Chapter 2: Faithfulness

"Lord Wang, the Renduo Department occupies our pastures and fertile land, and collects all the livestock, grain and grass, and the people have no food to eat, and they can't survive this winter, so please save your life!" Zhao Ta did not leave Weizhou Zhizhou and others, only Zhengchuan was left, and as soon as the others retreated, Zhengchuan knelt down and cried.

"Zhengchuan Commander, I have something to say, what's wrong?" Zhao Ta knew from Zhengchuan's demeanor that he might not be doing well, but he didn't expect the matter to be so serious, he picked up Zhengchuan and asked him to sit down next to him, and ordered someone to serve tea, Zhengchuan slowly calmed down and talked about the reason.

On the same day, Zhengchuan was ordered by Zhao Ta to assist Tong Guan to recruit the Jingsai Military Division, open up the Lingzhou River, he came back and quickly contacted the old soldiers of the clan to take Weizhou bloodlessly, and subdued the Zhufan Tribe, but the guards who held Pule City were the feud of the Yule Department and refused to sacrifice the city.

The Shaanxi army attacked for more than ten days and failed to take it, Tong Guan took advantage of this to make a difficulty, not only did not reward, but turned his face, and supported the Renduo Department, which had been suppressed by the Western Xia, to enter Weizhou, and recommended it as the governor, but only gave Zhengchuan, who had made great contributions, a seven-grade inspection position.

Renduo was one of the three major tribes of Western Xia, had a close relationship with the royal family, and was prominent for a while, and then the rise of Cha Ge suppressed it, Renduo Baozhong lost power and rebelled against Xia and Song Dynasty, but also caused the Xia lord to be angry, and put pressure on his clan everywhere, more than ten years down, the once great clan has fallen apart, of course, as the executor of the Le Department is also 'indispensable'. Now that the Renduo Department is in power, they can't help Li Qianshun and Brother Cha, and they will definitely not be soft when they pick up the latecomers, and the days of the Le Department can be imagined...

Zhao Ta listened to Zhengchuan's crying, touched his chin and didn't say anything for a long time, and the 'gurgling' of the hand that he held a few times sounded directly, Tong Guan deceived people too much, he was kind enough to help him, he actually dug a pit for himself, if he hadn't passed through Weizhou via Shaanxi this time, he didn't know that such a thing had happened in Ludao. Tong Guan did this just to collect the credit of the Jingsai Military Division into his own pocket. Supporting the Renduo Department and suppressing the Muller Department was also to consolidate his authority, so that he could control Weizhou, and played a role in killing chickens and monkeys. Let others understand that the northwest is still his Tong Guan has the final say, and reduce the pressure brought to him by Zhao Ta's rise.

"Zhengchuan, this king gave you a warrant. You will go to Youzhou tomorrow to receive 2,000 stone of grain and grass, and I will allocate you another 100,000 yuan to solve your urgent needs first, and then make the next step after this king returns from Beijing! Zhao Ta thought for a moment and said. I don't know what will happen when I return to Beijing, and now I can only make such a stopgap measure.

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Masakawa wiped away his tears and said.

"Zhengchuan is the king who didn't think about it and made you wronged, it should be the king who said sorry to you!" Zhao Ta waved his hand and said, "Go back to Beijing this time." This king will show your credit to his father and reward him, and he will never hide anything! ”

"Lord Wang, the lower official believes that what the prince said is true, but Ren Duo has the support of Taiwei Tong, if the prince causes a conflict with him for the sake of the lower official, the lower official will not be at ease!" Masakawa said.

"Hmph, Mrs. Tong is unkind. This king cannot be unjust. This time, you can subdue the Weizhou tribes, you have made great contributions, and he concealed the report, not against you, but at this king, speaking of which you have been affected by this king. Now that this is the case, how can I sit idly by! Zhao Ta snorted coldly and said. Masakawa is so sensible, which makes him happy. I feel even more indebted to him.

"Lord Wang, the soldiers and civilians in Hedong have praised the prince for his benevolence and righteousness, and the lower officials still had doubts in the past, today the prince can treat me like this as a general, so that the lower officials have no place to be ashamed, and the Zhengchuan and the people of the Le tribe are willing to follow the prince from now on and never betray the lord!" Masakawa said with a look at the bottom of the face.

"Zhengchuan, you don't have to be like this, now this king can do two things for you, one is to help you regain the position of the prefect of Weizhou, but this is a liuguan, and he will serve for three years, and he will inevitably leave his homeland; The second is that the family will move to the east of the river, and this king will arrange a place with abundant water and grass for you, and be the lord of a city! Seeing him like this, Zhao Ta said in his heart, "This is also a big deal for your whole clan, you think about it carefully, don't rush to decide." ”…,

"The prince is like this, and the lower officials are even more unrequited!" Zhengchuan said with tears in his eyes, his betrayal of Western Xia was unjust, and he had a bloody battle with Prince Yan, and now he is willing to help himself so much regardless of his past suspicions, so that his heart will make waves again...

For a few days in a row, Zhao Ta and his entourage were all in the morning, camped in the dark, marched according to the predetermined plan, the daily itinerary was more than 200 miles, and finally arrived at the border of Jingzhao Mansion on the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, which was the ancient capital of the Five Dynasties, although it was now declining, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and it was still much more prosperous than elsewhere.

"Lord, shall we rest for a day before we go?" The accompanying subordinate officer approached Zhao Tamar and asked.

