Zhao Kai followed this loud voice, and saw an old man dressed in a brocade robe, wearing a black gauze head, and a jade belt around his waist walking towards him quickly, and he arrived in front of him in a blink of an eye.

This old man was seventy years old, with a dark complexion, a burly figure, and a few haircuts on his chin that seemed to be pricked with pins, all of which had turned white. A pair of triangular eyes were radiating essence, looking at Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, who was still wearing chain armor.

Zhao Kai recognized this person as the leader of the Privy Council, the Taishi, the envoy of the Xuanfu of Hedong and Yanshan Zhulu, and the king of Guangyang County.

The relationship between Tong Guan and Zhao Kai is very close, otherwise Zhao Kai would not have almost become the commander of the recovery of Yanyun's sixteen states - this matter had to be blown up because the Northern Expeditionary Army commanded by Tong Guan suffered a crushing defeat at the Baigou River.

And Tong Guan can now go all the way to the inner house of Zhao Kai's mansion without hindrance, which also proves that the relationship between the two is extraordinary.

Zhao Kai already remembered that he seemed to be in a group with Tong Guan, a traitor, so he had to let Xiang Kexian lead Tong Guan to the study to wait. He entered the dormitory first, asked Pan Yulian to serve him to remove his armor and change clothes, and wiped his face again, before changing into a moon-white collared robe, wearing a Dongpo scarf, and instructing Pan Yulian to prepare some wine and food to send to the study. Only then did he take tired steps and go to his study with excitement.

As soon as he entered the study, Zhao Kai saw Tong Guan get up and bow to him, he just wanted Tong Guan to sit down, but the other party had already spoken in a sad tone.

"If the old minister knew that His Royal Highness the king was a hero, he should try his best to protect the king as the commander of the Northern Expedition. If so, how can there be a collapse of the white ditch? Yan Yun has already recovered for several years, and there will be no rampant Guo Yaoshi, let alone the disaster of gold thieves entering the Central Plains. The old minister and the king are so close, they don't know that the king can effectively imitate the ambition of Tang Taizong, and they are really ashamed......"

Zhao Kaixin said: Don't be ashamed of you, an old traitor, in fact, I just came. The previous Zhao Kai was also a coward, and he also delivered food when he went to Hebei. But...... If I had come a few years earlier, would I have really been able to reverse the situation of the exhaustion of the Western Army and the defeat of the Northern Expedition?

Thinking of this, Zhao Kai first invited Tong Guan to sit down, and then sat opposite Tong Guan. At this time, there was a little yellow door from the Yunwang Mansion leading two maids, bringing some hot wine and food, and placing them on the desk between the two.

"Let's all go out, you don't need you here."

Zhao Kai sent the summoners away, and then said to Tong Guan with a smile: "Taishi has also been busy for most of the day, so he must not have time to eat well, so it is better to use some casually here with me." ”

Tong Guan smiled: "Then the old man is better to be respectful." ”

Zhao Kai nodded, and then looked down, only to see two wine jugs, a few plates of meat and vegetables, a few plates of fruits and vegetables, a plate of steamed buns, and two pairs of dishes and chopsticks.

Alcohol is not drunk...... Zhao Kai, it should be that Zhao Kai hadn't learned to drink in his previous life! So he picked up the chopsticks and sandwiched a steamed bun, stuffed it into his mouth and took a big bite, it was stuffed, it seemed to be diced bamboo shoots, chicken, shiitake mushrooms, and other things, it was very delicious.

Zhao Kai was busy all day wearing a chain armor weighing dozens of pounds, but he just ate some dry food around noon, and now he was so hungry that his chest was close to his back, so he devoured it. I ate a plate of steamed buns like this, and then I felt that all my strength was back.

Tong Guan is old, his appetite is not as good as before, and he has something in his heart, that is, he eats a few mouthfuls of vegetables indiscriminately to cushion his hunger, and then he looks at His Royal Highness King Yun in front of him gobbling up - it turns out that the king is hungry, and he doesn't care about his appearance!

