The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 378 What's the deal?

Now that Zhao Gou has come, it seems that Zhao Gou didn't intend to hide anything about Chen Guang, so he told Zhao Gou everything.Ten years ago was the fourth year of Daguan, that is, after Cai Jing and others were deposed by Song Huizong Zhao Ji.

Before that, Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others were extremely powerful, and even Song Huizong couldn't do anything to them.If it wasn't for Cai Jing's arrogance and arrogance, and Zhao Gou's support behind him, he wouldn't have fallen so quickly.

At that time, Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others were in control of the government, especially Cai Jing was among the three princes, and the power was in the hands of the people;Cai Jing has great power in the capital, while Tong Guan is external.

In that year, when Tong Guan returned from his mission to Liao, he was promoted and reused by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty. He was in charge of the Privy Council, and his position was equivalent to Cai Jing.Tong Guan is even more self-willed, he thinks that the emperor is relying on him, and he is a first-rank official, so no one in the court dares to discuss it.

Just at this time, the Xixia Kingdom was eyeing the Song Dynasty covetously, and had the heart of invading the Song Dynasty.Tong Guan volunteered, and Cai Jing also strongly supported him. Song Huizong Zhao Ji promised Tong Guan to be the commander-in-chief of the three armies, to be in charge of the commander-in-chief, and everything was up to Tong Guan to decide.

Even Li Gang and others have not been reused. In order to support the Song Dynasty's determination to go to war against Xixia, Zhao Ji started conscription, and Chen Guang also enlisted and joined the army to fight Xixia.Since Chen Guang made many achievements in the battle with the Xixia Army and was invincible, Zhao Si was taken aback when he heard the news about this person. Seeing that his surname was Gao, he couldn't help doubting his identity.

Therefore, Zhao Si secretly sent people from the villa to investigate the truth, and he himself also set off from the capital to observe secretly.However, he received the good news before Zhao Si arrived, which made him very curious, and he went unswervingly.

When he arrived in the Longnan area, Zhao Si looked for the spy, but he was seriously injured. If Zhao Si hadn't treated him in time, he might have died.The man told Zhao Si everything that happened here. It turned out that the victory reported by Tong Guan was false, and the real news was the defeat.

The spy said that Tong Guan confidently led Qin and Jin's elite troops to go deep into the river and Long, and sent a small number of soldiers to garrison the ancient bone dragon in Xiaoguan, thinking that he could wipe out the Xixia army.The general Tong Guan sent out was Liu Fa. Liu Fa was a famous general in Xizhou, and he was very familiar with this place, so he honestly suggested that it was not possible.

However, Tong Guan insisted on going his own way, forced Liu Fa to agree to send troops, and scolded: "When you were in the capital, you personally took orders and said you would succeed, but now you think it is difficult to succeed, why?"

Liu Fa was speechless. This sentence was a military order issued by him, and he was forced to agree to send troops helplessly.Unexpectedly, Liu Fa sent troops to die in an ambush, and the Song army was defeated.However, Tong Guan wrote a letter saying that it was a great victory. You must know that Liu Fa is a famous general. If the news of his death spreads, not only the Xixia army will attack, but even the local people will not spare him, and the emperor will also punish him. .

Therefore, in order to protect himself, Tong Guan had no choice but to pass on the good news.

"What does this matter have to do with the teacher?" Hearing this, Zhao Gou was a little confused. This matter was obviously Tong Guan's matter, so how could it be related to Chen Guang? It had nothing to do with it.

Zhao Si scolded: "Listen to me slowly, what are you in a hurry for?"

In order not to spread the news, Tong Guan killed all the soldiers who returned from the defeat, including Chen Guang.At that time, Chen Guang was a general under Liu Fa's command, and he would go with him every time he went on an expedition, and this time was no exception, and the spies he sent were among them.

Although he escaped, he was seriously injured, and Chen Guang was also seriously injured.But in comparison, his injuries were lighter.At that time, Liu Fa knew that this expedition would never return, so he quietly wrote a suicide note and handed it to Chen Guang, asking him to avenge him in the future.

"General Gao, if there are any mistakes in this expedition, don't be reluctant to fight, you must escape as much as possible; if you are lucky enough to return to Beijing in the future, I hope the general will present my grievances to the emperor and let them return my innocence. Brothers who died in battle!"

Chen Guang agreed with tears in his eyes, and solemnly put the letter of death in his arms. When he was about to go out to fight, Chen Guang quietly hid the letter again, just in case.The spies sent by Zhao Si followed quietly and took the letter away.

Sure enough, Chen Guang and others broke through the siege and finally returned to the camp, but were surrounded by hundreds of guards led by Tong Guan, saying that he and others had colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country and killed General Liu Fa, which made them very angry , and finally the two sides fought together.

Chen Guang and others were ambushed by the Xixia army and were seriously injured. Hundreds of guards besieged him and the others.In addition, the spy also investigated and dealt with Chen Guang's identity as a descendant of the Gao family.

After Zhao Si heard about it, he asked him to take out the letter. He also wanted to find Chen Guang, but there was no chance, because there were rumors that Chen Guang was dead.So Zhao Si took the spies and left secretly, and has never heard of Chen Guang since then.

After Zhao Si returned to Beijing, he immediately informed Tong Guan of what had happened and what Tong Guan had done. Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, wished to kill Tong Guan immediately, but because of his power, he had no choice but to forbear it, and return Tong Guan to clean up the dust without saying anything. It's a wine reward.

Tong Guan is also a smart person. He knew that he was defeated by the Xixia army and needed strength to reverse the situation.So, he thought of the envoys of the Liao Kingdom, asked them for help, and directly negotiated peace with the envoys of Xixia, and finally resolved it in this way under the intervention of the envoys of the Liao Kingdom.

"Then what does this have to do with what I did?" Zhao Gou looked at Zhao Si puzzled, and he also understood the reason why Chen Guang was unwilling to go back. Not only was he charged with treason, but Moreover, there are people who are chasing and killing them secretly, so that this matter cannot be leaked out.

At this time, Zhao Gou also knew what happened to Chen Guang's injury. If it weren't for his strong martial arts, he might have died by his own hands.If he really died in battle at the hands of the Xixia army, then there is nothing wrong with it. The problem is that he died at the hands of people who do not understand the art of war and command chaos. It is really wronged.

The pain and guilt of Chen Guang's life may make his body suffer even more, and he will not be seriously ill but not treated in time.Perhaps after Zhao Si took away General Liu Fa's letter of death, Chen Guang felt ashamed, feeling that the general's trust was wasted, the things he had promised were not done, and he could not go back to the original place to get the letter back again, regretting endlessly.

If the letter was retrieved, with Chen Guang's temperament, he would definitely not keep it private, and would definitely hand it over to Zhao Gou.In addition, Chen Guang seldom showed up, and even when he went back, he was sneaky. Everything was hidden because of the existence of Tong Guan, Cai Jing and others, but Zhao Gou couldn't help wondering what this had to do with what he was doing. .

(End of this chapter)