"Woo...Father, the soul is back! Brother Huang, the soul is back!"
"Wow wow wow..."
"Woooo..."
In the city of Taiyuan Prefecture, bursts of emotional cries could be heard from the mourning hall that had just been built to enshrine the memorial tablets of "Emperor Zhuang Xiao, the Holy Gong, Wu, Benevolence, Virtue, and Martyrdom" Zhao Ji and "Prince Xiaowen" Zhao Huan.
This was the cry of Zhao Kai and his loyal ministers who had just completed a series of simplified procedures for enthroning the throne and returned from the outskirts where they worshiped heaven and earth.
Regardless of whether they were emperors or prime ministers, there were still some people who, although they did not become emperors or prime ministers, still got high-ranking officials in the six ministries and nine ministers or some high-ranking military positions, but now they are Each one is sadder than the other...
Compared with the filial piety, loyalty, and benevolence of these people, what is being an emperor? What does it mean to be a high official?
Zhao Kai was of course the one who cried the most sadly among these people. He held Zhao Huan's memorial tablet and sat on a futon, gnashing his teeth and crying!
Mr. Cai Maocai, who had just been named the Prime Minister of the Left, and Lu Yihao, who had just been appointed the Prime Minister of the Right, were on the left and right, kneeling beside Zhao Kai, shedding tears while persuading him.
"Guan, don't be sad if you die and cannot be resurrected. If you break your body from crying, you will miss the important task of avenging the thief!"
"Yes, revenge against thieves is a big deal. Your Majesty can't be too sad!"
Doesn't this stop people from being filial sons? I couldn't even cry well... Zhao Kai was holding his brother's memorial tablet, feeling so sad in his heart!
When I feel sad, tears naturally fall down.
Han Shizhong, who had just been appointed Jiedushi (rank official), saw Zhao Kai crying and came to persuade him.
"Yes, brother, you are still going to lead us to recover Kaifeng Mansion! He Xuanshuai (He Guan, who has just been appointed ambassador to the Xuanfu in the west of Beijing, Gyeonggi, and east of Jingdong) has just sent someone to report that Kaifeng will be restored after the flood. After the city fell, the generals in the camp gathered up the defeated troops and settled in Heyin, Xingze, Xingyang and other places..."
Chen Ji, who had been granted the privilege of being acquainted with the affairs of the Privy Council, also wiped his tears and said, "Brother... the Song Dynasty has just reopened, and the great cause has only begun. You can't break your body from crying!"
Now the gold thieves are entrenched in Kaifeng, and there has been no news from Zhongshan Prefecture (Dingzhou), Baozhou and other places as well as Hebei East Road for many days... The situation is critical!
Brother, you must cheer up and lead us to regain Kaifeng and drive out the gold thieves... to avenge the late emperor, the late prince and the millions of common people in Kaifeng Mansion! "
The news told by Han Shizhong and Chen Ji is of course half true and half false.
First of all, there is no flood... Although the Yellow River embankment has been dug a little, it is far from the extent that it will collapse.
Secondly, Kaifeng Mansion never fell...it was just abandoned and became an empty city without an owner. However, because the gold thieves still occupy Huazhou, north of Kaifeng Mansion, no one dares to "recover" Kaifeng Mansion for the time being.
And some of the Song troops who escaped from the Battle of Wannian Xindi were indeed stationed in the three cities of Heyin, Xingze and Xingyang to the west of Kaifeng Prefecture, belonging to Zhengzhou and Mengzhou. According to He Guan, who led troops to garrison in Wen County, Mengzhou on the north bank of the Yellow River, there were fifty to sixty thousand Song troops in the three cities of Heyin, Xingze and Xingyang on the south bank of the Yellow River!
In addition, it is also true that Zhongshan Prefecture (Dingzhou), Baozhou, and Hebei East Road have "lost contact"!
But the reason for the "loss of contact" is difficult to say.
Among them, various places on Hebei East Road were probably hooked up by Zhao Huan!
Although Zhao Kai stayed in Daming Mansion on Hebei East Road for a while when he started his career, he soon transferred to Xiangzhou. Moreover, he did not work deeply in Daming Prefecture, nor did he replace local officials in Hebei East Road. He basically let it go.
After Zhao Kai led his army to aid Hedong, his control over Hebei East Road was further relaxed. It is not surprising that he is now being roped in by Zhao Huan. After all, Yingtian Mansion is only 400 miles away from Daming Mansion, and it can be reached in one day by riding a fast horse.
Dingzhou and Baozhou may have been beaten by gold thieves... because before these two states "lost contact", there were exactly 5,000 Jin soldiers who reported the peace agreement on Yanshan Road and escorted Zhao Gou to fight there. Passing by!
They were 5,000 people led by Han Chang and Guo Anguo. When they passed by Linzhang, He Guan didn't dare to intercept them.
There are 5,000 gold thieves! Although He Guan had 20,000 to 30,000 troops at hand, most of them were new recruits in training, and their equipment was not fully equipped. They were all horseless infantry. It was impossible to quickly travel from Anyang to Linzhang to stop the enemy. At that time, the troops stationed in Linzhang only had one "hybrid general" who was responsible for bluffing - a general who mixed infantry and cavalry. He was quite elite, but his number was only more than a thousand, so he did not dare to block the troops two more than himself. Three times as many gold thieves.
