"Yue Fei has already left Bianliang, and it is said that he only brought a few personal soldiers and returned to Xiangzhou to 'serve' his old mother."

Liu Heming, the staff of the Ministry of War, lost his voice. "What?" Deng Su's face changed greatly, and all the ministers in the signing room were shocked. After Deng Su received Yue Fei's dismissal and return to the field, Deng Su immediately convened his confidants and ministers to discuss, and everyone came and went, and they all felt that Yue Fei had been in charge of the Northern Expedition for a long time, and the soldiers and generals were all familiar. The original arrangement of the imperial court, although the horse was changed, the southeast Wang Gui led the troops to attack Youzhou in the front, and Yue Fei operated in the rear, which was also a safe policy, but now Yue Fei actually picked a son and stopped doing it, and it was a little dangerous to change generals rashly. However, if this is retracted, the face of the imperial court will be lost. Therefore, it is imperative that we not continue to 'provoke' Yue Fei and let him go his own way, but also not let Wang Gui go home, we must think of the best of both worlds.

In the prime minister's signing room, the ministers were saying a word to you, a word to me, and were about to issue an order to comfort Yue Fei again, when the military department suddenly received an urgent report from Wang Gui and Liu Duan, after Wang Gui and Liu Duan rushed to the camp of the Northern Expedition, although Yue Fei received the order, he was extremely cold to Wang and Liu in his words, and even did not set up a banquet, and left the camp that night. Now the people in the camp are panicking, Zhang Xian said that he was sick and couldn't come to the point, Luo Xianshi and Lu Mingyu have been on the front line and have not returned, and the rest of the generals are also 'chaotic' and coaxing, and some people say that they want to jointly play the imperial court to invite Yue Fei back, otherwise the army's heart will collapse, and everyone will be dead when the Liao army fights. Wang Gui easily settled the camp, he is also a general under Yue Fei, at this time he did not dare to specialize, only with the fastest pigeon book to report to Ezhou, whether to ask Yue Fei to come back to preside over military affairs, or to act in accordance with the previous decree, please the court quickly get an idea.

Outside the window, the goose feathers and snow have stopped, the sky is still 'gloomy', and Deng Su's face is more 'cloudy' than the sky' color, like a blue iron plate.

"Domineering, too domineering!" The 'servant' of the Ministry of Officials, Lang Wangwu, was angry and patted the case, "I don't take the court seriously." ”

This sentence seems to have 'stirred' up a thousand layers of "waves" with one stone, and the ministers rebuked one after another: "With one's own 'selfishness', he did not hesitate to ruin the great cause of the Northern Expedition. "Wang Gui has the will of the imperial court, and Yue Fei's subordinates are not subject to him, is this the army of the imperial court or the army of the Yue family?" "Exactly, the soldiers will be lazy!" It's so arrogant! "Xianggong, this is premeditated. Yue had already calculated the time for Wang Gui to arrive at the camp, so he used the ordinary recital to excuse his illness and resign, that is, to trap the court in injustice. If the imperial court sends someone to invite him back, this person will inevitably be even more arrogant, and the armies of Tokyo and Hebei will not be owned by the imperial court from now on! ”

When everyone was gossiping, Deng Su's face became more and more pale, and it was so 'yin' that it seemed to be dripping water.

"In that case, what do you think should be done about the current situation?" He said coldly, looking at the ministers around him.

Wang Wuguan and others felt a pang in their hearts, the prime minister's spirit had been there when "solving" Cao Gu's mutiny and other incidents, Deng Su had already made up his mind, all he needed was for everyone to say what he thought in his heart and then express their approval.

These people are among Deng Su's henchmen, so they naturally know what he thinks, and if they think about it a little in combination with their tone, they can "understand".

Sure enough, before Deng Su's question fell, Wang Wuguan said in a deep voice: "In this way, you should use a quick knife to cut the 'messy' hemp!" ”

"The generals, if you hesitate, the days have dragged on for a long time, and there may be any changes, it is better to let Wang Gui march quickly, take Youzhou directly, and unite the people's hearts with war, one is to take advantage of the situation to grasp the military power, and the other is to calm the hearts of the people in the world." Wang Wuguan said the end of the "peace of the heart of the world", he emphasized the tone, the Northern Expedition army and the Liao army in the border confrontation, every day of delay, money and food spent countless amounts, Xia State in the overseas forced conscription of the Song State merchant ships, the price of Zhengxintang tickets plummeted, Yangzhou people besieged Zhengxintang, "forced" away Su Tongfu, now, the imperial court has no other channels to raise military salaries, and Zhuzhou Xuezhengyi is unwilling to increase the "Hebei tax", second, there are a large number of exiled Hebei gentry to make trouble, not allowing the imperial court to use Hebei land for sale and reward.

If it drags on like this, the Song State will almost be defeated without a fight. Therefore, the theory of the king's view of affairs was quickly echoed by everyone.

"Your Excellency's proposal is very good!"

"On the one hand, he urged Wang Gui to march, and on the other hand, he ordered someone to persuade him, so that he could take care of the overall situation and hurry up to the Daimyo to coordinate the overall situation!"

"In order to march into the army as soon as possible, the military department and the household department can raise another batch of silver money to reward the three armies."

