"Officials," Wang Yuan, the deputy privy envoy, realized that today's military meeting seemed to be a bit off topic, so he went out to the class and said, "Even if the anti-Jin siege can be achieved, it will not be effective overnight. And the gold thieves are now stationed in troops to defeat the Yimen. Hexi may change at any time, how should the court deal with it?"
He paused and then said in a stronger tone: "This fact is a top priority, and we must make an idea as soon as possible!"
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "We can't come up with any ideas in Luoyang about this matter. I have to go to Lingzhou in person...Pengju and Shifu, you two can lead the troops and follow me to Lingzhou again." !”
Most of Zhao Kai's eleven brothers were out of town, except for Yue Fei and Dong Jingang who stayed in Luoyang. In addition, there was Li Shifu, the Prince Consort who was previously written as Li Fuchen. He also followed Zhao Kai and served as the commander of the Yulin Army. This Yulin Army was the original Yulin Cavalry. At the beginning, there were only two or three thousand people. After the Battle of Lingzhou, Zhao Kai obtained a large number of horses, the allegiance of Yu Zang, Da Bin, Mi Qing, Qu Lang, Fu'er and other tribes. He also received the support of Lingzhou's wealthy families, and he also conveniently brought a large number of Lingzhou clans to him. The big families in the state have all moved to the Kaifeng Prefecture prairie... So with enough horses and warriors who are good at riding, Zhao Kai can expand the number of Yulin cavalry from two or three thousand to more than ten thousand.
Therefore, the Yulin Cavalry became the Yulin Army, and together with Yue Fei's Royal Account Army and Dong Jingang's Selected Front Army, they became Zhao Kai's three quick reaction forces that have maintained full strength for a long time.
This long-term maintenance of full strength does not mean that all soldiers will serve in the Long March, but that the military service plan of the Privy Council Military Service Office ensures that the three armies are always full. In other words, the soldiers of the Northern Song Dynasty will not be in fixed armies and generals. Serve the military service. However, soldiers from the same batch of the same province will still be placed in the same unit as much as possible. In this way, they can leave their hometown together and return triumphantly together.
The officers of each army and general will also be rotated regularly. For example, when Zhao Kaixi conquered Lingzhou last year, Yue Fei was the commander of the selected front army, and Dong Jingang was the commander of the imperial army. They have now swapped.
Although during the transfer process, the generals at the command level can mobilize a certain number of soldiers and officers with them. The upper limit of the number of people who can be transferred is also constantly being reduced. It has now been reduced to 300. However, because the soldiers and low-level officers below have been Rotation, and they are all landlords with families and businesses. If they can run away, the monks can't run away from the temple!
Therefore, Zhao Kai's ability to control his troops is far greater than that of Zhao Huan, who relies on scholars to control his troops!
"Officials," Privy Councilor He Guan frowned a little when he heard that Zhao Kai was going to conquer Lingzhou in person again, "You just went to Lingzhou last year... It's better to send a general to the northwest this time."
Zhao Kai understood what He Guan meant. The old man was still worried that the battlefields in Hebei and Hedong would change after he left Luoyang.
Now the emperor of Dajin is sitting in Yanjing! The two marshals Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang were also stationed on the front line in Hebei, one in Daming Prefecture and the other in Zhongshan Prefecture.
Moreover, the Kingdom of Jin has a very strong military base. The Jurchen and Bohai tribes have a large population, and there are also affiliated tribes such as the Khitans, Xi people, Xibo people, Tatars, and Mongol people that can be used. Relying on the warriors provided by these nations and tribes, it is possible for Dajin to invest 200,000 to 300,000 regular soldiers in the Guanci Civil War!
In addition, many powerful Han people in Liaoning, even Jingdong, Hebei and other places were subdued by the Jurchens and became Dajin's pawns and accomplices.
If compared in terms of quantity, Da Jin's army is no less than that of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is far more than that of the Southern Song Dynasty!
So He Guan's worry was not unreasonable, but Zhao Kai still wanted to go west.
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "The trip to Lingzhou is not only related to the survival of the Hexi Army, but also related to my alliance with Yelu Dashi, so I must go there in person.
After defeating Yan Loushi, I still have to meet Yelu Dashi at the foot of Black Mountain... No one can take my place in this matter! "
In fact, meeting Yelu Dashi had been planned by Zhao Kai for a long time... Zhao Kai's cheap father, Zhao Ji, was not very righteous before and joined forces to destroy Liao. In the end, he turned himself into the late emperor.
Couldn't Zhao Kai meet with Da Shitou in person, explain it carefully, and then settle the differences and have a good friendship?
"Guan family," He Guan reminded, "Wanyan Loushi is a famous general in the Jin Kingdom. He has traveled thousands of miles west this time, and the troops he leads must be elite. Your Majesty must not underestimate the enemy. !”
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "Yuanshu may not worry, although Lou Shi is good at fighting, I am confident enough to defeat him with one blow!"
He has Yue Fei, as well as the three major black technologies of casserole cannon, hot pot cannon, and fried pot. Are he afraid that he can't kill a Lou Shi?
"As for Hebei and Hedong... Han Liangchen, Zhang Sange, Huang Silang, and Li Xiaozhong led the troops to guard it. They also had walled fortresses to rely on, and many fried pots and hot pot cannons were prepared. Luoyang There is also a front-selecting army led by Dong Jingang who can send out reinforcements at any time, so it's no big deal.
