Although it is raining, Zhao Guan's family has been very busy recently.
The Song Dynasty's system in which everything was decided by the emperor perfectly guaranteed the power of officials, but it also made people dizzy.
One is the matter of tax collection by the Municipal Shipping Department, the other is the issue of the troop strength of the frontline governor, the plan to re-establish a general as a supervisor in Nanyang, and the arrangement of personnel and treatment, which has just been arranged over there.
After finishing the work of suppressing bandits, there are some emergencies such as the frontline general being unhappy... It is finance, military, military industry, and personnel. Who can be lazy?
Not only that, there were more and more wild pigeons outside the palace, and more and more people inside the palace. The combination of various sounds was enough to make people confused.
Don’t understand? You have to pretend to understand even if you don’t understand!
However, as Academician Xiao Lin sent back the letter, the Zhao family finally cheered up and became qualified to be honest and lazy. Of course, it is a bit absurd to say this. Military affairs and life-and-death situations are inherently more important than anything else.
! But it is true that the Zhao family came to the military camp and after issuing the order, they took a rare nap before beating the drum and gathering the generals.
However, it is said that the drums are beating to gather the generals, but there is no chilling atmosphere in the film and television dramas. I don’t know whether it is because it is raining and there are few people, or because most of the generals in the imperial camp are old oilmen, and they are from Zhao Guan’s family.
He no longer has the posture of a military commander.
"Wang Qing also wants to be the vanguard?" Zhao Jiu, who was full of energy, stared at Wang De in front of him for a long time before asking him coldly.
"Hey..." Wang De hesitated for a moment and put on an ugly smile to explain. "Aren't all the generals asking for a fight?"
"If all the generals ask for a fight, then you ask for a fight. If all the generals are to control, why don't you take control?" Zhao Jiu also stared at the mustache under the opponent's chin and laughed. "Han Shizhong said that you don't have the ability to be a handsome minister, so you gave up on yourself.
Already?"
Wang De hesitated for a moment, but was still a little unwilling: "Isn't this the official supervising the war? There are officials as commanders, why do I need to be the commander? If it doesn't work, there is still Wang Dutong... Good instructors know,
If you can promise me five thousand soldiers, I, I... cough, minister! I can take the city of Deng and defeat Xiangyang for the officials, and the officials can supervise the battle from behind."
"I understand. What Wang Qing means is that you can handle matters before the battle. I, an official, can just sit back and sit upright...is this what you mean?"
"yes!"
"Wait until I finish reading these notes."
"Here..."
Wang De came to ask for the vanguard as the deputy capital commander, but he was not convinced, and instead asked for help. Zhao Guanjia also had a serious face, and then lowered his head to look at the documents in front of him asking for battle. The Chinese army tent
, or in other words, there was silence for a moment in the lobby of the Chinese Army. However, Zhao Jiu lowered his head and read a few invitations to fight, but he felt a little more irritated than reading those memorials in the palace... The invitations of these generals were all the same, and they were all in order.
Baihe went south, directly attacked Dengzhou and Xiangyang, and then all of them were invited to be the vanguard. I don't know if the central government has recently recruited people. All the scribes raised by these generals have gone away, so they had to ask the same person to write for them.
It can only be said that fortunately Zhao Jiu asked Liu Ziyu, Yang Yizhong, and Liu Yan to lay out a rough plan before he came.
However, after reading through it, Zhao Guanjia suddenly became a little interested. He held down a few letters in his hand, looked around at the commanders here, and then suddenly laughed: "I didn't issue an oral order and asked you commanders to each write one.
Do you want to share the military strategy of this battle? Why didn’t the two commanders of Xin submit their military strategy?”
"Guan family! The two Chen brothers originally had two copies of the letter, but just before beating the drum, they had some new ideas about the battle. It was really too late to write it down in the letter..." Upon hearing this, Xin Xingzong immediately took his younger brother out with him.
Lie handed over his hand, but took advantage of the situation to reveal what he had just agreed with Hu Hongxiu. "Therefore, I would like to stay in Nanyang and stationed at Wuguan after the war."
"I would like to serve as a partial commander and attack the cow's head!" Xiao Xin quickly echoed.
"So, Xin Qing is quite original."
