Yan Shilang, known to the introspection, is equivalent to the legendary palace governor, it can be said that the inner servants in the entire palace are headed by him, and the inner servants who leave the palace are local officials, and they have to send him a lot of filial piety every year.

Yan Shilang can have today's position, not only is he the old man next to Zhao Zhen, since Zhao Zhen was a child, he has been taking care of Zhao Zhen by his side, and the most important thing is that Yan Shilang is loyal to Zhao Zhen.

It was precisely because of Yan Shilang's loyalty that Zhao Zhen decided to let Yan Shilang go to Yanyun to be the overseer, after all, now Yanyun has concentrated the most elite army of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is not at ease when others go.

Although Yan Shilang was very reluctant on the surface to let Zhao Zhen go out to be a prisoner, he even hugged Zhao Zhen's thigh and said that he was reluctant to leave, but Li Zhang could see that although Yan Shilang's reluctance was true, he did not exclude the matter of being a prisoner, don't look at his high position in the palace, but for the eunuchs, there is not much oil and water in the palace, only when they go to the local area, they can get more benefits, and in the local area, they can rely on the identity of the palace to enjoy unlimited scenery, Even the magistrates did not dare to care about them.

In addition, foreign eunuchs are also easier to promote, just like those civil officials who want to be promoted, they must have political achievements, and eunuchs also need to go to the place to gild, it can be said that being released as an official is simply the best way for eunuchs in the palace to be promoted and make a fortune.

Although Yan Shilang's position is very high, there is still room for rise, he has been in the palace for so many years, he has been staying by Zhao Zhen's side, and he has no chance to be released at all, and in the capital, his well-known identity is actually nothing at all, and even the civil and military officials in the court still despise him as an internal servant, so he naturally wants to experience the feeling of calling for wind and rain in the local area.

It was in this situation that Yan Shilang cried and cried, but he accepted Zhao Zhen's appointment and happily ran to Yanyun to take office, but before Yan Shilang left the capital, Li Zhang deliberately found him, ostensibly to bid him farewell and invite him to drink, but in fact it was a warning to Yan Shilang.

In fact, Li Zhang's reason for doing this is also very simple, Yan Shilang is his acquaintance, he naturally knows this person very well, don't look at Yan Shilang has always been submissive in front of him and Zhao Zhen, but in fact, this guy's personality is very domineering, and he wants to get involved in everything in the palace.

Li Zhang was worried that after Yan Shilang got Yan Yun, he was also messing around in the army, in case Yelu Zong really killed him, and Yan Shilang, the prison army, restrained Liu Ping's hands and feet, causing the Song army to lose, it would not be good, so Li Zhang specially reminded Yan Shilang that he went to the place to take benefits, play prestige, etc., Li Zhang didn't care, but if Li Zhang knew that he was messing around in the army, then don't blame him for turning his face and not recognizing people.

Of course, Li Zhang did not say the above warnings, after all, Yan Shilang is also a smart person, so Li Zhang only mentioned a few words, and Yan Shilang immediately understood what Li Zhang meant, and immediately patted his chest and promised that he would definitely abide by the duty of the prison army, and if there was any overstepping of his authority, he would be willing to be punished when he returned.

The position of the supervisor is indeed not very glorious in the history of later generations, and many defeats are due to the intervention of the supervising army, resulting in the inability of the chief general to effectively command the army, which will lead to serious consequences, but in fact, the establishment of the post of the supervisor is still very necessary, and the supervisor is only used to monitor whether the chief general has the intention of rebellion, and the critical moment can relieve the chief general of the military power, which is equivalent to an insurance given by the emperor to the army.

It's just that because the supervising army has the power to control the main general, the main general is also in a passive place when facing them, so that it may happen that the supervising army seizes the power of the main general, if the supervising army understands the art of war, it is okay, for example, Qin Han, who Li Zhang has personally worshiped before, is a eunuch general with great achievements, but there are too few eunuchs like Qin Han who understand the art of war.

When Yan Shilang left, he also brought a group of officials who were transferred to Yanyun to take office together, and during this time, the transfer order in the capital was sent to various places like raindrops, and many experienced middle and low-level officials received the order.

These officials are all prepared for the sixteen states of Yanyun, after all, it has just been beaten down, and it is the time when officials are needed, and some people originally suggested using those jinshi who were waiting for officials, because the Great Song Dynasty admitted too many jinshi during each imperial examination, resulting in many people can only wait for the appointment of the imperial court, sometimes because there is no vacancy, these people have to wait for a few years before they can be appointed, but the imperial court is worried that these new jinshi who have entered the officialdom have no experience and can't withstand the situation on Yanyun's side, so they decided to transfer those experienced officials to go.

While mobilizing officials, the Great Song Dynasty paid close attention to the latest movements of the Liao State, and at the same time began to rebuild the Great Wall defense line, because Li Zhang, Zhao Zhen and others all guessed that if Yelu Zongzhen won, the other party would probably kill Yanyun back in a short time, so the time was also a little short, and the Great Wall defense line could only select some key defense lines such as Gubeikou to rebuild.

Sure enough, just a month after Yan Shilang left the capital, there was finally a big news from the Liao State that Xiao Yunjin had been defeated again, and now he had returned to Zhongjing to defend it.

Xiao Yunjin's army was defeated in the battle with Yelu Zongzhen before, but after Xiao Yunjin did not die, he retreated dozens of miles after reining in the defeated army, and then set up camp again, and Yelu Zongzhen's army also chased and killed at this time, but at this time Xiao Yunjin still occupied a certain advantage in terms of troops, and if he commanded it properly, he may not have any hope of turning the tables.

It is estimated that Xiao Yunjin also understood at this time that if she was defeated again, she would only be her son's prisoner, so Xiao Yunjin re-promoted a few capable generals, thinking that she could turn defeat into victory.

But he didn't expect Yelu Zongzhen to release the news of the Great Song Dynasty occupying the sixteen states of Yanyun at this time, and the main army in Xiao Yunjin's hands was the cavalry transferred from Yanyun, and now as soon as the news came out, most of the families of these cavalry were in Yanyun, which made them also think of everyone, and they didn't have the heart to fight anymore.

Taking advantage of this excellent opportunity, Yelu Zongzhen personally led the cavalry to attack, Xiao Yunjin's army also immediately dispersed, even Xiao Xiaoxian was almost captured alive by Yelu Zongzhen, Xiao Yunjin in the rear learned that the front was defeated, and he was even more frightened and immediately fled back to Zhongjing, and now Yelu Zongzhen has surrounded Zhongjing, as long as Xiao Yunjin is caught, then this battle for imperial power in Liao will also come to an end.