The rules in the palace are strict, such as the vertical arch hall belongs to the emperor's office, although some ministers will be convened at ordinary times, but the minister wants to come to the vertical arch hall, but also needs the report of the inner servant, only after the emperor agrees, the minister can enter the palace.

Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng, as prime ministers, naturally knew the rules of the palace, but this time they broke into the vertical arch hall without anyone reporting it, because the news in their hands was too important, and they were too happy, so they naturally didn't care about the rules at this time, so they broke in directly.

And when Zhao Zhen and Li Zhang heard the news of the Liao fight, they immediately stood up excitedly, as for the previous family affairs were all forgotten, Zhao Zhen asked eagerly: "Is the news accurate?" ”

"It's true, this news came back from several channels together, there will definitely be no fake, and there is also a battle report from Liu Ping, he has mobilized all kinds of troops to Hejian Mansion, and now he may have sent troops!" Lu Yijian said excitedly again at this time.

Liu Ping is the main general, Zhao Zhen also gave him great freedom, such as the timing of sending troops is also decided by him, after all, Hebei is a little far away from the capital, if there is a change in Liao, Hebei sends a request to send troops, Zhao Zhen is too slow to approve it back, maybe it will delay the fighter, so Liu Ping has the right to act cheaply.

Hearing that Liu Ping was ready to send troops, Zhao Zhen and Li Zhang were also excited again, which also meant that the battle of Song and Liao was about to begin, although they had prepared a lot before, and they also chose to send troops when the Liao State was the weakest, but when it came to the end, they couldn't help but be a little worried in the excitement.

At that moment, Zhao Zhen wanted Liu Ping's battle report to come over and watch it in person, Li Zhang also took a look, and found that the war report was a little messy, and some words were deformed, and it could be seen that it should be written by Liu Ping himself under the excitement, which first reported the outbreak of the Liao War, and then talked about his preparation to mobilize a large army to send troops, because in order not to let the Liao State notice, most of the troops were scattered near Hejian Mansion and did not settle at the border, but most of them were only a day or two away from the border.

After reading Liu Ping's battle report, Li Zhang and Zhao Zhen only knew the details of the outbreak of the Liao Civil War, some time ago Yelu Zongzhen suddenly sent troops to defeat Guanghua Prefecture, but he took the initiative to give up, which is also a very wise choice, after all, Yelu Zongzhen has few soldiers in his hands, and can only concentrate in one place, if he disperses his forces, it is simply self-defeating.

However, Yelu Zongzhen's previous goal of taking Guanghua Prefecture has been achieved, and some nobles in the Liao State have also begun to waver, and some have taken the initiative to take refuge in Yelu Zongzhen, which makes Xiao Yunjin also feel a great crisis, so after she mobilized a large army, she no longer delayed time, and prepared to solve Yelu Zongzhen quickly.

In the second half of last month, Xiao Xiaoxian led a large army to Yikun Prefecture, across the Huang River from Shangjing, which was occupied by Yelu Zongzhen, and at the beginning of this month, Xiao Xiaoxian commanded a large army to cross the river, and the two sides launched a brutal landing battle on the banks of the Huang River.

Yelu Zongzhen personally led his troops to take advantage of Xiao Xiaoxian's crossing of the river to defeat the opponent's main force, but Xiao Xiaoxian's troops were several times that of the other party, and there were more than a dozen landing points alone.

The battle of Huanghe also kicked off the cruel prelude to the struggle for power between the emperor and the queen, Xiao Yunjin gathered an army of 150,000, and Yelu Zongzhen only had 50,000 people in his hands, even after the battle of Huanghe, the gap between the two sides was still more than three times, so now Yelu Zongzhen can only rely on the strong city wall of Shangjing to defend it.

Shangjing is the capital of Liao, even if the political and economic status of Zhongjing has long surpassed Shangjing, but the position of the capital of Shangjing has never been shaken, and the city wall of Shangjing has often been strengthened and heightened several times, resulting in Shangjing is also easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, Yelu Zongzhen also stored a large amount of grain and grass in the city, and it seems that he is preparing to fight a protracted war with Xiao Xiaoxian, after all, it is not easy for Xiao Yunjin to maintain the consumption of 150,000 troops, especially the national strength of the Liao State is not as good as that of the Great Song Dynasty, and the troops in the country cannot be plundered, so as long as Xiao Xiaoxian can't break through the capital, sooner or later he will retreat, and then it will be the opportunity for Yelu Zongzhen to counterattack.

It was also taking advantage of this opportunity that Liu Ping decisively decided to send troops, and now the main army of the Liao State is almost all contained in Shangjing, and the border is not only empty of troops, but even the materials have been exhausted, and this time is the best time to send troops.

However, the war report did not write Liu Ping's specific troop route and strategy, mainly worried that the war report would be seen by others, thus revealing military secrets, but as soon as Liu Ping arrived in Hebei, he had already secretly sent his strategic plan to the capital, even if some adjustments were made now, but in general, it would still be in accordance with the previous strategy, that is, to go straight to the Liao State Nanjing Xijin Mansion, as long as it was laid here, Xijing would be isolated, and after pulling out Xijing, the entire south of the Great Wall would also belong to the Great Song Dynasty.

After reading this battle report, Zhao Zhen also walked back and forth a few times excitedly, and then ordered again: "Order people to keep an eye on the battle situation in Liao, and also order Liu Ping to send a battle report back every three days, I must always understand the situation on the front line!" ”

"Obey the order!" Lu Yijian immediately nodded and agreed, for this war that determines the future national fortune of the Great Song Dynasty, it is not too important, and even for this war, their civilian official group has also released the shackles of military generals, although it is only temporary, and there are many people who oppose it, but they are also suppressed by Lu Yijian.

"Lu Xiang, is there any news from Han Qi's side, is there any pressure on logistics?" Li Zhang suddenly asked at this time, this time not only Liu Ping and these generals were transferred to Hebei, but also many civilian officials also went to Hebei, they were mainly responsible for the logistics of the army, and Han Qi, who was already up-and-coming, was also appointed as the pacification envoy of Hebei Road, the logistics dispatch of the governor's army.

"Yes, among the compromises sent by the Liao War this time, Han Qi sent them, and he also mentioned in the recital that the preparation of logistics was a bit hasty, and now the army is in a hurry to send troops, so I am urging the supply of materials in the rear, and I have already ordered someone to do it before." Lu Yijian also replied again.

Needless to say, the importance of logistics, especially in this kind of national war, logistics is the top priority, so when Li Zhang heard that the preparation of logistics was a little hasty, he couldn't help but worry, Zhao Zhen also thought of this, and asked about some logistics at the moment, and then personally instructed Lu Yijian that everything should be war first, and if necessary, the money and grain of the local government could be transferred to supply the army.