Good news, the army conquered Datong Mansion, which means that the sixteen states of Yanyun have completely fallen into the grasp of the Great Song Dynasty, and the strategic goals set by the Great Song Dynasty have also been achieved, so when the good news of Datong being conquered was sent to the capital, Zhao Zhen also immediately ordered it to be announced to the world, and the entire Beijing Division was also boiling.

The imperial court funded the banquet on the royal street, anyone can go up to eat and drink, and it is endless for three days, what is even more rare is that there is no curfew for these three days, the whole capital is immersed in a carnival atmosphere, the streets are full of drunks who are staggering, and there are people sleeping directly on the street at night, fortunately the weather is hot now, if it is in winter, maybe many people will freeze to death.

Compared with the people, the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty also fell into a carnival, a large banquet in the palace, all officials above the grade participated in this celebration banquet, Zhao Zhen also put down the emperor's shelf, and the ministers came to a non-drunk and non-returning, as a result, the power center of the Great Song Dynasty was paralyzed for a whole day, and it was barely back to normal until the next day.

And after Zhao Zhen woke up, he immediately began to consolidate the rule of the Great Song Dynasty in Yanyun, in fact, this matter has been done for a long time, it is nothing more than to send officials, restrain the displaced people, enhance law and order, etc., but if you want to strengthen the rule of the Great Song Dynasty in Yanyun, there is one more thing that must be put in the first place, that is, to strengthen the strength of the border to prevent the Liao army from fighting back.

Liu Ping sent troops to attack Xijin Mansion to finally take Datong Mansion, the whole process of sending troops was fast and slow, plus the Liao army was already empty in Yanyun, and many state capitals did not have any troops, so as long as the army of the Great Song Dynasty arrived, it was almost effortless to conquer the city, and only the heavily guarded Xijin Mansion and Datong Mansion took some time.

Therefore, when the Song army conquered Datong Mansion, the reinforcements from the Liao State have not been seen, in fact, when the Song army attacked Xijin Mansion, Han Nanwang had already sent people to Xiao Yunjin for help, and Liu Ping sent people to defend Gubeikou, just worried that the reinforcements of the Liao State would be killed.

But what people didn't expect was that after Xiao Yunjin received the news that the Great Song Dynasty sent troops to Yanyun, she didn't send reinforcements at all, because at that time, the battle between her and Yelu Zong Zhen to seize power also entered the white-hot stage, and the two sides started a big battle on the bank of the Huang River.

It is also the inextricable fight between Xiao Yunjin and Yelu Zong, so when the news of the Great Song Dynasty sending troops to Yanyun was sent to Xiao Yunjin's hands, she couldn't draw troops at all, and even she was worried that this news would affect the morale of the army, after all, the main force in her hands was the border army transferred from the sixteen states of Yanyun, if they knew that their hometown had been copied by the Song army, their family members might also fall into the hands of the Song army, and then the military spirit would definitely be shaken, so that Yelu Zongzhen would seize the opportunity.

In this case, Xiao Yunjin actually let people hide the news that the Great Song Dynasty sent troops to Yanyun, and then concentrated all his efforts to attack Yelu Zongzhen's camp, but the so-called speed is not enough, Xiao Yunjin was eager to make a mess, and finally Yelu Zongzhen seized the opportunity to counterattack in one fell swoop, and actually drove Xiao Yunjin's army back to the east bank of the Huang River.

In the vertical arch hall, Zhao Zhen placed a huge map of the Liao Kingdom in front of him, which also marked the distribution of Xiao Yunjin and Yelu Zongzhen's troops, and then asked Li Zhang: "Cousin, with the situation of the Liao Kingdom, who do you think is most likely to win?" ”

"Of course I very much hope that Xiao Yunjin can win, this woman is more than ruthless, but short-sighted, if she is in charge of the Liao Kingdom, it will be much easier for us in the future, but judging from the current situation, the probability of her defeat is much greater, and Yelu Zong is really likely to stage a Jedi reversal." Li Zhang sighed at this time and said.

Yelu Zongzhen failed to launch a coup d'état, and he had already been a prisoner, but no one expected to kill a Yelu Renxian halfway, and he turned the situation around with his own strength, and now Yelu Zongzhen turned defeat into victory, and the news that Yanyun was occupied by the Great Song Dynasty could not be blocked all the time, and when the news spread, Xiao Yunjin's military morale was weakened, and it was impossible for Yelu Zongzhen to be an opponent.

"I think so too, if Yelu Zong really defeats Xiao Yunjin and wins the imperial power, do you think he will stabilize the country first, and then send troops to recapture Yanyun first?" Zhao Zhen nodded first, and then asked again.

The opportunity for the Great Song Dynasty to send troops this time was too good, until now the Liao State has not been able to free up his hands to rescue, and can only watch Yan Yun fall into the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, but it is easy to fight the country and defend the country, and Zhao Zhen is also worried about how to defend Yan Yun, especially the attitude of the Liao State.

"If I am Yelu Zongzhen, I will definitely stabilize the situation of the Liao State as soon as possible, after all, even if he defeats Xiao Yunjin, he will definitely be greatly injured, and the country is even more chaotic, and he is unable to send troops to Yanyun, and if it is even possible, I will even take the initiative to conclude an alliance with the Great Song Dynasty, and it will not be too late to find a reason to send troops to recapture Yanyun when he recovers his strength in the future."

