Chapter 128 Arrest Shi Shouxin
It's actually not difficult to catch Shi Shouxin, as long as he is summoned into the Prince's East Palace and ordered someone to take it down.
What Guo Zongxun has to consider is whether there will be any problems on the side of the front division of the palace, which must be cautious.
The reason why Zhao Kuangyin's rebellion was successful was that in addition to his own ambitions, his strategists and generals had the heart of the dragon, Guo Zongxun estimated that the role of those grassroots generals who had been following these generals was not small.
Shi Shouxin is Zhao Kuangyin's henchman, doesn't Shi Shouxin have a henchman in the forbidden army in front of the palace?
If Shi Shouxin is caught here, and the soldiers of the front division of the palace mutiny, then the entire Kaifeng City will face an uncontrollable situation.
Although Guo Zongxun still has 20,000 guards in his hands, although the guards of the guards are slightly stronger than the palace division in terms of combat effectiveness, Guo Zongxun knows that Shi Shouxin is also a rare handsome talent in commanding troops, but it's a pity......
"This matter, I'll leave it to you Dongchang Jinyiwei, do it well, if you mess it up, you can come and see you."
Everyone was ordered, and Guo Zongxun sat alone in the political hall of the East Palace, holding his head in his hands, and fell into deep thought.
"Yo, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is worried about something, tell my sister."
Lu Siniang appeared, she gently held Guo Zongxun in her arms, this little man, on the surface, looks wise and wise, calm and capable, but he is still a child after all.
Guo Zongxun was actually not annoyed, but a little nervous, the time to come is finally coming, his father is about to die, and his biggest protector in the Great Zhou is about to collapse.
In the future, he will have to rely on himself.
"Siniang, Lone's father may not be able to continue to accompany Lone, Lone is a little sad, he has made a lot of efforts before, but now it seems that he still can't resist his fate after all."
Although Lu Siniang didn't understand what Guo Zongxun meant, it was okay to comfort a few words.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, people always have to rely on themselves, Siniang thinks that the prince is very good now, you see, there is Wei Zhongxian, there is a fake bullnose, there is Yue Fei, and Sister Siniang, aren't we all helping you."
Guo Zongxun heard it, yes, I traveled to this era, and I unexpectedly obtained a kind of sexagenary branch system, from which I can summon a lot of historical celebrities after the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, aren't these people here to help me change history together.
It's hateful, it's when this broken system will be activated, and how to summon more talents as soon as possible, so far Guo Zongxun has no clue.
"Siniang, you're right, Lone is reluctant to give up his father, my father is a talented king, a man who stands up to the sky, and is the patron saint of my Guo Zongxun, but if I blindly want to hide under the protection of my father, then I will never be a qualified emperor."
"That's right, Siniang has already asked Nalan to rush to the front line to secretly protect the emperor, once something happens to the emperor, Nalan can also help General Yue quickly stabilize the situation."
Guo Zongxun asked, "Nalan is just one person, and he has such great ability?" ”
Lu Siniang smiled: "The prince forgot what our sisters did?" We're top assassins, and whoever wants to make trouble can't just kill them. ”
When Guo Zongxun heard this, he didn't speak, and said in his heart, I also know that you are assassins, and I also want to send you to kill Zhao Kuangyin and these people, but things really don't do that.
What Guo Zongxun wants is the prosperity and stability of the Great Zhou, what he wants is for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and what he wants for the monarchs and ministers to be of one mind.
It's not that you can't kill, but at least until these people have really rebelled, they can't kill at will.
"Okay, Lone knows, with Nalan in the past, Lone is a lot more relieved, by the way, Siniang, why do you call Prince Gu again, not Brother Xun?"
"Siniang also thought about it, the prince is the prince after all, Siniang is too unruly in front of His Royal Highness the Prince, this is actually not good, and it is detrimental to the majesty of His Royal Highness the Prince, so ......"
Guo Zongxun was a little helpless, this is also the distress of the superiors, it is indeed impossible to make friends with people sincerely and get along with people easily and happily.
"Well, Siniang, you did the right thing, okay, I'm going to start reviewing the chapters, Siniang, you can step down."
"Siniang retired."
