Bianjing, Jiying Palace.

Song Shenzong didn't handle the music as usual, but kept pacing back and forth, with a faint smile on his face. Shao Jiu stood beside him, looking at the overjoyed Song Shenzong, with a smile on his face. He followed Song Shenzong for a long time, and knew that Song Shenzong was a strict person, and he was not respectful and smiling, especially after becoming the emperor, he had to maintain the majesty of Mu Mu Tianzi at all times, and there was even less time for laughter.

Like today, although Song Shenzong did not laugh wildly, but only a smile appeared on his face, which was rare.

"Shao Jiu, I told you, Xiongzhou played well, played very well!" Song Shenzong said with a smile: "At the moment, Liaogou has lost 156 troops, which is rare in hundreds of years of war, Zhou Wei fought this battle beautifully." Of course, this is all because of the captive knife, well, this Wu Ji is very good, and he can get it. ”

"The official, the servants also heard about this, and said that the captive knife is extremely sharp, even the city wall can be cut, not to mention the scimitar of the Liao dog." Shao Jiu thought to himself that Song Shenzong was rarely happy, so it was better to have fun and make him even happier.

Sure enough, Song Shenzong had a smile on his face, and waved his hand: "That's nonsense." No matter how sharp the knife is, it is impossible to cut through the city wall, which big mouth is talking nonsense? Hum! ”

Although he was a little dissatisfied, he didn't have the slightest anger, and continued: "It's good that the captive knife can cut off the scimitar of the Liao dog." In the future, this kind of nonsense will be listened to less and less believed. ”

"Xie Guan's teachings, the little one knows." Shao Jiu hurriedly responded.

Song Shenzong continued to pac, and said with a smile: "As long as Zhou Wei holds on for a while, our reinforcements will arrive, come and join forces with the outside, and eat Yeluming's 50,000 army, this will be the biggest victory in the history of the Great Song Dynasty!" Ha ha! ”

In the Song-Liao Hundred Years War, the Song Dynasty lost more and won less, and also won battles, but it was not much, and there was absolutely no record of killing 50,000 Liao troops in a battle. If he could eat Yeluming's 50,000 army, it would definitely be the biggest victory in the history of the Song Dynasty, which was enough to make anyone happy.

"Xiongzhou Military News!"

A rush of footsteps sounded, and a eunuch walked in quickly, handed over the army in his hand to Shao Jiu, and quickly retreated.

"Bring it! It must be good news! ”

Song Shenzong was overjoyed, and received a good battle report from Xiongzhou several times in a row, this time it must be a good news, three steps and two steps rushed up, grabbed the battle report, three or two unfolded, and his face changed suddenly.

“……”

Song Shenzong opened his mouth wide, his eyes were round, and his face was shocked, he stood upright, without any movement, and was directly petrified.

"Official, what's wrong?" Shao Jiu felt that the atmosphere in the room had changed suddenly, and the atmosphere that was originally full of joy suddenly cooled down, as if it was in the ice of ten thousand years, which was particularly depressing.

"Quick! Fast! Go and call Wang Anshi, Wang Shao, Lu Gongzhu, and Lu Huiqing! Be quick! Be quick! Song Shenzong's words to Shao Jiu woke up, his hands trembled, his voice trembled, and he stammered a word, very frightened.

With Shao Jiu's understanding of Song Shenzong, he has never been so frightened, yes, this is fear, absolute fear, something big must have happened. Xiongzhou didn't fight well, how did it become like this all of a sudden, is the war in Xiongzhou unfavorable?

Shao Jiu was very curious, very much wanted to know what kind of big thing made Song Shenzong fall from the peak of joy to the bottom of fear, but he didn't dare to ask, so he had to suppress his curiosity and hurriedly ran out.

Song Shenzong took the battle report in his hand higher, and his eyes did not stop looking at it, the more he looked at it, the more afraid he became, his hands trembled even more, and the fear on his face became even stronger.

