After the fighting on the river bank was over, the big ship docked. Gao Kan took Yang Zhi and disembarked with a group of people on the ship.
The troops here were still seizing the battlefield. When Lin Chong saw the ship coming, he led his people over to wait.
When he saw Gao Kan, he hurriedly came forward to pay homage: "I'm here to pay my respects to the young master. I'm late, so I'd like to ask the young master to apologize."
With a smile on his face, Gao Kan quickly helped him up and said, "Where is Coach Lin? Thanks to your timely arrival, the bandit army has no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth, and they are trapped here to death."
"In this battle, the annihilation of thousands of rebel troops is a great achievement. Everyone should be rewarded. How can you say that you are guilty?"
Yang Zhi also stepped forward and said with a smile: "Instructor Lin came out on top this time, which is really enviable."
Lin Chong's face turned red. This time, Gao Kan planned the overall situation for trapping and killing the Jin army. He was just following orders and led more than 10,000 troops. How could he dare to take the lead?
While he was talking, he saw a large number of generals coming from the army. Gao Kan stepped forward hurriedly.
When the general approached, he clasped his fists and bowed in greeting: "General Lingshou, Cao Qi, pays homage to the young master."
"General Cao, please get up quickly. This time, General Cao led his troops to march hundreds of miles to help in the battle. I am really grateful." Gao Kan hurriedly helped Cao Qi up with both hands.
"I don't dare." Cao Qi immediately stood up and said, "Sir, in this battle, there is no way to kill the enemy. There are still one or two hundred people captured. In addition, the enemy commander has ordered to take them down. Do you want to ask me? ?”
Hearing this, Gao Kan nodded and said, "General Cao, please bring me here to talk."
"Yes." Cao Qi cupped his fists and accepted the order, then turned around and asked someone to escort him up to speak.
Not long after, I saw a general of the Jin Army, tied with a rope and held by two soldiers, following Cao Qi.
The general seemed still dissatisfied and struggled all the way, still trying to get out of trouble.
When he got close, Cao Qi kicked him off his knees, then turned around and cupped his fists towards Gao Kan and said, "Sir, the enemy will bring him here."
"Okay, General Cao, please clean up the battlefield as soon as possible, list down the details of the enemy prisoners killed, record the losses of our army, and make arrangements later." Gao Kan nodded.
Cao Qi took the order and went to clean up the mess.
After the people left, Gao Kan's eyes fell on the Jin Army general. Behind him, his subordinates brought out a wicker chair and told him to sit down.
After sitting down, he asked: "Whose name is it? Let me tell you first."
"Bah, you, a Southern barbarian boy, are you worthy of asking me?"
The Jin Army general looked disdainful and spat, his attitude was very arrogant.
When Lin Chong and Yang Zhi saw this, they became angry and stepped forward to tell him to look good.
Gao Kan didn't care. He waved his hand to stop the two of them. He still looked at the Jin Army general with a smile on his face and said, "How dare a defeated general to be so arrogant?"
"That is treacherous on your part, but you are just allowing your treacherous plan to succeed. What's the point of being proud of?" The general was still unconvinced.
"Whether it's treacherous or a decisive battle, in the end it's you who lose and I win. Is there any truth that the winner will be frustrated and the loser will be proud?"
With a chuckle, Gao Kan continued: "You have betrayed your trust, ignored the alliance between the two countries, and brazenly invaded our territory of the Song Dynasty. You burned, killed, looted, and persecuted the people of our Song Dynasty along the way. Do you have any pride at all?"
"Not to mention that you were defeated by me today, even if I let you go back and fight again the next day, you will still be no match for me."
"Ha, Huangkou boy, how dare you speak so wildly? The Southern Barbarians of the Song Dynasty are nothing more than native chickens and dogs. Although I have been defeated by you today, I will ask you to wait for the Southern Barbarians to pay you back a hundred or a thousand times sooner or later!" the general sneered.