Deng Su was silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "Since this is the case, I will order Wang Gui to march quickly, and there will be no further delay!" ”

He let out a long sigh and looked out the window, where the east was already twilight and the stars were falling.

From the time Yue Fei got the report to tell him about his illness, a whole night has passed. The ministers deliberated and came and went, and finally put the heaviest burden on Wang Gui's shoulders. Among the many generals, Wang Gui is the most important one for Deng Suwei. "I treat General Wang as a national soldier, Wang Gui, don't disappoint me this time." Deng Su clenched his fists, looked at the morning star in the sky, and prayed secretly. Husband fighter, the temple is more wins. Everyone thinks that the high-ranking people in the court can control the rise and fall of the world, however, the people who live in the temple know that manpower is exhausted, and many times, the waiting after the temple and temple calculation is not much different from the gambler throwing the dice.

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From Ezhou to Hejian, nearly three thousand miles away, the gold plate was handed to the six days and nights, however, the military order of the Prime Minister's Mansion to urge the army was passed with the fastest pigeon book, only one day and two nights, it was sent to the Hebei front line camp, Hebei Road system was placed in the hands of Wang Gui, the Prime Minister Jun Zhi added Wang Gui as the pacification envoy of Hebei Zhulu, and the heavy task of commanding the Northern Expedition camp was completely placed on Wang Gui's shoulders. Escorted to Ezhou for punishment. Jun Zhi urged Wang Gui to quickly command the army to the north of the three passes, directly to take Youzhou, another 350,000 pieces of money and grain rewards in Yangzhou, hoping that the three armies will take their lives, and when they capture the three passes and take Youzhou, it is the day of the reward.

"Please return to the prime minister, the last general will work hard to serve the country, even if the court receives the order, he will die at night, there is nothing to say!"

In the morning of the same day, Wang Gui presented the decree to the generals in the camp, and then dictated a letter to the scribes in public. The Prime Minister's Mansion strictly ordered, even if a fierce general like Zhang Xian did not dare to disobey in person, so Wang Gui then instructed the generals to go back to count the men and horses, sort out the firearms and blades, and prepare seven days of grain and grass.

"The last general obeys!" The generals responded in unison, and the roar covered the howling of the north wind outside the tent.

"Good!" Wang Gui nodded with satisfaction,

Wang Gui was originally the first general under Yue Fei's account, and this time he came to take over the Northern Expedition camp with the Prime Minister's Mansion. This time, there was a strict order from the Prime Minister's Mansion to 'force', and whether he wanted it or not, at least on the surface, the atmosphere of the entire camp changed. A few days ago, people were panicked, and under the means of Wang Gui and the coercion of the Prime Minister's house, it seemed that the 'cloudy' clouds in the sky had been swept away.

"How's it going, sir?" Adjutant General Han Ming walked over and asked.

"Prepare to prepare, we will send troops north in the near future." Zhang Xian took the reins from Han Ming's hand with a calm face.

"What? The weather is very cold, and the army goes north to fight with the Liao army in the field, how can there be a chance of victory? Han Ming lost his voice.

Zhang Xian looked at the sky, and the small snow 'flowers' were fluttering, and the snow had been falling for five days.

The scouts went north thirty miles out of the river, and the snow on the road back was knee-deep, and the war horses could only barely move forward. However, on the other hand, the heavy snow also brought great difficulties to the Liao cavalry movement. In such a cold climate, a small injury in the field can kill people, so in the past few days, the front line of the two sides of the Liao and Song Dynasty has been 'intertwined', and the sporadic battles between the scouts and the horses are almost none, and the soldiers on both sides of the Liao and Song Dynasty have tacitly not taken the initiative to provoke the battle. However, this silence was a precursor to lightning and thunder, and with the strict orders from the Ezhou Prime Minister's Mansion, the brief calm on the Hebei Plain was about to be broken.

"Duh, duh, drive-"

The war horse stepped out of its four hooves like a whirlwind, and a snow 'flower' appeared, and the war horse suddenly paused and set up its lord in front of a snowfield.

"Huh-" Jia Yuanzhen shouted in a long voice, and slammed the reins with both hands.

He looked ahead, and although it was only a white patch of snow, it was no longer land, but a frozen lake.

Located on the border of the Song and Liao dynasties, this piece of water is an artificial barrier built by the Song Kingdom over the past hundred years. In order to stop the cavalry of the Liao State, in the northwest Zibaozhou stretched to the east, east to Cangzhou, attracting the Xu River, Bao River, Sha River, Tang River and other rivers, and to the east to merge the Hutuo River, Zhang River, Qi River, Yi Shui, Baishui and other rivers, and even chiseled springs into the depression for the lake, forming this water network area, which stretches for more than 800 miles from east to west, and is 60 miles wide from north to south. In the summer, the Song army could defend itself against the Liao army with the help of the river, and in the winter, the lakes and swamps froze. Where the ice is thick, the cavalry is enough to pass slowly. Because the ice conditions are different every year, every winter, the situation of the ice in various places here has become the top priority for the Song army scouts to risk their lives to 'figure out', and trying their best to prevent the other party from finding out the ice situation of the lake has become another top priority for the Song army scouts to carry out. The head of Jia Yuanzhen's battalion sent several teams of men and horses out to patrol everywhere every day, even if it snowed heavily for five consecutive days.