On the first day of March, the eighth year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty.

"Master, here you come!"

Guo Tiannu rushed into the house where Zhao Kai was and shouted loudly. Zhao Kai was looking through the official documents sent by the Hebei Transportation Commission and the Hebei East Road Trip Criminal Prison Division - the former was the payment of the spring tax and the accounts paid to the Marshal's Office, while the latter was the progress of the relocation and resumption of work of the Duzuoyuan (Arson Factory).

The situation of both was not ideal, so Zhao Kai kept frowning. Hearing Guo Tiannu's voice, he put down the official document at hand and looked up at her.

Guo Tiannu was wearing a long red round neckline with narrow sleeves, with a black squid head on her head, and a very wide belt around her waist, which made her slightly thick waist a lot thinner (Guo Tiannu is tall and looks slim, but when she looks carefully, she is still very strong, otherwise she would not be able to fight the female warlord!). There was a straight knife hanging on the belt, which was made of Khitan iron, and was extremely sharp.

"What's here?" Zhao Kai looked at Guo Tiannu with a smile.

"Elite soldiers! Three or four thousand elite soldiers were brought by Xiao Taiwei's eldest brother!"

The Little Grand Marshal Liu pointed out that it was Liu Qi. His eldest brother was Liu Xi. He was originally a member of the Xuanzan clan of the Hemen. When Zhao Kai left Bianliang, he did not join his brother Liu Qi, but stayed in Kaifeng Prefecture to continue to be Xuanzan.

However, he did not stay in Kaifeng Prefecture for too long. In two months, Li Gang was arrested by a letter from Beijing. He risked his life to break through the encirclement of the Jin thieves and sent a blind command to the Zhong Shidao army stationed in Luoyang, Xijing at that time.

The content of this imperial edict was to order the Western Army who served the king and the Hebei Army who served the king to fight together to solve the difficulties of Kaifeng Prefecture.

So Zhong Shidao sent Liu Xi to Zhao Kai's army to contact him... After Liu Xi received the order from Zhong Shidao, he did not set off to Hebei immediately, but waited in Luoyang for some time.

It was not until the arrival of Zhong Shidao, Yao Gu and others entered the east that they came to Xiangzhou slowly.

When he met Zhao Kai in Xiangzhou, Liu Xi did not mention the coordinated combat matters. Instead, he recommended a volunteer army to Zhao Kai that was not doing well in Luoyang... He said that it was the 3,000 volunteers raised by the local tyrant Li Xiaozhong of Xihe who spent all his family property!

Liu Xi told Zhao Kai that as long as he could pay the 3,000 salary according to the standards of the imperial guards, and give 1,000 infantry armor, 400 cavalry armor, and 1,000 divine arm crossbows, he could bring these 3,000 people to Xiangzhou.

At that time, Zhao Kaizheng was recruiting troops everywhere, so he agreed to Liu Xi. After seeing the troops, if they met their expectations, they would grant Liu Xi and Li Xiaozhong a cross-squad.

"It's already arrived? It's coming fast enough!"

Zhao Kai was stunned and immediately stood up, then walked out of the study room with big strides, and then left a large mansion in Huanshui Town, ten miles north of Anyang County.

Huanshui Town was originally a big town in Xiangzhou. Before the Jin thieves invaded, there were thousands of families. However, when Zhao Kai arrived in Xiangzhou, it was completely abandoned and there was no resident.

So Zhao Kai was not polite, and directly took his army and his family to occupy Huanshui Town. He also dug a large trench outside the town and circled a large area of ​​territory.

He planned to build a sheep and horse wall in the trench, dig an inner trench, and set up a circle of fork-row wood in the inner trench. Then the area inside the fork-row wooden was divided into the city camp, family area, workshop area, warehouse area, horse farm and large schoolyard.

It is to turn Huanshui Town into a Xiangzhou camp and prepare to rely on it as a stronghold for resisting the Jin and saving the Song Dynasty.

The construction of the Huanshui Camp has not been completed these days. The entire camp is a large construction site, and you can see busy people digging trenches and building blocks everywhere.

At the same time, a large number of soldiers and military members had already lived in the camp, as well as many new recruits in Xiangzhou who had just entered the camp.

During the day, there were crowds of people everywhere, the civilians' labor calls, the shouts made by the generals during training, the crying of the recruits when they were beaten by the army, the sound of horses when they entered and left the camp, and the sounds made by craftsmen in the capital's courtyard when they made iron and saw wood. They were all mixed together, and they were so enthusiastic.

When Zhao Kai led Guo Tiannu and a team of cavalry to pass through the sidelines of the school, veteran He Guan was carrying two sons and a group of young officers picked out of the Wei Fuya army to train the recruits there! It was not a difficult project, it was the most basic stand-up queue and walking queue.

