It is the 30th day of the eighth lunar month in the third year of Xuanhe.
Zhao Ji received a report from the reporting officer: Wang Xun led three thousand soldiers and horses to escort military supplies and ammunition. Under the escort of Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Yang Zaixing and other generals sent by the government, they had arrived outside Xiping Prefecture.
In front of the military station...
Zhao Ji said happily: "I personally went out of the camp to pick up the wind for Wang Zhen and his men!"
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Wang Zhen, who was tired of his career, led three thousand escorting officers and soldiers and a large number of civilians, lined up in the camp in front of Yao Gu's army, and waited for the imperial decree.
They have come a long way, and everyone's face looks more or less haggard and tired.
They even knew that the Zhao Guan family, whose imperial commander was personally conquering Xixia, was in the military camp in front of them...
They stood in awe and solemnly, waiting for the imperial edict.
Of course, the fact that this Song army escorting ammunition and supplies could be so disciplined is absolutely inseparable from the example set by the leader Wang Zhen and the strict training he usually gave to his subordinates.
At this time, they lined up in front of Yao Gu's Song army camp, waiting for the report officer to report to Zhao Guan's house.
Wang Zhen did not dare to make the decision on his own as to which Song army to take over the artillery ammunition and military supplies they had escorted. He had to wait for the imperial decree before he dared to carry out the next step of handover work.
Wang Zhen and his troops were waiting outside Yao Gu's military camp for about a quarter of an hour. Suddenly they saw a majestic group of men coming out of the military camp.
Wang Chen and his subordinates standing in the front row saw hundreds of Western cavalry led by Yao Pingzhong. They rode out of the camp first and then lined up in front of them.
Then, behind Yao Ping Zhong's troops, a group of more than 300 horsemen from the imperial city's imperial guards came galloping up.
Protected in the center by a majestic guard of honor, it turned out to be Zhao Guanjia in full military uniform riding on a war horse.
Because when Wang Zhen was ordered to send troops last year to suppress Fangla with the Northwest Army mobilized to the southeast, he more than once met the Zhao Guan family who was personally conquering Fangla.
Therefore, even though Wang Zhen was still more than a hundred steps away from Zhao Guan's house, he could still recognize from a distance that the noble man on horseback who was protected by many soldiers turned out to be the Emperor Zhao Guan's family of the Song Dynasty.
His eyes were red with emotion, and he said in surprise:
"The Zhao Guan family actually came out of the camp in person to greet us."
Among the generals around Wang Zhen, many of them had never seen the family of Zhao Guan, the emperor of the dynasty. When they heard Wang Zhen's words, they felt unbelievable...
In their minds, Wang Zhen was not qualified to be welcomed by Zhao Guan's family personally, regardless of his official position and achievements.
Some of them are smart, and they are still thinking to themselves: We followed General Wang to escort the supplies here, and happened to catch up with Zhao Guanjia leading his team out of the camp to inspect other Song army camps...
However, they thought wrong.
"The official family has arrived! The king has announced..."
A sharp and loud eunuch shouted, Wang Zhen, his soldiers and generals, and thousands of people were all shocked.
Wang Zhen immediately followed military etiquette, led his men, knelt on one knee, bowed his head, clasped his fists and shouted:
"I respectfully welcome the Holy Master!"
"Long live my emperor..."
Zhao Ji, who was riding on a tall horse, whipped his horse and leaped forward, taking the lead in arriving in front of the escort army led by Wang Zhen.
He looked around at the thousands of soldiers kneeling in front of him and shouted:
"I love you so much that I can live without any ceremony."
Wang Zhen led his troops and shouted:
"Thank you Lord for your kindness..."
They stood up, and many of them looked up at the family of Zhao Guan, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, whom they had the honor to see for the first time in their lives, with admiring and excited eyes.
At this time, Zhao Ji stopped his horse and quickly turned over and dismounted.
Zhao Guanjia, who was dressed in military uniform, dismounted so briskly and skillfully, comparable to those military generals with superb riding skills who have been on the battlefield for many years.
All the soldiers and generals present sincerely admired the Zhao Guan family's riding skills, which were so high!
After Zhao Ji dismounted, he handed the reins of the war horse to the officer beside him to lead the horse.
At this time, Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, Zhao Gou, the king of Kang, and Zong Ze, the privy envoy, and Yao Gu, the Xihe military envoy of the Western Army, all followed Zhao Guanjia and jumped off their horses one after another...
