Chapter 132: Lack of Major Generals

It is said that Zhao Gou and his gang were selected at a good time, at this moment the main force of the Zhongxing Army is fighting fiercely with the Jin army in Hebei, and the troops of the deputy marshal Zongze who are not in tune with them have been drawn from Sindh Fu to the Wuma Mountain area to participate in the battle in accordance with the orders of the King of Qin.

The plan has been decided, Zhao Gou summoned several generals of the Shuaifu to discuss secretly, in fact, the Shuaifu is really talented, and the deputy marshal under the five armies are all promoted to the 'escape general' Liu Guangshi, which does not need to be introduced and is considered a famous general, the families of the martyrs, who have been in battle for a long time, have participated in several major battles in the Great Song Dynasty, that is, the legs are long; Yang Weizhong, the commander of the Chinese army, Zhang Jun, and the commander Han Shizhong are also from the Western Army, and have participated in the battle of Xia and Liao.

Yang Qing, the vanguard commander, is also a famous bandit in Hebei; After the right army was under the command of Miao Fu was also a famous general, his grandfather Miao Zhu served as the commander of the palace in the Yuanfeng period, and his father Miao Lu participated in the war on the opening side of the Xihe River during the Chongning period, and captured Huangzhou and Shanzhou with Gao Yongnian.

Because this matter is confidential, Zhao Gou also knows that he will lose his head if he can't get it right, so they are also very cautious, and they want to try their tone, after all, everyone has only been together for more than half a year. The order was issued, and Zhao Gou and the two senior staff members were waiting for everyone to come in the Shuaifu, and Zong Ze and they didn't notify them at all.

The first to arrive was Liu Guangshi, who promoted the Fifth Army, then the two leaders of Yang Weizhong, then the vanguard to control Yang Qing, and then Han Shizhong, and several others waited until the sun rose to the third pole but did not arrive. Zhao Gou was a little out of breath, and ordered Kang to urge.

"The king, Zhang is in charge of a sudden illness. Vomiting and diarrhea, can't come! "It's been a while. Kang Lu hurriedly came back and said.

"Oh, what about the others?" Zhao Gou was a little tired in his heart. Said with a frown.

"Subordinate to the right army, Kang commanded to go out to meet friends, the villain asked where to go and went to give orders, but he scolded him!" Kang Lu said with a sad face.

"Did you say something you shouldn't have said?" Zhao Gou asked sharply.

"Small... Seeing that he was with the people of Qin Wangfu, the little one was angry and reprimanded him twice, but he didn't expect him to pull out a knife to cut me! Kang Lu was taken aback, and said carefully, seeing Zhao Gou's pale face, he knew that he was angry, but he didn't persuade him. On the contrary, he added fuel and vinegar to tell the story, "Kang is too rude, knowing that we and the Qin Wangfu are now in the same situation, we still want to drink and have fun with them, and beat the villain in front of outsiders, although the villain is humble, but he is also the person next to the king..."

"Shut up, don't say anything more!" Several generals in Zhao Gou's seat looked sideways when they heard what Kang Lu said, and they knew in their hearts that most of the things were messed up by Kang Lu, a minion. He must be relying on the people around him, and his words are not disrespectful, and Miao Fu can't get off the stage in front of the people in the Qin Palace, which makes him angry. But it has close contacts with the people of the Qin Palace, but it is not a good thing.

"Yes, King!" Kang Lu hurriedly said. Ben wanted to say something more, but the generals were not good-looking. Don't dare to say any more.

"Why didn't Vice Marshal Fan arrive, is he also sick?" Huang Qian, who is good at knowing Lu Dao, and Kang Xu, these eunuchs are the most villains. likes to tell right and wrong, and is very good at slandering people, and he doesn't dare to offend, so he hurriedly diverges his way.

"Hmph, that Fan Ne is even more rude, saying, 'The emperor still doesn't send hungry soldiers', and asks the king to send the arrears of military salaries first!" Kang Lu said indignantly, apparently he had eaten a lot of food at Fan Ne's.

"It's... Didn't you just send 20,000 the day before yesterday? Wang Boyan asked anxiously.

"Yes, the villain also said it, but he said that 20,000 yuan is not enough for a day's expenses, and we need to make up for it quickly!" Kang Lu said innocently.

"In that case, let's discuss it after dinner!" Zhao Gou sighed and said after hearing this, although these armies are his subordinates, they are also his own heavy burden, and the daily expenses are huge expenses, but if he does not hand over power, the court will not give the establishment, and he will not give food, and if he continues like this, he will have to drink porridge to live...

An extremely important meeting before the 'coup d'état' turned out to be a banquet, but it also made Zhao Gou see the situation in front of him clearly, his own commander's army is not all with his own heart, and he will fight the world for himself step by step, these people all came with various purposes, and the original plan had to make some adjustments.

When there was a decision on a major matter, Zhao Gou did not discuss with these generals, but only Huang and Wang discussed. That is to say, Zhao Gou's subordinates were not involved from beginning to end, so the Marshal's Mansion only focused on the wisdom of Huang and Wang. However, these two people are too selfish and lack work experience in the central government, that is to say, they have no strategic vision and have not considered major events. Their short-sightedness makes it impossible for them to make an accurate judgment on the complicated situation in front of them, but in fact, the current political situation in Beijing is actually very bad for them.

