Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

In the Jinluan Palace, Song Huizong Zhao Ji only found out about Su Xia's rebellion five full days after the incident.

In fact, this Zhao Ji is an artistic genius.

But he is not a genius suitable to be an emperor!

He was not only good at writing ink and bamboo, but he could also write characters and landscapes. When later generations looked at his figure painting "Listening to the Qin", they not only saw the lifelike characters, but also the charm of being intoxicated by the wonderful music.

Many people think that the emperor who is suave and talented must not love the country and be tired of political affairs.

But in fact, Song Huizong was very enthusiastic about political affairs. It was just because his level was relatively poor. No, he was furious when he heard about the mutiny!

So much so that he got angry on the spot in the court! Without waiting for the veteran minister to speak, Song Huizong ordered: "Why don't we send out troops to exterminate these traitors immediately!"

If he wants troops, he will send troops to kill Su Xia immediately!

Your Highness, Gao Qiu immediately said: "My lord, I am afraid that the troops raised now are not enough. We are fighting fiercely with the Xixia people. Now I am afraid that the imperial court does not have a large army to dispatch."

Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, was a little dissatisfied: "How many troops can a small commander of the two armies have? We will mobilize troops from Yingtian Mansion. If I don't believe that I can't kill him, I will capture and kill the traitor Su Xia who has committed rebellion!"

Zhao Ji determined Su Xia's temperament, and many of the civil and military officials standing in the audience were trembling with fear.

He glanced at Taiwei Su in the audience and felt dissatisfied: "Su Yuanjing, now that things have happened, what else can you say?"

At this moment, Captain Su had all the skills to defend himself, but he was unable to save his life and was powerless.

He was trembling and did not dare to say any more words.

Zhao Ji snorted coldly and ignored him.

"What's the point of being loyal to the king and the country? I think this Su Xia has long wanted to steal my kingdom. Lieutenant Su, what do you think we should do?"

"I suggest that we raise our troops immediately, mobilize the main force of the Tianwu Army to attack, and wipe out the bandits in one fell swoop!"

Zhao Ji did not answer and continued: "Qingzhou Magistrate, the transshipment envoy Murong Yanda was overlooked. Two months ago, he should have known about this matter as early as possible, and Zhu Mianli did not report it to me before he was transferred. Hand it over to the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment joint hearing."

Cai Jing hurriedly stood up: "Your Majesty, Lord Murong may not know about this!"

"Whether he knows about this will be revealed when asked after the Dali Temple trial. Where is Zhou Bin, the prefect of Dengzhou now?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Mr. Zhou Bin of Dengzhou Prefecture is also under house arrest. From the newspaper, it seems that they will send the gift from Prefect Zhou out of the country in a while."

"Where is Zhu Mianli, the prefect of Qingzhou?"

"Back to the Holy Spirit, Magistrate Zhu Mianli has been detained by Su Xia. I'm afraid, I'm afraid it's more serious than bad!"

The person who responded eloquently was none other than Li Bangyan, who was known as the prodigal prime minister. This boy had a premonition that Su Xia's rebellion would cause a big chaos, so he detected a lot of information in advance. At this moment, such a reply made Zhao Ji somewhat satisfied.

(Li Bangyan is known as the Prodigal Prime Minister. His position as prime minister was mainly due to flattery and he had no prime ministerial talents. He was very smart and liked to communicate and play with Jinshi. He not only helped them purchase items but also subsidized travel expenses, so Li Bangyan His reputation spread widely. He was personable and quick-thinking. He later became a prodigal son during the Jingkang Incident.)

Zhao Ji said: "You can really understand the situation! Based on what you think, what comes first?"

"Go back to your highness and hold the four pillars of the Sun and Tianwu to defend the capital. This will naturally shake the morale of the army. How can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer?"

"Then who do you think is appropriate to send?"

"It is appropriate for Hu Shiwen, the envoy of Xuanfu in Hebei Province, to be a man of great talent..." Li Bangyan followed suit and praised him, and Zhao Ji believed him!

Who is this Hu Shiwen? As we mentioned before, Zhao Wenhui was framed by Hu Shiwen. At this time, Hu Shiwen was still serving as the Propaganda Envoy of Hebei Province.

Li Bangyan and Cai Jing were wearing the same pair of trousers. Li Bangyan and Cai Jing both felt that Su Xia was just a small rebellion. As for the combat effectiveness, it was not worth mentioning. When the army arrived, they were naturally defeated!

Therefore, he recommended his confidant Hu Shiwen as the commander-in-chief to fight against thieves!

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However, both Li Bangyan and Cai Jing and others overestimated Hu Shiwen's ability, and seriously underestimated the power of Su Xia's rebellion.

After going to court, Li Bangyan, Cai Jing and others carefully "evaluated" Su Xia's ability from the official newspaper. They believed that Su Xia would not have more than 2 troops at most. Therefore, at the banquet during the practice, Cai Jing He proudly said to Hu Shiwen: "You lead two armies and recruit [-] troops and horses. You can succeed in half a month!"

Cai Jing was also good enough for Hu Shiwen, and he also contacted Gao Qiu and Tong Guan. Tong Guan, the Privy Council envoy, accepted the post of Grand Marshal of the Emperor's Army. He went directly to the Privy Council and issued a troop deployment talisman, asking Tokyo to take charge of the Third Route Army. Each state has an army of ten thousand, and everything is complete. One should continue military rations

They are the three armies:

Duan Pengju, the military commander of Suizhou, was in charge.

Chen Chen, the military commander of Zhengzhou, was in charge.

Wu Bingbi, the military commander of Chenzhou.

The three armies and horses have gathered together, and at that point the [-]-strong army will attack! It's been half a month!

But I never thought that when they were in Bianliang, Tokyo, these gatherings, information about soldiers and horses, main generals of each army, weapons and equipment, and food and grass conditions had already appeared in Su Xia's camp.

Even Su Xia, the scoundrel on Hu Shiwen's body, knew clearly that, for no other reason than He Hua wanted to go to Bianjing before!

And Su Xia arranged lotus flowers to "lurk" in Huixian Yaxu, and easily found out more secrets!

The green grass snake Li Si who stayed in Bianliang, Tokyo (a gangster who was subdued by Lu Zhishen and led a group of people to collect intelligence for Su Xia) was working non-stop to collect intelligence.

Of course, Li Si and others were not able to find information easily, but were aware of the subtleties. Facing the Song Dynasty's espionage agency, that is, the Imperial City Division, Li Si and others behaved cautiously, but No one in the Imperial City Department could have imagined that these spies had lurked long before the incident.

(Imperial City Division: an investigative agency directly under the emperor himself, similar to the Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty.)