Song Qi is the prime minister, and he is the head of the hundred officials before Li Fang; Song Taizong called him to explain why today's court meeting was placed in the Weiwang Mansion, and also revealed the brave record of the abolished prince Zhao Yuanzuo who killed Xiao Tzuyong, the king of Liao and Yue, and said that Lu Chengyu specially sent Yang Heyi, the general of Zhengwupin Dingyuan, to the capital to report the victory; Today, General Yang will sing the leading role.

Song Qi couldn't help but be dumbfounded when she heard the emperor's instructions like this; I was stunned and couldn't speak for most of the day.

Song Qi is a native of Youzhou, because the Later Jin Dynasty ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun to become Han people under Khitan rule; In the fourth year of Huitong (941 AD), the Khitan State set up a tribute in the Yanyun region in imitation of the Han system, and Song Qi went to take the examination to enter the Shi and the first.

Song Qi first served as the palace attendant of Yelujing (Liao Muzong), the king of Shou'an, and was later recruited by Zhao Yanshou (the prime minister of Liao) as the shogunate by Zhao Yanshou (the prime minister of Liao).

After the destruction of the Khitan, the Jin Song Qi entered the Central Plains, and served as the minister of the Later Han, Later Zhou, and Northern Song dynasties.

In the fourth year of Qiande (966 AD), he was recruited as the official of Zuo Buque and Kaifeng Mansion, and became the former minister of Zhao Guangyi, the king of Jin; Due to the dependence on Prime Minister Zhao Pu to release Zhizhou, Song Taizong was gradually reused after his accession to the throne.

In the eighth year of the Taiping Rejuvenation (983 AD), Song Qi was promoted from the seventh-rank member Wailang to the third-grade prime minister four times; He served as the secretary of the Criminal Department, moved to the door to serve as a squire, and a scholar of Zhaobunkan University.

In the eighth year of the Taiping Rejuvenation (983 AD), Song Qi was promoted to the right counselor and the third division of the same judgment; Later, he was reappointed as the left counselor, the governor of political affairs, and the Tongping chapter affairs.

Song Qi couldn't believe his ears after listening to Song Taizong's words, but there was no joke in the mouth of the Son of Heaven; The emperor asked him to preside over the court meeting and make Yang Yiyi sing the leading role, how could he, as the prime minister, disobey; He stood in front of the Weiwang Mansion Hall, a foot away from Song Taizong's seat, and shouted: "Xuanzheng Wupin Dingyuan General Yang Heyi stepped forward to pay respect!" ”

Yang Yiyi stepped forward from behind in a military uniform, but he didn't carry a weapon.

Yang Heyi strode up to Song Taizong, bowed deeply three times, and said: "Qi Qi Sheng, the minister Yang Heyi is ordered by General Lu Chengyu to conquer the west; Rush back to the capital to report to Your Majesty! ”

Song Qi just heard Song Taizong say that Yang Yiyi was ordered by Ma Lu Chengyu to rush back to the capital to report the victory, and also mentioned that the deposed prince Zhao Yuanzuo beheaded Xiao Tzuyong, the king of Liao and Yue; The god of nervousness has passed, and Song Qi is not surprised by Yang Yiyi's words.

Li Fang, Lu Mengzheng, Zhang Qixian, Lu Duan, Li Liu, Xiang Minzhong, Bi Shi'an, Kou Zhun, Wang Dan, Wang Qinruo, Ding Wei, Li Di, Feng Zheng, Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai, Zhang Shixun, Lu Yijian, Wang Sui, Chen Yaozuo, Zhang Dexiang, Yan Shu, Du Yan, Jia Changchao, Chen Zhizhong, these ministers of the Great Song Dynasty were a little confused; I don't know what Yang Heyi is referring to!

The ministers looked at each other with dumbfounded eyes; I wanted to get together and mumble a few words, but the long-winged black gauze hat on my head was seventy or eighty centimeters long, and my head couldn't go together.

Song Taizong saw the surprised expressions of the ministers, his expression was worried, and he couldn't help laughing: "Aiqing, don't always want to discuss it in private, don't you understand everything when you hear General Yang say it!" ”

Song Taizong said this, but he was actually very happy with the surprise of the ministers.

