The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 710
When Zhang Jue and Zhao Dongting came out of the guest room, there were pigeons flying from Jingzhou to Jingjiang Mansion, the main mansion on Guangnan West Road.

Communication is inconvenient in this era, Zhao Dongting firmly holds the control of the army in his hands, and the army of the whole country only recognizes Generalissimo Hufu who is of the same status as Yuxi.

Without the transfer order that he personally printed the Generalissimo's seal, even the military chiefs from all walks of life and states would have extremely limited troops that could be mobilized.

As far as appeasing envoys from all walks of life are concerned, being able to mobilize half of the army and horses in the territory is already the limit.Anything beyond that is overstepping, and will be reviewed by the Garrison Division of the Ministry of Prosecution.

Although this is quite inconvenient, it is also a helpless move to prevent the mutiny of the army in the Song Dynasty.I just didn't think about it, but in the end I still couldn't stop Zhao Bing's rebellion.

It was in the evening of this night that the pigeons landed in the pacifier's yamen in Jingjiang mansion.

Liu Hongyi, who was tailoring for the Dongsha Islands, has naturally returned by this time.

When the soldiers reported the secret letter to him, he was still having dinner with his wife He Huixiang and Hu'er in the backyard of the yamen.

Hu'er has now grown into a child with a thick head and a thick brain, and he is usually quite naughty.

The soldier had just reported that a secret letter had arrived, so he pretended to say: "Send it to the general quickly."

This made Liu Hongyi's chopsticks immediately land on his forehead.

He Huixiang couldn't laugh or cry.

Hu'er rubbed his head and grinned.

The soldiers pretended not to see it.

Liu Hongyi got up, took the secret letter in front of the soldiers, and opened it, with a look of extreme surprise in his eyes.

King Guang wants to rebel, so I order you to immediately send an order to the defenders in all counties of Yongzhou to go to Luo Dian and Zhang Jue's deputy army to meet up and hold a military exercise.

Of course, Liu Hongyi couldn't help being surprised.

Yongzhou is in the territory of Guangnan West Road. Although Zhao Bing, the King of Guang, is governing, Zhao Bing wants to rebel, but even he, the appeasement envoy of Guangnan West Road, is not aware of it.

This, more or less, can also be said to be Liu Hongyi's dereliction of duty.

So after he was surprised, he showed a little angry face, and said to the soldiers: "Just wait here."

Then he didn't even care about eating, and hurried to the study.

When he came out again, he had several sealed letters in his hand.

He handed these letters to the soldiers and said, "Convey these immediately."

There are five letters in total, and the letters on the envelopes are Yongning County, Xuanhua County, Wuyuan County, and Zuo Jiangdao and You Jiangdao.

There are many ethnic minorities in Yongzhou, the territory is vast, and the situation is quite complicated.Except for Xuanhua and Wuyuan counties and Yongning County, which were recognized by the Song Dynasty, the left and right rivers are governed by the Zuojiang River and the Youjiang River respectively. In the territory, there are many self-proclaimed "states", but in fact they are only ethnic minorities. Inhabited stockade.

The imperial court did not have so much energy to manage these villages of ethnic minorities, and was unwilling to close the county, so it simply set aside Zuojiang Road and Youjiang Road for overall management.

Not surprisingly, there are definitely more defenders in these two Jiangdao counties than Xuanhua and Wuyuan counties, and even much more than the Yongning Army in Yongning County.

Since the implementation of the New Deal in the Great Song Dynasty, the number of defenders in each main palace has been less than [-].And a county like Yongning County has only [-] establishments.

And there is a custom of raising private soldiers in the villages in Liangjiang Road on the left and right, so it is absolutely impossible that there are only such people.

They are probably also the reliance on Zhao Bing's daring to rebel.

Soon, dozens of Liu Hongyi's personal soldiers left Shi'an County and headed southwest towards Yongzhou.In addition to carrying five letters written by Liu Hongyi, he also carried Zhao Dongting's letter with the Generalissimo's seal.Without his letter, even with Liu Hongyi's position, he would not have the right to mobilize all the troops in Yongzhou.

After all, the appeasement envoy only had the power to mobilize half of the army and horses in each county, and Yongzhou was the fief of Zhao Bing. In this place, Liu Hongyi's military order was even less effective.

When Liu Hongyi returned to the table, He Huixiang saw her husband's solemn expression, and couldn't help asking, "What happened?"

Liu Hongyi just shook his head slightly.

He also predicted how big a disturbance would be caused by King Guang's rebellion in the imperial court. Before this matter was settled, the fewer people who knew about it, the better.

Seeing him like this, He Huixiang didn't ask any more questions.

to the next day.

That's when the sky was just getting brighter.

The fog was thick and white, as if covering the whole world.

Such a morning is much quieter than an ordinary morning.The thick fog always makes people feel mysterious, as if there may be a giant beast rushing out of it suddenly.

And under such circumstances, the Feitian Army and Tianji Army guarding Jingzhou have already assembled outside the city and are ready to go.

