Zhao Kai was surrounded by a large group of knights, and he could see the walled city standing on the Wannian Embankment from a distance. After several months of continuous construction, the defense system to the north and south of the Sanshan Floating Bridge has been completely established. It was very different from the almost undefended appearance that Zhao Kai saw when he arrived here on New Year's Eve last year.
With the strong financial and material support of the Song Dynasty, a slender walled city has been built above and below the Wannian New Dike between Baima, the first county of Huazhou, and Wenzi Mountain at the south entrance of the Sanshan Floating Bridge. Baima County and Wannian Xindi are connected into one. The watchtowers and arrow towers on the walled city are densely packed, and all kinds of guard equipment are stacked on top of each other. The sentry posts below the walled city are piled up and guarded. There are also many brightly-armored infantry and cavalry patrolling up and down the embankment. What a solid look!
This is the most important stronghold of the Song Army on the outskirts of Kaifeng Mansion. These days, at Zhao Kai's request, a large amount of supplies have been transported from Kaifeng Mansion. Baima City, Wenzi Mountain City, and Jushan Fort located in the middle of the Yellow River were almost all converted into warehouses, where grain and grass supplies for the army were piled. On the official road from Kaifeng Prefecture, there are still people driving mules, horses and carts rumbling up to this place, blocking the road, so that Zhao Kai's army has to march slowly behind.
Zhao Kai was impatient and couldn't wait any longer, so he simply abandoned the infantry and baggage teams and went ahead with only his cavalry.
Zhao Kai's personal cavalry is a general, with a total of more than 2,000 cavalry. Huang Wuji's brother Huang Wubing serves as the general. However, the subordinate knights were not the original personal officers or the old men from the Shengjie Army, but the elites selected from the Western troops who came to Kaifeng Fuqin King one after another. The personal officials who originally followed Zhao Kai and the elite soldiers of the Shengjie Army were all promoted after several battles such as Sanshan Floating Bridge, Yuncheng, and Hecaikou. Even if they did not have official status, they were among the top eight ranks of Liuwai. exists.
Of course, Zhao Kai couldn't let them continue to serve as soldiers. Taking advantage of the opportunity to reorganize King Qin's soldiers, he arranged official positions for all he could. Through these close officials and officials from the Shengjie Army, Zhao Kai firmly controlled all the 200,000 elite troops in the camp around Kaifeng Mansion.
As for the soldiers of the Western Army who replaced those who were close to the officials and victorious cavalry as Zhao Kai's personal guard cavalry, they were not bad at all in terms of toughness and bravery. Moreover, Zhao Kai also specially ordered the Marching Counselor Department...only young and brave men!
Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers! Moreover, it is also easy to train and train... The most important thing is to have more common language with Zhao Kai, who is relatively young in "mental age", so that it is easier to get along with him.
Most of these newborn calves were descendants of the generals or battalions of the Western Army, and had become the emperor's guards. They were certainly high-spirited. Now I saw the walled city on the Wannian Embankment from a distance, and I didn't know who it was, and let out a cheer.
"The thieves have finally arrived... This road is really blocked! The stockade built half a sky high must be Lao Shizi's Wannian Xindi Dazhai, right? It's so tall, how can the gold thieves attack it? We will definitely kill the golden thief to death this time!"
Hearing this cry, all the surrounding cavalrymen cheered and laughed. The sounds of people shouting and horses neighing were mixed together, and morale was raised to the extreme!
With such a high-morale soldier, Zhao Kai felt a little depressed at the moment. Because he got a report from He Guan on the way and learned that the gold thieves also held a grand swearing-in ceremony in Daming Mansion... The number of gold thieves who participated in this ceremony exceeded 100,000. The crowd!
If you include Deputy Ali Xi...300,000 is already over!
This is the first, second, and third generation of 300,000 gold!
They are not gold thieves who were beaten to death by the Mongols... With as many as 300,000 people, this battle will not be easy to fight!
But you have to fight even if it’s not easy!
Because the Sanshan Floating Bridge is so critical... If Zhao Kai doesn't lead the army here personally, once the gold thieves split into two groups and attack from the north and the south, the Sanshan Floating Bridge might be captured.
After all, He Guan only has 20,000 fighting soldiers in his hands!
If the gold thieves only attacked from one side, He Guan might be able to withstand it... At worst, he could give up Dagong Mountain and Tiancheng Fort in Hebei and retreat to Jushan Fort.
But what if they split into two groups and launch a fierce attack on both ends of the Sanshan Floating Bridge at the same time. How can He Guan's 20,000 people be able to hold on even if one of them is split into two?
It seems a bit confusing!
And once the Sanshan Floating Bridge is breached by the gold thieves, Kaifeng's defense will be completely passive!
Not only do the gold thieves who attack Kaifeng Mansion no longer have to worry about their backs, they can even dig the Yellow River dam and flood Kaifeng Mansion after the siege fails!
As early as more than a thousand years ago, Qin Shihuang's army did this, flooding the beams for three months... The sediment of the Yellow River accumulated for more than a thousand years after that, and the river course became I don’t know how much it has improved!
Once the water floods Kaifeng Mansion, the consequences will be disastrous!
Even if Kaifeng Mansion can be held within the city walls, several canals around Kaifeng Mansion will be blocked. By then, Kaifeng Mansion can hold on, but its prosperity will be gone... Zhao Kai is the largest real estate owner in Kaifeng Mansion! The real estate in Kaifeng Mansion in his hand is worth at least several hundred million. If it falls, how can Zhao Kai squander it in the future? He didn't spend the money alone, there was a school beauty group helping him spend it!
