After Liu Min devised a clever plan to burn the Khitan Tielin Army through the hall ditch, he and the great prince Zhao Yuanzuo led Xiao Tzuyong, the great king of Liao and Yue, into the ditch.

Xiao Tzuyong wanted to catch Zhao Yuanzuo, so he chased him and ran forward; I didn't watch out for throwing fire and dry firewood on the mountain beams on both sides to ignite the wheat straw that had been piled up at the bottom of the ditch for a long time, and the fire suddenly burst into flames.

But Xiao Tzuyong is a battle-hardened veteran after all, and he and his cronies are surrounded by fire; Not discouraged; Organize everyone to strive to break out.

However, guarding the Kazikou at the southern end of the ditch were Chen Shengjie, Liu Xinyi, Zhang Hanwen, and Zhang Zhiping's nephews.

Chen Shengjie's nephew and uncle saw Zhao Yuanzuo riding hard and let him pass, but after the fire burned, Xiao Tzuyong led people to rush the general; The combo crossbows in the hands of the four of them fired in unison, so that the Tartar soldiers led by Xiao Tzuyong could not advance.

Zhao Yuanzuo saw Xiao Tzuyong trying to rush through the pass, so he hurriedly turned back; happened to meet the ant Xiao Tzuyong on the hot pot, and didn't wait for this reverie; The knife fell in his hand and cut off his head.

Zhao Yuanzuo's knife that cut Xiao Tzuyong's head can be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented, and he couldn't help but kill the enemy chieftain and shocked the Tartar soldiers who broke through with their master.

The gallant tartars did not dare to move forward, and were again consumed by the fire; And Zhao Yuanzuo slashed Xiao Tzuyong's knife; He also regained his lost position as prince.

The reason why Zhao Yuanzuo regained his lost position as prince with a knife is, of course, thanks to Liu Min's strategy.

It was Liu Min who arranged for the deployment of Zhenyuan general Yang Heyi to rush back to Tokyo to report the victory to Song Taizong after the victory of the battle of the Xianghe River.

And Song Taizong, who abolished two princes in a row, heard that his son Zhao Yuanzuo followed the horse Chitose Lu Chengyu to the front line, and he also led the 300 Tielin army that tried to burn Fenghe Cang, Feng Gucang, and Fengyu Cang in the Xianghe River, and Zhao Yuanzuo personally killed Xiao Tzuyong, the king of Liao Yu Yue; The excitement was indescribable, so the right prime minister Li Fang and the members of the seven-member group of the Lichu were Li Fang, a scholar of Tongping Zhangshi, Lu Mengzheng, the governor of the council, Zhang Qixian, the envoy of the Privy Council, Lu Duan, the right doctor, Kou Zhun, the left doctor, Zhou Huaizheng, the eunuch, and Yang Heyi, the general of Dingyuan.

Song Qi is not in the group of seven, the reason is very simple; If the two prime ministers both go to Northland and Kyushu, it will be a bit of a loss for the other, leaving Song Qi to preside over government affairs, and letting the right prime minister Li Fang lead the seven-member group to go is more realistic.

Yang Yiyi was able to become a member of the Lichu Group of Seven, and it was his clever mouth that "blew" Zhao Yuanzuo to the sky; Song Taizong made him a member with a reward, and of course it also meant to be a guide.

The eunuch Zhou Huai was recommended by Kou Zhun, and Zhou Huai was an orphan who was picked up by Song Taizong on the battlefield and given to the eunuch Zhou Shaozong to raise and attached to Kou Zhun, and later after Song Zhenzong ascended the throne, Zhou Huai was killed for rebellion.

This time he went to Kyushu in the north to inspect Zhao Yuanzuo, and Kou Zhun recommended Zhou Huaizheng; Because Kou Zhun and the eunuch Wang Jien were not riveting, they wanted to cultivate their own strength in the eunuch ranks; Zhou Huai is the best candidate.

Kou Zhun recommended Zhou Huaizheng and naturally got Song Taizong's permission, because Zhao Huai was the child that Song Taizong picked up when he conquered the Northern Han Dynasty; He regarded Song Taizong as his father, and the relationship between the two was closer and closer than ordinary people.