Unexpectedly, upon hearing the words of the Xin brothers, Zhao Guanjia was silent for a while, and finally spoke slowly after a long time. "That's it, you two are allowed to play, and Wang Qing is allowed to play... This battle will be fought with Wang
Deputy Dutong (Wang De) will be the vanguard, Fu Tongzhi (Fu Qing) will be the deputy vanguard, and they will attack Dengcheng together tomorrow morning; Xiaoxin Tongzhi will be the flanking vanguard, and Vice Tongzhi Liu (Liu Yan) will be the flanking deputy vanguard. They will also attack tomorrow morning.
We will set out early in the morning and head towards Niu Shou; then we will leave Da Xin to stay behind; the rest of the troops will form the central army, carrying food, grass and baggage, and will slowly set off with me at noon tomorrow."
After saying this, the official didn't say anything more to the generals, and took Yang Yi directly out of the Chinese Army Hall.
Not to mention the Central Army, there is Wang Yuan and Liu Ziyu coordinating military affairs here as the commander of the imperial camp and the Privy Council's official department. Liu Yan also stayed here because he had an errand to serve... On the other side, Zhao Guan's family transferred
When he left the Chinese Army Hall, his face became gloomy and uncertain, which made Yang Yizhong and others who were following behind him feel uneasy.
"Leave two umbrellas with me, Zhengfu will stay, and the rest will go."
Zhao Jiulai walked to the corridor. He had already stepped into the rain with one foot, but suddenly he spoke.
The servants and guards around him did not dare to say anything and immediately went to the military residence where the officials were staying. But behind him, Yang Yizhong immediately bowed his head and made a gesture of obeying orders.
"I really don't want to be a suspicious official." Zhao Jiu did not look at Yang Yizhong, but looked at the newly built semi-permanent camp in front of him with his hands and sighed softly. "I also know that these two incidents
Things may be just coincidences... For example, last time, when it came to palace privacy, it was something that the people liked to hear, and it might have been caused by Lu Xianggong accidentally; this time, after all, Xin Xingzong has been a veteran for decades, and you and
What Liu Ziyu, Wang Yuan, and Liu Yan can think of, he may not be able to think of!"
"I was just about to say this..."
"But on the other hand, if someone really uses such despicable means as rumors to attack the Prime Minister, and if someone really dares to secretly reveal the results of the Privy Council discussion to the generals below, if I don't deal with it, it will lead to catastrophe."
Zhao Jiu finally turned around. "This time, don't follow me on the expedition. Stay here and take advantage of the opportunity to re-establish the Imperial City Division..."
"In an official family, the promotion of the Imperial City Secretary should be under the supervision of the internal servants, provincial guards, and governors..."
"No need, it's you!" Zhao Jiu replied angrily. "Don't forget that when I climbed out of the well, I forgot about everyone. It's only been eight months. If you don't do this, let me
Who should I go to? Feng Yi, I have only known him for more than a month!"
Yang Yizhong bowed his head slightly and stopped refuting.
"I still remember what Feng Yi said when he proposed to reestablish the Imperial City Division." Zhao Jiu continued to speak thoughtfully, "Three thousand people are too many, and they have just arrived in Nanyang at this time, so it is not suitable for the emperor to
When the name of the City Secretary was revealed, the provincial ministers were dissatisfied. The key was to first find out the detective managers under the Imperial City Department. Two to three hundred people were enough... If you don't want locals, you can recruit innocent people who went south from nearby refugees.
People can also be selected from the army in the name of Ban Zhi... Even this is not urgent, I just need to know the origin of these two things when I come back!"
"Here!" The mission was clear and Yang Yizhong had nothing to say.
Zhao Guanjia, who was only wearing regular clothes and cowhide belts, also took advantage of the opportunity to hold an umbrella and walked into the rain.
Moreover, for Zhao Jiu, the conflict of ideas at the military meeting was just an episode, not a big deal, because he also knew in his heart that the probability of this matter being problematic was actually low... The reason is simple.
, Fan Qiong’s military arrangements are there, as long as you think carefully, people with high skills will eventually reach the same destination by different routes.
However, the previous incident really disgusted him, so much so that the official waved his hand outwardly and told no one to mention it again, but he was still worried about it in his heart, so he started it in the name of so-called military affairs.
spy politics.
It was as if he couldn't help but take notes despite being criticized by Hu Yushi.
It can only be said that the level of some people is just like that.
Looking back, the rain continued the next day, but stimulated by military achievements and under the personal supervision of Zhao Guanjia, the various units of the imperial camp set out south as planned on time, preparing to quell the chaos.
