It was nearly three o'clock in the night, the moon was full and cold, Zong Ze couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw his son Zong Ying coming in carrying a bloody head. However, when he saw two young people coming in behind his son, he was surprised.
He was even more happy, and even got up from the couch to pick him up.
"Meet Mr. Zong!"
One of the two young men, Yue Fei, was an ordinary-looking man with big and small eyes. When he heard Zong Ze personally calling him, of course he did not dare to neglect him and immediately stepped forward and bowed his head.
Behind Yue Fei, there was a tall young man with outstanding appearance. He was the son of Ma Zheng, who was famous for his contact with the Maritime Alliance in the early years. Ma Zichong, who had been in and out of the palace when he was young, quickly followed him and bowed down when he saw this.
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Let us also say that Zongze was given the title of Privy Councilor by Zhao Jiu as early as last autumn. He was the serious Prime Minister of Xifu, and he was left behind in Tokyo. The so-called heart of the Central Plains of Hebei, plus the meaning of a town of princes, and he was already seven years old.
It's ten days, how can we meet each other without a big courtesy?
However, Zongze didn't care about people who were hypocritical. After the two parties met, he sat back on the couch and simply raised his hand to signal: "Commander Yue, stay here. I have something good to show him. You two go out to the door."
Guard."
Zong Ying, who was carrying the head, and Ma Kuo, who had traveled thousands of miles from the northern section of the Taihang Mountains to the enemy-occupied area, looked at each other, but they had no choice but to say hello, and then went out together to act as doormen.
"Pengju." Zongze sat cross-legged and barefoot on the couch again. When he heard a door knock outside, he smiled at Yue Fei who was standing in front of him and said, "Do you remember my words before you went on the expedition in the twelfth lunar month of last year?
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"Don't forget to fly for one day!" Yue Fei cupped his hands and replied solemnly. "At that time, General Mo led five hundred cavalry as Tabai envoys (investigation officers) to Sishui Pass to investigate Wanyan Nianhan's brigade. Before leaving, Zongzong
Xianggong's original words were: 'You are worthy of death for your crime, but I will not ask you to forgive me. Now you should perform meritorious service for me, and look at the enemy's strength. Don't fight lightly'!"
"That's it." Zongze continued to ask. "Then what did you do?"
"The last general disobeyed my husband's military orders and returned from fighting before the battle." Yue Fei answered frankly.
"Yes." Zongze wrapped his body in a variegated fur robe and sighed softly. "You violated my temperance and military orders..."
Seeing the other party's attitude, Yue Fei rarely wanted to take the initiative to explain something.
However, Zongze raised his hand slightly to stop the other party from explaining, but continued on his own:
"Actually, according to military regulations, you should have died when you first arrived in Tokyo, because no matter what, if you break away from the general and return south to cross the river privately, you will never be able to make a mistake if you kill him with one sword. What's more, Wang Yan was alone in the north at that time, and it was me.
As the personally appointed envoy of Hebei, there is absolutely no reason to spare you. Everyone in the entire left-behind department said that you should be killed... But I still pardoned you at that time, but only demoted you to Bingyilang. There was also the twelfth month of the year before.
It was the same time once. I made it clear before you went out that you were not allowed to fight lightly, but you blatantly disobeyed military orders. And after returning, I ignored military rules again. Instead of punishing you, I rewarded you vigorously and promoted you to the position of commander...
…Do you know why?"
"Because the last general can resist gold!" Yue Fei replied proudly, with his eyes one big and one small, as if looking at each other with stern eyes. "The last general returned to Xianggong's command in Hebei before, and now he also returns to Xianggong's command in Tokyo. It has always been Xianggong's command that kills the most.
, the most advantageous one in the war..."
"That's right!" Zongze responded happily. "That's it! Fighting against gold is the first priority in everything. You and Wang Yan had a disagreement. In the final analysis, it was about whose method was the most effective against gold. I told you not to fight lightly, but
It’s because cavalry is precious and must be kept on the battlefield for great use, rather than being destroyed in vain... And since you can not lose your ambition to resist gold and have the tools to resist gold, I will naturally use you in a big way, don’t you think?"
"wrong!"
Yue Fei continued to speak arrogantly. "If Mr. Xiang really wants to regain Hebei, he should strictly abide by military rules and strict military discipline... If Mr. Xian is acting like this now, not only will he treat me, but the entire Tokyo left-behind department, the situation will be either lenient or severe."
Although control can restrain people's hearts for a while, it will not last long, nor can it raise a strong army! Moreover, everything is tied to Xianggong, and all the kindness and power come from Xianggong. Once something goes wrong with Xianggong's body, there will be a huge situation in Tokyo.
You'll be destroyed in one fell swoop! It's hard to believe that half of the troops here will be scattered and become thieves!"
Zongze was silent for a long time, and then he reluctantly said on the couch: "You should change your temper, otherwise a random husband sitting here would have pointed at your big eyes and said that you despise him, and then he would
I’ll kill you!”
