The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 528: Same clan, same clan, eternal title

The next day, early in the morning.

The scouts returned to the city one after another, with three or five groups of troops, and the military intelligence and battle reports were placed in front of Zhao Tong's case.

Zhao Tong looked at them one by one, and finally called Du Bo and others to inquire about the army's preparations.

Because we are always in a wartime state, we don’t need to make too many plans if we want to go on an expedition. All the food, grass, baggage, carriages and equipment have been purchased long ago. We just need to gather them together, distribute them well, and then mobilize them, and we can take the lead at any time. The army travels.

After receiving a positive answer, Zhao Tong asked a few people to go back and organize, preparing to set off with the army as soon as noon passed.

Afterwards, Zhao Tong wrote a few more warrants and sent school soldiers to send them north first to let the remaining scouts in front know.

He had sent out quite a few scouts, and they were retreating in an orderly manner under the pressure of Mingsha City's army coming from the south.

As soon as Huizhou sent troops, they followed up with these scouts. Then the scouts turned back and met the Xixia army and horses first, earlier than the vanguard, so as to facilitate the detection of the news.

In this battle, almost all the available soldiers and horses in Zhao Tong's hands were gathered.

There were only a few hundred people left to guard the cities in Fuchuan, Zhuoluo, Gaizhu and other places, and the rest were all transferred to Huizhou.

Zhao Tong ignored Yongzhu, Tiandeng, and Liangzhou returning general Lu, but estimated that once general Lu left Xiliang Mansion, all the troops in these three places would have to be redeployed.

After noon, the sun tilted, and after the soldiers, generals and mounts had eaten, the north gate of Huizhou slowly opened, and then the large group of people began to leave the city.

The flaming red flag has the character Zhao written on it. Since the identity has been revealed, there is no need to hide it anymore and the flag is directly displayed.

The flags are divided into left and right sides, with two colors. The other black flag has the word Qin written on it, which means Qin for the King of Qin and Qin for the Great Qin.

There were no Song flags among them, and among the vast army, there were only Zhao Qin, or Qin Zhao.

Zhao Tong stood at the top of the city and looked around. Next to him, Zhang Xian said, "Your Majesty, it's time to go down to the city."

Zhao Tong nodded slightly, looked at the endless army of horses outside, and said with a smile: "Isn't Qin Zhao, and isn't Zhao Qin? Where did the Song Dynasty come from!"

Zhang Xian was stunned for a moment, and a look of realization suddenly appeared on his face: "What the prince said is absolutely true, Qin is Zhao, and Zhao is Qin!"

Qin and Zhao both belong to the "Ying Zhao family", and the Qin clan's surname is Ying Zhao, so Qin Shihuang's real name is "Zhao Zheng"!

In fact, during the Han Dynasty and the pre-Qin era, Qin Shihuang would never be called "Ying Zheng". In fact, no records of "Ying Zheng" have been found in the early ancient times, because historians around the Han Dynasty lived far away from the Qin Dynasty. It’s not far from the Warring States Period, and is no stranger to ancient surname culture.

In ancient times, "surname" and "family name" were two concepts. The so-called "surname distinguishes marriage; family name distinguishes nobleness and lowliness."

The same surname means the same origin. The surname is different. There are probably several origins of the surname. One is based on the fiefdom as the surname, the other is the surname based on the official position, and the third is the surname based on the ancestor. Most of these are the clans of various princes.

The surname Ying is one of the eight major surnames in ancient times. The ancestor is Boyi during the Yao and Shun period. It was Boyi who refused Dayu's abdication and finally allowed Xia Qi to end the abdication system.

The descendants of Boyi were passed down to the end of the Shang Dynasty. There were two brothers, Erai and Ji Sheng. Both of them were ministers of King Zhou of Shang. In the confrontation with King Wu of Zhou, Erai died of exhaustion and Ji Sheng surrendered after being defeated. He became a minister of King Wu of Zhou, and the descendants of Erlai took refuge in Ji Sheng.