Previously, Yang Yiyi had already told him the ins and outs of the matter, and Song Taizong was overjoyed when he heard it; This kind of exuberance is rare since he succeeded to the throne.

Song Taizong's heart is nothing if he is happy, he wants the ministers to be all happy; asked Yang Heyi to state the situation he had told himself in more detail in the court, so that the Manchu Minister of Civil and Military Affairs could re-understand the combat effectiveness of the Great Song Army; Meet the charm of the eldest prince Zhao Yuanzuo.

Yang Heyi knew Song Taizong's instructions well, and after he walked to the front and saluted Song Taizong in a formal manner, he looked excited: "Lu Chengyu, the general of the Western Expedition, led the 800 Tianxiang army to the north to eliminate the rebellious Li Jiqian by holy order; But in Fengxiang Mansion, the Xianghe River and the Khitan Tielin Army of the Liao State encountered! ”

Song Qi just heard Yang Heyi say that he was a good success, but Yang Heyi suddenly mentioned that the Tianxiang Army and the Great Liao Khitan State Tielin Army encountered in the Xianghe River of Fengxiang Mansion, so he asked in confusion: "How could the Khitan Tielin Army of the Liao Kingdom appear in the Xianghe River of Fengxiang Mansion!" ”

Yang Yiyi was not allowed to answer, so he saw that Kou Zhun couldn't wait to pick up the words and said: "General Yang, you make it clear, how can there be the Tielin Army of the Liao State in Fengxiang Mansion!" ”

"It's not the idea that the woman named Xiao Yanyan in Liao Kingdom wants to fight the Great Song Fenghe Cang, Feng Gucang, and Fengyu Cang!" Song Taizong suddenly stood up from the dragon chair and spoke: "Xiao Yanyan's heart is not dead, and he wants to destroy our logistics and grass!" ”

Song Qi, Li Fang, and Kou Zhun saw the emperor say this, and they all focused their eyes on Zhao Guangyi, and Zhang Qixian couldn't help but say: "So that's the case!" General Yang quickly talked about what happened after the Khitan Tielin Army arrived at the Xianghe River! ”

Song Qi said in one fell swoop: "The Tielin Army is invincible to the palace tent soldiers of the Liao State, is our army losing a lot?" ”

Song Taizong saw Song Qi's old master's tone, and snorted coldly with an unhappy face; With his hands behind his back, he walked around on the high platform of the council hall and said, "Is Song Aiqing's consciousness still immersed in the defeat of our army in the Battle of the Gaoliang River!" Tell you, that's because we underestimated the enemy and were exploited by the Khitan Tartars of the Liao State! ”

Song Taizong cleared his throat and raised his voice as he spoke: "This time it's Fengxiang Mansion, Empress Dowager Xiao, a woman who dares to risk the world's condemnation, to sneak attack our Fenghe Cang, Fenggu Cang, and Fengyu Cang, that's because she is impatient!" ”

Song Qi saw Song Taizong fighting back against him, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to forgive his sin: "Weichen is stupid, and his mouth is wrong; I hope that God will forgive your sins! ”

"What is Song Aiqing's crime of being the prime minister of the dynasty? We are the court, we know everything, we say everything, we are not guilty, and those who hear are full of precepts! Song Taizong suddenly became a humble gentleman: the big belly is intolerable to the things that the world cannot tolerate, hehe laughed and said: "Song Aiqing got up and spoke, listen to General Yang tell you seriously!" ”

Yang Yiyi saw Song Taizong's prompt, and replied excitedly: "The Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao State sent Yu Yue Heavenly King Xiao Tzuyong to lead 300 Tielin troops to sneak attack the Great Song Dynasty Fenghe Cang, Feng Gucang, and Fengyu Cang, and were completely annihilated by the Tianxiang Army. Xiao Tzuyong's first general was also brought back to offer victory to the emperor! ”

The court immediately quarreled, and the ministers heard Yang Heyi say that the crown prince Zhao Yuanzuo beheaded Xiao Tzuyong, the king of Liao Yuyue, and brought his head back to offer victory to the emperor; Where can I still hold it, although the long wings of the black gauze hat on my head are very long; But they hugged each other and talked about it.

Wang Jien, the eunuch standing beside Song Taizong, saw that the ministers had stabbed a flat in the magpie's nest and chirped, and planned to step forward to stop it; dragged Song Taizong back.

