The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 239
The next day, when Zhao Dongting led the Flying Dragon Army and Wu Dingtang to enshrine outside the city of Gaozhou, Zhang Hongwei, the one-eyed arrow who led the army stationed in Gaozhou, was already waiting at the gate of the city with his generals.

If it is Yue Peng who is most grateful to Zhao Dongting among the generals of the Southern Song Dynasty, then Zhang Hongwei should be the next.

Zhang Hongwei is not as well-known in the army as Yue Peng and Su Quandang, and his military achievements are far less prominent. He was able to become the commander of the Tianji Army because of Zhao Dongting's respect.When he rescued Zhao Dongting with arrows in Quzhou, he was only named the commander of the Longwei Zuoxiang Army, the bodyguard's personal army.

Although saving Shengjia is already a rare and great achievement, such a contribution is obviously not well known in the army.

How many enemies has Yue Peng killed so far?How much meritorious service?

Originally, Zhang Hongwei was only a partial general under Yue Peng's command, not even the top five in the bodyguards. He fought with the army, and his contribution was naturally much smaller.

However, when Zhao Dongting established the [-]th Tiangang Army, he still promoted Zhang Hongwei to be the commander of the capital of the Tianji Army.

On this point, even Wen Tianxiang raised doubts at the time, thinking that Zhang Hongwei was not good enough to be the commander of the capital, whether it was seniority, military exploits, or prestige.

Zhao Dongting put it this way, "Although Zhang Hongwei's military achievements are insufficient, the righteousness in his heart is rarely matched by anyone in the army."

Yes, what he valued was not Zhang Hongwei's archery skills, let alone his military talent, but Zhang Hongwei's loyalty to Song Dynasty.

Zhao Dongting still remembers Zhang Hongwei's performance in the army during the Battle of Quzhou.He was in the Leizhou Army, just a small soldier, but he did not follow the trend.It can be said that the Leizhou Army's morale was slack and there were many defectors, among which Zhang Hongwei had a lot of credit.

It was his righteousness and actions that infected other soldiers.

He is a man of his own mind.

Military talent can be learned, but this kind of loyalty and adherence to righteousness in the heart is commendable, especially in this era.

There are countless generals in the original Southern Song Dynasty, but when the Yuan army invaded the country, how many of them surrendered?

In Zhao Dongting's view, instead of employing those generals who are not determined, it is better to train people like Zhang Hongwei.

This is also the reason why none of the commanders of the new fifteenth army were veterans. There were not many remaining loyal veterans in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Zhao Dongting looked down on those who got by.

Outside the city of Gaozhou, seeing Zhao Dongting's chariot approaching, Zhang Hongwei led the general and the soldiers knelt down to greet him.

Zhao Dongting stepped out of the chariot, asked them to stand up, and glanced at the soldiers and the city of Gaozhou in front of them.

On the towering city walls, banners were flying, and there were many soldiers standing with guns.

The energy and spirit of these soldiers may not be comparable to Yue Peng's Tiankui Army, but they have already satisfied Zhao Dongting.

They all hold their heads high, which is enough to show that they have the will to fight.If Zhang Hongwei is an idiot, it is impossible for the soldiers under his command to have such a spirit.

The general affects the soldiers, and to see how the general is, it is enough to look at the soldiers under his command.

If the soldiers under his command are lazy, then probably the generals in the army are also like that.

Zhao Dongting smiled lightly and said, "The Tianji Army is not bad."

Zhang Hongwei was slightly excited, and said: "It's all about the strict military discipline set by the emperor."

Although this sentence is suspected of flattering, Zhao Dongting can also see that Zhang Hongwei's words are from the heart.

When Zhang Hongwei was promoted to the commander of the Tianji Army, it can be said that he was airborne, and he just took away a few cronies from the bodyguards.The Tianji Army under his command is even more composed of soldiers from the original Ali Hague.In a short period of time, it is impossible for the soldiers to have such an air, which has nothing to do with military discipline.

The military discipline of the Southern Song Dynasty was all set by Zhao Dongting.

The military discipline he set was modeled on the modern army, and there was no regulation of beheading at every turn, but confinement or confinement could be regarded as a combination of grace and power.

These surrendered soldiers were originally from the Song army, first surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, and now surrendered to the Song Dynasty.At first, they were panicked, and some people even took the opportunity to cause chaos, but after those leaders were beheaded, they also settled down.Later, seeing that he was not discriminated against in the army, he did not just do those dirty and hard work, but was treated the same as the rest of the forbidden army, so he settled down more peacefully.

Fighting with the army these days is just to make a living. The treatment in the Song army is better than that in the Yuan army. Why don't you follow the Song army?
Although the Song Dynasty is now at an absolute disadvantage, these soldiers, having experienced the power of the Song Army at the beginning, have great hopes for the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Dongting nodded slightly, with a smile in his eyes, he swept across the faces of the generals under Zhang Hongwei's command, and stepped into the city.

