At this time, in the city of Hangzhou, after Zhao Ji sent away three future traitors who would betray the Song Dynasty and surrender to the enemy, and carried out a series of plots such as borrowing knives to kill people, he was not idle either. Instead, he appointed Tan Zhen, the eunuch who was the new envoy of the Liangzhe Road
Accompanied by his wife, he inspected the defense situation of Hangzhou City overnight...
Zhao Ji's chariot arrived in Nancheng.
"I, the Observer Envoy of Wuzhou, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Infantry, come to see the officials." A middle-aged general wearing a helmet and armor said politely.
Zhao Ji took a look and saw that Wang Zhen, who was greeting him, had a majestic appearance, sharp eyebrows and tiger-like eyes, and was full of heroic spirit.
Zhao Ji then heard the name reported by this person, and it turned out to be Wang Chen. This matched the name of Wang Chen, one of the famous generals of the Northern Song Dynasty, whom he knew, and the official position he should be holding in the army now.
The traveler Zhao Ji knew that Wuzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty was under the jurisdiction of Liangjian Road. Wuzhou at this time was actually the Jin~Hua area of modern society before Zhao Ji traveled through.
Observation envoys are local military and political officials who appeared in the late Tang Dynasty. They are called observation and disposal envoys in full, and their status is second to Jiedu envoys. In states without Jiedu envoys, special observation envoys are set up to oversee local military affairs, wealth, and folk customs.
, called the capital, with very heavy powers and responsibilities.
But in the Song Dynasty, the official position of Observer was empty and there was no fixed number of personnel.
However, Wang Zhen's official position as an observer was only for military ministers to prepare for promotion, and it was actually a false title.
Now, Wang Zhen's real official position in the army is infantry commander.
And control was not a permanent military officer position in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Because the Song Dynasty was afraid of any of its military generals. What if they learned and practiced Song Taizu's methods and also had a "Chenqiao rebellion and wore yellow robes"? What would they do?
Therefore, the Northern Song Dynasty always focused on strengthening the imperial power. The emperor directly controlled the army, but generals could not specialize troops. Whenever there was a war, one of the generals was selected and given the title of "control" or "du control" to control a certain group of troops.
Zhao Ji walked up to Wang Zhen with a pleasant smile, helped Wang Zhen up with his own hands, and asked:
"I heard that Wang Zongzhi is the queen of a famous family?!"
Zhao Ji asked this question just to investigate whether the Wang Zhen in front of him was the famous general he knew who was famous in history and died for his country's resistance to the Jin Dynasty.
Wang Zhen replied in surprise and shame: "Back to the official story, I am the 27th grandson of Wang Dao, the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the 7th grandson of Wang Tuan, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.
Our ancestors are all famous ministers, but I, Wang Zhen, have not been able to name Donghuamen, but I was only born in the army and have been in the army for more than 20 years."
Zhao Ji knew that the status of scholars and civil servants in the Song Dynasty was very high.
Although, within more than half a month after he traveled to this world, he issued an edict that the status of civil servants and military officers of the same rank should be the same, the concept that civil servants are higher than military commanders rooted in the hearts of the people of the Song Dynasty did not last for a while.
It can be changed.
Zhao Jidao said: "If a king from a famous family can rule by killing the enemy on the battlefield and causing chaos in Ping La, his name will be remembered in history."
Wang Zhen kowtowed excitedly and said: "I, your Majesty, will strictly abide by the teachings of the officials and will never betray the divine grace. I will have the courage to kill the enemy and put an end to the chaos in Square La as soon as possible."
Zhao Ji met, and this Wang Zhen was the famous general he knew who died for his country while resisting the Jin Dynasty.
Zhao Ji looked at the burly and lively forty-year-old General Wang Zhen in front of him, and sighed in his heart: According to the development of history, Wang Zhen, you still have only six years to live!
In the seventh year of Xuanhe, after the Jin Dynasty destroyed the Liao Dynasty, it betrayed its alliance and attacked the Song Dynasty. The army went south and invaded the boundary of Bingzhou...
