Zheng Zhi has already entered Guiyi City, this small border city, has also fallen into a hot busy, this Guiyi City has been used by Zheng Zhi as a base for advancement.

For a whole day, the south city gate has not been idle, and the soldiers and baggage from the south have been continuously entering Guiyi City, until Guiyi City has no free place.

The hundred and ten knights sent by Tong Guan finally rushed to Guiyi City and finally caught up with Zheng Zhi. The news that Tong Guan persuaded Zheng Zhi to return with his troops was just too late, and it was obviously impossible for Zheng Zhi to return to the south of the Juma River with his troops.

In the south, on the way to Tokyo, a team of fast horses was also galloping wildly, even if a horse slipped in the snow and fell to the ground, lifting the knight on horseback more than a dozen paces away, the horse team did not stop, and everyone just looked back.

It was not until the end of the winter night that the horse team rushed under the city gate, and at the last moment when the city gate was closed, this group of soldiers from Xiongzhou entered the city of Tokyo. Perhaps this group does not belong to one group, but to two groups.

When these horses entered the city of Tokyo, it was already night, and Tokyo exploded in an instant.

Zheng Zhi, a front-line general, led an army of more than 100,000 to openly disobey the holy decree. This kind of thing is like the mutiny of Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao, which dropped a huge bomb on this Tokyo city, which made the ears of hundreds of civil and military officials buzz.

In the Song Dynasty, the generals who led the troops were always under the control of the literati, just to avoid this kind of thing from happening, and a military general had openly disobeyed the emperor's orders, which was the beginning of the rebellion.

No one doubts that things will go for the worse!

The Song Dynasty is different from other dynasties, before the Song Dynasty, the lessons and experiences of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms have proved again and again what an uncontrolled military general can do, and without exception, even the founding of the Song Dynasty has proved this.

Cai Jing was the first to receive the news, and then countless messengers and servants rushed all over the city, Cai Jing was the first to arrive outside the palace, and then the eunuch rushed into the harem.

The palace was brightly lit after a while, Zhao Ji was already sitting in the Vertical Arch Palace, and Cai Jing arrived first with a few henchmen.

Cai Jing, who was in his early seventies, was still in a hurry to meet him, and before the voice of long live came out, Zhao Ji was already angry: "What the hell is going on? Where is Tong Guan? Where is Cai You? ”

Cai Jing's figure that had just fallen down immediately stopped in mid-air, and shouted in his mouth: "Your Majesty, Master Tong and Cai You's recitals have arrived one after another, and they are all in the hands of the ministers, please take a look at them first." ”

Zhao Ji stood up, waved his sleeves, and shouted: "Don't look at it, you just say it, why did Zheng Zhi disobey my will?" ”

Tong Guan's twists and turns came first, and Cai You's twists and turns came later, but there was not a long time between them, after all, they still arrived in Tokyo at about the same time, and the difference in order no longer has much meaning.

When Cai Jing heard this, he said: "Your Majesty, with Cai You's play, Zheng Zhi has quite an opinion on the policy of His Majesty's holy decree, and has openly slandered and criticized it several times, and then Zheng Zhi was so bold that he privately issued a military order and led the troops to cross the river to the north. ”

Tong Guan is still not in Tokyo after all, and the right to speak is on Cai Jing alone.

Zhao Ji was very angry when he heard this, and replied: "How can this be reasonable, Tong Guan is on the front line, how can the army be taken away by Zheng Zhi?" ”

Cai Jing hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, it is obvious that Tong Guan is not really in charge of military affairs in the army, but sits in the hands of Zheng Zhi to govern the army, so Zheng Zhi was given the opportunity to take advantage of it. This time, His Majesty's text has just been sent to the land of Yanyun, Zheng Zhi immediately came out of the army, and has already put His Majesty in the situation of repeated villains, hurting my Great Song face, damaging my Great Song Dynasty national body, Zheng Zhi should be punished for his great crime. ”

After Cai Jing finished speaking, he glanced back at the left and right, and Fan Zhixu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, what the Taishi said is extremely true, if you don't hurry up and pinch Zheng Zhi this time, after a long time, Zheng Zhi will be a disaster." Zheng Zhi's army of more than 100,000 people, the threat is so great that it is self-evident, and I ask Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible. ”

