Zhao Bingyan shook his head and said: "The general thanked the Queen Mother. Years of wars have caused the current military system to be in chaos. The general requested to train the new Guards Army to take on the task of restoring the country."
Zhang Shijie laughed and said: "Deputy Ambassador Zhao wants to be the commander and commander of the First Army. The Queen Mother agrees to him?"
Zhang Shijie's words were not to promote Zhao Bingyan, but to remind the officials in the court that Zhao Bingyan had a big appetite.
Unexpectedly, Concubine Yang Shu was very happy because Wen Tianxiang was unexpectedly rescued. She thought Zhang Shijie had made arrangements, so she said without thinking: "Yes, yes, the general has the final say on major military matters."
Zhang Shijie was stunned on the spot. He knew that the raw rice had become cooked rice, but he could not refute. He immediately smiled at Zhao Bingyan and said, "Da Shan, the Queen Mother agrees. Commander Fang is injured and can no longer fight on the front line. Deputy Zhao is just in time Fill."
"Zhao Bingyan listens to the order: I order you to be the commander-in-chief of the rear guard army and the commander of the guards army. You will lead the original commander's troops to organize and train the new army to defend against the enemy."
Zhao Bingyan immediately bowed and saluted, thanking the Queen Mother for her kindness and the General for his promotion.
Wen Tianxiang said with a smile on his face: "Da Shan, I heard that Commander Zhao has plum candy in his hand. Can you take it out and eat it to quench the thirst of the whole army?"
Zhao Bingyan immediately reported back: "Mr. Zhuge just sent some. At the end of the day, I ordered my subordinates to transport a hundred kilograms to the handsome ship."
Everyone looked suspicious and surprised when they heard this. He wondered how Zhao Bingyan got such good fortune, even Mr. Zhuge was willing to work as a porter for him.
At this time, Zhang Shijie coughed twice to signal everyone to be quiet.
He told the ministers and generals that yesterday Li Heng and his men went south to Zhang Hongfan's camp, and today the enemy soldiers had a rare truce. I judged that the Tatars were going to launch a decisive battle against us.
However, the enemy's fort at Yamen occupies the commanding heights of Yashan, which severely restricts the space for our army's activities. We cannot get fresh water or cut firewood, and we are always worried about the bombardment of the enemy's fort.
The soldiers had no fresh water to drink and no cooked food to eat. They were very exhausted and how could they fight against them?
Who is willing to go and capture the Yuan Army's Yamen Fort for me?
The meeting hall immediately became quiet, and all the generals looked at me and buried their heads.
This is a job where you will die and get no military honors.
Zhang Shijie was speechless.
It was because of his poor decision-making that he gave up and failed to defend the Yakou Fort.
After the Yuan army occupied Yamen, they immediately set up cannons and trebuchets on it, cutting off the Song army's access to the mountains to cut firewood and collect water, resulting in the current dilemma of the Song army being trapped in the water village.
He had organized troops to attack more than once, but he had no choice but to face the steep slope and narrow road of the Song army, and it was not advantageous to fight. After being defeated one after another, he was forced to give up.
Zhang Shijie asked frustratedly: "Is there no one who dares to fight against the Yuan army and clear the way for the imperial court?"
At this time, Zhao Bingyan stepped forward, saluted and reported: "The general is willing to go."
Zhang Shijie was pleasantly surprised and asked hurriedly: "Seriously, Commander Zhao has a way to capture the enemy's fort on the cliff?"
Zhao Bingyan shook his head and said that he was not 100% sure, but he had to give it a try.
If the Yuan army's fort blocks the cliff mouth, and our ships go past the enemy one by one and bombard each other, we will always be passively beaten.
Zhang Shijie immediately said: "Da Shan, I am worried about this, so I will leave the matter to Commander Zhao. There is no joke in the army. If Commander Zhao can capture the Yakou Fort, he will be a great hero of our Song Dynasty. If Lost..."
Immortal Banban, this is asking Zhao Bingyan to issue a military order. If he cannot be defeated, he will have to engage in military law.
Why does Zhao Bingyan feel like he is asking for his life?
He felt very unhappy and said coldly, "If you can't get off the cliff, I'm willing to be punished." Then he made an excuse to leave.
When we got back, the generals already knew that Zhao Bingyan had been promoted and became the commander of the team. One by one, his subordinates came to command the ship to congratulate him.
Zhao Bingyan officially succeeded Fang Rixing in the southwest, and his number of troops increased to 7,000.
After he moved to Fang Rixing's command ship, he immediately called for a headcount, declared that officers and soldiers were equal, and that the officers and the people were unanimous, and demanded that his soldiers must not rob the people's property and water sources.
He checked the super-dimensional space and found that there were plum candy and self-heating noodles in it. He simply took them all out to satisfy his subordinates and the people who were short of food, and asked Zhang Qi to send the rest to Zhang Shijie's handsome ship.
