Chapter 149: Tong Guan led the army from the west to Hangzhou. I want to see Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi.
Tonight, the lights in the Hangzhou government office were brightly lit, and Zhao Ji had no intention of going to bed. The two princes, Zhao Kai and Zhao Gou, were accompanying their father, and the civil servants were arranged below.
Zhao Ji stayed up all night because he knew that Zhang Bangchang, Liu Yu, and Liu Lin, these three weak envoys, would most likely recruit the troops in the city after they sent envoys to Fang La's army.
If Fang La's troops have talents who understand military command, then the most suitable strategy for Fang La's rebel army now is to try every means to capture Hangzhou City. After all, Hangzhou City is the capital of Liangzhe Road and the capital of Liangzhe Road.
largest city.
Although Fang La's army is currently besieging Fuchun City, which is more than fifty miles away, it is completely possible to abandon Fuchun City and not attack, and directly take a detour to attack Hangzhou City.
This Fuchun City was also called Fuyang City in the past.
According to the knowledge of the traveler Zhao Ji, after Fang La led the people to revolt, he claimed to be the Holy Duke, Jianyuan Yongle, appointed officials and generals, and distinguished their ranks with turbans. His ambition was to seize the world.
Fang La's bandit army wanted to seize the world. If they could capture the city of Hangzhou, they would be able to ensure sufficient money, food and other logistical supplies for their troops, and they could also forcefully recruit more soldiers.
It can even make those who had fallen into disgrace in the southeast before that become bandits, raise the banner and join Fang La in rebellion.
According to the history that Zhao Ji knew, Fang La really captured Hangzhou, an extremely important city in the southeast, within two months of his uprising, causing an earthquake in the southeast...
Zhao Ji Yujia personally marched to the southeast and chose Hangzhou as his destination, in order to prevent Fang La from attacking the strategically important city of Hangzhou in the parallel world he traveled through.
Fang La was not even given a chance to escape...
However, Zhao Ji also knew that he had been promoting the Fangla bandit army to the outside world as a ragtag group. This only gave the officers and soldiers confidence.
Zhao Ji knew that after Fangla's uprising, the rebel army grew rapidly.
Don't be naive enough to think that the rebels who participated in the Fangla Uprising did so willingly; many people were deceived or even forced to participate.
It was written in the history books that Zhao Ji had read that during Fangla's uprising, ghosts and gods were used to incite them. After capturing the county seat, they burned the houses, robbed their children of gold and silk, and lured good people to join the rebel army...
After Zhao Ji asked Chen Jian, the Deputy Envoy of the Lianghang Road System, Zhao Yue, the Honest Visiting Envoy, and other local officials in Hangzhou, the situation he learned was similar to the situation he described when he read history books before traveling through time.
Zhao Jidao: "Fang La's bandit army has very poor military discipline and is just a rabble!
As long as my army of the Song Dynasty defends the city of Hangzhou and the Fangla bandit army cannot attack it, its military morale and fighting spirit will inevitably weaken. By then, our army will leave the city again and attack the Fangla bandit army head-on. Our army will definitely win!"
"Long live my emperor, the sage of the government..." The group of civil servants in the government office once again shouted flatteringly.
Now, in the government office, apart from the imperial officials who are responsible for protecting the safety of Zhao Guan's family, the rest are mainly civil servants.
The military generals have long been arranged by Zhao Ji in Hangzhou City, and they are ready to prepare...
Zhao Ji waved his hand and told the civil servants to stop shouting slogans and do something practical.
Zhao Ji added: "Although Fang La's bandit army is a rabble, our beloved ministers must not take it lightly.
Fang La led the crowd to take action, wasn't he using the slogan of killing Zhu Meng?
I have already executed Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng's father and son in Suzhou City, who have been harming the southeast for a long time.
The heads of these two thieves have been brought to Hangzhou City.
When Fang La's bandit army attacked Hangzhou City, in order to undermine the enemy's morale, Liang Liang was asked to arrange for the heads of Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng's father and son to be taken out and placed high on the city tower for Fang La's bandits to
The soldiers and generals have seen that I have killed the treacherous officials who have been causing harm to the southeast for a long time."
