Han Shizu

Chapter 532 The Storm in the River East (4)

In the south of Taiyuan Prefecture, Tuanbai Valley.

This place is located at the junction of Taiyuan, Fenzhou, and Liaozhou, guarding the southern throat of Taiyuan. At the beginning of Shi Jingtang's army, the Tang army gathered troops here.Since then, soldiers and horses have been stationed to defend Jinyang.

Zhao Kuangyin took people across the border from Luzhou, and not long after, he was "warmly" welcomed by Li Ting, the general of Hedong Ya, who cleared the way, led the way, and escorted him, and he did it "meticulously".

Passing Tuanbai Valley, temporarily camped in villages and towns outside the valley.As night fell, Zhao Kuangyin was alone in the barracks of the forbidden army, wandering around the barracks, looking around in deep thought.

"Marquis of Du Yu!" Han Lingkun ran up to him in armor, glanced at Zhao Kuangyin's sideways face, and asked curiously, "What are you looking at?"

Han Lingkun and Zhao Kuangyin belonged to Fa Xiao, and they had a close relationship. This time, they were ordered to go north on an errand, and Zhao Kuangyin specially ordered this general, and Liu Chengyou also agreed.

Han Lingkun originally served in the Holy Guardian Army. After the Southern Expedition, the two generals Li Chongjin and Wang Yansheng were rewarded and punished, while the commanding generals under him were treated favorably.Han Lingkun was transferred to the Sixiaodi Army in front of the hall because of his service in the conquest, and served as the left lieutenant in the right wing.

For a long time, the army has a miscellaneous organization and a lot of titles. From top to bottom, all generals are called commanders, which is extremely inconvenient.After returning to Beijing this time, Liu Chengyou simplified the establishment by taking advantage of the reorganization of the Forbidden Army.

There are ten people for one team, five teams for one team, two teams for one song, five teams for one battalion, five battalions for one lieutenant, two lieutenants for one wing, and two wings for one army.And Han Lingkun, the left lieutenant of the Xiaodi army, became a lieutenant general in command of the fifth battalion with [-] soldiers.

Zhao Kuangyin pointed to the Tuanbai Valley not far away, and said lightly: "It is said that there is a silver mine in the mountain. The Taigu County government opened the mountain for mining, but it has not been reported, the regulations are not complete, and there are no imperial supervisors. Here you can get it every year. Fifty thousand catties of silver, tell me, how much of this silver is donated to Tokyo, and how much is donated to Jinyang?"

Han Lingkun was taken aback, unable to understand what Zhao Kuangyin meant.

Zhao Kuangyin said again: "Is there any reward for the hard work of the people who conscripted the mines? Is the slavery too much?"

Hearing Zhao Kuangyin's words, Han Lingkun couldn't help saying: "I said Du Yuhou, why do you still care about the Yinshan slaves? We are already surrounded?"

Zhao Kuangyin glanced around and said, "Are you referring to those soldiers from the east of the river?"

"I don't believe you didn't see that the soldiers from the east of the river led by Li Yu are called to greet them, but they are actually surveillance. Look at the valley to the east, we are in the middle, and the east of the river is in the north, west and south. Once it moves Heart, we are in danger!" Han Lingkun pointed around and said, "I see, we have to be ready to respond!"

"How to respond?" Zhao Kuangyin asked back.

"Let the soldiers guard against the enemy and be ready to fight out at any time!" Han Lingkun said.

"Remember, the officers and soldiers outside are all soldiers of the great man and our comrades!" Zhao Kuangyin said seriously.

"But!" Han Lingkun pulled Zhao Kuangyin past him, and said in a low voice, "Marquis Du Yu, there is obviously something wrong with the Hedong Army. I can feel the murderous aura through the fence flag! Watching the movement of the Hedong Army, there is clearly a change!"

Zhao Kuangyin glanced at Han Lingkun, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't be nervous! Don't worry too much! I just need to do the errands assigned by Your Majesty and the court, and select some elite soldiers carefully!"

"Go, tell the brothers, rest at ease tonight and sleep well!" Zhao Kuangyin said with a smile on his lips, "There are two thousand tooth soldiers, gate guards, such treatment, but they don't even have it in the Tokyo barracks. Are you still afraid of not sleeping well?"

"This..." Han Lingkun was full of hesitation.

"Go!"

When Zhao Kuangyin returned to the army tent, his expression gradually became serious. He felt a little pressure from the "greeting" of the soldiers from the east of the river. When he first entered the country, he felt a sense of resistance and resistance.With his shrewdness, he has already seen the danger from this unusual breath.

Of course, the greater the danger, the greater the opportunity.Holding some information about the garrison in Hedong given by the emperor in his hand, Zhao Kuangyin held his forehead in thought, his eyes were a little bright, and he muttered: "Receive the elite soldiers and control their power"

"Marquis Duyu, someone broke into the camp, saying that he was ordered by the envoy of Wu De, and came to pay a visit!"

When it was reported, Zhao Kuangyin rose up and hurriedly ordered someone to call him.Looking at the messenger dressed in black in front of him, Zhao Kuangyin first asked, "Have you ever escaped the eyes and ears of the Eastern Ya soldiers?"

