This news came back and forth for more than half a month, Yuan Yan received the report to fly to Tokyo, and at this time the forbidden army had completed the deployment of troops, Li Chongjin of the Western Route Army had gone south on the 10th of the first month, and Emperor Guo Rong was also making final preparations to carry out a new round of personnel arrangements for the personal conquest again, and issued an edict on October 16:

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When Yuan Yan's news came, the Tokyo monarchs and ministers were taken aback, and Tou Cheng, who had already received Yang Chong's training, would never break his promise again, and the Liao State used this as an excuse to say that it would attack the northwest, and the reason was undoubtedly very ridiculous, and of course it would not say where it was going to fight.

However, on the next day, Zhang Duo, the commander of the Zhangwu Festival in Yanzhou, urgently reported to Beijing, Li Yiyin had a strange move, and recently the town army of Xia Sui and Sizhou was frequently transferred, and Li Yiyin was not only gathering troops, but also recruiting young and strong people on a large scale, as if he was suspected of raising troops to betray. But this is not over, on the same day, Yuan Yan of Zhenzhou delivered an urgent report again, and the Liao army of Youzhou was assembling towards the border, and it seemed that there was an intention to invade the south.

At this time, Guo Rong finally understood that Yang Chongxun's surrender was just an introduction, and the matter in the northwest was not so simple, Li Yiyin had been planning for a long time, and colluded with the Liao State, so he had to issue an edict again, postpone the period of the southern expedition, and urgently summon important ministers to discuss.

On the morning of October 19, Fan Zhen, Wang Pu, Zhang Mei, Dou Yi, Wei Renpu, Wang Pu and other central ministers walked into the Guangdian, and saw that the hall had been newly furnished, no longer empty, there were more bookshelves against the wall, and there were hanging curtains hanging from the ground behind the window, which made the light a little dim, but the curling sandalwood burning in the copper furnace made people feel refreshed, and there was no sense of depression. The screen behind the original table has been replaced by the huge map of the world's territory drawn by Zhang Yue, and Guo Rong is standing under the map with his hands behind his back to watch.

"Take a seat to all the ministers!" Guo Rong waved his hand at the inner servant, and the attendant was Zhao Jianliang, the inner servant, of course he would not do it himself, so he gave the little eunuchs below a look, moved a few low couches wrapped in brocade cushions and placed them behind the ministers, and then retreated by himself.

"The ministers have seen Your Majesty!" Fan Zhen took the lead in saluting, and everyone followed aloud.

"All of you sit down! We all know that the southern expedition must not be abandoned halfway, so let's talk about how to deal with the situation in the north. Guo Rong went straight to the point, had a resolute attitude, and directly explained his plans.

The emperor said directly, and the minister naturally didn't want to talk nonsense, so Fan Zhen said: "Your Majesty! If the Liao army is only to respond to Li Yiyin, it is just that, now it looks at the situation that it is going to invade the south on a large scale, Liu Jun, the lord of the Northern Han Dynasty, will definitely send troops to help the abuse, and Hebei is not safe, then the entire northern defense line will be shaken, and the ministers should gather national strength to deal with the Liao army's southern invasion first, and it will not be too late to conquer Huainan in the next year. ”

Guo Rong did not say anything with a calm face, but Wang Pu, who was familiar with the emperor's words and deeds, still saw that Guo Rong frowned obviously after listening to Fan Zhen's words, obviously disagreeing, so he had a bottom in his heart, and then said: "Your Majesty has issued an edict to postpone the southern expedition, and it is unnecessary to suspend the edict again. ”

"Good! What is the Privy Council's agenda? Guo Rong was concise and to the point, and seemed to have made up his mind to resist the pressure of the southern expedition. Because at this time, the arrow is on the line, the Western Route Army has gone south, and if it stops, it will be a waste of previous efforts, and the Southern Tang Dynasty will inevitably take the opportunity to slow down and make a comeback.

