Six large black flags suddenly appeared on the horizon, trailing the tails of the flags that looked like black flames. They all had a red spear about eight feet long as a pole, with a black flag hanging from the top of the pole. After the six black flags, there is another white flag, the shape and size of which are the same as the black flags. It also uses a zhangba Zhuqian as a pole, and the head of the pole is decorated with ivory. After the white flag, there is another red flag, which also uses a zhangbazhu gun as a pole. The three characters "Yun Wang Zhao" are tattooed on the flag.
Seeing these eight flags, all the officials, including Cai Mao, who were waiting for the king outside the Nanhe Gate of Daming City, knew that the Marshal of the Hebei Army of the Song Dynasty was responsible for controlling the armies of Hebei, controlling the Fusi, and controlling the east and west roads of Hebei. Hebei Yunsi can act expeditiously. King Yun Zhao Kai's men have already arrived.
According to the flag system of the Song Dynasty, the black banner is the main soldier, represents military affairs, and is the military flag. The white tooth flag is the general's flag, which is a symbol of the command of an army. The red flag with the three characters "Yun Wang Zhao" tattooed on it is the general's recognition flag and is used to indicate the general's identity. According to the system of the Song Dynasty, it is more casual what characters should be tattooed on the general's flag. You can tattoo the general's surname or full name, and you can also add the name of a place or official position. Zhao Kai chose the three characters "Yun Wang Zhao" for himself.
After the six banners, military fangs, and recognition flags, there is a sea of red tassels on the leather hats and smoke and dust in the sky. After a while, one or two thousand horse-riding soldiers wearing embroidered clothes and covering their faces appeared in people's sight, surrounded by Zhao Kai, who was wearing a Qingtang Huozi armor.
These hundreds of cavalry were divided into six teams. Among them, there was a team of more than 300 cavalry at the forefront. They were all grown men, neatly dressed, and everyone carried a long gun. They formed four columns and guarded Zhao. Regular script around. Behind them, there are five cavalry teams with three hundred riders each, one team following the other. Although they are not as grown up and neat as the cavalry guarding Zhao Kai, the sight of all the armored cavalry galloping and surging still directly impacts people. bottom of my heart.
King Yun Zhao Kai could actually bring out such a cavalry. It seems that the legend of the "Bingjian Chongzheng Hall" about the "Donghua Gate Incident" is very likely to be true... In the current troubled times of the Song Dynasty, I don’t know whether it’s bad luck or good luck to have such a brave and fierce king!
Also...is this king really here to betray his country and beg for mercy? It doesn’t look like much! But without betraying the country and begging for mercy, relying on the cavalry brought by King Yun Zhao Kai, plus the available troops on the east and west routes of Hebei, it seems that it can't stop the golden thief from going south, right?
Nowadays, the golden thieves' march south seems unstoppable. If they break the city of Tokyo and kill the officials and princes, then King Yun will be the number one sinner of the Song Dynasty!
Just when the officials of Daming Mansion outside Nanhe Gate were a little suspicious of Zhao Kai's intention, a long horn sound suddenly came from the oncoming cavalry team. The knights holding flags in front stopped their strong horses with one hand, and then lined up on both sides of the official road to form a passage. Then they saw Zhao Kai, surrounded by more than 300 soldiers, heading toward Cai Mao. Waiting for people to come here in a big way. The remaining five teams of cavalry, as well as the long convoy behind them and the reserve horses tied behind the carts, all stopped and waited in place.
At this time, the officials who greeted King Yun Zhao Kai discovered that King Yun had brought not only 1,780 cavalrymen, but also hundreds of carts and many reserve horses. The carts also carried many goods and passenger. What a mighty team!
Could it be that His Highness Prince Yun brought the entire palace to Daming Mansion? What is he trying to do? Will you settle down in Damingfu for a long time in the future?
