On November 10 of the third year of Daguan, the news of Gao Yu's martyrdom finally reached Kaifeng Mansion!

The source of the news is still the Hebei Xuanfu Division. The cavalry sent out by the Xuanfu Division found the tomb built by the Liao people for Gao Yu at the foot of Cangshan Mountain in Weizhou! In front of the tomb, a large tombstone was erected, on which were engraved several Chinese characters "The Tomb of the Song General Gao Yu". The cavalry of the Xuanfu Division of Hebei dug up the grave and found a thin-skinned coffin, and when he opened it, he saw that it was the body of Gao Yu and Gao Taiwei.

In addition to finding Gao Yu's body, Ji Yi also reported the latest battle situation and the reception of Gao Yu's remnants and the training of the Xiangzhou Regiment.

After defeating the troops and horses led by Gao Yu, Yelu Yanxi's troops did not fall in love with the battle, but "returned to the court after victory", retreated all the way north, and retreated across the Hulu River into the territory of Shenzhou on November 8. The next step may be to continue to retreat to Dingzhou, or it may wait for the Hutuo River and the Yellow River to freeze, and then attack in the direction of Hejian Fu and Cangzhou to copy the back road of Wuhaogu.

But this is not what Zhao Ji is most concerned about, he is now wishing that Yelu Yanxi and Wu Haogu would have a dragon and tiger fight, if both of them are defeated!

And the "loser Caochen" Ji Yi finally did something that Zhao Ji was more satisfied with this time, that is, he began to contain the defeated soldiers of the Lingzhou Army as soon as possible. By 8 November, 17,800 cavalry (including regular and auxiliaries) had been contained, and less than 2,000 infantrymen had been contained.

The Xiangzhou regiment training army also contained some of Gao Yu's defeated soldiers. Including hundreds of cavalry (mainly light cavalry and cavalry auxiliaries left in Han Xiaoxuan's army) and more than 100 infantry warriors who followed Gao Yu's general Wu Song to Xiangzhou.

In addition, the more than 1,000 utility knights that Ji Yi handed over to Gao Yu earlier were lucky because of their weak combat effectiveness, and they did not follow Gao Yu to attack, but were left by Han Xiaoxuan's side, so they broke through with Han Xiaoxuan. Since Yelu Yanxi's main target was Gao Yu, he did not allocate much force to pursue and kill Xiangzhou Tuanlian, so these four-legged cavalry were basically intact.

In other words, Han Xiaoxuan, who has been defeated repeatedly, is getting stronger and stronger, and he actually has a usable cavalry at hand!

In addition to about 3,000 cavalry (including the total number of regular soldiers and auxiliaries), the Xiangzhou regiment also had about 20,000 infantry who lost their armor. It's not elite, but they've all been on the battlefield and seen blood running on the road, and many people have run twice...... At this time, it can be regarded as a usable soldier.

Therefore, Ji Yi, who was "the most likely loser in history", once again generously allocated a batch of weapons that had just been transported from Tianjin City and Jingdong City to the Xiangzhou Army, which was in urgent need of supplies.

"Now there are 23,000 soldiers in the Xiangzhou Army, 18,000 in the Kaifeng New Army, and less than 4,000 soldiers in the Daimyofu...... This is the number including auxiliaries. If it can be replenished and sorted out in time, the imperial court will soon have 45,000 to 50,000 soldiers on hand! ”

In the Chongzheng Palace, Zhang Shuye, the military envoy of the capital, was counting the available soldiers in the hands of the imperial court with his fingers to the official Zhao Ji and a cadre of important ministers.

There are 45,000 to 50,000 soldiers to fight, which is not bad!

"Your Majesty," said Cheng Shi Gongbi in the imperial history, "Now that the Liao Kou has retreated, and the imperial court has tens of thousands of soldiers who can fight, it is better to use it for the Tianjin Mansion......"

What the? For Tianjin Mansion?

