In the battle report from the front, Tong Guan avoided the important and light, although he admitted the defeat and retreated, but he did not report his losses in detail, but only deduced that the armies were in chaos, and there were people returning to the camp one after another, which could not be counted. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

He would always emphasize that the establishment of the Western Army was still there, and the military strength had not suffered much damage -- first, he proved that he was still capable of saving the situation, and second, he gave the generals of the Western Army eye medicine, implying that they were unwilling to fight to the death at the beginning, but retreated first, resulting in the defeat of the Hebei Forbidden Army and the Beijing Forbidden Army.

Therefore, whether it is Zhao Ji, Gao Yu, or Cai Jing, who is unwell and hiding at home, they all think that there is still room for redemption in the Northern Expedition, and the worst thing is to give up the states and counties that Zhou Quan sacrificed, return to the original border, and lose more money.

But Tong Guan's third defeat made this most unfortunate even more impossible.

After the two defeats, in fact, Zhao Ji knew that Tong Guan was not the right coach, on the surface he controlled the Western Army for many years, but the generals of the Western Army still did not listen to him, his power in Beijing was intertwined, but when the defeat came, the Beijing Forbidden Army also did not hesitate to abandon him.

As for the Hebei Forbidden Army, everyone didn't have much hope for this force.

At that time, Zhao Ji thought about replacing Tong Guan with the general Seed Master Dao, especially after Li Bangyan reminded that Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, was in danger, he thought about using Tong Guan as the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, sitting in the Daimyo Mansion, and using the Seed Master Dao as the deputy commander to command the front-line troops, so as to not only take care of Tong Guan's face, but also free him from the front-line command that he was not good at.

But it's too late now.

"Tong Guan...... Seed Master Dao...... Misguided country! ”

Before he was completely unconscious, Zhao Gou gritted his teeth and said, completely ignoring Tong Guan is escape, and the seed master Dao was killed.

As soon as he fainted, on the highest peak of Genqiu, everyone who followed him suddenly became in a hurry, and everyone panicked, calling for the imperial doctor, calling for the imperial concubine, and those who were trembling with fear and wanted to find a place to hide.

After a while, I heard an angry shout: "What are you messing with!" ”

Everyone looked over, but they saw Cai Jing on crutches, not angry and arrogant, I don't know when he appeared here!

Recently, Yang Jian has been seriously ill, so he has been by Zhao Ji's side is Li Yan, his name is only one word different from Li Bangyan, but the two have nothing to do with each other. This eunuch's previous reputation was covered up by Liang Shicheng, Tong Guan, Yang Jian, etc., but if you talk about it in detail, he has done every bad thing that the rest of the eunuchs have done.

Although he was not the one who did the most of each of them, he did nothing less.

Li Yan was calling the imperial doctor, and when he saw Cai Jing arrive, he was shocked, this old man was pretending to be sick at home, how could he come out at this time.

Not only him, but also Gao Yu and others present.

Then I heard another light cough: "There can't be chaos in the palace." ”

When they turned around again, they saw Liang Shicheng standing in the shade of the tree, his face calm, and Zhao Ji was helped to the shade by him at some point, and a little eunuch was serving a futon and letting Zhao Ji sit down.

This one has also said that he is unwell recently, because he has a relatively close relationship with Zhou Quan, he has been snubbed by Zhao Ji, and there are rumors in the palace that his holy family has been lost.

But at this time, he also appeared!

Everyone couldn't help but look around, wanting to see if Yang Jian, who was sick, would appear, but they didn't see it this time, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief: It seems that not everyone is pretending to be sick.

"Blockade the palace, you are allowed to enter but not to leave, Captain Gao, you quickly leave the palace, and you are in one place with the Hengban army, don't let people pass the news at will." Cai Jing commanded.

"Li Yan, you keep an eye on the palace maid here, if anyone dares to take a step out of Genyue without following the order, they will be killed immediately!" Liang Shicheng also commanded.

These two were just two words, and suddenly everyone's souls came back, and unconsciously, everyone's panic was gone.

Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng exchanged glances.

Although the two have cooperated and fought, they both know one thing very well, and now is the time for them to come out and clean up the mess.

Previously, because the two of them were too close to Zhou Quan, they were suspected by Zhao Ji, who snubbed Liang Shicheng, and forced Cai Jing to give up power through Cai You. Faced with this situation, the two of them had to retreat for the time being, but now, the time had come to regain the lost ground.

"You waste, you can usually pick the stars and the moon with your mouth full, but at a critical time, you are useless!" Liang Shicheng scolded, and then pointed to a palace envoy: "Wei Hong, you go to the imperial doctor, don't talk nonsense, just talk ...... Well, the official family drank a few more glasses of wine and had a headache. ”

The palace envoy was his cronies, and when he heard the words, he ran away as soon as he slipped away.

"There is Duke Liang in the palace, and the old man will go to the political hall first." Cai Jingdao.

Liang Shicheng nodded, at least at this moment, he and Cai Jing were allies.

When Cai Jing went out, he saw a person dressed as a military attaché, staying in front of the palace gate with a panicked face. Although he is old and dizzy, his memory is not bad, and he sees that this person is Zheyan. Cai Jing grinned, smiled silently, and nodded to Orihiko.