Song Taizong was very satisfied with the scene of twittering, and the scene of twittering can show that the victory of the river touched the souls of the ministers.

Since the defeat of the Great Song army in the Battle of the Gaoliang River, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty mentioned the Tielin army of the Liao State; Eighty percent of the people were talking about tiger discoloration, which made Song Taizong very distressed; Song Taizong urgently needed a victory to stabilize people's hearts.

Fortunately, there were mainstays such as the Yang generals and the Zhejia army on the Hebei and Shanxi fronts, and the Liao army did not dare to attack.

However, the Yang generals and the Zhejia army were only passive defenses and did not pose a mortal threat to the Liao army.

The victory at the Battle of Yanmen Pass certainly played an inspiring role, but the river slew Xiao Tzuyong, the great king of the Liao State and Yue; It is ten times more significant than the impact of Yanmen Pass.

Yang Heyi saw that after he finished speaking, "The 300 Tielin Army of the Liao State sneaked up on the Fenghe Cang, Fenggu Cang, and Fengyu Cang of the Great Song Dynasty, and was completely annihilated by the Tianxiang Army; The crown prince Zhao Yuanzuo will be killed by Xiao Tzuyong, the king of Yueda, through the ditch; Xiao Tzuyong's head general also brought back to offer victory to the emperor", and the ministers chattered and discussed, so they took advantage of the situation to shout: "Brother Wang Zhou, don't take Xiao Tzuyong's head first!" ”

Wang Zhou entered the council hall and stood behind the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, and the ice box containing Xiao Tzuyong's head rested at his feet.

Listening to Yang Yiyi's shouting, he took off the tarpaulin on the ice box after answering; Walked forward with the ice box in both hands.

When Wang Zhou walked forward from the aisle between the civil and military ministers with the ice box, the important ministers really saw the heads of the Khitans with hair and broken necks in the ice box; I couldn't help but sigh: "Ahhhh Sure enough, it is the head of the Khitan Tartars! ”

Wang Zhou walked to the front with an ice box on the sigh of the ministers, and handed over Xiao Tzuyong's head to Yang Yiyi.

Yang Yiyi knelt down on one knee with Xiao Tzuyong's head in his hand and said to Song Taizong: "The saint is above, and the last general Yang Yiyi will be sent to the head of Xiao Tzuyong, the Khitan of the Liao Kingdom!" ”

Song Taizong smiled and asked the eunuch Wang Jien to take it, and Yang Yiyi got up; Song Taizong made a stop gesture to quiet the order in the court.

There was silence in the court, and Song Taizong looked at Yang Yiyi and said: "Yang Aiqing, you will tell you about Chong'er's killing of Xiao Tzuyong, the Khitan Yuyue Heavenly King, and the lonely family and all the ministers want to hear it!" ”

Yang Yiyi obeyed the order, swept his eyes around, and cheered up his spirits; tells the tense scene of the battle of the river:

The mastermind of the victory of the river was Liu Min, but it was impossible for Yang Yiyi to carry Liu Min out; Liu Min's identity was changed to Zhao Yuanzuo and Lu Chengyu.

The blue sky floats like white clouds like cotton balls, and the autumn equinox blows the fragrance of reed flowers; The river road is a peaceful and charming scene.

The 800 soldiers of the Tianxiang Army and the convoy transporting grain and grass walked a few miles along the Sichuan Road, and then divided into four roads.

One of the four roads leads to the north and is called the North Straight Road, and one leads to the South Plains called the South Straight Road; One leads to the north bank of the Xiang River, and the other leads to the south bank of the Xiang River.

