"I understand the truth, but I always feel a little sorry for him..." Zhang Rong couldn't help but interrupt the other party, and it was obvious that he was still struggling.
"Then let's not talk about these principles, just talk about loyalty. Old Xiao is not loyal?" You Xuejiu directly put his hands together and sat next to the other party. "You are stubborn and refuse to go, making things difficult for you... Then you will let down the government, Marshal Yue, and the people of Hebei who are fleeing in the winter. You will be disloyal, unjust, unkind, and lawless. The banner of justice will be taken away. Will he be happy? Chief, what's wrong with you today? Isn't it just risking your life? We have been on Liangshan since the time of Emperor Daojun. Who cares about life? If you lose your life today, is it because the government does not allow the tablet to enter the Yuetai, or because you don't support your family? Why do you look down on your brothers like this? When we had no idea, weren't you the one who talked the most? The situation today is so simple, why are you confused? Are you really used to a peaceful life?!"
By the end of his words, You Xuejiu's tone had become somewhat high-pitched.
"What do you know, a man who can't even pass the imperial examination?" Zhang Rong was also a little impatient. "Every time has its own difficulties, every time has its own ideas... To be honest, I'm just used to living a peaceful life... Ten years ago, when the Jin Kingdom first attacked, all the men and women in our village, big and small, who could paddle and get on the boat, fought hard. At that time, there was no such incident. The key point is that the current situation is actually not bad, and there is no need for everyone to fight hard. Isn't this obvious?"
"Oh..." You Xuejiu folded his hands in a daze. "What the big boss meant is not about risking one's life, but why when there is only one person out of ten who wants to risk his life, it has to be our turn? And when assigning tasks, you have no choice but to assign the risk-taking task to the brother who cares the most about you?"
"You hit the point." Zhang Rong slapped his thigh, sighed, and talked non-stop, as if he was explaining something. "In the final analysis, I trust the emperor. He works so hard and has been working hard for ten years. I always think that the Northern Expedition can be successful... Since ancient times, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, how could an emperor fail to succeed despite working so hard? I also trust Pengju. Pengju and I have been brothers and neighbors for ten years. I know his ability and character in commanding troops. If he says it can be done, then the matter may seem absurd, but it is probably not absurd inside, and it can probably be accomplished... But this is what makes me sad!"
"I understand now, don't I?" You Xuejiu nodded repeatedly, "But, great leader, someone has to do this heart-wrenching thing, right? In a favorable battle, there have to be scouts and baits; in an encounter, there have to be vanguards and blockers; when attacking a city, there has to be someone to climb the ladder first... Lao Xiao's case seems to be a waste of time and effort, but in fact, from the overall situation and the war, it is inevitable. Since it is inevitable, why think so much about it?"
Zhang Rong shook his head repeatedly, but stood up from the kang covered with a cotton-padded jacket, walked around the scholar barefoot, got off the kang, picked up his shoes, and walked to the door before turning back:
"I'll ride my horse to Gucheng to watch... You should also not sit idle, go to Damingcheng to meet Yue Pengju and prepare to meet Lao Xiao and his group of brothers."
You Xuejiu was stunned for a moment, said "Oh", then reacted and quickly got up and got off the kang.
The two of them walked out of the house together and came outside. Seeing the obvious movement in the village, they felt helpless but had nothing to say. They just went to get their horses and prepared to go to Daming City and Gucheng respectively.
However, the two of them mounted their horses and walked to the north gate. They separated for only a moment. In the dark night, Zhang Rong suddenly came to his senses, but turned back and yelled at the dark night: "You deserve to be fucked, didn't Lao Xiao ask you, a bastard, to persuade me just now? And you still say you have nothing to say?!"
However, in the twilight obscured by dark clouds, You Xuejiu simply walked away with his horse in his arms, turning a deaf ear to the words.
Zhang Rong was helpless. He heard the movement in the river and understood the reasons in his heart, but he just reined in his horse and circled around for a while. Then he asked the guards beside him to raise torches and hurried on.
Let's not talk about You Xuejiu going to Damingcheng to see Yue Fei. Let's just say that Zhang Rong personally rode a horse to Guchengcheng. The journey was only more than ten miles. Along the way, he saw a large lantern almost every two or three hundred steps on the waterway east of the Yellow River after the fork. It was lined up all the way from Malingdu to the battle array, and it was unexpectedly continuous, just like his own navy ships. Then there were countless armored soldiers on both sides, patrolling non-stop. Although there was a military order to keep silent before, in such a situation, just ordinary actions have already made a lot of noise. When he arrived in Guchengcheng, he saw densely packed civilians gathered together, and half of the town was brightly lit.
My mood is becoming more and more complicated.
There was no way. The so-called complexity meant that on the one hand, he felt helpless, knowing that this movement could not be concealed from Yuancheng, and Xiao En had to do it on this trip; on the other hand, he was also infected by the solemn atmosphere along the way, and gradually put aside all his previous thoughts and Xiao En's persuasion with the help of You Xuejiu, and became serious.
The person in charge of the situation in Gucheng was Wang Gui, deputy commander of the Imperial Camp's front army. When he saw Zhang Rong coming in person with a stern face, he was caught off guard and hurriedly bowed to greet him.
As for the rest of the people, when they saw Jiedu Zhang and Deputy Governor-General Wang gathering in this town, they all knew that this was the key point.
"Jiedu, the boat has arrived." Wang Gui was obviously a little nervous, so much so that he was a little out of breath in the dark, and the white air he exhaled was particularly obvious under the torch. "We can't delay, it's not that cold tonight, I'm afraid the ice road can't be built... Let's use rolling logs!"
"Then use the log!" Zhang Rong responded immediately, but he added as if to encourage himself. "These are all methods commonly used in the dock, and they have been tested three times. There is no reason why they can't work! Hurry up!"
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