When Zhao Ji went to court today, he didn't reward these heroes, everyone didn't mention it, and Gao Yu didn't mention it, he didn't want to be angry.

Now Zhao Ji asked, but Gao Yu had to answer.

"The minister thinks that he can give a proper reward to Gonggong Tong, as for Zhou Yi's words, he still needs to go through more experience." Gao Yu replied without hesitation that this kind of answer was not difficult for him at all.

Zhao Ji was slightly surprised and said, "Why do you say that?" ”

Gao Yu said: "Now that Zhou Yi is less than twenty years old, he has become a prefect, how many people have been promoted so quickly since ancient times?" Even if he is the champion, even if his articles are excellent, he should be gradual and cultivated well, otherwise it will be a killing, and the gains outweigh the losses. It's better to wait for him to accumulate more military merits, so that his prefect can live up to his name, and then when it comes to discussing his official position, no one will gossip. ”

Zhao Ji thought about it for a while, and he said: "Aiqing has a point, I don't know what Aiqing has any suggestions?" ”

"Your Highness, this is a kind of local wine that I just brought back from my hometown, it has a unique flavor, come and try it." Gao Yu changed the topic and said, he will never participate in this kind of thing, his idea is that he can try to let Zhou Yi go further and realize his ideals, then it will be fine.

Zhao Ji naturally knew what he meant, and when it came to their level, the words would not be explained.

The two drank for a while, Zhao Ji drove back to the palace, Gao Yu sent him out, and when he came home, he couldn't help smacking his lips and said, "Get promoted, let's get promoted, I want to see how big this dead eunuch can be promoted." ”

In fact, Zhao Ji also asked Cai Jing before. His statement is similar to Gao Yu. This made Zhao Ji very helpless.

The next morning. The first thing is to announce the commendation of Tong Guan and others. Tong Guan plus Taifu, Jing Guogong, Zhou Yi rewarded one hundred taels of gold and a thousand horses of silk.

This reward caused controversy among everyone, and the focus of the controversy was Tong Guan's official position, giving a eunuch a knighthood, which was the first time in the world, and no one would accept it, but let other officials make noise. Cai Jing and Gao Yu both chose to remain silent.

Without the support of these two largest officials, the words of those people at the next level would naturally not be adopted by Zhao Ji, and the reward was thus determined. The edict was drafted by the Zhongshu Province, and after the Menxia Province read it, it was promulgated by the Shangshu Province.

Let's talk about Zhou Yi, in fact, his enthusiasm for official positions has slowly cooled down, and as Gao Yu thought, he has no foundation, no connections, and no fame now. If you climb too high, you only need to make a small mistake. It is possible that someone will seize the opportunity to make a big fuss and fall to pieces. And the reward of gold and silver is his favorite, life in the world, the word food and clothing, food and clothing cost money.

Tong Guanjia Taifu and Jing Guogong were not shocked by Zhou Yi, after all, they already knew how awesome this eunuch was in their previous lives, and this time it was just to witness him running all the way to the awesome.

But the officials below are different, the Duke of Jingguo, the most awesome existence in the fifth rank of the prince and uncle. He created history, it turns out that a guy who doesn't have a little Ding Ding can also be knighted.

For this reward, Tong Guan is still a little excited, Taifu or something, it is all the accumulation of quantity, and there are already many, many titles like that on his body, so one more is not more, and one less is not less. But the Duke of Jing is different, generally speaking, what is the prince and what the Hou is a reward for the emperor's relatives, or it is a very powerful person, for example, the military general is very powerful and the prince of Zhenguo, he Tong Guan is just a eunuch, there is no existence of Xiao Ding Ding, and today he is also a prince, very powerful, no ancients.

The edict of the official family and the 100,000-strong army came to Ulju City, and it was already twenty days before the Battle of Weizhou. The two armies joined forces, and the strength of the troops reached more than 250,000, which is a very large number. As the strategic appeasement envoy of such an army, Zhou Yi felt that he couldn't stop when he was busy. Fortunately, Tang Wuyi and other three subordinates did their best to help him, otherwise he estimated that he would go crazy.

Now that the morale of the Great Song Dynasty army is flourishing, the soldiers are strong and strong, and it is the peak state, Zhou Yi will naturally not be satisfied with just a small Ulzhou city, he has already taken Lingqiu, won Ulzhou, and has completed most of the one-line strategy he said, and this one-line strategy is in the case that he did not expect the imperial court to increase troops, and now Zhou Yi has decided to return the entire territory of Ulzhou to the Great Song Dynasty.

Seogyeong-do has the widest area among units of the same level, including eight state-level units including Ulju Shuozhou Datong Prefecture. The area of Ulju is only a little larger than that of Yingzhou, and it is estimated that it is not even comparable to Shuozhou. Rao is like this, Zhou Yi's task is still very arduous, in addition to Ulzhou City, if you want to occupy the entire territory of Ulzhou, you must also lay down Laiyuan County, Guangling County, Lingxian County, and Anding County. Among them, the seat of Lingxian County is Ulzhou City, which has been occupied by Zhou Yi, so he decided to order the whole army to go to Guangling in the northwest of Ulzhou.

