Chapter 135: Great Things Are Hard to Achieve

Knowing that the garrison of the forbidden army outside the city was preparing to enter the city, the Shuai Mansion and the people were very panicked, they were worried that their secrets were leaked, and the Queen Mother was puzzled, and was ready to exterminate the Marshal Army as a rebel, so there would be enough reasons to turn against themselves, and then their plans would be broken. So Zhao Gou urgently ordered Yang Weizhong to quickly send troops to control the various gates of the outer city, but he changed the original plan, let Liu Guangshi lead his own army into the palace, and let Zhang Jun lead the Chinese army to control the inner city.

The sudden change in the plan made Zhang Jun a little caught off guard, although he wanted to ask the reason, but he pressed it down, accepted the order to transfer the command of the two thousand elites in the palace to Liu Guangshi, and then hurried out of the city on the grounds of transferring troops, at this moment his heart was full of uneasiness, could it be that they already knew about the matter between themselves and the Qin Palace...

Others may not know the true colors of Zhang Jun, but Zhao Ta, as a descendant, knows very well, as one of the four generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, he was an accomplice to the murder of Yue Fei, and he won the emperor's favor. But this General Zhang Jun was not famous for killing the enemy to serve the country, he was famous for his greed and the huge wealth he occupied.

After gaining power, Zhang Jun wantonly annexed land, occupied a huge amount of land, and became a rare large landlord throughout the ages, claiming to occupy the land all over the world, compared to Zhu Mian, his family has a total of more than 1 million acres of fertile land, that is, more than 666.7 million square meters, or 667 square kilometers, larger than the area of the country of Singapore, and the annual rent collection of more than 600,000 stones, equivalent to more than twice the annual financial revenue of Shaoxing Prefecture, the richest in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Through clever grabbing, Zhang Jun also occupied a large number of gardens and mansions, and only collected rent. That's as much as 73,000 yuan a year, that is, rent alone. The annual income is 730 million yuan. Therefore, the family has accumulated a huge amount of money, and the silver is piled up. In order to prevent them from being stolen, Zhang Jun ordered people to cast those silver into large silver balls of one thousand taels and one yuan, called 'helpless', which means that the thief can't move them, and there is nothing they can do with them!

After Zhao Ta decided to compete for the throne, he formulated the 'Water Lily Plan' and handed it over to the Intelligence Department for implementation, so as to disintegrate the Shuaifu army and make it lose its reliance on the throne. And Zhang Jun is one of the 'water lilies' planted by Zhao Ta. He is a shrewd and unusual person, and he has some skills, but greed for wealth is his biggest weakness.

In the first contact, Zhang Jun always put on a loyal appearance, but when he was born in poverty, he was completely stunned by the 'sugar-coated cannonballs' fired by the Qin Palace. At this time, he was only a six-rank Gongwei doctor, and he had seen money, but he had never seen so much money. Immediately fell to the Qin Palace.

You have to do things to collect money, and according to King Qin's instructions, Zhang Jun fell asleep beside Zhao Gou, obviously doing things for King Kang's mansion. At the bottom, all the plans of King Kang's Mansion were revealed to the Qin Palace, so that Zhao Ta could know the movements of the Shuai Mansion army at any time. At the critical moment, Zhang Jun, who was responsible for preparing for the 'battlefield uprising', was suddenly replaced by Zhao Gou. Making him extremely panicked, he hurriedly informed the Qin Wangfu of the latest news while transferring the army. The reply was, 'Do what you are told'...

The ranks of the royal palace have been assembled. Ready to go, the armies also kept reporting the situation:

"Your Majesty, Deputy Marshal Fan Na has led the army to the outside of Kaifeng City to line up to block the Zhongxing Army and the Forbidden Army entering the city!"

"Your Majesty, Yang Dutong has captured all the gates of the outer city of Kaifeng!"

"Your lord, Zhang Dutong has already led his troops into the inner city, controlling the Vermilion Bird Gate, Baokang Gate, Liang Gate and Fengqiu Gate, please enter the city as soon as possible!" …

"Okay, General Liu led his troops into the palace with this king to protect the queen mother!" Zhao Gou nodded, now that the city defense of Kaifeng City is basically under his control, he is about to reach the peak of power, he turned over and rode the army towards the imperial city with a wave of his hand.

At this moment, the newly restored prosperity of Bianjing City is once again facing disaster, in addition to the pedestrians who rush to and fro, there are those marshal soldiers who loot property, the shops along the street are all looted, some of the ignited houses are not extinguished, billowing smoke, and along the way you can sometimes see the corpses that died under the chaotic blade. Zhao Gou turned a blind eye to these and led his troops along the royal street to Xuande Gate.

"King Kang is here to escort and open the city gate quickly!" Zhao Gou led the army all the way to the Xuande Gate to line up, and someone stepped forward to shout Guandao.

"May I ask if King Kang leads the army into the city, does it have the will of the Queen Mother?" At this time, a person flashed out of the city tower and it was Zhao Zhong, and he shouted loudly.

"The forbidden army is making trouble, causing a mutiny, the matter is urgent, and it is too late to ask for a decree!" Huang Qianshan stepped forward and replied.

"I'm sorry Lord Huang, without the Queen Mother's decree, I don't dare to open the door!" Zhao Zhong bowed his hand and said.

"The rebels will arrive later, startling the Queen Mother and all the mothers, you can't afford to be guilty, open the door immediately, and the king will bear the responsibility if something happens!" Huang Qianshan was as anxious as fire, and shouted at the gate.

