Chapter 67: Reinforcements Arriving Secretly
After a secret meeting with the little prince who had been released out of Beijing and had almost never seen him in Yanyulou, Zhao Jiwu seemed to go out as usual, and soon returned to the military camp outside the city alone. For those generals who were openly and honestly entertaining in the barracks, he pretended not to see them as before. Because he knows that the death of these people is not far off!
As a general from a martial arts family, Gao Jiwu is undoubtedly a military general loyal to the royal family, and the concept of loyalty to the monarch in his heart was instilled at an early age. Compared with these local rising generals, he undoubtedly has more chances to rise to a high position. This is also the case for many local generals, after seeing that there is no hope of promotion, they have the idea of making a fortune at any time.
In Gao Jiwu's opinion, this is completely unworthy of being called a qualified leader of troops, but they are the military attaches that those civilian officials like. For Gao Jiwu, a military attache of the martial family who is not too controlled, they often stay away. Although he didn't dare to find a crime to frame Gao Jiwu at will, it was easy to set them up. After all, the Pingjiang Army was still under the jurisdiction of the prefect.
In addition, the military expenditure of the Pingjiang Army depends largely on the government, which also causes Gao Jiwu to feel constrained many times. It's just that his forbearance and humiliation have finally paid off, and the little county king expressed a very satisfied attitude that he can remain honest and not be in the same league as those civil officials.
This means that after the Jiangnan Wo case is investigated, as the commander of the Pingjiang Army stationed in Suzhou, he will also receive a lot of commendation. He could even predict that as long as he cooperated with the mission of this prince this time, he would go further in the army in the future. After all, through the family's letters, he already knew that this county prince was likely to lead troops to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun in the future.
Although this is a feats that all the military generals have fought for, Gao Jiwu, who can be used as a member of the legal army, knows very well that if there is no one in the imperial court. Wanting to be transferred to the border to fight, his chances are slim. If you can get the weight of this little prince, then this situation is not necessarily. Perhaps, as long as the other party prefaces the saint, he will be able to lead his troops to follow him into battle.
With this expectation of fighting on the battlefield, Gao Jiwu stood at the door of the noisy barracks of those generals and stopped for a moment, and soon returned to the barracks where he was. In the face of those henchmen and cadres, with angry expressions, Gao Jiwu did not reveal anything in order to keep it secret. Tell them to go back to the camp and rest, and go into the camp as usual.
The general, who was familiar with Gao Jiwu, also felt a little abnormal when he saw that this commander did not have the indignant expression he had before. But without much thought, the commander had already been instructed, and the death of the generals of these troubled military camps was not far off. Just as tonight is a guillotine banquet for them to see them off, they still feel wronged when they get to the underworld.
Zhao Xiaoxi, who came back from Yanyu Building, returned to the inn and saw that Long Si, who had left with his secret order, had returned. Tell him that the matter has been done, and that tomorrow those people will arrive outside the city of Suzhou, ready to listen to Zhao Xiaoxi's orders. The prelude to this anti-corruption war in Jiangnan has made these greedy insects understand that the end of sucking state taxes will be unbearable for them.
After dawn, Zhao Xiaoxi first accompanied the two girls to rest in the inn for a long time, and waited until the members of the martial arts around him told him. When the soldiers who had deliberately asked Long Si to take his token to transfer had already arrived in the valley outside Suzhou, not far from the Pingjiang Army, Zhao Xiaoxi knew that it was almost time to act.
After instructing the two girls not to wait for him to come back to rest at night, and at the same time telling them not to move around at will, Zhao Xiaoxi soon left Suzhou City under the protection of the members of the military department, and met the forbidden army he had transferred from Nanjing Yingtianfu. Compared with the unreliability of the Xiang army and the defending army, these forbidden troops guarding the four capitals in front of them are the real elite divisions.
Zhao Xiaoxi, who had arranged for the members of the military department to prepare food in advance, happened to see when he arrived that these forbidden troops who had come secretly all the way were eating one after another under the instruction of several military attachés. When he saw Zhao Xiaoxi on a horse, the two middle-aged generals led by him quickly came over to see the minister who transferred them here with the gold medal representing the saint.
'The last general Huyan Leopard and Cao Zhen, see the prince. ’
Dismounted and helped up the two generals who were also from meritorious families, Zhao Xiaoxi said with a smile: "General Huyan, General Cao has been fortunate all the way. Presumably, when they came, the two generals should have received the holy parables, right? Although this time it is not a battlefield, it also needs two generals to fight this big battle that shakes the south of the Yangtze River together with this king. Have faith? ”
Huyan Leopard, who is the chief general, said respectfully: "If you return to the prince's words, you have received the secret decree of the saint in the last tense, and everything on this trip is subject to the prince's arrangement." No matter how you go up the sword mountain or down to the sea of fire, the last general and the soldiers will not frown. ”
Hearing this, Zhao Xiaoxi smiled and said: "There is no such sword mountain and sea of fire, but there must be a lot of places that need to rely on the soldiers." Now that the two generals have already come, let's listen to the specific plan of this king! Although the battle of Jiangnan is not a battlefield, it should not be taken lightly. One carelessness has caused turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for this king and you to explain to the saint. ”
After emphasizing the discipline of secrecy, Cho Hyo-seok quickly said the plan to break the face. Hearing that this was a game, such a senior official as the Zhizhou of Liangzhelu was also within the scope of their arrest. As for the prefects of the same grade as them, there were also several times, and the two generals of the forbidden army were also a little toothy, feeling that this errand really could not be missed.
