems that they have to take revenge themselves.
I pointed them at this group of useless generals to do this.
Maybe he, Yelu Zonglei, will not be able to wait for the day of revenge in his lifetime.
Wanyan Zonghan of the Kingdom of Jin, after hearing about the amazing achievements of the commander named Tong Guan of the Song Dynasty.
In my heart, I was also full of disdain for the entire Song Dynasty.
The original thought of killing someone with a borrowed knife was completely abandoned now.
After a short silence, Yelu Nanxian finally made up his mind and took a step forward, just as he was about to express his thoughts.
But who would have thought that Wanyan Zonghan would be one step ahead of her.
"Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Liao Kingdom, please leave this matter to us, the Kingdom of Jin."
"We will send troops to take back that batch of equipment and the craftsmen of the Song Dynasty for you. What do you think?"
"After all, those grassroots strongmen also killed hundreds of warriors from our Kingdom of Jin."
"If we don't chop off all the heads of that group of bandits, it will be difficult to relieve the anger in our hearts."
How could the clever and thoughtful Yelu Nanxian not guess the "good intentions" of the Great Jin Kingdom?
Yelu Nanxian even skipped the step of thinking and politely rejected the other party's kindness.
"Thank you very much for your kindness, His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin. It will be fine if we, the Liao Kingdom, handle this matter."
After Yelu Nanxian finished greeting Wanyan Zonghan, he saluted and smiled at Zhao Ji who was sitting on the dragon chair:
"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, in view of the fact that your soldiers have fought against that group of bandits more than a month ago and have not made any achievements."
"We have decided that in a few days, we, the Liao Kingdom, will form an army on our own to capture the group of grass bandits on Qingfeng Mountain."
"I hope His Majesty, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, will give me your approval."
When Zhao Ji heard Yelu Nanxian's idea, his thoughts were very complicated.
After all, they, the Song Dynasty, were a sovereign country, and they rashly invited a powerful force from another country to come to their own country to suppress bandits.
This seems unreasonable both emotionally and rationally.
But Zhao Ji also analyzed from the tragic situation of Tong Guan's defeat that the group of strong bandits seemed to be fierce and tight.
If he insists on letting Tong Guan lead the army at this time.
By then, it would be nice to kill all those thieves and grassroots bandits.