Chapter 120: Preparing for War (1)
Next, the master and apprentice made a big arrangement for the deployment and distribution of troops. He immediately made simple information about the men and horses to be mobilized and the equipment of weapons to be transferred, and handed them over to the local beggars, and the disciples quickly spread them to all parts of the mainland. This time, a beggar gang disciple who broke into the Red Lotus Sect risked killing his head and sent the news that Ye Xian ordered Zhao Chongyang and others to be burned, saving the lives of thousands of them. Zhao Chongyang rewarded this disciple with 1,000 yuan and the entire beggar gang with 100,000 yuan. Therefore, the beggar gang is now more concerned about the things ordered by the Wantong Chamber of Commerce and Zhao Chongyang.
Zhou Tong saw that Zhao Chongyang was in a very short period of time, so he basically arranged a big battle between Xixia and Wanyan Xiyin this time.
Not long ago, on the way, Zhao Chongyang received news from Fang La, and he had already attacked several heroes in Dengzhou to Shuibo Liangshan. They are Sun Li, Sun Xin, Gu Sister-in-law, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, and He Lehe. So this time, Zhao Chongyang issued an order, asking Sun Li, Xie Zhen, and Xie Bao to bring 3,000 broadsword teams to the Daimyo's Mansion, and after meeting with Lin Chong and Xue Yong, they led their troops to Daheng Mountain to help in the battle.
Five days after the Huashan raid, Xue Yong brought Zhao Chongyang's secret letter to visit Cai's mansion, and then asked him and Lin Chong to obey Cai Jing and Gao Yu's arrangement. After Cai Jing came back early this morning and read the letter, he asked Xue Yong to go back and come to listen to the news tomorrow afternoon. Cai Jing immediately asked the housekeeper to invite Gao Yu's family to the house, and the two talked secretly for half an hour, and Cai Jing entered the palace to meet the emperor in the afternoon.
Cai Jing said to the emperor: "Official, Zhao Zhuangyuan Zhao, who inspected the Western Army, sent a concise message, saying that they had caught several Western Xia spies, and after interrogation, they claimed that Zhe Keqiu secretly colluded with Western Xia, and last time he was afraid that the loyal Yang Jiajun would mislead them, so he let Yang Huaiyu lead the troops first, and deliberately hinted that Zhe Ketong delayed the fighter, originally the secret plan formulated by the Xixia people and Zhe Keqiu was that Li Chengshun ambushed Yang Huaiyu in front, and Zhe Keqiu sneaked attack in the back, so that he was caught off guard, and he was attacked by the enemy on his back, Even if the Yang family army is not completely annihilated, it will also be hit hard. Who knew that Li Chengshun had a bad heart and wanted to take the opportunity to weaken Zhe Keqiu's strength, so he surrounded Zhe Ketong first.
This time, the king of Western Xia learned his lesson and re-agreed with Zhe Keqiu. Let Li Chenghua, the king of Xuan, lead 20 to 250,000 troops as the commander, and prepare to carry out a large-scale attack on the Dahengshan military village when Zhao Xun presses to Dahengshan. Zhao Chongyang is a young hero, and he will inevitably go to the front line and take the lead. At the critical moment, he could ask for a defection, but instead made a contribution to Zhao Chongyang. Although the few reckless heroes around Lord Zhao were heroic, after all, the number was too small, and if they hadn't known about their conspiracy in advance, they would definitely not have been able to come back this time. But now that he has known their conspiracy, Zhao Zhuangyuan already has a countermeasure, this time he came back to ask the official family to allow him a few things, if the official family agrees, he will be sure to mobilize the Western Army, will be calculated, capture the fold, seize his military power, lure the Western Xia army into the ambush circle, and annihilate the main force of the Western Xia army in one fell swoop. At the same time as fighting with Li Chengxun, he sent a general to lead a light cavalry to march at night and ambush, raid Xingqing Mansion, capture the thief and capture the king, take the Xixia royal court in one fell swoop, and set up a puppet as the king of the Western Xia, so that the threat of the Western Xia can be completely eliminated. ”
Zhao Ji said: "As long as he can completely remove the threat of Western Xia, don't say a few conditions, even dozens of conditions can be agreed to him." ”
Cai Jing said that he did not have many conditions, mainly including: "First, if it is confirmed that collusion with Western Xia is only done by a small number of henchmen, and most of the generals in the Zhejia army do not know about it, please ask the official family to only treat the crime of one person who can ask for it, and not engage in punishment." In this way, after being captured, he took out the official decree to forgive the sins of everyone, so that they could obey the orders of the Qin Messenger and make meritorious contributions, so that the morale of the family army would be stabilized. Second, after occupying the Xingqing Mansion in Western Xia, the puppet queen was re-established, and the Western Xia Governor's Mansion was established, with 10,000 soldiers stationed to monitor the Western Xia royal court. There is a need for a person who is highly respected and has both civil and military skills. And Zhao Chongyang's martial arts master is called Iron Arm Zhou Dong, who is the only descendant of the strange dragon swordsman Jintai next to Wang Jinggong Wang Anshi, and his martial arts and art of war have been truly passed on, so Zhao Chongyang does not avoid relatives. Recommend the master Zhou Dong Daxia as the second rank of the Western Xia Governor's Mansion Metropolitan Governor, get on the horse to manage the army, get off the horse to manage the people, and the civil and military attaché below the third rank of the Governor's Mansion is decided by him and the master. Subsequently, the western army was rectified, and the 400,000 western army was reduced to less than 250,000, and after three years, only military salaries were paid, and grain and grass were settled in the fields, so that the state could save 3 million yuan a year. Third, after the fall of the Western Xia, some ambitious people in the royal family would inevitably go to the Liao State and the Jin State to cry and ask for help to truly restore the Western Xia, and even send people to Kaifeng to spread rumors, saying that their masters and apprentices were anti-minded. At that time, please ask the officials and people to be suspicious, and there is no need to believe rumors. Fourth, the privy envoy Tong Guan commanded the Western Army for many years, did not govern the army strictly, and accepted bribes from Zhi Keqiu and others, so that Zhi Keqiu and others could not get rid of it. It is no longer suitable for commanding troops, if the official family can't bear to take away his official position, the news of this war with Western Xia must be hidden from him. Otherwise, if he inadvertently revealed the news to Zhi Keqiu's eyes in the capital, so that Zhi Keqiu had the heart to take precautions, then the entire Western Army would cease to exist, and Yan'an Mansion and Daheng Mountain would all be occupied by Western Xia. Five Zhao Xun asked the officials not to spare their official positions, and rewarded all the meritorious personnel this time. In addition, now 3,000 elite soldiers are selected from the forbidden army under the command of Gao Taiwei, which is under the command of Lin Chong, Xue Yong and Sun Li are the commanders, and Gao Zigui, Cai Deren and others are the staff officers of the army, and they immediately rushed to Dahengshan to help in the battle. ”
Zhao Ji heard that he could basically assess the Western Xia this time, so he agreed to Zhao Chongyang's conditions, let Cai Jing and Gao Yu go down to supervise, and immediately wrote a secret decree to pardon the other members of the Zhe family and handed it to Cai Jing, and at the same time asked Cai Jing to pass on the letter, as long as the Western Xia was successfully destroyed this time, he would not hesitate to give Zhao Chongyang the title of marquis, and the rest of the generals with military merits, the marquis and the following titles, can apply on behalf of them......