Seeing that the situation was not good, Tong Guan abandoned Taiyuan and returned to the capital, leaving you, Wang Zhen, as the deputy general manager of the capital, commanding the troops of the Xuanfu Division to guard Taiyuan Fucheng in Bingzhou...
In December of the seventh year of Xuanhe, the Jin soldiers arrived in Bingzhou and attacked Taiyuan, Fucheng.
Under the leadership of Zhang Xiaochun and you Wang Zhen, in the outermost earth city of Taiyuan, they led less than 20,000 civilians in the city to take turns to build another heavy city day and night. Outside the earth city, they also excavated
In the trenches, the common people aged over fifteen and under sixty were issued weapons, allocated areas, and guarded the city day and night. The food stored in the city was subject to military control, and regardless of the rich or poor, it was supplied according to the daily quota per capita... Zhang Xiaochun was in charge of the palace, and the king
You are required to supervise the troops on the city wall every day to guard the city.
In September of the first year of Jingkang, Taiyuan's aid was cut off, the army and the people were deprived of food, and the city fell! But Wang Zhen, the successor of this famous official, was not afraid of death, full of integrity, and fought to the death with the Jin army.
More than fifty days...
Wang Zhen did not choose to surrender to the Jin army like Zhang Xiaochun, who had to compromise and save the Song Dynasty.
(Zhang Xiaochun was later assigned by the Kingdom of Jin to the "Pseudo Qi" as prime minister. Zhang Xiaochun still cherished the kindness of the Song Dynasty. He secretly sent people to send many military secrets to the Southern Song Dynasty many times, including the "Puppet Qi" carefully designed by Liu Lin.
The secret of offering a letter to assassinate the Southern Song Emperor Zhao Gou was also leaked to the Song army by him).
After Taiyuan City was broken, Wang Zhen led hundreds of remaining soldiers and retreated into the city. They still fought in the streets for several hours with the Jin army that had invaded the city...
In the end, Wang Zhen fought to the death with the Jin army until only a dozen wounded soldiers were left. Wang Zhen was also wounded by dozens of bullets and arrows, and was about to be captured alive by the approaching Jin army. Wang Xunyi, a famous general of the generation, chose
Even if he died, he decided not to be captured by the Jin army and threw himself into the river to die...
Zhao Ji felt a little excited when he thought of this. He looked at the now vigorous and vigorous famous general Wang Zhen in front of him with many emotions.
Zhao Ji secretly thought in his heart: "With me as the Emperor of the Song Dynasty in this world, I will never let you, Wang Zhen, a famous general of the generation, die in such a miserable way!"
On the battlefield, even if it is difficult to protect the generals from being sacrificed, Wang Chun said that you died in the battle because you were alone and without support. As a time traveler, I must start a war with the Jin Kingdom before the Jin Army completely destroyed the Liao Kingdom...
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At that time, in the battle to attack the Kingdom of Jin, I want to see the performance of your famous general Wang Zhen. At that time, life and death will depend on it.
Even if you die in an offensive battle, you will never feel aggrieved.
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Zhao Ji then asked Wang Zhen about the number of troops and preparations for war. He personally inspected the Hangzhou city defense arranged by Wang Zhen...
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Tan Zhen, the newly appointed eunuch of the Liangzhe Road System, has been accompanying Zhao Guan's family for inspections.
Although Tan Zhen's official position was higher than that of Wang Zhen, it was Wang Zhen who actually deployed the defense of Hangzhou City and commanded the defenders.
Zhao Ji was very satisfied with the tight defense of Hangzhou City. He felt that Wang Zhen was indeed a general!
Zhao Ji took off the jade belt around his waist and said to the king: "The king has commanded the city and the city defense has been arranged so well. I will give you this jade belt."
Before Zhao Ji left the capital, he prepared hundreds of jade belts. After all, this thing was not heavy to carry, and it was a reward for the generals and a good link to build relationships among the ministers.
"Your Majesty, I would like to express my gratitude to the officials for their grace." Wang Chen knelt down on the ground and said, neither humble nor arrogant:
"However, I have reported that it is my duty to arrange the defense of the city of Hangzhou. Now that I have not seen the enemy attacking the city, I have not made any achievements. I feel guilty about being the leader of an official family, and I cannot convince the soldiers.
