The matter is very high, although Kang Chengxun is the emperor's confidant, from the second rank of the palace marshal, he did not dare to accept suddenly, but leaned over and asked: "Your Majesty went out to Tongguan, is it to inspect military affairs or to see civil affairs?" Ministers of the Government Hall, do you know? ”

Zhao Huan said with a cold face: "It is a major national event that I want to go on patrol, and I need to inform the prime ministers, and the privy councillors must also know, but I have made up my mind, the ministers are to assist me in managing the country, and I want to go on patrol, are the ministers still not allowed?" ”

This is very serious, Zhao Huan is very dissatisfied with many palace attendants in the front class because of the incident of folding Yanwen, and even with the attack of Kang Chengxun, naturally he does not have a good reputation.

Kang Chengxun has been with him for many years, but he is not afraid, but seeing that Zhao Huan's expression is wrong, he didn't say more, but just asked: "Your Majesty summoned the ministers, did you want the ministers to follow the master?" ”

"It's not." Zhao Huan frowned and said: "I asked you to come, I informed you in advance, I naturally have to have someone to escort me when I travel, not only the hundreds of people in the inner hall will be taken away, but the newly built Fengsheng Army has also practiced for more than a month. ”

"Your Majesty said yes."

Kang Chengxun's face was full of exhaustion, these days, he traveled all over Chang'an, Hedong, and was ordered to form a new army of Fengsheng, running back and forth and exhausted, Zhao Huan ordered him to stay in Chang'an, one is not at ease, and the other is to let this person rest for a while.

Seeing that he had nothing else to say, Zhao Huan smiled at Zhang Xian again: "Zhang Xian, you will lead the Fengsheng Army and follow me all the way to Tongguan." ”

Zhang Xian was overjoyed, although there was no war in Tongguan now, but the Jin soldiers had not yet retreated, and there was often small-scale contact with the Song army, if the emperor arrived before the army, maybe the morale rose greatly, and the nearly 200,000 troops in Tongguan fought hard, and these new troops under their command could get a qualitative leap.

Immediately bowed down and replied, "Obey the order!" ”

Seeing Zhao Huan's expression, he looked pleasant. Zhang Xian remembered that he had written a letter requesting to return to Yue Fei's army, and originally wanted to ask the emperor what he meant in person, but he thought that the emperor was bent on bringing the holy army by himself, but he shrank back again.

Zhao Huan saw that Zhang Xian wanted to speak and stopped, and immediately knew what this person was thinking, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

Yue Fei's battle in Jinghu began very smoothly, and at the turn of spring and summer, he led an army of 50,000 into Jinghu.

After meeting Li Gang in Xiangyang, he cooperated with Jinghu generals such as Zhe Kecun, and quickly advanced to suppress it, and after a few battles, although Zhong Xiang had thousands of strong men who had been operating for many years as the core force, in the end, most of the so-called army of more than 100,000 people was due to the starvation of the people caused by the famine, and the imperial court was ruthlessly suppressed on the one hand, and appeased on the other, and with Li Gang, a veteran minister who was very prestigious among the people, the scale of the rebellion gradually became smaller.

Yue Fei will win every battle. It also dealt a severe blow to the morale of the soldiers under Zhong Xiang's command, and by the autumn, all the state capitals occupied by the rebels had been recovered. Except for a few county towns close to Dongting Lake, there is no other place to stay.

Yue Fei originally wanted to step up the march, but at that time, the battle at Tongguan was urgent, and Li Gang was afraid that Guanshan would be lost, so he ordered all armies to tighten up, and pressed towards the capitals of Tang, Deng, and Luo, and was ready to enter the battle on the west and west roads of Beijing and Tokyo at any time to support the battle at Tongguan. After this contraction, Zhong Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, and the originally defeated army was reorganized and rested. The original qi recovered slightly, although Yue Fei did not enter the Central Plains to fight in the end, and killed again, Zhong Xiang relied on the waters of Dongting Lake to fight back and forth with the Song army. Garrison troops near Tanzhou, preparing to march again in the coming spring.

Zhang Xian followed Yue Fei to fight when he was a teenager, and Yue Fei's war entered a state of anxiety, and he couldn't help but feel anxious. Although Zhao Huan intended to be promoted because of his repeated meritorious contributions, he had already given him the official title of Zhengwupin Defense Envoy, and then added him as the head of the first army of the Fengsheng Army, and his position was not far from Yue Fei, but when he thought that Yue Fei would have to face the extremely cunning Great Lake water thieves in the spring, Zhang Xian was anxious and wanted to fly to Jinghu to help.

After practicing the Fengsheng Army for a month, seeing that everything was on the right track, Zhang Xian wrote to Zhao Huan and asked to be transferred back to Yue Fei's subordinates to fight.

It's just that Zhao Huan didn't want this fierce general to return to Yue Fei's command again, and even he couldn't figure it out. If he suspected Yue Fei's rebellion, Zhao Huan asked himself that he had no such doubts, but the strength of the generals was too great, and even Yue Fei could not be completely assured.

So Zhang Xian wrote, but Zhao Huan just ignored it and prepared to talk about it after a while.

Today, let this Zhang Xian go to the battlefield with the newly trained Fengsheng army, but it really made this brave general who wanted to leave hesitate, Zhao Huan was very happy with such a straightforward brave warrior, and immediately smiled at Zhang Xian: "Qing Yi works hard, I have high hopes for Qing!" ”

How did Zhang Xian know that Zhao Huan had moved so much thought at this time, but it was his military exploits that made the emperor very trusted, and he blushed at the moment, and replied loudly: "Yes, the minister will definitely live up to His Majesty's expectations!" ”

"Okay, you retreat, you don't need to take care of other things, the army needs to move a lot, and prepare early, I am ready to leave at the end of the month or early next month, don't miss the things of the land."

