To the west of Kaifeng City, in Qionglin Garden.
Flags were fluttering, soldiers and armor stood in many places, and heads were hung high.
Thirty-three to four thousand soldiers of the Song Army, wearing Fan Yangli, military uniforms, and armor, stood in silence without saying a word. Sixteen generals formed a phalanx, one next to another, forming a large hollow phalanx. However, the fronts of the sixteen general-level phalanxes that make up this large hollow phalanx are not facing outwards, but inwards.
In the center of this large hollow square formation composed of sixteen square formations, there is a newly built wooden platform. On the high platform, there are twenty or thirty spears, and each spear has a death symbol stuck on the tip. Ugly heads.
These heads are said to be the culprits of the commotion in front of Huayang Palace (Genyue) the day before yesterday! They were all arrested by the marriage officers of the Imperial City Department and then engaged in military law and had their heads chopped off!
Of course, in fact, these people were just unlucky people who trampled each other to death outside Huayang Palace, plus some death row prisoners in the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, whose heads were cut off to scare the soldiers of the Imperial Army.
Of course the scaring effect is good!
The Imperial Guards of Sanya are cowardly to begin with! The reason for the commotion before was because people like Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan were more cowardly... They were both in the advanced stages of cowardice and both were hopeless.
And Zhao Kai had a new soul, how could he fall into their trap? Therefore, with a scare, nearly 30,000 Sanya soldiers in Kaifeng City were tamed and obeyed. Among them, 5,000, yesterday (December 26), followed Tong Guan and Liu Yanqing (the two of them had 7,000 people) to protect Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and his son, as well as a lot of princes. , Emperor Ji and the treacherous minister left Kaifeng Mansion in despair and ran away to Yingtian Mansion.
The remaining 20,000 people, plus the more than a thousand knights Zhao Kai selected from the imperial city officials, the palace squads, the court ministers, and the imperial equipment, plus the knights drawn from the Shengjie Army. Three thousand cavalry, plus the five thousand Qin soldiers (infantry) that Tong Guan asked from Liu Yanqing, totaling thirty-three to four thousand people, are now "on display" in Qionglin Garden.
While these 33,000 to 4,000 people were staring at the heads on the high platform, Zhao Kai led a large group of civil and military officials on tall horses and passed in front of each square formation. Every time they passed a phalanx, the officers and soldiers forming the phalanx would shout at the top of their lungs, and they seemed to have some morale.
Zhao Kai nodded with satisfaction, and then reined in his horse in front of a square formation of three Yamen soldiers.
A young knight who looked somewhat similar to Huang Wuji rode forward and came to Zhao Kai's side.
This man's name is Huang Wubing, Huang Wuji's brother and an old minister of Qiandi. After Huang Wuji was promoted to commander, he took over Huang Wuji's team and is now Zhao Kai's personal command.
Zhao Kai whispered: "Xuan Gao Yanei and Commander Fan."
"Here!" Huang Wubing responded, then pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and galloped to the rear of the team of civil and military officials behind Zhao Kai. After a while, he led two people, one fat and one thin, to Zhao Kai.
The thin man among them was a young man, Gao Yaoqing, the Sanlang of Gao Qiu's family, and he was an old acquaintance with Zhao Kai... Because Gao Qiu was a supporter of Zhao Huan, Gao Yaoqing was of course Zhao Huan's.
If Gao Yaoqing had stayed at home, Zhao Kai would not have thought of him. He would probably have run away with Gao Qiu and his two brothers now.
But he happened to participate in the third student's petition to Fu Que. Although he didn't stand out, he was still arrested and taken to the palace. He was quickly betrayed by Cao Li, and Gao Qiu did not come forward to rescue him... Then Zhao Kai was not polite and directly gave him a trial title to know the affairs of Suanzao County!
This jujube county is northwest of Kaifeng City and quite close to the south bank of the Yellow River. If the golden thief crosses the river and goes south, Suanzao County may be in danger!
And the fat man was already a bit older, he looked to be in his forties or fifties, and he was covered in fat, which was shaking when he rode over. The pony on his hip was so pitiful that it couldn't run even with him on its back and could only walk at a brisk pace.
This fat man's surname is Fan and his first name is Datong. People give nicknames and earn a lot of money! He is a commander under the First Army of the Left Wing of the Divine Guard among the four armies of the Forbidden Army...but his army is no longer there.
Because just after Taishang left the palace yesterday, Zhao Kai used the excuse that the soldiers of the Sanya Imperial Army were causing trouble and dismissed all the commanders of the Sanya Imperial Army.
Later, they mixed the Sanya Army to which they belonged, the 3,000 Victory Army given by Tong Guan, Zhao Kai's own personal soldiers, and the 5,000 Qin Army handed over by Liu Yanqing, and reorganized sixteen generals and one personal soldier. From command (cavalry). Among them, there are three cavalry generals and thirteen infantry generals. In fact, one of them is commanded by the cavalry's subordinates.
And these seventeen generals and the top leaders of the command were all promoted from personal subordinate officers, military attachés from the Gemen Division, and officers of the Shengjie Army under Xiang Ke's command.
In other words, all the commanders of the three Yamen soldiers are now off duty.
In addition, the three government agencies and the military have actually become short sellers. Because the newly formed sixteen generals and one command all returned to their families to march and control the camp.
However, Zhao Kai has no intention of letting those "laid-off commanders" go... Each of their crimes are not small!
