"I am willing to obey the king's order!"
The few warriors were very straightforward and obeyed the order in unison. This is not the chaotic period after the fall of Bianliang and the two emperors' northern expedition. The prestige of the Song Dynasty still exists. Therefore, as one of the strong contenders for the throne of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kai certainly had enough prestige to suppress seven warriors including Huang Wuji, Xiang Ke, He Guan, He Ji, He Moss, Liu Qi, and Ma Wang. In particular, Chen Ji and Qin Hui, two civil servants who were higher than the military officials, fully supported Zhao Kai. How could they, who were lower than the civil servants, dare to raise different opinions?
As for the two chamberlains, Wang Xiaode and Bai Side, they were allowed to be manipulated by Zhao Kai.
Seeing that the "seven military generals", "two civil servants" and "two chamberlains" below all obeyed the order, Zhao Kai, who had just had a good sleep and was now full of energy, felt a little in a trance... of the chosen one. It feels so good!
"Very good!" Zhao Kai looked at his eleven younger brothers, then turned to look at his brother Zhao Zhi, as well as the girl Zhao Duofu, his wife Zhu Fengying and his concubine Pan Cailian who were listening on the side, and their expressions were also recorded The bottom of my eyes. Zhao Zhi looked like he was about to be in trouble, as if he was about to be captured and killed by Zhao Ji's people!
Zhao Duofu looked at him suspiciously, probably wondering who Yue Fei was?
Zhu Fengying's eyebrows were knitted together and her mouth was pouted, as if she was very dissatisfied with Zhao Kai's behavior - instead of usurping the throne and becoming an official, he actually went out of the city to fight against the Jin Dynasty!
Pan Cailian, on the other hand, looked at Zhao Kai affectionately. It seemed that she supported Zhao Kai unconditionally.
"Since all the kings are of the same mind as the lonely king, then the lonely king will reorganize his more than 2,400 troops here in Chenqiaoyi!" Zhao Kai said his thoughts slowly and slowly, "Gu Although the king's soldiers and horses only have more than 2,400 people, they come from four different sources: the first is the Imperial City Division; the second is the Shengjie Army; the third is the Third Yamen Army; and the fourth is the Xiang soldiers of the Tiansi Prison. They come from different sources, and each of them comes from different sources. Their identities are also different. Some are personal servants, some are personal officers, some are forbidden cavalry, some are forbidden soldiers, and some are box soldiers. Therefore, the original treatment is also different, some are high and some are low. This is not conducive to Unity is not easy to command.
Therefore, the lonely king decided to break up the more than 2,400 soldiers and horses in Chenqiaoyi and mix them into the Tiance Army directly under the lonely king! "
Zhao Kai once again brought out the concept of the Song Dynasty version of Li Shimin!
Because he has discovered that many people still fall in love with this trick - probably the people below also think that the emperor of the Zhao family is too cowardly, so they also dream of having an official family with as much class as Li Shimin, right?
Zhao Kai paused and then said: "From now on, there will no longer be personal officers, personal officers, imperial guards, or soldiers under the command of the lonely king. There will only be Tiance guards! Those without officials among the Tiance guards will be divided into Tiance knights and Tiance knights. Sergeants, knights, and horse soldiers. Anyone who can ride and fight well is subordinate to the Tiance Knights. Sergeants are also infantry and horsemen. Among them, the money and food received by the Tiance Knights is double that of the Forbidden Army cavalry. The money and food provided by the Tiance Sergeants are It’s also twice as many troops as the Forbidden Army!
In addition, the lonely king will also select 300 guards from the Tiance guards who were originally marriage officers, and they will be treated like knights.
The 2400 Tiance guards will be divided into eight generals, including 5 cavalry generals, 1 infantry general, 1 horse driver general, and 1 guard general. The number of guards under the jurisdiction of the cavalry generals, infantry generals, horsemen generals and guards generals is 300. After the lonely king takes over the armies of Hebei and the prefectures and counties, the number will gradually increase to 3,000. "
According to the "Art of War" of the Song Dynasty, there is no fixed number of soldiers for a general. It can be as few as one or two thousand, or as many as four or five thousand. To organize 300 people into a general is obviously a bit of a boast. However, considering that Zhao Kai will soon take command of Hebei's troops and horses, he should be able to find enough soldiers to fill the vacant establishment, so this awesome thing may really be realized.
Zhao Kai split the one general's troops into eight generals, disbanded the original system and reorganized them, and then handed them over to the eight commanders respectively. At the same time, he also increased the military pay for his subordinates, of course to strengthen his control. His direct descendants took control of the armed forces.
