Shi Zhongtai was not too surprised that those rebels did not fortify the Fengshui River Ferry. From the information he received, it was no more than dozens of warriors who participated in the riots in Shimen City that were composed of large and small gangs. At most, it was only a little bit of a believer in the king's army that officials played a leading role.
These people are lawless and can do anything. These gangs were like robbers in his eyes, and after a lot of looting, it was very likely that they would have disappeared long ago. As for the legendary King of Letters coming in person? It's pure nonsense. According to the information sent by Kuaima, Wang Xin had already gone to the abbot of Sichuan and Shu for his overall situation.
As for further control of the ferry, it would only do so unless the other party tried to take the opportunity to occupy Shimen. Shi Zhongtai thought about it and felt that he had considered too much. The other party is just a group of swordsmen, keen on money, they are unlikely to be there waiting to be wiped out.
What he was worried about was whether there was a figure of the Golden State Army behind this. After all, the Golden Army was still in the north, but now it seems that the situation is quite clear. This is a riot organized by a group of people from the rivers and lakes, resisting the riots under the dominion of Mo.
This made Shi Zhongtai a sigh of relief.
However, his good mood didn't last long. A news that bothered him had already reached his ears through the mouth of his trusted associates. This is why he has now brought more than 30 people to appear in this mountain forest.
The young man in the middle, wearing a beige coat with a long sword at his waist, sat cross-legged on the ground and looked at him. The eyebrows are somewhat similar to him, and it is his only son, Shi Dingshan.
This son is the only male favorite among his three children. Shi Dingshan is talented and agile, and has shown extraordinary talent since he was a child. Master Shi has devoted a lot of effort to him, but the latter is not a tool. He was idle in his early years and was unwilling to be serious. Later, he was sent to the Jiangnan celebrities to study, hoping that he could restrain his character. I didn't expect that he could not achieve his wish, but instead. After gaining insights outside, there were some whimsical ideas in my mind.
The cronies who sent the letter have told him the whole story. When he was overtaken, the young master planned to take his servants and attendants to leave the house. The specific reasons are still unclear, but Shi Zhongtai only saw these on the ground. A young man is so angry.
"Go ahead," he asked condescendingly on horseback, "what are you doing?"
The young man sitting on the ground didn't care about his prestige at all. He lifted his chin and said, "It's too boring at home. It's better to go out and gain some knowledge, my father."
"Huh, it sounds nice, but it's so easy!" Shi Zhongtai said in a deep voice, "Aren't you going to experience war, I'll show you it once. But what is going on here? You'd better explain it clearly to me." --!"
"War? It's just a group of mobs. What kind of war is this kind of little trouble?" The young man smiled and said disdainfully. He raised his head again and said seriously: "Father, do you know? It is rumored that His Royal Highness Xin Wang has returned to his occupation and is gathering his army."
Shi Zhongtai was taken aback. Although he was the leader of the party, he was not too small compared to the big men. Of course, he had heard the rumors about the letter king of the northwest frontier, but it was a matter of the big men, connected with him. It doesn't matter if the chess piece is not a person.
"What does this have to do with you?" he asked.
"Of course it does matter," the young man said enthusiastically: "The next battle is to determine the fate of this country. I have decided to devote myself to such a magnificent history to follow and find a celebrity."
Shi Zhongtai didn't expect that his little son was thinking like this. After a little startled, he said, "It's a whimsical thing. You've never been out. Do you know where your shit Mingzhu is? What's the situation outside now? Now, all you need to do is to be loyal to the emperor. What other masters are you going to join?"
"I have my own methods and ideas." The young man said confidently.
Shi Zhongtai is helpless, knowing that he has been smart since he was a child, and maybe he really finds some way for him.
But he shook his head and discarded the thought. He gave birth to three children, the first two are daughters, and the third is the baby son. He said that he didn't want to let him go to the complex and intriguing world. He said: "I don't care if you can do it, but you'd better find a way to convince me first."
"My father." The young man stood up quickly when he saw this and defended: "You can't keep me, why don't you let me go out and break the world, stay and hold this family business for a lifetime. It belongs to your previous generation." Things, and for me, to be a real general, you should build your own merits in the war!"
"War, have you seen a war?" Shi Zhongtai couldn't help but sneered. He also participated in the war with the Jinbing. Although facing the Jinbing, he fled and never fought with the Jinbing himself, but he always kept the habit of vigilance. He dismissed the war that the young man kept talking about, which seemed to have a kind of heroic romanticism.
But he suddenly stopped. When he was studying in Jiangnan, his little son once followed Master Zhang Jun to fight against the gangsters.