In addition, I am also preparing to arrange for the king of Lingwu County to lead his troops from the east of Kaifeng Mansion to attack Songzhou! "
The Prince of Lingwu County is Zhao Kai's eighteenth brother Zhao Zhen, who had been staying in Chang'an before. After Zhao Kai regained Lingzhou, he was transferred to Kaifeng Mansion to replace Zongze, who had entered the court as the right prime minister, as the left-behind in Tokyo.
Hearing Zhao Kai say that Zhao Zhen should lead troops into battle, He Guan was stunned. "In the official family, although the Prince of Lingwu County has served as a guard in Chang'an and Tokyo, he has never actually led troops to fight in a war. How can he be the commander?"
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "Everything has a first time... He Yuanshu doesn't need to worry too much. I will order Han Liangchen and Wang De to send troops from Guangwu Mountain to help the King of Lingwu County fight this battle."
He Guan was still a little confused, "Why not appoint Lieutenant Han as the commander?"
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "Because this battle is for King Su to see... Whether we can defeat Songzhou is not important at all. What is important is to let King Su know that I, the Zhao family royal family, must control the army." !”
The royal family controls troops?
Now He Guan has nothing to say...
.......
King Su Zhao Shu is still in Luoyang. He was sent by Zhao Huan to ask for reinforcements. At that time, Zhao Huan wanted to buy Zhao Kai with 300 copper coins to send troops to Songzhou. However, Zhao Kai was busy adjusting the defenses in Hebei and Hedong and did not agree to Zhao Shu's request to send troops. Unexpectedly, this matter would be delayed until the third year of Hongwu. When Zhao Shu was preparing to return home, Yu Wenxuzhong suddenly came to Luoyang and brought shocking news!
There was actually a lawsuit over human life in the court of Jiangdu... No, there was only human life, no lawsuit!
A group of heavily armed military officials actually beat the Jin envoy Cai Songnian to death in the court hall! Moreover, they beat the man to death in front of the official Zhao Huan... Moreover, they had not received Zhao Huan's words, and Zhao Huan did not dare to ask!
This surprised Zhao Shu!
Like Zhao Huan, he originally took it for granted that only warriors in command could be domineering and arrogant, while civil servants were all scholars, loyal, patriotic, courteous and good people. How could he be so barbaric?
The military men are not trustworthy, the civil officials are unreliable, the Song Dynasty... no, it should be the Southern Song Dynasty, who else can we count on?
"Of course we have to rely on our own members of the Zhao family!"
In the Royal Racecourse of Shangyang Palace, Zhao Kai and his two brothers, Zhao Shu and Zhao Zhen, were riding horses while discussing the murders in the court in Jiangdu.
To be honest, this incident was also beyond Zhao Kai's expectations... and it also made Zhao Kai feel a huge threat!
Jiangdong's military officers and civil servants were a little out of control... Moreover, the new army that this group of amateur civil servants who couldn't shoot well spent two years building up in resisting the Jin soldiers was also impressed by the combat effectiveness they displayed when resisting the Jin soldiers. Zhao Kai looked at him with admiration.
It turns out that you can lead good troops even if you don't know how to shoot arrows. In fact, the new army of the Southern Song Dynasty was not equipped with bows and arrows at all, only the divine arm bow!
If a few more years or even more than ten years pass, we still don’t know how far these military and civilian officials will grow!
So Zhao Kai had to intervene!
Zhao Kai smiled and said to Zhao Shu, who was walking beside him: "Although I attach great importance to military personnel, I have not given all the military power to warriors with other surnames! The twelfth brother stayed in Taiyuan, and the eighteenth brother stayed in Chang'an before, but now Guard Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo.
In addition, Zhao Bushi, the king of Hanzhong, guarded Jiangling to appease Jinghu, and Zhao Shuxiang, the king of Xiangyang, guarded Chengdu to appease Sichuan. "
Zhao Kai paused and then said with a smile: "With our own brothers and uncles leading the army, warriors with foreign surnames will not do anything extraordinary! Why were our ancestors able to seize the power of the Later Zhou Dynasty? It wasn't because Guo Wei's family members were all killed when he rebelled against the Han... So Zhou Shizu had no reliable relatives to reuse, which made the warriors with foreign surnames lose control. Otherwise, it would not be so easy for the ancestors to succeed! "
"That's right!" Zhao Zhen supported from the side, "Fifth brother... The eldest brother is almost being ignored by a group of civil servants leading troops. If anything happens to him, who do you think these people will support to take the throne? ?”
"This..." Zhao Shu frowned. He was one of the few people who heard Zhao Ji's last words with his own ears!
Therefore, in his opinion, the country of the Song Dynasty belonged to Zhao Kai, and it was wrong for Zhao Huan to be an official in the southeast. If this Southeast official family is passed on to Zhao Chen in the future instead of being returned to Zhao Kai, that would be adding insult to injury!
Besides, it’s impossible for Zhao Kai to agree! When the time comes, we won’t be able to send our troops eastward, and all life will be in ruins!
"Fifth brother, you can't just watch a big mistake happen!" Zhao Zhen, like Zhao Shu, is the witness of Zhao Ji's edict, so of course he has to support Zhao Kai.
"But, what can I do?" Zhao Shu asked.
"Military power!" Zhao Zhen said, "You have to seize military power... You must have a share of Jiangdong's military power, otherwise in the future, if my eldest brother is gone, the southeast will be controlled by rebellious officials and traitors. How many people will die by then? People! Moreover, what if there are some rebellious officials and traitors among the Jiangdong civil servants who want to usurp the throne? We have to be on guard!"
"How are we going to capture this military power?" Zhao Shu asked with a frown.
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "This matter is easy to handle. As long as the third brother and the eldest brother help you, what can't be done?"
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