The five major Beijing provinces of the Liao State, Shangjing Province, where Shangjing is located, is naturally the core of the Liao Imperial Court, but the remaining five Beijing Provinces have their own system, and the control of the Shangjing Imperial Court over the remaining four Beijing Roads is far from being able to control the local roads or states of the Song State.

To put it bluntly, Shangjing was able to command the other four Jingdao, mainly relying on having the most powerful palace guards and Pishi army in the country. In addition, the rulers have won the support and loyalty of these five kyodo provinces by virtue of their skills and abilities.

Therefore, one of the main things that the emperors of the Liao dynasties did was to strengthen the centralization of power and weaken the power, population and territory of the remaining four Jingdao except for Shangjingdao.

And Yelu Hongji's reason is also impeccable, since Xijing Dao can't recover Shuitou City, it can't destroy this Song army, and it is a matter of course for Shangjing to transfer a large army to the past.

After all, the Liao State has not allowed such a degree of invasion by foreign enemies for nearly a hundred years, and now the foreign enemies have entered the country, seized a city, and destroyed four small tribes.

These four small tribes are nothing in Yelu Hongji's eyes, but the significance of this incident is really extraordinary, and the impact on the majesty of the Liao court is really immeasurable.

At this time, these people in the hall knew very well that the news of these things could be hidden from ordinary people, but they could not hide it from the leaders and elders of various tribes in the Liao State, as well as the civil and military officials of the whole country.

In particular, some dissenting tribes in various parts of the Liao Kingdom, as well as the large tribes of the subject countries and affiliated foreign races, would definitely have some ideas that the Liao people did not want to see.

For example, after the two subordinate clans of the Jurchens in the east and the Mongols in the north learned of this news, their resistance to the exploitation of the Liao people was bound to become more intense, and it would definitely bring great trouble to the Liao people.

Therefore, the emperor of Liao sent a large army to support Xijing Dao, even if he did not tell Xiao Tianxiong, the king of the Southern Courtyard, before sending the army, the latter had nothing to say, and could only be secretly ashamed.

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Song Kingdom, Tokyo City, Imperial Palace.

"Your Majesty, Han Jiang, Guo Kui and Zhang Bin for their own selfishness, provoked a big war with the Liao State, and now Guo Kui with 70,000 troops defeated by the Liao 30,000 horses, Zhending Mansion nine border villages have lost three of them, the other six military villages can hold is really worrying, the minister thought that it should be to take Guo Kui and Zhang Bin, and send an envoy to the north, and the time to negotiate peace with the Liao people, the old minister is willing to serve as a messenger, to protect the safety of my Song Dynasty and hundreds of millions of Li people." Wen Yanbo was hoarse, and he performed his performance in the Chongzheng Hall with a righteous face.

Zhao Ji, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, sat on top of the dragon collapse with an ugly face, biting his lip lightly, and was speechless for a while.

"Your Majesty, it is too early to negotiate peace at this time, although Guo Kui was defeated, but the loss was only more than 10,000 people, and the pacification division came from the Liao State Datong Mansion news, the Liao people attacked Zhang Bin and Zhe Kerou to defend the Shuitou City, the loss of nearly 40,000 people, and now Zhang Bin is besieging Wei to save Zhao, sneak attack to destroy the four tribes of the Liao people, presumably the king of the southern courtyard of the Liao State will soon divide his troops and return to China, and then the strength of the six military villages will be reduced, Han Jiang and Guo Kui will lead the troops to fight with the Liao people, and they will be able to keep the remaining military villages, and drive the Liao people out of Zhending Mansion." Wang Anshi jumped out and argued with reason.

Zhao Ji took a deep breath, looked at the privy envoy Lu Gongbi, and asked in a deep voice: "Lu Aiqing, according to you, whether to continue to wait and see the situation, or send an envoy to negotiate peace with the Liao." ”

Lu Gongbi pondered for a while, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can first send a secret envoy to meet with Xiao Tianxiong, the king of the Southern Court of Liao, to express his intention to negotiate peace. ”

A touch of disappointment flashed in Zhao Ji's eyes, Lu Gongbi seemed to say a compromise strategy, but in fact it was just a, and Lu Gongbi was extremely sleek, these words clearly did not want to take any responsibility, and he would not offend either Wen Yanbo and Wang Anshi.

"Han Xianggong, according to you, how to act now." Zhao Ji's eyes were full of worry and looked at Prime Minister Han Qi.

Han Qi was expressionless, but he had a solemn look that he had never seen before, and said solemnly: "The victory of the Flying Fox Trail and the victory of Shuitou City were not easy to come by, although Guo Kui was defeated by Xiao Tianxiong, but the casualties were far less than the Liao casualties in the battle between the Flying Fox Trail and Shuitou City, and although we lost three military villages, Zhang Bin also captured Shuitou City, so at the moment, my Great Song Dynasty should be tough on the Liao people, and the minister thinks that he might as well wait and see." ”

Wen Yanbo was unwilling to say anything more, but Zhao Ji, who was supported by Han Qi and Wang Anshi, made a tough decision: "Then let's wait......

It's just that before Zhao Ji finished speaking, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, followed by an anxious voice: "Zhending Mansion eight hundred miles expedited ......"

Before the words fell, an attendant entered the hall directly with a messenger who was in the dust, and the messenger knelt down and said loudly: "Report to Your Majesty, Zhending Mansion is urgent, the Liao people have captured three more military villages, and six of the nine military villages have been lost." ”

The faces of everyone in the hall changed greatly, and Zhao Teng got up from the dragon collapse and asked: "Why did you lose three more military villages so quickly, didn't the Liao army in Zhending Mansion divide its troops and return to China?" ”

The messenger hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, the Liao army has not divided its troops to return to China. ”

"What about Zhang Bin? Where is the elite army he led now, and why didn't the plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao succeed? There was already some panic in Zhao Ji's expression.

The messenger said truthfully: "Your Majesty, it has snowed heavily in Datong Mansion of Liao State for many days, and Zhang Bin and his entourage have lost contact with Zhending Mansion for many days. ”

Zhao Ji's face changed again, he staggered slightly, and sat back on top of the dragon collapse, his face became a little pale, and the horror in his expression was difficult to hide.

Wang Anshi asked anxiously, "What about Shuitou City?" What's going on today? ”

The messenger hurriedly said: "The Liao people sent a large army south from Shangjing Dao, and now Shuitou City has also lost contact with Zhending Mansion. ”

Wen Yanbo said in a timely manner: "Your Majesty, if the peace mission is not sent again, the country will be unimaginable, Your Majesty can rest assured, the old minister will definitely fight with the Liao people on the basis of reason, and let the Liao people withdraw if they give up." ”

"Giving up? What to abandon? Accompanied by money and food? Raising the Age? And the land of the cession of Daibei? Wang Anshi gritted his teeth and sneered: "And then send the heroes Guo Kui and Zhang Bin, who have made great contributions, to the hands of the Liao people?" ”

Wen Yanbo looked righteous and said loudly: "Wang Anshi, if this is not the case, do you have another way to let the Liao people retreat?" ”

Wang Anshi suddenly became angry, because he really had no way to make the Liao people retreat.

Han Qi wanted to say something, but in the end he wanted to say and stopped, now Zhang Bin has lost contact, deep in the hinterland of the Liao people, and what he did was to sneak attack the Liao tribe and other life-and-death things, there was an accident, and even died in Liaodi, it is really normal, in this case, there is no choice to negotiate peace with the Liao people.

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