In order to ensure the safety of the "seven-member group" on the road and shorten the trip, Song Taizong and Song Qi, Lu Mengzheng, Zhang Qixian, Lu Duan, Kou Zhun and others discussed and planned to let them cross the Yellow River from Kaifeng directly to Taiyuan and from Fuzhou.

Walking all the way can save half the distance than rushing from Guanzhong to Northland Kyushu, and if you can't get the Qiantose Tianxiang Army to arrive, the seven-person regiment will arrive on the back foot.

For the safety of the seven-member regiment on the road, Song Taizong asked Yang Linyu, the head of the forbidden army, to lead 100 forbidden troops to escort them all the way.

Zhao Yuanzuo naturally didn't know that his knife was a determined one, and after cutting off Xiao Tzuyong's head, he hung it on the saddle; Let Chen Shengjie, Liu Xinyi, Zhang Hanwen, and Zhang Zhiping's nephews and uncles continue to firmly guard the card in the south and not let the Tartar soldiers escape, and he and Huyan Jin'er went to chase and kill the tart Mahe Gulu who escaped by luck.

After all, Tart Mahe was not as confused and blinded as Xiao Tzuyong, the great king of Yuyue, he had a faint sense of insecurity in his heart from Zheng Da's leading of the 300 Tielin Army into the reeds, and he was thinking that the reeds of the river were hundreds of miles away; If you put a fire and burn it, the 300 Tielin Army will not become a roasted whole sheep.

Liu Min also thought about it at the time, but setting fire to the Baili Reeds risk that the city gate would catch fire and affect the fish pond.

Because if the hundred-mile reeds burn on fire, the Fenghe Warehouse, Fenggu Warehouse, and Fengyu Warehouse that are enshrined in the Xianghe River Road may also ignite, so Liu Min and Lu Chengyu just led people to surround the reeds and planned to trap dozens of Tartar soldiers in the reeds; But Tart Mahe Gollum still broke through the encirclement of the Tianxiang Army and escaped.

Tart Mahe grunted at the beginning and reminded Xiao Tart Yong to be vigilant to prevent the Song army from cheating, but Xiao Tart Yong captured the Song prince Zhao Yuanzuo and listened to it; Led 300 Tielin troops all the way to Chuantanggou.

As soon as Tart Mahe came to Chuantanggou, he suddenly woke up, and he remembered that Zhuge Liang, the Marquis of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms, seemed to have burned Sima Yi's army with a fire near the Xianghe River; Originally, the fire would have burned the old thief Sima Yi to death, but the sky did not leave Han, and a heavy rain fell to extinguish the fire, allowing Sima and his son to escape.

As soon as Tart Mahe thought of Zhuge Liang's burning of Sima Yi, he immediately said to his cronies: "We fell for the Song army, and we have no hope of surviving by escaping from this ditch immediately!" ”

Tart Mahe Gulu led dozens of cronies to break through the jam on the north side of the ditch and escaped, and when he saw that there were reeds in all directions, he hid in it without hesitation.

Tart Mahe Gulu led dozens of cronies to hide in the reeds and resist stubbornly, Zhao Yuanzuo and Huyan Jin'er chased and killed in the reeds; Liu Min and Lu Chengyu surrounded the reeds from the outside.

But the cunning tart Mach Gollum still fled with dozens of cronies.

A large reason why Tart Mahe was able to escape with dozens of cronies was due to the dozens of horses he had taken down from Tianzhu Ridge, which was helped by a few Tartar soldiers.

When Xiao Tzuyong led the Tielin Army under the leadership of his guide Zheng Da to the Xianghe River Road, he left 15 Tartar soldiers to guard 300 war horses in Tianzhu Ridge.

But Xiao Tzuxian and his entourage did not return, 300 war horses were surrounded by the Hujia army led by the old general Huyan, and several Tartar soldiers with bright eyes fought for a while and knew that they were lonely, so they took dozens of war horses and fled.

These dozens of war horses helped the dozens of cronies of Tart Mahe Gollum, and after Tart Mah Gollum and dozens of Tartar soldiers rode on their horses, they were fierce tigers; panicked like a fish that had slipped through the net, but it raised a pattern of earth mist like a lightning storm and fled in the direction of Fengxiang Mansion.