Gao Kan looked at him and said calmly: "Are you still thinking that after Wanyan Zonghan's army conquers Taiyuan Mansion, they will then come to Zhending Mansion to avenge you?"
"How did you..." The general was startled when he heard this. He blurted out subconsciously, but stopped immediately.
Gao Kan ignored him and continued: "It's okay to let you know. Your army on the west route is now trapped in Taiyuan Prefecture. It's no more than wishful thinking to continue going south to invade the Song Dynasty."
"Today you are so ambitious and treacherous that you attack our territory of the Song Dynasty, destroy our cities of the Song Dynasty, and kill our soldiers and people of the Song Dynasty. In the future, I will ask you to pay back a hundred times or a thousand times. I will not destroy the Jin Kingdom, nor destroy the Wanyan Ancestral Temple. I vow not to give up!”
"How dare you!" The general was furious and wanted to get up.
Lin Chong and Yang Zhi had long been angry with him. When they saw this, they didn't say anything. They stepped forward and stopped him, making him unable to move.
Gao Kan stood up and said: "I asked you to recognize my name. I am Gao Kan in Bianliang City, Tokyo in the Song Dynasty. I will let you go back today and tell your Wanyan old dog that when the day comes, I will personally lead an army to the city and call him." You wait until the dog thief washes his neck and waits."
"You little beast, if you dare to let me go back, I will take your head one day!" the general cursed angrily.
Seeing this, Gao Kan just sneered and waved: "Here comes someone, give him a horse and let him escape quickly."
Hearing this, both Lin Chong and Yang Zhi were shocked, and they immediately spoke to explain.
"Young Master, please let this thief go, and tell him to harm the people of Song Dynasty again in the future!"
"Don't let the thief stay, why not kill him with one blow!"
Listening to the two people's persuasion, Gao Kan didn't take it seriously and just said: "He's just a clown with ears, so what if I spare his life? Just ask him to go back and give him a good talk, so that all the gold thieves will know that I, Da Song, am powerful!"
Seeing Gao Kan's persistence, the two of them were puzzled, but they had no choice but to obey.
He asked someone to bring in a horse, loosen it for him, and then told him to run away on his own.
The general did not expect that Gaokan actually spared his life and let him go. He quickly got on his horse. Before leaving, he glanced at Gaokan again and shouted: "Little Nanman, please remember my name. I am Wanyan Bokang. Come here." If you fall into my hands, don't regret what you did today."
After saying that, Wanyan Bokang immediately fled.
After hearing this, Lin Chong and Yang Zhi wanted to chase him immediately, but asked Gao Kan to stop him.
The two of them were puzzled and turned their heads. Lin Chong said straightly: "Sir, this person claims to be Wanyan, and he must be from the royal family of the Jin Kingdom. Let him go, for fear of letting the tiger go back to the mountain!"
Yang Zhi also said: "Such a gold thief should be killed!"
Gao Kan smiled and said: "You two don't have to worry about it. He's just a kid from the Jin Kingdom royal family. What's there to worry about? Just let him go and then gather the army to fight. Otherwise, where will there be a good fight?"
Hearing Gao Kan's words, Yang Zhi and Lin Chong looked at each other and knew in their hearts that he had another plan, but they didn't understand his foresight.
Over there, Cao Qi was still leading his men to close up the battlefield. He suddenly heard that Gaokan had released the general of the Jin army, and he was immediately panicked.
He quickly turned around and asked why.
Gao Kan smiled and said, "Don't worry, General Cao. It's all my fault for letting this man escape. If there is any accountability from the court in the future, I will bear the responsibility alone."
"Young master misunderstood, I am not worried about guilt, but this traitor led troops to invade our Song Dynasty and killed our soldiers and civilians. He was let go so easily. It is too easy for him!" Cao Qi hurriedly clasped his fists after hearing this.
"General Cao cares about the people, and I admire you for it. However, this matter is a foregone conclusion, so let's let it go."
Gao Kan didn't explain much to Cao Qi. After all, he was not yet one of his own confidants, so some things couldn't be explained too clearly.
