Just when Yang Ji was thinking about how to lure Zhao Hongzhi from Yushitai to Liangzhou, a group of armored generals greeted him face to face.
The leader is a middle-aged man with a burly body, a rough face, and a curly beard under his chin. He is Yang Ji's cousin Doulu Kuan. As for the group of generals behind Doulu Kuan, he didn't recognize any of them.
When Dou Lukuan saw Yang Ji, a warm smile appeared on his face. He cupped his hands and said, "General Dou Lukuan of the Binzhou Army has met King Wei. I don't know that the King has come to the camp in person. What business is there for him?"
It's funny to say that although Doulu Kuan and Yang Ji are cousins, because Yang Ji kept a low profile and did not participate in "aristocratic society" when he was a child, the cousins did not meet many times. Even if they did meet at a royal family banquet, it was because of their seats. The problem was far away, which caused him to not have a deep impression of Yang Ji, the playboy king. At this moment, Yang Ji changed the prince's clothes into a second-grade military uniform, and also put on a stinky face like "I'm here on business."
Doulu Kuan almost didn't recognize it.
Since even Doulu Kuan almost didn't recognize Yang Ji, the generals behind him naturally had no reason to recognize Yang Ji, so they all bowed with formulaic fists.
Yang Ji had seen the wretched appearance of the Binzhou Army and was already very angry. When he saw Doulu Kuan, he said coldly and hard: "General Doulu, I have been ordered to rectify the Binzhou Army. Next , and I hope General Doulu will cooperate."
After Doulu Kuan heard this, his face instantly darkened, and he cupped his hands and said, "How to prove it?"
Yang Ji glanced at Doulu Kuan and others, then took off the Chengying Sword, raised it high, and said loudly: "This is the Emperor's Sword Chengying. The saint has authorized me to temporarily take over the Binzhou Army. Who can Anyone who dares to disobey or cooperate will be killed without mercy."
Doulu Kuan's face became even more ugly, and his knuckles turned white with his fists clenched, but he did not dare to say a word, or even move.
The other generals were also pale, as if they had been cast under witchcraft, they were frozen there and did not dare to move.
"Generals, please cooperate well in the next time. Otherwise, don't blame me for killing him first and then punishing him." Yang Ji put down the Chengying Sword and said with a faint smile: "Of course, I believe you are innocent. Qualified generals are just making ugly remarks, so don't take it to heart."
"General, I obey!" The generals saluted with strange faces, but they felt that Yang Ji's words were familiar; well, it seemed that Doulu Kuan had said similar words to Zhao Hongan just now.
"Where is Zhao Hong'an?" Yang Ji knew this man, and he also knew that he was capable, very honest, and a disciple of his father's old army. However, such a man did not do well in the Binzhou Army, because he was always difficult in everything. Son, he is doing it all.
Doulu Kuan cupped his hands and said, "Report to your Majesty, Zhao Hongan should lead his troops to suppress at this time..."
"Your Majesty, the general is here." At this moment, a voice came from behind everyone, and then, Zhao Hongan was seen walking forward quickly and saluting Yang Jishen.
Doulu Kuan: "..."
Generals: "..."
Doulu Kuan felt as sick as a fly. He had just asked Zhao Hongan to go to Qiaoshan to suppress the bandits. Unexpectedly, this boy did not leave. He even stood up and gave Yang Ji a salute. He immediately reprimanded: "Zhao Hongan , I asked you to suppress the bandits, how dare you disobey the military order? You are so brave."
Just when Zhao Hongan was about to defend himself, Yang Ji had already shouted in a deep voice: "General Doulu, since I am here, the 70,000 soldiers of the Binzhou Army cannot leave the camp. As for suppressing bandits, they are secondary."
"The suppression of bandits is a big matter, as heavy as Mount Tai. There is no time to delay, Your Majesty." Doulu Kuan said.
"It is indeed urgent to suppress the bandits, but this is a matter for the soldiers of Binzhou Prefecture, so what are the soldiers of the capital doing?" Yang Ji looked at Doulu Kuan and asked, "Did Sima Binzhou ask you to send troops, or did the imperial court agree?"
Doulu Kuan's face froze, and he cupped his hands and said, "Report to your Majesty, the general saw that the state soldiers were still unable to annihilate the Qiaoshan bandits, so he submitted a report on suppressing the bandits to the Ministry of War. The saint must have agreed."
"The saint disagrees! It has been rejected." After Yang Ji finished speaking, he turned to Yang Jian and said, "Renqi, return the memorial to General Doulu."