Liang Shicheng immediately replied: "Old slave obeys the order, and the heads of Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng. Before that, the old slave had personally inspected the heads of the two thieves. They were extremely well preserved and no longer the same as when they were just beheaded.
two.
By then, the heads of these two thieves will be hanging high above the city. When the Fang La bandits see it, they may immediately put down their swords and guns and surrender!"
Zhao Ji put on a serious face and said: "Sir Liang, don't be so naive.
Even if there are those who were forced to join Fang La's bandit army and want to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side when they see the situation, how can we allow Fang La and other stubborn bandits to defect before the battle?!"
Liang Shichen originally wanted to dedicate himself to Zhao Guan's family, but he never expected that he would be reprimanded by Zhao Guan's family who had a huge change of heart.
He thought about it and realized that what Zhao Guanjia said was absolutely correct.
Liang Shicheng hurriedly kowtowed and apologized...
Zhao Jidao said: "Liang Daguan asked, and immediately sent someone to find four pieces of white silk and prepare a pen and ink stone.
I will ask all my beloved ministers to excerpt the words and phrases that can shake the hearts of Fangla’s troops from the imperial edict of recruiting Fangla. Each word must be written as large as an adult. Then, hang them on the four walls of Hangzhou."
Liang Shicheng understood immediately and said: "O sage of the official family! The official family arranged things in such a way. Could it be that they were afraid that Zhang Bangchang and other three messengers would not be able to successfully recruit people to the other side?"
When the enemy came to attack the city of Hangzhou, Fang La's soldiers saw that in addition to the heads of Zhu Chong and Zhu Meng's father and son, there was also a recruiting edict issued by the official Dakai Tianen. This was to surrender the bandits without fighting.
'Soldiers?"
Zhao Ji smiled slightly and said: "Conquering the enemy without fighting may not be possible.
However, it should be possible to shake the morale of the military.
Mr. Liang, please send someone quickly to find Bai Juan and other things!"
Liang Shicheng replied cheerfully: "I obey the order."
After a while, Liang Shicheng led four young eunuchs, each holding a piece of white silk in their hands. After passing the instructions, they entered the Hangzhou government office, kowtowed to Zhao Guan's family, and presented four pieces of white silk...
Zhao Ji asked the civil servants in the government office to use a red pen to copy the contents of the Zhao'an edict that could shake the morale of Fangla's bandit army on Bai Juan...
A group of civil servants, carrying the ink pens authorized by the emperor to use, felt extremely glorious, but it was really difficult for them to write every word as big as an adult.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, these civil servants still have a way. After writing each stroke of the word, they repeatedly stroke and bold several times...
As a result, the work was a little slower. It took two quarters of an hour for all the civil servants present to complete the task assigned by Zhao Guanjia - to write four sets of identical large-character banners...
Zhao Ji saw large red characters written on four pieces of white silk, which looked very similar to the large banners and slogans he saw in modern society before he traveled through time and came to this world...
In this way, even when Fangla's bandit army attacks the city, those bandits who are far away from the city can see it more clearly. After all, these characters are big and red, which makes them particularly eye-catching.
Of course Zhao Ji knew that most of Fangla's bandit army were farmers, and the vast majority were illiterate. But weren't there still literate people among them?
You must know that after the Fang La Uprising, in order to strengthen his rebel army, every time a county was conquered, all adult men were basically encouraged and then forced to join the so-called rebel army.
Naturally, this includes many people who are studying, and they are also forced to join Fang La's 'rebel army'...
As long as there are any literate people in Fangla's bandit army who are asked by curious accomplices what the big red letters on the white Juans hanging vertically in the city are, Zhao Ji's goal will be achieved.
Anyway, this method of swaying the enemy's morale is extremely low-cost, and the price-performance ratio may be extremely high! Zhao Ji just moved his mouth and made the civil servants who were idle in the government office slightly move.
Just pen and ink.
After the big red letters on the white juan were all dried, Zhao Ji ordered Liang Shicheng to lead the eunuchs to cut each white juan into appropriate lengths, and distribute four banners with the same content into four routes.
Imperial envoys composed of young eunuchs and personal subordinates sent the edict to the guards on all sides of Hangzhou City, and hung it up overnight...