Seeing that Zhao Kai finished eating, he continued to talk eloquently: "The old minister and general have been soldiers for twenty or thirty years, and before the start of the Northern Expedition to Yanyun, it can be said that he is invincible and invincible. If it weren't for the later Battle of Yanyun and the current gold thief......"

Zhao Kai thought to himself: Without the later Battle of Yanyun and the entry of the gold thief, who would know that you were a traitor in the future? Who would know that Zhao Ji was a faint king?

Tong Guan doesn't seem to know that he is a traitor who has been stinking for 10,000 years, and he still regrets it there!

"In fact, before the old minister sent out his troops, he knew the difficulty of the battle of Yan...... It's a pity that the old minister was fascinated by the false name of a prince, and he only thought about taking the land of Yanyun for the country. But he didn't find the hero of the king, and he forgot that he was just a lowly eunuch! ”

How can this be forgotten? Don't you go to the hut? Zhao Kaixin said: That's missing key components! Even if you can forget, your big wife and little wife can't forget it!

When Tong Guan said this, he was actually sad, and his tears fell straight down. Zhao Kai was soft-hearted, and when he saw that he was a lonely and disabled old man crying sadly, he had no choice but to open his mouth to comfort: "Taishi don't have to be sad, it's not a day since the Great Song Dynasty soldiers were weak, and it's not your fault." In exchange for the King's Overseer, could it be that the group of weak soldiers below could become stronger? ”

"The king's words are wrong," Tong Guan waved his hand again and again, "The old minister doesn't think how weak our Great Song soldiers are...... It is certainly inferior to the Jurchen barbarians killed in the mountains and forests of Liaodong, but it is by no means much worse than the Liao soldiers who have lost their elite and are already dying. If the soldiers of Song Liao were really so bad, how could there be more than a hundred years of harmony between the two countries? This alliance of the Yuanyuan is not something that can be exchanged for three or five hundred thousand coins a year, but by the bloody battles of the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, which caused the Liao army to suffer heavy losses!

The western army led by Lao Chen is a long-term soldier, although it is a tired soldier, but it can still fight...... The defeat of the Northern Expedition was not because the soldiers were weak, but because the generals were too weak! ”

Ah, I finally admit that I am a traitor with no ability, right?

"Lao Chen is 72 years old this year, and he was 69 years old when Baigou was defeated at the time of the defeat of Baihe, and he has long since lost the courage of the year." Tong Guan sighed and said, "And Liu Yanqing, Yao Gu, Seed Master Dao, and Seed Master are all old and handsome, and everyone is weak, how can they be compared to Yelu Dashi's prime of life?" ”

That's the same thing...... These old guys can't add a piece of Yelu Dashi! He is the founding emperor of Western Liao, and he is a figure at the same level as Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Kaixin said: Looking at today's Great Song Dynasty, that is, I, the chosen one, are better than him.

Tong Guan said again: "And these people are either eunuchs or martial artists." is to hang the sign of Xuan Shuai, and the Wenchen on the ground in Hebei can be the powerful minister of our family in front of this envoy and that envoy? Don't talk about them, they are the Taishou of one state and one government, as long as they are civil officials, they will not take the old man too seriously. Not to mention those civil servants in the court...... And although Yelu Dashi only has the land of Yanshan, he is willing to obey his command, everyone fights to the death, everyone dares to fight, and fights with us together. And no matter how scarce the manpower, material and military resources of the Yanshan Mansion are, they are still richer than the Western Thieves (Western Xia). The veterans under Dashi's command who had fought hard for seven or eight years were really ruthless, and they were still stronger than the elite of the Western Army.

Therefore, if we want to win that war, we must have a generalissimo of Hebei who can control all the military prefectures and counties in Hebei and Hedong, control the armies of Hebei and Hedong, and silence the ministers of the DPRK and China...... This person is none other than the king! ”