In military affairs, there should be rewards for merit and punishment for demerits.
I haven’t made great achievements yet, so I really don’t dare to receive a heavy reward from the officials!”
Wang Zhen's honest words left Zhao Ji speechless.
Zhao Ji, who was hanging there, was holding the jade belt that he had just taken off. He was tying it back again, as if he had no face and rewarded it to Wang Zhen. He also said that he did not dare to accept my jade belt until he had made great achievements.
Damn it, so embarrassing!
However, Zhao Ji took a closer look at Wang Zhen, the future famous anti-gold general.
Only a person with an upright and open heart can say such words as Wang Zhen, right?
If you look at treacherous ministers, or even the most ordinary ministers, when the emperor wants to win over you and give you a reward, most of them will be happy to accept the order and thank you, and then
Offer up the rewards and use them as capital for your promotion and showing off!
Wang Zhen is so upright and has military talents. Zhao Ji really likes him from the bottom of his heart. I have decided to use Wang Zhen in the future in the war against gold.
At this time, the newly appointed eunuch Tan Zhen, the envoy of the two Zhejiang roads, hurriedly knelt down next to Wang Zhen, kowtowed to the officials, and started to play to smooth things over:
"Wang Tongzhi was born in martial arts, lived in the army for a long time, did not understand court etiquette, and refused to accept the jade belt given by officials. This is Wang Tongzhi's fault.
However, Wang Tongzhi only wants to set an example of clear rewards and punishments for his soldiers before the upcoming battle with the enemy. Please calm down the officials and forgive Wang Tongzhi for not knowing etiquette?!"
"Hahaha..." Zhao Ji laughed and said, "Wang Tongzhi has an upright character, how can I blame him?"
After Tan Zhen saw Zhao Guanjia's statement, he immediately smiled, knelt down and said:
"Thank you to the official, the official is wise. The official wanted to give Wang Tongzhi a jade belt, but Wang Tongzhi wanted to give it to him after he had made great achievements in war. Why not, let Chen Tan keep the jade belt temporarily, and then give it to Wang Tongzhi after he made great achievements.
, What do the officials think of this?"
"Very good." Zhao Ji handed the jade belt to Tan Zhen.
The eunuch Tan Zhen took the jade belt with both hands and regarded it as a treasure.
Zhao Ji took a look and found that these eunuchs who were able to get along well were really smarter than the last.
Although Tan Zhen, a middle-aged eunuch, is the newly appointed envoy of the Zhejiang Road System, in charge of the observation envoy of Wuzhou under his command, and the infantry commander Wang Zhen. However, what kind of military can a eunuch like Tan Zhen know and how can he lead an army?
What kind of tough battle is this? Don’t you have to rely on his important subordinate Wang Zhen?
Therefore, the eunuch Tan Zhen tried to smooth things over and asked to temporarily keep the jade belt that Zhao Guan's family had not distributed, so as to ease the embarrassment. He wanted to gain the satisfaction of the official family from above, and could also invisibly bring him closer to those below.
The relationship with the famous general Wang Zhen...
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After Zhao Jishi inspected Nancheng, when he went to inspect the city defense in Dongcheng of Hangzhou, he took Wuzhou observer envoy and infantry commander Wang Zhen with him.
At this time, the defense situation in East City and South City was similar. In addition to the officers and soldiers on duty guarding the city, there were thousands of civilians carrying stones to the city.
Those stones were mainly used by the trebuchets on the city to deal with the enemy's siege. Of course, smaller stones could also be lifted by the officers and soldiers with bare hands and thrown down the city when they were defending the city.
The soldiers and civilians in Dongcheng saw a group of senior officials accompanying Zhao Guan's family to inspect, and they all knelt down to pay tribute...
"Long live my emperor..."
Zhao Jidao: "If you are safe, the soldiers will continue to defend the city, and the civilians will continue to transport stones."
At this time, there was a young man about twenty years old, with dark skin and tall body. He used a thick pole to carry two baskets full of stones. This was obviously four or five times heavier than others. This man left
When he was three or four feet away from Zhao Guan, he suddenly put down his burden and knelt down facing Zhao Guan's house...