Wei Zhongxian came out of the Prince's East Palace and found Liu Bowen.
"Fake bull nose, quickly give our family an idea, how to arrest Shi Shouxin safely and securely."
Liu Bowen had already taken off his robe at this time and changed into a scribe's uniform, Guo Zongxun did not give him any official position, and the purpose was to let him change his identity at any time in the future.
"Father-in-law Wei, you already have a way to do it yourself, and you came to ask me what I was doing, and ah, you can't call me a fake bull nose in the future, please call me Mr. Liu."
Wei Zhongxian slammed Liu Bowen to the ground and said:
"Mr. Liu, this is the first major task of our East Factory, isn't our family also bottomless, so I came to ask you, Mr. Liu, don't make fun of our family."
Liu Bowen smiled:
"Father-in-law Wei has a plan in his heart, and he wants to hear Liu's opinion, okay, then I'll tell you, this stone is trustworthy, according to my understanding......"
Shi Shouxin didn't realize that he was about to come into a catastrophe, and he deliberately ran into a reckless face in front of the prince last time, wanting to pit the prince, but he didn't expect to be cheated by the prince instead.
The prince asked him to go and tell Princess Shou'an in person that he was going to search the mansion of the concubine, isn't this to find trouble for himself.
"Mr. Shen, before the eldest brother left, we didn't do a single thing that was given to us, what should we do?"
Shen Yilun, one of Zhao Kuangyin's two major staff, the other is Zhao Pu.
"General Shi, what you and I did in Kaifeng was originally to beat rabbits with grass, and if we beat it, it was luck, if we couldn't beat it, it was normal, and most importantly, we couldn't be suspicious of us."
Shi Shouxin pursed his lips and said:
"The things we prepared for Zhang Yongde this time are enough for him to drink a pot, and if he doesn't die, he has to peel off a layer of skin, so why can't he use it."
Shen Yilun stroked his beard and said:
"Shen suggested that the general should send someone to get those things back, since it is useless, it will be a disaster to put it there."
Shi Shouxin listened to Shen Yilun's suggestion, and sent people to infiltrate Zhang Yongde's vacant mansion at night, wanting to steal out the things that were going to frame Zhang Yongde, but the result was ......
"General, it's not good, it's missing......"
This time, even Shen Yilun was a little dumbfounded, it was a fake yellow robe and a fake jade seal, which were used to frame Zhang Yongde, but now they are gone.
"Has anyone discovered our plan?"
"General Shi, Shen suggested that we should stop a little in the near future, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise and wise, and he has a lot of capable people, we are already in a weak and dark place, and there is no comparison with the Prince's righteousness and brightness."
"Okay, then Lao Tzu has been staying in the barracks recently and not coming out, Mr. Shen, you should be more careful."
After discussing with Shen Yilun, Shi Shouxin moved into the barracks and didn't even return home.
However, at this time, an edict from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince reached the camp of the front of the palace.
"What, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to conduct a joint military exercise between the Front Division of the Palace and the Department of Guards?"
Shi Shouxin is a little confused, why does our Royal Highness the Crown Prince never play cards according to common sense.
Even if there were military drills, they would be practiced separately, and they would not be as fun as they are now.
The military exercise arranged by Guo Zongxun was the Kaifeng offensive and defensive battle, with the army of the front division of the palace responsible for attacking the city, and the guard division being responsible for defending the city.
When did Shi Shouxin ever hear that he could still practice like this.
Before he could react from the circle, Cao Bin found him, and Cao Bin also brought a person who surprised Shi Shouxin, Zhao Kuangyi, a self-proclaimed military genius of the Great Zhou.
"Guohua (Cao Binzi), you come and tell me, what is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doing, why are you confused for me?"
Cao Bin naturally knew that Guo Zongxun was already going to do something to Shi Shouxin, and he Cao Bin was also one of the important members involved in the arrest plan, and the reason why he brought Zhao Kuangyi together was to act for Shi Shouxin.
Of course, Zhao Kuangyi belongs to a group performance that doesn't know the inside story.
"General Shi, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince understands enough, the offensive and defensive battle of Kaifeng City is to assume that Kaifeng has been attacked by the enemy, isn't this also a great opportunity to train soldiers."