What is particularly worth mentioning is that, perhaps because of the reissue of military pay, no expedition reward was issued during this dispatch, but it also broke a record held by the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty for many years.
In fact, the Zhao Guan family also wanted to see if the army of the Song Dynasty could fight safely and steadily even if they paid the army in a serious manner and trained honestly? Computer terminal::/
The result seems to be impossible.
On the third day of April, Zhao Guan's family went on a personal expedition. The entire army of more than 10,000 people set out in the rain. On the seventh day of April, Wang De and Fu Qing rushed to the city of Dengzhou, which was less than a hundred miles away. After easily sweeping away the surrounding towns, they attacked
The city was defeated.
On April 9th, in the intermittent rain, Zhao Guanjia led the main force to Dengzhou City, but still failed to climb the city that day.
At this time, Zhao Guan's family saw the official dragon coming here in the distance, so he sent an envoy out of the city and asked him to surrender to the official's family. The condition was naturally that he would pardon the generals in the city. In this regard, Zhao Guan's family did not embarrass the envoy, but naturally refused.
The next day, soldiers came out of the city in the rain to rob the stronghold, but they were easily defeated by the generals under the city walls.
On April 11, the weather temporarily cleared up. Fu Qing suggested taking advantage of the surge in Baihe River to divert water to flood the city. This was rejected by the officials, but the camp began to build equipment, and there were even signs of launching cannons.
That night, envoys were sent from the city for the second time.
"I went astray for a while and regretted it too much." The visitor was searched and escorted into the tent. He still kowtowed to the young man sitting in the seat. "The golden man abandoned his ministers and others as a cover.
, I also know that I am unable to compete with the heavenly soldiers of the government. At this point, I just want to survive..."
"Just trying to survive?"
Amidst the sound of frogs croaking, Zhao Jiu, who was looking at some papers sent from Nanyang, raised his head and faced him seriously. "In other words, as long as I promise you a life, whether it is to be used as hard labor or to be relegated to Lingnan, you are willing to
Accept it?"
"That's what I mean!" The visitor ignored the mud on the ground and continued to kowtow.
"Is it because Fan Qiong didn't support you?" Zhao Jiu put down his zhazi and sighed slightly. "It's not just the Jin who abandoned you as Yinglu? Even Yinglu also abandoned you as Yinglu..."
"I regret it too much, and the person who surrendered the gold that day was really coerced by blind obedience." At this point, the man paused for a moment before continuing to kowtow and plead. "Officials, good teachers know that surrendering gold is an evil act.
Li Shang, the former inspector of Caizhou, if the officials can forgive me and the rest of us, I will live... This person and the others can also be tied up in front of the city to be punished."
Moreover, it has been raining for days and the roads are muddy. Although the remaining tens of thousands of gold-dropping rebels in the city have been abandoned by everyone and see no way out, the Song army, including thousands of civilians, have long been exhausted.
The generals who had been fighting for the lead a few days ago were even more disheartened.
Therefore, when they heard that this person was so sincere, the generals around the tent, from Wang Yuan on down, were all interested in making moves. Even Liu Ziyu couldn't help but look at Zhao Guan's posture.
"No." Zhao Jiu tied his hands behind the case and looked at the person in front of him with a straight face, but he was straightforward.
"Officials!" The man raised his head with grief and anger. "Everyone thought that the country was going to perish..."
"Is he dead?" Zhao Jiu responded coldly.
"I don't want to talk about that day, but only about the present. Why is it that Fan Qiong only kills the culprits, but I am not allowed to even talk about it here?"
"Fan Qiong didn't drop the gold either!"
"Is it so important whether the money is paid or not?" The man stood up angrily, but was held down by two soldiers. "In terms of actions and reasons, I am much more innocent than Fan Qiong... Please note that Zhao was incompetent that day.
, abandon the country first!”
"Bold!" Wang Yuan shouted, and all the surrounding generals drew their swords.
"Let him say it." Zhao Jiu didn't take it seriously.
"Why don't you dare to say it?" The man stood up and raised his head to face each other. He saw that his hair and beard were all stained by mud, but his eyes were about to split. "The world must belong to you, the Zhao family, and we, the people of Western Beijing, will work for you first."
