It was the first day of March in the eighth year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, here we come!"
Guo Tiannu rushed into the room where Zhao Kai was and shouted loudly. Zhao Kai was looking through the official documents sent by the Hebei Transportation Department and the Hebei East Road Criminal Prison Department - the former was the payment of spring taxes and the accounts turned over to the Marshal's Mansion, while the latter was from the Metropolitan Academy (Ordnance Factory) Relocation and resumption progress.
The situation of both of them was not ideal, so Zhao Kai kept frowning. Hearing Guo Tiannu's voice, he put down the official document in his hand and looked up at her.
Guo Tiannu was wearing a red long coat with round neck and narrow sleeves, a black bun on her head, and a very wide belt around her waist, which made her somewhat thick waist much slimmer (Guo Tiannu was tall. She is tall and looks thin, but if you look closely she is still very strong, otherwise she would not be able to fuck a female warlord!). There is also a straight knife hanging on the belt, which is made of Khitan iron and is extremely sharp.
"What's coming?" Zhao Kai looked at Guo Tiannu and asked with a smile.
"Elite soldiers! Three to four thousand elite soldiers were brought by Lieutenant Liu's eldest brother!"
The young Taiwei Liu was referring to Liu Qi. His eldest brother was named Liu Xi. He was originally a member of the Xuanzan family. When Zhao Kai left Bianliang, he did not follow his brother Liu Qi to join him, but stayed behind. Kaifeng Mansion continues to serve as a proclamation.
However, he did not stay in Kaifeng Mansion for too long. In February, he was caught by Li Gang as a messenger out of Beijing. He risked his life to break through the gold thieves' circle and sent a blindly commanded imperial edict to the then government. He was stationed in the Zhongshi Taoist army stationed in Luoyang, Xijing.
The content of this imperial edict was to order King Qin's Western Army and King Qin's Hebei Army to cooperate in fighting to relieve the seal of the mansion.
So Zhongshi Dao sent Liu Xi to contact Zhao Kai's army... But after Liu Xi received Zhongshi Dao's order, he did not leave for Hebei immediately, but waited in Luoyang for some time.
It was not until Zhong Shidao, Yao Gu and others moved eastward that they finally came to Xiangzhou.
When he met with Zhao Kai in Xiangzhou, Liu Xi didn't mention much about coordinated operations. Instead, he recommended to Zhao Kai a rebel army that was having a very unsatisfactory life in Luoyang... He said it was some Xihe local tycoon. Li Xiaozhong dispersed the 3,000 volunteers he raised from his family property!
Liu Xi told Zhao Kai that as long as he could pay these 3,000 people according to the standards for recruiting troops in the Forbidden Army, and give them 1,000 infantry armor, 400 cavalry armor, and 1,000 divine arm crossbows, he could bring these 3,000 people to the army. Come to Xiangzhou.
At that time, Zhao Kai was looking for troops everywhere, so he agreed to Liu Xi. He also promised that after inspecting the troops and horses, if the expectations were met, Liu Xi and Li Xiaozhong would be given the title of a horizontal squadron each.
"Are you here already? You came fast enough!"
Zhao Kai was stunned, immediately stood up, and then strode out of the study, and then out of a large house located in Huanshui Town, ten miles north of Anyang County.
Huanshui Town was originally a large town in Xiangzhou. There were thousands of households before the invasion of the gold thieves. However, when Zhao Kai arrived in Xiangzhou, it was completely deserted and there was not a single resident.
So Zhao Kai was not polite and took his troops and military dependents to occupy Huanshui Town. He also dug a large trench outside the town and encircled a large area of land.
He planned to build a sheep and horse wall inside the trench, dig an inner trench, and set up a circle of forked logs inside the inner trench. Then divide the area within the fork row wood into the city camp area, the dependent area, the workshop area, the warehouse area, the horse farm and the large school farm.
It is to turn Huanshui Town into the Xiangzhou Camp and prepare to rely on it as a stronghold to resist the Jin Dynasty and save the Song Dynasty.
The construction of the Huanshui Camp has not been completed these days. The entire camp is a large construction site, and busy civilians can be seen everywhere digging trenches and building forts.
At the same time, a large number of soldiers and military dependents had already moved into the camp, as well as many Xiangzhou recruits who had just joined the camp.
During the day, there was a bustle of people everywhere, including the labor chants of the civilian laborers, the shouts of the generals during training, the crying of the new recruits when they were beaten with military sticks, the sound of hooves when the war horses entered and exited the camp, and the The sound made by the craftsmen in the courtyard while forging iron and sawing wood. All mixed together, so passionate.
When Zhao Kai led Guo Tiannu and a group of cavalry on horseback past the school grounds, the veteran general He Guan was there with his two sons and a group of young officers selected from Wei's Ya Army to train new recruits! It’s not a difficult project, it’s just the basics of standing in line and walking in line.
