Yang Ren looked at the look of disappointment on Zhao Xingde's face and asked, "Regarding the matter of waving the division to the east, I heard that Captain Yu is very supportive. But Captain Kang objected. Zhao Xingde nodded and sighed. Compared with Yu Zangyun's illusory theory of the righteousness of the world, it is obvious that Conyerming's proposition has been recognized by more captains.

"Although Captain Yang can't come forward, can you instruct the juniors, how should you convince your colleagues in the house?" Zhao Xingde felt Yang Ren's kindness, so he humbly asked for advice. Yang Ren was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "The Protector Mansion is able to rule the world, not by 'persuasion'. The captains come from various battalions, and they have their own opinions in their hearts, and Captain Zhao has never known anyone in his life, and if he wants to 'convince' them, it can be said that it is difficult to go to the blue sky in Shudao. ”

Zhao Xingde nodded sympathetically, it was more difficult to convince the lieutenant of the Protectorate than it was to convince the scribes of the Kanto. The lieutenants were very practical in their considerations, and every decision they made in the Protectorate had to be explained to the sergeants in the battalion. Now intervening in the battle of Song and Liao means countless lives, money, and military funds. The soldiers and civilians would pay more taxes, but there was no guarantee of compensation for the war. Everyone knows that the wealth and population of the Kanto region cannot be plundered and disposed of at will as they did against the barbarians. When is it most beneficial for Xia to intervene in the war? On the one hand, there is the lightness and powerlessness of the world's righteousness, and on the other hand, there are heavy sacrifices and taxes. The sergeants of the Xia Kingdom are far more shrewd than ordinary people, and they are not fools who can be fooled at will, and the captains elected by the sergeants are even more so.

"And for good reason. According to Confucius, those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people. If someone can easily convince the captains, the existence of the Protectorate will be completely meaningless, and in the end, the captains and sergeants will definitely be punished. Therefore, the Protectorate is a battlefield, and the party is the same and the different, and the strength is the victory, and it is not a place for anyone to 'convince' whom. If Captain Zhao finds out about something and makes most of the lieutenants sincerely agree, it is not that you have 'convinced' them, but that this matter is in the interests of the majority of sergeants. Yang Ren paused, filled the tea cup in front of the two, signaled Zhao Xingde not to be polite, and continued, "Don't hide it from Captain Zhao, Yang has been in the Protectorate Mansion for many years, and it is extremely rare to really 'convince' his colleagues. Every time you succeed, you can only say that you have 'discovered' something that everyone would have agreed with, and then you can promote it. Speaking of which, even if Yang doesn't promote these things, sooner or later, his colleagues in the Protectorate Mansion will find out and adopt it. It's just that the price paid by the imperial court will be greater. ”

Zhao Xingde sighed, and what Yang Ren said, he also faintly felt it. Yang Ren sent him to the door, watching this lonely figure gradually disappear, and was about to turn around and go home, when suddenly a sergeant galloped along the long street. Yang Ren frowned suddenly, if it weren't for the emergency military situation, he would be responsible for galloping so quickly in the city. Seeing that the cavalry rushed straight in front of him, the sergeant slammed his mount, turned over the saddle and dismounted, and said: "The prince of Rus colluded with the barbarian rebellion, and the Sultan of Rûm harassed the river, so please go to the palace as soon as possible." ”

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At the junction of the Liao and Song dynasties, the dense woods were originally planted to block the Liao army from moving south. But ten years ago, when the Liao State entered the north of the Kou River, countless roads had been cleared, and now, the woods not only could not delay the cavalry galloping, but became the best place for the hidden army of the Liao State. Under the vigilance of layers of probes, behind the woods north of Baigou River, it has become a continuous camp.

"Report to Your Majesty, thousands of Song troops and Tiemuge's troops are fighting at Lianliang River, and the nearby Song troops have sent aid to besiege it." In the imperial account, the soldiers lay on the ground to present the military report. Yelu Dashi took it and glanced at it, and smiled at Yelu Tiege: "Hebei Song generals have always been in their own formations, and now they are actually besieging Brother Tiemu. It seems that these days, the Song people have been harassed enough by him. ”

After Temuge wandered to Hebei, he still burned and looted everywhere. The Song army in Hebei hated it so much that its teeth itched, but Tiemuge's command was a light horse with a number of horses, and whenever the Song army arrived, the enemy had long since disappeared, leaving only corpses all over the ground, a scorched earth. Now, the Song army of Baozhou intercepted Tiemu Ge at Lianlianghe, and immediately refused to let go, entangled him to the death, and at the same time notified the Song army in the walled cities of Zhenzhou, Dingzhou, and Baozhou to come to the battle.

Yelu Tiege immediately said: "Please Your Majesty immediately issue an order to order the cavalry of the front army to cross the Baigou River, annihilate the Song army in Baozhuzhou, and clear the troubles for the southern expedition." Yelu Dashi nodded. The Liao army has been planning for this southern expedition for a long time, and more than 200,000 Liao troops have already gathered on the border of Liao. According to the plan of the North Courtyard, with the advantage of the rapid cavalry, the fortified city along the way can be conquered best, and if it cannot be conquered, only a small number of cavalry will be left to monitor, and the army will go all the way south, until it reaches the outside of Bianliang City, conquer Bianliang, or force the Song State to sue for peace. The main force of the Song army was angered by the Murb cavalry and went out of the city to invite the battle, and this opportunity could not be missed. It didn't take long for the front army to be dispatched, in late autumn, the large and small rivers and canals in the Song State were in the dry period, 50,000 cavalry easily crossed the junction area, and galloped towards the Lianliang River in Baozhou, along the way the Song army found a large group of Liao cavalry traces in the walled city, and could only close the city gate.