Shi Zhongtai remembered that his son had also participated in the war to suppress the rebellion. When it comes to fighting, the other party's experience is probably not much less than that of himself.
So he shook his head again and said, "Well, I'll give you a chance to convince me."
"What opportunity?" the young man said with interest.
"Be an assistant for me and let me see your performance. If you can be a qualified general and take your own role, I will naturally let you go. And recommend you to Master Zhang." Of course, Shi Zhongtai didn't think so, but it was. It's just a tactic of slowing down, he thought to himself that he didn't have time to entangle this kid now, and he would naturally have time to take care of him after the battle was over.
Since this kid likes to fight, he just throws it into his army and keeps it on hand. Shi Zhongtai thought so.
But the young man noticed his father's thoughts. He rolled his eyes and smiled slightly: "My father, the other party is just a mob. Did you make a fuss about doing this?"
"Hmph, haven't you followed Master Zhang Jun in the battle to encircle and suppress the rebels?" Shi Zhongtai suddenly realized that this was a good idea, and found something to make this kid consume excess energy. He remembered a piece of unreliable news that he had recently received, and decided to add fire. "I heard that there is a young leader among the mobs, who is said to have served as an official in the King’s Army. He is about the same age as you, but he has become the commander-in-chief of the army. On the contrary, you boasted all day, but you didn’t see any. What amazing achievement, and now I give you this opportunity, you don’t want to give it a try?"
The news that Shi Zhongtai got was indeed that there was a young man among the people who led the riot, but as for the other party's age and ability, it was purely his rant. He didn't care who led the mob. Anyway, it was a mob. As for saying this, it was nothing more than to make his own strategy of slowing down work.
"Extreme tactics will have no effect on the wise man, my father." The young man said this verbally, but the apparently interested expression on his face betrayed him.
"But okay." At last he nodded himself: "I agree. I'm just going to see how sacred this person is."
Shi Zhongtai's face was expressionless, but he smiled secretly in his heart. In the end, he couldn't help but sigh secretly: Young people are still striving to win, too impulsive.
After finally solving the sudden incident of his precious son, Shi Zhongtai naturally returned to the army to command his men.
But only at this time he couldn't help but rejoice. Thankfully, fortunately, he was fighting a group of mobs. If the two armies were really facing each other, he would really not be able to spare time from the army to restrain his lawless baby son.
Shi Zhongtai just turned around, and the servants and cronies who followed his son surrounded him. They realized that the anger of the Patriarch's thunder and anger had not fallen on them, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but they asked quietly, "Master, are we going to war?"
The young man nodded, and smiled indifferently: "Of course we have to fight, but it's just a group of mobs. Could it be more powerful than the Jiangnan rebels? Remember, our future enemy may be the real kingdom or even the Kingdom of Jin. Elites. As for these mobs, let them be the first stepping stone on my path to becoming a famous general."
"You can hear what the adult said, the other party seems to be very powerful!" said a young servant.
"Don't worry, even the most powerful mob has limited combat effectiveness." The young man snorted and said, "Besides, I don't know what Dad's intentions are. He is just trying to delay time. He thought I couldn't see it? He said so badly. , It’s not necessarily really good. But it’s okay. When I stop him, let’s see what he will say in the future. Sooner or later, I will go out and make a career."
He looked at Shi Zhongtai's back disappearing in the forest, and couldn't help but smile slyly.
The light in the room became brighter.
But the dispute outside the window became louder and louder. Xin Wang Zhao Zhen frowned, and finally stood up and walked around the Eight Immortal Table, and came to the luxurious glass window to see what was going on in the courtyard outside.
Through the transparent window, he quickly saw Wang Zhen, Ji Qianqian and his three big leaders standing together and arguing about something, and the letter Wangjun Special Force Captain No. 1 standing aside seemed to be persuading him to fight. .
On the other side, a little further away, Ma Yueying leaned against a green pine with her back halberd, biting a blade of grass and looking at it, as if she had no interest in everything that happened here.
"How is this going?"
The letter king Zhao Zhen didn't understand why these people quarreled, but after hesitating for a while, he decided to go down and see what was going on in person. After all, these people are all members of his core high-level members in Shimendi. They quarreled, which is not a good thing.
But before opening the door, a black figure ran into him. If it weren't for the letter Wang Zhaozhen's quick reaction, the two might have smashed into each other. He took a step back to see clearly that it was Cui Hu, and the guards also took a step back, seeing the Queen of Letters hurriedly greeted him: "Thousands of the Kings!"
He sorted out his emotions, then handed a note.
"What's the matter?" Xinwang Zhao Zhen hesitated. He took the note, then glanced down at the content of the note in his hand, and said in surprise: "The opponent has sent troops and has passed the Fengshui River Ferry?"