So He Guan took advantage of the situation and let Han Chang and Guo Anguo escort Zhao Gou northward. After receiving the report, Zhao Kai also recognized He Guan's approach and ordered Zhongshan Prefecture (Dingzhou), Baozhou, Mingzhou, Zhaozhou, Qizhou, Xinde Prefecture, Daming and other places not to block this band of gold thieves. A good city is enough.
In fact, the number of defenders in these places was very small, and there were no elites. They could not stop Han Chang and Guo Anguo's 5,000 troops. Even without Zhao Gou as a hostage, the state capitals along the way could only let them pass.
And this golden army was very well-behaved when passing through Xiangzhou, Daming, Mingzhou, Xinde Prefecture, Zhaozhou, and Qizhou. They didn't even attack grass and grain, as if there was really some peace agreement to keep.
But now the communication between Dingzhou, Baozhou and Taiyuan Prefecture has been interrupted for many days... I don't know if Qin Hui accidentally let the gold thief plot against him, or if he also took refuge with Zhao Huan?
It seems that there are two possibilities!
In addition, when Zhao Kai was sweeping Daizhou, he got reliable news that the main force of the Jin Bing's West Route Army was heading east from Daizhou, taking the Feihu Road to the east.
And east of Feihu Road is Yizhou on Yanshanfu Road... Isn't it obvious what Wanyan Zonghan wants to do?
So Hebei is now facing great danger!
When he thought of this, Zhao Kai stopped crying for his father and brother. He handed the spiritual tablet in his arms to Wang Xiaode, then stood up and walked out of the mourning hall, while ordering the people around him: "Go to Chongzheng Hall! "
The so-called Chongzheng Hall is actually the original Xuanfu Sijie Hall. After Zhao Kai came, it was first changed to the Tiancefu Festival Hall, and now it has become the so-called Chongzheng Hall.
Although the name was changed to Chongzheng Hall, the decoration inside is still the same as before, it is just a Fusi Festival Hall.
Zhao Kai sat down behind a table, and then called for his ministers to sit down too... Originally, in the Song Dynasty court meeting, except for the senior ministers who were old and high-ranking, all other ministers were given a seat. Gotta stand.
But to be honest, Zhao Kai's court is a grassroots team, so don't be so poor and sophisticated. Moreover, there are many veterans and brothers in this Caotai team. Those who need to be given seats are at least twenty, and the remaining few standing are all alone, looking like they are forced to stand. So Zhao Kai simply changed the rules and let everyone sit down and talk about it!
Seeing that everyone was seated, Zhao Kai coughed and said, "Let's talk about it... where should we go next?"
"Kaifeng Mansion! My eldest brother has just ascended the throne and reopened the Song Dynasty. Of course he must take back Kaifeng Mansion as his call for action!"
It was Chen Ji who proposed targeting Kaifeng Mansion.
Zhao Kai glanced at him, frowning tightly and saying nothing.
Retaking Kaifeng Mansion is actually not that difficult...the difficulty is the gold thieves guarding the Huazhou, Liyang, and Sanshan floating bridges!
Now the main force of the East Road Golden Thieves seems to have retreated, but they have not given up on the Huazhou, Liyang, and Sanshan floating bridges - so that they can dig the dam at any time and flood Kaifeng Mansion!
This is a huge strategic initiative!
If Zhao Kai wants to regain Kaifeng Prefecture, he must knock down the Huazhou, Liyang, and Sanshan pontoon bridges. The Golden Thieves have a great advantage by taking advantage of the danger and defending at high altitudes. They can use the geographical location and their own strong combat power to inflict great damage to the Song army.
Once the Song army has been under the dam for a long time and the old soldiers are tired, they will be able to defeat the gold thieves in one fell swoop when reinforcements arrive...
Zhao Kai sighed softly and said to himself: It seems that this Chen Ji cannot be Zhuge Liang... My Zhuge Liang, where are you?
At this moment, Chen Ji spoke again: "Your Majesty, which way do you plan to take to Kaifeng Mansion? Should you enter Shaanxi first, then Henan, and then enter Ji Nei, or should you go down to Henan first, and then go through Jingchu... .”
"Oh?" Zhao Kai's eyes lit up, "Yi Zhi, what's the difference between these two routes? Can you tell me?"
Chen Ji said: "Your Majesty, most of the people in the world who dare to fight are in Shaanxi... Those who win Shaanxi can get two to three hundred thousand from the Western Army!"
The wealth, silk, money and food to support the Western Army must come from Jingchu and Sichuan! Therefore, if you go south to Xiangyang, Fuhan enters the river, and controls the way out from the east of Bashu, you can ensure that the money and food in Jingchu, Sichuan, and Sichuan are owned by your majesty! "
"Okay!" Zhao Kai clapped his hands, "The fruit of my memory is my Kongming. I will first move to Shaanxi, then Henan, and make Luoyang the capital. Then I will send a general to capture Jingchu and Bashu, and finally fight the golden thieves on both sides of the Yellow River. Return to Kaifeng!"
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