Since Zhao Kuangyi escaped death last time, he has been left in the army of the guards by the prince, and he is not given an official position, anyway, he is arranged to draw various formations all day long.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that Zhao Kuangyi is a genius in the sky, and his original method of commanding troops in the formation map can be called a textbook model of simulated warfare, and such a talent is definitely overkill when he becomes a general in the army.
Zhao Kuangyi, who was praised by the prince, stayed in the guard army.
Every morning, Zhao Kuangyi had to train with the soldiers, and in the afternoon and evening, Guo Zongxun would assign him a bunch of homework.
"Tingyi, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, your formation map remote control battle, not only do an offensive plan, but also have a defense plan, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to conduct a military exercise, Kaifeng City offensive and defensive warfare, this time is a good opportunity for Tingyi to show your strength."
Under Cao Bin's flickering, Zhao Kuangyi fought with great interest for five or six days, stayed up several all-nighters, and didn't even go to Hualou.
Finally, the first set of remote-controlled Kaifeng offensive and defensive battles in the military history of the Great Zhou Dynasty was born.
"Brother Shi, don't you understand, come on, come on, I'll tell you."
Zhao Kuangyi took out the formation diagram of the Kaifeng offensive and defensive battle that he had painstakingly created, and carefully explained it to Shi Shouxin.
"Tingyi, you have material in your stomach, these things let you change like this, not only will it not be bullshit, but it is also quite good, if my army in Da Zhou can use this method to practice, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and the general's command ability will definitely be more coordinated and skilled."
"Brother Shi, what are you talking about, is it true that what I drew before was bullshit, that is, you can't understand it, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can understand it, and he also gave me a lot of suggestions for improvement."
Shi Shou said confidently, I am not wrong, what you did before was bullshit, and now let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince change it, this is completely different.
"Yes, yes, my old stone mouth is stupid and can't speak, Tingyi, don't take it to heart, since this is the case, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has issued an edict, then we must obey it."
"General Shi, according to the edict of His Royal Highness the Prince, General Cao will lead 10,000 guards to temporarily take over the defense of Kaifeng City, General Shi, you have to take 20,000 soldiers and horses from the front of the palace to withdraw from Kaifeng City."
This is the plan of Liu Bowen and Wei Zhongxian to arrest Shi Shouxin after discussing with Guo Zongxun, and by the way, he can also reorganize the 20,000 former generals of the palace who stayed in Kaifeng.
Although this strategy was not designed with Dongchang Jinyiwei as the main body, Jinyiwei would undertake the final interrogation task.
Where did Shi Shouxin know that this was the prince's plan, he was worried that his deduction of military salaries and empty salaries would be discovered.
Because, 20,000 palace front divisions stayed behind to guard the forbidden army, and the actual number was less than 12,000.
Let's just say how bold Shi Shouxin is, he almost ate half of the empty salary, and he also deducted a lot from the other half.
This is also the reason why Guo Zongxun is determined to get rid of Shi Shouxin.
You can fuck lead troops to fight again, and you don't need to be alone.
Most of the historians of later generations are fond of the so-called prominent generals of the Great Song Dynasty, especially in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
It is estimated that they should also see that after the Great Song Dynasty took over the elite soldiers and strong generals in the hands of Hou Zhou, why did it change from a male soldier who frightened the Liao State to a nest of bear soldiers who were ridden by Liao dogs on their necks in just twenty or thirty years.
Of course, there is Zhao Kuangyin's deliberate suppression and Zhao Kuangyi's blind tossing, don't these Great Song generals have no responsibility at all?
The army of the Great Song Dynasty eventually became a litter of bear soldiers, and in the final analysis, the problem was the army itself.
"Well, can you give me a few days, after all, the handover of the city defense can't be completed in a day or two."
"Naturally, Cao Mou is here to hand over to General Shi, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, everything is about being safe."
"That's good, Shi will also hand over to General Cao as soon as possible."
In three days, the Guards Division took over the entire city defense of Kaifeng City, and all the forbidden troops in front of the palace withdrew from Kaifeng.
Shi Shouxin was originally a little worried, Cao Bin was notoriously serious, and he wouldn't find out that he ate too much empty salary when he handed over.