The opponent in his mouth is naturally the leader of Shi Zhongtai.
Before the battle with the Bandit Army, the soldiers' scouts had been distributed along the Fengshui River. After regaining the silver mine, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen, who withdrew his hand, densely covered his eyeliner between Shimen City and the Fengshui River Ferry, so Shi Zhongtai had just crossed the Fengshui River, and the news had reached his hands.
Cui Hufa followed him one step behind, nodded and said, "Yes, Lord Qiantui."
"Isn't it supposed to start from yesterday? This is much earlier than Wang Zhiyi expected? This guy is not easy!" Xin Wang Zhao Zhen couldn't help but sigh.
Among all the reliable people around him, the one who is most familiar with the local military officers and at the same time knows some of these officers is none other than the king's righteousness. According to the judgement of the young newcoming guard, Shi Zhongtai decided that it was impossible to leave too early, because the rules between the various factions of the Great Song Dynasty were placed there, and it was unlikely that ordinary people would surpass it.
Although the leader of Shimen Mo is Zhang Jun's person, he is actually Zhang Jun's team. And Shi Zhongtai would not go directly to support without passing Zhang Jun prematurely.
Of course, although Xinwang Zhaozhen is powerful, she still doesn't quite understand the rules of their group of generals.
Judging from the indecision of most of the generals of the Song Dynasty, Wang Zhiyi set the time for the opponent to send troops two days later. But now it seems that Master Shi's abilities are probably still above the average level of General Da Song Guang.
"About how many people are there?" Xinwang Zhao Zhen asked again.
"A few thousand people, no more than 10,000." Cui Hu replied blankly: "But across the Fengshui River, it is said that Shan Hongfei's scouts did not dare to go deep, I don't know if there is any follow-up.
"Don't worry, no more," Xin Wang Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "Shi Zhongtai is just a commander, how many people can divide his troops? But only a few thousand people, sent a small group of people." He couldn't help smiling bitterly. He said: "The other party looks down on us very much...!"
"Compared to the peculiar thoughts of the King Qiansui, I would rather everyone look down on us." The guardsman glanced at him, and rarely took the initiative to reply.
The letter king Zhao Zhen smiled and put aside the topic, but remembered one more thing. "Speaking of which," he said, "I remember someone mentioned that the distance from the Fengshui River Ferry to Shimen from the north to Shimen is that there are several shallows on the forest side of the Fengshui River? It is a little troublesome to cross the army. But Shan Hongfei's scouts should have no problem wading in the past?"
"Yes, but who wants to die." Cui Hu said, shaking his head. "So Jianghu people are still not as good as professional soldiers." Xinwang Zhao Zhen shook his head and said.
Cui Hu nodded. Although the swordsmen and disciples of the Jianghu swordsman and the helpers claim to be struggling for life in troubled times, they don't have the qualities of a real soldier that imposes orders and obeys orders unconditionally. In fact, they regard war and fighting as a kind of business, and the amount of money the buyer gives, the amount of things they do.
Most gang fighters take people money and perform some single tasks in the war. Employers who pay are also well aware of this, and most people often use the number of gangs to make up for temporary manpower shortages.
They are just hired by those wealthy families as nursing homes, or as bodyguards or guards. Few people really recruit them as the main army to use, even if most of the warriors in the arena have outstanding personal qualities and experience.
In a real war, discipline is often the most important thing. This is also the reason why Xin Wang Zhao Zhen didn't reorganize these swordsmen and disciples. The loose temper of these guys is difficult to change, so he plans to put all these swordsmen into an alternative warrior formation in Shimen, so that they can perform their duties in future wars.
Anyway, in this age of war, anyone can achieve unimaginable results as long as they can use the right ones.
As for the Shimen army in the plan of Xinwang Zhaozhen, since it cannot be drawn from the Xinwang army, it is of course recruited from the locals, and then recruited from the warriors of the Jianghu people very few outstanding talents. To put it bluntly, he didn't intend to reuse the group of warriors, but the Shimen army that belonged to him in Wang Zhaozhen's mind only had an outline of the idea, and the blueprint for this idea had just begun.
In his opinion, this is not the most important thing now. The most important thing is how to break through the obstacles to get back Wang Zhichong and others who are still trapped in the Yangtze River valley of Jiangling Mansion. Everything can be regarded as a myriad of things in my heart. Unable to resolve.
The pressure that is about to face is not small, and Shi Zhongtai has sent troops now, but he is still just a pawn to explore the way. Not to mention that Zhang Jun's forces are weighing on everyone like a cloud. It is Shi Zhongtai and the army in his hand that are enough to cause enough trouble for everyone in this new life.