Golden drums and thunder move, white banners are like clouds.

Today is June 25th, the eighth year of Xuanhe. The late June of the lunar calendar is equivalent to mid-July in the later Gregorian calendar, which is the hottest time of the year. It is also a good day for the 20,000 soldiers of the Tiance Army to send troops to regain Kaifeng Prefecture and reopen the Song Dynasty!

Even if the sun was scorching, the ground near Taiyuan Prefecture was burnt, and it could not stop Zhao Kai from sending troops to seek revenge for his father... He was such a filial son, and he was almost dying when he was seeking revenge for his father. So when he heard that Kaifeng Prefecture was flooded and Zhao Ji lost contact, he wanted to put on his wings and fly back to Kaifeng Prefecture to fulfill his filial piety.

Well, it is also a filial piety to send Zhao Ji a glorious delivery!

However, before sending troops to fulfill their filial piety, there were still a lot of things to deal with in Taiyuan... Because Kaifeng Prefecture was "lost" (actually not lost), the entire army of the royal army on the south bank of the Yellow River was wiped out (actually not destroyed), so the Xiangzhou-based plan formulated by Zhao Kai could not be implemented.

Because Xiangzhou is too close to Kaifeng Prefecture, and without the restraint of Kaifeng Prefecture and Henan Qinwangjun, the Jin soldiers will come to Xiangzhou at any time. Therefore, it is not possible to base Xiangzhou, so we can only base Taiyuan first. Although Taiyuan is located in a corner and cannot be the foundation of Zhao Kai for a long time, the terrain of Taiyuan is relatively easy to defend, and the Niangzi Pass and Pingding Army in the east have been managed as strong as an iron barrel. Xinkou (belongs to Xinzhou) in the north to Taiyuan (belongs to Xinzhou) is dangerous, Ninghua Army in the upper reaches of the Fen River in the northwest, Xianzhou Mountain Area in the northeast, Wutai Mountain Area in the northeast, and Luliang Mountain Area in the west are all under the control of Zhao Kai. Although the Fen River Valley under the protection of these dangerous mountains is not very wide, it is not too small. It is enough to temporarily place three military prefectures.

Moreover, Taiyuan and the nearby Fenzhou have been ravaged by the Jin thieves for several months, and a large number of barren and unowned land has appeared... The number is much more than that of the unowned land in Xiangzhou!

Because the Jindong Route Army was passing by Xiangzhou, while the Jinxi Route Army stayed at the bottom of the Fen River Valley for four or five months, constantly burning, killing, looting, and neither gentry nor poor peasants could stay!

So when Zhao Kai's army arrived in Taiyuan, the originally rich Fen River was already deserted and crowded.

Since this is the case, why are Zhao Kai still polite? He immediately established three military prefectures and one Yingtiansi (Hedong Yingtiansi), and then spread them all the way along the Fenhe Valley. According to Zhao Kai's plan, he planned to enclose half of the arable land in the Fenhe Valley... about 3 million acres into the three military prefectures, as the former selection of the three armies in the Tiance Army!

The remaining half is controlled by the Hedong Yingtiansi. Whether it is used to collect "blood tax" or grain tax is considered by Liu Wei, Zhang Xiaochun, Wang Bing, Zhe Keqiu, Liu Ziyu, Liu Xi and Zhao Zhi. These are the officials Zhao Kai left in Hedong to help him keep a guard!

Among them, Liu Wei served as the Hedong General Administration and the General Manager of the Military and Horse Capital, the Field Commander, and the Taiyuan Prefecture. He was the actual top leader of Hedong!

Zhao Kai's twelfth brother Zhao Zhi served as the Marshal of the Hedong Army and was the nominal leader of Hedong.

Wang Bing was appointed as the deputy marshal of the Hedong Army and the envoy of the Tiance Front Army, the Central Army, and the Selected Front Army. He was the chief supervisor of the Tiance Army and the military office stationed in Hedong.

Zhang Xiaochun was the Hedong Transportation Commissioner and the governor of Jinzhou. He would station in Linfen, a relatively safe southeastern Hedong, and was responsible for the civil affairs, finance, criminal prison and other government affairs of the prefectures in the southeastern Hedong. He was responsible for raising food and money in the southeastern Hedong to support Zhao Kai's combat operation to recapture Kaifeng Prefecture by traveling to Shaanxi.

At the same time, he had to recruit tenants for the Yingtian Sihe Military Mansion in the Fenhe River Basin - the soldiers of the Tiance Mansion had to follow Zhao Kai to fulfill their filial piety, and of course the tenants had to plant their land!

Moreover, time is so rushed now that Zhao Kai's "Caotai Court" did not have time to really hand over the land to every soldier. So he only gave the land certificate issued in the name of Tiance Mansion and registered it in the military mansion. These lands are all divided into land, and the ownership belongs to the court. The government soldiers only have 60 years of use rights and are prohibited from being transferred.

The Tian Ce army, who holds Tian Qi, can receive a land rent collected from the military residence to which it belongs from the year after year... If Hedong is still in Zhao Kai's hands before the autumn harvest next year!

