After Zhao Ji approved Wang Huang's proposal, Hu Shi came out and played: "Your Majesty, the soldiers are very fast, and the ministers think that the Marquis of Le should send troops out of the army, and it is urgent!" ”

When Zhao Ji was still thinking about the future, Hu Shi continued: "Your Majesty, the bandits occupy Hangzhou, they will attack the north and the south to disturb the west, attack Xiuzhou in the north and then take Suzhou, and finally take Jiangning, and then take Hongzhou (Nanchang) on the west road, which is enough to form a trend of dividing the river and ruling with the imperial court, and the bandits will go south and then take the Ming, Taiwan, Wen, Fu, and Quanzhou prefectures, and I will lose the city and pay heavy taxes in the Song Dynasty, and it will be fashionable in the short term, if the time is long, it will be more and more unfavorable to the imperial court, and the bigger the bandits, the more difficult it will be to suppress them......

Master Hu's voice fell, and the court was full of discussions, and then the officials nodded in agreement.

"What Hu Qing said is very true!" Obviously, what Hu Shi said was very reasonable, Zhao Ji couldn't help but nodded, and then ordered: "With Pingyu Hou Lotian leading 100,000 forbidden troops, he will immediately go out to quell the chaos!" ”

"Command!" Lotte had no choice but to pray.

At this time, the official Bai Taiwei, who had never spoken out and rarely showed his feelings, and the palace commander Gao Yu, who had been in charge of the Biandu forbidden army for more than ten years, came out and played: "Your Majesty, the minister took the Marquis of Pingyu to transfer troops and send generals!" ”

"Go!" Zhao Ji nodded and approved Gao Yu's invitation.

Of course, before leaving, it is also indispensable to receive the holy decree of the commander and the commander of the army.

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In view of the disadvantages of the division of feudal towns from the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, in order to prevent local generals from supporting their troops and resisting the imperial court, the Great Song Dynasty began to vigorously rectify the forbidden army since the Taizong Dynasty. further eliminate the old and weak, and replenish the strong; weaken the local elite and act as a forbidden army; The forbidden army sent out rotates regularly, "the soldiers do not know the generals, the generals do not know the soldiers", "do not make the subordinates familiar with the feelings"; He released the military power with a glass of wine, seized the military power of a number of military generals, and appointed the commander of the forbidden army to some generals with shallow qualifications, weak ability, and easy control.

Since then, the Great Song Dynasty has formed a situation of "impermanent commanders, handsome and impermanent divisions", and "will not be allowed to specialize in their soldiers". The generals of the forbidden army could no longer support their troops, which undoubtedly greatly reduced the inherent threat.

In order to further strengthen the imperial power, Song Taizu Zhao Kuanyin set up the post of governor (deputy prime minister) under the prime minister, in order to weaken the power of the prime minister, in order to divide the prime minister's military power, and set up the Privy Council as the highest body in charge of the country's military affairs, at the same time, Zhao Kuanyin canceled the position of the forbidden army in front of the palace and the deputy in front of the palace, respectively, by the front of the palace command, the guards and horses are commanded, and the guards are commanded, respectively, leading the forbidden army, collectively known as the "three ya", not under each other.

Therefore, Lotte received the will of the Son of Heaven to lead the troops, and had to go through certain procedures and processes, and the Privy Council, which was in charge of military affairs throughout the country, had the power to transfer troops only after obtaining the approval of the emperor. The weight of the army is mastered by the three ya.

In general, Lotte wants to transfer these 100,000 forbidden troops to the expedition, and it has to go around in a big circle. Gao Yu won the favor of the Son of Heaven and was in charge of the Biandu Forbidden Army for more than ten years, and it was convenient for Gao Yu to come forward and simplify many procedures.

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Lotte and Gao Yu went out of the vertical arch hall one after the other.

Just out of the gate of the vertical arch hall, Gao Yu's old face suddenly smiled like a flower: "Lord Lehou ......"

