61 Covert Operation: Beishang (Gyeonggi)
On December 1 of the third year of Daming Honghua, that day came.
Liu Xingchao, the head of the inner court, received me.
In a large room on the basement floor of the palace, Liu Xingchao and Li Feiyu stood inside, and in front of them stood soldiers in a neat line.
The soldiers were all dressed in Royal Army uniforms, but it was clear that they were all members of the Forbidden Armyβas you could tell from that resolute, cruel look.
"It's a very difficult task, but I hope you won't let me down," Liu said. I have one more very important piece of news for you as you leave. According to reliable information, Zhao Zhengbao's military advisor is the former Zhao Guangxin's military advisor. That guy isn't easy to deal with. Speaking of which, I still know him, and he is a member of the palace like you and me, and he is also our colleague. At the beginning, he was loyal to Zhao Guangxin, but Zhao Guangxin got him out of the palace to become his military advisor, and I chose to be loyal to Li Yongfu. Hey, it's been almost seven or eight years since we stopped seeing each other. By the way, his name is Ma Xingcai, be careful when you meet him! β
Li Feiyu took a bunch of things and said, "I made all the documents you might need." There are two sets of identities, one of the imperial court, registered in Gyeonggi Province, and the identity is a high-ranking official of the Forbidden Army Intelligence Department, to ensure that you are unimpeded on the territory of the imperial court; One set is a Hebei document, registered in Hebei Province, and the identity is a small scholar, which is used on Zhao Zhengbao's territory - if he is still alive. We have no contact with the Hebei army at all, and we don't know much about their situation. But if the information is correct, Zhao Zhengbao is in Yanjing, you have to get there safely, and then do everything according to the opportunity! β
I have taken those documents, such as "scholar certificate", "household registration certificate", "pass", "tax payment certificate", "good citizen certificate", "loyalty and filial piety certificate", etc.
These documents are all genuine, and even the anti-counterfeiting marks that cannot be forged are available, because the documents of the Ming Dynasty are all made by the Royal Printing House, and they are also controlled by the Inner Court.
I saw that the name on those documents was "Zhao Fangju". Yes, I have a third name.
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Li Feiyu pointed at those soldiers and said, "These people are the elite of the elite of the forbidden army, they are all personally selected by me, and they are absolutely reliable. These two people are Wang Yuquan and Zhang Kangning, there are a total of 100 people, and the equipment is the best. β
Two of them stepped forward and said, "Lord Dongfang Ju, I am Wang Yuquan, the commander of this operation, the major of the forbidden army. β
The other said: "Lord Dongfang Ju, I am Zhang Kangning, the supervisor of this operation, the major of the forbidden army. β
The military ranks of the Ming Dynasty are divided into "inferior, medium, private, corporal, sergeant, sergeant, warrant officer, second lieutenant, lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, major general, lieutenant general, general, marshal, generalissimo", and those with high military ranks can directly command those with low ranks, even if they are not a unit. Most of the Royal Army had the rank of soldier, and the lowest rank in the Forbidden Army was Sergeant. The rank of the Forbidden Army was much higher than that of the Royal Army. For example, the rank of lieutenant general is the commander of each army in the forbidden army, and this rank can command a legion of about one million people in the Royal Army, and 20,000 in the forbidden army. The rank of colonel can command tens of thousands of people in the Royal Army and hundreds in the Forbidden Army.
Ha! I've seen the two of them, one year older than me at the Imperial University, but I don't know what they're called.
Liu Xingchao said: "They are all outstanding graduates of Huangda, and they are different from those who fail like you. β
I scratched my head.
I shook hands with the two Praetorian Majors.
They both helped me and supervised me, and the two of them supervised each other. Of course, the main purpose is to stare at me; As long as I took refuge in Zhao Zhengbao, I was shot to death.
I saluted Liu Xingchao and Li Feiyu, and then walked out of the room.
They all followed me.
Outside, there were fifteen black armored vehicles and fifteen green trucks full of supplies, all of which read "Daming Royal Army Officers Supervising the Battle Regiment". Every large army (100,000 men) in the Imperial Army would have such an army with special officers to supervise the war.
One of the trucks also carried two telegraphs, one of which was used by the imperial court, and we only received and did not send it, so that we could know the military situation in various places, but it was basically not credible; One is to contact the head of the inner court, and we can contact us at any time.
I sat in the first armored car, and they also got into each of them.
Here we went.
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In a time of chaos, a rapid march is not noticeable, the problem is that our squad is so well equipped - even the best of the "Warlords" are not as good as us.
If it was the Royal Army, you would have to be a military commander or major general to have a car, and we drove thirty cars with a swagger!
If they knew that we still had a hundred submachine guns, a thousand grenades, and fifteen truckloads of military supplies, they would have been really scared to death.
But these things are insignificant compared to the secrets in my head.
The general checkpoint looked at our formation, and then looked at our Gyeonggi Provincial Flag and Royal Army Flag, and did not dare to stop it at all.
Important county and provincial border checkpoints saw our documents and saluted and let them go.
We passed through Tongguan.