Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Because, the key to Zhang Bangchang's abdication and return to power in history is not that there is an abolished empress in the capital, but that there is a Kang Wang Zhaogou outside the capital who is a general of soldiers and horses and has mastered the military power!

It was precisely because Kang Wang Zhao Gou was the most ideal heir to the throne at that time, and he was popular among the army and people of the lost Song Dynasty, so Zhang Bangchang was forced to return to power.

Zhang Bangchang invited the abolished Meng family, but it was just a form of returning to power, showing to the world that he had no ambitions and was still a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, at this moment, Ximen Qing and Zhang Bangchang recognized the abolition of the Empress Meng family, and she was the respected Empress Yuanyou.

If Ximenqing and Zhang Bangchang don't recognize her as Queen Yuanyou, she is just an ordinary woman who was abolished by the previous dynasty.

Kang Wang Zhao Gou is dead, Zhao Zisong, Zhao Shuxiang, and Zhao Bushi, the three distant relatives of the clan, are far less appealing than Kang Wang Zhao Gou, how can they threaten Ximen Qing and Zhang Bangchang?

At this time, there were not many determined restoration parties, and they were split into three or four forces. In Ximen Qing's eyes, they were nothing more than vulnerable mobs.

Ximen Qing smiled at Uncle Zhao Xiang Zhanyan, and asked, "I wonder if there is anyone among the sages of the Zhao family who can inherit the great line?"

You shameless person is still here to sow discord!

Ximen Qing asked Zhao Shuxiang whether he was qualified to inherit the throne in public.

Faced with this question, Zhao Shuxiang could not admit his weakness, he proudly replied: "This king is the queen of Wei Wang. He is both civil and military. He can lead the army when he is on a horse, and he can write a book when he is off his horse. He is expected by everyone and has many followers. He is a sage of the Zhao clan!"

Ximenqing was noncommittal, and asked Zhao Zisong and Zhao Bushi with a playful smile if they could be regarded as the talents of the Zhao clan.

Zhao Zisong naturally did not show any weakness, emphasizing that he is a descendant of Emperor Taizu and also an elite of the clan.

Zhao Ye also praised Zhao Bushi, the descendant of Emperor Taizong, in a big way.

After hearing this, Ximen Qing laughed loudly, and taunted the three of them: "Sure enough, you are all elites of the clan!

Tokyo's Bianliang City has been surrounded by the Jin army for so long, I don't see you waiting to lead a soldier and a soldier to serve the king.

Now that the royal family of Zhao and Song Dynasties has been wiped out, instead of going to the north to rescue the emperor, the elites of your clan have come out of the ground to fight for the throne.

Unfaithful and unfilial people like you deserve the surname Zhao? "

Chapter 968 Ximen Celebration Battle

Ximenqing reprimanded Zhao Zisong, Zhao Shuxiang, and Zhao Ye severely in front of the two armies, saying that they were all ambitious and rebellious officials and thieves.

Zhao Zisong, Zhao Shuxiang, and Zhao Ye almost vomited blood in anger, only then did they realize that Ximen Qing invited him to talk, not because he really wanted to negotiate, but to take the opportunity to humiliate himself.

Ximenqing told the three people contemptuously that the Zhao family had brought disaster to the country and the people, and His Majesty the Emperor of Great Chu had no intention of returning power to the Zhao family.

Ximenqing also advised Zhao Zisong, Zhao Shuxiang, and Zhao Ye to surrender immediately and stop the rebellion.Otherwise, if I follow the order to seek thieves, I will definitely kill every rebel army.

Zhao Zisong, Zhao Shuxiang, and Zhao Ye couldn't bear it any longer, and each wrote a war letter to Ximen Qing, and wanted to fight Ximen Qing outside the city.

Ximenqing said frantically that he told Zhao Zisong and others not to run away, and that he would lead the troops out of the city tomorrow, and fight the three rebels outside Nanxun Gate with one against three.

Are Zhao Zisong, Zhao Shuxiang and Zhao Ye willing to show weakness?They immediately made an appointment with Ximen Qing for a decisive battle tomorrow.

Ximenqing achieved his goal, turned around and returned to the city with his soldiers and horses.

After Ximenqing left, Zhao Zisong, Zhao Shuxiang and Zhao Ye also met face to face for the first time to discuss how to fight the next day.

Although the three of them thought that their soldiers were strong and strong, they didn't take the soldiers of Ximen Qing and Fan Qiong in the city seriously, but none of the three of them wanted to go out alone to fight against Ximen Qing's army, so as to damage their own strength, which was cheap for nothing. competitors.

Therefore, after the three of them discussed, they decided to mobilize all the troops and horses to join the battle outside the south city tomorrow.