Dozens of people were not familiar with the roads of the river, and when they came, Zhao Wenchen, the branch official of Jingzhao Prefecture, led the way; Rushed all the way from Fengxiang Mansion, and naturally took the same path when he fled.

Lu Chengyu saw that Tart Ma He Gulu led people to flee in the direction of Fengxiang Mansion on horseback, intending to pursue; Liu Min said: "It's going to rain, and the birds are going to fly; God will not let us annihilate all 300 Liao troops at the Xianghe River, and the pursuit is only in vain! ”

Liu Min did not let Lu Chengyu pursue the tart Ma He Gulu, but rushed to Tianzhu Ridge to pick up the arm of Kan Lang, the captain of the Imperial Martial Arts School of Jingzhao Mansion.

After Liu Min gave Kan Lang an arm to live, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said to Lu Chengyu: "Brother Ma didn't think about sending someone back to Beijing to report the emperor's victory?" ”

When Lu Chengyu heard Liu Min say this, Mao Sai suddenly said: "Yes! We have won an unexpected victory in the river, and we should send someone back to the capital to report the victory to the emperor! ”

Zhao Yuanzuo saw Liu Min and Lu Chengyu say this, and said disapprerovingly: "What kind of good news? Killing a few Tartars is nothing remarkable! ”

"Brother Dechong is not right!" Liu Min raised his arm and said solemnly: "The river is not as good as Yanmen Pass and Qigou Pass, but the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty; The Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao State planned to burn our army's grain and grass by drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle, but she didn't expect to be served by me! ”

"yes, yes! The battle of Xianghechuan was really enjoyable, especially the fire in Chuantanggou that killed more than half of the Tartar soldiers; I have never seen such a grand scene in my life! The old general Huyan chattered endlessly: "The old man has already arranged to hold a banquet for the Tianxiang army in Huyan Village in Nanyuan!" ”

After saying this, the old general Huyan turned his head around the Lang Pavilion and stared at Liu Min thoughtfully: "The old man observed and observed, and found that Miss Minzi seemed to be in charge of the Tianxiang Army; It works better than the general Lu Juma of the expedition to the west! ”

Liu Min was stunned, stared at the old general Huyan for a long time, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Huyan, what are you talking about!" ”

Liu Min said as he stepped forward and grabbed Hu Yanzan's arm and said, "Why did Grandpa Hu Yan say such bottomless and faceless words?" How could the words of the little woman be more effective than the words of the general of the horse! ”

When the old general Huyan saw Liu Min say this, he stared at him suspiciously and said: "The fire array in the hall ditch must have been designed by Miss Minzi, and the old man visually inspected all the generals of the Tianxiang Army, thinking that none of them would have such a meticulous mind; can set up a large fire array in the hall ditch, which is the second of Zhuge Wuhou; The old decay only looks like a girl like Toshiko! ”

Liu Min dragged the arm of the old general Huyan, pulled him around in a big circle, and grinned: "Grandpa Huyan, you are messing with the mandarin duck spectrum!" Didn't the little girl tell you about it before? The fire bull array in the hall ditch was designed by the crown prince Zhao Yuanzuo, and he is now your grandson-in-law, don't you believe it! ”

Zhao Yuanzuo saw that Liu Min Zhang Guan and Li Dai wanted to fight back, but the words came to his lips and swallowed back.

After Liu Min finished saying the above sentence, he calmed down and said impassionedly: "The crown prince Zhao Yuanzuo not only set up the fire ox array through the hall ditch, but also personally cut off the head of Xiao Tzuyong, the king of Yueda; Grandpa Huyan still doesn't believe it! ”

Liu Min said that Zhao Yuanzuo cut off Xiao Tzuyong's head and had an idea, looked at Lu Chengyu and said, "Brother Ma, immediately send someone to the capital to report the victory; I have to make a refrigerator with a head to put Xiao Tzuyong's head on it and send it to the capital, and the emperor will jump for joy when he sees it; Because this can comfort his hatred of being shot by the Liao army Yelu Xiuge in the Gaoliang River! ”

After Liu Min said this, he walked up to Zhao Yuanzuo and dragged him, saying, "Brother Dechong took the risk of escaping from the Weiwang Mansion this time, and after dressing up, he mixed into the Tianxiang Army and came to the Xianghe River; Very unexpectedly, I cut off Xiao Tzuyong's head, I can't figure out that the emperor wants to re-establish you as the crown prince! ”

Liu Min said such words to test Zhao Yuanzuo, and Zhao Yuanzuo really jumped up; He pointed his finger at Liu Min and said, "Aunt Min, don't block Xiao Ke, okay!" What bullshit prince, our family is fed up! ”

Zhao Yuanzuo's strong personality is fundamentally different from others, he is tired of the intrigue and deceitful life of the royal palace.