They followed Zhao Guan's family respectfully, smiling and walking towards the front of the army led by Wang Zhen.
Zhao Ji walked up to Wang Zhen, opened his hands, held Wang Zhen's arms tightly, and shouted the other person's words affectionately:
"I feel relieved that Zhengchen is doing things!"
"Zhengchen led the army to escort the military supplies and came all the way from Bianjing to help my army conquer Xia. All the soldiers worked hard all the way!"
When Wang Zhen and his subordinates heard what Zhao Guanjia said, they were very moved.
The sound of the mountains calling for long live is deafening...
Zhao Ji took the initiative to stretch out his right hand, grasped Wang Zhen's left hand tightly, pulled him and said cordially:
"Major minister, accompany me to inspect the military supplies that have been delivered."
"I obey the order." When Wang Zhen leaned over to obey the order, Zhao Ji still held his hand and even lifted Wang Zhen, who was about to bow down, to stand up straight.
"My honest minister has worked hard and achieved great results, so there is no need to stick to etiquette in front of me."
Wang Xun was so moved that his eyes were red, and he said uneasily:
"I am a rough guy in the army. I am really frightened and uneasy after receiving such a huge favor from the emperor!"
"Hahaha..." Zhao Ji laughed heartily and said:
"Last year, when Zhengchen led his troops to help me put down the rebellion in Fangla in the southeast, I saw that Zhengchen was loyal to the emperor, patriotic, and capable of running the army. He was indeed a rare and loyal general in the Song Dynasty!"
When Wang Zhen heard what Zhao Guanjia said, he was moved to tears...
In fact, Zhao Ji not only relied on Wang Zhen's performance in pacifying the Fangla Rebellion, but he also relied on the past life memories of the time traveler to know that Wang Zhen was definitely a loyal and patriotic national hero!
Historically, Wang Zhen, who was born in the military, was a famous general in the late Northern Song Dynasty.
In the first year of Xuanhe of the Song Dynasty, when Zhao Ji had not traveled back in time, Wang Zhen had already sent an official to Wuzhou to observe the envoy, and the infantry troops were waiting in Yu.
In the second year of Xuanhe, Wang Zhen was promoted to commander and participated in the suppression of the Fangla Uprising...
Zhao Ji knew that if historical development was followed, then next year, which would be the fourth year of Xuanhe in history, Wang Zhen would be promoted to the commander of the Xuanfu Division and attack Liao from Tongguan...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, due to Tong Guan's chaotic command and the inconsistent actions of the various Song armies who attacked Liao, Wang Zhen was defeated by Baigou...
Due to the defeat of the Song Army at Baigou, Wang Zhen in history knew his shame and then became brave...
In the seventh year of Xuanhe, the Jin Dynasty attacked the Song Dynasty... Tong Guan abandoned Taiyuan and returned to the capital, leaving Wang Zhen as the deputy general manager and commanding the soldiers of the Xuanfu Division to guard Taiyuan.
Wang Zhen led the army and the people to reinforce the city defense and defend Taiyuan for more than 250 days, effectively delaying the Jin army's iron-clad southward advance.
In September of the first year of Jingkang, Taiyuan had already run out of reinforcements. The army and the people had been without food for many days, and the city of Taiyuan fell. Wang Zhenyu led his exhausted troops to fight in the streets with the Jin army. He was shot dozens of times and then committed suicide by throwing himself into the river.
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Zhao Ji's thoughts reached this point. He held Wang Zhen's hand tightly and sighed to himself:
'It is not an exaggeration for me to show such courtesy to Wang Zhen, a national hero who has dedicated his life to serving the country.'
'I must reuse heroes like Wang Zhen, and I must also use them skillfully to prevent their tragic fate from happening in the Song Dynasty where I traveled.'
When Zhao Ji thought of this, he felt that he had recalled Tong Guan to Beijing in advance last year and asked him to lead the remnants of Fangla who had been recruited to sail to the Americas to retrieve corn seeds, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other high-yield crops for the Song Dynasty.
What a wise move!
Now, in the Song Dynasty, there is no longer Tong Guan, a great eunuch who held military power, was powerful for a while, was greedy for military exploits, but always messed up his orders. Many famous generals of the Song Dynasty, like Wang Xun, who sacrificed their lives in the war against the Jin Dynasty, will be remembered by me.
Under the wise command of the unknown prophet, they will definitely change their tragic fate...
At this time, Zhao Ji took Wang Zhen's hand and walked into the escorting army, and the sound of "Long Live the Mountain" could not be heard.