Zhi Yanzhi, who was summoned but stopped in front of the palace, saw Cai Jing nodding to him, and immediately bowed, and his heart was even more frightened.

At the beginning, the palace envoy came to summon him into the palace to play the right game, and he was obviously very eager, but in the blink of an eye, he was not allowed to enter the palace, and even the palace envoy was stopped outside the palace gate. But at the same time, he didn't let people out - the only person who left the palace was Cai Jing.

By the way, didn't Taishi Cai say recently that he couldn't go out if he was unwell, how could he appear in the palace?

He was puzzled, but after a while, someone in the palace hurriedly came out and muttered twice to the palace envoy, the palace envoy's expression changed slightly, and he said to Zheyan: "The official family is tired today, and I am free in the future, so I will summon you again to ask right, and now please go back to the palace first." ”

Zhe Yanzhi is now participating in the military in the Zhiji Pavilion as a courtier, and he was originally called, he knew that it was for the affairs of Hebei, and he prepared a lot of content to sprinkle Yangyang, but now he was sent back, and he lost an opportunity to show himself in front of the Son of Heaven. He felt a little sorry in his heart, and he felt something strange in the palace, so on the way back, he was a little distracted.

It wasn't until someone grabbed his sleeve that he came back to his senses: "Zhao Gong, why are you here?" ”

The person who pulled Zhe Yan's clothes was named Zhao Ding, and he and Zhe Yan were both Jinshi in the Chongning period, and the two had always known each other and had a good relationship. It's just that Zhao Ding is now the Luoyang Order, and it stands to reason that he should stay in Luoyang, but for some reason, he came to the Beijing Division at this time.

A land guard like him is inseparable from his duties.

"I've been resigned, and I'm back in Beijing to be elected." Zhao Ding smiled bitterly.

"How is this possible, you are very good as Luoyang Ling!"

"You know the group of old people in Xijing, as long as they don't like it, they will naturally pick and choose, so I fell from my job." Zhao Ding didn't complain about what happened to him, but then he said: "You just lost your soul, what is the matter?" ”

Zhi Yanzhi was distressed, he knew that Zhao Ding was resourceful, and he told his experience today at the moment, especially mentioning Cai Jing's matter. Zhao Ding was also surprised at the beginning, but when Cai Jing nodded to Zhi Yan at the end, his expression changed.

With Cai Jing's identity, Zheyan is something, even if he carries the name of a Jinshi, but after all, he is a martial artist, Cai Jing can look at him even if he is raised, nodding in greeting......

"It's not good, there is another change in Hebei!" Zhao Ding said in horror: "The news of the defeat ahead...... I'm afraid it's even more serious than the rumors in Beijing! ”

If the country is not facing a crisis, a family like the Zhi family will only be excluded and suspicious, where can it be easy to get the emperor's gift and the prime minister's greetings?

"Moreover, there may be changes in the palace!" Zheyan is not stupid, if there is a real defeat in front and it is passed into the palace, with the temperament of today's officials, how can something not happen in the palace?

It is precisely because there is an accident in the palace that the matter that was originally urgently consulted with him has also been canceled, and it is precisely because of the change in the palace that Cai Jing, who has not come forward for a long time, will suddenly appear in the palace!

"The stakes are high, and we have to do some preparation." Zhao Ding's eyes flashed with a strange light.

"What can we do to prepare?" Zhi Yanzhi didn't think so, one of them was lowly and low, and the other simply quit, what could they do?

"We can't do it, but someone can...... Like, the Prince! ”

Zhao Ding said in a low voice, Zhe Yan felt a pang in his heart, looking at Zhao Ding's expression, something was wrong.

The emperor of the Zhao family, there are already several people who died at a young age, if there is really any accident today, the prince and the king of Yun, who is in charge of the military outside, whoever gets the news first will have an advantage!

"How can I get close to the Prince?" Oriyan immediately shook his head: "We can't see ......"

"We can't see it, but someone can see it, Geng Nanzhong, he is the prince's right concubine!"

Zhe Yanzhi was moved, and through Geng Nanzhong, he contacted the prince, if this matter is successful, they will be great heroes, the wealth of the Zhe family, and his personal future will be guaranteed for decades. But then he thought, what if it doesn't work?

After Zhao Ding left his post, the matter in front of him became an opportunity for him, and he would do his best to seize it, but should he do this?

Before he could make a decision, suddenly, he heard a bang in front of him, and then, I don't know how many people ran in one direction.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Ding paused: "It's late!" ”

But then he was stunned again: "Where is that over there?" ”

"But it's the place of the Donghai Chamber of Commerce, and there's always a bustle over there...... No, stop someone and ask! "Orihiko reacts more slowly.

Soon they knew why.

The Great Song Dynasty lost three battles in a row, the front line was defeated, the 300,000 Northern Expeditionary Army had been wiped out, and even the Western Army's veteran generals had died under the artillery!

Yes, die under artillery!

Kyochu was still thinking about keeping the secret of the defeat at the front and trying to redeem a little, but some people were already in a hurry to shirk the responsibility and blame the artillery for the defeat at the front, and then ......

The blame is attributed to Zhou Quan, who "sent" the artillery to the Liao! (To be continued.) )