The Queen Mother is in charge, although she is nominally the mother of all the princes, but she also has relatives and queens, even if she is impartial and selfless, she will not ignore the interests of her own son at the moment of life and death; And Zhao Gou's mother Wei is still in the palace, not only can she not help with this issue, but she has also become a hostage in disguise.

On the other hand, most of the ministers of the main and factional factions in the court were cleared out of the imperial court in the name of 'rebellion', and the death of Zhang Bangchang was also a heavy blow to the main and faction, and they did not dare to speak out about peace. As a result, the main battle side occupied the court, and the court officials were naturally inclined to the King of Qin, who fought against the Jurchens, and Li Gang, the number one, publicly expressed his admiration for the King of Qin; In fact, their remarks and actions have put themselves in a situation of isolation and helplessness, and those who have a heart and the remnants of the previous dynasty do not dare to make it public, and the former deputy marshal of the Marshal Zong Ze was in charge of the military power of the Great Song Dynasty, but he was 'at both ends of the snake and the mouse', although he did not openly take refuge, but everyone could see that the two had close contacts, which led to the Marshal's Mansion having no political allies.

Moreover, the clan is also a force that cannot be underestimated in terms of establishing a prince, and the Jurchens in Bianjing City almost wiped out the Zhao royal family, and it was the King of Qin who saved them, and the clan side would stand on the side of the King of Qin even if they were only grateful. But Zhao Gou supported the army and respected himself, avoiding and not fighting, but just blindly retreating, so that the clan had to think more, thinking that he just wanted to kill people with a knife, and stepped on the corpses of his family members for his superiority, so that he was even more disgusted by what he did. Fundamentally speaking, the clans did not believe that Zhao Gou would succeed at all, and if they supported him, once they failed, they would not only offend the King of Qin, but also offend the Queen Mother, and the consequences would be very serious.

There is a saying that 'Xiucai rebels, and it will not be achieved in ten years', and the Marshal's Mansion adheres to the Great Song Dynasty's concept of 'suppressing military force with literature', and still takes the line of civilian officials, and excludes the warriors who played a decisive role in the incident. The poor financial situation of the marshal government made it difficult for them to meet the huge expenses of the subordinate armies, and they did not have the money to make a good life for the generals.

At this time, Zhao Gou felt that he had been on the thief ship fighting for the throne, but it was not easy to think about it, whether he had the ambition to seize the throne or not, he had to fight to the death. Now it seems that he has an absolute advantage in military strength, and his subordinates are not all rabble. But the key is not that there are many people, but that they have no henchmen, and there is a lack of trustworthy leaders when the matter comes, and no one is charging for their 'great cause'...

Liu Guangshi is a very utilitarian person, Zhao Gou feels that he can take advantage of it, and he is also one of the first people to follow him, he is trustworthy and can let him participate in it. Yang Weizhong is a veteran, once served as the commander of the former army of Liu Fa's army, brave and good at fighting, is the only remaining elite in his army, let him lead the army to seize the city gate, control the city defense is competent, but still need some means.

Han Shizhong was bold and good at fighting, and he had the ability of Chi Gong, the captain of the Tang Dynasty, and Zhao Gou originally wanted him to be the main attacker, follow him into the palace, and force the queen mother to give an edict. But at the banquet, he talked a lot about the kindness of the King of Qin to him, and his admiration is still like the surging Yellow River, and he asked Zhao Gou several times to approve him to lead his troops to Hebei to follow the King of Qin to fight against the Jurchens. Having said that, Zhao Gou understood that such an important task had to be replaced, and he must not be allowed to enter the palace.

Zhang Jun is the commander of the Chinese army, has always been responsible for protecting the Shuaifu, has always been loyal, hard-working, can cater to his wishes, and his department is also called the elite in the Shuaifu army. Although he also served in the army in the northwest, he never had an intersection with the Qin Palace, and after arriving in the capital, he did not find that he had contact with the Qin Palace, so he could still be trusted, Zhao Gou decided to let him replace Han Shizhong and follow him into the palace.

As for Fan Ne, a person who is in the twilight of the day, Zhao Gou hates it so much that he asks for money and things from him all day long, but at the critical moment, he can't point to it, and he has become a big deal, so he takes his first sacrificial knife. But now Zhao Gou also knew that Lu Dao was not the best time to get rid of him, and there was still something available, so he first sent someone to send him 50,000 yuan and ordered him to drive troops to Bianjing to monitor the Qin Wangjun.

Among them, someone needs to take the lead and sneak into the city to make trouble, otherwise there is no proper reason to enter the city, this task falls on Yang Qing, who was born in Caokou, he has 10,000 people, and it is just right for him to lead the troops into the city to make trouble, and when the matter is big, Zhao Gou can lead the army into the city on the grounds of suppression, take the opportunity to control Bianjing City, and then enter the imperial city in the name of protecting the Queen Mother, and then the big thing can be done...

But on the eve of the Marshal's plan had been decided and the troops were ready to be dispatched, the Queen Mother suddenly sent an order to let Li Gang, Xu Jingheng, Zong Ze, and Zhao Ren enter the palace to discuss matters. In this sensitive period, it naturally led to everyone's speculation, and several people in the Shuai Mansion were even more worried, and they didn't sleep all night, but in the early morning, the city gate opened on time, and several people also went to work as usual, and nothing seemed to have happened at all, and they were all relieved... (To be continued......)