"What about Hangzhou?" Zhao Zhen asked.

At this time, the news is unknown, Yuan Hao can break through the thirty-six villages of Jinming in one day, Liu Ping's whole army is annihilated, and it will take two or three days to get from Yanzhou to the capital with the fastest urgent report, God knows what will happen in these two or three days?

Zheng Lang has shown enough magic, is one of the most important boards in the future of the Song Dynasty, and is fiercely loyal to himself and the country, such a courtier, Zhao Zhen is still reluctant to take any danger in his heart.

But Zheng Lang had already made up his mind, and said: "There are two things for the minister to go to Yanzhou, one is that I don't know the real situation ahead, in the capital, or in Hangzhou, it's just a fantasy, we don't have the ability of Taizu, and many times the fantasy here is on paper." The minister wants to go and see it for himself. ”

Many ministers bowed their heads.

In one sentence, it is precisely that most of these bigwigs are dreaming and talking.

Zheng Lang praised Zhao Kuangyin, a very amazing person, after he became the emperor, he couldn't personally lead the army to fight, so he sat in Beijing to command, and before the army was launched, he told you how to fight, and there was almost no mistake.

But Zhao Kuangyin is a genius in the sky, and he has been in the army for many years and has rich combat experience. Is it comparable to these ministers who grew up in a hotbed?

Later, Song Taizong studied, Song Zhenzong studied, and all the tigers were not anti-dogs, and the most smelly one was the big array placed by Song Zhenzong.

In fact, many truths are interconnected, for example, Zheng Lang went to a state, before making a decision, he had to carefully examine it, and in the art of war, it was said that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent and winning a hundred battles were all about the same meaning.

Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly.

He is a reasonable emperor, and he treats the descendants of Zhao Kuangyin very favorably, and so does Song Zhenzong, but Zhao Zhen did it more thoroughly, and even acquiesced to the rumors that there were candlelight axes among the people.

He did not deny Song Taizu, and Zheng Lang's words were not to mock his father, what he really meant was that laymen should not point fingers at the front-line war.

Zheng Lang continued: "Secondly, the minister examines the real reason for the defeat in the northwest. But the minister will not stay long, after the investigation, the minister immediately returned to Beijing, although delayed for some time, the minister has already written to Li Yantong to judge, made some arrangements. After returning from Yanzhou, I rode down to Hangzhou, and the time was in time. ”

Zhao Zhen was silent.

A gust of wind blew, and suddenly there was a layer of mist in Zhao Zhen's eyes.

Zheng Lang went to Yanzhou to inquire about the truth, there is no doubt about his ability, but there is danger, and he is in such a hurry, even Zhang Shixun can't keep a sound.

After a while, Zhao Zhen said, "Accurate." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister still has a advice, if the battle of Sanchuankou, Liu Ping is not surrendering, but like Kang Bao, please allow the minister to cry on behalf of His Majesty."

Zhao Zhen's hand holding the dragon chair trembled violently, it was not that Zheng Lang was asking too much, it was that he thought of another terrible thing. After a moment of silence, Zhao Zhen asked, "How likely is it?" ”

"Before the truth is revealed, the minister does not dare to say, but the minister believes that the soldiers in front of him are loyal to His Majesty and the country."

"Song Zhen, for me to draw up a decree, Zheng Lang Zhiyan Lu to pacify the prison envoy (in charge of military affairs and prisons, it is a temporary post, after Zheng Lang returns to Beijing, the authority of this post will be automatically eliminated), and those who delay the state affairs this time will be arrested in the capital, and if there are those who resist, they will be killed."

No matter if it's spring, as long as you resist, you will be killed!

It is not aimed at Fan Yonglai, but against Huang Dehe and the civilian and military generals who colluded. Because Zhao Zhen thought of a terrible truth, lying about the military situation, it was still the military situation of the most important battle in more than 20 years, if he sat idly by, it would have extremely serious consequences.

Of course, it is also an edict issued by Zhao Zhen under the condition of anger and indignation.