"No need, we don't have time, we just work hard for Marquis Liu Yu and your brothers!" Zhao Ta said with a smile.

"The lower officials dare not call it hard!" Liu Yuhou hurriedly saluted and said, although they have worked hard these days, but the benefits are not less, the prince will always reward the silver money in various names, and now everyone's pockets are full, of course, they also try their best to serve, "Lord, we have galloped for days, we have traveled thousands of miles, people can stand it, I'm afraid the horses are not good, do you want to change the horses at the front station?" ”

"It doesn't matter, these horses can still withstand it, if they can't even run down these few steps, how can they pursue Brother Cha for thousands of miles and defeat the Xia army!" Zhao said with a smile.

"Lord Wanghuwei, the horses under the board have long been scrapped, and every time you arrive at the post, you have to replace the new horses, and this beast under the seat can't see it!" Liu Yuhou saw that not only the prince's horse was still bright, but even the horse pulling the cart was not tired, and sighed.

"Hehe, it's not that your horses can't do it, but you don't do your best, let's shoot in front of us, and then enter the city in one go!" Zhao Ta looked up and saw that it was already noon, and there was an open field in front of him, and he ordered.

"No, Xiaguan's horses are also fed with good forage every day, why are they not dedicated?" Liu Yuhou felt a little aggrieved and muttered.

"Lao Liu, the prince is right, our Shaanxi army is not as good as the Hedong army, not only lack firearms, how do you look at people?" Together with him, he was in charge of fighting the front station was a commander of the Jiesheng Army, and seeing Liu Yuhou's unconvinced look, he stepped forward and said.

"Oh..."Liu Yuhou glanced at his colleagues in surprise, looked forward, and saw that after receiving the order, the prince's guard battalion immediately dismounted and sent out a guard, those soldiers who had no task did not take care of themselves first, but first checked their war horses, removed the ice and snow on the hooves, stones, loosened the belly belt, and then used the leather bucket he carried with him to bring water to drink the horses and feed, at this time there were veterinarians to inspect back and forth, and if there was a little problem, they would apply needles and feed medicines, and they did not dare to be sloppy, and when everything was in order, The sergeants took out their dry rations and sat down next to their horses to rest, and their weapons were placed within easy reach, so that they could go into battle at any time if something happened, and everything seemed very natural. On the other hand, their own soldiers threw some hay on the ground for the horses to eat on themselves, and ate some of the unmelted snow, and the people hid to the side to eat, drink and rest, and some of their weapons were still hanging on their horses.

"If you look at the leopard in the tube, you can know that the title of Tai Lieutenant, the god of war, seems to be giving way, this is the essence of our Great Song Western Army, and it is not an accident that the Hedong Army can fight all the way to Lingzhou!" Liu Yuhou also has to admit that they are also on a mission on this trip, and it seems that they can also explain when they go back...

Liu Yuhou and others have been sending Zhao Ta and his party through Shaanzhou, in front of the boundary of Nanjinggi Road, Zhao Ta once again rewarded everyone as a farewell, hit the horse into Henan, and traveled to Zhengzhou for another day, there is only one day away from the capital, and there are only two days left before the deadline, and finally can arrive on time, everyone breathed a sigh. Zhao Ta couldn't be happy, every time he entered Beijing, it was a test for him, and the hard work he had paid was more dead than the battle in the command field. …,

"Lord Wang, you are still young and fast, and the old slave has finally caught up with you day and night!" Zhao Ta had just entered the post station, and before he finished drinking a cup of tea, he heard someone push the door and come in.

"Oh, Uncle Huang, why are you back too, is there something wrong with Taiyuan?" Zhao Ta was stunned when he saw the person coming, and said in surprise.

"Alas, I heard that the prince returned to Beijing, and the old man He couldn't rest assured, for fear that you would get into trouble, so he had to let the old slave come to accompany him! Alas, my bones are torn apart! The person who came was Huang Jingchen, who sat down and pounded his waist under the prince.

"See you, don't hurry up and give Huang Bo a beat!" Although they are closer to here from Taiyuan than themselves, they have to slow down for a day or two when they receive their own summons, and they want to travel for days and days, which is really hard for people like Huang Jingchen who are close to the sixtieth birthday!

"People are old, it's really useless, it's still tiring to ride in the car all the way, the old slave is okay to see the prince!" Huang Jingchen muttered, enjoying the massage of Jianxi, "Hedong is safe now, Lord Wang, you are happy all the way, but it has hurt us two old men, especially your teacher, whose hair is almost white!" ”

"It's really hard for you two to be old, so you have to worry about it!" Zhao Ta listened to Huang Jingchen's complaint but felt very kind, this old man is a hundred and one good to himself, he immediately arranged for someone to serve Huang Jingchen to wash, prepare meals, and specially heat the wine!

"Uncle Huang, you came here in a hurry, I'm afraid it wasn't the master's idea, I think you can't rest assured!" Zhao Ta poured a glass of wine for Huang Jingchen and said.

"Well, that's true, this time the emperor is so anxious to recruit the prince to return to Beijing, I'm worried that there is something in it, and the prince is in a hurry, lest you get into trouble and don't know it!" Huang Jingchen humbly gave in, drank the wine and said.

"To be honest, I also feel that something is wrong, but I can't figure it out, I can't grasp the essentials, I can only take one step at a time, and see the move!" Zhao said.

"Lord Wang, you have also been an official in Hedong for two years, can I ask how many types of officials can be divided into?" Huang Jingchen didn't explain anything, but asked... (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )