Shi Zhongtai was not too surprised that those rebels did not set up defenses at the Fengshui River Ferry.Judging from the information he received, those who participated in the riot in Shimen City were nothing more than fighters composed of dozens of gangs, big and small. At most, he believed that the small officials of the Wang Jun played a leading role in it.

These people are lawless and can do anything.In his eyes, these gangs are no different from robbers. After some looting, it is very likely that they would have dispersed long ago.As for the legendary King Xin coming in person?It's pure nonsense.According to the information sent by Kuaima, King Xin had already gone to take charge of his overall situation in Sichuan and Sichuan.

As for further control of the ferry, it would only be done if 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 rivers and lakes swordsmen, guys who are keen on money, they are unlikely to be there waiting to be wiped out.

What he was worried about at first was whether there was a figure of the Jin army behind this. After all, the Jin army was still lying in the north, but now it seemed that the situation was quite clear.This is just a riot organized by a group of rivers and lakes against the leadership of Mo.

This made Shi Zhongtai heave a sigh of relief.Special Forces Crossing: Prince Song 255

However, his good mood didn't last long, and a piece of news that bothered him had already reached his ears through the mouth of his cronies, which is why he brought more than 30 people to appear in this mountain forest now.

The young man in the middle, wearing a light brown coat and wearing a long sword, sat cross-legged on the ground and looked at him.His eyebrows are somewhat similar to himself, and it is his only son Shi Dingshan.

This son is the only male he likes most among his three children. Shi Dingshan is quick-witted and has shown extraordinary talent since he was a child.Mr. Shi put a lot of effort into him, but the latter was incompetent. In his early years, he was idle and unwilling to work seriously. Later, he was sent to study under the famous scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, hoping that he could restrain his character. Unexpectedly, he could not As I wished, on the contrary, after gaining knowledge outside, some whimsical and wonderful ideas came to my mind.

The confidant who sent the letter had already told him the whole story. When he was caught up, the young master planned to run away with his servants and attendants. It is not clear why, but Shi Zhongtai only saw these few people on the ground. The young man was so angry.

"Tell me," he asked condescendingly on horseback, "what are you going to do?"

The young man sitting on the ground didn't care about his prestige at all, raised his chin and said, "It's too boring to be at home, why don't you go out and gain some knowledge, my lord father."

"Hmph, it sounds good, but it's not so easy!" Shi Zhongtai said in a deep voice, "Don't you want to experience war, so I'll show you once. But what is going on here, you'd better explain it to me clearly ——!”

"War? It's just a group of mobs. What kind of war is this kind of small fight?" 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 King Xin has returned to his occupied territory and is gathering his army."

Shi Zhongtai was taken aback for a moment. Although he was the leader of one side, he was pitifully small compared to the big shots. Of course, he had probably heard the rumors about King Xin in the northwest, but that was for the big shots. It doesn't matter to people who don't count as chess pieces.

"What does it matter to you?" he asked.

"Of course it has something to do with it," the young man said enthusiastically, "The next battle will determine the fate of this country. I have already decided to devote myself to such a magnificent history, to follow and find a famous master."

Shi Zhongtai didn't expect his youngest son to think like this at all. After a slight start, he said, "Whimsical, you've never been out of the house, do you know where your bastard master is? What's going on outside now? Now as long as you are loyal to the emperor, what kind of master should you go to?"

"I have my own methods and ideas." The young man said confidently.

Commander Shi Zhongtai was helpless, knowing that he was very smart since he was a child, maybe he could find some way out for him.

But he shook his head and discarded this idea. He had three children, the first two were daughters, and the last third was his precious son. No matter what he said, he was not willing to let him wander in the complicated, intertwined, intriguing world. ".He said: "I don't care if you have a way, but you'd better find a way to convince me first."

"Father." Seeing this, the young man quickly stood up, and argued: "You can't keep me, why don't you let me go out and make a fortune, and stay here to guard this family business for the rest of my life? things, and for me, to be a real general, one should establish one's own exploits in the war!"

"War, have you ever seen a war?" Shi Zhongtai couldn't help but sneered.He also participated in the war with Jin Bing. Although he fled facing Jin Bing and never fought against Jin Bing in person, he has always retained the habit of vigilance.As for the war that the young man kept mentioning, it seemed to have a heroic romanticism, and he dismissed it.

But he stopped suddenly. When he was studying in Jiangnan, his youngest son had followed Mr. Zhang Jun to fight against the rebels.

Shi Zhongtai also remembered that his son had also participated in the war to suppress the rebellion. Speaking of combat, the opponent's experience was probably not much less than his own.Special Forces Crossing: Prince Song 255

So he shook his head again and said, "Okay, I'll give you a chance to convince me."

"What opportunity?" The young man said with interest.

"As my assistant, let me see your performance. If you can be a qualified general and stand on your own, I will naturally let you go. And I will recommend you to Master Zhang." Of course Shi Zhongtai didn't think so in his heart, but it was It was just a tactic to delay the attack, he thought that he didn't have time to entangle with this kid now, and after this battle was over, he would naturally have time to take care of him slowly.