Song Zhen frowned, but at this time, he was also derelict in his duties, and he didn't dare to make a sound, so he quickly prepared the edict and handed it over to Zheng Lang.

Zhao Zhen glanced at the black courtiers below, and said weakly: "Disperse, disperse." ”

The tone was full of powerlessness and disappointment.

At this time, he still didn't understand that his enemy was not the incompetence of the Manchu ministers, nor Zhao Kuangyin, but his master of chemistry grandfather Zhao Kuangyi.

……

Jiang Xing'er and Si'er cried like tears.

Zheng Lang came back yesterday and appeased him for a long time, but in fact, he didn't have a hundred thousand in his heart.

Fan Yong said in Yanzhou that there were many roads in Western Xia that could attack Yanzhou, but this is not an exaggeration. The Western Xia occupied Hengshan and Liupan Mountains, and according to the condescending position, the Song army could only be on the defensive.

The checkpoints are losing their role, except for some places where there are really big mountains and big Shaanxi, like Tongguan, the status of the checkpoints still exists, and many checkpoints in other places are gradually losing their role. This is also a fact that Zheng Lang discovered when he came to the Song Dynasty.

In the past, there were few people, there were continuous swamps and vast forests everywhere, impassable, there were few roads, and a checkpoint was immediately impassable, and the status of the checkpoint was prominent. Therefore, looking at the history books in the past, there are many battles of this pass and that battle. However, by the Song Dynasty, the population was dense, and many places were swamped and large forests were developed, and most of the checkpoints were losing their role. For example, if Wu Zixu goes to Jiangdong at this time, do you have to go to Zhaoguan? Go around, and the state passes, including the mountains, the Wuwei army also passes, and all roads lead to Rome. Why bother with gray hair?

Therefore, after the Song Dynasty, there were fewer and fewer battles at checkpoints.

Unless, like Yang Liulang, a green Great Wall was forcibly planted with dense forests and thorns in Sanguan, Hebei. But when the real war came, the green walls didn't seem to do much.

Therefore, after the 36 villages of Jinming and Tumen were turned into ashes, the entire Yanzhou was like a huge sieve, and Yuan Hao could fight as much as he wanted.

Let Liu Ping kill the cold, Yuan Hao wants to go back to recover his vitality. But what if he doesn't recover and continues to wage war?

This is Zheng Lang's rational analysis.

But the people in the capital didn't think so, because Zheng Lang was going to the northwest, which suddenly attracted the attention of the people in the capital, and the war situation in the northwest spread quickly.

At least at present, almost everyone in the capital does not know the exact situation in the northwest, and it may not even be clear to Fan Yong, who is on the front line. The people all thought that it was very dangerous for Zheng Lang to go to the northwest at this time.

Zheng Lang comforted for a long time, and the two women were a little relieved, but this morning they cried again when they heard the discussion of the people.

"You don't believe me?"

"Woo ......"

"I can walk on the surface of the lake with lotus leaves, and I can let the four King Kongs carry a giant mantle, what can I do with Li Yuanhao?"

"You're a liar," Si'er said.

"You also have the ability to deceive people, see if so many great monks have uncovered my tricks. Maybe I can make a trick in the northwest and make this Yuan Hao surrender obediently. Don't cry, Xing'er, you are still pregnant, and you may be a boy, the eldest son of the Zheng family. Crying hurts the body, and it can also hurt the child in the belly. ”

Jiang Xing'er didn't dare to cry, but her face was full of sadness.

"Be obedient, I will come back in a month at most, or twenty days at least, so many affairs in Hangzhou will have to wait for me to deal with them, and I don't dare to delay."

"Half a month."

"Half a month, unless I can grow wings to fly."

"Then you make a trick and fly back with wings."

"I ......"

"Official, you must be able to conjure it up," Si'er's eyes lit up.

"You ......"

Zheng Lang made them speechless.

There was the sound of horses' hooves outside, and Yang Wenguang came over with the soldiers of the eighth battalion of the Xiao Cavalry.