"Here!" Yang Zhen responded, took out the memorial from his horse bag and handed it to Doulu Kuan.
"This..." Doulu Kuan took the memorial and took a look. The huge red cross made his face turn pale and his heart tremble.
The Binzhou army had a lot of shortfalls. When the counties in Binzhou did not dare to borrow people to make up the number, the way he came up with was to suppress the bandits, so he reported to the court that he would send 10,000 troops. In fact, he only sent 10,000 troops. Give Zhao Hongan two thousand old and weak men. Once Zhao Hongan fails to suppress the bandits, he will send "ten thousand" more to go out. Finally, the so-called battle losses will be used to make up the number, and the captured bandits will be used to make up the number.
Unexpectedly, Yang Guang not only rejected his memorial, but also appointed Yang Ji, the great devil, to rectify the Binzhou army.
Of course, what's even more terrible is that the military reform plan has not been officially implemented at this time, and the other 13th Battalion has not even appointed the military reform commander. And before he could make any remedies, Yang Ji came. Make all his plans come to nothing.
Yang Ji ignored Doulu Kuan and said directly to Zhao Hongan: "General Zhao, you lead your army back to the camp immediately. Not a single soldier can leave the camp."
"..." Zhao Hongan glanced at Doulu Kuan, with a look of embarrassment on his face. Although he was disgusted with this general, the other party was, after all, the general of the Binzhou Army and his direct superior.
At this moment, he saw Yang Ji cast a pair of eyes as sharp as a knife, and his heart suddenly became awe-inspiring, and he quickly replied: "The general has no objection."
Hearing this, Doulu Kuan was so angry that his lungs almost exploded. His pale face instantly turned to anger, and he was even more filled with hatred: What a good Zhao Hongan, he actually left him, the general of the Binzhou Army, and surrendered directly to Yang Ji. "Yes.
What the hell is going on with this damn bastard? Simply dead.
By the way, Yang Ji is the shepherd of Liangzhou. He has never officially served as a right-guard general or a right-guard general for a day, and Liangzhou seems to have a lot of affairs. Why did the saint suddenly ask him to rectify the Binzhou army?
Doulu Kuan's face was red, he felt confused, and he was about to ask a question.
But seeing that Yang Ji's eyes were already on him, Yang Ji said in a deep voice: "General Doulu, from this moment on, the 70,000 Binzhou Army will be under the full control of Yang Ji. Before the reorganization is completed, every soldier will be killed." You are not allowed to leave the camp without permission.”
As he said that, Yang Ji glanced at the generals behind Doulu Kuan and said coldly: "Whoever's subordinates leave the camp without authorization is just disobeying orders."
The generals also reacted at this time, especially the left general Wang Sheng, the right general Liang Hong, and others whose expressions changed drastically. They looked at the murderous Yang Ji with wandering eyes.
If not necessary, who would be willing to provoke Yang Ji, an evil star with the emperor's support? Doulu Kuan didn't make it clear before.
Thinking of this, I cast a "grievance" look at Doulu Kuan.
Doulu Kuan's expression became increasingly grim, and he stared at Yang Ji with a pair of tiger eyes, but he did not dare to act rashly until he figured out what was going on.
"General Doulu, you have been the general of the Binzhou Army for six years. It was difficult for me to comment on how you led and trained the troops. But since I have taken over this important task, and you are my cousin, I have a few words to say that I am unhappy about!" Yang Ji paused and then said to Doulu Kuan: "The Binzhou Army was not only formed by my father, but it is also the army with the strongest combat effectiveness and the highest merit among the Fourteenth Army. It is precisely because of this that during the Northern Expedition, Yue Gong selected the Binzhou Army as the core army, and the Binzhou Army also made great achievements in that decisive battle."
"However, since I entered the camp, what I have seen is that the soldiers are either drinking and playing games or making loud noises. Even the 'brave and good at fighting' Binzhou Army has been ruined to this extent. It is no wonder that the Binzhou Army cannot even wipe out the bandits within the territory!"
The "cousin" thing is all nonsense. This is just Yang Ji taking the opportunity to peel off Lu Kuan's prestige. Of course, it is a fact that Doulu Kan has no way to manage the army. Otherwise, how could he lead a heroic army to such a horrible state?
With his appearance, he doesn't have much prestige in the army, but what Yang Ji said now will soon be spread to the entire army through the generals and Chinese soldiers who are watching.
This will not only encourage the soldiers who are heartbroken at the brutal defeat of the Binzhou Army but are helpless, but also let the whole army know that Yang Ji, the son of King Wei Zhao who formed the Binzhou Army, has been ordered by the Holy Order to reshape the spirit of the Binzhou Army, thereby providing a new foundation for the Binzhou Army. He organized the entire army to reduce resistance.
