After Zhao Guangyi heard Song Jingang's words, he couldn't help but secretly complained. Deep in his heart, he had scolded Song Jingang's eighteen generations of ancestors.
Zhao Guangyi is also an ambitious man. He has coveted the position of his brother Zhao Kuangyin many years ago and has been cultivating his cronies in the army.
It's just that Zhao Kuangyin has good command of his subordinates, and generals like Song Jingang, Jing Si, and Li Xiucheng are simply not something he can win over, so most of his cronies in the army are middle- and lower-level officers.
It was for this reason that he repeatedly changed generals in these battles with Li Keyong, in order to let his close confidants make some contributions so that they could climb to the top of the Song Army.
Now that Song Jingang has exposed this matter so ruthlessly, Zhao Guangyi believes that according to his brother's character, he will definitely engage all his close associates in military law. Then will the power he has worked hard for the past few years be completely destroyed soon? ?
Seeing the bitter look on Zhao Guangyi's face next to him, Zhao Kuangyin's lips suddenly raised an imperceptible smile, but he quickly pretended to be surprised and asked in a low voice: "General Song, what you said is all Really?"
Yuchi Gong, who has always been upright and upright, immediately said loudly: "Your Majesty, I am willing to testify to General Song. Every word he just said is true, and not a word is made up."
Jing Si, Li Xiucheng, Cao Bin and others also raised their hands and said, "We are also willing to testify for General Song."
Zhao Kuangyin immediately slapped the case and ordered: "What a sycophant, I missed the important matter of Gu. Zhao Pu and Song Jingang, order you two to be fully responsible for this matter. All involved personnel will be subject to military law!"
"The last general (minor minister) obeys the order!" Song Jingang and Zhao Pujin both clasped their fists and cupped their hands to receive the order.
Song Jingang and Zhao Pu quickly launched a large-scale purge among the 100,000 Song troops, and the power that Zhao Guangyi had worked hard for many years was completely destroyed.
At night, the lights in Zhao Kuangyin's royal tent were still brightly lit. Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Pu and Song Jingang were sitting in order. There was a sumptuous feast of wine and delicacies on the table in front of them. However, what was surprising was that the three of them were sitting next to each other. There wasn't even a single guard.
Song Jingang cupped his hands towards Zhao Pu, who was sitting facing him, and laughed loudly: "The military advisor is really clever. With a little trick, he led all the 50,000 Tang troops from Li Keyong out of the Queshu Valley Fortress, and also took the general with him. All dissidents will be purged.”
Zhao Pu shook his head helplessly, "These people are also elites in our army! If the second general hadn't become more and more unscrupulous in recent years, and even the lord looked down upon him, how could I have made such a move? "
Song Jingang shook his hand and said: "The words of the military advisor are wrong. Now that the war is imminent, the most taboo thing is the disunity of people. In my opinion, that person should be beaten to the end to prevent him from causing trouble for the lord in the future. "
Zhao Kuangyin coughed lightly when he heard this and said calmly: "Guangyi is Gu's biological brother after all. Although he is somewhat ambitious, after today's incident, his prestige in the army has been completely lost, and it is difficult for him to make any more achievements. Now That’s the end of the matter, and none of you are allowed to mention it again!”
Song Jingang and Zhao Pu hurriedly raised their hands and said: "The general (minor minister) obeys the order!"
After a pause, Song Jingang asked again: "My lord, all of Li Keyong's troops have left the pass, but the main force of our army is here. The general remembers that my lord said that he had already deployed a surprise force to intercept Li Keyong. Yong returned home and surrounded Li Keyong in one fell swoop. But I don’t know where this strange army came from?"
Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said nothing, looking at Zhao Pu. Zhao Pu on the side immediately explained to Song Jingang: "General Song, this time the king went all the way north to the grassland to meet the Yuan King Temujin under the guise of returning to Taiyuan to recuperate."
"Genghis Khan Temujin?"
Song Jingang lost his voice and said: "Is this the one Temujin who has recently risen on the grassland and openly calls Banjieli Khan and calls himself King Yuan?"
Zhao Pu nodded slightly, "Yes, this time the king went north to form an alliance with Genghis Khan. King Yuan has sent the fourth prince Tuo Lei and the general Zhebie to lead 40,000 fine cavalry through Mayi County, bypassing the Great Wall and killing the Tang army behind. At this moment, Li Keyong has become a turtle in a urn!"
Song Jingang was overjoyed when he heard this, and then said with some concern: "But Your Majesty, if we form an alliance with Temujin, will this offend Jieli Khan?"
Zhao Kuangyin smiled sinisterly when he heard this, "Jieli Khan? He no longer has the ability to take care of Gu Gu!"
Song Jingang was startled when he heard this, "What does this mean, Your Majesty?"
Zhao Pu smiled slightly and said: "Maybe General Song doesn't know yet? Three days ago, Temujin defeated Jieli Khan in the Modutak area. Jieli Khan lost 150,000 soldiers and horses, and even the Turks' tents They have all been defeated by Temujin, and now they are barely surviving and will never be able to survive again!"
Zhao Kuangyin added with a smile: "Temujin has made an agreement with Gu. After he destroys Jieli and unifies the Eastern Turks, he will lead his troops south to Guanzhong and join forces with Gu to destroy Li Tang. The imperial hegemony will be within easy reach."
Song Jingang was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "Then I will congratulate you in advance on your early victory in the Ninth Five-Year Plan and your unification of the country!"
"Hahaha!"
Zhao Kuangyin laughed wildly for a while, picked up the wine glass on the table and said: "General Song, Zhao Aiqing, come and drink this glass of wine for our future ambitions!"
"Dry!"
Song Jingang immediately picked up the wine glass, raised his head and drank it all.
Seeing Song Jinjiang drink the wine in the glass, Zhao Kuangyin curled his lips and suddenly put down the wine glass in his hand.
"Your Majesty, military advisor, why don't you drink?"
Song Jingang put down his wine glass, and then noticed that neither Zhao Kuangyin nor Zhao Pu was drinking, and asked in confusion.
Zhao Kuangyin said expressionlessly: "Because you will die if you drink this wine. Of course Guhe Zeping (Zhao Pu's cousin) will not drink it!"
"What?"
Song Jingang was shocked when he heard this, and a painful expression quickly appeared on his face. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He covered his stomach with his hands and looked at Zhao Kuangyin with a look of unwillingness, "You...why do you want to kill me?"
Zhao Kuangyin stood up slowly and walked to Song Jingang and said coldly: "As you said, the war is coming, and the most taboo thing is the disunity of people. Do you think Gu doesn't know that you are taking this opportunity to eliminate dissidents in the army? ?When Guangyi and the Tang army fought before, you knew that Guangyi would be defeated, so you always put your troops in the rear to take advantage of the opportunity to preserve your strength. You also knew that little thought! "
"You...you are so cruel!"
Blood began to flow from the corner of Song Jingang's mouth, and he struggled and shouted loudly at Zhao Kuangyin.
Zhao Kuangyin smiled sinisterly, and suddenly whispered into Song Jingang's ear: "You are considered a talent. If you just wanted to imitate Guang Yigu, I might not kill you. But you know the truth about Liu Wuzhou's death. If this matter is revealed, Gu's foundation will collapse in an instant, so you must die!"