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When Wuzhou observation envoy and infantry commander Wang Zhen, who was responsible for the overall defense of Hangzhou, received several rolled-up Baijuan banners sent by the imperial envoy, he was very surprised.
When the imperial envoy was ordered to explain the official's intentions, Wang Zhen, who had been in the army for more than 20 years, immediately kowtowed from the bottom of his heart in the direction of the Hangzhou government office where Zhao Guan's family was located and said:
"O sage official! Using this effortlessly large character to recruit security banners will definitely destroy the morale of the Fang La bandit army..."
At this time, Zhao Ji, who was in the Hangzhou government office, said to the civil servants below:
"The war is approaching. What do you officials in Hangzhou City want to do to quell the Fangla bandit army?"
After a short period of reflection, the civil servants present thought about the best answer...
Zhao Ting, the governor of the state, came out, knelt down and worshiped, and began to play:
"Your Majesty, Zhao Ting, will accompany the officials, obey their orders, and dispatch government servants to help guard Hangzhou City, boost the morale of the officers and soldiers, and do my best to eradicate the Fang La bandit army..."
"Shut up!" Zhao Ji interrupted Zhizhou Zhao Ting's false rhetoric and scolded: "I don't want to listen to high-sounding words!"
Zhao Ting, the prefect of Zhizhou, was chatting, sweating profusely, and kowtowed to apologize...
Zhao Ji ignored Zhao Ting.
Traveler Zhao Ji knew that it was recorded in history books: When Fangla's rebel army swept through Tonglu County, captured Fuyang and other counties, and then reached the city of Hangzhou,
The person in front of me, Zhao Ting, the magistrate of Hangzhou, went to the city to look around. When he saw that the city was full of rebels armed with swords, guns and clubs, he
The timid Zhao Ting, the magistrate in charge of the local army, local finance, personnel and other powers, was not thinking about how to organize soldiers and civilians to defend the city and resist;
Instead, Zhizhou Zhao Ting was so frightened that you immediately left the city, ran back to the Zhizhou Yamen, hurriedly packed up your gold and silver, threw away your official hat, took off your official robe, put on civilian clothes, took your wife and concubines, and left directly.
The North City Gate, which was not attacked by the rebels, fled in a hurry...
When Chen Jian, the Deputy Envoy of Zhizhi, and Zhao Yue, the Integrity Envoy, rushed to Zhizhou Yamen to find you, Zhao Ting, the Zhizhou Zhizhou, to discuss the strategy of resisting the enemy, they did not see you Zhao Ting...
They hurriedly exited the Zhizhou Yamen, but at this time the city gate had been breached by Fangla's rebel army. The rebels swarmed in. Chen Jian and Zhao Yue were unable to escape and were captured together.
Fang La first killed Zhao Yue, and then beheaded Chen Jian, who was very angry among the people.
Then, in order to boost the morale of the army and improve morale, Fang La rewarded his soldiers and generals to massacre (burn, kill and loot) for six days. Except for the beautiful women who survived and were snatched back to the camp and ravaged, all officials and common people, big and small,
Everyone suffered...
Why didn't Fang La let the people in this city go?
The reason is that he has given an order to burn, kill and loot in this city for six days. After all, the number of officials in this city is a minority. The more than 100,000 rebels will always rob people's homes of money, goods and property.
Woman, then the whole family of the people in this city who were robbed will die...
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At this time, Zhao Ji stared at Zhizhou Zhao Ting, who was kowtowing to plead guilty.
Zhao Ji secretly thought: If I don't have my imperial commander to personally march to the southeast, and I have sent Tan Zhen and Wang Zhen to lead more than 10,000 elite forbidden troops to guard the city of Hangzhou, then Zhao Ting, the governor of the state, might be ready to collect the gold and silver now.
Ran away.
A local official like you, Zhao Ting, who can abandon the city and flee, is probably quite corrupt financially. After the Fang La uprising is put down, I will send someone to investigate you...
Zhao Ji said impatiently: "Zhao Zhizhou, Ping Shen. What I want to hear is what specific measures and practical actions you and other local officials in Hangzhou will take to defend the city of Hangzhou and wipe out the bandits?"