Asked about the privy councillor, Wei Renpu hesitated for a moment, and seemed to be still thinking about how to speak, so Wang Pu replied: "The minister thinks that the Liao army in Youzhou has sent less than 30,000 troops, and Zhenzhou and Cangzhou can deal with it on their own, and Hebei is not in much trouble. On the Hedong side, Yang Tingzhang of Jinzhou was there, echoing the Zhaoyi Army of Luzhou, and it was not a problem to block the 50,000 combined forces of Liao and Han. The only thing to worry about is in the northwest, with Li Yiyin as the internal response, and the Liao army is in the north and south, it is difficult to block it without reinforcements outside the Zhide Wall, and the Yongan army is in danger of annihilation. ”

"What Wenbo said is very true! I also think that the Liao State is just a bluff, if Li Yiyin openly raises troops, I will never allow the betrayal, and the Liao State cannot fail to respond to the provocation, so it is necessary to transfer troops and send generals, but the price of grain in Guanxi remains high, and Wang Jing of Lingzhou and Zhang Duo of Yanzhou have more than enough to defend the land, and if they send troops to help Lin and Fu, they will be a little weak! After reigning for a long time, Guo Rong became more and more experienced, so he continued to throw bricks and lead the problem to a deeper level, so as to get specific rules from the mouths of the ministers.

"Now that there is a shortage of food, the forbidden army cannot be adjusted lightly!" Fan Zhen hurriedly blocked this conversation, so as not to bring it up first. But after thinking about it, if the forbidden army is not adjusted, it can only send troops nearby, it seems that only the Jingnan army that went out to fight in Hehuang at the beginning of the year, and the Lingzhou Shuofang army, Jingzhou Zhangyi army, and Yanzhou Zhangwu army are the most suitable, so he added: "You can use Wang Jing as the commander, and Wang Yanchao of Pizhou as the deputy." ”

Guo Rong nodded, saying that it was acceptable, the old marshal Wang Jing was serious about fighting, and Wang Yanchao was in his forties, and he was in the prime of life, and his ability to command troops was good. Thinking of this, Guo Rong suddenly remembered another fierce general of the same name, named Shi Yanchao, because after the Gaoping War, he went north to Xinkou to block the Liao army, and was punished for taking the enemy lightly.

"Yes! Prepare to prepare an edict, with Wang Jing as the northwest border capital deployment, Wang Yanchao deputy, iron cavalry right wing Shi Yanchao led the Suizhou Assassin History, as the soldiers and horses of the capital of the prison, led 5,000 horse troops to choose a day to go out. Guo Rong officially issued an edict.

Because the forbidden army is not short of horses now, and the eastern part of Huainan is covered with a dense water network, and the west is still a little useful, but it is not necessary to use all the horse army, and there is no pressure to send five thousand horsemen, and there will be gains in the battle with Shi Yan, and it will not embarrass the court.

In fact, Guo Rong also thought of Zhang Yue, but it was a foregone conclusion that everyone else would go south, and he fought in the northwest, and his influence was too strong, so Guo Rong subconsciously ignored it.

Soon, the edict was delivered to Yuan Yan of Zhenzhou, Yang Tingzhang of Jinzhou, and several marshals of Guanxi, which were the closest to Hedong, and it took twelve days to send them to Guanxi, and the situation had already changed.

More than half a month ago, that is, at the end of September, because Linzhou was an enclave, Yang Chongxun sent an envoy to Yanzhou through Yinzhou and Suizhou, so Li Yiyin knew, and he sent someone to inform Yunnei Prefecture to report to Datong Mansion, and after getting a clear response from Yelu Tzulie, he sent his nephew Li Guangyan as the vanguard in early October and led 10,000 soldiers to attack Yanzhou in the east of Lingzhou.

Li Guangyan covered the march all the way, and when he arrived at the northeast border of Yanzhou, he divided his troops to attack, and sent his brother Li Renyi and his subordinate general Xifeng Chongning to lead 3,000 troops to attack Baichi, and led 7,000 troops south to Wuyuan.

And Wang Jing didn't know the news, in recent years, Shuofang has not had much war, it happened that the Yanzhou Assassin Shi Xue had not returned to the Lingzhou Jiedu Governance Office to pay taxes and salt, Li Yiyin also found out, and took advantage of this gap to enter the army, Li Renyi made a surprise attack, and took Baichi County outside the Great Wall in one fell swoop.

A few days after Wang Jing received the report, he quickly sent Xue Chucun to lead his troops back to Yanzhou, and gathered 10,000 troops to go south along the old Great Wall.

At this time, Wang Jing was shocked, and finally realized the seriousness of the situation, quickly mobilized grain and grass, stationed troops on the border of Lingzhou to make long-term combat preparations, and at the same time sent people to report to Qingzhou and Yanzhou, because Yanzhou was lost, Xia Sui's army had opened a gap, blocking Wang Jing in Lingzhou, and could go south at any time to Huan, Qing, and even attack Yanzhou. (To be continued.) )