Zhao Ji heard the words of the two, and saw that most of the officials in the seat nodded again and again, and suddenly had some concerns in his heart, and asked again: "If Zheng Zhi's crime is cured and the war against Liao is caused, what should I do?" ”

Cai Jing took two steps forward, bowed slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, Liao is a country of death, and there are tens of thousands of our army, and the Liao people will not be able to stop it." Even without Zheng Zhi, this battle will be a complete victory. Your Majesty must make a decision this time, so as not to have an opportunity for those who have brought disaster to the country, and must ensure the stability of the country's weapons. ”

When Cai Jing said this, he really touched Zhao Ji's heart, and it was obvious that he could ensure the stability of the Zhao family.

After Cai Jing finished speaking, Qin Hui also stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Zheng Zhi's rebellious heart has been around for a long time, and there are many rumors about the minister's imperial history platform, but it has never been conclusive evidence, and he doesn't dare to talk nonsense." This time caused this catastrophe, the minister's crime is unforgivable, and His Majesty is asked to punish him. ”

Qin Hui's words have a bit of technical content, and it is clear that he is guilty of his own guilt, but in fact, it is a matter of Zheng Zhi's rebellion.

Zhao Ji no longer hesitated, and said with a fierce face: "Quickly send the holy decree to Hebei, and Cai You will lead people to arrest Zheng Zhi's family, and he will definitely take Zheng Zhi's son and bring him to Tokyo as a hostage." Quickly sent someone to cross the river to Liao with my gold medal, and summoned Zheng Zhi to Beijing to report on his work. ”

When Cai Jing heard this, he hurriedly replied: "The minister will go and do it." Zheng Zhi's family members are all in Cangzhou Mansion, Cai You will inevitably be captured with people, and if there are hostages in Beijing, Zheng Zhi will not dare to act rashly. Your Majesty can rest assured, and the ministers will swear to the death to ensure the stability of the country. ”

Although Zhao Ji's face was full of anger, he was also panicked in his heart, the most elite army of the Great Song Dynasty was in the hands of Zheng Zhi, if Zheng Zhi really rebelled and rebelled, the threat was too great. It was the military plan of the Liangshan thieves to attack Tokyo that made Zhao Ji feel a lot of turmoil in his heart, not to mention the change of the general who led the troops at this time.

In the past three or four hundred years, the leading generals have mutinied, and there are few unsuccessful ones. Zheng Zhi's action is already a great threat to Zhao Ji.

I only heard Zhao Ji say again: "We must appease the generals in the army, Zheng Zhi is rebellious, most of the generals in the army are coerced by him, and they don't really know the reason, as long as they lead the troops to break away from Zheng Zhizhi, all the officials will be promoted to one level, and the reward will be 100,000 yuan." ”

Zhao Jizhi panicked, and immediately showed it in his words. If there are people in the army who can be called generals, there can be hundreds, and one person can be 100,000. That's tens of millions. At this time, the Great Song Dynasty sold all the palaces, and it couldn't sell them for so much money.

Hearing this, Cai Jing arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty should rest early, and the minister will do it immediately." ”

Zhao Ji waved his hand with a worried face, and Cai Jing had already led people out of the hall.

Just when Cai Jing was about to leave the palace, Zhao Ji suddenly opened his mouth and shouted: "Then pass the order Tong Guan, let this old eunuch must stabilize the army, but if he loses, let him be cut with a thousand knives, and he will not die well." ”

When Cai Jing heard this, he hurriedly turned around and saluted again before going out. Zhao Ji sat on the dragon chair again, with a worried expression, and the eunuch handed over the wool daze. It was only at this time that Wenwu turned around and found that His Majesty the Emperor was not even dressed neatly.

Not long after, another group of men and horses left the city in the middle of the night and galloped north in the wind and snow.

The city of Guiyi was full of proclamations to appease the people, and although the army squeezed the city to the point that there was no free place, the people in the city were not affected much.

Even if someone in the family was killed and wounded in battle while defending the city, they could still get Zheng Zhi's pension, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

The scouts sent out countless people, all of them to the north, and a few of them were skilled in making maps.