Around Zhao Ji, more than a dozen imperial city officials were closely guarding him. They immediately blocked Zhao Guan's family behind them and quickly put into preparation posture in case of an unexpected assassination.
The infantry commander Wang Zhen also looked at this big black man with unusual behavior with vigilance and was ready to fight.
"Bang, bang, bang!" The big black young man kowtowed three times to Zhao Guan's house from a distance, then burst into tears and shouted:
"Fang Geng, a common man, is looking forward to joining the official family.
Please ask the officials to let Fang Geng, a common man, join the army!
Fang Geng, a grassroots man, vowed to kill the rebel traitor Fang La in order to avenge the forty-two members of my family who were wiped out by Fang La's brother and sister..."
As soon as the time traveler Zhao Ji heard Fang Geng's name, he immediately matched it with the name he had seen in history books before he traveled through time.
However, Zhao Ji did not take it lightly, nor did he stop the officers and soldiers who had already approached Fang Geng and pointed at him with swords and guns.
Zhao Ji asked: "How did the rebel Fang La brother and sister kill forty-two members of your family? How did Fang Geng escape from the murderous hands of Fang La brother and sister and come to Hangzhou city?"
Fang Geng cried and said: "On the ninth day of October, on the day Fang La was preparing to revolt, people gathered in his lacquer garden, which was known to my father Fang Youchang. My father failed to dissuade him, so he prepared to report to the official...
Instead, the Fang La brothers and sisters led hundreds of rioters to besiege our home...
My father forced me to escape over the wall and report to the county government...
Fang La and his sister Fang Baihua led a crowd into my courtyard and brutally killed my entire family, including forty-two people, young and old..."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." Fang Geng continued choked with sobs: "I once swore an oath to heaven, determined to join the army, and swore to kill Fang La's brother and sister and their rebels.
Thief, in this way, you can serve the country and avenge the bloodshed of the family that was destroyed!
However, Fangla's rebel forces were overwhelming. In just half a month, they defeated several prefectures and counties, and the rebel army numbered 60,000 to 70,000 people.
Fang Geng, a common man, ran to Hangzhou City, wanting to join the army to serve his country and avenge his family!
However, this is not the time to recruit troops, so Fang Geng, a common man, has no way to join the army. He has no choice but to act as a civilian, carrying stones for the officers and soldiers defending the city..."
Zhao Ji is basically sure that what Fang Geng said is the truth, but the time traveler Zhao Ji must be very careful in case the Fang Geng in front of him is Fang La who found someone to pretend to be a secret agent.
If you are a spy or even an assassin, what should you do?
Zhao Ji told the officials around him: "Find a way to find out Fang Geng's household registration and identity as soon as possible..."
Then, Zhao Ji asked again: "Fang Geng, if you want to join the army, what are your skills?"
Fang Geng replied: "When I was young, I was plowing on the Long Mountain, and I sighed deeply and determined, 'I can carry a seven-foot hoe, but I can't carry a two-foot-long tree? A man should perform meritorious deeds at any time to be immortal'."
Therefore, Fang Geng, a common man, threw a hoe on the ground, sold his cattle, used the money to buy a sword, sought out masters to become his disciple, and learned martial arts..."
"Good!" Zhao Ji praised: "Fang Geng, you have been ambitious since childhood! Kneel there first and don't move!"
Zhao Ji continued to ask a group of soldiers to keep an eye on Fang Geng, who was kneeling in the open space below the city.
But Zhao Ji, accompanied by a group of civil and military officials and personal guards, boarded the east city.
Zhao Ji held his hands on the city battlements, and there were many officers and soldiers protecting him on the left and right. He felt very safe.
Zhao Ji looked down at Fang Geng, who was still kneeling at the foot of the city, and asked:
"Fang Geng, you want to join the army, serve the country, avenge the annihilation of your family, and kill the rebels like Fang La's brother and sister, right?
Then, I give you this opportunity!
However, the officers and soldiers I brought to quell the chaos this time are all capable of conquering and fighting.
If you can defeat one or two Imperial Guard soldiers, I will specially recruit you to join the army!