When he said this, he was already full of smiles, and he didn't put on the emperor's shelf, but walked in front of everyone, looked at him, smiled and nodded.

The generals were moved in their hearts, and they didn't dare to look at the emperor, but just leaned over and bowed their heads, and replied unevenly: "Yes, the ministers obey the order." ”

Zhang Xian is below the two deputy chiefs and a cadre of generals and deputy generals, Zhao Huan has some understanding, such as the original Dilang official Fu Su, at this time it is the deputy head of the Fengsheng Army, and the other generals and deputy generals are also the palace generals of the front division of the palace, and some are transferred from other armies, Zhao Huan can't know everything, he still just nods.

When he walked in front of the deputy head of the Fengsheng Army, because the other party had just been transferred, Zhao Huan still didn't know anything about his name and position, and saw that he was stout, his face was flushed, and his hands were full of cocoons formed by holding weapons. ”

Seeing that the military general lowered his head, Zhao Huan smiled and said, "Are you afraid of seeing people, raise your head, I ask your name." ”

As soon as the deputy chief manager was told by him, the boss was embarrassed, and he blushed at the moment, raised his head and replied to Zhao Huan: "Chen Niu Gao, I have seen Your Majesty!" ”

"Niu Gao?!"

Listening to this familiar name, Zhao Huan's eyes widened, staring at the fierce general in front of him.

"Yes, the minister is Niu Gao!"

Niu Gao was also startled, not knowing what the emperor meant.

"Niu Qing, where are you from, and where did you work before you came here?"

The emperor was so eager, Niu Gao didn't know what was wrong, and replied in a snort:

"A native of Lushan, Chenruzhou, before being transferred to the Fengsheng Army, he served as the commander of the Imperial Camp and the Assassin of Rongzhou."

"Oh, I know, Ruzhou is in Shandong, and it is really a good man."

Zhao Huan was calm on the surface, and he praised casually, but in fact, he was full of smiles, and he almost couldn't bear it, but his face was flushed. Since he came to the Song Dynasty, all he wanted to see were the legendary generals, the heroes of Liangshan, among which there was naturally this most famous and outstanding reckless general and brave general in "The Complete Biography of Yue".

In Yue, Yue Fei is naturally the embodiment of wisdom and bravery, a representative of loyalty and rationality, and Niu Gao's recklessness is extremely cute, more humane.

It's a pity that this rewritten general, in fact, started with military merits, or in the second year of Jingkang, he repeatedly made military exploits, before entering Yue Fei's tent, he was already in a high position, after Qin Hui killed Yue Fei, he also poisoned Niu Gao, before Niu Gao died, he hated and said: "I only hate the peace between the north and the south, and I can't shroud the horse leather!" ”

Thinking of this, Zhao Huan's emotions had gradually calmed down, and he looked at the slightly honest and honest Lu Daozheng looking at him with inquiring eyes, and couldn't help but smile: "I have heard of Qing's brave name for a long time, and I have wanted to be transferred to the palace for a long time, but I am busy with government affairs, so I forgot about it." ”

This is true, the longer he comes, the more military affairs are entangled in military affairs, and even Yue Fei has not been able to see him until now, let alone others.

Niu Gao didn't know that the emperor was playing ghosts, and thought that what he said was true, but he was proud and a little impressive at the moment, and immediately replied: "The minister's name is insulting and clear, and the god is terrified." ”

He replied decently, but Zhao Huan wanted to laugh even more, so he couldn't help it at the moment and said to him: "Since you are now transferred to the Fengsheng Army, you can do it well." ”

"Yes, the minister obeys."

"Let's all go down." Waving off everyone, Zhao Huan rested slightly, changed his robe, and went to Zuogemen to summon the prime minister, saying that he was about to travel, one was to inspect the people in various places, inspect political affairs, and second, to go to Tongguan, and maybe even to Taiyuan, Hedong, to command the attack on Taiyuan.

Xie Liang, Zhang Suo and others knew that the emperor was becoming more and more confident in military warfare, and that the reform of government affairs was bound to be carried out on a large scale after two years of planning.

Originally, I had the intention to dissuade him, but I felt that the emperor had rarely made mistakes in the past few years, and all kinds of measures were wise and resolute, and the kind of excuse that was not as good as the ancestors' heroic and military should not be moved lightly can no longer be said. At the moment, everyone had to agree, but Zhang Jun was full of joy, it was naturally good to follow the emperor to the front line, and if he could personally command one or two battles, it would naturally be even more wonderful.

Although the time is urgent, all kinds of preparations are naturally urgently started, Zhao Huan when he first arrived in Guanshan, once patrolled Sichuan, at that time the situation in Guanzhong was chaotic, and there was still a Zhao Gou, all the honor guards were simple, and even the prestige of a pacification envoy was not as good. At this time, Zhao Gong died, Guanzhong was stable, the politics were clear, the emperor's prestige was already extremely high, and the political hall and departments at all levels were complete, although Zhao Huan ordered everything to be simple, the preparations were still vigorously carried out for half a month, Zhao Huan originally planned to leave at the end of the month, but it was delayed until the beginning of December, and he could barely get up.