The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 377

Arriving at the door of the guest room, Ding Daxie opened the door and invited Zhao Tong to enter after being greeted.

When Zhao Tang entered the room, he saw Zhu Xiuniang painting again, He Xiang and Qing Xing, two maids, one was washing brushes, the other was coloring.

He walked closer and took a closer look. It was a picture of a golden pheasant with hibiscus. It couldn't be said to be very good, but it wasn't bad either. Naturally, it couldn't be compared with the paintings of Emperor Daojun.

Watching the two maids go out to make tea, Zhao Tang smiled and said, "Xiu Niang, although I didn't kill Fang La this time to take revenge, but I also cut off her arm, so I can collect some interest."

Zhu Xiuniang raised her head, her face was a little pale: "Zhao Tang, you didn't send troops to Huzhou?"

The news of the great victory in the city had already spread, and Zhao Tun never let anyone hide it from her, so Zhu Xiuniang knew what happened yesterday.

Zhao Tang looked at her with deep eyes, and said: "Xiu Niang, you are my wife, since you are under the same roof, you should consider each other, you can't play tricks, and you should put the overall situation first."

Zhu Xiuniang's complexion became even whiter in an instant, and she dropped her pen and took a step back, as if a kitten who was stealing food was suddenly discovered, but she concealed her guilt awkwardly: "Zhao Tun, I don't know what you are talking about, where did the skill come from?" You two are messing around, don't spit blood here!"

Zhao Tong's face was calm, and he shook his head while watching her: "Xiu Niang, you are a smart person, do you need me to explain it carefully? Can you not think that Fang La is most likely to leave Hangzhou? He even asked the king to send troops to Huzhou Ambush, Fang La is the chief culprit who killed your whole family, don't be confused about this kind of thing."

Zhu Xiuniang gritted her teeth and said, "Zhao Tang, don't treat a gentleman with a villain's heart. I'm just a woman who doesn't understand military affairs or the overall situation. If you want to kill me, just do it, sir. Find some high-sounding reasons and pour some dirty water on my head!"

Zhao Tuo stared at her for a moment, suddenly smiled, shook his head and said: "How could I kill you, Xiu Niang, you are my Zhao Tuo's woman, I feel sorry for you before it's too late, how can I do such a heartless thing! "

Zhu Xiuniang looked at Zhao Tun and said bitterly: "Zhao Tun, don't deceive me with these hypocritical words. I know what kind of person you are. You are hypocritical and fickle, cruel and ruthless, with a human face and a beast's heart.

Zhao Tong squinted her eyes, and interrupted her with a sneer: "Xiu Niang is self-respecting, don't forget your own identity, you are now a member of the Qin Palace, humiliating others and yourself, making people laugh, and even losing your mind? You know that too. You ladies of Shu Dali, have you forgotten the basic etiquette!"

Zhu Xiuniang Jianshui's eyes were cold, her jade hands were tightly clenched, her knuckles were bloodless, and she glared at Zhao Tun: "You..."

Zhao Tong snorted, flung his robe sleeves and turned around to leave. When he got to the door, he looked back and said, "You are married and a woman now, remember to take care of the overall situation in everything!"

After all, he slammed the door and left.

Zhu Xiuniang looked at his back, stood there for a long while, and finally returned to the table, pushed all the scroll paper and pens to the ground, lay down on the table, and started to cry...

On the second day, Zhao Tama summoned everyone to discuss the matter and discuss how to march next.

What Tong Guan meant was that the army pushed forward all the way, first went down to Muzhou and Shezhou, and after digging Fangla's lair, they then went all the way south and crushed, regained the land of eastern Zhejiang, and wiped out the remaining bandits.

However, Yao Pingzhong put forward a different idea, advocating the division of troops to advance, taking Muzhou and Shezhou all the way, and going all the way to the southeast to collect Wuzhou, Quzhou, Yuezhou, Taizhou and other places.