As expected, when Yang Ji said this, the expressions of the generals around him changed again and again, especially some of the middle and low-level generals who secretly thought: The Binzhou Army was established by King Wei Zhao, and every inch of land in the military camp , Every building is full of the hard work of King Wei Zhao, but after Doulu Kuan took over the post of general, the army quickly deteriorated. It is normal for King Wei to feel heartbroken when he saw that his father's hard work was in vain.
It was obviously for this reason that the saint asked King Wei to come and rectify the situation.
Doulu Kuanzi also realized this problem, and was suddenly confused, but his face remained calm, and he said coldly: "What the king said is absolutely true, but it is a pity that the war is dangerous, and the military reform is not You can just use your words."
Even though he was dissatisfied with Yang Guang, Doulu Kuan had a great sense of awe in his heart. He must write a letter back to his family in the shortest possible time and ask the saint why Yang Ji came because the Binzhou Army was Because of Yang Shuang's creation, he made a special trip to deal with him.
If Yang Ji's rectification is successful, will the saint take the opportunity to attack the Doulu family?
He had this thought in his mind, so he said these scene-like remarks about foreigners being strong and middle-aged, and then he snorted coldly and took the opportunity to walk away.
Doulu Kuan's "arrogant" departure made the scene cool down.
Wang Sheng and Liang Hong looked at each other and thought to themselves, "The saint asked King Wei to come and rectify the Binzhou army, but General Doulu really didn't dare to give up. But looking at King Wei's attitude and these hidden words, It is clear that the target is pointed at General Doulu, it would be unwise for me to rashly get involved."
This is the power of the royal family. Yang Shuang is the founder of the Binzhou Army, the God of Killing and War who made Turkic children stop crying. Although he has been dead for many years, his great power in the Binzhou Army still has a deep imprint. .
This is also the reason why Yang Su previously recommended Yang Ji to join the Binzhou Army. After all, today's Yang Ji is quite capable of outperforming others. As long as the news of his coming to rectify the Binzhou Army spreads, it will be enough to make the veterans of the Binzhou Army rejoice and wait quietly. Some generals will also be frightened by Yang Ji's power. Wait and see.
It's hard to say anything else, but at least Yang Ji has many statuses and powers. His name alone is enough to prevent this army from causing chaos.
The changing expressions of the generals also made Yang Ji feel like a mirror. He turned to Zhao Hongan and said, "General Zhao, how many troops do you have?"
"Your Majesty, the last general belongs to the left camp of the Binzhou Army, and has five thousand troops under his command." Zhao Hongan cupped his fists and saluted, and said with some embarrassment: "But the last general was promoted from Zhonglang General to Lang General four days ago. Since the day before yesterday, I have been preparing to suppress the bandits, so I really don’t know much about my subordinates.”
Yang Ji pondered for a long time and said to Zhao Hongan: "Let's start from your camp. Let's go to your camp now."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Hongan saluted in high spirits and solemnly said: "I will obey your orders, Your Majesty!"
Yang Ji nodded at the many generals of the Binzhou Army, and then followed Zhao Hongan with his people.
After respectfully seeing the group off, Liang Hong stood up straight and his expression became much more relaxed. After all, he was the right general of the Binzhou Army, and Yang Ji was the first to attack Wang Sheng's left army. He still had a little buffer. time.
He glanced at Wang Sheng and saw that Wang Sheng was a little distracted, so he asked in a deep voice: "Old Wang, do you think King Wei can do it?"
Wang Sheng looked away from Yang Ji's group and replied absently: "It's hard to say."
Liang Hong asked again: "Why?"
"There are not many soldiers in Liangzhou, and there are not many children of aristocratic families, so it is very easy for King Wei to rectify it, but the Beijing soldiers are different!" Wang Sheng calmed down and said with a dazed look: "Take our Binzhou army as an example. The generals above the rank of captain are all descendants of aristocratic families, and their butts are not clean, so King Wei is a bit embarrassed."
Wang Sheng is a descendant of Wang Xiong, the general of the Western Wei Dynasty, and Liang Hong is a descendant of Liang Chun, the general of the Western Wei Dynasty. Their ancestors both belong to the 24th Kaifu general series. The two families have been passed down to this day, and they have long been flourishing and related to other families. The Longmen clan has a complicated relationship, so although they were frightened, they were not particularly worried.
Liang Hong thought for a while, then forced a smile and said, "However, General Doulu looks quite angry."