The soldiers of Wang Zhen's department saw that the Zhao Guan family valued their general so highly, which made them envious. At the same time, they also became more determined to follow Wang Zhen and contribute to the country, make more military exploits, and receive the courtesy and courtesy of the Zhao Guan family like Wang Zhen.
Reuse.
Zhao Ji took Wang Zhen's hand, passed through the queue of escort troops in front, and came to the center of his department. He saw more than 200 livestock carts composed of ox carts and donkey carts.
The back compartments of those livestock carts were almost full, and they were wrapped with large pieces of oil paper to protect them from rain.
Wang Zhen's left hand was held tightly by Zhao Guanjia's right hand, so he could only point to the more than 200 livestock carts with his right hand and said:
"The humble minister Wang Zhen, according to the imperial edict, has been ordered to load these weapons and ammunition from the firearms manufacturing workshop in the capital..."
"The humble minister Wang reports that according to the escort route pointed out in the official imperial edict, we changed the route by water and land, and saved a few days to get here..."
Zhao Ji still did not let go of Wang Zhen's hand and asked:
"Zhengchen, have you seen the firearms manufacturer Chen Gui in the capital? He also received my imperial edict, right?"
"As expected by the officials, Wang Zhen, a low-ranking minister, met with Chen Zaozao. He is following the imperial edict to expand the manufacturing of gunpowder weapons and ammunition."
Zhao Ji nodded with satisfaction...
"When the minister Wang Zhen was in the capital and handed over these gunpowder weapons and ammunition to the envoy Chen Zao, the quantity list written by the envoy Chen himself is here for the officials to see."
Wang Zhen's left hand was still held by Zhao Guanjia. He was so grateful that his free right hand also trembled slightly.
With his trembling right hand, he reached into his arms, took out the inventory of the weapons and ammunition written by Chen Gui himself, and handed it to Zhao Guan's family respectfully.
Zhao Ji took the roster, and because he wanted to look through it, he let go of Wang Zhen's right hand.
At this time, because he had received so much kindness from the emperor, Wang Zhen actually felt that his left hand, which had just been held tightly by Zhao Guanjia, seemed to be numb and swollen due to lack of blood flow.
Zhao Ji flipped through the supply list of gunpowder weapons and ammunition written by Chen Gui...
A man sitting more than ten steps behind him held a piece of delicate nan board with rice paper in his left hand. He held a pen in his right hand and quickly recorded the words and deeds of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty today, with special emphasis on recording how Zhao Guan's family treated Wang Zhen courteously:
‘The officials went out to welcome the king’s subordinates in person…’
'The officials have been holding hands for a long time, inspecting firearms and ammunition supplies side by side...'
Of course, at this time, Zhao Ji did not know the contents of the records of Li Liang behind him, and he was too lazy to pay attention to it.
I act for the country and the people based on my heart. If Mr. Qi Chu records my words and deeds truthfully in the "Notes on Daily Life", I will not care what he does.
Zhao Ji looked at the list of weapons and ammunition sent, and he estimated that the more than 200 carts of gunpowder weapons and ammunition sent by Wang Zhen were enough to blow up Xijing City in Xixia.
Of course, Zhao Ji would not waste these hard-won gunpowder weapons. As long as he could blow open the Xijing city gate of the Xia enemy and allow the Song army to attack and enter the city, then the Xijing city held by the seriously injured Li Renzhong and his army would be destroyed.
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Zhao Ji asked Zongze to lead the army and be responsible for receiving and counting the weapons and ammunition escorted by Wang Zhen.
"Lao Zong loves you, after handing over this batch of weapons and ammunition to Wang Zhengchen, he will immediately act according to what I have discussed with the generals of the Western Army..."
Zongze immediately bowed and said: "Chen Ze obeys the order..."
"Recruit artillery troops from the armies of Guo Cheng and Han Shizhong and assign them to various ministries."
"This batch of gunpowder weapons and ammunition will be divided into six large parts and two small parts. I will give them to Zhongshi Dao, Zhongshi Zhong, Liu Yanqing, Yao Gu, Guo Cheng, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and Wang Zhen."
Wang Zhen, who was at Zhao Guan's house, heard this clearly and was overjoyed.
He never expected that Zhao Guanjia would actually give him a small portion of gunpowder weapons and ammunition.
Zhao Ji smiled and asked Wang Zhen:
"Zhengchen, are you willing to help me recover the lost land of Lingzhou in the Song Dynasty?"
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