"The general knows that the general is no longer stubborn in Hebei. He is just very clear about the will and will of Enxiang, so he just said it boldly." Yue Fei bowed his head and faced him. "I hope that I can forgive my sins."
"It doesn't matter." Zongze waved his hand casually. "Since we all know each other's ambitions and are comrades, let's not talk about these things. I came to see you today for three things..."
"Please give me your edict, Sir!"
"First of all, your attack in the direction of Huazhou in the past few days has ranked first in the left-behind division. I heard that you and your subordinate Wang Gui teamed up to kill a fierce enemy. I have already written a letter to promote you to do this.
Control, Wang Gui is the commander's document, just take it... Ji Qingbu will also return it to you, plus this time Zhang? died in Huazhou, and a thousand of his remnants are convinced that you saved them, and
I'll give them all to you together, and tomorrow I'll gather a few hundred sets of armor, bows, arrows, etc., and make it look like three thousand people." After saying that, Zongze took a piece of paper directly from the table and used it randomly.
Then he handed it to the other party directly. "The Department of Left Behind will naturally take care of the funeral arrangements."
"I would like to thank you for your kindness!" Yue Fei took the still-dry document and stuffed it into his sleeve and quickly bowed his head. It had only been less than three months and his command was back again. He was really worse than someone else's Taiwei.
Too much went smoothly.
"The second thing," Zongze continued, pointing to the pile of words on the table. "These decrees are everywhere. You must have seen them before, right?"
"I've seen it!" Yue Fei continued to answer simply. "The messengers going to Hebei couldn't get through at all. They were all blocked in Huazhou. The general has seen a lot in the army, but I don't know if they are all complete?"
"It doesn't matter." Zongze shook his head. "What do you think?"
"It's always a good thing!" Yue Fei was still frank to the extreme. "If you want to restore Hebei, it won't happen overnight. You need hundreds of thousands of troops to meet the enemy's main force and win. Only if you want to have hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers can you do it without the intervention of officials."
With such determination and strategy, we can gather all our strength in the southeast, Jingxiang, Bashu, Guanzhong, and even the Huaihe River and the Central Plains, otherwise it will be impossible!"
Zongze hesitated to speak, but just shook his head: "These are a bit far away. Let's only talk about one of them today..."
"But you are required to lead troops to Shouzhou to protect King Qin?" Yue Fei instinctively looked back at the direction of the outer door. "Otherwise, there would be no need for Ma Zichong to come here. Everyone in the left-behind department knows that Ma Zichong is here to face the Holy Spirit."
"That's right." Zong Ze sighed. "Although the front line is difficult, the officials still need to provide support. Otherwise, if there is an eventuality, it will be the situation of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Not to mention the unification of the ancestors will be difficult.
See, maybe I will see a Jurchen emperor again, your descendants and my descendants will all want to be left alone!"
"That's not allowed!" Yue Peng raised his eyes and squinted, instinctively answering. "The more people are fleeing in Hebei recently, it's because the situation there is getting worse and worse by the Jurchens!"
"Don't talk about that," Zong Zefu gestured with his lips again. "As long as you understand what I mean, go back and have a good rest. When the ordnance is delivered tomorrow, we will lead the troops. There is also a memorial on the case, which is to persuade the officials.
When you go back to Tokyo for the Northern Expedition, you should also take it with you..."
"Ms. sir," Yue Pengju couldn't hold back again. "Tokyo seems to be able to block the Jurchen soldiers, and the battle in the direction of Baimajin in Huazhou is fierce. But in fact, the Jin Kingdom's Central Army's original intention is to sweep Hebei, not to cross the river to advance. The third prince of the Jin Kingdom falsely said this
When we went south, it was more like finishing off the fourth prince's martial arts and not crossing the river. The so-called troops crossing the river in Huazhou were only 20,000 to 30,000 plus one. We had more than 100,000 people and dozens of troops went forward and succeeded each other, and fought in turns.
How can we get the officials to come here again? If the officials are here, they are afraid that they will attract troops from both the east and west of the Kingdom of Jin to Tokyo. How can we resist them then?"
"Is that so?" Zongze seemed not to want to get into the matter with Yue Fei, so he just pretended. "Let's send it over. Anyway, the official family is blocked in Shouzhou and can't get through... Ninety-nine percent of the time, they still have to go.
Yangzhou, please go to King Qin to rescue me."
Yue Fei had no choice but to stuff the note into his sleeve again, and tied the cuffs with a cowhide belt, and was about to hand over his hand and say goodbye... However, as soon as he raised his hand, he suddenly remembered something:
"En Xiang said there were three things before, is there one more thing that has not been made clear?"
"Oh yes!"
Zongze also suddenly realized it, but he simply took off his fur robe, climbed up on the couch, rummaged in the corner of the couch for a long time, then took out a box, then turned around and waved. "Peng Ju come up to the couch and show you something."
Baby! I almost forgot!"
Yue Fei was speechless for a moment and did not step forward to say anything.
ps: It’s basically confirmed, and it will be on the shelves early next month. And I saw that the investment has indeed made everyone’s money back...a sense of pride arises spontaneously.