Since this kid likes to fight, he can throw it into his own army and keep him in his hands.Shi Zhongtai thought so.

But the young man sensed what his father was thinking. He rolled his eyes and said with a slight smile, "Father, the other party is just a group of mobs. Are you making a fuss out of a molehill?"

"Hmph, didn't you follow Lord Zhang Jun to participate in the battle to encircle and suppress the rebels?" Shi Zhongtai suddenly realized that this was a good idea, and he wanted to find something to consume his excess energy.He remembered a piece of unreliable news that he had received recently, and decided to add fire. "I heard that there is a young leader among the mob, who is said to have served as an official of the Xinwang Army. He is about your age, but he has already become the commander of an army. On the contrary, you brag all day long, but you have not seen anyone What an amazing achievement, now that I give you this chance, you don't want to give it a try?"

According to Shi Zhongtai's information, there was indeed a young man among the people who took the lead in the riot, but as for how old the other party was and what abilities he had, it was purely his nonsense.He didn't care who led the mob, they were all a mob anyway. As for saying that, it was just to make his strategy of slowing down the troops effective.

"The tactics of the general will have little effect on the wise, my lord father." The young man said so verbally, but the expression of obvious interest on his face betrayed him.

"But that's fine." Finally he nodded himself and said, "I agree, I just happened to go and see who this person is."

Shi Zhongtai had no expression on his face, but secretly smiled in his heart, your boy is still moved.In the end, he couldn't help sighing secretly: Young people, they are still competitive and too impulsive.

After finally solving the emergency of his precious son, Shi Zhongtai naturally had to return to the army to command his subordinates.

But only this time he couldn't help but rejoice.Thankfully, he was fighting against a group of mobs. If the two armies were to confront each other, he really wouldn't be able to take time out of the army to restrain his lawless precious son.

As soon as Shi Zhongtai turned around, the servants and cronies who followed his son surrounded him.They noticed that the Patriarch's thunderous anger did not fall on their heads, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but they asked softly, "Master, are we going to fight?"

The young man nodded and said with a nonchalant smile: "Of course we will fight. It's just a group of mobs. Can it be stronger than the traitors in the south of the Yangtze River? Remember, our future enemies may be the real enemies of this kingdom and even Jin Kingdom." Elites. As for the mob, let them be the first stepping stones on my way to becoming a great general."

"According to the adults, the other party seems to be very powerful!" said a young servant.

"Don't worry, no matter how powerful the mob is, its fighting power is limited." The young man snorted and said, "Besides, I still don't know what Daddy's intention is. He's just trying to delay the time, so you think I can't see it? He said it loudly." , It may not be really good. But it doesn’t matter, wait until I silence him, and see what he will say in the future. I will go out sooner or later and make a career.”

Looking at Shi Zhongtai's back gradually disappearing in the forest, he couldn't help but smile slyly.

The light in the room became brighter.

But the arguments outside the window became louder and louder. Xin Wang Zhao Zhen frowned, and finally stood up, walked around the Eight Immortals Table, and came to the extravagant window made of glass to see what was going on in the courtyard outside.

Through the transparent window, he quickly saw Wang Ting, Ji Qianqian and his three chiefs standing together and arguing about something, while Xin Wangjun's special forces soldier Captain No. [-] stood aside as if trying to persuade them to fight .

On the other side, a little further away, Ma Yueying leaned against a green pine with her back against her halberd, biting a blade of grass and looking at this side, as if she had no interest in what happened here.

"What's going on here?"

Xin Wang Zhao Zhen didn't understand why these people were arguing, but after hesitating for a while, he decided to go down to see what was going on, after all, these people were all members of his core senior management in Shimen.They got into an argument, which was not a good thing.

But just as he opened the door, a black shadow rushed towards him. If it wasn't for the quick reaction of Xinwang Zhao Zhen, the two of them would have collided with each other.He took a step back to see clearly that it was Cui Hu, and the guards also took a step back, and when they saw Queen Xin, they hurriedly greeted him: "King Xin is a thousand years old!"

He sorted out his emotions, and then handed over a note.

"What's the matter?" Xin Wang Zhao Zhen was taken aback. He took the note, then glanced down at the contents of the note in his hand, and said in surprise: "The other party has sent troops, and they have already passed the Fengshui River Ferry?"

The person he was talking about was naturally Commander Shi Zhongtai.

Long before the battle with the bandit army, the soldiers' scouts had been distributed along the Fengshui River.After recapturing the silver mine, Zhao Zhen, the king of trust who withdrew his hand, spread his eyeliner between Shimen City and the Fengshui River Ferry, so Shi Zhongtai had just crossed the Fengshui River, and the news had already reached him.

Cui Hufa followed him a step behind, nodded and said: "Yes, the prince is thousand years old."

"Shouldn't they have started to act since yesterday? This is much earlier than Wang Zhiyi expected? This guy is not simple!" Xinwang Zhao Zhen couldn't help sighing.

