Chapter 105 Rain (Part 2)
In early April, it rained continuously.
But suddenly, the military camps around Nanyang became active. Even the soldiers who went to the city to play on vacation and the officers who went to the east gate of Nanyang City to participate in the imperial "Nanyang Jiayuan" activity all turned back in a hurry... The reason was very simple. The official in the city suddenly left the city and came to the camp at the foot of Yushan Mountain to take charge. Then he issued an order, requiring all the troops in the imperial camp to assemble.
It goes without saying that everyone knew what was going on with such a situation. There must have been a flaw in Xiangzhou in the south, and the emperor had to fulfill his promise made that day at the foot of Fangcheng Mountain. He was going to personally lead the army to fight the traitor Fan Qiong in the rain.
Regarding this matter, the various units of the so-called imperial camp currently stationed in the secondary capital Nanyang are naturally ready to fight, and everyone is eager to fight... Based on the morale of the army, those who don't know might think that the young Emperor Zhao is a genius, like the resurrected Emperor Tang, who has trained this Song army with complex origins into a brave and iron army in just a few months, and everyone is willing to die for the emperor?
Those who knew would naturally understand. Isn't this going to fight Fan Qiong?
Fighting the Jin people is one thing, but fighting against former colleagues who have turned rebels is another matter entirely. Everyone knows each other well, so who is afraid of whom?
Once the fear was gone, everyone in the army naturally rushed to be the first... The soldiers thought about capturing spoils, the officers thought about getting honors, and even the generals of the various armies in the imperial camp were a little anxious. Everyone wanted to take this opportunity to expand the size of their own troops.
It must be known that the emperor's favoritism towards Han Wu was almost known to everyone. Previously, Ding Jin's 30,000 troops from Huaixi and Zhai Chong's troops who came to rescue the emperor were all assigned to Han Shizhong's Left Army of the Imperial Camp. The so-called Central Army of the Imperial Camp that had always followed the emperor himself had never been replenished.
And this time, no matter what, Han Wu would not come to snatch people.
Not to mention, there are also the chief generals of various departments with special reasons, such as Wang De and Wang Yasha who have always wanted to remove the title of deputy governor-general from their titles, and the Xin brothers who have always wanted to make a difference since they failed to fight in the Battle of Huaishang.
"Brother, can we take some other approach?"
The expedition will start tomorrow. The imperial camp at the foot of Yushan Mountain is almost covered by rain. In a dry military shelter somewhere, two people are sitting on either side of a table, looking at the two notes on the table with frowns, looking a little nervous. They are the Xin brothers. After a while, the fourth brother Xin Yongzong frowned and broke the silence. "What's the point of handing it over directly?"
"It's too late. The drum will sound soon, and that will be our last chance." The boss Xin Xingzong sighed. "Not to mention, the people in the central government are trying to avoid us now, so how can they be willing to help us easily? Even money won't work."
"That's right." Xin Yongzong was the first to lose heart after hearing this. "Just talking about this matter, isn't it just the emperor's words? But why would the emperor give us brothers face?"
"It's all because of me that we brothers are in trouble." As the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father, and a younger brother is like a son. Seeing his younger brother's attitude, Xin Xingzong couldn't help but look sad. "Fortunately, the government didn't deliberately exclude us, so we can always make ends meet... If you ask me, just pass it on. If we can't get this vanguard, then don't fight for it. At this point, we brothers might as well live in peace."
When Xin Yongzong heard his brother's words, he hesitated to speak, obviously unwilling, but he was restless and could not come up with any good ideas.
Correspondingly, Xin Xingzong also looked gloomy when he saw his younger brother so uneasy, but he had nothing to say.
Speaking of which, it’s no wonder that Shin Heungjong and Shin Yeongjong acted like this.
You must know that there are four brothers in the Xin family, the eldest Xin Xingzong, the second Xin Qizong, the third Xin Daozong, the fourth Xin Yongzong, plus a cousin Xin Yanzong, which is considered five brothers. They are all influential figures in recent years:
The eldest brother, Xin Xingzong, was the one who competed with Han Shizhong for credit when suppressing the Liao Dynasty in the early years. However, to say that he competed for credit is a bit of an exaggeration, because Xin Xingzong's official position at that time was much higher than Han Shizhong's, and at most he was just bluffing about his credit… In fact, when the Liao Dynasty was subsequently attacked, Xin Xingzong was basically on par with Zhong Shidao and was the commander-in-chief of the Western Army.
Therefore, although the Three Kingdoms were in chaos and this person had no military achievements for several years and was defeated repeatedly, he was able to sit in the position of the commander of the imperial army based on his seniority, which could not be any lower.
The second brother, Xin Qizon, is now in Guanxi and his situation is unclear, but before the situation became unclear, he was the commander of an army of four to five thousand people.
The third brother, Xin Daozon, was the only one among the brothers who tried to become a civil servant. When Zhao Jiu ascended the throne in Shangqiu, he was appointed by the imperial court as the chief judge of Jingzhao (Chang'an). However, he was unable to go due to road blockage (or he died in that situation), so he followed his eldest brother and fourth brother to the southeast to prepare for the imperial court's trip to Yangzhou.
Later, because of the tight situation on the Huai River, Li Gang sent the three brothers back, but was named by Emperor Zhao at Bagong Mountain and led troops to Jingdong with Zhang Suo, the governor of Jingdong and Jingdong.
The fourth brother, Xin Yongzong, has a similar trajectory to the eldest brother. He is also in charge of an army at this time, but his army is simply his eldest brother's army divided into two.
As for the cousin of the four, Xin Yanzong, he was not inferior either. When Zhao Laojiu was still the Grand Marshal, he led his Bazhou soldiers to the Marshal's Mansion. At that time, he was the vanguard commander of the Marshal's Mansion. When fighting, he seemed to be better than Xin Yongzong, the son of the yamen. However, he stayed in the southeast and did not come back. A few days ago, Li Gongxiang sent a document to him, and he was organized into the Imperial Camp Rear Army together with the two generals Miao and Liu, and another commander named Wang Yi, and became one of the main generals of the Imperial Camp Rear Army.
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