These methods may seem unremarkable, but they are very practical, and they are also what Zhao Kai can do at present.
The 2,400 people gathered in Chenqiaoyi were his capital. If he could not firmly grasp it, all his ambitions would be in vain.
Therefore, Zhao Kai couldn't wait to reach Hebei. As soon as he left Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo, he organized his army at Chenqiaoyi.
Zhao Kai then began to appoint officers to his subordinates, "The five cavalry generals will be appointed as generals by Xiang Ke, Huang Wuji, He Ji, He Moss, and Liu Qi. The one infantry general will be appointed by General He. Ma The generals of the army are presided over by Ma Wang. The personal guards of the lonely king are appointed as generals by Wang Daguan."
He paused, looked at the eight people who had stood up and were about to salute and accept their orders, nodded and said: "Everyone, I can only give you one general out of 300 people now, but when we get to Hebei in the future, sooner or later you will all He is the commander, commander, commander of the capital, and even the governor of a state or a government!"
He paused and continued to paint a pie for his subordinates, "The war between Song and Jin Dynasties was really fought. With the strength of the golden thieves and the weakness of our army, without decades of fighting, there would be no peace at all." It’s a prosperous age. So those people in the court who want to use 3 million-year-old soldiers to buy peace are really wishful thinking."
Speaking of this, Zhao Kai suddenly showed a bright smile, "The world is in chaos, and the battles between our kings and ministers are also easy to fight... If you follow Gu, you are afraid that you will not be able to win a founding country, no? , is he a hero of ZTE?"
After hearing this and seeing Zhao Kai's excited and proud expression, everyone was a little speechless. Does this Song Dynasty belong to your family? Why are you so happy when the world is in chaos?
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Tokyo City, Genyue.
Because Zhao Kai suddenly stayed in Chenqiaoyi and refused to move, his father, Zhao Ji, an official of the Song Dynasty, was a little uneasy. He couldn't eat and sleep well, and he didn't even feel like living in the palace anymore. On the second day of the first lunar month of the eighth year of Xuanhe, he simply moved to Genyue, which is like a fairyland on earth.
However, after arriving at Genyue, Zhao Ji was still uneasy, hoping that the negotiation between Zhao Kai and the Jin people would be successful - he thought that Zhao Kai stationed troops at Chenqiaoyi to negotiate with the Jin people. He was so cowardly, so of course he hoped that Zhao Kai would succeed in begging for mercy.
On the other hand, he was reluctant to give up his throne - the throne was a good throne, but the bad thing was that the Jin people sent troops to attack him as the emperor. If the Jin people don't come, being an emperor will be much happier than being an emperor. But when he thought that after Zhao Kai successfully betrayed his country and begged for mercy, he would definitely return to Kaifeng Mansion to force the palace with the support of the Jin people, he felt extremely depressed.
Early in the morning on the fourth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Ji, who had not slept much all night, had just finished washing and had some breakfast. Before he had time to summon the prime minister and important ministers to Genyue for discussion, someone came from the left and right to report - —The Privy Councilor Cai You and Tongzhi Privy Councilor Tong Guan asked for an audience and reported important matters.
"Is it important?" Zhao Ji immediately showed a complicated expression, "Hurry, announce it quickly!"
Cai You and Tong Guan were immediately taken to the study outside Zhao Ji's palace by the chamberlain. When he saw the two coming in, Zhao Ji didn't wait for them to salute and asked, "How is it? Is there any news about the peace talks?"
"No," Cai You said, "His Royal Highness King Yun's troops left Chenqiaoyi last night!"
"Leaved?" Zhao Ji's breathing became rapid, "Come to Kaifeng Mansion?"
"No," Tong Guan said, "He is heading to Huazhou. He will probably pass directly through Huazhou and enter the Kaide Mansion."
"Is... going to Hebei?" Zhao Ji thought for a moment, "Where are the Jin people? Where are the Jin people's army?"
"The vanguard of the Jin people has arrived in Xiangzhou," Tong Guan replied, "but they did not attack Xiangzhou City, but went to Anli Army. It is estimated that they will arrive at the edge of the Yellow River soon..."
"What? The talks have broken down?" Zhao Ji immediately panicked.
Tong Guan shook his head, "Maybe we didn't talk about it at all..."
"Then what was he doing during the three or four days he stayed at Chenqiaoyi?" Zhao Ji became anxious, "Tong Guan! You immediately send Zhao Liangsi to the Jin people's military camp to tell them that I have ordered King Yun to handle the peace talks with full authority. Regarding the marriage, they also gave King Yun 3.3 million in goods and an imperial concubine... and asked them to negotiate with King Yun!
You must tell the Jin people that King Yun is rich! "