"You saw King Wei's attitude just now..." Wang Sheng said with a solemn face: "It's fine if it doesn't happen; if it does, all the responsibility belongs to General Doulu."
Liang Hong rubbed his short beard under his chin with his hand and sighed: "This is a fight between gods! Let's wait and see."
Wang Sheng glanced at him and sneered in his heart: Do you think I, Wang Sheng, don't know about your Liang Hong's thoughts? You are simply prepared to stand by and watch because Yang Ji is attacking my left camp. However, if my left camp is destroyed, can the right camp be saved?
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Yang Ji led a group of people and followed Zhao Hongan to the military camp under his jurisdiction. There were some soldiers standing in the square in the camp.
These are the soldiers under Zhao Hongan. The soldiers uniformly wear red tassel helmets, two crotch armors, and horizontal swords hanging on their waists. The generals are much more complicated. Some wear bright light armor, light armor, fine scale armor, and some wear black hammer armor, Mountain Wenjia.
However, although this army was well equipped, they stood loosely, with uneven formations and crooked flags. Some were even whispering to each other, but they were suppressed by the low-ranking generals.
Most of the soldiers were infantry, and there were only a few hundred cavalry.
When they saw a group of people riding horses coming from the middle passage, everyone in the army turned their heads and cast curious or indifferent glances.
Yang Ji looked at Zhao Hongan who was walking side by side, frowned and said, "Is this your soldier?"
"Exactly!" Zhao Hongan knew that Yang Ji was dissatisfied and explained with a wry smile: "One thousand of them are soldiers before the last general. Not only are there many of them, but the daily training of these soldiers is the same as usual, and their combat effectiveness has not deteriorated. As for the others 'Four thousand' people are really hard to describe in words."
"To put it bluntly, all the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers from the left camp, and the soldiers with the lowest combat effectiveness are concentrated here."
Zhao Hongan has been suppressed for a long time, and was also sent to die by Doulu Kuan and Wang Sheng. If Yang Ji hadn't arrived in time, he would have been marching at the moment, so he naturally didn't have any good impressions of those two Shangguan; plus Yang Ji took the lead in checking his military camp. He couldn't hide it even if he wanted to, so he simply told his situation.
"I understand!" Yang Ji asked again: "Since you also know that the mob is too numerous to be elite, how did you convince them to suppress the bandits?"
"What else can I do?" Zhao Hongan used Yang Ji without being overbearing. He lowered his concerns and spoke more freely. He sighed: "The only way is to increase the reward. I have already said it before. If the bandits are successfully exterminated, 50% will be seized and given to them, 20% will be used as pensions, and the remaining 30% will be used as military pay; part of the debt will be repaid first."
"It's a good idea!" Yang Ji ordered the battle. He knew more about the senior and mid-level generals of the Binzhou Army, and also knew that Zhao Hongan had only been in office for a very short time, so he did not angrily criticize the new officer, nor did he point out the generosity of the generals. The speech inspired the blood of the soldiers with the righteousness of the country.
Because this is an army that is rotten to the core. During the six years they were commanded by Doulu Kuan, they have already formed a set of corrupt and degenerate rules of the game. At this time, no matter what they say, it will be useless.
But from another perspective, it can also be said that Zhao Hongan is a very smart general. He said in advance how to distribute the spoils to win over the morale of the troops. Otherwise, the outcome would be unknown. Moreover, when they entered the bandits' lair, these soldiers would most likely rush forward to snatch the property and even wave down at Pao Ze. The butcher's knife, in turn, can be exploited by thieves and bandits who "defend the family and the country."
As if he was worried that Yang Ji had other ideas, Zhao Hongan said: "Your Majesty, I really have no choice but to do this. Otherwise, the only one I can mobilize is the one I have brought with me for five years. A team of thousands."
"General Zhao, how many bandits are there in Qiaoshan?" Yang Qing, who was standing next to him, saw that Yang Ji was silent and couldn't help asking.
Zhao Hongan said: "This bandit only appeared last year. No one can tell how many people there are. It is said that there are about one or two thousand people, and the leader is a descendant of the Huns, and his name is Liu Jialun."
Yang Qing was silent for a long time, and then said: "Qiaoshan occupies a vast area, with rugged mountain roads, deep valleys and dense forests. The main peak, Wuzi Peak, rises from the ground with tens of thousands of cliffs. If Liu Jialun hid in the deep mountains and old forests, even if you had Even ten thousand elite soldiers can't annihilate them. Instead of leading five thousand men, it's better to lead your team of one thousand men alone, so that you can gradually annihilate the bandit soldiers."