As a result, Cao Bin himself rarely appeared, and almost all of his subordinates were appointed to cooperate with the handover, which actually snubbed Shi Shouxin's meaning.
Shi Shouxin doesn't care about this, Lao Tzu's heart is very wide, and he is very bold, and he will care about what is slacking off with you.
As long as you don't discover Lao Tzu's secret.
"General Shi, after the handover, let's go and report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince together."
"Okay, this time I want to see if my old Shi's army is attacking the city strongly, or General Cao's army is defending the city strongly, haha."
Cao Bin and Shi Shouxin went to the East Palace of the Crown Prince together and reported to Guo Zongxun.
"The ministers and others see His Royal Highness the Prince, the city defense of Kaifeng City has been handed over, and I am here to restore my life."
"General Shi, General Cao has worked hard, is Lone also taking precautions, for fear that the prison will not be effective, and there will be some mess, with General Shi and General Cao, and General Han Tong are here, Lone is very relieved."
"It's not hard for the ministers, it's all within their bounds."
"Very good, Lone thinks so, since it is a military exercise, and there is also Mr. Zhao's formation map assistance, then we have to discuss all the details clearly, Mr. Zhao, let's talk about it."
Mr. Zhao is Zhao Er Zhao Kuangyi, and Guo Zongxun really attaches great importance to him now.
I don't dare to say that I can turn decay into magic, but the things in Zhao Er's brain are definitely not garbage, and if you use it well, it is still very effective.
This kind of simulated military drill was also developed by Guo Zongxun in combination with the knowledge of some military exercises he knew about later generations.
After figuring it out, it was found that it was difficult to implement because there was no central scheduling system at all.
As a result, Zhao Er's formation diagram remote command method was used by Guo Zongxun to work around, and now it has become a treasure book for military drills in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Zhao Er was very excited to begin to talk about his strategic ideas, and after Guo Zongxun's guidance and inspiration, Zhao Er's current military theory is definitely not so low-level on paper.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Zhao has been inspired by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and has added a lot of elements that can be changed to the original formation command system, please see, this is the command center of the military exercise......
Zhao Er talked endlessly, and Cao Bin, Han Tong and Shi Shouxin, who listened, also nodded frequently and admired it.
"Ladies and gentlemen, in real wars, there is actually a need for such a command center, which is actually the place where information on all the battle conditions on the front line is collected and the overall tactical instructions are issued."
"Also, the hostile sides of the military exercise must also have their own command centers, which in layman's terms, is the Chinese military tent of the leading commander."
"After the transformation of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the future commander of the military tent will play a greater role in the war."
Guo Zongxun looked at the gushing Zhao Er, but he didn't expect it, he didn't expect it, he wanted this guy's head with all his heart, but now he really wants to reuse this guy.
It's not impossible to reuse Zhao Er, anyway, he must not be allowed to be the leading coach, at most he is a senior staff member of the army.
"Okay, let's understand everything, and if we understand it, then we all go back and prepare."
After these people went down, Guo Zongxun smiled and said to Liu Bowen and Wei Zhongxian:
"It takes so much effort to catch a stone and keep promises, will there be some fuss, maybe the forbidden army of the front division of the palace will not mutiny at all."
Liu Bowen says:
"The minister thinks it's still necessary, although Shi Shouxin is greedy, he is still very good at his henchmen and generals, this is actually a corruption case, not Shi Shouxin's personal case."
Wei Zhongxian also said:
"Take this opportunity, master, you can't justifiably and completely reorganize the front division of the palace, this is the deputy commander of the Great Zhou."
Guo Zongxun's original idea was to disrupt the Guards Division and the Front Division of the Palace, and transfer some of the soldiers of the Guards Division to the Front Division of the Palace, but in this case, it would break the rules of the Guards Division's forbidden army that had always been selected for personnel.
At Liu Bowen's suggestion, Guo Zongxun decided to directly merge the Guards Division and the Palace Front Division, of course, this plan cannot be implemented for the time being, because Emperor Guo Rong is still there, and this kind of army reorganization must be decided by Guo Rong.
The method of buffering is to take the Shi Shouxin corruption nest case as an opportunity to reorganize the forbidden army of the palace front division left in Kaifeng.