It's just that they all know that high risk means high returns, plus they know it just as well. The county prince in front of him is the commander of the future conquest of Yanyun, if they want to follow the battlefield in the future, they must show their command in this anti-corruption war. Otherwise, with their age, if they want to follow together, there are really not many opportunities to fight on the battlefield.
After the last military attache selection in Bianliang City, this young but powerful county prince has become a candidate for commander close to the major martial arts families. Everyone knows that this county prince is so young that he has become a festival envoy all the way. And began to train a guard army directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor, isn't it stupid that such a red man doesn't stammer?
After listening to the specific task arrangement, the two generals of the forbidden army quickly arranged for the accompanying soldiers to eat and rest, waiting for the night to fall. As for these members of the Guards Military Department around Zhao Xiaoxi, they will act as the eyes and ears of this mission and will be the most timely news. Quickly fed back to Zhao Xiaoxi, the commander, so that he could make timely adjustments and arrangements according to the changes in the situation.
When the forbidden army who had eaten casually found a place in the valley to close his eyes and rest, Zhao Xiaoxi did not forget to tell these two veteran generals of the forbidden army about their son's situation in the guards. When they heard that they were currently undergoing assault training, and that they were all centurion-like generals, commanding a hundred-man cavalry team, the two fathers were also very relieved.
Zhao Xiaoxi, who took away almost all the martial arts families from Bianliang City at the beginning, and was a younger brother all his life, was to a large extent the benefactor of these martial generals. If you want their children to inherit the family honor in the future, even far beyond them. All expectations are placed on the young county prince in front of him.
This also shows that Zhao Xiaoxi has unconsciously received the support of the martial arts family of the imperial court. This kind of support is of little use now, and when it comes time to do great things, the power it exerts may make those civil officials in the imperial court who feel that the military attaché is in decline, completely understand the truth of what it means to have power out of the barrel of a gun.
Accompanying the two generals to chat about some things in the guards, the sky slowly darkened, and waited until Zhao Xiaoxi ordered to bury the pot and make rice. After listening to the meal and starting to act, Huyan Leopard and Cao Zhen quickly woke up all the soldiers who were still resting, and sorted out their clothes to prepare for the night's operation. And tonight, I am afraid that the entire city of Suzhou will also become a sleepless night.
The soldiers of the forbidden army, who seemed to realize that there was a big operation on this trip, also became serious and nervous, and quickly enjoyed a slightly extravagant dinner. Soon assembled under the command of the military attachés who led their respective teams, and when the main general Huyan Leopard reported to Zhao Xiaoxi, after the army was assembled and could set off, Zhao Xiaoxi, who had already changed into a light armor, held the sword of Shang Fang and ordered to set off.
Like the forbidden army that began to march towards the Pingjiang army garrison in the valley at this moment, in the Pingjiang military camp tonight, all the military attaches under the command of Gao Jiwu were concentrated in his tent. Seeing that this commander actually put on armor, these confidant military attaches realized that something big was about to happen. Because, today, they keenly discovered that those who were on duty around the barracks had been replaced by the personal guards under their command.
Compared with those military attachés who were in their own way, they began to spend their days drinking again, but at this moment, Gao Jiwu's camp was full of solemnity. Just when the military attachés were curious, they saw that the commander had ordered them to sit down and wait for his orders. No one was allowed to take half a step out of the tent without his command.
Although Gao Jiwu believed in these subordinates, he had to make such restrictions for the sake of secrecy. Because of the leakage in advance, it was enough to change Zhao Xiaoxi's arrangement. This kind of mistake itself was expected to be made by Gao Jiwu, who was guilty of meritorious service, and these military attaches also did not show any dissatisfaction with this order.
It wasn't until the captain of the guard, who was in charge of guarding outside the barracks, came back to report to Gao Jiwu that the military attachés in the barracks were shocked. What is this army? With their profession naturally clear. But they knew better that if they entered the armies of other territories without a holy decree, they could be punished as treason.
Putting aside the possibility of the latter, there is only one possibility, this army that arrived late at night arrived in Suzhou secretly after receiving the holy metaphor. So what did they do when they arrived in Suzhou? Countless questions soon filled the minds of these military attachés!