Seeing the smile on Gao Yu's old face, Lotte immediately had a bad feeling, but he still said: "What do you have to say about the old captain?" ”

Gao Yu's face was still full of smiles: "The old man and Lord Le Hou have known each other for a long time, and they have never been close to ...... during this time."

Everyone is an official in the same dynasty, and Lotte is naturally not right to reject people thousands of miles away, and hurriedly said: "The ancients and gentlemen are as light as water, and there are more friends but not parties, so why should Lord Taifu mind and be confined to small sections!" ”

I don't know what Gao Yu wants to express, but it is clear in his words that he has a good intention, which makes Lotte secretly vigilant, as the saying goes, there is nothing to do to be courteous or a thief, Gao Yu obviously has more important things to say in the later words.

"Hou Ye Le, this official has something to discuss with Hou Ye...... hehe laughed a few times, Gao Yu wanted to speak, but he opened his mouth a few times and hesitated, and his expression became more and more embarrassing.

At this time, Lotte naturally couldn't pretend to be stupid, and said, "What is the matter with Lord Taiwei!" ”

After hesitating for a moment, Gao Yu stubbornly said: "Hou Ye Le has been ordered by the official family to go on the expedition, I don't know if Hou Ye Le can grace for a few days, and wait until the official has recruited all the jailers......"

Hearing this, Lotte couldn't help but be taken aback, listening to Gao Yu's meaning, it seemed that there were not many available soldiers in the Biandu Forbidden Army.

Deliberately pretending to be puzzled, Lotte cast his eyes on Gao Yu, his eyes were full of disbelief and incomprehension: "The southeast bandits are getting worse and worse, and my Song Dynasty is becoming more and more dangerous, what does Lord Taifu mean by this?" ”

"Lord Le Hou misunderstood what Gao meant!" Hearing Lotte's question, Gao Yu couldn't help but say anxiously: "When this official was the king of the Qiandi from the official family, he waited on the left and right of the official family, and he has always been loyal to His Majesty......

Lotte deliberately scared Gao Yu like this, and Gao Yu also felt that it was unqualified for him to make such a suggestion at this time, so it was difficult to ensure that only people were suspicious of what he said.

Lotte also smiled at this: "How can Le not know that Gao Taiwei is an old man in the Qiandi and has always been loyal to His Majesty!" ”

"yes, yes!" Gao Yu was busy laughing, but it was even more ugly to cry when he laughed, and he hesitated for a while before he said: "I can't hide it from Hou Ye Le, now the old and weak, the sick and the disabled of the Biandu Forbidden Army account for the majority, except for the elite of the forbidden army who must guard Biandu Gong as His Majesty's thoughtfulness, there are only 50,000 people at most who can go out with Hou Ye. ”

"Fifty thousand?" Lotte stopped in surprise and looked at Gao Yu incredulously.

After experiencing the initial embarrassment, Gao Yu was not embarrassed, but said: "Hou Ye Le, if all the 100,000 elite forbidden troops follow Hou Ye's southern expedition, and the entire Biandu forbidden army is left with only some old, weak, sick and disabled, no different from no defense, who can defend His Majesty?" ”

Seeing that Gao Yu was right, Lotte smiled lightly: "In this case, Le will go to meet the official family to discuss this matter!" ”

"Lord Lehou, don't be righteous, everything is easy to discuss!" I'm used to being everyone, and I've always been arrogant, but at this moment, I felt that my tone was not enough, and I was busy changing my smiling face.

Gao Yu has been in charge of the forbidden army for more than ten years, not only building a private house on the land of the military camp, in addition to eating empty salaries, but also treating the forbidden army as a private service, regardless of training, and specializing in contributing to his private business.

As a result, one of the three forbidden armies of the Great Song Dynasty, the Biandu Forbidden Army, which guarded the tranquility of Biandu, "lax discipline" and "unrepaired military and political affairs", became a useless ornament of "no one knows the soldiers, and none of them are available", so that when Kaifeng City faced the attack of the Jin Army, the army of tigers and wolves, hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops in Kaifeng City quickly collapsed, and Gao Yu, one of the supreme military commanders of the Great Song Dynasty, was to blame.