"Please don't worry, Du Yuhou! I have been wandering outside for several hours, and I chose to ask for an interview at this time, just to avoid people's eyes and ears!" With Du Yuhou!"

After reading it quickly, Zhao Kuangyin's expression was only a little serious, and he said, "It's not safe in Jinyang now!"

"The little one is only responsible for delivering letters!" The visitor replied.

Hearing and answering, Zhao Kuangyin glanced at the Wu Desi's errand, with an ordinary face, numb and expressionless, slightly surprised.With a faint smile, he ordered: "You stay in the camp, join the army tomorrow, and head to Jinyang! You have worked hard all the way, go down and rest first!"

In Li Shaoyou's letter, he simply explained the situation in Jinyang and urged him to go to Jinyang to select soldiers.

"There are tens of thousands of troops stationed in Jinyang. Even if it is a dragon pool and a tiger's lair, I have to break into him!" Zhao Kuangyin murmured, thinking about the tooth soldiers around him, he couldn't help saying: "This tiger tooth is on the side of the couch, and I really want to pull it out!" what!"

Zhao Kuangyin arrived in Jinyang City on the evening of the second day, which was much later than Prime Minister Fan Zhi who traveled lightly and easily.Knowing Zhao Kuangyin's arrival, Liu Chong sent a subordinate official to meet him.

"Your official, Wei Rong, learned that Marquis Yu of Zhao Du has arrived in Jinyang, and was ordered by His Majesty to come to welcome him! At present, His Majesty is hosting a banquet in the palace to entertain Fan Xianggong, and he specially invited Marquis Yu of Du to attend!"

"In addition, barracks have been prepared outside the city for the accompanying imperial troops to settle in!"

Hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin frowned, pointed at Jinyang City, stared at Wei Rong, and deliberately made a domineering look: "This general and others are all soldiers of the Imperial Army, and the Son of Heaven is close to the army. Why, when we arrive in Jinyang, even the city is No entry?"

"This!" Wei Rong looked weak, and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty has orders, please forgive me if the terrorist army enters the city to disturb the people, Du Yuhou can bring ten trilogy processes to the banquet!"

At this time, Na Ya General Li Yu rode over and looked at Zhao Kuangyin proudly: "Marquis Zhao Yu, please rest assured that the barracks outside the city are not simple, and will not treat the brothers of the imperial army slowly!"

Glancing at him, Zhao Kuangyin said: "So, I will explain it first!"

Riding his horse to Han Lingkun's side, Zhao Kuangyin shouted loudly: "Captain Han, you take people with you to the barracks outside the city, and don't cause trouble!"

As he spoke, he lowered his voice and quickly ordered: "I'll go into the city and check out the situation. Remember, stay in the barracks securely, and don't move rashly without my general's order!"

In the lobby of the palace, the banquet was in full swing, the wine was half over, and the case was messy, Liu Chong looked very happy, Fan Zhi sat at the head, motionless as a mountain, and did not look sideways at singing and dancing, only when Liu Chong invited him to drink. The cup should be answered, looking extraordinarily reserved.

Zhao Kuangyin was introduced into the hall, Liu Chong seemed to be particularly interested in him, looked him up and down several times, and then said: "You are Zhao Kuangyin?"

"Reporting to the king, he is the last general!" Zhao Kuangyin responded with his usual expression.

"I heard that you were hailed by the emperor as a talented general. During the Southern Expedition, you made many military exploits. Looking at it now, you are indeed heroic, young and promising!" Liu Chong laughed.

"Thanks to the praise of the king, the last general is ashamed!" Zhao Kuangyin said.

"Come here, set up a seat and serve the bowls and chopsticks!" Liu Chong stretched out his hand to signal: "Please sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhao Kuangyin was not surprised.

However, he saluted Fan Zhi first, and the two of them met each other's eyes. Before sitting down, Zhao Kuangyin quietly observed the expressions of the people present, and he could clearly feel that the expressions of the subordinate officials in Hedong were somewhat unnatural.

Liu Chongxing was high-spirited, turned sideways, his face flushed with wine, and said to Zhao Kuangyin: "I heard that you used to defeat tens of thousands of Tang troops with [-] soldiers in Wokou, and defeated [-] Tang troops with [-] soldiers in Gaoyou. The less wins the more, the weak wins the strong.

I just don't know how many enemy troops can be defeated by the five hundred forbidden troops in the hands of General Zhao? "

After Liu Chong said this, most of the people present changed their faces, while Fan Zhi frowned.

Facing Liu Chong's gaze, Zhao Kuangyin responded calmly: "When marching and fighting, how can we judge the outcome by the number of troops? You also need to look at the time of the sky and the location. How is the strength?"

"Well said!" Liu Chong laughed, and asked with great interest: "General Zhao came all the way north, passing through my Hedong County, and he should have seen the soldiers and horses of Hedong. How many enemies are there?"

Hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin paused for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty is joking!"

"General Zhao, don't be nervous, Gu is just curious!" Smiling, Liu Chong looked at Zhao Kuangyin.

Seeing this, Zhao Kuangyin cupped his hands, and said calmly: "If the emperor has an order, even if the enemy is [-], the last general will dare to charge into the battle and go through fire and water!"

(End of this chapter)