When he found out that the burly man was actually the Jade Kylin, Lu Junyi, Zhao Kai immediately felt as if he had picked up a treasure.
Lu Junyi, nicknamed the Jade Kylin of Hebei Province, was a famous character in the Romance of the Water Margins. He was dignified, loyal, and skilled in martial arts.
They were especially good at spear techniques, rod techniques, and fist techniques. They were known as the three wonders of Hebei!
In Water Margins, he was even promoted as the number one martial artist in the world and the number one fierce general in Water Margins. His martial arts were even higher than Lin Chong, Guan Sheng, Huyan Zhuo, and the other Five Tiger Generals of Liangshan. As a result, Song Jiangwu coveted Lu Junyi's martial arts and schemed to force him to Liangshan and take the second seat!
From this, one could see how powerful Lu Junyi was!
However, the era that Zhao Kai lived in was very different from the Romance of the Water Margins. There were no heroes of Liangshan or the 108 generals.
There was only one bandit named Song Jiang. During the Xuanhe years, he led his people to flee to Jingdong Road to cause trouble. He was defeated by the Haizhou Zhizhou, Zhang Shuye. Song Jiang's rebellion failed and his whereabouts were unknown.
In other words, the Lu Junyi in front of Zhao Kai had nothing to do with Song Jiang and Liang Mountain. He was a righteous man of the Song Dynasty with a clean background.
However, Lu Junyi's martial arts and the nickname of Hebei Jade Kylin were real!
After all, there were piles of corpses of the Jin army in the streets. At least hundreds of them had died under Lu Junyi's great spear!
Moreover, from Lu Junyi's performance last night, he was much more resourceful, tenacious, and a commander than the Lu Junyi in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms!
The most important thing was that Zhao Kai, who did not know Lu Junyi's identity, had asked about Lu Junyi's well-being and comforted him with the emperor's brocade robe. This truly touched Lu Junyi's heart.
It made this Hebei Jade Kylin admire Zhao Kai from the bottom of his heart and swear to die for Zhao Kai!
Without any effort, Zhao Kai had obtained a brave, intelligent, and extremely loyal general!
Thinking of this, Zhao Kai smiled and helped Lu Junyi up."The ancients regarded obtaining the Kirin as a good omen, but I regarded obtaining a loyal and righteous person as a good omen. Today, I obtained the Hebei Jade Kirin, which is like adding wings to a tiger!”
As he spoke, Zhao Kai immediately announced,"Lu Junyi is loyal and brave. He has recovered the important town of Daming Prefecture. Lu Junyi will take the lead!"
Today, I have granted Lu Junyi the title of a fourth-grade martial arts doctor, commanding 10,000 Bianliang imperial guards, and renamed him the Qilin Army!
The rest of the righteous men who broke through the city would be promoted and rewarded, and they would be incorporated into the Qilin Army!”
When Lu Junyi heard Zhao Kai's words of encouragement and reward, he was moved to tears on the spot. He bowed and said,"Your Majesty's great kindness, I, Lu Junyi, have nothing to repay!”
At this moment, Lu Junyi was really grateful.
Although he was skilled in martial arts, he was previously just a commoner. Under the suppression of Cai Jing and Liang, he had no way to serve the country.
But now, when he met Zhao Kai, he directly promoted him from a commoner to a Rank Four martial arts doctor!
The reward of this official title was not bad. After all, Lu Junyi had made a great contribution. It was reasonable for him to receive an official salary.
The most important thing was that Zhao Kai not only gave Lu Junyi the title of a Rank Four Military Officer, but he also gave Lu Junyi the command of ten thousand troops on the spot!
Moreover, this 10,000-strong army was renamed on the spot according to Lu Junyi's nickname. It became a new army personally bestowed by the emperor, the Qilin Army!
To Lu Junyi, this kind of treatment could be said to be a great favor from the emperor!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The soldiers and men behind Lu Junyi also shed tears of gratitude and thanked him happily.
Their composition was complicated. There were once defeated soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, as well as the people of the Daming Prefecture who were in the wilderness.
However, no matter what their previous identities were, it was no longer important because they only had one identity in the future, and that was the soldiers of the Qilin Army!
This was an army named by the Emperor Zhao Kai, symbolizing boundless grace and glory!
It would also motivate them to fight harder on the battlefield and serve Zhao Kai!
After thanking him, Lu Junyi suddenly thought of something and asked,"Your Majesty, the traitor, Minister Liang, wanted to escape the city during the chaos. He was captured by me and awaits Your Majesty's punishment!”
Hearing Lu Junyi's report, Zhao Kai's expression immediately turned cold.
"Bring that traitor here!”
Zhao Kai waved his hand and immediately ordered with a murderous expression.
As a local official of the Great Song, that scoundrel, Secretary Liang, was supposed to defend the land and defend the people against the Jin army. With the strength and sturdiness of the Daming Manor, it was completely possible for them to hold on.
However, this dog was afraid of death. The moment the Jin army arrived, he surrendered without fighting. He even helped the tiger and slaughtered thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city!
Such a crime could not be punished!
Now that Zhao Kai had finished rewarding the soldiers, it was time to bring the traitor to justice to comfort the soldiers and soldiers who had died!
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