During this period, the defense of Kaifeng City was all entrusted to the Guards Division.
Han Tong commanded 10,000 guards to garrison the imperial city, and Cao Bin commanded 10,000 guards to garrison Kaifeng City.
The forbidden army of the former division of the palace was reorganized in the camp on the outskirts of the city.
Everything is ready, firstly, to be able to stabilize the morale of the army when capturing Shi Shouxin, and secondly, to take the opportunity to hand over the responsibility of garrisoning Kaifeng to Cao Bin, who he currently trusts the most.
Liu Bowen is worthy of Liu Bowen, and he is really a figure with unparalleled wisdom.
On the day of the erection, Shi Shouxin led the army outside the city to prepare to start the siege, and the siege should have the appearance of a siege, siege vehicles, ladders, stone throwers... Wait, it's quite scary to put it outside Kaifeng City.
The city was also urgently mobilized, and the Criminal Department, the Kaifeng Mansion, and the 3,000 forbidden troops drawn by the Guards Department took to the streets of Kaifeng, responsible for pacifying and managing the people.
Guo Zongxun stood on the highest attic in the imperial city, looking at Kaifeng City, which was extremely tense but not chaotic, and sighed in his heart.
It's hard to say that Lone will really defend the city like this one day.
"Pass the edict of Lone, the commander-in-chief of the siege army and the personnel with the rank of captain and above, immediately return to Kaifeng, before the war, Lone must cheer for the soldiers on both sides."
This can be regarded as one of the strategies to capture Shi Shouxin, and bring all the generals above the captain in front of the palace into the city, and give Shi Shouxin a urn to catch turtles.
Shi Shouxin, who didn't know the reason, rushed back to Kaifeng City with hundreds of officers above the rank of captain, and as soon as he entered the camp of the Guards Division, a general of the Guards Division led people to stop them.
It is said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Queen Mother will come in a while, and all soldiers are not allowed to carry weapons.
Shi Shouxin didn't doubt him, he didn't let him bring weapons anyway, and happily ordered his subordinates to hand over all the weapons.
Then, when they walked into the Guards Division's military field, they were immediately surrounded by Cao Bin with the heavily armed guards of the Guards Division.
"What are you doing, do you want to rebel, I am the commander of the front division of the palace, you dare to arrest me, whose order did you take?"
Shi Shouxin's face was incredible, the 20,000 forbidden troops of the front division of the palace were left outside the city by him, and he brought these hundreds of people......
"General Shi, just tie your hands and arrest it, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has decreed that if anyone dares to resist, there will be no forgiveness for killing......"
There were a few generals who were loyal to Shi Shouxin and still intended to make a mistake, Cao Bin and these people were not polite, and with an order, the forbidden army of the Guards Division swarmed up and directly hacked to death with knives, not even leaving a whole corpse.
"Anyone else who wants to try General Ben's blade?"
Cao Bin rode on a horse, he was in a very happy mood, he ate empty salary, he would do it if he was a military general, but Cao, who was empty on salary, was here to catch another empty salary, alas...... Shi Shouxin, where are you going to reason?
Fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter, Cao Bin will not do it, he is not as ruthless as Shi Shouxin, but since following the prince, Cao Bin has now begun to pay attention to these things, taking advantage of the opportunity to replenish the source of troops, he has basically filled the loopholes.
"Shi is not convinced, why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrest me, what crime did Shi commit."
Shi Shouxin is not a fool, and in the current situation, he already knows very well that he was calculated by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Under the pretext of military drills, the forbidden army of the former division of the palace was transferred out of the city, and then he and the officers above the rank of lieutenant were recalled to the city, and then ...... Catch a turtle in an urn.
At this time, 20,000 soldiers in front of the palace were outside the city preparing to obey the order to start attacking the city, but unfortunately, no one would give them this order.
"Shi Shouxin, Cao advises you not to resist, Cao has a relationship with you, but the knife in Cao's hand has no friendship with you......"
Cao Bin waved his big hand, and the guards rushed up and began to arrest people, and those who dared to resist were directly hacked to death
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really a good means, Shi Mou admits planting, brothers, don't resist, we have lost......"