The road leading to the north and south banks of the Xiang River is covered by reeds, and the lush reeds immediately glow with Zhao Yuanzuo's childhood memories; He said to Lu Chengyu on a whim: "My sister-in-law led the army to take the straight road in the northern plains, and Xiao Ke and the four guards Chen Shengjie, Liu Xinyi, Zhang Hanwen, and Zhang Zhiping marched along the bank of the Xiang River to see the scenery of the river; We met in Fengxiang Mansion, I don't know what my sister-in-law wants! ”

Lu Chengyu thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Dechong Xiaodi's invitation to join the Tianxiang Army this time is like a bird flying out of a birdcage, it should be relaxed; Lu respects your opinion, and we will meet in Fengxiang Mansion! ”

Zhao Yuanzuo thanked his sister-in-law Lu Chengyu for his adult beauty, and was about to lead the four guards to set off, but Yang Yiyi said that he would also go with Zhao Yuanzuo; Zhao Yuanzuo agreed to him - this plot was naturally added by Yang Heyi, and the scene at that time was that Zhao Yuanzuo and Liu Min were racing horses on the bank of the Xianghe River together, instead of Chen Shengjie's four nephews and Yang Heyi following Zhao Yuanzuo.

Song Taizong heard Yang Yiyi talk about this, and couldn't help but say: "When did Chong'er have four guards?" ”

Yang Yiyi was stunned, laughed and said, "The four guards of the prince are equipped by the master of the horse!" ”

After a pause, he said emotionally: "The four guards of the prince are nephews, Chen Shengjie is uncle, and he is from Guanzhong; The martial arts of boxing are very good, just because Guanzhong suffered a thousand-day drought; Chen Shengjie led his three nephews, Liu Xinyi, Zhang Hanwen, and Zhang Zhiping, to the capital to perform and make a living, and were discovered by the master of the horse and recruited as Tianxiang Army, and the four of them had extraordinary martial arts; The master asked the four nephews to be the prince's guards! ”

"The pony is quite comprehensive! This is better, with Chen Shengjie's nephew and uncle four guards; Chong'er, at least he is not in any danger! Song Taizong said with great satisfaction, waved his arm and said, "Yang Aiqing, you speak, I interrupt you!" ”

Yang He smiled and said: "The emperor is really the king of the Holy Ming, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty can enjoy happiness if they have a Ming monarch like the emperor!" ”

Yang Heyi is really good at licking, and a few words licked Song Taizong's face with a smile; He had never been so happy, and Yang Yiyi's words really spoke to his heart.

Seeing that Song Taizong was happy, Yang Yiyi stretched his neck and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then continued to talk about the previous topic:

Zhao Yuanzuo, Chen Shengjie, Liu Xinyi, Zhang Hanwen, Zhang Zhiping, and Yang Heyi 6 people said goodbye to Lu Chengyu, and the horse drove fast on the bank of the Xianghe River; Suddenly, I saw a figure swaying among the reeds.

Zhao Yuanzuo reacted quickly, and immediately reined in the horse's head and said to Chen Shengjie: "There is a figure shaking in the reeds, this is a bad omen!" Let's get off the horse and wait and see! ”

When Chen Shengjie and the five people saw Zhao Yuanzuo say this, they all jumped down from the horse and went secret; Chen Shengjie asked, "What bad omen did the prince find?" ”

Zhao Yuanzuo frowned and said: "Xiao Wang heard from his father that the river in Fengxiang Mansion is a place where the imperial court hoards grain and grass; Along the river, there are Fenghe warehouses, Fenggu warehouses, and Fengyu warehouses, and the unknown figures in the reeds are either Liao army or party members; They are going to destroy our army's grain and grass and make our army a tree without roots! ”

When Song Taizong heard this, he was already in tears; Because Zhao Yuanzuo mentioned him in his words, this shows that the eldest son Dechong has never resented him; One of the reasons for following the horse master is to release the wind, and the ultimate goal is to protect the family and defend the country.

Song Taizong has put Zhao Yuanzuo in an extremely important position.

Song Taizong thought in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Is Chong'er's judgment correct?" ”

Yang He laughed and said, "The emperor is in the same mood as a few of us, the five of us all stared at him suspiciously when we heard the prince say this!" When the prince saw our five doubts, he said: "Don't keep your five voices here, you can climb the tree to have a look; After the prince said this, his body jumped onto the big tree above his head! ”

"Chong'er, he will do light work?" Song Taizong was overjoyed and said: "When did Chong'er learn light skills!" ”。

Yang Yiyi took the opportunity to fabricate and said: "The prince said that in the days when he was imprisoned, a white-haired Taoist priest would go to the Bauhinia Garden every night to teach him to practice light skills; The prince's light skills were learned at that time! ”

Song Taizong and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were dumbfounded when they heard this......