big song poppi

Chapter 261 0258 [Help me bring a message to Zhao Ji]

Of course, the cavalry battalion Han Zhen does not plan to expand any more.

From now on, the number will be maintained at five thousand, and he will not be able to support any more.

He even wanted to convert two thousand of the heavy cavalry into light cavalry.

After several battles with the Western Army, he discovered that when the heavy armored cavalry can charge the opponent's central army, there is actually no essential difference between five thousand and three thousand.

On the contrary, the high mobility and flexibility shown by light cavalry in battle are no less useful than heavy cavalry.

As for the captured war horses, they will be kept and bred at Linqu Racecourse after they return as backup war horses.

After all, if you want to buy a war horse in the future, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky.

"County magistrate, this man is wearing a red robe. He should be a high official."

As Liu Qi spoke, he lifted Li Bangyan off the saddle and threw him to the ground.

"Ouch!"

Li Bangyan grimaced in pain as he fell onto his butt.

Han Zhen asked condescendingly: "Who are you?"

Li Bangyan rubbed his butt and stood up, smiling flatteringly: "I am Li Bangyan."

Before he became an official, he was a libertine, so he naturally lost face.

"The original way is Xianggong Li!"

Han Zhen was immediately happy. Unexpectedly, he caught a big fish this time.

The current prime minister, Li Bangyan!

Li Bangyan waved his hands repeatedly: "In front of the king, I should not be called my husband. Although I have become an official, I admire the king the most for such a hero who hates evil. When I was in my hometown, I also had a group of friends on the green forest road."

Hearing this, Liu Qi, Huang Kai and others showed contempt.

The prime minister of the current dynasty was so low-spirited and had no integrity.

Li Bangyan didn't care, and looked at Han Zhen anxiously.

Han Zhen asked: "How many forbidden troops are there in the rear?"

"I dare not hide it from your Majesty. There are still ten thousand forbidden troops in the rear, and the commander is Gao Qiu."

Li Bangyan sold Gao Qiu in a blink of an eye.

"Mount your horse and defeat the enemy!"

Han Zhen waved his hand.

Whoa!

The soldiers of the cavalry battalion got on their horses one after another.

Gollum!

Li Bangyan swallowed his saliva, thinking that the other party was going to kill him, and quickly begged: "Your Majesty, spare my life, Your Majesty, please spare your life!"

Han Zhen chuckled and said, "Don't be afraid, Mr. Li. I will feel aggrieved for a while and I will let you go later."

How could he be willing to kill Li Bangyan and still have to rely on him to continue to harm Zhao Song.

"call!"

Li Bangyan let out a long breath: "Your Majesty, you are benevolent and righteous!"

"Huang Kai, take Mr. Li with you!"

Han Zhen gave an order, mounted his horse and stepped onto the stone bridge.

Huang Kai chuckled, picked up Li Bangyan and placed it across the saddle.

The bulge of the saddle pressed against his chest, causing him pain as the horse jolted.

……

But it is said that after Cao Xiong led hundreds of cavalry across the stone bridge, he ran seven or eight miles away with his head sullen and ran into the imperial infantry led by Gao Qiu.

Seeing that only seven or eight hundred of the three thousand cavalry came back, and each of them looked frightened, Gao Qiu's heart suddenly pounded, and he hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Cao Xiong, how is the battle ahead? Where is Xianggong Li?"

"The rebels are fierce and we can't defeat them."

Only then did Cao Xiong think of Li Bangyan, and said with an ugly face: "As for Mr. Li, I'm afraid it's more bad than good."

hiss!
Gao Qiu took a breath.

Before he could recover, he saw Cao Xiong urging: "Captain Gao, please return to the city quickly. If we wait for the rebels to catch up, it will be too late to leave!"

Hearing this, Gao Qiu was shocked and frightened. He quickly ordered his men to throw away their weapons and equipment and run towards the capital.

Not to mention, these Imperial Guards were slow to arrive and only walked less than five miles in half an hour.

But when they were escaping, each one was faster than the other. It took only a quarter of an hour to escape back to the city.

"Quick, open the city gate!"

Gao Qiu Duan sat on his horse and shouted towards the tower.

Seeing that it was him, the imperial guards who guarded the city did not dare to neglect and immediately opened the city gate.

Gao Qiu and Cao Xiong immediately mounted their horses and rushed into the city gate. The imperial troops behind them also rushed to squeeze into the city gate.

For a while, the scene was extremely chaotic.

After the Imperial Army infantry swarmed into the city, dozens of trampled corpses were left in the caves of the city.

……

On the other side, Han Zhen led the cavalry battalion across the Yellow River and ran wildly all the way.

As a result, not even the shadow of the Forbidden Army was seen.

Finally, less than five miles away from Tokyo City, I saw a large number of abandoned ordnance and equipment.

"This……"

Liu Qi was about to speak but stopped.

At this moment, he no longer knew what to say.

The Imperial Guards in the capital have become so corrupt.

However, Huang Kai looked excited and said loudly: "The Western Army has been defeated, the Imperial Army of Zhao and Song Dynasty is in ruins, the county magistrate can take advantage of the situation and sweep the world!"

Han Zhen said nothing and glanced at him lightly.

Huang Kai was frightened by this sight and shrank his neck.

"Let's go!" Han Zhen waved his hand and clamped his legs on the horse's belly.

The war horse under him understood and immediately took four hooves and ran towards Tokyo City.