Zheng Zhi also has a copy of the map more than 100 years ago in his hand, which is hung in the Guiyi County Ya.

Tong Guan and Cai You are in Juma Henan, and there are no more soldiers around them, except for their own guards, they are under the control of dozens of state capitals left in Xiongzhou by Zheng Zhi.

Cai You chattered endlessly in the big tent, but Tong Guan was silent, letting Cai You talk and talk.

Even in Tong Guan's heart, there are infinite sighs, Zheng Zhi suddenly seemed to have changed in an instant, which was difficult to understand. But looking back, with Zheng Zhi's character, it seems reasonable to act like this.

Zheng Zhi gave Tong Guan the impression that he was a complete military man, and the logical way of thinking about things was relatively simple, with less understanding of officialdom and politics, and more true temperament. He is affectionate and righteous, and full of courage.

Those who dare to die must have less room for flexibility. But Zheng Zhi is not stupid, on the contrary, he is sometimes smart.

Tong Guan's heart was a mess, and what he thought about was superfluous at this time. But Tong Guan has no way to solve these things in front of him, Zheng Zhi is out of control after all.

Thinking of this, Tong Guan suddenly found one thing, that is, Zheng Zhi, who never seemed to be under his control. Or Tong Guan didn't think about how to control Zheng Zhi.

Cai You was still chattering: "Master Tong, if Zheng Zhi doesn't look back this time, you won't be guilty, see how you explain to the official family when you go to Tokyo." ”

Cai You obviously saw that Tong Guan was silent, thinking that Tong Guan's heart was weak, and his words became more and more out of proportion, and as soon as these words came out, they already threatened Tong Guan.

Tong Guan was upset at this time, and when he heard this unkind remark, he said angrily: "What are you?" Less noise here, get out. ”

Tong Guan is obviously not a good person, and Cai You has been chattering for so long next to him, Tong Guan can't bear it anymore and is angry.

This sentence calmed Cai You, only to see Cai You's face pale, paused for a long time, and then said: "Master Tong, what do you mean by this?" Could it be that Zheng Zhi doesn't respect the holy oracle, can you still be responsible? ”

Tong Guan became even angrier when he heard this, and his tone in his mouth increased a lot, and he shouted: "Pickled and pranky, get out of here." ”

Tong Guan was furious at this time, and more than a dozen guards on the left and right were also loyal, and he immediately glared angrily.

Cai You was even more frightened, stretched out his hand and pointed at Tong Guan, but his footsteps were backwards, and he said: "Tong Guan, see how long you can be arrogant." ”

Tong Guan saw that Cai You's pace was almost at the door, and he didn't bother to fight for the advantage of his tongue, so he turned around and sat on the chair. Cai You still lost some courage after all, and snorted coldly out of the big tent.

Guiyi City, early in the morning of the second day.

"Qi Yu Xianggong, Zhuozhou (Zhuoxian) city gate is closed, there is no Liao army above the city, only about 3,000 people. To the north of Zhuoshui, no trace of the Liao army was found. "Yan Qing entered the city early in the morning to report.

Zheng Zhi heard the words and asked, "Outpost Ranger, how far have you crossed Zhuoshui?" ”

"Xianggong, the scout at the front has already crossed sixty miles of Zhuoshui, and I only see the people, but not the soldiers." Yan Qing replied.

Zhuoshui, is a small river in the north of Zhuozhou City, after Zhuoshui seventy or eighty miles, it is Liangxiang (north of Fangshan), and after Liangxiang is Wanping (northwest of Daxing), and then it goes straight into Yanjing. From the Juma River to Yanjing, there are only 200 miles in total.

The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are a narrow strip of land in the east-west direction, from the north of Shanxi to Beijing and Tianjin. It is also the area south of the Great Wall.

The nearest place, crossing the river from Cangzhou, crossing Wuqing, Jizhou and other places to the foot of the Great Wall, is only two hundred and thirty or forty miles away. This narrow strip of land is also the main remaining territory of the Liao State, which passes through Zhangjiakou to the northwest and enters the grassland, and the vast grassland is not the foundation of the Liao State today.

