Another bloody head was picked up with the tip of a spear, which made the civilian officials and Lin'an soldiers in the campus feel numb!
And if Zhao Gou wanted to kill Yue Fei, he would be numb from the top of his head to the soles of his feet!
This "crazy official" not only seeks his own death, but also drags everyone else to die with him!
But now no one dares to disobey Zhao Gou, otherwise he will be the next Wan Qixi! That guy was a dignified "righteous man", and he came from Taixue before the Xuanhe disaster - Zhao Ji abolished the Jinshi subject for a while and switched to Taixue to select scholars. Taixue's background was equivalent to Jinshi. Such a well-born official, just because he heard Zhao Gou say that he was going out of the city to fight, he advised him to be "cautious", but ended up with his head on the ground...
This Zhao Gou must be crazy!
Not only did they kill people indiscriminately, but they also rushed out of the city to fight to the death after the heavenly soldiers (referring to the Red Turban Song Army) crossed the river!
How is this a desperate act? It’s obvious that he is going to die!
It turns out that the old Zhao family really has the roots of madness! First it was Zhao Kai, then Zhao Ji, and now it’s Zhao Gou...it’s really that each one is crazier than the other!
"I am willing to follow the officials to kill thieves!"
"I will follow you to the death!"
"Long live the official family, the Song Dynasty will be victorious..."
Everyone below knew that Zhao Gou was crazy, but no one had the courage to stand up and cure his madness, so they had to let him yell. Anyway, he won't be able to fly for long. When the Song Dynasty's Heavenly Soldiers arrive, this mad official's family will be dead.
At this moment, a little Huangmen came running like flying, shouting in a drawn-out tone: "Report..."
"Report to the officials, the red scarf thief has crossed the Chenhe River!" The little Huangmen couldn't hide the horror on his face, but he still tried very hard not to cry.
"Well done!" Zhao Gou still looked crazy, "Leave the city...to meet the enemy! All soldiers, follow me out of the city!"
"We are willing to follow the officials out of the city and fight to the death!"
"Bao Guan's family, kill the red scarf..."
"kill......"
The people below also shouted wildly!
The main campus in Pizhou City suddenly turned into a madhouse.
Get out of town, get out of town! It’s easy to run out of the city!
These people under Zhao Gou have completely given up at this point... Earlier they wanted to hold Zhao Gou's thigh to see if they could keep a little wealth. Now it looks really stupid! If I had known this, I should have run to Jiangnan from the beginning, even to beg for food?
Even if Jiangnan will be won by Zhao Kai sooner or later, then he can buy time to grow his hair!
Moreover, Jiangnan has never been occupied by the Jin Kingdom, so there is no problem of betraying the country and surrendering to the enemy... The conflict between Zhao Kai and Zhao Gou is the difference between Hua and Yi, and it is the righteousness of the world. As for the conflict between Zhao Kai and Zhao Huan, it is an internal conflict within the Zhao family. The higher-ups can just take a bite on this matter, but what does it have to do with the people below?
But now it's too late, it's too late to run to Jiangnan, and even Pizhou City can't get out - the terrain of Pizhou is like a prison! Surrounded by water on three sides, it is an island. There are no boats on the island, and the only pontoon bridge has been burned. He couldn't run away even if he wanted to, and was forced to go to the battlefield by Zhao Gou. Now he could only hope to surrender to the heavenly soldiers on the battlefield and beg for mercy.
No matter what, let's save our lives first...
However, these people who were shouting slogans did not expect that the madness of their "crazy official" Zhao Gou was actually an act!
The boat that Kang Lu secretly prepared before is still there. It is hidden in a thatched house inside the dam wall near the Yellow River, and is under the personal care of another confidant of Zhao Gou, the eunuch Lan Gui.
However, Zhao Gou also knew that he could not get on the boat and leave on the day Wan Yanyan ran away.
Because he must die once!
If he doesn't die, Zhao Kai, Zhao Huan, and even Wanyan Yan will put a huge reward on his life!
People's hearts are sinister... After he escaped quietly, he had no power at all. Will those who were following him sell him out for the reward?
Even if someone had evil thoughts and quietly exposed him, he would have to be caught and killed.
Even if everyone around him is a loyal and good minister to the head of the household, he himself still has to worry about it every day!
So if you want to live a secluded life peacefully, you have to pretend to be dead first!
And to successfully pretend to be dead, you have to pretend to be crazy first!
Because he is not crazy, he will not go out of the city to meet the enemy when the "Red Turban Thieves" cross the Chenhe River, but will stick to Pizhou Castle to delay time.
Pizhou Castle is certainly very strong...but what about the human heart?
Previously, Yue Fei's army had not expired and could not cross the Chenhe River, so there was a high risk that the people below would betray Zhao Gou, and they had to fight Zhao Gou... Where are those hopeless cowards? This courage?
Once the "red scarf thieves" came to the city, it would be easy to betray Zhao Gou, just open the door quietly at night.
And the longer he is besieged, the lower his authority as a king will be, and the greater the possibility of being betrayed by his subordinates.
Therefore, Zhao Gou did not dare to delay at all. If he wanted to "die", he had to go crazy as soon as possible while his "powerful madness" was still there!
Seeing that everyone below was pretending to be crazy like him, Zhao Gou showed an even crazier expression, drew out his sword, and pointed it high into the sky.
The "madmen" below all fell silent and stared at Zhao Gou with their eyes wide open.