Twenty or thirty steps away from Cai Mao, Zhao Kai had already neatly turned over and dismounted. Looking at his current posture, you can tell that his horse racing skills have "come back". After some recollection, Zhao Kai remembered that his horse-bowing skills were also the skills of a boy. Because he has been smart and strong since he was a child. Not only did Zhao Ji like him very much, but his expectations were also very high. He hoped that he would become a Jinshi in the future - this was Zhao Ji's dream when he was young, but he became an official after he failed to realize it. Once you become an official, you can no longer take the imperial examination. Otherwise, how will you take the imperial examination after passing the test? As usual, the imperial examination is conducted by officials who set the questions themselves. How can it be okay to set the questions yourself and do it yourself?
So Zhao Ji could only let his son Zhao Kai realize his dream of becoming a Jinshi for him!
The Jinshi in the Song Dynasty was divided into two subjects: civil and military. However, regardless of whether the Jinshi was a scholar or a martial artist, they were actually the ladder to the sky for scholars. Most of the officials who ascended the imperial examination through martial arts would find a way to become a martial arts scholar. Even if there was no such way, they would not He would join the army, but he would become a small local official with military qualifications (many official positions in the Song Dynasty were filled by both literary and military qualifications).
Of course, there are exceptions. For example, He Guan, who was forced to join Zhao Kai's party outside Donghua Gate, has been a military attaché since he was elected.
Because the martial arts scholars in the Song Dynasty were far less noble than the literary scholars, the difficulty of passing the martial arts examination was relatively low. Many scholars would study both civil and martial arts in order to have an extra guarantee of high school.
For example, Zhang Heng, the number one scholar in the second year of Jiayou's reign, also practiced martial arts, and his archery skills were even practiced to the point where Shilin was ashamed - he could actually hit the bull's-eye in a row with his rifle! When he was on a mission to the Liao Kingdom, he competed in archery with the Liao warriors and even outperformed them. This is obviously just playing with things to lose one's ambition... Well, the civil servants of the Song Dynasty had this idea. Riding horses and archery were all playing with things to lose one's ambition, and only reading was the highest. So Zhang Heng's good shooting is looked down upon!
During the reign of Zhenzong, there was another champion named Chen Yaozi. His archery skills were better than Zhang Heng's, and he was able to hit the target with all his shots. People at the time called him "Xiao Youji". As a result, he was labeled as a negative example by the scribes of the Song Dynasty, ridiculed by the oil seller, beaten with a stick by his mother, and broke his goldfish charm. What the fuck are you talking about: "Your father taught you to serve the country with loyalty and filial piety, but now you don't practice benevolence but focus on your husband"... How can shooting an arrow be in opposition to loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness?
However, the minds of scholars in the Song Dynasty were so strange, so now when the civil servants outside Nanhe Gate saw that Zhao Kai could easily turn over and dismount while wearing a heavy Qingtang armor, they couldn't help but feel a bit of contempt in their hearts - this is ignorance of loyalty and filial piety. Benevolence and righteousness are a typical example of only focusing on one man's tricks!
Zhao Kai, on the other hand, is not at all ashamed of his riding and shooting skills. Instead, he is quite proud - in his previous life, he could only experience the thrill of riding and slashing on a computer screen, but now he can finally experience it for real! Not only can you play a real-life version of Mount and Blade, but you can also play a real-life version of Total War...and not just by yourself, but with a large group of people playing with you.
So now he came with one or two thousand cavalry in a mighty force, and he was so proud that he couldn't stand it anymore!
I don’t know where Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, Zhang Jun and others are? It would be great if everyone could be found to play with me!
And I am the chosen one! Zhao Kai thought to himself: The chosen one should have special luck, right? On the battlefield, you will definitely not die no matter how hard you fight, so I am determined to take the lead and lead Yue Fei and Han Shizhong to charge... Wow, hahaha!
When he was feeling proud, Zhao Kai had already strode to Cai Mao. He recognized Cai Mao, so he laughed loudly and said without waiting for the other party to salute: "Ms. Cai, the lonely king has come to Hebei to fight against the Jin! Hebei has Gu, I’m sure I’m safe!”