The first one to arrive was Wang Anshi, who saw Song Shenzong's appearance in his eyes, and knew that things were very bad, and he was busy saluting, but Song Shenzong just waved his hand mechanically and didn't say anything.

Song Shenzong has great trust in Wang Anshi, and has always greeted him with a smile, but he has never treated Wang Anshi as a transparent person like this. However, Song Shenzong's mind did not belong, and he definitely did not mean it, what shocked him so much?

Wang Shao, Lu Gongzhu, and Lu Huiqing arrived one after another, and when they saw the salute, Song Shenzong still regarded them as transparent people, and he didn't say a word, just waved his hand with difficulty, and his eyes were round, looking at the battle report in his hand.

Wang Anshi and the four of them glanced at each other, and could see the surprise in each other's eyes, but they didn't dare to make a sound. After a long time, Song Shenzong still did not change, and Wang Shao took the lead in speaking: "Official, no matter what happens, you can't panic, even if Xiongzhou is lost!" The bigger the event, the more you need to be calm and composed! ”

"Whew!"

Song Shenzong took a long breath, his voice was hoarse, and he said with great difficulty: "Xiongzhou is about to fall." ”

"What?"

An exclamation sounded, Wang Anshi, Wang Shao, Lu Gongzhu, and Lu Huiqing's mouths were wide open, and their eyes almost hit the ground, and the four of them followed in the footsteps of Song Shenzong and began to tremble.

It's not that they're timid, it's that Xiongzhou is too important. If Xiongzhou falls, the Liao army will enter the Central Plains in an endless stream, and the Central Plains will be burned red by the war, and the entire Central Plains will be ruined, and the dead are unknown.

"Officials, the more times like this, the more you need to be calm and calm, and you can't mess up your mind first." Wang Anshi came to his senses and was busy reminding. Having said that, Wang Anshi's own voice trembled a little.

If they really want the Liao State to enter the Central Plains, they will all become sinners in history, and they will give the pillars of shame nailed to history and accept the scolding of future generations.

Jiefu is right, the more times like this, the more you must be calm and not mess up. Sit, sit, sit. Song Shenzong took a breath of cold air, forced himself to calm down, and sat on the throne.

Wang Anshi and the four of them sat down, and Song Shenzong was about to tell what happened in Xiongzhou.

"This Yelu Hongji is too forbearing, and he was in ambush ten years ago." Wang Anshi and the four of them sighed with emotion, Yelu Hongji is so forbearing, which is rare in the world.

"Fortunately, Xiongzhou was guarded by Zhou Wei, although the incident happened suddenly, but there was no panic. If he is a little less courageous and flees from Xiongzhou, Xiongzhou is already Liao. Song Shenzong stared at Wang Shao and asked, "Wang Shao, can you send reinforcements?" ”

"Reinforcements?" Wang Shao shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "The official family, several cities near Xiongzhou have been attacked by the Liao army, and it is difficult to protect themselves, how can they draw out rescue troops?" The reinforcements we have mobilized are still a little far from Xiongzhou, and the official family will pass the decree and dispatch the army, which will take several days, can Xiongzhou support it? ”

It takes a lot of time to pass on the military information, not to mention that the military orders of the Song Dynasty were originally transmitted slowly, and when the reinforcements were dispatched, it would be at least four or five days later, and no one could say whether Xiongzhou still existed.

You must know that the Liao army has entered the city and is fighting street battles. Although Zhou Wei is brave, after all, the gap in strength is there, and it is difficult to say whether Xiongzhou can be kept.

"Wang Shao, how do you say to deal with it?" There are five monarchs and ministers, and Wang Shaoshen is familiar with the soldiers, if you don't ask him about this, who else can you ask?

"The official, the minister thought that the Great Song Dynasty was going to plan for the worst." Wang Shao pondered for a moment and said: "The border city of Xiongzhou is the first line of defense of the Great Song Dynasty, and after that, the Great Song Dynasty has two lines of defense. They are the Daimyo's Mansion and the Yellow River. If the state of Ruoxiong is lost, the second line of defense will be built with the support of the Daimyo's Mansion. ”

"Is it too late?" Song Shenzong asked in a deep voice.