Shi Dayushi's suggestion startled Zhang Shuye, the so-called "combatable soldiers" are for the Liao soldiers, not for the army of Wu Haogu.

However, this could not be said clearly, and Uncle Zhang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, what the minister said about the availability refers to after the rectification is completed. They haven't finished repairing yet, so they're not usable yet. ”

"Then hurry up and make up for it!" Shi Gongbi said.

"This ......," Uncle Zhang said at night, "Hebei is a flat river, and the cavalry is the most important." At present, although the Hebei Xuanfu Division has collected about 5,000 cavalry, there is not enough horses, and it needs to be purchased from Tianjin. ”

"What? Buying from Tianjin? Shi Gongbi asked, "Isn't there a group of pastoral supervisors in the imperial court?" Why didn't Ji Yi transfer horses from the herd superintendent, but buy horses from Tianjin? ”

"Because, because ......"

Uncle Zhang had nothing to say at night. The current supervisor of Zhiqunmu is Bai Shizhong, Cai Jing's henchman, and he should talk about whether there is a horse or not.

Bai Shizhong really played: "Your Majesty, since the restoration of Hexi and Shuofang, the herd supervisors have set up four supervisors of Heshuo to raise horses in Hexi and Shuofang. At the same time, the horse prisons in various parts of the Central Plains have been abolished, only the two prisons of Shayuan and Tiansi have not been abolished, and the laws on household horses, horse protection, and land grazing horses have also been abolished. Now the four prisons of Heshuo have been quite effective, and the shepherds of horses have as many as 200,000, which is enough to cope with the war situation in Hebei, and there is no need to buy horses from Tianjin. ”

It has been a little year since the restoration of Shuofang and Hexi in Xiangzhou, and after spending tens of millions of dollars on Zhao Ji, the herd supervisor has finally achieved some results, increasing the number of horses in the herd to 200,000.

However, an increase in quantity does not mean an increase in quality, because the civil servants in charge of herdsmen basically do not know how to raise horses and are not interested in learning. Therefore, the method of raising horses in the four prisons of Heshuo is simple grassland grazing, employing some horses that were originally party members, and casually stocking a group of party horses and obstruction horses purchased by Tong Guan.

They don't talk about any blood, and they don't interfere with the free love of horses, they can pull their hooves as much as they want, so the chance of getting a good horse is a few percent.

Moreover, the officials in charge of the horse warden often tend to castrate stronger foals for the sake of immediate political success, which can be done to make the stallion grow taller when it is young.

It is also for this reason that the best stallions produced by the four eunuchs of Heshuo have become eunuch horses, and it is conceivable what the horses are breeding.

However, even if the practice of castrating strong foals was adopted, the four superintendents of Heshuo could provide four or five thousand barely usable war horses every year, which were basically supplemented by the Shuofang army, the Shaanxi army, and the Hedong army. Now it is difficult to transfer a large number of war horses from the four prisons of Heshuo to supplement the Hebei Army.

But no matter how difficult it is, it's better than buying a horse from Tianjin, right?

The current Tianjin Mansion is the territory of Wuhao Gu!

Zhao Ji nodded and said: "In this way, Ji Yi is ordered to stop buying horses from Tianjin Mansion, and the horses in the Hebei army are all supplied by the herd supervisors...... In addition, weapons and ships are no longer allowed to be purchased from Tianjin.

He paused, "Before the completion of the Hebei Army's rearmament, the armies will temporarily stand still. ”

It's okay, it's good...... Uncle Zhang sighed at night. The Hebei army should prepare slowly, it is best to prepare for thirty or fifty years, and if you are ready to die in martial arts, the world will be peaceful.

Let's fight, forget it! As far as the bantam horses of the four eunuchs of Heshuo plus the half-hung knights in the hands of Ji Yi and Han Xiaoxuan, they will be sent to death if they go!