What he said immediately caused Tong Guan to stare angrily. The two had some rifts when they were in the northwest, and Tong Guan felt that Yao Pingzhong was deliberately targeting him at this moment, embarrassing him.

That year, Yao Pingzhong fought with the Xixia army at Zangdi River, and many Xixia soldiers were killed in that battle. He is still a newborn calf with a stunned head, and his words don't follow Tong Guan at all. Tong Guan was very unhappy, lowered his reward, and didn't get promoted. Call him "Little Taiwei".

Although this is a trivial matter, it made Tong Guan lose face, and Yao Pingzhong's reputation in Guanzhong has risen, and in terms of the results alone, he can be regarded as stepping on Tong Guan to become famous.

Seeing Tong Guan glaring at him, Yao Pingzhong hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "Master Taiwei, I'm just talking about my opinion, Taiwei don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously."

Tong Guan sneered and said: "Yao Xiyan, with you here, how dare this old man call you a Taiwei, who doesn't know your name as Guanzhong Little Taiwei!"

Yao Pingzhong clicked his lips. After all, it was not the time, and he did not dare to contradict him. His eyes wandered around, looking at Liu Yanqing and Xin Xingzong, making them frown.

Zhao Tong knew that Tong Guan was narrow-minded. Although Tong Guan's development followed the normal track, the generals of the Western Army on Tong Guan's Golden Palace conquered Fang La, and Yao Pingzhong was also selected to accompany the army. He attended the celebration banquet to meet the Taoist emperor.

At this moment, Zhao Tong could only smooth things over, and said with a smile: "Xiyan, don't offend Privy Tong, don't you know that Privy Tong is looking for disciples to succeed you right now? It's impossible to say that you have a unique bone structure, and you are a unique martial arts genius , take you back to the past, and practice that peerless martial arts."

Yao Pingzhong shrank his neck in fright when he heard the words, even Liu Yanqing and the two dared not look at it.

Tong Guan looked at Yao Pingzhong and snorted: "Don't think about peerless martial arts. I heard that the internal servants are short of a few people who are in charge of the East Kitchen's dining room. They are very poor. I can recommend you to go there. It's easy to relax every day. "

Yao Pingzhong's face twitched immediately, he just laughed and slammed his boots on the ground, cursing his mother inwardly.

Zhao Tong shook his head secretly, there is no atmosphere of discussion here, it can be seen that in the past Tong Guan led the army, they were mostly talkative, and they didn't allow others to talk.

He said: "It's better to talk about the business. No matter whether the troops are combined or divided, they must come up with a charter. How to allocate, how to march, and where to go first, let's listen to it."

After he opened his mouth, he started discussing again, he said everything, and there were other tactics, but most of them were mediocre tricks, which made Zhao Tong frown.

After a long while, after Zhao Tun drank three bowls of tea, the discussion gradually subsided, Zhao Tun tapped the table with his fingers, and said slowly: "This king thinks that it is okay to combine troops and divide them, and there is no big difference. Soldiers..."

When Zhao Tong said this, he looked at Tong Guan with a smile.

Tong Guan was puzzled, and said: "My lord..."

Zhao Tong shook his head: "This coalition going south, is it mainly the Tong Shumi, or the king?"

Um?Tong Guan was stunned when he heard the words, and only then did he realize that he had neglected this matter. In the past, he was almost the main leader in leading troops, so he never thought about it this time, but now it seems that he was negligent.

He is naturally unwilling to give up his military power, not that he wants to hand over all 10,000+ of the Western Army to Zhao Tong. After all, this is an official decree for him to take it with him, but when the time comes to join forces, everything must be said by Zhao Tong After all, this was something he didn't want to accept.

Tong Guan prides himself on using soldiers like a god, and he has always said what he says in the army. He doesn't want other people to have the final say, and he is even more afraid that if he gets used to it, he will use himself as the coach, saying wrong things and doing wrong things. If you offend Zhao Tun, it's not beautiful.

