Returning home (6)
The general was always about to leave, but when he heard Chen Tuo's words, he hurriedly turned around.
First, I looked straight at Chen Tuo with my eyes, and I didn't move it for a while.
Chen Tuo's surface is calm and composed, but his vest is like being stabbed by needles and sweating like rain.
After a while, the general jumped off his horse, slid his hands on the ground, his knees forward, and his armor on his body made a clang. When he reached Chen Tuo's body, he touched the ground with his head and cried loudly, "Mr. Wu Jie, kowtow to Your Majesty!"
"Okay, okay." Chen Tuo didn't know how to answer for a while.
Seeing that he was still kowtowing, Chen Tuo hurriedly jumped off his horse and helped Wu Jie up.
After a while, Wu Jie's forehead was covered with blood, and he was dripping.
Chen Tuo looked at it and couldn't help but say, "Why do you think so?" He asked again, "When did you see me?"
Wu Jie's face was already full of tears, but the emperor did not dare not answer when he asked, so he could only let tears flow on his face, but he replied proudly: "In the first year of Jingkang, I was Zhongxunlang, and I followed the Weizhou Martial Arts Commander Xi Gong to the capital. Your Majesty went up to the city with the Prime Minister Li to inspect the military horses that day. I met with the military officers and signed up for a visit. I thought there were too many people on that day, and Your Majesty did not remember me."
He kowtowed again and said, "I am extremely incompetent and useless. I have caused Your Majesty to be trapped in the hands of the Hu people and come back safely. It is my great joy in the Song Dynasty. I cried with joy and I don't know what to say. I still beg Your Majesty to forgive me."
Chen Tuo sighed in his heart. In the eyes of a general like Wu Jie, it doesn’t matter whether his emperor is useful or incompetent to harm the country. What’s more important is that the emperor is actually the representative of the country. The capture of the emperor is a shame for the whole country. No wonder Yue Fei’s only thought in his heart was to welcome the two emperors back many years later!
Because I only said: "The general is loyal and brave, I am grateful for it!"
Wu Jie then took the opportunity to turn his head and wipe his tears with his sleeves. He looked so beautiful that the Mongolians around him were extremely surprised. The Mongolians would cut their faces with swords and cry to see them off when their khan or their parents died. Like Wu Jie, kneeling in front of Shen Tuo, crying like a child, was something that the Mongolians had never heard of or seen.
Seeing that his mood was a little calm, Chen Tuo asked again: "General, any position is here?"
Wu Jie replied: "I am currently the governor of Zhongzhou and the commander of the Left Army and Horse Army."
Chen Tuo nodded slightly, knowing that this person's class is not very high, he is only considered an intermediate officer. He is the highest commander of the first-level army of the Song Dynasty army.
The Song system was established with four levels of wings, army, and camp, and capital. Each 100 people were each, with five battalions in each battalion, and three armies in each wing. By the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the military system was reformed and the chief generals and deputy generals were established. Each general had different numbers of people. They were headed by professional soldiers, and each army had more than 100 generals, and the commander was appointed as the chief officer and the commander was appointed as the deputy general. Wu Jie, who is now the army under generals, should be all the troops under generals, gathered here.
Then he nodded and said, "In this way, please ask the general to protect my safety!"
Wu Jie did not hesitate and immediately replied: "I wish to protect Your Majesty with this body!"
After saying that, he shouted sternly to the many generals and officers who were a little ignorant in the distance: "What are you waiting for? Come and pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor!"
Most of the generals and schools here are lower-level officers, and they have never seen the emperor. Seeing Wu Jie crying and bowing, everyone was already stunned. When they heard his shouting, they quickly got off the horse and rushed forward, and worshiped Chen Tuo with great gifts.
After getting up after the ceremony, a general stood up and said stutteringly: "General Wu, didn't you say that Your Majesty is in Yangzhou at this time? How could you get here?"
Wu Jie looked at him fiercely and replied in a bad voice: "Your Majesty was hunting north in the second year of Jingkang, and he just returned with great hard work!"
The general was startled and quickly took a step back, not daring to say anything else.
Only then did everyone realize that this was not Zhao Gou, but the Emperor Qinzong who was captured to the north. Everyone was a warrior, and they all regarded the incident of Jingkang Nian as a great shame in their lives. When they heard that it was Zhao Heng's return, they all showed excitement on their faces. Many people lay on the ground again and bowed their heads repeatedly. Even though they were excited, they were not under Wu Jie.
But the martial artists are all straightforward. While they are grateful, they are all thinking: "This Majesty is back, but they don't know what to do with the Majesty of Yangzhou." They also think: "This is the serious emperor, the eldest son of the Supreme Emperor, and Emperor Jianyan is just a vassal king, and they are afraid that they will give way. But they don't know when His Majesty's edict will be sent. If King Kang doesn't accept it, it will be lively."
Chen Tuo couldn't see the thoughts of these martial artists clearly. Seeing that they looked a little embarrassed, he naturally knew what they were thinking.
But he was not good at preaching in front of these people, but said to Wu Jie again: "These Mongolians follow each other when they fled. I trust them very much, and the general can treat them well, so there is no need to doubt them."
