"Well, I am Han Shizhong..."
Han Shizhong felt guilty when he answered! I kept thinking in my mind: What have I done? This official seems to know me... He promoted the Imperial City Division before! The important duty of the Imperial City Department is to "explore the situation in the army and prevent conspiracies and disruptions"! How could he know such a sesame official like me?
Zhao Kai looked at Han Shizhong and was very disappointed!
Isn't Han Shizhong a general as famous as Yue Fei? How could he eat, drink and have fun with Liang Fangping, a treacherous man? He even got drunk and threw a living person around...and he was on the front line now! The gold thief is going to attack at any time. How can he defend himself against the enemy when he is drunk like this?
Zhao Kai snorted and strode towards the main seat in the tent.
Liang Fangping and all the generals in the tent had already stood up and were shivering on both sides. The officials accompanying the wine had also disappeared.
Seeing Zhao Kai sit down with his big horse and golden sword, Liang Fangping and Wang Yuan had no choice but to lead the generals up to salute and say hello.
Zhao Kai waved his hand and said: "Everyone, please step back... Lieutenant He, you go with Liang Fangping and ask him to hand over the military power to you!"
After hearing this, Liang Fangping felt chilled in his heart. It doesn't matter if his military power is gone. He was never a military commander in the first place. It's only because the officials have a very bad opinion of him that he's going to die!
But there was nothing he could do. He was the commander-in-chief of the army, drinking wine with his generals at the front line when the enemy was in front of him, and he didn't set up defenses properly... Whenever he met a king who was not faint, They all have to die!
"I...accept the decree!"
"Old minister accepts the order!"
Liang Fangping, who had no choice but to salute He Guan, prepared to leave with the generals.
But Zhao Kai said again at this time: "Han Shizhong stays!"
Han Shizhong can't leave! Yue Fei hasn't been found yet, and none of Gao Chong, Niu Gao, Lu Wenlong, and Yang Zaixing have appeared.
Moreover, there are no reliable famous generals around Zhao Kai. He Guan, Huang Wuji, and Xiang Ke have never been heard of. Liu Qi seems to have such a number one figure, but he is not very impressed.
On the way to Sanshan Floating Bridge, Zhao Kai also asked He Guan, Huang Wuji, Xiang Ke, Liu Qi and others.
Among them, He Guan, Huang Wuji, and Xiang Ke all advocated burning the pontoon bridge and then guarding the south bank. Liu Qi believed that burning the pontoon bridge showed weakness to the enemy and was not conducive to subsequent bluffing - if the Song Dynasty really had 800,000 forbidden troops, how could it be possible to burn the pontoon bridge? No one with 200,000 imperial troops would do this!
So once the pontoon is burned, the snitch will know that you have no strength!
But Zhao Kai asked Liu Qi again if he had any tips for defeating the enemy on the north bank, and he couldn't tell. He only said that he needed to see the terrain and understand the situation of Liang Fangping's troops.
It doesn't seem like he has a clever plan... It seems that there is a reason why he didn't leave a famous name in history.
And the first "historical general" to appear in front of Zhao Kai was Han Shizhong!
Even if this Han Shizhong doesn't look very awesome, as a time traveler, Zhao Kai can only choose to believe in history now!
Seeing that the other generals had left, leaving only Han Shizhong who smelled of alcohol, Zhao Kai frowned and said, "Han Shizhong, go and sober up first... I will ask you later on how to defeat the enemy!" You must answer well!"
What?
A strategy to defeat the enemy? ask me? Han Shizhong was confused. I was just a cavalry commander with a very low rank as Wu Jielang. How could I know how to defeat the enemy?
Thinking of this, Han Shizhong hurriedly waved his hands and said with laughter and laughter: "Your Majesty, there is a warrior in the Sa family who only knows how to fight and doesn't know any strategies. If your Majesty wants to use strategies, you can ask Commander Liang Jie or Wang Zongzong. They are the generals!" If that doesn’t work, there are ministers in the DPRK who can ask..."
Zhao Kai looked at Han Shizhong, who looked vulgar and smelled of alcohol, and said with a smile: "Han Shizhong, I know you must have a strategy to defeat the enemy! You said no because you never thought of defeating the enemy in the Sanshan Floating Bridge area! But Now I am personally leading 13,000 elite infantry and cavalry. Adding to the 7,000 people here, there are a total of 20,000 troops, relying on dangerous positions. Even if I cannot defeat the army of gold thieves, I will defeat their vanguard and severely weaken their spirit. Right? Think about it again...this is your opportunity!"
"Um..." Although Han Shizhong smelled of alcohol, he had a very good capacity for drinking. He would not get drunk at all after drinking this amount of wine, so his mind was still very clear.
After being mentioned by Zhao Kai, a strategy to defeat the enemy actually appeared in his mind - he is Han Shizhong! How is it possible that there is nothing we can do?
Han Shizhong is 36 years old this year. He joined the army at the age of 15 and has been fighting on the front line for more than 20 years. He has extremely rich combat experience and outstanding military exploits. It was just because he was born in a humble background and had no backing, so it was not until the Battle of Square La that he got an official position because of his outstanding military exploits.
This actually reflects a shortcoming of the Northern Song Dynasty army. It is too difficult for junior officers to be promoted! Under the youngest military attache, Cheng Xinlang of the ninth rank, there was actually an eighth-rank unranked colonel. Below the eighth-ranked unranked colonel, there were also upper, middle and lower ranks of the imperial army and archers (land-granting militiamen). If you start from a soldier and advance one level at a time, you have to advance to eleven levels before you can have an official status... Moreover, warriors in the Song Dynasty can easily be demoted due to accusations. People with no background like Han Shizhong will not be able to get an official status unless they meet a noble person. It’s hard to get to high places.