Ji Sheng's fourth-generation grandson, Zaofu, was the charioteer of King Zhou Mu, the driver of the chariot, and an absolute confidant of the emperor's royal family. He was granted the title of "Zhao" for defeating Xu Yougong and became a noble. Therefore, these people with the surname Ying The clan members took Zhao as their surname.

As for the descendants of the Eilai branch, as a clan, they are also called the Zhao family!

During the period of King Xiao of Zhou, Feizi, the fifth generation of the evil generation Sun Feizi, was granted the title of "Qin" because of his merits in herding horses for King Xiao of Zhou.

"Qin" is very small, only a few dozen miles away. Qin is far away from the city of Zhao, so Feizi, the descendant of Erai, gradually separated from the main lineage of the Zhao family.

However, because Zaofu was kind to his clan, the Qin tribe still used the Zhao family name and did not change his family name.

Later, when King Ping of Zhou moved eastward, the "Qin" branch even obtained the old land of Zhou Dynasty and became a prince. This is the origin of Qin, one of the seven heroes of the Warring States Period.

The small sects of the Qin Dynasty rose up, and as the main sect of the six ministers of the Jin Dynasty, they were not bad. The three families were divided into the Jin Dynasty and established the Zhao Kingdom among the seven heroes.

The Ying surname is Zhao, and since then it has occupied only two of the seven kingdoms, namely Zhao and Qin.

It was the most prominent surname during the Warring States Period!

Therefore, according to ancient customs, Qin Shihuang should be called Zhao Zheng.

Sima Qian's "Historical Records: The Chronicles of the First Emperor of Qin" begins by saying: King Zhao of Qin was born in Handan in the first month of the forty-eighth year. When he was born, his name was Zheng and his surname was Zhao!

The people of Zhao and Qin have the same ancestor.

After the "Three Families Divided into Jin", the Zhao State became more and more powerful and became one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. It was later destroyed by Qin 158 years after its founding.

After the fall of the country, the people surnamed Zhao were mainly divided into two lines: the first line was the descendants of the generation king Zhao Jia, who were sealed in Tianshui County, namely the Tianshui Zhao family.

The other line is the descendants of King Youmiao Zhao Qian. They were first moved to Fangling, and then moved to Zhuojun in the Western Han Dynasty. They became the Zhao family in Zhuojun, also known as the Zhao family in Hejian.

During the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Gongfu, the successor of King Zhao Jia, came out to rule Xirong and lived in Tianshui West County. Later, he became a Tianshui native.

By the Han Dynasty, the Zhao family in Tianshui was the largest branch of the people with the surname Zhao. More than ten people in the family were granted the title of marquis, accounting for almost half of the total number of marquises with the surname Zhao. By the Tang Dynasty, five people with the surname Zhao had official titles. Prime ministers, three of whom were from the Tianshui Zhao family.

But by the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, Zhao Kuangyin, who came from the lineage of Zhao Qian, King Youmiao of Zhuo County, Hebei, and was a descendant of Zhao Guanghan, the former Jingzhaoyin of the Western Han Dynasty, destroyed the Later Zhou Dynasty and established the Song Dynasty, making the Zhao family a royal family again, and Zhuo County Zhao's influence now exceeds that of Tianshui Zhao.

The ancestor of the Zhao Song Dynasty was Zhao Qian, the last king of the Zhao Kingdom, King Youmiao, and Zhao Qian was a direct descendant of Zaofu, the ancestor of the Zhao family.

The Zhao family of the Qin Dynasty and the Zaofu Zhao family are the descendants of the eldest son Erai and the youngest son Ji Sheng respectively, the minister Feilian of the Shang Dynasty.

Therefore, the two are from the same clan, the same clan.

In the late Qin Dynasty and even after its death, Hu Hai, Zhao Gao, and Xiang Yu massacred the Qin royal family layer by layer. If the Zhao family of Qin had been completely cut off at that time, then the Zhao family of Zhuo County would be the one with the closest bloodline to the Qin Empire today. The Zhao family in Tianshui is a descendant of Dai Wang Zhao Jia, but the Zhao family in Zhuojun is a descendant of Zhao Qian, king of Youmiao, and is the orthodox direct line.