Wu Jie said, "How can this be done? Since Your Majesty is back, you will naturally be protected by me. After all, these Mongolians are alien races, so how can they still protect your Majesty?"
As soon as this sentence came out, the Mongolians were originally angry because of his attitude. At this time, they heard him insulting their loyalty and became even more angry. They couldn't help but stand up and point at him and scold him.
Chen Tuo was also dissatisfied, but knew that this was also human nature, so he said lightly: "I have returned from thousands of miles away, and they have been around. If I drive them away at this time, how can the people in the world regard me? There is no need to say much about the general, they will still be guarded by them."
After all, it was the power of the emperor. Seeing that he was not good-looking, Wu Jie had no choice but to think in his heart: "I met Your Majesty in Tokyo that day. Your Majesty was very weak and looked like a scholar. After these days, there was a sense of determination between his eyebrows, and he was very determined to make decisions. It seemed that there had been a major change."
He felt a little worried, and couldn't help but look at Chen Tuo carefully, but he was not the emperor.
He fell to the ground and asked Shen Tuo to get on his horse, then ordered all the troops to gather and guard Shen Tuo.
Walking like this, I just walked ten miles away, but I saw the smoke and dust in front of me, and it seemed that a large group of people came.
Knowing that there was no large number of Jin soldiers here, Wu Jie was very cautious, stopped the brigade from moving forward, set up a formation, and waited for the other party to come.
After a while, a large number of cavalry came first. A little closer, Wu Jie saw the banner and smiled at Chen Tuo, "Your Majesty, Lord Zhang, the commander of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Propaganda and Pacification Control, is here."
"Oh? Zhang Jun?" Chen Tuo secretly broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, he liked to read history books at the beginning, otherwise he would have to show his bad luck on the spot.
Anyone who can be a commander along the way is no matter how he is a senior official in the court. If he doesn't know him, even if he shares a body with Zhao Heng, he will be suspected.
Wu Jie nodded slightly and replied, "Go back to Your Majesty, it's Zhang Jun."
When Chen Tuo heard his tone, he was not as happy as his face. Looking at his eyes again, it was as cold as water.
At this time, he could not care whether the civil officials and military generals in Shaanxi were harmonious. Zhang Jun was one of the representatives of the war faction. He served as the Right Pushe of the Shangshu in the court. He was also the Minister of the Central Secretariat and the Secretary of the Central Secretariat and the General of the Privy Council. He also took the initiative to ask the army and horses. When he came to Sichuan and Shaanxi, he also asked him to Zhao Gou: Zhongxing should start with Sichuan and Shaanxi. It was also a rare insightful opinion at that time. Zhao Gou also trusted him very much. He was a capable alliance of Zuo Pushe Zhao Ding. The two of them insisted on fighting in the Jianyan Nian and the early years of Shaoxing. They made great contributions to the Southern Song Dynasty. They were also considered famous historical officials. Chen Tuo was also very excited about him. However, this person was loyal, but he didn't know whether it was for the country or Zhao Gou, what was for him, Chen Tuo, and what he was for him.
Zhang Jun was the general of Shaanxi at this time. He came to Shaanxi shortly after he developed water conservancy, persuaded farmland, and laid off redundant troops. Shaanxi had a new look for a moment and was highly respected by the generals of the Western soldiers.
Seeing that he was approaching, Wu Jie and the others were all dismounted to greet him.
Only Shen Tuo sat on the horse and remained motionless.
However, Zhang Jun did not dress up as a court official. He was wearing an ordinary gentry and riding a strong horse and rushing forward. He drove a little closer and Chen Tuo looked at him. This man was in his forties, with a yellow face and a short beard, and a delicate face, but he did not look like an ordinary civil servant of the Song Dynasty, with a cowardly and pedantic appearance.
However, this person also saw Chen Tuo, and at first he looked in disbelief, but he no longer dared to continue riding his horse and jumped down. After walking a few more steps, his face finally showed a certain expression.
More than ten steps away from Chen Tuo Shang, he lay down on the ground, signed up to celebrate his greetings, and burst into tears.
This manifestation is also in Shen Tuo's information. The civil officials of the Song Dynasty, no matter how shameless and cowardly the war, did not exist yet. If a military general could still violate the emperor's throne, it would be impossible for a civil servant to do so.
He drove the horse forward a few steps, but he didn't get off the horse, but he bent down and said to Zhang Jun with a gentle voice: "Thank you for your hard work, let's get up and talk."
If Zhang Jun had some remaining suspicion just now, it disappeared at this time. He kowtowed repeatedly and sobbed, and it was difficult to control himself.
In the early years of Jingkang, Zhang Jun was too weak and often waited for the emperor. He was so familiar with Chen Tuo's behavior that he could not be familiar with. When he kowtow, tens of thousands of soldiers and generals behind him bowed to the ground and bowed together.
When Chen Tuo looked around, he actually fell to his knees. In addition to Zhang Jun, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses obviously knew Chen Tuo's identity. Following Zhang Jun, he made a tragic sound.
He was also in his post and power in later generations, but he never felt so loyal, so unreserved, and so loyal.
Chapter completed!