Zhang Shuye had long known that there were one or two thousand young knights in Wu Haogu's hands, all of whom were warriors who had been cultivated since childhood, and they were very powerful, and they were loyal to Wu Haogu...... Don't look at Wu Haogu's command, there are a lot of soldiers and horses, but there are not too many who are really desperate.

But if tens of thousands of imperial court troops are defeated by two thousand martial arts furniture outfits, hehe, then they will all be from the dragon's ministers.

Therefore, if you are not sure of the battle, it is better not to fight!

"Ji Yi gave me a secret recital," Zhao Ji pondered at this time and said, "It is recommended to give Wu Hao Gu the title of King of Beiping as soon as possible, and also give his subordinates a vote for the Northern Expedition heroes to also be crowned princes!" What do you think? ”

Ji Yi is really good!

This time it was the turn of the ministers in the palace to collectively relax. Shouting and shouting and killing is a matter of attitude, and really fighting and killing is a matter of IQ.

Everyone is a loyal minister of the Great Song Dynasty, but they are not ready to change the emperor...... And how good it is today, Fengheng Yuda is generous, and it is nothing for everyone to follow corruption, at most Haizhou pension. If you want to change the emperor again, you have no conscience!

And Wu Haogu has his Yuntai system, all of them are better than monkeys, more diligent than cows, and more fierce than tigers, so they can use everyone in the palace?

But it's one thing to agree with Ji Yi, and it's another thing to say it.

Because of Ji Yi's suggestion, it looks a bit suspicious of raising tigers and arsoning with the enemy, it doesn't matter now, it will definitely be unlucky in the future.

"Since Zhu Qing has nothing to say," Zhao Ji frowned, "then recruit Ji Yi into the court, and I will ask him face to face!" ”

……

"Big Brother Gao! You died such a miserable death! Whining...... The younger brother must send three armies, go straight to Liaojing, snatch back your corpse, and then play the name of the Son of Heaven, bury you beautifully, and ask the Son of Heaven to posthumously crown you as the king! ”

"Captain Gao, you died so miserably!"

"Captain Gao......"

At the same time, in the Jiedu Envoy Fort (the original Xuanfusi Fortress) of Tianjin Prefecture, the Jiedu Envoy of Youzhou, the envoy of Hailu City, sentenced Tianjin Mansion Wu Haogu, had taken off his official uniform, dressed in sackcloth, and took the main generals and civil officials under his command, as well as the elders in Tianjin, knelt together in the mourning hall set up for Gao Yu and wept bitterly.

It turned out that Gao Yu's brother Gao Lian had arrived in Tianjin Mansion, bringing the bad news of Gao Yu's death to Wu Haogu. Wu Haogu almost fainted from crying at that time, but after relieving his breath, he put aside all military and government affairs, and began to mourn for the heroic sacrifice of Captain Gao.

It is said that it is a big funeral, because there is no corpse, so it can only set up a mourning hall to sacrifice. At the same time as the Yao Festival, Wu Haogu also announced that he would go straight to Liaojing to retrieve Gao Yu's body (in fact, Yelu Yanxi did not take the dead on the road at all, but buried Gao Taiwei in a coffin), and buried Gao Yu in a grand manner.

With such a good brother, presumably Gao Taiwei should also feel relieved in the spirit of the sky, right?

However, Gao Lian, who knelt beside Gao Yu, had a slightly ugly face, and he was a little sad for his brother, but it was not all. Because on the way to Tianjin Mansion, Gao Lian finally figured out why his brother wanted him to go to Tianjin Mansion instead of Kaifeng Mansion when he was dying.

Is it really to bring words to Wu Haogu?

I'm afraid it's not! Gao Lian is the operator of Zhao Ji and Gao Yu's traitorous action to seek glory! If he goes to Kaifeng Mansion, how embarrassing will it be? What should Zhao Ji do? Kill people or save your life?

Therefore, it is easier to go to the martial arts to be good in ancient times, and there will always be a glorious and wealthy one.

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