After the departure of the front army, the middle army and the rear army also took action. The Han army of the artillery battalion hurriedly put heavy artillery wagons on their livestock, while the Khitan cavalry rolled up their tents and placed their baggage on the carts. Compared with the Song army, the Liao army's baggage brigade moved more quickly, on the one hand, because of the large number of horses, donkeys and other livestock, and on the other hand, because of the autumn expedition, there was no need to carry too much grain and grass. The grain of the Liao army was stored in Nanjing. And now is the time when the seedlings are ripe, and where the army passes, there is fodder everywhere.

Surrounded by the palace tent cavalry, Yelu Dashi boarded the royal tent camel cart, picked up a notice of peace in his hand, and looked at it from the beginning. According to the notice, as long as the Song people along the way did not resist, honestly handed over the grain and grass, and acted as a signing army, the Liao army would not set up troops to fight the grass valley, and would not kill them in vain. Otherwise, they will forcibly recruit grain and grass, and those who dare to resist will be slaughtered. Yelu Dashi also released the ban on Han people being officials, and ordered the North Court to prepare many blank farewells, as long as the local tyrants in Hebei could obey the orders of the Khitan, they would immediately be appointed as the governor of the prefecture and county, so as to raise food for the southern expeditionary army.

Along the road specially cleared for the heavy barrel cannon survey, 20,000 palace tent troops swirled forward in the emperor's camel cart. More than ten miles in the south, more than a hundred miles away, wolf smoke continued to rise into the air, and wherever the Liao army passed, the soldiers and civilians were terrified, praying that this was just an ordinary cross-border action to fight the grass valley. However, the Liao army continued to march southward, and sometimes the inland prefectures and counties had not yet received the news of the Liao army's entry into the city. The villages along the way were completely defenseless, and the people could only obey the Liao army.

Over the years, the Hebei Song army has experienced a great defeat in Hejian, and the elite troops were dispatched to the south to quell the chaos. The imperial court was also worried that the border commander of the camp would be difficult to control, although Wang Yan was deployed in the Hebei camp, but the border generals held the military power. Before the imperial decree was issued, the nominal commander of the Hebei Army had difficulty coordinating the generals. Therefore, more than 200,000 Liao troops entered the Kou and went all the way south, but the Song army was weak and could not go out of the city to fight with it.

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More than 20 days later, the Lianliang River was defeated, the Liao army moved south, and the news that the forward rangers had reached the north bank of the Yellow River caused an uproar in the Bianliang court. In addition to being frightened, the courtiers also pointed the spearhead at Wang Yan in Hebei Xingying, and several courtiers impeached Wang Yan for not sending rescue troops, and sat back and watched Baozhou, Dingzhou, and Zhendingfu fall one after another. The official family hastily ordered Zhang Shuye to be the head of the Mabu Army in Henan, leading the Beijing division to ban 100,000 troops, and more than 20 commanders were stationed on the south bank of the Yellow River to prevent the Liao army from crossing the river. He also urgently ordered the Xijing camp to send 100,000 soldiers and horses to aid Bianliang. However, there seems to be a lot of noise in the north of the Yellow River, and no one knows what the details are.

Although there were three shocks a day outside, the work and rest in Bianliang Taixue did not change at all. Since the return of Xijing's decree, Emperor Zhao Ke has been much colder to Deng Su, and he has not been summoned once for many days. Deng Su felt ashamed, if he didn't go to court, he would study at home. On the contrary, the students in Taixue did not know the inside story, and they still respected Deng Su. Sometimes even Deng Su feels that compared with before the exposé, the current students are much more honest. Now that the national situation is in turmoil, if Chen Dong, Zhang Bing and others back then are bound to stir up the tide again. The day before yesterday was Zhang Bing's death day, and Deng Su also led his disciples to pay respects. Thinking of Zhang Minghuan, his heart was gloomy, his former friends either died or the world was different, and Zhao Xingde didn't know what to do.

On this day, Deng Su took the examination of two protégés, and talked about the current affairs of the Liao army's entry into the Kou.

"Teacher, although Master Zhang is a famous general in the world, he is in charge of the overall situation, and the river defense should be fine, right?" Liu Wengu, a student of Tai, said. Jia Yuanzhen said: "Bachelor Zhang did a birthday last year, I don't know if Lian is quite old, can he still eat?" Wei Chicheng said indignantly: "Wang Yan has 200,000 male soldiers, but he allowed the Liao army to enter the prison and was immediately imprisoned. Ma Yuan retorted: "When employing people, the enemy is current, how can he damage the general?" In my opinion, it's just that our cavalry is too small, so we have to fortify everywhere, and the cavalry of the Liao army is like the wind, but it can be criticized and misplaced. Wu Jinxian also agreed: "Wang Yan once defended the river and defeated Yelu Dashi, and commanded the army to exterminate Fang La, and he was a loyal and famous general in the world. The Liao army entered Kouhebei, and the responsibility was not on him. ”

The students argued, so they asked the teacher to adjudicate, but Deng Su shook his head and said in a deep voice, "There is a special path in literature and martial arts, and there is a specialization in the art industry." It is good to worry about the country, but the general is out on the expedition, and the king's order is not affected, and his calculations cannot be guessed at will, let alone arbitrarily intervened. You should pay more attention to the current affairs of the article. You must know that Li Ruoxu, who is now a big man in science and technology, is just the same age as you. ”

Liu Wengu and the others were a little embarrassed. Li Ruoxu is also a prisoner of Taixue, usually very dull, the articles are not very public, and he rarely goes to the Qinglou to mess around. Who would have expected that this year's autumn festival would be the top student in high school in one fell swoop. One of Deng Su's subordinates was awarded the Jinshi, but none of the students present were successful.