If the fourth uncle Zhao Tingmei hadn't taken the title of Kaifeng Mansion Yin, I'm afraid he would still be alive and well now; and Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang's second brother, if they were not the son of their second uncle Zhao Kuangyin, they would not have returned to Huangquan at a young age; and the second brother Zhao Yuanyou, if he didn't do anything to pickle the prince; Probably cuddling beauty and wine in the hut right now.

However, none of these people died in the end, but were killed by a conspiracy in the prime of life.

Zhao Yuanzuo managed to escape from the cage by himself, and if he went back, he might as well die.

Zhao Yuanzuo's ambition since he was a child was to gallop across the battlefield with a horizontal knife and horse, like the Eastern Han Dynasty general Fubo Ma Yuan.

Liu Min's words "re-being the prince" pierced Zhao Yuanzuo's injured heart, and as soon as she finished speaking, she saw Zhao Yuanzuo put the Mo knife in his hand across his neck and said: "If the father wants to pick up the water that was spilled again, Yuanzuo will die to show him!" ”

Seeing Zhao Yuanzuo making such a dangerous move, Huyan Jin'er hurriedly stepped forward and stopped him tightly and said, "Brother Chong, what's wrong!" I'm starting to play with kid temper again! ”

Zhao Yuanzuo saw Huyan Jin'er stop him, so he was discouraged; But he stared at Liu Min and said: "From now on, whoever dares to mention Zhao Yuanzuo to be the prince again, I will be in a hurry!" ”

Liu Min saw that Zhao Yuanzuo was upright, and couldn't help but burst into tears; She just wanted to test him, but she didn't expect Zhao Yuanzuo to explode as if a thunderbolt exploded all at once.

Zhao Yuanzuo was angry, but Liu Min expected that once Song Taizong saw Xiao Tzuyong's head; After listening to Yang Heyi's report, he will definitely reconsider making him the crown prince.

Liu Min thought for a while and didn't want to grind on this matter anymore, so he instructed Lu Chengyu to choose Yang He, a good person to report the victory.

Yang Yiyi obeyed the order, and Tianxiangjun ate a day of celebration wine in Huyan Village; Get back on the road after a few days of rest.

After the army was assembled on the Huyanzhai Colonel's field, Liu Min had another layer of thought; Asked the old general Huyan if there was a convenient way to go from Huyan Village to Xiazhou.

The old general Huyan didn't understand the meaning of Liu Min's words at first, and Lu Chengyu interjected on the side: "The mission of the Tianxiang army to go north this time is to annihilate the traitor Li Jiqian, and rush to Xia, Yu, Hong, Jing, Sui, Fu, Lin, Yin, and Feng Kyushu in the north; Another very difficult task is to eradicate the plague and relieve the suffering of the common people! ”

"Is there a plague in Northland Kyushu?" The old general Huyan was shocked and said, "Why are you still going there?" ”

The old general Huyan said with a dull expression: "The plague is a Laoshizi who doesn't have long eyes, and it is not too late for the old man to see that you are stationed in Huyan Village and wait for the plague to pass before you go to eliminate Li Jiqian!" ”

Liu Min laughed and said: "Grandpa Huyan, don't say that the plague is a wolf or a tiger, the plague does not have eyes; However, only with appropriate prevention and control methods, it will soon be eliminated! ”

Liu Min said solemnly: "Tens of thousands of people in Northland and Kyushu are suffering from the plague, and we must rush there as soon as possible to check the epidemic."

When the old general Huyan saw Liu Min say this, he frowned and said: "There is a shortcut from the Xianghe River to Northland Kyushu, but few people know about it; The old man walked through when he was on the border of the Northland! ”

The old general Huyan said and stretched his neck and swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Why don't you be a guide for the army and lead the way......