And the current Zhao and Song Dynasties are from the Zhao family lineage in Zhuo County. When the descendants of the Zhao family in Da Qin are cut off, or they are not cut off but remain hidden and unborn, then there is no doubt that anyone can inherit the title of Qin. , only the Zhao family of Zhuojun, who are of the same clan, clan, and direct lineage, are the most qualified to use the Qin title!

A smile appeared on Zhao Tong's lips, Qin, Great Qin!

In the past, Taizu bullied the orphans and widowed mothers, founded the country and proclaimed himself emperor. He felt guilty, and when the world was in short supply and the world was not at peace, he was unwilling to continue using the title of Zhao for fear of being criticized, let alone talk about Qin.

Otherwise, where did Song come from? At least we should use Zhao Cai!

Qin, Qin! Zhao Tong walked down the city wall while thinking about it, but Zhang Xian was beside him with a turmoil in his heart.

The prince is really going to rebel. He even thought about the name of his country, and it turns out to be Qin!

Zhang Xian couldn't help but get excited when he thought of Qin. He knew that Qin and Zhao were related, but he never thought that Zhao Tong would actually use the Qin name!

The glorious Qin Dynasty, the first emperor Zhao Zheng!

He inherited the throne at the age of thirteen and became emperor at the age of thirty-nine, sweeping through the six kingdoms and unifying the world.

Implement the Three Gongs and Nine Ministers to manage national affairs, abolish the enfeoffment, replace it with counties and counties, use the same text for books, and the same track for carriages, unify weights and measures, build spiritual canals, connect water systems, attack the Xiongnu in the north, conquer Baiyue in the south, build the Great Wall, and create a great unification .

The title of emperor is composed of the "emperor" of the three emperors and the "emperor" of the five emperors. He is called the first emperor, and he is the one emperor through the ages!

The more Zhang Xian thought about it, the more excited he became. He saw Zhao Tao, with his big sleeves fluttering, coming down to the city without wearing any armor, and went straight to the lantern of A Thousand Miles Alone.

In front of him, Bai Zhan led his mount, and the soldiers immediately stepped out of the passage and went straight into the central army.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Xian hurriedly mounted his mount to follow, and followed the army outwards, out of the north gate of Huizhou.

Along the way, the scouts were almost constantly reporting back. Du Bo was in charge at the front, and the battle reports were constantly passed to the Chinese army behind, and then the troops were arranged to rest and send out a new wave.

Huizhou City is more than 300 and nearly 400 miles away from Mingsha City. To the east is the border of Jingsai Military Division dozens of miles away. However, there are no cities. There are only a few small towns with a sparse population, which is only enough to separate the two cities. Military division's logo.

On the west side of the road are mountains and hills, which are rugged and undulating. It is difficult to walk, but it is not suitable for horse racing. It is bare and has few trees. It is difficult to ambush, and it is difficult to control any fortifications. It is of little use.

At this moment, the soldiers were marching north along the center of the road. There were more than 40,000 people, forming several long queues. They were so densely packed that they could not see the end at a glance.

The march of the troops was not very fast. Until the evening, they had not walked a hundred miles. It was calculated that it was only fifty or sixty miles at most. Watching the rouge-red sun set in the west, Zhao Tong sent an order to go out and set up camp in the nearby mountains.

The camp cannot be set up between the roads, it must be on a high place on the side. Although it is difficult to set up in those hills and mountains, there is no way. For the sake of safety, it has to be built up there no matter how hard it is.

Because although Tan Ma keeps reporting on the movements of the Xixia army, we can't rest assured. If a cavalry brigade goes to the Jingsai Army Division, then outflanks it, and rushes to the camp at night, it will be very bad on this plain. .

This is no better than when a city is besieged and people inside the city come out to steal camps and rob villages.

The camp in front of the city was carefully set up, with complete fence protection, and various fortifications dug and built in the front and back. There was no easy way to attack, and you had to be careful if you wanted to steal the camp.

The camps set up for this kind of wilderness march are crude and simple. They only need to rest for a night and have to travel early the next morning. There is no way to be too careful and there is no time to dig and build front and rear fortifications. They only send people to stand guard at night. , if you are not careful, the enemy cavalry may rush towards you if your horse is fast.