Zhao Gou loudly said to Kang Lu beside him: "Master Kang, I order you to immediately go to the Chongzheng Hall in the palace to pile up fire-starting materials... If I can't win this battle, I will go to the Chongzheng Hall and burn myself to death." nation!"
Self-immolation?
You are pretending to be crazy!
The "crazy people" below are not stupid - you, the "crazy official", are just pretending to be crazy!
Self-immolation is the best way to pretend to be dead!
In other ways of death, there is always a body that can be identified. How can one identify someone who burned himself to ashes? Who knows whether you are dead or not?
Moreover, Wanyanyan put a lot of thought into renovating Pizhou City, and most likely left a secret escape route...
But now everyone has to pretend to be crazy while pretending to understand!
"I swear to follow you to the death!"
"I am willing to live and die with the official family..."
Seeing that everyone was as "crazy" as himself, Zhao Gou finally felt relieved. He pointed his sword toward the east and shouted: "Come out of the city to meet the enemy!"
Go out of the city to meet the enemy? That's impossible, it's better to leave the city and break up!
Break up the gang when you leave the city!
If Zhao Gou said he was going to self-immolate, he would have exposed his trump card in front of a group of people. Everyone knew it... Zhao Gou was not really crazy, he still wanted to live!
So Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu, who had just led the vanguard of two generals across Chenhe, saw the most absurd scene in their many years of military service.
Thousands or perhaps tens of thousands of people rushed out of Pizhou City cheering, but they didn't look like they were coming to fight - because most of these people were not wearing armor, and they were throwing away their weapons as they ran, and some even raised their hands. Crying and shouting loudly: "Master Wang, spare your life, we are willing to surrender! Master Wang, please help, Zhao Gou is crazy..."
Well, go to the battlefield and ask the enemy for help!
Are the enemies stupid?
What's happening here? Is there no need to call a bluff?
It was Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu, the two military commanders, who had the clearest minds and quickly gave orders loudly.
"Beat the drums, form a formation... Queyue's formation!"
"Beat the drums, form a formation, don't let the enemy get close, be careful of fraud!"
The infantry of the two generals were well-trained. Under the control of the sound of drums and trumpets, they quickly set up their formations, raised their spears, drew their horn bows, and attached feather arrows. But the enemy...knelt down!
"Master Wang, don't shoot arrows!"
"I am willing to surrender..."
"We were all forced by that thief Zhao Gou..."
There was also a group of high-ranking officials in purple robes, kneeling and walking toward the Queyue Formation of the Song Army. The leaders were Zheng Yinian and Wang Shiyong.
Both traitors know that they have committed a great crime, and now they have to work hard to betray Zhao Gou!
The two were soon escorted to Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu by several Song Army infantrymen, and with tears streaming down their faces, they began to expose Zhao Gou.
"So that the two lieutenants know that Zhao Gou, the thief, has piled fire starters in the palace and is preparing to pretend to burn himself!"
"What the two lieutenants don't know is that Zhao Gou has been killing people and pretending to be crazy in Pizhou City every day in order to escape by pretending to die. If the heavenly soldiers don't come, we will all die at his hands!"
What? Self-immolation and fake death?
How abominable!
Liu Zhengyan and Miao Fu were anxious. It doesn't matter if you commit suicide alone, but if you set yourself on fire... this is arson! How much wealth must there be in Pizhou's palace and official treasury? If you set yourself on fire, you will be burned away... This is not okay!
Liu Zhengyan immediately shouted: "You two, lead the way quickly, I am going to capture Wanyan Gou alive!"
Not to be outdone, Fu Miao said, "I will go too... You must not let Wan Yangou escape!" Then he raised his arms and shouted, "Young men, all of you, follow me and capture Wanyan Gou alive!"
"Capture Wanyan Gou alive!"
"Catch Wanyan Gou!"
After crossing the river, the Song army also shouted together, as did the "big and small" traitors who were kneeling on the ground begging for surrender (some were not traitors, but just did not resist).
The shouts soon reached the ears of Zhao Gou, who was riding into the city and heading towards the palace. Of course he knew that the "Wanyan Gou" he wanted to catch was himself!
When he thought that so many people were trying to arrest him, and that the people around him either abandoned him or betrayed him, he couldn't help but feel angry.
But he was still angry, and it was more important to escape now. You have to go to Chongzheng Palace and pretend to be dead!
There is a secret passage in Chongzheng Hall that leads directly to an abandoned farm outside the city. Zhao Gou can hide there until dark, and then go to the thatched hut on the bank of the Yellow River to find a boat...
Just when he was thinking of this, the war horse under his crotch had just galloped into the open palace door, but somehow it tripped and stumbled! Zhao Gou didn't pay attention and was thrown out alive, and then fell heavily to the ground, so hard that stars appeared in his eyes. Before he could react, a group of people pounced on him and tied him into a rice dumpling with ropes.
Just when he was about to call out, he saw his most trusted eunuchs Kang Lu and Lan Gui approaching with smiles.
Zhao Gou already understood what was going on, but he was still unwilling to accept it. He asked loudly: "Kang Lu, Lan Gui, I treat you well, why should you betray me? You are asking for glory behind the Lord. Do you think King Yun can tolerate you?" "
What answered him was a burst of laughter.
Kang Lu laughed and said, "Prince Kang, you are confused! I thought that the people who were sent to the palace as governors back then were all from the Imperial City Department! Official Lan and I have long been Prince Yun, no, we are from the official family!"
