Zhao Ji couldn't help but take a deep breath of air, very annoyed, and turned his head to Zhao Gou and asked, "Gou'er, you have some insight since you were a child, talk to me." ”

Zhao Gou's face was shocked, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he was secretly excited, and he hurriedly shook his spirits and bowed his hand: "According to the opinion of the ministers, what the two ministers said is reasonable. But the so-called preparedness is not in trouble. Jin people have grown many times in recent years, although they are far less prosperous than the Great Song Dynasty, but they must not be guarded against. Erchen thought!! ”

When Zhao Gou said this, Cai Jing tilted his head slightly, and there was an indescribable taste of cutting people on his smiling face, which couldn't help but surprise Zhao Gou.

Although Zhao Ji is mediocre, after all, he has been in power for many years, and he knows that Zhao Gou's words have made Cai Jing unhappy, and he also knows that the current Zhao Gou is not Cai Jing's opponent for many years, so he opened his mouth and said: "What Gou'er said has some truth, let's go on." ”

When Zhao Gou heard this, he felt a shock in his heart, and the original anxiety immediately disappeared, and he said sharply: "Erchen thinks that the Jin people are the generation of jackals and tigers, and they must be guarded against. However, it will inevitably arouse his suspicions, and he can secretly add troops and horses in the vicinity of Pingyang and Shangdang as a precaution. In this way, it will not arouse the suspicion of the Jin people, but in case, it can also rush to help in time. ”

When Zhao Ji heard this, two fine lights suddenly shot out of his eyes, which were like a pool of death, which frightened Zhao Gou's heart, and he hurriedly lowered his head and didn't dare to face it.

“hahahaha~~！！！ Good plan, good plan!! It seems that the prince under my knees, only the most wise and courageous!! Good! Good!! Good!!! Zhao Ji suddenly became ecstatic, and even said yes. The ministers did not change their color, and they did not know how to speak for a while. Cai Jing's face became a little gloomy, but he was still smiling on his face, and secretly glanced at Zhao Gou and Zong Ze with his spare light, and said in his heart: "The old man has been very close to King Kang over the years. This King Kang is low-key on weekdays, but he didn't expect that if he didn't make a sound, he would be a blockbuster! But he is the most capable of the children of the Zhao family!

Hmph, it seems that the old man used to underestimate him too much, so he would be seized by the old man to bite back!! ”

Cai Jing thought for a moment, and then bowed his hand and said: "What His Royal Highness King Kang said is very good, and the old minister is not as good as it, he is really worthy of being the face of this country." ”

When Zhao Ji heard this, he smiled, very proud, and waved his hand: "Hey! Xiangguo's words are wrong, you have been by my side for many years and have made countless achievements, he is just a fledgling yellow-bearded child, how can he compare with you. ”

Zhao Ji said so, but no matter who he was, he could see that he was extremely proud of what Zhao Gou had just said. It's no wonder, after all, although there are many emperors under Zhao Ji's knees, most of them are just greedy for fun, and they don't learn and have no skills, and some of them are willing to study hard, but they are mediocre and have no talent for governing the country. Judging from Zhao Gou's performance today, whether it is courage, strategy or way of doing things, it is all excellent. Zhao Ji seemed to see a glimmer of light in endless despair, how could he not be happy?

Cai Jing was very happy to see Zhao Ji on this matter, and he had been in the officialdom for many years, and he never forgot to praise Zhao Gou, and the ministers responded one after another. Zhao Ji was daxiao, and his spirit was very good.

After a while, Zhao Ji froze his expression and said to Zhao Gou: "Since this matter was raised by you, you are responsible." ”

When Zhao Ji said this, he couldn't help but pause, looked at Zong Ze, with a bit of special taste in his eyes, and said slowly: "Aiqing has served me for many years and is loyal to me, and I hope you can assist in Gou'er this time." What is needed, although I propose. ”

When Zong Ze heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, and his huge and majestic tiger eyes burst into light, and he said quickly: "Thanks to Bixia's favor, now the old minister has gathered more than 30,000 or 40,000 volunteers in Xiangzhou, Cizhou, and Yizhou in Henan, and the original number was more than 100,000 people, but because the imperial court has repeatedly weakened military resources in recent years, it is difficult to maintain in the army, so the year before last, although these 30,000 or 40,000 righteous troops dare not say that they are compared with the officers and soldiers, but most of them are the elite of the old ministers and the generals under their command who have personally trained for several years. The so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days, using soldiers for a while, this is the autumn of the survival of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is incumbent on him.