The Hebei Army of Zhao Ye Department was the left-wing army, the Huainan Army of Zhao Zisong was the right-wing army, and the Western Army and Xiangyang Army of Zhao Shuxiang were the Central Army.

The three of them formed an alliance with blood, and agreed to work together to defeat the puppet state of Chu. In tomorrow's battle, there will be no retreat, and Ximen Qing's army must be wiped out.

The Zhao Family Restoration Army outside the city formed a coalition army to advance and retreat because they were angered by Ximen Qing. The Ximen Qing Army in the city was also gearing up, waiting excitedly for a decisive battle out of the city.

The great man once said, "Punch with one punch, and avoid a hundred punches", which means that in a fight, you must scare your opponent, and the victory will be established in one fight, so that your opponent will not dare to provoke you again.

Ximenqing shrank his army into Bianliang City, Tokyo to show his weakness, and deliberately let all the troops supporting the restoration of the Zhao family have fun outside the city, just to wait for the attention of the world to wipe out the main force of the restoration party in World War I, and the restoration party of the Zhao family disappeared in smoke.

Ximen Qing went out of the city to stimulate Zhao Zisong, Zhao Shuxiang, and Zhao Ye, the leaders of the army, in order to let them gather all their troops to attack tomorrow, so as to exert the powerful lethality of Ximen Qing's weapons.

The sun sets and the moon rises, the stars move, and the night passes quickly.

When the golden sun once again shone on Bianliang City in Tokyo, Ximen Qing led his troops out from Nanxun Gate in Nancheng, and lined up against the enemy with their backs against the city.

Ximen Qing's army formed a strange formation. The [-] heavy armored infantry of the former army and the [-] Ximen Qing's Chinese army formed a large square formation, which was arranged at the forefront of the army formation.

The [-] heavy armored infantry armed with long spears and heavy shields were divided into three teams. Jiang Zhong, Hong Zhen, and Xu Qing each led a team of armored heavy infantry.

These three teams of heavy infantry were neatly arranged in front and on both sides of the large square formation, covering the long-range units of the Chinese army in the square formation.

In the phalanx, there are [-] archers and [-] musketeers in front, commanded by Ximen Qing, Yue Fei and Tang Long.The [-] musketeers in the rear also acted as artillerymen, manipulating the [-] cannons they brought.Ling Zhen sits in the rear and is in charge of commanding the artillery position

Behind the artillery position of the phalanx, there was only the rear army led by Hu Cheng with a mixed army of [-] cavalry.

Hu Cheng, Zhu Biao, Zhu Hu, and Hu Yong led the army in a formation of geese, covering the side and rear of Ximen Qing's army.

Ximenqing only brought [-] troops and horses into battle this time, while Luan Tingyu's [-] armored cavalry, Lu Zhishen's [-] light cavalry, and Wang Dingliu's [-] sailors did not go to battle.

Because this battle is related to the fate of Chu State, at the invitation of Ximen Qing, the Emperor Zhang Bangchang of Chu State and the ministers of the court and China all came to watch the battle on the tower of Nanxun Gate.

Luan Tingyu, deputy envoy of Xuanfu in Jingji, Jingdong, and Jingxi who stayed in the city, accompanied Zhang Bangchang and his ministers, preparing to explain the war outside the city to them.

In Bianliang City, Tokyo, when they learned that the savior Ximen Qing led the troops to fight, the people all over the city prayed silently, hoping that gods and Buddhas would bless General Ximen Qing to win.

The Zhao and Song courts searched the gold and silver of the people in the city again and again, and robbed the women of the people in the city, and lost the hearts of the people in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

Therefore, these people would rather let Zhang Bangchang be the emperor than let the Zhao family who had harmed them continue to be the emperor.

However, it doesn't matter what the people say, they can only wait for the result of the battle between the two armies, so as to determine their future allegiance to the emperor.

On the tower of Nanxun Gate, Zhang Bangchang looked at a large area of ​​Zhao Restoration Army in the dark outside the city. Zhang Bangchang asked Luan Tingyu, "Luan Xuanfu, the enemy army has more troops than our army!"

Luan Tingyu glanced at it, and said with a relaxed expression: "Your Majesty, the bandit army has indeed come out in full force. From my point of view, there are about 20 bandit troops in formation."

"The bandit army is so powerful, but how many troops does our army have?"

Zhang Bangchang asked with a frown.

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, our army has 5000 troops out of the city to fight."

Luan Tingyu responded slowly.

Is there such a huge disparity between the enemy and us?

All the ministers on the tower were whispering and exchanging worried and puzzled looks.

Before the emperor Zhang Bangchang could open his mouth, Lu Haowen, the governor of Shemen, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, how can an army of 20 resist an army of [-]? Isn't this treating state affairs as a joke?