These partial generals were also surrendered generals, and among them was the Chief Wanfu under the command of Ali Hague, who looked thoughtful when he saw Zhao Dongting's eyes.

Is the emperor encouraging us?Still warning us?
Undoubtedly, Zhao Dongting's slightly smiling eyes just now were quite deep, which made them unable to figure out the meaning.

Of course, this is mainly because Zhao Dongting is the emperor.If he was an ordinary person, who would care about his eyes?
As Zhao Dongting enters the city, the crowd will appear more respectful.

Afterwards, the Flying Dragon Army, which was well-organized, made their hearts tremble a little.

All of them are black armor and silver guns, with daggers and dragon guns hanging from their waists, and their expressions are proud. They have never seen such elite soldiers in the Yuan army.

It can be said that the special forces that Zhao Dongting specially built are completely beyond the cognition of these partial generals to the army.

An army like the Flying Dragon Army is a product beyond this era.

Although Zhao Dongting didn't say anything, the Flying Dragon Army alone was enough to deter these generals slightly.

Afterwards, when they went to Gaozhou Prefecture Yamen, the generals sat down, and Zhao Dongting announced in public that he would leave Zhao Hu to lead [-] flying dragon soldiers and [-] grenadiers to help defend the city.

This made Zhang Hongwei happy.

Of course he knew the power of grenadiers. With 5 grenadiers, even if an army of [-] or [-] yuan came to attack Gaozhou, he would not be afraid.

The generals were also full of joy, but it is not known what they are thinking in their hearts.

That day and night, Zhao Dongting slept in the government office, but he issued a secret order to Zhao Da.

Afterwards, ten Flying Dragon Army squads consisting of ten people quietly left the government office and went to the military camp in Gaozhou.

That night, none of Zhang Hongwei's ten commanders and generals could sleep soundly.

They were sleeping soundly, but suddenly someone broke in quietly and compared their heads with a dagger, how could they sleep peacefully?

After the soldiers of the flying dragons succeeded, they showed their badges, "The emperor told all generals to be careful of Yuan army assassins."

After saying this, Shi Shi ran away regardless of the faces of these generals.

The generals were dumbfounded.

Is the emperor telling us to be careful of Yuan army assassins?Or do you mean that you can take our lives at any time?
The methods of the Feilong soldiers also made them deeply jealous.

In this era, there is no army that can "decapitate" the flying dragon soldiers like this.

The next day.

Zhao Dongting announced that Zhang Hongwei and other generals were going to have a banquet in the main hall of the government office, and all the generals had strange expressions on their faces.

With a smile on his face, Zhao Dongting swept across their faces and said, "When the generals are sleeping, don't let your guard down..."

Zhang Hongwei was confused, but the generals blushed.

The emperor's face was really slapped!

I thought they were all generals in the army, but they were touched by the Feilong Army team and they didn't notice it. Where did they put their faces?

As for Zhao Dongting, after saying this, he buried his head in his meal and didn't speak any more.

That's all he can do to help Zhang Hongwei.Presumably after these generals have been beaten like this, even if they really have the intention of descending again in their hearts, they should weigh whether they can leave alive, right?
After almost suffering a big loss on Quezhou Island, Zhao Dongting was really worried about these generals and soldiers.

Even if these people are recruited to surrender now, there are special people who will provide psychological counseling and "political awareness" counseling, but people's hearts are unpredictable after all!

When all the generals left the hall thoughtfully, Zhang Hongwei couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Your Majesty, what you said..."

Zhao Dongting smiled and said: "Hehe, I just asked the Feilong soldiers to go and see if the generals slept well last night."

Zhang Hongwei was dumbfounded.

He is not stupid, of course he can hear what Zhao Dongting said.

Let the soldiers see if the general is sleeping well?
Why didn't he, the chief general, get the news?

Obviously, the emperor sent people to beat those generals!

After regaining his senses, Zhang Hongwei said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, among the ten partial generals, two are the last general's cronies..."

"Uh……"

Zhao Dongting was stunned, "It shouldn't matter, right?"

When he first came to Gaozhou, he actually knew that Zhang Hongwei was the commander of the generals, but he didn't know what the generals under Zhang Hongwei were in charge of.

I don't know what Zhang Hongwei's two loyal generals are feeling at this moment.

Zhang Hongwei said: "The last general will wait and talk to them."

Zhao Dongting nodded, and not long after that, he left Gaozhou with the Feilong Army and the priests of Wuding Hall, heading for Xinyi.

On the way, Le Wuhui sighed sincerely, "The emperor's move last night to knock the mountain and shake the tiger is really wonderful."

He looked at Zhao Dongting with round eyes, he really didn't understand why the emperor had so many ghosts in his heart at such a young age.

Le Wuhui put himself in his shoes and thought, if he were himself, he probably wouldn't be able to think of a way to beat the generals like this, right?

Qin Han, who was always reading with his head down, also raised his head to look at Zhao Dongting.

(End of this chapter)