Moreover, he is also thinking about taking the road of capitalism and developing some kind of industrialization after the victory of the anti-golden war... How can this capitalism be without capital?
So Zhao Kai must protect the Sanshan Floating Bridge no matter what!
But the number of gold thieves is unprecedented, 300,000!
When Zhao Kai thought of the number of Jin soldiers, he frowned tightly. He just beat his horse, left the group with dozens of his closest knights, and went straight to Xindi Dazhai.
A young knight named Li Shifu from the Shaanxi Suide Army led the way with his "Zhao Wudi" flag. The Duiba guards under the diba village had long known that "Zhao Wudi" was coming, and also knew that "Zhao Wudi" was their commander, so naturally they did not dare to stop them. After asking for the password, they got out of the way and let Zhao Kai and his party go. The dike.
Niu Gao's stout figure was already waiting on the dam. When he saw Zhao Kaice approaching, he bowed to the ground and shouted: "See you, Your Majesty... the Commander-in-Chief!"
You can't be called "Your Majesty"! Niu Gao had a good memory and knew that he should be called "Dian Shuai".
Zhao Kai also recognized Niu Gao - his appearance was so advantageous in the army! And he brought a group of brothers to join the gang, and the most important thing was that he was named Niu Gao!
That's Yue Fei's sworn homage... Judging from his age, he should be the eldest brother!
Thinking of Yue Fei, Zhao Kai asked: "Niu Gao, where is Yue Fei?"
When Niu Gao heard this, he called behind him, "Yue Dalang, come and see the palace commander!"
Yue Fei was a young official and was not qualified to come to see Zhao Kai, so he led Niu Gao's horse from behind. Now hearing Niu Gao's greeting, he hurried forward and saluted Zhao Kai, "The cavalry general of the 15th Army is preparing to present Yue Fei to the palace commander!"
Is he Yue Fei?
Zhao Kai looked at Yue Fei... He didn't look like a general, but he looked more like Niu Gao. Can't he be mistaken?
Zhao Kai thought about it in his mind and asked Yue Fei: "Yue Fei, is your name Pengju? Are you from Tangyin County, Xiangzhou? Do you have a son named Yue Yun?"
Do you know this?
Niu Gao on the side was stunned. Could this "Zhao Dianshuai" be a relative of Yue Fei? Could it be that Yue Fei's sisters entered the palace? But judging from Yue Fei's appearance, it might be difficult for his sisters...
"The name of Beizhong's brand is indeed Pengju, and he is indeed from Tangyin County, Xiangzhou. The little dog of Beizhong is indeed named after the same name..."
Yue Fei was confused, but he still answered.
Zhao Kai was happy now and said to Niu Gao and Yue Fei: "Niu Gao, Yue Fei, are you two willing to serve as officials next to me?"
Niu Gao and Yue Fei should still be put together!
"Yes, yes, I, Niu Gao, am willing!" Of course Niu Gao agreed... He is not a general of the He family, he is just serving as an errand under He Guan. If the emperor wants to promote him, what else can he do? Not willing?
However, Yue Fei didn't react at once. He was still wondering where Zhao Dianshuai came from and how he knew so much about his own affairs.
Niu Gao saw that he was silent at this time, so he simply spoke for him, "Prince Commander, this brother of mine is from the country. He has never seen the world, so he always listens to me. When I go to Palace Commander, he will naturally follow me."
Yeah? Zhao Kaixin said: Didn’t you listen to Yue Fei? How could he become Niu Gao and command Yue Fei?
"Yue Fei, is that true?" Zhao Kai asked again.
Yue Fei had come to his senses at this time, nodded and said: "General Niu is like an elder brother of a subordinate. I have never seen the world, so naturally I should listen to him."
Zhao Kai was a little helpless and thought: Will the Yue Family Army become the Niu Family Army in the future? What about "Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan"? Change it to "The Complete Story of Bragging"?
When he was about to correct the wrong course of history, there was the sound of horse hoofbeats. He Guan had already arrived with his two sons and Liu Qi, the military commander stationed at the Sanshan Floating Bridge.
Most of them were originally at Tiancheng Fort on the other side of the Yellow River. They came here on flying horses after receiving reports from their subordinates.
When He Guan saw Zhao Kai, he hurriedly dismounted from his horse and saluted him. Zhao Kai didn't wait for him to finish the salute, so he waved his hand and said, "No courtesy, no courtesy... Lieutenant, has the gold thief moved?" "
He Guan did not insist on saluting. After all, Zhao Kai was now walking as the palace commander Zhao Bupo, and Zhao Bupo was just the governor of Songzhou. He Guan was a Taiwei, with more officials than the governor. The Taiwei paid homage to the governor... ..There’s something wrong!
"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief," He Guan said, "I have just received a hard-detection report that the gold thieves from Daming Mansion have divided into two groups and are coming south along both banks of the Yellow River. There are at least 100,000 people on each side, and they are very powerful. It’s so vast...Looking at this posture, it’s going to attack the Sanshan Floating Bridge from both the north and the south!”
"Fortunately, I arrived in time!" Zhao Kai underestimated, "Pass the order, today's Shenshi, Jushanbao Yamen Office will discuss matters..." He glanced at Niu Gao and Yue Fei again, "Niu Gao, Yue Fei, you guys From now on, the two of you will be transferred to the personal cavalry, and they will both become camp generals!"