Rumble!
More than [-] cavalrymen, plus [-] to [-] war horses, were running with terrifying power.

"The rebels are coming!"

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

On top of the city tower, the faces of the imperial guards changed drastically and they shouted at the top of their lungs.

At one time, hundreds of three-bow crossbows and thousands of divine arm crossbows were aimed at the city, ready to go.

Han Zhen did not approach the city. After running [-] steps away, he suddenly turned his horse's head and ran towards the west city.

Thousands of cavalrymen swaggered around the city of Tokyo and then left in style.

Returning to the place where the imperial army had abandoned their weapons, Han Zhen ordered the entire army to stop.

After helping Li Bangyan off his horse, Han Zhen adjusted his armor and gently patted the dust on his red cloak.

Li Bangyan was scared to death, but he didn't dare to move. A smile uglier than crying appeared on his face.

Han Zhen said with a smile: "I have wronged Mr. Li."

"No grievance, no grievance. It's not in vain for me to go out of the city to meet a hero today."

He was so used to flattering Song Huizong that he had all kinds of flattery at his fingertips.

"When Mr. Li goes back, if it is convenient, you can help me bring a message to Zhao Ji."

Although Han Zhen's words were for discussion, they still contained an unquestionable meaning.

How could Li Bangyan dare to refuse? He nodded hurriedly and said: "Convenient, convenient!"

"I, Han Zhen, claim the land of Shandong. As for the lives of Liu Guangshi and others, prepare money to redeem them!"

Li Bangyan was shocked and frightened in his heart, but he said respectfully on his face: "Your Majesty, please be patient. I will definitely bring the message to you!"

Han Zhen smiled slightly: "Please come back, Mr. Li, I won't send it off!"

After that, Han Zhen ordered the soldiers to take some food and grass discarded by the Forbidden Army and rush towards Chenqiaoyi.

Watching the rebels leave, Li Bangyan spat and cursed: "You straight mother-in-law, you don't even know how to leave a horse for grandpa!"

After cursing, he felt annoyed and spat again, then turned around and walked towards Tokyo City.

……

Inside the Imperial City Hall.

Song Huizong was sitting on the dragon chair with an anxious expression. Below him, a group of court ministers were arguing with each other.

The noisy noise gave Song Huizong a headache.

"Report!"

Suddenly, an urgent call came from outside the hall.

"Xuan!"

Song Huizong hurriedly ordered.

An imperial officer bowed and reported: "Your Majesty, the imperial army was defeated, Xianggong Li was captured, Lieutenant Gao and General Cao retreated to the city, and now the rebels are coming to the capital!"

Whoa!
There was an uproar in the hall.

Song Huizong looked frightened and could not sit still.

How long had it been since the imperial army left the city to suppress the rebellion? They were defeated so quickly, and how ferocious the rebels were?
At this time, a man stepped out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Although the rebels are brave, they are only a few thousand cavalry. The capital city is tall and thick, and there are millions of people in the city. Not to mention thousands of people. Even if the enemy is ten times or a hundred times stronger, it will not be able to capture the capital. Moreover, if we go deep alone and have insufficient supplies, we will retreat in a short time."

The person who spoke was Zhang Bangchang, the minister of Zhongshu.

Hearing this, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty could not help but be convinced: "What I love you to say makes sense."

Wang Fu glanced at Cai You, sneered in his heart, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Zhao Ting, Liu Mi and other officials turned to thieves, which is really treason. The minister proposed that all the officials who turned to thieves should be imprisoned."

When Zhao Ting was mentioned, Song Huizong was filled with anger and his teeth were itching with hatred.

When this guy abandoned the city in Hangzhou and fled, he should have had his head chopped off.

The traitor had been dormant for so long, so Zhao Ting must have helped cover it up.

Thinking of this, Song Huizong said coldly: "A group of officials who surrendered to thieves implicated the three clans! The Xie family of Fuyang was also killed!"

The impact of officials defecting to thieves is really too bad, and it is a major event that shakes the foundation of the country.

It must be severely punished to serve as a warning to others.

Otherwise, as soon as the precedent is set, his country of Zhao Song will really be in turmoil.

When he heard that the three clans were implicated, an official immediately jumped out and shouted: "Your Majesty, think twice, Emperor Taizu has a lesson. Besides, implicating the three clans will harm the peace of the world and damage your majesty's benevolent reputation. Just take the family members."

"Ancestral training?"

Song Huizong sneered: "When Zhao Ting surrendered to the thieves, did he ever think about the teachings of his ancestors?"

"..."

The official's expression froze.

After all, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, it was the first time that a high-ranking member of the imperial court had surrendered to a traitor.

After a moment of silence, Song Huizong snorted, waved his hands and said: "I will only take my family members according to your words."

Although he was angry, he did not dare to go too far.

Zhao Song and the scholar-bureaucrats share the same world. This sentence is not just talk.

In essence, these scholar-bureaucrats in the DPRK are all shareholders.

The biggest reason why they were so loyal was that Zhao Song gave them extremely generous treatment, one of which was not killing scholar-bureaucrats.

Since Zhenzong, no emperor has ever killed a civil official.

No matter how big a mistake he made, he would be demoted to a commoner and sent to barbaric places such as Lingnan and Yazhou.

If he strikes too hard, it will inevitably arouse strong dissatisfaction and resistance from the scholar-bureaucrats.

Especially at this stall.

"Your Majesty is merciful!"

All the courtiers breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him one after another.

(End of this chapter)