"Just in time!" Wang Shao stood up, walked to the map, pointed to the map, and explained: "This time, the Liao State only dispatched 100,000 troops. With this small number of troops, it is impossible to attack the Central Plains. In order to bring the flames of war into the Central Plains, the Liao State needs to mobilize the power of the country, as little as 300,000 and as much as 500,000, in order to achieve its wish. ”

The Central Plains was densely populated and was one of the richest areas of the Song Dynasty. In order to keep the Central Plains, the Song Dynasty would do whatever it took and would transfer troops from all over the country. You must know that the Song Dynasty was the first dynasty in Chinese history with a population of more than 100 million, and there were many troops that could be dispatched, and there was no problem in mobilizing a million troops.

Not to mention, in the Great War in the Central Plains, the people of the Central Plains would devote themselves to the war against the Liao State, which was of great help to the Song Dynasty.

Even if Yelu Hongji captures Xiongzhou, if he wants to enter the Central Plains, it will still be difficult, and he will not be able to do it without an army of three or five hundred thousand. To mobilize such a large number of troops, it will take Yelu Hongji a lot of time, and if it is not spent, he will not be able to escape in three or two months.

With these three or two months, the Song Dynasty was able to mobilize a lot of troops and build a defensive line.

"Yanyun was lost, the Central Plains had nothing to rely on, the first emperor expanded the Daimyo's Mansion, and stored a lot of grain, grass, and ordnance in the Daimyo's Mansion, just for today's situation." Song Shenzong's mind became more and more calm: "Even if the Daimyo's Mansion is lost, there is still a natural danger of the Yellow River." As long as I am determined to defend to the death, even if Yelu Hongji has an army of millions, I will not want to do it. ”

This is too reasonable, even if Xiongzhou is lost, the Song Dynasty still has several lines of defense to reach Bianjing. If you want to fight Bianjing, it is impossible for Liao to do it without hundreds of thousands of troops.

If the fallen monarchs of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Huizong and Song Qinzong, father and son, had such determination as Song Shenzong, where would the Jurchens destroy the Northern Song Dynasty. "The shame of Jingkang", the Jurchen is only 120,000 troops, and it is impossible to defeat Bianjing, only because of the emperor's Hu Lai, there is a shame through the ages.

"Wang Shao, you immediately rush to the border pass, mobilize a large army, and prepare to meet the enemy." Song Shenzong stood up and said, "Remember, no matter what costs, fight to the end!" Never back down! If you are defeated, I will fight to the death with Yelu Hongji under Bianjing City! ”

The tone is not high, but it is full of firmness, which makes people dare not have the slightest doubt. In this regard, compared to hearing that the Jin army was coming, Song Huizong, who even Emperor Yanjing did not dare to be, was too valuable.

"Good news! Good news! ”

Before Wang Shao received the order, Shao Jiu's voice came in, and then, I saw Shao Jiufei rush over and present the battle report.

Song Shenzong took a look, shook his head, and said, "Wu Ji is really capable of fighting." He was converted, defeated the Liao army twice, and wiped out the 5,000 Liao army the second time. However, if Xiongzhou loses, what is the use of this victory? ”

A hundred conversions are victorious, but they can't withstand Xiongzhou, and although Wu Ji's victory is valuable, it is of little significance.

was originally a happy victory, but there was not a word of praise, and everyone couldn't help shaking their heads.

Wang Shao stared at the map, his eyes flashed, and said: "Conversion will not be attacked by the Liao army, and the only one who can reinforce Xiongzhou is the return army." ”

"Wang Shao, even if Wu Ji wants to go to reinforcements, what use can he do with his little strength?" Song Shenzong sighed.

"Hey!" Wang Shao sighed, was silent for a moment, and said: "The best result is that Xiongzhou is not lost, and if Xiongzhou is not lost, conversion is our only hope!" Hopeless, hopeless! ”

(To be continued)