The deputy commander ordered Zhang Jue to hang a sword from his waist and stand in front of the army.

As for Zhao Dongting, Hong Wutian and others, they just pretended to be soldiers of the city and wore armor, and immediately followed behind him.

For the time being, only Zhang Jue, the commander of the Tianxian Army, Zhang Hongwei, and the commander of the Feitian Army, Ren Wei, were the only ones who knew the emperor's close relatives.

In the name of sending troops, it is just a military exercise.

"set off!"

After Zhang Jue waved his sword and roared loudly, Fei Tian and Tian Xian's [-] troops marched away from Jingzhou and headed for Luo Dian.

In the middle of the snake-like army formation, there are a total of [-] new grain vehicles invented by Zhao Dongting.

After the grain trucks passed by, shallow traces were left on the official roads that were not wet.

At the same time, in the Shijia, Lingxi, Guanbao, and Dayu Forts defending Jingzhou, there are also large troops heading towards Luo Dian.Each army has hundreds of grain carts.

The Tianmeng Army of Shijiabao, the Tianwei Army of Lingxi Fort, the Tiangui Army of Guanbaobao, and the Tiangu Army of Dayubao all came out in full strength, leaving only a few hundred soldiers guarding the castle.

This is the entire military strength of Zhang Jue Zhennan Military Region.

In terms of the number of forbidden troops alone, the Song Dynasty is undoubtedly much worse than the Yuan Dynasty, which had more than one million troops.It is even a little worse than Dali.

For the next ten days, Zhao Dongting just followed the army and turned into a personal soldier guarding Zhang Jue's account.

Liu Hongyi's letter finally arrived in Yongzhou.

The defenders in Yongning County and the Xuanhua Army set off from Yongning Army on the same day and headed towards Luo Dian.

However, the Wuyuan defenders and the left and right Jiangdao did not see the slightest movement.

During this period of time, Zhao Bing and Chen Yizhong seemed to have really come close to controlling the entire Yongzhou in their hands.

Just when Zhang Jue led his troops to the deep mountain of Luo Dian and began to set up camp in the deep mountain, Jiedushi, the commander of the Zuojiang Road Army, even went to Hengshan Village in person.

Hengshanzhai is located in the territory of Zuojiang Road. Obviously, this Zuojiang Road Military Commander Jiedu Envoy has been completely bought or controlled by Zhao Bing.

As soon as he reported outside Guangwang's mansion, the Jiedu envoy was immediately received by Zhao Bing.

He hurried into the palace, saw Zhao Bing in the main hall, knelt down on the ground and said: "Your Highness, Liu Hongyi's personal soldiers have come to the Zuojiang Dao Army Commander to pass the decree."

"deliver an imperial order?"

Zhao Bing asked with a little surprise: "What is the decree?"

His face was very ugly.

Zhao Dongting ignored him and directly asked Liu Hongyi to deliver the decree to Yongzhou, obviously already planning to send troops soon.This is to take back Yongzhou by force.

The middle-aged Jiedu Envoy named Xiao Zhenghao reported: "I have ordered all the defenders of the Zuojiang Dao Military Division to go to Luo Dian for military exercises."

"A military exercise..."

Zhao Bing narrowed his eyes slightly and pondered.

Then he sneered twice and said, "My elder brother still likes to play tricks like this! Where is the soldier who delivered the decree now?"

"It has been detained by the last general in the military department, waiting for His Highness to issue it." Xiao Zhenghao replied.

"it is good!"

When Zhao Bing heard the words, a cold and stern light flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Just kill these soldiers and sacrifice the flag for my army."

Xiao Zhenghao hesitated, "Your Highness, isn't this a reason for the emperor to send troops to Yongzhou?"

"Ah!"

Zhao Bing sneered, "If there is no reason now, it is not so important. Not surprisingly, before they rushed to your Zuojiang Dao military commander, they had already passed the decree to Yongzhou, Xuanhua, Youjiang Dao and other military commanders. "

"what."

Speaking of this, Zhao Bing sighed softly again, "It's better not to kill them, let them go back."

Xiao Zhenghao was puzzled.

Zhao Bing said again: "The defenders in Yongzhou and Xuanhua have not surrendered to the king. After they receive the order, they will definitely go to Luodian. And before they rush to Luodian, my brother should not Sending troops to invade Yongzhou, in this way, this king will still have time to buy those village owners and patriarchs who can’t get enough to eat! If they can get their help, hum, even if Dali doesn’t send troops to help, this king still has the confidence to compete with this brother It weighs two pounds."

The ethnic minorities in Yongzhou were accustomed to self-government. Although Zhao Bing had been in Yongzhou for a few years, he obviously failed to convince those ethnic minorities to accept him sincerely.

All he wanted to do now was to delay the time and win the allegiance of more forces in the territory.

Now that he has decided to rebel, he obviously won't care about how these ethnic minority patriarchs are like lions.

(End of this chapter)