The officials present were silent.
Because Zhao Ting, the governor of the state, said some official comments, he was reprimanded by Zhao Ji. Therefore, the local officials in Hangzhou stood with their heads lowered and did not dare to answer rashly.
Zhao Jineng asked the local official in Hangzhou like this. In fact, he already had an idea in mind.
However, he did not say it directly, but wanted to test the two princes standing beside him.
Zhao Ji looked around and said: "Kaier, Gou'er, you two should give your ideas to the silent Hangzhou officials!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhao Kai, the King of Yun who was the first imperial examination scholar, was very smart and immediately kowtowed and said:
"My father, my son Zhao Kai, believes that although the local officials in the city cannot go into battle to kill the enemy, they can lead the government officials to bring wine, meat, money and goods to reward the city defenders and the officers and soldiers in front of the battle..."
The heads of local officials in Hangzhou dropped even lower.
Of course they also thought of the method proposed by King Yun, but most of the money and goods of the government went into the personal pockets of the officials. Where did the money for the army come from?
Zhao Ji smiled and said: "Kaier's suggestion is very good."
"Gou'er, do you have any additional suggestions?"
Thirteen-year-old Kang Wang Zhao Gou, since he followed his father to the city of Hangzhou, which he had never been to before, he inexplicably felt a sense of intimacy with this city.
Secretly, Zhao Ji thought about how wonderful it would be to live in Hangzhou when he grew up and left the emperor's palace.
After arriving in Hangzhou, Xiao Zhaogou felt as if he were returning to his hometown.
Therefore, he not only cares about the military situation like his imperial brother Zhao Kai, he also cares about the people's livelihood in Hangzhou...
Xiao Zhao Gou knelt down and replied: "I am going to tell my father, my son Zhao Gou agrees with the words of my third brother.
In the face of a powerful enemy, the first priority is to reward the soldiers and generals.
However, Erchen believes that the people in the city should be appeased.
That is to say, both the labor of the army and the peace of the people should be given equal emphasis..."
"Very good!" Zhao Ji praised: "Gouer coincides with what I thought!"
King Yun Zhao Kai lowered his head and said nothing, feeling that he was about to steal the limelight, but was snatched away by his extremely lucky ninth brother Zhao Gou.
Next, Zhao Ji issued an order to the officials in Hangzhou, saying: "Tomorrow, the army will be laid to rest and the people will be in peace..."
"The money and goods used to reward the officers and soldiers guarding the city must not be shared among the people in the city..."
"If the government money is not enough, the local officials in the city will donate money..."
Those civilian laborers who were recruited to provide logistics and move stones for the officers and soldiers defending the city must be paid according to their work...
As for the work of pacifying the people in the city, Zhao Ji also asked local officials to do it quickly tomorrow. Official public opinion mobilization and propaganda must be done well...
This was to prevent the previously exploited and oppressed people in the city from gathering together to cause riots while Fang La was attacking the city.
After everything was arranged, Zhao Jida said: "My dear friends, please go back and prepare for the work of laboring the army and bringing peace to the people!"
The local officials in Hangzhou all bowed out with a grimace on their faces...
Tonight, even if they were sleepy, they did not dare to sleep.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night of intense and busy work in preparation for ‘laboring the army and reassuring the people’…
Tonight, in the city of Hangzhou, the detective horses sent by the government and the army,
Group after group quietly left the city,
One batch after another silently returned to the city,
Constantly investigating and reporting on the military situation outside the city...
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At the end of Yin Shi, Zhao Ji, who was already a little sleepy, was sitting in the Hangzhou government office, drinking strong tea and looking at the map of the southeast.
Suddenly, the eunuch who reported the incident received the military information reported by Tan Ma and started:
"The official family, Lord Tong Guan, who leads the Privy Council, led more than 10,000 people from the Northwest Army, took hundreds of large ships, and arrived at the Hangzhou section of the canal and parked at the dock..."
Zhao Ji immediately lost all sleepiness and became energetic.
Tong Guan led more than 10,000 people from the Northwest Army to Hangzhou. Will he bring Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi, two of the "Four Generals of ZTE" with him?
Zhao Ji said happily: "I want to personally welcome the Western Army!"