[There is one more more, it will be a little later.] 】

"Lu Qing, is there any news from Yanzhou?"

"If you go back to Your Majesty, yesterday Yanzhou came to report that the newly repaired city wall has been increased to the expected height, and it will be completely completed in just ten days. However, even if the western thieves are killed now, there is no need to worry that they can break through the city walls, the party people do not have enough siege equipment, and if they want to break through a city like Yanzhou, they can only besiege it for a long time. When the time comes, whether it is Huanqing Road or Yanyan Road, troops can be sent to the rescue, and the people who block the divination can only harass the grain road, but they can't stop the reinforcements. Yanzhou has the solidity of Jincheng soup pool, there are people who must defend inside, and there is an army that must be saved outside, and the party people trek hundreds of miles in the wind and sand, how can they be the opponents of the official army in Yanzhou? ”

About a quarter of an hour ago, Zhao Ji asked this question, and the last time was half an hour ago, and today, since the beginning and the south, the inquiry about the latest military situation in Yanzhou has been repeated about seven or eight times. Every time, Lu Huiqing replied respectfully and in detail, as if Zhao Hui was asking about this matter for the first time.

Zhao Huiqing's attitude towards the military situation in Yanzhou has bordered on neuroticism - although Lu Huiqing does not know the word "Lu Dao" - with Zhao Xu's performance in recent days, Lu Huiqing has to wonder if his lord has a heart disease.

This is by no means a random speculation, the previous Emperor Yingzong and the previous Emperor Renzong all had a time when they had heart disease and talked nonsense so much that they couldn't be on board. Yingzong was even more seriously ill, so that Emperor Cao was able to come forward to listen to the government.

Nowadays, the Empress Dowager's condition is getting heavier and heavier, and it is very likely that she will not see the sun of Yuanfeng for three years. Once the Son of Heaven is not in peace, it must be the Empress Dowager Gao who comes forward to hang the curtain. Empress Dowager Gao, who has always opposed the change of the law, took power, and in the face of her seriously ill son, she forced him to abdicate and set up a new monarch. As for who the new monarch is...... Naturally, it won't be the sixth-prince who is only three years old.

Thinking of such a future, Lu Huiqing shuddered. At that time, there will still be a few people in the New Party who will be able to live in the court.

Thankfully, the Son of Heaven's situation is at least not like this, and he is not sick. Except for mentioning Yanzhou once in a while, there is no other problem.

The Son of Heaven is young and strong, and he will never fall to that point, Lu Huiqing is brave for himself. Xu Xi also said that the city wall is solid, and it will not be lost. As long as Yanzhou City is guarded, all the ghosts and ghosts that are now breeding in the shadows will disappear.

Lu Huiqing understood that after he fully supported Xu Xi, his fate had been closely linked to Yanzhou City. At this time, it was impossible to let Yanzhou withdraw its troops, so he could only grit his teeth and hold on.

Han Gang had said a long time ago that once the official army seized the land of Yinxia, Hanhai would become a moat that troubled the party members. These words are the premise for Zhao Ji and Lu Huiqing to agree with Xu Xi's strategy.

In Lu Huiqing's view, the reason why Han Gang wanted to give up Yanzhou and Youzhou, and only cared about guarding the two cities closest to the border, was not a serious reaction from Lao Cheng, but a selfish motive - Han Gang had always claimed that the capture of Yinxia was the first step to destroy Western Xia, but now as long as he held Yinzhou and Xiazhou in the southeast corner of Yinxia, and put Yanzhou and other areas behind, no matter how you look at it, there is a selfish existence.

Whether it is Zhao Ji or Lu Huiqing, they have all guessed Han Gang's thoughts. The official army kept Yinzhou Xiazhou, which was not only the success of Han Gang's proposal, but also proved the correctness of Han Gang's strategy of opposing the rapid attack on Xingling before the war; And the official army held Yanzhou, and the achievements were only Lu Huiqing and Xu Xi.

Of course, Lu Huiqing would not be willing to achieve Han Gang's reputation, he chose to support Xu Xi, but unfortunately something went wrong.

