When the boat regained its stability, Dai Zong stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and said anxiously: "It turns out that the noble man recognizes this thief. It just occurred to me that this person is quite famous in the river. I thought he was a He Shezhao figure, but he is actually a water cutter." robber!"
Hong Qi turned around and said: "Is this considered a Shezhe character? My prince is the real Shezhe, how come these water bandits dare to call him this name?"
Dai Zong nodded in agreement, Zhao Tong remained silent, just looked at where Lei San and Zhang Shun were fighting, and saw the two of them fighting together on the river, one grabbing the other's hair, the other pinching the other's neck, and there was a wave of excitement. Splashing, disappearing and appearing, the fish were so startled that they jumped out of the water, it was so exciting.
Zhao Tong said: "Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun are brothers. Now we row the boat over and let him know about Zhang Heng's death. It would be best if we can capture and kill him when he is not prepared. We can't just scare him away."
Only Dai Zong knew how to row a boat, so he rowed in that direction. When he got closer, Hong Qi shouted: "The water bandit Zhang Heng is dead, and that Zhang Shun still hasn't surrendered!"
Zhang Shun was shocked when he heard these words in the water. He saw his brother's boat and the sharp knife thrown on the board that looked like it was splashing in the wind. He still didn't believe it. Lei San was left floating beside him, holding a strand of hair in his hand in a daze.
Hong Qi fished Lei San up and was about to speak, when he saw the waves rolling not far away, revealing a head. It was Zhang Shun. Zhang Shun shouted: "Then the person who killed my brother dares to leave his name?"
Dai Zong and Huang Wenbing were about to speak, but were stopped by Zhao Tao, saying: "You have to stay in Jiangzhou temporarily. If you leave your name, don't let him get in the dark and have your head cut off. But you will die in vain."
He stood in front of the boat, looking at Zhang Shun in the distance and said: "Why don't you dare? This is Tokyo Broken Jade Tower, Sai Pan'an, Gai Mengchang, Mu Sheng!"
Zhang Shun was shocked when he heard it in the water. Why do you think it is? It turns out that the nicknames in the rivers, lakes and green forests are superimposed. His nickname is Langli Baitiao, which is just an odd number. His brother Chuanhuo'er also has an odd number, which is not as good as him. Anyone who can have two or three nicknames is great. A heroic man.
Zhang Shun thought in the middle of the water that he was such a luxurious person, but when he thought of his brother's tragic death, he couldn't help but feel hatred and plunged into the water never to be seen again.
Seeing Zhang Shun escaping, Lei San was wet and prostrated: "Xiao Xianggong, my subordinates didn't kill this evil thief, please punish me."
Zhao Tong sat on the bow of the boat, looked at Lei San and said, "Do you know what's wrong?"
Lei San said: "I don't know, please give me some advice."
Zhao Tong said: "You shouldn't go into the water with him. You still have a chance to win against him on the shore. But when you go into the water, you lose the upper hand. Do you think that your water skills are good, so you are not afraid?"
Lei San lowered his head and said: "My subordinate has been swimming in several major rivers in Tokyo since he was a child, and he has never been afraid of fighting in the water. However, he did not expect that this thief is so good at water.
Zhao Tong shook his head and said: "Everything depends on the right time, right place, right place and right people. Do your own calculations. How many things have you got by fighting with Zhang Shun?"
Lei San looked confused and went to think about it. Zhao Tong said to Huang Wenbing and Dai Zong again: "I heard that there are three tyrants by the Xunyang River. Over there in Jieyang Ridge, there is a tyrant on the top and bottom of the ridge. There is another tyrant in Jieyang Town. By the Xunyang River There is another tyrant who kills people and bullies the market. The brother of the Zhang family is this Jiang Ba. You two must be careful. After I leave, beware of them colluding to come for revenge."
Huang Wenbing and Dai Zong nodded in agreement. The boat docked from time to time, and a few people went on their own.
The next day, Zhao Tong led his troops to leave Jiangzhou and return to Beijing. Magistrate Cai Jiu sent him all the way and carried several large boxes of gold, silver and silk. Zhao Tong collected them all and said he would meet in Kaifeng, Tokyo.