However, as the art of war says, the army cannot do without food. Nowadays, there is a shortage of baggage in the army, and on weekdays, the army is only funded by some people with lofty ideals, and it is maintained in the form of tuntian. However, after many years, these people with lofty ideals have scattered their family wealth, and the food obtained from the tuntian is only enough for daily use, and there is no surplus. This time out of the army, the old minister is really powerless. I also hope that Bixia will allocate grain and grass resources, and the old minister has thanked him here! ”

As soon as Zong Ze said this, Zhao Ji's face suddenly changed, and he shouted with a little annoyance: "Xiangguo!" I didn't order you to allocate enough food every year to maintain the Henan Righteous Army, what is going on!? ”

Cai Jing's face tightened, he didn't dare to slack off, and replied: "A few years ago, the treasury was empty, and there were continuous droughts in all parts of the world, and the people had no food to eat, and all parts of the country reported emergencies. The old minister was afraid of chaos, and he also consulted with Bixia, and finally decided that he had to weaken the military in order to provide relief to the victims. Later, the disaster situation decreased slightly, but I didn't know that several years had passed. ”

Cai Jing said eloquently, Zhao Ji listened to it and remembered that there was indeed such a thing, but there were still some discrepancies. At that time, Cai Jing proposed to temporarily stop the transportation of granite, so that the funds vacated could be used to purchase food for disaster relief. However, he was very obsessed with this granite at that time, and he was unwilling to give it up, but thought of a way to reduce military funds.

Of course, Cai Jing didn't remember the details, but he didn't debunk them. Moreover, he also secretly took a lot of oil and water in this, but if Zhao Ji didn't like it, it would be troublesome to dig deeper.

Zhao Ji couldn't help but blush, coughed a few times, and hurriedly said: "Xiangguo said this, I also remembered that there was indeed such a thing, at that time, the world was full of disasters, and in order to help the people, they had to weaken the military resources, which was also a helpless move." ”

Zhao Ji twisted his beard and looked at Zong Ze with low slanted eyes, Zong Ze had no intention of pursuing it, bowed his hand, and said: "Bixia is the emperor of the world, and the well-being of the people of the world should come first." ”

"Aiqing really knows my heart." When Zhao Ji heard this, he smiled, and then asked Cai Jing: "Xiangguo, now in the treasury, may it be used to maintain the Henan Righteous Army?" ”

"Back to Bixia, according to the amount that Zong Shuai said, it shouldn't be a problem to maintain it for a few months." Cai Jing replied after a little calculation. Zhao Ji listened, nodded his head, and said, "Then you will send someone to be responsible for the supply of the Henan Righteous Army." I'm tired too, you wait and discuss it later, and when you have the result, Xiangguo, you can report it to me. ”

Zhao Ji said that, then got up, and the old eunuch under the stairs hurriedly shouted. The ministers knelt down and sent each other off. Later, Cai Jing discussed with Zong Ze, King Kang, Zhao Gou, and several ministers until late at night before they dispersed.

Zong Ze and Zhao Gou were on a mission, and they both wanted to return to Yingtianfu in a hurry to prepare. The next day, Zhao Gou was summoned by Zhao Ji and entered the palace. After Zhao Ji said some words of encouragement to him, Zhao Gou replied, he was full of spirit, and he had great ambitions with Zong Ze. Zong Ze was very pleased, that is, he rushed back to Tianfu with Zhao Gou that day.

But when Zong Ze and Zhao Gou arrived at Yingtianfu, it was already a few days later, and at this time, the news of the Jin invasion of Taiyuan suddenly came. Zong Ze was shocked, and hurriedly discussed with the generals under his command, and immediately rushed to Pingyang and Shangtang, while Zhao Gou personally repaired the book and sent it to Bianjing to urge Cai Jing to ask for food.