But if anyone can save this situation, Han Gang must be one of them

It seems that it is best to write a letter to Han Gang to contact him. Lu Huiqing thought. I'm afraid that the last thing Han Gang wants to see is that King Yong inherits the unification, and even the possibility of inheriting the unification will not be happy to see it.

Grasping Han Gang's weakness, Lu Huiqing felt that he could borrow his strength. Han Gang is now guarding Hedong, and in the face of growing tensions, he has many options. You can watch from the sidelines, you can send troops to help, and you can even make a little noise on the border.

After ten years of dealing with him, Lu Huiqing still has a deep fear of Han Gang, but he has strong confidence in his ability. If Han Gangken makes a move, he can at least save the current situation a little.

Lu Huiqing, who was left alone, left the Chongzheng Palace, leaving only Zhao Ji sitting on the imperial couch.

When will the latest military intelligence in Yanzhou arrive? Involuntarily, Zhao Ji's mind turned to the key point of the war.

When it was decided to hold Yanzhou, who would have thought that the Liao State would come up directly shirtless. Things did not reach the worst point because Yelu Yixin did not directly send the palace army and the leather room army, but only asked the divination people to aid Western Xia.

In this regard, it means that the Liao State has no intention of tearing its face immediately, and Yelu Yixin's purpose is likely to be blackmail as speculated by everyone - during this time, the Liao envoy Xiao Xi went to the palace several times to meet him, and he mentioned the request to raise the annual coin - but who can guarantee that when the use of divination people does not achieve the goal, the Liao people will not go into battle shirtless.

Moreover, Western Xia dared to allow thousands of foreign troops to enter Xingling, the core of his country. This was something that the Great Song monarchs had not thought of in advance.

In Zhao Ji's view, even if the party members want to surrender, they will surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, so that at least they don't have to worry about being blackmailed every day, and there are all kinds of rewards, that is, tribute, there will also be equivalent rewards. And surrendering the Liao State will be squeezed dry sooner or later. Among the tribes of Western Xia, no one would want to deal with the Liao State, which had to ask for 30,000 horses and camels every year.

Who would have thought that Western Xia would still lure in the diviners. Even if it's just a blockade, not a Khitan soldier, once the mouth is opened, it's like a small hole in the embankment, and sooner or later it will become a gap that collapses for thousands of miles.

But Zhao Ji has no intention of worrying about the future of Western Xia, what he wants to see most is that there is no future for Western Xia. So after the defeat of Lingzhou, he was unwilling to retreat to Yinzhou and Xiazhou.

If after a big war, only a small piece of land in Yinzhou Xiazhou was kept, then how could it be worthy of the more than 300,000 soldiers mobilized before, twice as many people, and countless amounts of money and materials paid? Think about it, with the strength of the country, in exchange for a joke, how can Zhao Ji be willing?

Moreover, with the support of the Liao State, the Western Xia may have a greater appetite to restore the border line to the state before Xining eight years ago, and reclaim the southern foot of Hengshan. If such a request really appeared, it would be tantamount to a slap in the face to Zhao Ji, who was bent on reviving the spirit, recovering Yanyun, and restoring the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Can there be a heavenly khan in the world who has lost his land and lost his land and has been defeated repeatedly? Zhao Ji, who regarded Tang Taizong as an object of worship, definitely couldn't accept such an ending.

For the sake of the face of the Son of Heaven, at least he had to seize Yinxia and Ganliang, and suppress the party members in a small space under Helan Mountain, so that the imperial court could mobilize such manpower and material resources in vain. Zhao Ji's face can be redeemed a little.

The big cake drawn by Lu Huiqing made Zhao Ji's heart move. Moreover, Han Gang and Guo Kui both made it clear that the more than 200,000 soldiers and horses brought by the Khitans—to be exact, Yelu Yixin—to Yuanyangluo, and even Nanjing Road and Xijing Road, could never have been used to invade the south.

With a long sigh, Zhao Ji got up from the imperial couch, the past is irretrievable, and now he can only hope that Xu Xi will hold Yanzhou.

"Official, but go to Qingshou Palace first?" Li Shunju walked over quietly, reminding Zhao Ji of his next trip.