Tens of thousands of farmers from Xiangzhou, wearing gray-white linen jackets, stood in a square formation of more than a hundred people under the March sun. In front of each formation was an officer in a black hat and long coat, carrying a stick and with a cold gaze in his eyes. The recruits below were told not to dare to move, but to straighten their backs, protrude their chests, and raise their heads. No one dared to move when they saw Zhao Kai passing by.
But Zhao Kai knew that some of these Xiangzhou soldiers would be swaying in a short time... and then someone would be beaten!
After the queue training in the morning, they had to practice martial arts in the afternoon. The folk customs of the Xiangzhou generation were relatively martial, and most farmers were physically strong. Therefore, it is not difficult for them to practice martial arts - many people have practiced it, and they can draw bows and arrows, use guns, sticks, knives and axes. It's just that what we need to learn now is not individual training, but formation fighting. Therefore, it will take several months of training before these Xiangzhou soldiers can go into battle to kill the enemy.
At that time, Zhao Kai will have more troops.
But the war waits for no one!
Master Zhong sent people to urge him every once in a while. Some imperial court was planning a decisive battle. The soldiers from Kaifeng would join forces with King Qin to annihilate the 100,000 gold thieves who had severely damaged Kaifeng City...
No matter how you look at this matter, it’s so unreliable!
Zhong Shidao must not know that there are 100,000 gold thieves in Kaifeng City!
That's 200,000 gold soldiers... How can we win?
Therefore, Zhao Kai could only pray these days that the decisive battle in Kaifeng Mansion would come later, while trying to gather some troops who could fight.
Unfortunately it has no effect!
If Liu Xi could really bring 3,000 elite soldiers from Luoyang, it would be a great achievement.
Just when he was thinking of this, Zhao Kai had already left the camp gate of Xiangzhou Camp!
"Your Majesty, look, how are those soldiers doing?"
Guo Tiannu's voice has already sounded in Zhao Kai's ears.
Zhao Kai hurriedly looked up and saw that the infantry and cavalry of the brigade had reached the open area a hundred steps away and were forming a square formation in an orderly manner. The cavalry was on both sides and the infantry was in the center.
"Your Majesty," Guo Tiannu said again at this time, "Look at those infantry troops. Everyone is holding a spear, a rifle on their waist, and a sword on their shoulders... This is a good person who is prepared for three battles. Soldiers!"
The so-called "three combat skills" means that a soldier masters the three combat skills of sword, spear and bow, and must also carry these three weapons at the same time.
In this way, they can simultaneously undertake three tasks on the battlefield, including long-range strikes, spear assaults, and close combat, and their combat efficiency can be greatly improved.
Most of the elite soldiers in the cold weapon era were "prepared for three battles", and quite a few of them also mastered the skills of mounted archery and horseback riding, which is equivalent to "prepared for five battles". If their physical strength is particularly outstanding, You can wear two or three layers of heavy armor to attack!
Looking at the soldiers and horses in front of him, Zhao Kai also showed a very satisfied expression.
This is the soldier he wants!
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw several knights coming out of the military formation in front, riding their horses to Zhao Kai, and then dismounted and saluted together.
Zhao Kai recognized one of them, a man in his thirties with a fair face, slender eyes, and three locks of beard. He was Liu Xi, the member of the Hemen Xuanzan House, but he did not recognize the two people who came with Liu Xi. . Without waiting for the three of them to announce their names, he smiled and said to Liu Xi: "Yu Gui, I've been waiting for you! Oh, who are these two? Who is Li Chengjie (Li Xiaozhong is Chengjie Lang)."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Xi looked at a strong man with dark eyes, beard, dark complexion, and a strong back. He smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I am Li Xiaozhong!" Then he pointed behind him and said, "These 3,000 soldiers are all ministers." The Longxi Erlangs recruited by our family are all strong and strong men, and they are all willing to die for the Song Dynasty!"
"Okay!" Zhao Kai nodded repeatedly, "Li Chengjie, let's work together, fight the gold thieves, destroy the barbarians, and go straight to the gold thieves' lair in the future!"
Li Xiaozhong obviously liked Zhao Kai very much. He felt friendly when he saw the king. Now that he heard his words, he became more motivated and immediately bowed and said, "I am willing to follow the king to kill thieves and break captives!"
"Okay! This is a good man!" Zhao Kai nodded again, and then he looked at a dusty middle-aged man in his forties who came with Liu Xi and Li Xiaozhong. He is wearing a green robe, but he is carrying a straight knife at his waist. There is no black gauze on his head, but it is the cross-legged headdress often worn by warriors.
Zhao Kaifa asked: "This official is..."
The man crossed his hands and said: "I, Liu Ziyu, the Military Counselor of the Hebei West Road Appeasement Envoy, come to see your Majesty..."
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