Speaking of this, Li Zhang also paused deliberately and then said: "But Yelu Zongzhen is not me, with my understanding of him, he is eighty percent likely not to pay attention to the chaos in the country, but will directly send troops to Yanyun, and it is also a royal expedition, maybe in his opinion, after he defeated Xiao Yunjin, he attacked Yanyun with the power of a great victory, and our Great Song Dynasty will flee!" ”

Although Li Zhang and Yelu Zongzhen have only met a few times, they have already seen through this person, this person is extremely arrogant and arrogant, and extremely contemptuous of the Han people, if it is placed in later generations, this guy is a complete Great Khitan nationalist, and other ethnic groups are just garbage in his opinion.

As for the matter of the Great Song Dynasty taking the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, in Yelu Zongzhen's opinion, the Great Song Dynasty was just an unsightly thief, and they had the opportunity to steal Yan Yun by taking advantage of the civil strife in their Great Liao, and he didn't have to do anything to deal with this kind of thief at all, but as soon as the army arrived, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun could be taken back very easily.

Zhao Zhen believed in Li Zhang's judgment, after all, there were not many people in the entire Great Song Dynasty who had seen Yelu Zongzhen, and Li Zhang's eyes on people had never disappointed him, so he also nodded immediately: "If Yelu Zong really ignores the chaos in the country and personally leads troops to attack Yanyun, then can we take the opportunity to defeat the main force of the Liao army, and be ashamed!" ”

When Zhao Zhen said the end, his eyes suddenly lit up, when his grandfather Zhao Guangyi went on a northern expedition, he was defeated by the Liao army, and his father Zhao Heng was forced by the Liao State to come to the front line in person, and finally he could only sign the alliance of the Yuanyuan, and sent the New Year's coins to the Liao State every year, although the money was not much, but it was very humiliating, it can be said that since his grandfather's generation, the Great Song Dynasty has been oppressed by the Liao State.

Although taking back Yanyun made Da Song feel a sense of arrogance, but if he could defeat the army led by the emperor of Liao in one fell swoop, it would be called relief, especially for Zhao Zhen, it was equivalent to him taking a bad breath for his grandfather and father, so he said something shameful, thinking of this, Zhao Zhen was a little looking forward to Yelu Zongzhen sending troops to Yanyun.

With Li Zhang's understanding of Zhao Zhen, he could naturally see what he was thinking at a glance, but he opened his mouth at this time to remind: "Although Yelu Zongzhen is an impulsive and arrogant character, Yelu Renxian next to him is a wise and brave guy, this person is very difficult to entangle, I believe he will definitely persuade Yelu Zongzhen not to send troops, but with Yelu Zongzhen's true temperament, I am afraid it will be difficult to listen, if Yelu Zongzhen leads the troops, Yelu Renxian will definitely follow, and the Liao army will definitely be very difficult to deal with at that time......"

When Li Zhang said the end, he also looked at Zhao Zhen with a smile, as if he had not finished speaking, Zhao Zhen also heard the unfinished meaning in Li Zhang's words, and asked curiously at the moment: "Cousin, what do you mean......"

"Now there are already people in the court who are suggesting that Liu Ping be transferred back, after all, the sixteen states of Yanyun have been defeated, and Liu Ping's merits are too great, and it is no longer suitable to stay in the army, but if Yeluzong really kills him, and changing generals in battle is a taboo in the army, so ......" Li Zhang said this and did not say any more, I believe Zhao Zhen also understood what he meant.

In fact, at the same time as Datong's good news came back, the ministers of the court had already suggested that Liu Ping be recalled to the capital, these people were too wary of military generals, even if Liu Ping still had a Jinshi background, but still could not escape their suspicion, especially Liu Ping is now a great meritorious, and has nearly 100,000 troops in his hands, if he really rebels, the consequences are unimaginable.

Of course, this can't blame the ministers for having these ideas, after all, Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, did just that, with his example, the Great Song Dynasty's distrust of military generals has almost reached its peak, and Zhao Zhen, who defeated the party before, can only squat in martial arts now, not to mention Liu Ping's great contribution to regaining Yanyun.

Zhao Zhen immediately understood when he heard Li Zhang's words, and after pondering for a while, he finally made a decision: "Liu Ping can't be transferred back for the time being, and he can still stabilize Yanyun with him, but if he doesn't transfer him back, I'm afraid that the ministers in the court will not be reconciled, so it's better to use a compromise method and send a prison army to Yanyun!" ”

Li Zhang also thought about it for a moment when he heard this, and then nodded in agreement, before Liu Ping sent out his troops, he asked the imperial court not to contain his military power, so Zhao Zhen didn't even send a supervising army, but now that Yanyun has beaten down, it is normal to send a supervising army to the locality, although the eunuchs of the Great Song Dynasty are not as good as the Ming Dynasty, but the power is not small, many eunuchs in the palace will be stationed in the local area as officials, and some eunuchs can even be crowned kings, such as Tong Guan of Dai Liao.

Seeing that Li Zhang agreed, Zhao Zhen also immediately considered the candidate, but he quickly saw a chamberlain beside him, and immediately pointed directly: "I think it's Shilang, he has served by my side for so many years, it's time to let him out of the palace for a turn!" ”

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