Rushing to camp on the plains at night, and there are no fortifications to block it. If the opponent's cavalry has excellent combat power, it will probably be a matter of moving vertically and horizontally, coming and going freely, and it will be difficult to stop and defend the opponent.

Therefore, the camp cannot be set up on the ground. It must be built at a high place. Even if there are no fortifications and other defenses, it can at least make it difficult for the war horses to move and attack. In this way, the possibility of being stormed will be reduced to almost nothing.

If the war horse can't rush forward directly, then there's no point in charging the stronghold.

After tents were spread all over the deserted hills and mountains, it was already dark. Zhao Tong was sitting in the Chinese army commander's tent, watching the latest military report sent by the scouts from the front.

Mingsha City's army and horses have already traveled halfway out of Huizhou, which is nearly two hundred miles away. They are about one hundred and fifty miles away from where they are currently camping.

This distance is already extremely close. If nothing happens, if the two armies rush in both directions tomorrow, they will definitely collide.

One hundred and fifty miles, each army is more than 70 miles away. Even if the infantry cannot reach it, the cavalry will definitely arrive.

Zhao Tong put down the military report in his hand, looked at Du Bo, Zhang Xian, and Li Yanxian in front, and said: "Tomorrow everything will go according to plan. The infantry will be on standby twenty miles away. The cavalry will be divided into three groups and go all the way to the east wing. Go forward to explore, don't fight. If the opponent chases you, run back. One of them will go further to the Jingsai Army to see if you can get behind the opponent. The remaining one will be posted in the front army to lure the opponent to waste. His energy and spirit.”

Du Bo and others nodded in agreement.

Zhao Tong glanced at the military report on the case again. Two groups of scouts had already detected Tie Yaozi's movements. As expected, this heavy armor had indeed arrived, so Bu Bazi must also be in the army. Since these two men from Xixia With all the elite players here, there is no doubt that the coach must be Brother Richard.

Zhao Tong does not have as many soldiers as his opponent at the moment. He speculates that the opponent has at least 50,000 troops and horses, but in fact there may be more, and the number of cavalry is definitely better than his own. He does not have any advantage. Especially in the wilderness next to mountains like this, it is actually a disadvantage to start a head-on battle openly and honestly.

Normally speaking, in such a direct collision, one's side would most likely lose.

There is no conspiracy, just pure confrontation and fighting. It is almost impossible for the more than 40,000 people under his command to defeat the other party. Not to mention that the other party will definitely have more troops than his own. Even if they are equal, the more than 40,000 people under his command will have the normal combat strength. , and it may not be able to be stronger than the elite on the opposite side.

The people under his command are like newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers. They dare to kill and charge, but they are not yet at the level of elites in a hundred battles, but these Xixia soldiers on the opposite side are!

How could it be that the imperial guards of Xingqing Mansion, who had been fighting fiercely with the Western Army of the Song Dynasty for many years, were easy to deal with? How many famous generals of the Western Army were defeated in Hexi, all at the hands of Tie Yaozi, Bubazi, and Liu Banzhi.

However, it seemed that he was bound to lose and there was no chance of victory, but Zhao Tong still insisted on fighting this encounter in the wilderness because he had supreme confidence in the Tengjia Army.

Five thousand spearmen with hooks and sickles, and five thousand swordsmen with shields will surely destroy the Xixia Iron Kites!

As long as the iron kite, which is said to be invincible, falls, the Xixia soldiers and horses will definitely be in chaos!

What is an iron kite? It is the military soul of Xixia, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the foundation of Xixia!

As long as the three thousand iron kites fall, no matter how elite the remaining Xixia troops are, they will never be able to withstand the shock in front of them and cannot withstand such a blow!

Watching the iron kite destroyed, the remaining Xixia troops will inevitably lose their confidence and fighting spirit, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, and it is hard to say that they may even be defeated and flee directly!

Therefore, in fact, Zhao Tong did not want to fight with all the soldiers and horses on the opposite side, he just wanted to have a fight with Tie Yaozi.

As long as Tie Yaozi loses, then this battle will be considered a victory!

(End of this chapter)