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Empress Dowager Cao is a shrewd person, of course she will not let go of Song Shenzong because of her words. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Shicai's words, she had to say it, it was because Song Shenzong's words took over, she could only say that.

Now, the situation has stabilized a little, and she is about to ask for the guilt, a pair of phoenix eyes looked at Song Shenzong, and her majesty was revealed.

"Porphy!" Empress Dowager Gao knelt in front of her, kept kowtowing, and said, "Queen Mother, you have wronged Xu'er." ”

"Have you been wronged?" As long as the Empress Dowager Cao controls the situation, it will be her right to exert her authority, and she looked at the Empress Dowager Gao coldly, and there was no more follow-up.

"Queen Mother, please think about it, the Liao State has been rampant for hundreds of years, and the Great Song Dynasty has been fighting for hundreds of years, and the Great Song Dynasty can only defend at the border pass, which time has it fought deep into the Liao State?" Empress Dowager Gao shed tears and argued.

"Didn't you go deep into the Liao realm and plunder, and killed more than 73,000 Liao troops?" Empress Dowager Cao still asked lukewarmly.

"Grandmother, your eyes are like a torch, you know, this is just plundering, leaving when you get benefits, not attacking cities and plundering land." Song Shenzong took over the conversation at the right time and said: "The army of the Great Song Dynasty arrived at the city of Zhuozhou and returned with its soldiers. The reason why I had to go back was because the army of the Great Song Dynasty did not have the strength to take Zhuozhou. The army of the Great Song Dynasty can go to plunder and make some benefits, but if you want to conquer the city and conquer the Liao State, you will never have this strength. ”

Anyway, Wu Ji's plan is only known to Song Shenzong, Wang Anshi, Wang Shao and Wu Ji, and no one will know about it, at most it is speculation, Song Shenzong is determined to insist that Qingshan will not relax and will not admit it.

What Song Shenzong said is very reasonable, if the Song army already has the strength to conquer the Liao State, Empress Dowager Cao will not believe it anyway. Go to the Liao Realm to plunder and get some benefits, as long as you find an opportunity, you can do it.

"Hmm!" Empress Dowager Cao's face softened a little: "You really don't have the idea of attacking the Liao State?" ”

"Grandmother, if you want to talk about ideas, your grandson has it, and since your grandson is sensible, she wants to conquer Liao and recover the sixteen states of Yanyun." Song Shenzong did not deny it, changed his words, and said: "However, it also has to be that strength of the Great Song Dynasty." Taizu and Taizong failed to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and Sun Er did not dare to have this extravagant hope again. ”

Song Taizu and Song Taizong were both emperors immediately, and they did not recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, and Song Shenzong's words were more convincing. Speaking of the idea of recovering the sixteen states of Yanyun, as long as the Song people have it, even the Empress Dowager Cao also has this idea, which is not a big deal.

Empress Dowager Cao's face softened even more, and asked, "What are you planning for the current matter?" ”

"Grandmother, grandson can only do according to the method of the ancestors, guard the city, and make sure that the city is lost." Song Shenzong would never say a plan, and retreated as an advance: "The Great Song Dynasty can't conquer the Liao State, can't it hold the city?" During the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the Empress Dowager Xiao was so rampant that she did not defeat the city of the Great Song Dynasty, and finally failed. Although Yelu Hongji is arrogant, can he still break into the Central Plains? ”

For defending the city, Empress Dowager Cao was very confident, thinking that this was more in line with the national conditions of the Song Dynasty, and her face eased even more: "However, the old body heard that you are transferring western soldiers, if you don't conquer the Liao State, what will you do with the western soldiers?" ”

Song Shenzong did not answer immediately, but looked at a few palace maids, Empress Dowager Cao understood, waved her hand, and asked a few palace maids to go out to guard, and then said, "You can say it." ”

"Grandmother, you have wronged your grandson in this matter, and your grandson promises that there will be no such thing!" Song Shenzong swore to the truth.