But at this time, the conversation has already reached this point, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Of course the prince is the main one, and the minister obeys orders."

Zhao Tang burst into laughter when he heard the words, and said: "Private Tong, you really want to steal some leisure, but I don't want to lead so many soldiers anymore. I'm tired of fighting for days, and the 3 people under my command don't even bother to take them with me." .”

Tong Guan heard the meaning of Zhao Tong's words, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and asked tentatively: "Then the prince means that he intends to divide the army to hunt for thieves?"

Zhao Tong thought for a while: "It's not easy to divide the troops. After all, although Fang La is retreating to Muzhou, it is impossible to judge whether he intends to stick to this place or continue to retreat to other cities."

Tong Guandao: "Although it is said that the old nest of this bandit chieftain is in Muzhou, since he has been called a false emperor, how can he care about such places, I am afraid that he will go to a safer place in the rear."

Zhao Tong pondered and said: "This king thinks it may be so. Privy Tong led an army of [-] to the southeast to recover Yue, Taiwan and other places. If Fang La continues to retreat, he will definitely go to Yuezhou, the capital of eastern Zhejiang."

Tong Guan nodded in agreement, and Zhao Tong continued: "Let Liu Du command the remaining Western Army to attack Mu and She prefectures. With this two-pronged approach, Fang La will definitely have nowhere to escape."

Tong Guan heard the words and said cautiously: "But my lord, if I take away one hundred thousand troops, the remaining western troops will only be more than 2. Muzhou is the sideline, and I am afraid that there are too many soldiers. Liu Du is here... ..."

Zhao Tong waved his hand: "This king will take care of me from the sidelines, and Privy Tong don't need to worry!"

Tong Guan nodded, he knew Liu Yanqing, he was good at fighting steady battles, but he was not good at fighting with less to win more, or surprise raids, etc. To put it bluntly, he was well-behaved, good at righteousness and not good at surprise.

However, with Zhao Tong echoing him, he was relieved. After all, the king of Qin had a remarkable record. What he said earlier was not flattering, but it also proved that the king of Qin was good at making surprise attacks. Because only a rare soldier can achieve such a heaven-defying victory.

In this way, it shouldn't be a problem to win Muzhou, and more importantly, no matter where Fang La is, he can't escape the credit.

If Fang La really retreated to Vietnam, Taiwan and other states, once he was captured or killed, he would take full advantage of it.

If Fang La stayed in Muzhou's lair, or withdrew from the source of help, then since Liu Yanqing was his subordinate, he and Zhao Tong would get the credit, and he would get half of it.

Thinking of this, Tong Guan stood up and said politely: "Then I will thank you, my lord!"

Zhao Tang knew that Tong Guan was calculating, so he smiled: "Why is the Taoist being polite to me? It's all state affairs, so what is work?"

These words are quite intimate, but they are well-measured, Tong Guan hurriedly said: "What the prince said is very true."

After the discussion was over, the soldiers and horses were reorganized for two days, and then Tong Guan gathered a hundred thousand western troops, and they went straight to the southeast to kill.

And Liu Yanqing took the remaining more than 2 soldiers, and went to Muzhou to investigate the truth and reality all the way cautiously.

A total of 15 people from the Western Army came this time, Tong Guan gave Zhu Ruli 2, and his family took away [-]. Liu Yanqing only had [-] left here, that is, he lost about [-] in Suzhou alone.

The cost of this battle is actually quite high. After all, this is the Western Army, an army that fought against Xixia from all ages. Although there were many Fang La soldiers in Suzhou, this kind of loss is also astonishing.

On the second day after Liu Yanqing left, Zhao Tun called Zhe Kecun and Yao Pingzhong, and asked them to each lead 1 horses to support them from the back. They could discuss things with Liu Yanqing. Although Zhe Kecun is currently working in Gyeonggi, But in name he is still Liu Yanqing's subordinate, after all he is still pending as the fourth lieutenant general of Yanyan Road.