"The general thought so too, but General Doulu didn't agree!" Zhao Hongan said bitterly: "In order to wipe out this bandit as soon as possible, he asked me to dispatch the entire army."
Yang Qing looked at the soldiers lined up and frowned: "These soldiers have no military aura. If they go to Qiaoshan, wouldn't they give their heads to the bandits?"
Zhao Hongan was speechless. In fact, this is what Doulu Kuan thought, but he couldn't provide any evidence, so naturally he couldn't talk nonsense.
"Okay!" Yang Ji saw Zhao Hongan's embarrassment, so he interrupted Yang Qing's "cross-examination" and said to Zhao Hongan: "The rectification of the Beijing soldiers is a top priority, and the bandits will be temporarily handed over to the state soldiers. You first When the soldiers were dismissed, they said that the court had other arrangements, and then went into the camp to discuss matters."
"Here!" Zhao Hongan cupped his fists and saluted, turned his horse's head, and ordered the generals at all levels to lead their troops back to camp.
Yang Ji took a closer look at the horse and found that although the army was scattered in chaos, there was also a team of thousands of people marching silently and in neat formation, showing a very high military quality.
"After all, it is an elite army. After all, there is still something to behold." Yang Ji is used to leading elite soldiers and has always had a high vision. Otherwise, he would not have spent a lot of money to build the elite of the elite. So when he faced the "notorious" When he was a soldier in the capital, he was somewhat critical, and the behavior of the soldiers in the camp intensified his anger and disappointment. At this moment, seeing this highly qualified army, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
If the Binzhou army is like the useless people at the door, they can only do what they thought before -
To rectify the Binzhou Army, it is better to select its elite and establish a new army.
"Who is Sima Binzhou?" Yang Ji asked Hao Yuan next to him.
"Back to the king!" Hao Yuan cupped his hands and said, "Sima Binzhou is Wei Baoluan, the grandson of Wei Gong Xiaokuan and the son of Huading Gong Wei Shou. The Crown Princess is his biological sister."
Yang Ji said: "The army cannot be dispatched, but the Qiaoshan bandits must be guarded against. Immediately, in my name, I sent someone to invite Wei Sima to have a talk."
The prefecture of Binzhou is Ding'an County, which is only a few dozen miles away from the Binzhou Army Camp. If we hurry up, Wei Baoluan should arrive in the evening.
"As you command!"
"Sir, please wait!" The bearded "Yang Renqi" stopped Hao Yuan, who was about to go to make arrangements, and asked Yang Ji for orders: "Your Majesty, why don't you let me make this trip?"
Yang Ji looked at "Yang Renqi" quietly, with no emotion or anger in his eyes, and said calmly: "What do you want to do again? Huh?"
All the clan disciples pretending to be soldiers felt a chill in their hearts when they heard this plain but murderous voice.
But at the same time, he looked at him with admiration.
This is a pure man!
With an order, everyone was on alert.
If there were not such pure men in charge of Liangzhou, Liangzhou would have been reduced to ashes by Bujia Khan's army in the third year of Renshou.
And 'Yang Renqi' was stared at by those sharp and indifferent eyes, and his heart suddenly fell. He quickly lowered his head, not daring to look directly, and said tremblingly: "Ben, I, I just took the opportunity to ride the horse."
Yang Jihur grabbed Cheng Yingdao and said in a sharp voice: "This sword is the emperor's sword. It can kill traitors and slaves. I dare to kill everyone here, including you."
Hao Yuan, who knew who Yang Renqi was, suddenly changed his expression after hearing these shocking words, and looked at Yang Ji with surprise and uncertainty.
This is King Qi! Your Majesty, do you really dare to kill me?
Yang Renqi's expression changed drastically, and he felt his whole body trembling. There was a soft "click" sound, and the riding whip in his hand fell to the ground, but he was still unconscious with sweat rolling on his forehead. And he felt that Yang Ji was not joking with him, but was really planning to use him as a sword sacrifice. If he dared to say "no", the sword would definitely chop off his head.
After a long while, he said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I know I made a mistake and will never do it again."
"Forget it this time, if you dare to make the decision without permission next time... I don't mind trying to see if this sword is sharp." Yang Ji didn't have a good impression of Yang Renqi who was forced on him by Yang Guang. At this moment, he just wanted to create opportunities to deal with it. he.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your forgiveness!" Yang Renqi breathed a long sigh of relief.
At this moment, he finally saw Yang Ji's bold and vicious side.
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(06,400 words, made up on the 12th.)
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