The Zhao family has abandoned it, the Jin army is approaching the city, and you, an official, are nowhere to be found, and your parents and children are all around you. If you don't pay money, who will keep your family safe?"
"What you said makes perfect sense. I was wrong, and the two saints were also wrong. If this battle really resulted in countless casualties, after the war I could issue an edict to sin against myself, or I could issue an edict to sin against myself on behalf of my father and brother... Moreover, I
I also know that some of you are indeed wronged and innocent." Zhao Jiu replied calmly, as if he had thought about this problem seriously for a long time. "But I just don't want to negotiate terms with the traitors who surrender the gold! Again, if you come to surrender,
Just open the city and tie up your hands, and then let me handle it, that's all."
"Official family."
The man suddenly became calm again. "You must know that there are thousands of households in the city..."
"Looking at you, you must be someone who has read books." Zhao Jiu couldn't hide his anger immediately. "Then you should know that there have been similar rules since the Han Dynasty. Those who threaten hostages will not be attacked or killed. If you really want to do this, you can only
It will only make it more serious when I deal with you afterwards!"
The man looked at each other in shock, and then asked again after a moment: "Will the officials leave us a way to survive?"
"I only want you to surrender unconditionally and let me do whatever I want." Zhao Jiu responded simply. "That's it. If you have nothing to do, just go back and convey it!"
The messenger sighed and turned to leave.
As soon as the person left, Wang Yuan leaned over and said: "Guan family, in the end this person was just a false threat. It should be noted that the war was urgent that day. They came to Dengzhou with Wanyan Yinshu, but their family members stayed here... for this reason
, how dare they do such a shameful thing?"
Zhao Jiu nodded, but was unwilling to say more about the matter.
But there were many people around who were blind, so Liu Ziyu couldn't bear it any longer and asked, "With such persecution, the officials are really going to kill tens of thousands of people all over the city? This is not what a wise king would do!"
"When did I say that I would kill thousands of people?" Zhao Jiu responded coldly. "Even if it is done, the leader will be beheaded at most, and the rest of the guilty will be sent to hard labor and work as trackers on the river for a few years. As for the rest of the innocent people,
Soldiers, how can they be charged without reason? You can't just pick those with outstanding physiques and use them. If there are young people, you have to give them money and food on the spot to let them go home."
"I think so too." Liu Ziyu breathed a sigh of relief. "In that case, why don't you give me a hint? As long as they understand, I'm afraid they will surrender immediately given their current attitude."
"We just can't talk." Zhao Jiu sighed and continued to look down at the papers on the case. "We talked today, what will happen tomorrow? Dengzhou talked, what will happen to Lianghe, Central Plains, Kansai, and hundreds of military states in the future?
?This is the rule of war between the Song and Jin Dynasties. Once it is shaken, it will make countless people take chances before the war."
"The officials are very thoughtful." Liu Yanxiu was solemn, but slightly startled. "It's because my vision is too low."
Zhao Jiu was too lazy to pay attention to the other party, but since he mentioned this, the official couldn't help but look around at the embarrassed generals in the tent, and took advantage of the situation to move away:
"Did you understand just now? I am not pardoning Dengzhou today, not because of the many misdeeds they have committed by paying me money for two months, but because I want to use them to warn you remaining generals... There are many things happening in the army.
Tens of thousands, the most basic thing is to drop gold. This thing is even more unbearable than Liu Guangshi's running away... Disobeying orders and running away will make the army empty and useless. I will only kill the general, and his troops can be reorganized and used.
But once the money is dropped, they will become enemies rather than friends, and I will have nothing to say to them anymore! I hope you will remember it!"
Fortunately, Wang De, Hu Yantong and others didn't have such an option in their minds. After hearing this, they just casually handed over their hands to express their acceptance of the order. Fu Qing, on the other hand, was more awe-inspiring.
There was no word for the whole night. The next day, April 12, unexpectedly, the four gates of Dengzhou City suddenly opened wide, and the rebels abandoned their troops and came out of the city to surrender.
"Who were the envoys who left the city twice before and where were they?" Zhao Jiu asked curiously as he looked at the people kneeling in the mud in front of him.
"The good instructor knows that the man is Caizhou patrol inspector Li Shang. He came back yesterday to persuade me to wait until we surrendered. Knowing that he would not be exempted, he gathered all the generals in the city, surrounded them first, and then killed them himself." Someone.
He raised his head and faced each other. "The one who left the city today is no more than a general."