A few days after returning to Beijing, Zhao Tong went to the palace to resume his duties. Emperor Daojun asked about the weather on Longhu Mountain. Zhao Tong only said where the bustling capital was. Emperor Daojun was proud of himself and rewarded him with some gifts. The matter came to an end.
Another day, Zhao Tong took the empty pay booklet that was presented to him when promoting officers this time. He first went to the Pro-Army Department Mansion and counted the numbers, and then went to inspect the troops.
He is now powerful. Originally, the Guards and Military Division had more soldiers and horses than the Palace Division. The total number of the imperial army in Gyeonggi Road was about 150,000. According to the rules, the Palace Division commanded 60,000, and the Guards and Military Division commanded 90,000.
Zhao Tao looked at the book of empty pay and made a rough estimate in his mind. In fact, the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army only numbered 100,000, and the other 50,000 were just the heads on the book.
He had been prepared for this, and was not too surprised. After calling the names, he led the generals out of the mansion. On the way, he first rushed to the Dragon Guard under the command of Ma Junsi.
There are three armies under the Ma Army: Dragon Guard, Yunqi, and Xiaojie, all of which are cavalry. Among them, the left and right wings of the Dragon Guard stationed in Tokyo have a total of thirty-eight commanders.
In addition, there is the Yunqi Army, which has eleven commanders stationed in Tokyo.
The Xiaojie Army is not stationed in Tokyo, but is mainly stationed in Jizhou and Enzhou, Hebei.
When they came out of the city to meet the army, the 38 major camps commanded by the Dragon Guard were all in the north of the city, not far from the bank of the Yellow River.
It was not yet noon, and everyone in the camp was busy. People were polishing armor, polishing arrows, and even found new armor but couldn't wear it. It turned out that since it was issued, I haven't been naked even once.
When Zhao Tong came to the front of the camp, he saw such a scene. The camp was scattered, the gates were broken, and the so-called fourth army of the Forbidden Army, the ace Dragon Guards in the cavalry, were in a mess and without any structure, and they didn't know what kind of formation they were. Just like this, they lined up on the plain like stupid geese.
Even though Zhao Tong had already expected it and knew that the Forbidden Army was corrupt, seeing such a scene, his face still darkened a little bit.
Twenty thousand Jurchens can defeat the Liao army of 700,000, and then one day in the future, the Liao army of several thousand can defeat the Song army of hundreds of thousands!
Even killing pigs is not that easy. Isn't the combat power of this forbidden army inferior to pigs?
But what he saw now made Zhao Tong seriously doubtful.
Seeing Zhao Tong's ugly face, all the generals did not dare to speak. They all held their breath and lowered their heads.
At this time, someone who couldn't see clearly the form actually raised the big flag. As soon as the big flag was raised, all the forbidden troops shouted slogans and then moved forward suddenly.
Hearing the feeble voice and seeing the swaying team, Zhao Tong's eyes twitched. Tan Zhen, who was beside him, watched his words and shouted: "Stop!"
The flag was lowered and the imperial troops stopped moving.
Zhao Tong looked coldly at the Forbidden Army in front, then turned to Commander Ma Junsi, who was shivering beside him, and said, "Let's count!"
The Commander-in-Chief of the Division of the Ma Army was the original Marquis of Du Yu. He spent a large sum of money to buy this position. It was the position second only to the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Guards Division.
After hearing Zhao Tong's order, he didn't dare to neglect. He hurriedly led a group of subordinates and asked the supervisors from the Pro-Military Department to go in front and headed towards the Forbidden Army.
Naturally, the numbering is based on the actual number of the Forbidden Army based on the booklet. Zhao Tong has a book of virtual pay, so he can count according to the number on it.
After a long time, the inspector returned with a booklet in his hand: "Your Majesty, there are a hundred or dozens of people missing, but I looked at the list of vacancies. They are all old, weak, sick and disabled, some of whom can't even get out of bed!"
Zhao Tong nodded. These hundreds and dozens of people were not considered free wages, but they should have cleared out the Forbidden Army team long ago. They must have used money, so they have been holding on.
Zhao Tong was about to speak when he suddenly realized something was wrong. His eyes swept across the team in front of him again, his face gradually darkened, and the next moment he became furious: "Where are the horses? Where have all your horses gone?"