Tens of thousands of farmers in Xiangzhou, wearing gray-white linen battle jackets, stood in the sunset of March, with more than a hundred people standing in front of each team. There was an officer in a long hooded hood, carrying a stick, and his eyes showed a cold look. The recruits below did not dare to move, and tried their best to straighten their backs, bulge their chests, and raise their heads. Seeing Zhao Kai passing by, no one dared to move.

However, Zhao Kai knew that some people would sway after these Xiangzhou soldiers would not stand for long... and then someone should be beaten!

After the morning queue training, you still have to practice martial arts in the afternoon. The folk customs of Xiangzhou generation are relatively martial, and most of the farmers are strong. Therefore, it is not difficult for them to practice martial arts - many people have practiced, such as pulling bows, shooting arrows, guns, sticks, knives and axes. But now what you have to learn is not single practice, but formation fighting. So you have to train for a few months before these Xiangzhou soldiers can go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

Only then will Zhao Kai have more troops in his hands be more abundant.

But war doesn't wait for anyone!

Zhong Shidao sent people to urge him every now and then, but the imperial court was planning a decisive battle, and he was about to use Kaifeng soldiers to join the king-supporting troops to wipe out the 100,000 gold thieves who severely damaged the Kaifeng Prefecture...

No matter how you look at this, it’s not reliable!

Master Zhong must not know that there are still 100,000 gold thieves in Kaifeng Prefecture!

That's 200,000 Jin soldiers...How can I win?

So Zhao Kai can only pray that the decisive battle in Kaifeng Prefecture will come later these days, while trying to gather some troops that can be fought.

Unfortunately, it has no effect!

If Liu Xi could really bring 3,000 elite soldiers from Luoyang that could fight, it would be a great achievement.

Just when he thought of this, Zhao Kai had already left the gate of Xiangzhou Camp!

"King, look, how about those soldiers?"

Guo Tiannu's voice was already heard in Zhao Kai's ears.

Zhao Kai quickly looked up and saw that the brigade of infantry and cavalry had reached an open area a hundred steps away, and was unfolding a square formation in an orderly manner. The cavalry was arranged on both sides, and the infantry was arranged in the center.

"King," Guo Tiannu said again at this time, "Look at those infantry soldiers, everyone is holding a spear, arched arch on their waists, and a big knife on their shoulders and backs... These are good soldiers who are in charge of three battles!"

The so-called three battles in one's body means that a soldier masters three combat skills: knife, gun, and bow, and also carries these three weapons at the same time.

In this way, they can undertake three tasks: long-range strikes, spear assaults and close-range battles on the battlefield, and their combat efficiency can be greatly improved.

Most of the elite soldiers in the cold weapon era can "prepare three battles", and a considerable number of them also master the ability to ride and rush forward at the same time, which is equivalent to "prepare five battles". If the physical strength is particularly outstanding, you can put on two or three layers of heavy armor to attack!

Looking at the soldiers in front of him, Zhao Kai also showed a very satisfied expression.

This is the soldier he wants!

Just as he was thinking, he saw several knights coming out of the military formation in front of him, galloping to Zhao Kai, and then dismounting and saluting together.

Zhao Kai recognized one of the thirties with white skin, slender phoenix eyes and three beards, which was Liu Xi, the son of the Hemen Xuanzan, but he did not recognize the two people who came with Liu Xi. Without waiting for the three of them to report their names, he smiled and said to Liu Xi: "Yu Gui, I'm looking forward to you! Oh, who are these two? Who are Li Chengjie (Li Xiaozhong is Chengjielang)."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a strong man beard beside Liu Xi with deep eyes, curly beard, dark skin, tiger back and bear waist, and smiled and said, "The king, I am Li Xiaozhong!" Then he pointed behind him, "These 3,000 soldiers are all Longxi Erlang recruited by me. Everyone is a strong hero, and they are willing to die for the Song Dynasty!"

"Okay!" Zhao Kai nodded repeatedly, "Li Chengjie, let's fight the Jin thieves together, destroy the Hulu, and attack the Jin thieves' nest together in the future!"

Li Xiaozhong was obviously very close to Zhao Kai. He felt kind to him when he saw this king. Now, after hearing his words, he was even more motivated and immediately bowed and bowed, "I would like to follow the king to kill the thief and defeat the enemy!"

"Okay! This is a good man!" Zhao Kai emphasized the key point again, and then he looked at a middle-aged man in his forties who came with Liu Xi and Li Xiaozhong. He was wearing a green robe of a civil servant, but he was carrying a straight knife on his waist. There was no black gauze on his head, but it was a pair of squatters that warriors often wore.

Zhao Kaifa asked: "This official is..."

The man crossed his hands and said, "I am Liu Ziyu, the military senator of the Hebei West Road Pacification Envoy, please see the king..."

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Chapter completed!