Zhao Ji nodded and set off for Qingshou Palace. Halfway through, I saw the corridor in front of me from a distance, and seven or eight people crossed from the front and were passing in the direction of Baoci Palace.

"It's the second king." Li Shunju whispered beside Zhao Ji.

I think I just went to visit Qingshou Palace. Zhao Ji thought, and glanced in the direction of Zhao Hao and his party, feeling a little unhappy, "It's really diligent." ’

went to Qingshou Palace to visit the sleeping Empress Dowager, Zhao Ji did not go to the Baoci Palace where the Empress Dowager lived, he didn't want to meet Zhao Hao.

At the edge of a maple grove in the Imperial Garden, the ground is full of red leaves, and in front of it is a lotus pond, but only the dead branches and leaves are left in the pool.

Holding the white marble carved into the trunk, looking at the bleak water surface, Zhao Ji, who was thinking about the situation in Yanzhou, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart for no reason. pressed his heart tightly, and his body also stiffened.

Li Shunju felt that something was wrong, and immediately took a step forward, and was shocked to see that the face of the Son of Heaven was as white as paper, and a layer of cold sweat appeared densely on his forehead.

He panicked all of a sudden, helped Zhao Ji, and exclaimed with a crying voice: "Official! Official! But where is the discomfort? He turned around and yelled at the attendants behind him: "Don't go and pass the imperial doctor quickly!" ”

"I'm fine!" Zhao Ji struggled to straighten up, half-leaning on Bai Yugan, insisting on not letting himself fall, "I don't have anything to do, don't make people panic." Go and get the Suheka pills. ”

"The slave and maid have learned the truth." Li Shunju peeked at Zhao Ji twice, turned around, and shouted in a low voice: "Who is holding the medicine, why don't you hurry up!?" ”

The two little yellow doors hurriedly stepped up in a panic, opened the medicine box in their hands, and held it to Li Shunju.

The Son of Heaven walked in the palace, and the attendants accompanying him carried everything from the changing clothes to the Maza to sit on, from the fishing rod used for fishing to the slingshot when he was in the mood for hunting, and the Son of Heaven could take it out immediately if he wanted it.

Such as confectionery, candied fruit, cooked water, cold soup, and other snacks and drinks, there are also special people responsible for carrying. And some first-aid medicines, such as Suhexiang pills, which are fragrant and warm, can cure all qi diseases, stroke, heat stroke, heartache and stomach pain, and all kinds of diseases can be resolved and treated.

Several generations of the Zhao family's sons of heaven have had strokes, and in the hands of Xiao Huangmen, who is holding medicine behind Zhao Xu, there are pills used to treat strokes [stroke], heartache or heat stroke and other emergencies without warning.

In a few small silver boxes, Li Shunju, who was in a panic, found Suhexiang Pill, Zhibao Dan, Lingbao Heart Pill, and other combined medicines. He hurriedly chose the Su Hexiang pill, his hands trembled and pinched the beeswax on the outside of the pill, poured it into the silver cup that had been filled with spirits, and couldn't wait to use the spirits to dissolve the pill, so he handed it to Zhao Ji with a burning fire.

"Official, this is Suhexiang Pill." Li Shunju served Zhao Ji and took the medicine, stroked Zhao Ji's back, and asked softly, "Official, are you better?" There are also Supreme Treasure Pill and Lingbao Heart Protector Pill here, do you want to take one too? ”

Zhao Ji took the medicine and closed his eyes. After a while, he felt a little better, and shook his head: "There's no need to eat so much, Suhexiang pills are enough." returned to the Funing Palace, and then called Yang Wenwei again. ”

Li Shunju understood Zhao Ji's thoughts, and asked in a low voice: "Official, do you want to go back?" ”

"Rest here for a while, and I'll walk back." Zhao Ji gritted his teeth and endured the dizziness in his head, at this time, he must not be the slightest bit weak.

Just by the lotus pond, Zhao Ji rested for a while, and finally had the strength, and slowly went to the Funing Hall with the support of Li Shunju. As he was walking, he suddenly said, "Li Shunju." ”

Li Shunju bowed his head and promised: "The slave is here." ”

"You go to Yanzhou to measure the military, if the military situation is critical, the whole division will be the priority."