But there is one thing to explain, although Gao Yu is greedy for military salaries, he and Tong Guan and others have never been all the way, Tong Guan, Wang Huang, Liang Shicheng and others discussed the destruction of Liao, Gao Yu did not participate in it, and there was no suppression and framing of Song Jiang and others.

Gao Yu showed a smiling face, Lotte couldn't show a smiling face, he deliberately made his face darker, and said sharply: "Jiangnan thieves are rampant with millions of soldiers, and the official army is invincible, Le is not enough to bring 200,000 soldiers, and you only give 50,000 people to use, do you want to borrow Fang La's hand and want to put Le to death?" ”

"Hou Ye Le misunderstood, Gao really didn't mean it, the Biandu Forbidden Army really can't draw so many elites for Hou Ye to drive!" Gao Yu knew that what Lotte said was the truth, Fang La's strength was crowded, and there were only 50,000 people under Lotte's command, which was really not enough, his face became more and more depressed, and after thinking about it, he said: "As long as Hou Ye marches slowly on the road, and then holds with the thief army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for a few days, when Tong Shuai leads 150,000 horses in the northwest, it seems that the rabble of thieves will collapse at the touch of a button." ”

The official worships the highest-ranking lieutenant of the military attache of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is also the commander of the palace, and he is even more favored by Zhao Ji.

After thinking for a while, Lotte made up his mind in his heart before he smiled: "Fifty thousand is fifty thousand, although these forces can't let Le destroy the bandits, but they can also ensure that the thieves can't get any closer." ”

Hearing Lotte agree, Gao Yu was overjoyed and hurriedly patted the horse and said: "Lord Le Hou will destroy the Xia people, and this will definitely be a success!" ”

Then Lotte smiled again: "But please also ask Lord Taiwei to play in front of the official family, after Le arrives in Liangzhe, all the troops in Liangzhejiang will be deployed for Le, so that Le can clear the thieves!" ”

Gao Yu hurriedly said: "Of course, Gao must be invited for the Hou Ye in His Majesty!" ”

Seeing that Gao Yu agreed, Lotte deliberately frightened: "Lord Taiwei, you have to make up for this hole in Biandu quickly, in case the thief is strong...... It is difficult for Le and Tong Shuai to ......"

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"Lord Lehou, please stay!"

When Lotte arrived at the "Sanya" with Gao Yu and wanted to point troops, I saw a little eunuch coming in a hurry, and then said: "Pingyu Hou Lotte received the order!" ”

"Chen Lotian takes the order!" Lotte was busy.

When Lotte wanted to bow down, he only listened to the little eunuch's words: "The official family has a message, don't worship Lord Lehou, just stand and receive the order!" ”

After thanking him, the little eunuch read: "When Pingyu Hou Lotte went south to the south of Liangzhejiang, he passed through Liangshanluo to recruit the giant thief Song Jiang of Jingdong, if Song Jiang did not obey, the ground would be suppressed!" ”

"Command!" Lotte hurriedly replied. At the same time, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice, he originally thought that Hou Meng was going to recruit Song Jiang, so that he would be busy in vain, but he didn't expect that in the end, this errand would still fall on him.

There is a request for Lotte, Lotte is accompanied by Gao Yu everywhere he goes, and it also saves Lotte to take a lot of detours, go to the "Sanya" to receive the handsome seal, and under the guidance of Gao Yu, he went to the forbidden army barracks to transfer the soldiers.

The two places are very close, just go out of Xihua Gate.

To the east of the Imperial Palace, the land is a commercial street house, and to the west of the Ouchi is the Biandu Forbidden Army Barracks, and the military camp is located in the inner city of Biandu.

Faced with such a tempting world of flowers around the barracks, the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty can be imagined.

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