The two sides of the battle, each with more than 100,000 troops, confronted each other sharply near the national border.

Yelujing, the sleeping king of the Khitan, is actually a very normal thing to mobilize his troops and horses in front of the battle.

Li Zhongyi nodded, and asked Zhao Kuangyin with a worried face: "Brother Yuen Long, how is the morale of the army?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin sighed and said, "Although the news that His Majesty is sick in bed has been tightly sealed, there is no impermeable wall. ”

Li Zhongyi heard the sound of Zhao Laoer's words, although Chai Rong has always wanted to block the news of his serious illness and dying, he still has not been able to hide it, and he followed the generals of the Northern Expedition.

The old master of the empire is dying, and the mentality of the generals will definitely change amazingly.

Li Zhongyi knew that when people's hearts were shaking like this, Chai Rong would never dare to take the liberty of issuing an edict to withdraw the army.

On the way to withdraw the army, once the Khitan iron cavalry frantically pounced, hehe, the more than 100,000 elite forbidden troops that Chai Rong had painstakingly managed were likely to face a danger from which they could never recover.

This is also one of the fundamental factors for Chai Rong to call Li Zhongyi to lead his troops north and contain the Khitans!

"As soon as your recital was handed over, His Majesty issued an edict on the same day, ordering people to collect a large number of civilian ships on the seaside. Counting the days, as of today, I am afraid that there are more than 1,000 ships. Zhao Kuangyin saw that Li Zhongyi listened to the book very monographically, and then added, "The sailors stationed in Goryeo also received the edict. His Majesty ordered Zhou to command the envoy to rush to the shore of Binzhou and escort you across the Yellow Water Ocean along the way. ”

Li Zhongyi smiled and arched his hand and said, "Thank you Brother Yuen Long for your strong support, and the little brother is grateful to him." ”

Zhao Kuangyin waved his hand and said, "Between you and my brothers." Why lie so much? You're going to the Khitan Tokyo Road...... Alas, it's dangerous. You still have to take care of yourself. ”

Li Zhongyi said with a smile: "The main elite iron cavalry of the Khitan people is near Youzhou. The younger brother crossed the sea and crossed the ocean and went deep into the hinterland of the Khitan people, hehe, it seems to be dangerous, but in fact it is not very dangerous. ”

Zhao Kuangyin frowned and said: "Yulin Right Guard and Dang Xiang Barbarian are taught, and their combat power is outstanding, this foolish brother is not too worried, but. Wyvern's side...... Why don't you do this, Brother Yu Ming and transfer 20,000 elites from the Northern Expedition army to cooperate with your battle? ”

Li Zhongyi spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "When I go to the territory of the Khitans, there are too many infantry troops, which will slow down the speed of the march." Alas, you and I are my own brothers. I don't want to put gold on my face. When I go north this time, once I am entangled by the Khitans, it will be a dead end. ”

"Foolish brother is incompetent, now. I can only help you prepare more military baggage and food and grass. Zhao Kuangyin already knew Li Zhongyi's character, what should be said, he would make it clear without asking. As for what should not be said, it is absolutely impossible to put it into words.

"Brother Yuen Long. His Majesty ordered the younger brother to hurry up and go north, and the situation was extremely urgent. The little brother will leave tomorrow. Regarding the logistics and supply, please also ask Brother Yuen Long to help you a lot. "Li Zhongyi's army is actually not short of food, grass and weapons, he just wants to test Zhao Kuangyin.

After Zhao Kuangyin accompanied Li Zhongyi out of the palace, in front of Li Zhongyi, he beckoned a confidant and ordered him to take the order and personally supervise the supply of Li Zhongyi's army to the north.

Because Chai Rong was seriously ill and bedridden, Zhao Kuangyin did not dare to hold a banquet to entertain Li Zhongyi.

The handsome division of the front division of the palace was stationed in the north gate of the front line of Bazhou, and Zhao Kuangyin led Li Zhongyi into his marshal mansion.

After the guests and hosts sat down, Zhao Yuanlang was not polite, and said bluntly: "My mother recently chose a son-in-law for the Snow Lady, but my sister is a dead eye, and she actually fell in love with ......" He didn't mention Li Zhongyi's name, but the meaning of his words was fully revealed.

Li Zhongyi was stunned for a while, and then understood Zhao Laoer's intentions, hehe, it can't be seen today, Zhao Laoer is worried about long nights and dreams, and wants to use the relationship between his in-laws to win him into the Zhao family's camp.

After Chai Rong fell ill, Zhao Lao Er was already the highest commander in the Northern Expeditionary Army, and Li Zhongyi would indeed need his strong cooperation when he went deep into the hinterland of the Khitans in the future.

Therefore, Li Zhongyi didn't say it to death, he arched his hand and said: "The little brother went deep into the heart of the north this time, life and death are really unpredictable, wait for the little brother to return to the Central Plains, and then reply, okay?" ”

Zhao Lao Er actually didn't want Li Zhongyi to reply immediately, he just wanted to give Li Zhongyi a preventive shot: Our two brothers are actually a gang, Gou is rich and noble, and he dare not forget.

Zhao Jiaxue's lady has always been the pearl of the old lady of the Zhao family, and she loves it like a treasure. The old lady of the Zhao family has always been cautious about her marriage, but she is afraid that she has seen someone and harmed her baby daughter's life.

In case, Li Zhongyi encountered great misfortune on the way north, should the marriage contract between the two families be canceled or continued?

Canceling the marriage contract is simply an unimaginable thing for Zhao Laoer, who has a very good face.

But if the marriage contract is not canceled, the snow lady of the Zhao family can only marry into the Li family.

was at a young age, and Zhao Xueniang, who was young, actually went to the Li family to stay alive and widowed. Zhao Lao Er, who contributed to good things, was not completely drowned by the saliva of the old lady of the Zhao family, Du's family, that is a strange thing.

Li Zhongyi's answer was flat and stable, so that Zhao Kuangyin couldn't find the slightest fault. However, from the perspective of personal accidents, Zhao Lao Er revealed his intention to marry in advance at such a sensitive and critical moment, which is equivalent to giving Li Zhongyi a reassurance.

That means that Li Wujiao, even if you are tossing in the hinterland of the Khitans, the affairs in the rear will be settled by him Zhao Laoer.

The two chatted for a while, and the back kitchen made a few good dishes for drinking and supper, and the Zhao family's tooth soldiers served the table.

When the sky was light, Zhao Kuangyin stopped his cup, looked at the sky outside the door, and muttered to himself: "When we meet again, I'm afraid, things are wrong!" ”

Li Zhongyi's eyes flashed slightly, there were a lot of mysteries in Zhao Laoer's words, could it be that at this time, he had already seen through the loopholes of the court situation and had a different heart?

To tell you the truth, if Chai Rong does not die, no one dares to have two hearts among all the important generals, including Li Zhongyi.

It's just that Chai Rong is now about to ascend to the fairyland, and the crown prince Chai Zongxun is unusually young, and this so-called lord Shaoguo is suspicious.

According to the logic of seizing the throne since the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the emperor is the one who is strong and strong!

In fact, Chai Rong's imminent death left unlimited room for imagination for the generals in the DPRK.

Li Zhongyi knew very well in his heart that if Zhao Lao Er had already had a different heart now, then he, Li Mou, who held the elite army, had actually become the biggest obstacle in the process of Zhao Lao Er's seizure of the throne!

In case, Zhao Lao Er secretly stumbled Li Zhongyi......

Li Zhongyi couldn't dare to continue thinking about it! (To be continued......)