"I have a heavy responsibility in my lower body, and I don't dare to open the door without permission, and I also ask King Kang to ask for an order, and the lower official will open the door immediately if he has an edict!" Zhao Zhong said tepidly.

"General Zhao, the military situation is like fire, King Kang is here, will he still trick you?" Liu Guangshi did recognize Zhao Zhong and stepped forward to say.

"Hehe, General Liu, you are polite, the army of King Qin is strictly disciplined, and the result of violating it must be clearer than the army!" Zhao Zhong said with a smile.

"You... You are just a small servant under King Qin, but you also use chicken feathers as arrows, dare to stop the king, don't you want to live? Liu Guangshi was mentioned in the past, and shouted angrily, and also exposed Zhao Zhong's old background.

"Yes, it's true that there is a small servant under King Qin, but he wants to live!" Zhao Zhong still said with a smile on his face.

"If you don't open the door again, I'm going to attack the city!" Seeing Zhao Zhong's attitude, Liu Guangshi said intimidatingly.

"Ha Lu Ha..."Zhao Zhong seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, "Under the city of Xiazhou back then, tens of thousands of Xia troops besieged the city for more than a month and failed to take a single step into the city, even a few thousand people in you dared to say big words about seizing the city, if you want to die, just come!" As soon as he said this, he waved his hand, and countless soldiers appeared on the city, and they aimed their guns at the commander's army under the city.

"Do you want to rebel?" Liu Guangshi saw that Zhao Zhong was unmoved, so he could only give him a big hat.

"I'm afraid you're the ones who want to rebel, right? If you want to enter Miyagi, let the horses come! Zhao Zhong said with a sneer, and with a wave of his hand, the soldiers in the city ripped off their cannon jackets, and more than a dozen rapid-fire guns were aimed at the city, and the gunners stood beside the guns with torches in their hands.

"King, retreat!" Liu Guangshi was shocked when he saw the artillery, and other people in the Shuaifu army might not be afraid, but he was under the city of Lingzhou The power of the arrows was the artillery, and now the people under the city are under the range of the artillery, and if the dozen or so cannons fire at the same time, they will not be spared.

"What to retreat, attack the city immediately!" Zhao Gou didn't appreciate it and scolded loudly.

"The king can't, the defenders of the city have sharp firearms, we are not opponents at all!" Liu Guangshi was in a cold sweat, this King Kang is really ignorant and fearless.

"Those who retreat from the battle, slash!" Zhao Gou's sword was unsheathed, he was extremely angry in his heart, he temporarily removed Zhang Jun because he was afraid that he would retreat when he was in battle, and the soldiers used were all from the Chinese army, and he had no choice, but Liu Guangshi could lead the troops to avoid this situation, but the Chinese soldiers who lost their main general would obey their own dispatch, and sure enough, they let themselves be assured.

"The king..."Liu Guangshi looked at King Kang's distorted face, the personal soldiers behind him, if he dared to say more, he would be immediately beheaded, "Prepare to attack the city!" Life and death are at stake, and he gave an order with the truth that a good man will not suffer immediate losses, and he can only improvise.

Just as the Shuai Fu army was about to start, suddenly there was a dense sound of horses' hooves around the square, and those noisy Shuai Fu troops gathered from all directions like chasing rabbits, causing chaos.

"The Queen Mother has an order, those who harass the people and rob property will be immediately beheaded, and those who lay down their arms will be exempted from capital crimes!" There was a roar of shouts around, and Zhao Gou looked back, only to see thousands of cavalry troops, dressed in iron armor, with spears hanging low in their hands, coming from various passages in front of the square, and behind them were countless dragoons, with sabers shining and dazzling, driving the rebels together and compressing them into the square.

"It's the dragoons and hussars of the Zhongxing Army, why did they all enter the city?" Seeing this, Zhao Gou was simply split, and he set up heavy troops to block it, how could they enter the city.

"Where is General Zhang, where is General Yang?" Huang Qianshan was also shocked, and shouted at the incoming rebels with his upper teeth knocking his lower teeth.

"King Yu, Zhang Jun and Yang Weizhong have all rebelled, they didn't close the city gate at all, Fan Ne's army didn't go to Kaifeng at all, they are still in Shangqiu, they are all lying about the military situation!" At this time, Yang Qing was escorted by several personal soldiers and squeezed over to report in embarrassment.

"What, they're all betrayed?!" Zhao Gou's eyes were dark and he almost got off the horse, what was going on, he looked at his two senior staff members steadily, Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan also changed their faces, and looked at each other blankly.

"King, while the Zhongxing army has not yet completed the siege, the subordinate will escort you out of the city in order to make a comeback!" Yang Qing grabbed Zhao Go's horse reins and said.

"The king, no, now the city is full of people from the Qin Palace, they will take advantage of the chaos to harm the king's life, so let's surrender!" Liu Guangshi stopped Zhao Gou's horse head and said, what he thought was that he was acting on orders, and he would not die if he surrendered his crimes, and if King Kang ran away, he would become a top tank, and he would have to die.

"Hehe, I'm not the opponent of the second brother after all, he is thousands of miles away, and he will kill me without blood!" Zhao Gou looked left and right and said with a wry smile, at this time, he also figured out that today's situation was in the second brother's calculations, dug a pit for him, and waited for him to jump down, but he still fantasized about doing big things, it was really childish and ridiculous... (To be continued......)