"Didn't you? The old man heard that the Zhuang family army and the Yao family army were mobilizing in a big way and rushed to the north. Empress Dowager Cao was a little unconvinced.

"Grandmother, that's a guise for your grandson to confuse Western Xia." Song Shenzong lowered his voice, looked mysterious, and said: "Grandmother, you know, Xixia has been thinking about the Guanzhong of the Great Song Dynasty, if the seed army and the Yao family army are transferred away, won't the Shaanzhou army lose its pillar?" If you really want to do that, as soon as Xixia fights over, what will Da Song do to resist? ”

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, made a somewhat proud appearance, and said: "Grandmother, my grandson is thinking, Xixia has been thinking about Guanzhong, as long as the north fights, Xixia will definitely send troops." Everyone in the world thinks that Sun Er will send Western soldiers to the north, why not take this opportunity to play some tricks and pit Xixia once? ”

"You little devil, so many fancy intestines!" Empress Dowager Cao was stunned for a moment, then smiled, and nodded at Song Shenzong's forehead, "If you can pit Xixia once, it will be great!" The Great Song Dynasty can't beat the Liao State, can't it beat the Western Xia? Isn't the Battle of Xihe a good example? ”

The psychology of the Song Dynasty was that the Liao State was too strong to beat. However, the little Xixia really didn't put it in the hearts of the Song people. It is precisely because of this that the Song Dynasty implemented the strategy of first Western Xia and then Liao for decades.

The matter of transferring Western soldiers was originally a disguise, Song Shenzong was full of confidence, so that people did not dare to have the slightest doubt, no matter what Empress Dowager Cao thought, it was reasonable, and sighed: "Sima Guang has made a mistake for his old body!" ”

"Sima Guang?" Song Shenzong finally understood what the reason was, and said hatefully: "Sima Guang dares to lie and deceive his grandmother, and his grandson can't spare him!" The grandmother was relieved, and the grandson made an order to put him in prison and punish him. ”

"That's it!" Empress Dowager Cao waved her hand to stop Song Shenzong and said, "There is no need to punish him." Take this letter, ask someone to return it to Sima Guang, and beat him well! Sima Guang has a bad heart, he is falling into a well, how can the old body spare him! ”

handed Sima Guang's letter to Song Shenzong and said, "Sima Guang likes to speculate on his own, and if he misses a few major things, it is necessary to knock him out." ”

Song Shenzong took the letter, skimmed it, and was surprised, although Sima Guang was guessing, he also guessed three or four points, at least he was right in sending troops to conquer Liao, but he didn't guess Wu Ji's plan.

Of course, Sima Guang's article is very good, under his pen, this will lead to monstrous disasters, and under the alarmism, even Song Shenzong was taken aback, no wonder Empress Dowager Cao would intervene.

"This Sima Guang is too hateful, I must beat him well, I can't cheap him!" Song Shenzong hated. After a little tidying up his feelings, his thoughts turned, and he came to the Empress Dowager Cao's side and gave the Empress Dowager Cao a shoulder beat.

Empress Dowager Cao enjoyed it very much, and her eyes narrowed. Empress Dowager Gao and Empress Xiang glanced at each other, and the two rubbed Empress Dowager Cao's legs left and right, and Empress Dowager Cao moaned comfortably: "Official, are you free?" ”

"Grandmother, if you have something, just tell it, and your grandson will do it." Song Shenzong knew she had something to say.

"It's nothing, if you have time, it's rare for our family to get together, let's have a meal!" Empress Dowager Cao enjoyed this kind of family happiness very much.

"Thank you!" Empress Dowager Gao glanced at Song Shenzong and took the lead in responding.