"All the military and Han materials have arrived in Guiyi, quickly beat the drum, and ordered Mi Shi and Xiangli to be the vanguard, first go to Zhuozhou City to besiege, and a certain Chinese army will arrive later." Zheng Zhi knew at this time that the opportunity was still in his hands, and he was very fast, occupying Zhuozhou City, and Yanjing was only more than a hundred miles away, and Yelu Dashi should probably have arrived.

It depends on who will arrive in Zhuozhou first, if Zheng Zhi arrives first, Yelu Dashi will have no skills to return to the sky, so he can only retreat to Yanjing. If Yelu Dashi arrives first, he must also let Mi and Xiangli stop him.

Artillery is a siege weapon, without artillery, the attack on Zhuozhou City is not a moment and a half, it must be a long battle. So Zheng Zhi went later, and he also wanted to escort the cannon forward.

Tong Guan was in the big tent in Xiongzhou, looking at the battle report sent back from the front, his brows were furrowed, and he muttered: "Alas... Although the righteousness is broken. This time it is not as you expected, Hebei is different from the northwest, even if you return victorious, take the sixteen states of Yanyun, you and I will not have a good end. The best outcome is to save a small life like the way of the planter. ”

Tong Guan sighed by himself, looked at the battle report in his hand, and the words he said in his mouth naturally referred to Zheng Zhi. Tong Guan's heart calmed down a lot at this time, and he was able to figure out many things. After knowing this, he was a eunuch and said a little bit, his life should not be lost, and Zheng Zhi was afraid that it would be difficult to survive the disaster.

Tong Guan muttered to himself, the left and right guards were also anxious, these guards who ran around with Tong Guan also saw a lot of battle formations, and most of the people who could stay with Tong Guan until now were loyal and dared to die. The people who followed Ke Jun at the beginning were already lush with grass on their graves.

"Ugh... Tong Guan stood up, sighed repeatedly, and began to pace.

Mi Shi and Xiang Li, six thousand ironclad cavalry, rushed to the north, and arrived at the city of Zhuozhou in a few hours, and the head of Zhuozhou City was already like a great enemy.

All the soldiers are above the city, and countless equipment and materials to defend the city are being transported to the city.

Mi Zhenwu and Xiang Lide glanced at each other, each of them hit the left and right, and the main force went around the city to the north, mainly to block the north gate of Zhuozhou City. That is, the south bank of Zhuoshui. This is also Zheng Zhi's order, to block the enemy from the north at this small river.

Mi Zhenwu had just stayed outside the north gate, and on the riverbank in the distance, countless faint people and horses began to appear, ironclad knights and foot soldiers, leather armor foot soldiers, coming out of the riverside avenue, and it didn't take long to pave the riverbank.

Mi Zhenwu and Xiang Lide said a few words in the party language, and seven or eight knights beside them turned around and headed straight to the south.

Yelu Dashi is here, this legendary figure who swept through Central Asia, has finally arrived.

The party cavalry also began to assemble, and then divided several battalions of men and horses to patrol back and forth on the riverbank, and the art of war was cloudy: half-crossing and attacking it.

With this group of men and horses on the south bank of the river, Yelu Dashi must not dare to cross the river easily. This is Zheng Zhi's first move.

Led had already led his troops under the walls, and the bows and crossbows in his hands began to shoot at the top of the city. Put pressure on the defenders in the city. I am afraid that the army in the city will rush out and disrupt the battle situation, so that the Liao army on the other side will take the opportunity to cross the river.

Zheng Zhi received the battle report, and kept urging the army to move forward.

But at this time, Cai You had already received the holy decree from Tokyo, a distance of a thousand miles, on the avenue, it was actually delivered in three days and two nights, and this speed was already the limit of the limit of several horses in turn.

The person who delivered the letter directly handed over the holy decree to Cai You, and did not go to Tong Guan's place, obviously someone arranged it.

Cai You took the holy decree, looked at it for a moment, was overjoyed, his face was full of red, and he ordered dozens of guards on the left and right to go straight to Xiongzhou City, already to send troops to Cangzhou to arrest Zheng Zhi's family.

But it was Tong Guan, the commander of the army, who was in the big tent and didn't know about it.

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