Among all the reliable people around him, Wang Zhiyi is the one who is most familiar with the local military officers and at the same time understands them to some extent.And according to the judgment of the young new chief guard, Shi Zhongtai decided that it was impossible to leave prematurely, because the rules between the various factions of the Song Dynasty were placed there, and it was unlikely for ordinary people to surpass them.

Although Commander Mo of Shimen belongs to Zhang Jun, he is actually Zhang Jun's team.And Shi Zhongtai would not go directly to support without going through Zhang Jun prematurely.

Of course, although Xin Wang Zhao Zhen is powerful, he still doesn't understand the rules of this group of generals.

If it can't be early, it can only be late. Judging from the indecision of most generals in 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 ability is probably above the average level of the generals of the Song Dynasty.

"Approximately how many people are there?" Xin Wang Zhao Zhen asked again.

"Thousands of people, not more than ten thousand." Cui Hu replied blankly: "However, across the Fengshui River, it is said that Shan Hongfei's scouts did not dare to go deep. I don't know if there will be a follow-up."

"Don't worry, there are no more," Xin Wang Zhao Zhen shook his head and said, "Shi Zhongtai is just a commander, how many people can he have in his hand and still need to divide up the army? But there are only a few thousand people, and he sent a mere leader." He couldn't help but smile wryly. He said at once: "The other party looks down on us very much...!"

"Compared with Xin Wang Qiansui's strange idea, I would rather everyone look down on us." The guard soldier glanced at him, and rarely took the initiative to reply.

Xinwang Zhao Zhen smiled, put down the topic, but remembered another thing. "Speaking of which," he said, "I remember someone mentioned that in the distance from the ferry of Fengshui River to the north to Shimen, the Fengshui River has several shallows on the forest side? It is a bit troublesome to cross the army. But Shan Hongfei's scouts should have no problem wading across the water, right?"

"Yes, but who wants to die." Cui Hu shook his head and said. "That's why Jianghu people are still not as good as professional soldiers." Xin Wang Zhao Zhen shook his head and said.

Cui Hu nodded. Although the Jianghu swordsmen and gang disciples claim to live in troubled times, they don't have the qualities of real soldiers who prohibit orders and obey orders unconditionally.In fact, they regard war and fighting and killing as a kind of business. How much money the buyer pays, they do as much as they want.

Most of the gang fighters in the war just take people's money and perform some single tasks.The employers who pay the money are also well aware of this, and most people often use the number of gangs to make up for the temporary shortage of manpower.

They were only employed by those wealthy families as guards, or as bodyguards or escorts.Few people would really recruit and use them as the main force, even if most of the rivers and lakes fighters have outstanding personal qualities and experience.

In a real war, discipline often comes first.This is also the reason why Xin Wang Zhao Zhen didn't reorganize these Jianghu swordsmen and gang disciples.The undisciplined temperament of these guys is difficult to change, so he plans to put all these swordsmen into a different formation of warriors in Shimen, so that they can play their roles in future wars.

Anyway, in this era of war, as long as they can use the right ones, any man and horse can achieve unimaginable achievements.

As for the Shimen army in King Xin Zhao Zhen's plan, since they cannot be drawn from King Xin's army, they should of course be recruited from the locals, and then absorb very few outstanding talents from the Jianghu warriors.To put it bluntly, he didn't intend to reuse these Jianghu warriors, but Xin Wang Zhao Zhen only had an outline idea of ​​his own Shimen army in his mind, and he had only just begun to roll out the blueprint of this vision.

In his opinion, these are not the most important things now, the most important thing is how to break through numerous obstacles to bring back Wang Zhichong and others who are still trapped in the Yangtze River Valley of Jiangling Prefecture. Unable to resolve.

The pressure he was about to face was not too small. Now that Shi Zhongtai had sent troops, he was just a pawn to explore the way.Not to mention that Zhang Jun's power is like a cloud over everyone's head.Just Shi Zhongtai and his troops are enough to cause enough trouble for all the newborn people.

Xinwang Zhao Zhen couldn't get the news from the north, but presumably the master Zhang Jun who came to the frontline personally and led the famous song general Liu Guangshi to lead an army of tens of thousands to surround his fleet and preside over the overall situation, probably got the news and started to work Assemble the army and block all roads tightly.

With this guy's loyalty to Emperor Zhao Gou, he would naturally mobilize his army as soon as possible, and put pressure on Zhang Jun to wipe out the Shimen rebels.

However, thinking of the army Zhang Jun had in his hands, Xin Wang Zhao Zhen was not worried, but a little pity.Those are some of the most elite soldiers, including the Northwest Army and the most powerful army under Zhao Gou. They are all excellent fighters. It would be great if they can be used by him.

Of course, he also knew that this was just an extravagant wish. Xinwang Zhao Zhen crumpled the note into a ball. He knew that building his own army in Shimen could only be done step by step, just like a meal that could only be eaten in one bite, so there was no need to rush.

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