The next meal was a happy one, Song Shenzong, Empress Dowager Gao, and Empress Xiang served them wholeheartedly, making Empress Dowager Cao laugh happily, and cheering up Song Shenzong: "O Er, this time I plundered and killed more than 73,000 Liao dogs, and my grandmother was very happy!" In the next battle, you let go and fight! You must not fall into the majesty of the Great Song Dynasty! Liao Dog has pressed the Great Song Dynasty for hundreds of years, and the Great Song Dynasty has not raised his eyebrows a few times! If you can kill tens of thousands of Liao dogs again, your grandmother will have no regrets even if she dies! ”

With these words, Song Shenzong's confidence was even stronger.

What made Song Shenzong even happier was that Empress Dowager Cao actually said, "Xu'er, you just stabbed the sky and leaked, and grandmother will also make it up for you!" Some dogs who don't have long eyes think that we orphans and widows are easy to bully, and the old body will let them see if we orphans and widows are so easy to bully! ”

This means that Sima Guang wrote a letter to the Empress Dowager Cao this time, which was actually a big mistake, which made the Empress Dowager Cao annoyed. For the first time in his life, Song Shenzong felt that his heart was so close to Empress Dowager Cao!

Back in Jiying Palace, Song Shenzong summoned Wang Anshi, Lu Huiqing, and Lu Gongzhu and glanced at the three of them. Song Shenzong took out Sima Guang's letter, trembled, and said, "Have you seen clearly? This is a letter written by Sima Guang to his grandmother, saying in vain that I am going to conquer the Liao State, which is nonsense! ”

As soon as Lu Gongzhu heard this, he knew that it was going to be bad. The letter to the Empress Dowager Cao fell into the hands of Song Shenzong, and the intention of the Empress Dowager Cao was already obvious. Empress Dowager Cao was the root cause of opposition to the new law and the biggest backer of the opposition, and Empress Dowager Cao sent a letter to Song Shenzong, which was a major blow to the opposition.

Wang Anshi couldn't help but be overjoyed. In the past, Empress Dowager Cao always defended the opposition, but today's incident is tantamount to a rift between her and the opposition. It's not a break, but it's at least a good start.

"Lu Gongzhu, you and Sima Guang are close, you will go to Henan Mansion and transfer this letter to Sima Guang." Song Shenzong handed the letter to Lu Gongzhu.

Lu Gong was covered in cold sweat, but he didn't dare not accept this mission.

xxxxxx The sky is hazy, and the goose-feather snow is blowing one after another, and it is covered in silver.

In Xiongzhou, on the school ground, the soldiers braved the wind and snow, training, sweating like rain, as if it was a hot day.

Wu Ji and Wang Shao walked side by side, looking at the soldiers who were training, and they were very pleased. Since returning from this captivity, the soldiers have been completely different from before, not only have they become more murderous and much more refined, but more importantly, they can abide by military discipline very well, especially they are willing to train.

In the past, it took a lot of effort to train them. Nowadays, they don't need to say anything, they will take the initiative to train.

The reason for this is obvious, because this captivity has given them a taste of sweetness. As long as you play well, it is not a problem to get promoted and get rich. If you want to play well, you have to train honestly.

Wang Shao raised his head, looked at the overcast sky, and said, "It's already snowing!" Brother Wu, when are you going to do it? ”

"It's so cold in the north! It's snowing time of year again! Wu Ji was quite emotional, and said: "When we do it depends on Yelu Hongji's preparations. Judging from the information obtained so far, Yelu Hongji has not yet mobilized all the troops, and his ordnance, grain and grass have not yet arrived. As a rough estimate, it will take at least a little more than a month. ”

"In such a big war, there are many things to do, and the food, grass and ordnance must be prepared sufficiently." Wang Shao raised his eyebrows and said, "Yelu Hongji is very meticulous and sufficient this time, which shows that the greater his anger, the more bound it is!" Oh, that's so good! In just over a month, it will be the New Year. ”

"My idea is to do it at the time when Yelu Hongji least expects it, only in this way will our chances be the greatest!" Wu Ji pondered.

"When would it be the most unexpected?" Wang Shao frowned, as if he was talking to himself.

"At the moment, I haven't thought that this will require a lot of information before I can judge it!" Wu Ji pondered slightly.

(To be continued)