And now...the noble man is in front of Han Shizhong!
Now that the noble man wants to defeat the enemy, he, Han Shizhong, has to hold it back no matter what!
"Your Majesty, I have a plan to defeat the enemy!" How could Han Shizhong be willing to sober up? What to do if the official family leaves? Where can I find such a big noble again?
"Tell me about it!" Zhao Kai immediately felt like there was something going on!
How could Han Shizhong, who emerged as a hero of ZTE in the troubled times when the two Song dynasties intertwined, gain fame in vain?
Han Shizhong thought about it and said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that the cavalry should be ambushed in the Yang of Dagong Mountain (south of the mountain), the crossbowmen should be ambushed on the embankments on the north bank of the Yellow River on both sides of Tiancheng Bridge, and the armored soldiers and archers should be ambushed in Jushan. Then use Three to two thousand soldiers who showed weakness were placed in the camp here. When the vanguard of the gold thieves arrived, they burned the camp and fled, luring the enemy to the sky and forming a bridge... The number of soldiers ambushed in each place does not need to be too many, but Strive to be elite.
I am not talented, but I am willing to lead more than a thousand cavalry from my headquarters to ambush in the sun of Dagong Mountain! "
"Okay!" Zhao Kai laughed, "I will use Qing's plan... If this plan succeeds, I will let you be the commander of the army!"
Han Shizhong was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly thanked Zhao Kai.
Because he knew that his strategy would probably work...because the performance of the Song Army in Hebei and Hedong in the past few months was really cowardly.
Otherwise, the Jin Thief's Eastern Route Army would not have been able to attack Damingfu and Xiangzhou areas with overwhelming force. After winning the battle to this point, it is simply a normal reaction to be hot-headed, arrogant and underestimating the enemy, blindly advancing and so on.
...
Daming Mansion, Cheng'an County Government.
In the small Cheng'an County Government Office, the red and black sun flag of the Kingdom of Jin has been raised high at this time. Alongside the battle flag of the Great Jin Army, which has been planted all over the north and south of Yanshan Mountain and south of the desert, there is also a white general's tooth flag and a recognition flag with Jurchen characters embroidered on it. If the Jurchen characters on the recognition flag are translated, Dayi means Nanjing Road Dutong.
This Nanjing Road Dutong was nominally the Nanjing Road of the Jin Kingdom, which was also the leader of the original Nanjing Road of the Liao Kingdom.
However, Wanyan Yanmu, who currently holds this position, is actually the nominal commander-in-chief of the Jindong Route Army attacking the Song Dynasty... In other words, the nominal leader of the Nanjing Road is now the nominal commander-in-chief of the Jindong Route Army. The commander-in-chief of the Jin Bing East Route Army!
The actual commander of the Jin Bing East Route Army was Wanyan Youbu (Wanyan Zongwang) of the Nanjing Road Supervisory Army, known as the "Second Prince".
The reason for this strange arrangement is that the "second prince" Wanyan Youli is not only the second son of Wanyan Aguda, but also the second-in-command in the Aguda family, with a status second only to that of Bojilie, who holds the title of Guolun The "eldest prince" Wanyan Onben. The Aguda line is the strongest among the Wanyan family lines today. Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai of the Jin Dynasty originally wanted the second prince Wanyan Zongwang to be the leader of Nanjing Road. However, Wanyan Zongwang pushed out his eleventh uncle, the younger brother of Aguda, Wu Qimai and others, with whom he was close, and Wanyan Zongwang, as the nominal leader, while he himself held the real power.
Now Wanyan Yanmu and Wanyan Zongwang, the uncle and nephew, are not in Cheng'an County. They are both wearing white leather robes and standing on a high ground in the south of Cheng'an County. Looking south, I saw groups of golden soldiers also wearing white fur robes with wide sleeves and fur hats, either on foot or on horseback, passing through the city of Cheng'an County and then passing through a wooden structure built on the Zhang River. Bridge, march south.
There were so many of these white-robed golden soldiers that the long line seemed to extend from the northern end of the earth to the southern horizon.
The two were surrounded by a group of soldiers and staff, and from time to time riders would pass by and report loudly. Zongwang's Khitan, Han, and Bohai staff kept records in notebooks, wrote and drew on wooden plans, and marked and recorded timely information.
Most of the military reports being sent to Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Jian Mu were the success stories of Wanyan Zongbi, who served as the main vanguard, that is, the deputy vanguard Guo Yaoshi sent by the famous Wanyan Wushu.
Jin Wushu and the servant Guo Yaoshi of the third surname are now the main and deputy vanguards of Jin's East Route Army, marching in front of the main force of the East Route Army. Among them, Jin Wushu led ten thousand households. The actual number was about six to seven thousand regular soldiers plus Ali Xi's auxiliary soldiers who were twice as many as the regular soldiers. The total force was about 20,000.
But Guo Yaoshi's cards were much smaller. There were only 2,000 victorious army cavalry and 2,000 Nanjing Road Han'er Army as auxiliaries. The total strength was only 4,000, and Jin Wushu was at the forefront. Cannon fodder to explore the path.
However, since Nanjing Road went south, Guo Yaoshi's 4,000 men have been invincible in every battle! The momentum was so great that Wanyan Wushu didn't even bother to take action... Jin Wushu, the vanguard, almost became Guo Yaoshi's "victory reporting officer", he just sent the good news to Wanyan Zongwang.
But the news sent this time seemed to be an exception. It was neither good news nor bad news, but big news. I heard a staff member of Wanyan Zongwang shout loudly: "Second Prince, the official family of Song Dynasty has changed! "