Looking back, he discussed with Wang Bao, Liu Dali and Sun Huchen about the strategy of guarding and defending. Ask Wang Bao to distribute three thousand anti-Japanese swords to Bingyong and Qingzhuang who are good at using swords to kill the enemy and make meritorious service.
Sun Huchen was Fang Rixing's deputy general. He used to be on the same level as Zhao Bingyan. After eating two boxes of delicious self-heating meals, this man patted his chest and said: "Please don't worry, Commander, your stomach is full. I promise to hack all the enemy invaders to death." Never let anyone in from outside."
Zhao Bingyan told him that he had received the military order to seize the Yamen Fort and was going to recapture the fort in person. The burden of guarding the fort would be left to his brother.
Sun Huchen was surprised. This was a fatal job.
He scrambled to lead his troops to seize the cliff mouth, but was stopped by Zhao Bingyan, who told him to guard it. After that, Zhao Bingyan took the elite soldiers selected by Zhang Qi and walked off the command ship.
As soon as Zhao Bingyan arrived at the southwest corner, he saw the deputy envoy of the Imperial City Department and Chen Qilin, the director of the operation camp, wearing night clothes and guarding the place.
He asked: "What does Deputy Chen mean by this?"
The Imperial City Department was afraid that Mr. Zhao would escape, so he sent Deputy Chen to supervise Mr. Zhao, right? "
Chen Qilin smiled awkwardly and said, "The commander was joking. Chen followed Commander Zhao's orders and worked hard with the commander."
Zhao Bingyan said expressionlessly: "Very good, then follow me as the vanguard and walk at the front."
The death squad of less than thirty people disembarked from the boat and dived into the cold water to swim towards the fort waterfront.
On Zhang Shijie's handsome ship, Wen Tianxiang, Lu Xiufu and Queen Mother Yang did not leave, all waiting for the result of Zhao Bingyan's surprise attack.
Empress Dowager Yang was worried that Zhao Bingyan's failure would not only expose the Song army's intention to escape from Yashan, but also cost the life of a young general in vain. She looked around with a tangled look on her face.
Lu Xiufu felt dissatisfied with Zhang Shijie in his heart.
He believed that the small imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty was running for its life and had few victories because of Zhang Shijie's lack of command ability. Using him in this way was jealous of talents and was obviously harmful to others. Everyone knew that Yamen Fort was difficult to capture, but they still asked Zhao Bingyan to issue a military order. This was not to kill someone with an order.
Zhang Shijie came to Yashan to form a water stronghold. He was originally disheartened and planned to fight the Yuan army to the death in Yashan.
However, Zhao Bingyan's successive victories saved Wen Tianxiang and aroused his fighting spirit to fight against the Yuan army. He desperately hoped that Zhao Bingyan would succeed in his surprise attack and seize the Yakou fort to give the court hope of survival.
All the key figures in the small court were having tea and chatting on the handsome boat, anxiously waiting for the news.
At this time, Zhao Bingyan had swam ashore. Zhang Qi counted the number of people and reported that they were all present.
Zhao Bingyan whispered: "Further up is a cliff that is thirty feet high. Someone needs to go up first, drop the rope and let the suicide squad climb one by one. I will do this."
Chen Qilin wanted to follow. He asked Chen Qilin if he could promise not to make any noise.
The guy hesitated and said it was difficult.
Zhao Bingyan said: "No, just wait here."
He took the rope from Zhang Qi and carried it on his back, climbing up easily like a monkey, disappearing into the darkness in just a moment.
This section of the cliff is straight and steep, and it is impossible to find the footing point without professional training.
Zhao Bingyan became more cautious as he climbed higher. When he was almost at the top, he noticed a light of fire. His heart skipped a beat and he clung to the cliff wall to observe.
Lao Tzu's surprise, the Yuan army actually set up a sentry here.
Suddenly, he felt his right hand relax, and the piece of rock in his hand actually fell off.
Zhao Bingyan nervously grasped the corner of the cliff with his left hand to stabilize his body, and carefully put the stone pieces into the rock crevices to find a point of strength again.
He did not dare to be careless, and after careful observation, he confirmed that the Yuan army only had two sentries beside the fire.
The technical difficulty of claiming a life is zero.
Zhao Bingyan slowly touched it and punched the sentry on the edge of the cliff until he hit the cliff and fainted. Before the other sentry could cry out, he covered his mouth and broke his neck.
Zhao Bingyan tied the rope firmly on the big rock bag and threw it down, then came back and easily broke the neck of the knocked out sentry. After a while, Zhang Qi climbed up.
This girl complained to Chen Qilin as soon as he came up, saying that he didn't trust the commander and suspected that the commander had escaped alone.
At this time, Chen Qilin happened to go up the cliff and immediately examined him and asked for forgiveness.
Zhao Bingyan said calmly: "Deputy Envoy Chen is right. The duty of the Imperial City Division is to doubt everything. The next thing will be left to Deputy Envoy Chen."