So more than 40,000 volunteers from Henan set out to the north and went to Pingyang first. Zong Ze was anxious about the war situation, and after many days, he was restless in sleep and food, and he always had a sense of foreboding. Zhao Gou marched for the first time, but did not panic, but comforted Zong Ze, saying that Jinyang City was extremely strong, even if the 100,000 army attacked hard, it would be difficult to conquer within a few months, and the army would definitely arrive in time to prepare for Pingyang and Shangdang.

Zong Ze just sighed repeatedly, but he knew that the officers and soldiers had become more and more cowardly in recent years, and the wind of corruption was particularly prevalent, and the officials everywhere were the minions of those ministers of the imperial court, and they had to offer 'filial piety money' every year, and as this 'filial piety money' grew faster every year, the exploitation of the people by these officials became more and more serious. Zong Ze heard that in Taiyuan, this kind of atmosphere is particularly powerful, lest when the Jin people invade, it will be difficult for the officials and the people to unite and resist together, but it will cheapen the Jin people, so it has been rare to have a moment of peace in his heart. Zhao Gou saw that it was useless to persuade him, and he didn't think about why, he only laughed at Zong Ze's heart, and left.

After a few days, the Henan rebels rushed to Pingyang City, but heard that more than ten cities such as Jinyang had fallen, and the Jin people only cared about slaughtering the people in three days and three nights, raping and plundering, and the people died as a result of hundreds of thousands. In the past three days and three nights, the terrible cry spread throughout the entire Taiyuan County Government, and the resentment was so angry that the sky was angry and resentful, and it rained heavily for three days and three nights, among which the most tragic blood stains stained by the southern wall of Jinyang City, the rain could not be washed away!

Zhao Gou, Zong Ze and the generals under his command heard all the evil deeds of the Jin people, and they all changed color. Zong Ze was so angry that his eyes were like breathing fire, and he shouted loudly, like thunder.

"gold thief!! The old man is about to exterminate Er!! ”

Zong Ze shouted, and all the generals responded one after another. Zhao Gou was trembling, seeing that Zong Ze had forgotten to come over, he hurriedly looked nervous, and said shockingly: "The Jin people are so cruel, don't let them continue to be presumptuous!" I don't know what the old marshal thinks our army should do at the moment? ”

Zhao Gou is the coach and sits in the middle seat, while Zong Ze sits in the second seat on his left. Zong Ze was obedient, stared at the tiger, and said sharply: "The gold thief has done a lot of evil, and heaven does not tolerate it. According to the report of Shicai, the strange rain in Taiyuan for three days and three nights has raised the city ditches in various places by three feet, and the mountain mud roads are even more difficult to march. Because of this, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the golden thieves were blocked in Jinyang City by this heavy rain and could not move.

When the rain fades, it will take at least more than ten days, and the old man thinks that he can quickly lead an army to Huguan to defend it, and if the Jin soldiers come, they will be intercepted and killed. The other troops stayed in Binh Duong, echoing each other with Huguan, in order to form a corner.

Zhao Gou couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, thinking that it was good, so he made allocations according to Zong Ze's order.

Just when Taiyuan was in turmoil, there was a large army on the other side that was galloping in the direction of Taiyuan. The leading general is none other than Han Shizhong.

On this day, Zong Ze's eldest son, Zong Ying, came to report that the Henan Righteous Army had arrived in Pingyang City, and soon Zong Ze would lead an army of 20,000 to Huguan to defend the town. Pingyang City was guarded by King Kang Zhao Gou. Because Zhao Gou, the king of Kang, marched for the first time and was afraid of being inexperienced, Zong Ze persuaded Han Shizhong to go to Pingyang City to garrison first.

It turned out that on the same day, Han Shizhong broke into the basin mouth at night to discuss with Deng Yun all night. Although Deng Yun is a thief, he has never forgotten the teachings of his mentor Zhou Tong in his heart, and he has already had a plan.