In addition, Liu Wei's son Liu Ziyu was also the envoy of pacifying the army and was responsible for guarding the east gate of Taiyuan Prefecture.

Liu Xi, who brought Li Xiaozhong to Zhao Kai, served as the governor of Xinzhou, and was responsible for guarding Xinkou, the gateway north of Taiyuan Prefecture.

The general of the Zhe family general of Shizhenfulin was brought to Taiyuan Mansion by his cousin Zhe Kecun. Zhe Kecun was also a guy with a shady history. He also ran for the son emperor with Liu Yu, but he was not elected, so he was not very famous, so Zhao Kai didn't know that he had surrendered to the enemy.

Of course, Zhe Keqiu didn't know his "black future". He even regarded himself as a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty! How could he not be a loyal minister?

During the months when Taiyuan Prefecture was surrounded by Jin thieves, he was the person in the entire Song Dynasty who worked hard to rescue Taiyuan!

Even though he knew that the Jin thieves were cruel, he still tried his best to gather 20,000 people to support Taiyuan, but was defeated by Yin Shuke... Although he was defeated, Zhe Keqiu did not give up hope, but led the remaining troops to the south of Taiyuan Prefecture, hoping to join the reinforcements from the court to break the Taiyuan encirclement.

Unexpectedly, before he contacted the reinforcements from the court, Taiyuan Prefecture had been rescued by Zhao Kai!

The reason why he was so active in rescuing Taiyuan was of course loyal! Secondly, the Zhe family in the Prefecture had offended Xixia next door... A hundred years of bloody battle, and the hatred was as deep as the sea!

If the Song Dynasty had not supported the Zhe family, would Xixia have not killed the Zhe family to seek revenge? The Zhe family would have been killed by Xixia and destroyed the clan?

Even if the clan is not destroyed, where will the whole family go to have a meal?

Therefore, among the local forces in Hedong, the Zhe family in the Prefectures welcomed Zhao Kai’s arrival! Even if Zhao Kai will be in Taiyuan in the future, he can still defend the rear of the Zhe family!

Zhao Kai certainly welcomed the Zhe family's resignation.

The Zhe family has cavalry! Among the 30,000 troops that followed Zhao Kai to fight this time, there were 3,000 Zhe family cavalry led by Zhe Yanwen, the son of Zhe Keqiu!

Moreover, the territory of the Zhe family relies only on the Western Xia... According to the information provided by Yelu Yuji, in the current territory of Xixia, there are actually pro-Liao forces headed by the Khitans who came to Xixia by the Khitans who married Princess Cheng'an of the Liao Kingdom.

His leader Xiao Heda also killed Liu Fa in the early battle of Tong'ancheng in the Song and Xia Dynasty, and made great contributions. He is now in charge of the Xiazhou governor.

Yelu Yukki believes that if Zhao Kai could contact Xiao Heda in the name of rebelling against Jin and rebuilding Liao, then at least he could open up channels for purchasing horses!

So at this moment, the head of the Zhe family in the Prefecture followed Zhao Kai, the General Tiance who had just left the gate of the East Pass in Taiyuan. On the other side of Zhao Kai was Zhao Zhi, the Marshal of the Hedong Army.

What a glory it would be to send Zhao Kai to war with Zhao Zhi!

Zhe Keqiu was so happy! The last time he put on a yellow robe, his ancestor was far away and could not catch up... So the Zhe family had to stay in the corners of the northwest for more than a hundred years and had to eat dust.

But this time, the yellow robe and body were considered to be a catch-up... Not only did it catch up, but it also got married to the reopened official family of the Song Dynasty!

Zhe Keqiu's daughter Zhe Jinhua has already promised to marry King Xin Zhao Zhi, and she will be able to pass the door after Zhao Zhi has finished keeping her filial piety!

The Zhe family is about to make a fortune!

Just when Zhe Keqiu was so happy that he was about to cry (he had to pretend to be sad, and the government was gone), Zhao Kai had already led him and Zhao Zhi to a low slope next to the official road outside the Dongguan City of Taiyuan.

Standing on the slope and looking at the "white-clothed soldiers" who were leaving the city, Zhao Kai asked Zhe Ke beside him: "Taiwei Zhe, you are the deputy envoy of the Hedong General Administration and the deputy general manager of the military and horse... All the matters in the northwest of Taiyuan will be left to you!

The military affairs and civil affairs of the four prefectures and three armies, including Fengzhou, Fuzhou, Linzhou, Volcano Army, Baode Army, Kelan Army, Lanzhou, etc., are also under the command of the Taiwei. However, the Prefecture is still too remote and is on the west bank of the Yellow River, making it difficult to control the overall situation of the east and west rivers, so we must move to Zhenlanzhou as soon as possible. The family is suitable for Taiyuan Prefecture... If it is not good, we can still go south to avoid it!"

After giving these instructions, Zhao Kai said to Zhao Zhi again: "Brother Twelve, guard Taiyuan well... Don't go anywhere, wait for Brother Yu to return with triumphant success!"

Zhao Zhi wiped his tears: "Don't worry, third brother, I must have taken good care of the Taiyuan Mansion family for third brother, no one can take it away!"

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