For example, Fan Datong, who is now being led to Zhao Kai, should have 800 elite soldiers under his command. But at one o'clock yesterday, there were only 405 people. I was so happy to take this space. This is not to say that Fan Datong only took 395 spaces, but that he could only pull out 405 of the three yamen soldiers for "exhibition". people!
This is not the most outrageous thing. The most outrageous thing is that among the heads stuck on the spear points, there is one that originally belonged to one of his subordinates.
Okay, this is solid evidence!
He "definitely" participated in the incident in front of Huayang Palace (Genyue), and maybe he was the "mastermind"!
As for whether Zhao Kai wants to pursue his crimes and whether he wants to send him to Yushitai Prison to interrogate his crimes, it all depends on his performance.
"My ministers, Gao Yaoqing and Fan Datong, are here to see Your Majesty."
The two unlucky guys knew that something was going wrong, but they didn't dare to contradict Zhao Kai, so they had to stand up and dismount and salute respectfully.
"Flat body."
Zhao Kai waved his hand, and the two of them straightened up and stood with their hands down and their heads lowered, looking pitiful as if they were ready to be criticized.
"Fan Datong," Zhao Kai turned to Fatty Fan and said, "Do you want to give up your merits?"
"Think!" Fan Datong replied quickly.
Zhao Kai nodded, "I will give you a chance... I will appoint you as the envoy of the first army of the left wing of the Divine Guard!"
Fatty Fan was stunned. The envoy of the First Army of the Divine Guards on the left? What does official mean? Where is the Divine Guard Left Wing First Army now?
Zhao Kai pointed at a square formation in front and said seriously: "Fan Datong, most of your old subordinates are in this square formation, right? I will now ask you to select 50 warriors from them to serve as the first army of the left wing of the Divine Guard. generals, you take them and Gao Yaoqing to take office as Suanzao!"
What? Fan Datong was dumbfounded.
Just 50 people? There are only 50 people in the army below the Divine Guards, one of the four armies of the Imperial Forbidden Army? After installing the organization, the first army of the left wing of the Divine Guard should have 10,000 people! You only gave it to 50 people, leaving a shortfall of 9,950... Isn't this too cruel?
Zhao Kai glanced at the dumbfounded Fan Datong again, grinned, and said: "Fan Datong, I will ask someone to give you the flags of the First Army of the Divine Guards Left Chamber hidden in Sanya and take them with you." , and will also allocate a batch of weapons from the weapons inspection to you and Gao Yaoqing.
In this way, you can use the banner of the First Army of the Divine Guard Zuoxiang in Suanzao... On the one hand, you are bluffing, and on the other hand, you can integrate all the people in Suanzao County into the First Army of the Divine Guard Zuoxiang. If the golden thief is frightened by you, won't the first army of the left wing of the Divine Guard be established? "
Fan Datong was not willing to accept this assignment, but when he thought about his "sin", he was scared to death, so he couldn't agree or refuse, and he was almost killed. Gao Yaoqing next to him was more courageous and willing to take risks. He immediately said to Fan: "Commander Fan, you and I can still get together 150 young men. Adding the 50 here, we can have a total of 200. Give up some of your family property, and don't worry if they risk their lives. Zizao is a big county, and there are always thousands of strong people in the county. As long as we can make a big show of force, and defend strictly, it is still possible for a few months! "
He only said half of what he said, and the other half is... They don't need to withstand the golden thief's fierce attack. As long as they are tough enough, they can make the golden thief retreat in the face of difficulties and attack elsewhere, which looks weaker. The castle!
Zhao Kai nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "Gao Yanei still knows what I am thinking... This time I will display the flags of the 20 armies under the Fourth Army! Every county in Kaifeng Prefecture will display flags One army, and the remaining five armies are stationed in Huazhou and Zhengzhou. I want the golden thieves to think that our Song Dynasty’s 800,000 forbidden troops are now near Kaifeng Mansion!"
Zhao Kai's trick is a skill in the "Three Kingdoms", and it has been upgraded. It is called the "20 times empty city strategy", which is 19 times more powerful than the empty city strategy Zhuge Liang sang after losing the street pavilion!
As he spoke, he waved to Gao Yaoqing and Fan Datong, "You two, go and choose someone... After you choose someone, don't go anywhere, just stay in Qionglin Garden, someone will send it to you." Flags and weapons. Early tomorrow morning, there will be a team of cavalry escorting you to Suizao to take office!"
It sounds nice to say "escort", but it's actually an escort!
According to Zhao Kai's arrangement, 15 armies have to be "organized" today. They will be escorted separately by 1,500 cavalry early tomorrow morning to "set up defenses" in 15 counties in Kaifeng Prefecture.
Later, Zhao Kai will send "five armies" to Huazhou and Zhengzhou. In this way, there will soon be as many as 20 army numbers in the Gyeonggi area of the Song Dynasty, with as many as 200,000 "book soldiers".
Zhao Kai himself will lead at least 10,000 cavalry tomorrow to leave Kaifeng Mansion, under the banner of the armies in front of the palace and the northwest armies, and go to the Sanshan Floating Bridge to join Liang Fangping's 7,000 cavalry. After reuniting, they bluffed around the Sanshan Floating Bridge, set up flags, and pretended to have at least three to four hundred thousand troops... Now that there was an urgent need, the eight hundred thousand imperial troops of the Song Dynasty had to pretend even if they were there. ah!