Guangling County is located at the northern end of Taihang Mountain, at the eastern foot of Hengshan Mountain, and is the northeast gateway of Shanxi Province. It belongs to the tail edge area of the hinterland of the Hengshan Mountains of the Taihang Mountain System, the terrain is half-mountain and half-river, and the Huliu River flows south through Anding County and Ulzhou from Shunsheng, which is handed over by Ulzhou and Datong Province, and ends in the northwest of Guangling.

These counties and regions seem to be built on water, and Zhou Yi even wants to directly organize a water division.

Guangling County is about ninety miles away from Ulzhou, such a short distance, Zhou Yi led the army to walk for two days to arrive, which shows that the speed is not fast. 50,000 people guarded Ulzhou to prevent the Liao army from counterattacking, and the troops brought to Guangling County were 200,000, as many as they fought in Ulzhou.

The news of the 200,000-strong army attacking Guangling County had already spread when Zhou Yi and the others set off, which was deliberately revealed by Zhou Yi. A small Guangling County, not even as good as Lingqiu, in the face of 200,000 troops, the nervous mood can be imagined. Those who guarded the city and the generals and the county orders and the like were almost sleepless at night.

And with such a short distance, it is impossible for the army of Datong Mansion or the army of Xijin Mansion to reinforce here in a short time.

The news that Ulzhou was captured by the Song army in one day has already spread, and I heard that the legendary Song army is about to attack itself now, these people in Guangling County are the same as Lingqiu before, most of the officials chose to run away, and the people entered the city early, and then the city gate was closed.

All in all, when the Song army arrived in Guangling County, they didn't see a single cow along the way, and these people living outside the city took refuge in the city, and if they fought a war, they could also serve as a fighting force when necessary.

Outside the city, Zhou Yi rode a horse and sat in the front position, majestic, and then looked at Tong Guan, he actually found a big sedan chair and followed Zhou Yi leisurely. This made Zhou Yi itch with hatred, but he was helpless, who made the family Jing Guogong.

On the city wall, the Liao army was like a great enemy, and the bows and arrows had already been aimed at these Song troops outside the city, as long as they dared to act rashly, they would immediately kill without hesitation. Although there were a lot of Song troops outside, they didn't seem to care about these factors.

Of course, this is just what Zhou Yi saw on the surface, but in fact, the county government of Guangling County has already been turned upside down. Yesterday, I got the news that Zhou Yi was about to lead an army of 200,000 to come to conquer, and the county commander Su Baolu fainted on the spot, this Song army is not ordinarily powerful, not only captured Ulzhou City in one day, but also killed 100,000 Liao troops in one day, which is second only to Bai Qi, who killed 300,000 troops in the year, and now this killing god has come to Guangling County, it's amazing.

Finally rescued Su Baolu, and then saw that his whole person was already in a trance, he had been an official for more than ten years, and he was comfortable in this county commander's position, and he never thought that he would one day need to face the pressure of 200,000 troops, and today such a situation suddenly appeared, and the powerful amount of information was no longer something that his head could handle.

He frantically begged for help, he wanted to keep his name, the money he had earned over the years had not been spent yet, and he didn't want to have no chance to spend money on his practice.

But when he saw that the county magistrate, the chief bookkeeper, and the warden in the county were all packing up and preparing to escape as soon as possible, he also felt that this city was not his own city anyway, why did he still have to stay here to face the impending killing and death?

So, in the face of the rout of these people, he said nothing, and did not choose to keep them. He walked out of his study, walked out of the county office, looked at the panicked people coming and going on the street, and suddenly laughed.

Once the war starts, the people will be the most hurt group, he Su Paul thinks that he is not a good official, but he is only greedy for money, but the people's lives are never disturbed, which is already very good.

Perhaps, it is also a good choice to avoid fighting.

He already knew his choice, he turned around and went to the county office to put all the materials into the fire and burn them, and then after confirming that there was nothing missing, he returned home with precious calligraphy and paintings, and then the family rode in a carriage and left before Zhou Yi surrounded Guangling County.

The general of the county led the soldiers to defend on the city wall, and he felt that this was his duty, the so-called in his position, seeking his government, since he was the general, he had to take the responsibility of defending the city.

After arranging all the troops, he went to the county government to find Su Baolu and prepared to discuss the strategy of dealing with the Song army. But when he came to the county office, the entire yamen had already been empty, and the picture of the tiger descending the mountain in the main hall was gone.

He sat down on the ground at once, and seemed to have lost all his strength, and then, with a sigh, he took out a strip of white cloth from the county office, and walked in the direction of the city wall. (To be continued......)