Before leaving, Zhao Tun saw Zhe Kecun again, and said, "Sishang, if you see that Po Han Wu, bring it back and show it to the king."

Zhe Kecun took the order, but he was puzzled, he remembered that when he first came to Beijing, he reported to the Guards Division, Zhao Tuo had asked Han Shizhong, but he didn't know where he got it, and now he asked again, which shows that he took it seriously.

However, Han Shizhong was originally his subordinate, so it was no problem to bring him here to see him, but why didn't Zhao Tuo directly ask Liu Yanqing before?
It is impossible for Zhao Tong to ask Liu Yanqing, Han Shizhong is not a high-ranking official now, no matter what his military position is, his official rank is only a deputy lieutenant in the military.

This Jinwu deputy lieutenant is an eighth-rank military official, and he is not even as high as Zhou Chu in Zhao Tuo's mansion. The three commanders in the palace, Su Shi, Zhou Chu, and Qian Wenxi, not only have military positions, but also He is a military officer, even if he is dispatched, Wu Xiaodao and others below also have official ranks, they are not white, and they are only older than Han Shizhong.

So Zhao Tang couldn't open his mouth to ask Liu Yanqing about this matter, the difference in identities is too great, lest others think too much, if there is no discount to save, then he asked out of desperation. Kecun's subordinates don't need to do that.

After dispatching the two men, Zhao Tun was not idle. There were still more than 1 soldiers and horses left in the city, so Du Po and Zhang Xian trained them every day. It is said that there are countless money in Fang La's army, and now they are all carried with the army, and once they win a battle, they will be searched out and distributed to everyone.

When the soldiers heard this, they all cheered up. The rewards given to them last time were not small, which was enough to cover a year's military salary. You can get married, but you can just stroll around Goulan if you have everything.

But what they didn't know was that the reward Zhao Tun gave to the ninth commander of the Dragon Guard Army was three times as much as theirs.

There is no way, these two commanders are direct descendants of Zhao Tuo, and Zhao Tuo has devoted too much effort to the thousand cavalry under these two command. The best.

Zhao Tun not only focused on training these two aspects of the command, but also had very strict requirements for replenishment of war damage. Once there was a war damage replenishment, those who had to go through multiple screenings, first of all, they did not want to be Tokyo military households.

Those who sit in the army are not allowed, it is better to be someone from outside to join the army. Although this kind of outsider can only enter the Xiang Army or the Township Army at first, after Zhao Tuo is selected from them, if he meets the conditions, he will be directly promoted to the Forbidden Army.

Also, don’t let Gaotang’s parents be alive, and don’t want to have intertwined relatives in the family. Although this sounds harsh, it is actually the easiest, because many outsiders are refugees or come to Tokyo to make a living without food. There are no relatives here. Most of my hometown parents are gone.

There are some other requirements for the rest, and then there is the selection of quality, temperament, courage, strength and speed. Only when everything is in line will they be added to the ninth and tenth command.

These two commanders have to be like the Scarlet Pioneers, just being a direct descendant is not enough, they have to be slowly built into their own people.

In the evening, Zhao Tong went to the guest room behind the mansion for dinner, Zhu Xiuniang remained silent, and Zhao Tang also remained silent, and left after eating with chopsticks.

He was like this every day for the next few days, and he seemed to be eating here from now on. When Zhu Xiuniang saw him coming, she avoided him directly and didn't sit at the same table with him. Later, she didn't know what to think, and she didn't leave anymore, but she still didn't leave. Ken speaks.

This day Zhao Tang came over to eat as usual, halfway through the meal, Ding Daxie outside suddenly knocked on the door and said: "My lord, there is an urgent military situation."

Zhao Tun said, "Let me see it!"

The maid Qing Xing went out and took the secret letter and presented it to Zhao Tun. Zhao Tun opened it and saw that it was from Tong Guan, but Wuzhou was taken back...

(End of this chapter)