The Xiao cavalry army has a total of 23 commands, that is, the folk call 23 battalions, according to the regulations, each battalion is full of 500 people, but the war horses are insufficient, and each battalion of the Xiao cavalry army has an average of only about 200 people. However, the Xiao Cavalry and the Flying Warrior are both among the bravest armies in the capital, and the selected cavalry children will be brave. The eighth battalion has a total of 300 people, and it is also the most combat-effective battalion in the cavalry.

This combat effectiveness refers to the results of training in peacetime, and it is difficult to say when you go to the battlefield.

But it is already the best army in the capital, which shows that Zhao Zhen attaches great importance to Zheng Lang.

Yang Wenguang also jumped into the dragon gate because of Zheng Lang's recommendation, and was promoted from a small squad to the commander of the eighth battalion.

Zheng Lang patted the hands of the two women and said, "Don't worry, how about I write a letter to you every three days?" ”

"Definitely," Jiang Xing'er said.

Can't linger anymore, Zheng Lang came out and looked at it, the three hundred people were all big men, and they were very energetic on war horses, but these children of the capital ...... Zheng Lang was still a little skeptical. But he didn't doubt the young man in the lead.

At this time, Yang Wenguang was very young and lacked combat experience, but he couldn't do it anymore, he was better than an ordinary general.

Suddenly, Zheng Lang stared at a person, his eyes stunned.

Yang Wenguang got off the war horse, timidly came to Zheng Lang and said: "That's my wife, she is brave and fierce, and she won't be a burden." ”

The military discipline of the Song Dynasty was lax, and in order to satisfy the empty ** of the soldiers, the military camp openly set up a military record, and it was not considered to bring a family member. But Zheng Lang is different from others, Yang Wenguang is still worried that Zheng Lang will be angry. The Yang family will be able to fool future generations, but at this time, they can't fool the Song people.

Looking at this young woman with full body armor, dressed as a man, and a heroic posture, Zheng Lang suddenly laughed.

For this Murong clan, there is only one sentence recorded in the historical documents, Yan Zhaozi Wenguang, married Murong clan, and is good at fighting.

However, when Zheng Lang was talking to Yang Wenguang last night, he heard the origin of the Murong clan through side knocks. Murong is from the Huanzhou Mu family of the Dangxiang clan, because the Dangxiang people are Xianbei species, the pronunciation is different from the Central Plains people, and they are wrapped in many things, so the Central Plains people are called the Mu family, and they do not see the Rong word.

This is a huge tribe in the northwest, and has the same status as the Fengzhou Wang family, the Suizhou Gao family, the Yanzhou Yang family, and the Fuzhou Zhejia family. This clan is not only related to the Yang family, but also to the Zhe family, and even maintains close relations with the Western Xia and Song dynasties. In the front, the Mu family assisted the Song Dynasty, and later both sides fell.

In addition, the women of the party are very strong, some women take their maidservants to rob salt, and some women play an important role in the army.

Therefore, Zheng Lang believed this account.

Not all the women of the Murong family are called good at fighting, such as another daughter-in-law of the Yang family, Yang Qi's wife Murong did not receive this good name.

No matter how good he is, Yang Wenguang himself has never fought any battles, let alone his wife.

Therefore, no important deeds are recorded in the history books.

Zheng Lang thought in his heart, will he let me guide her and make her become the real Mu Guiying.

That's impossible, Mu Guiying is too awesome, far from the height that this Murong clan can reach.

However, her role may be better than that of most of these three hundred people, otherwise Yang Wenguang would not have said this. So he said, "Just take it." ”

"Thank you, pacifying envoy." Yang Wenguang said happily.

Zheng Lang looked at his happy appearance, a little miserable, and thought silently in his heart, he didn't want to, he couldn't think about it.

"Brother Kuanfu, let's go," Zheng Lang said.

Wen Yanbo is not good at riding, and Zheng Lang is not good at riding, but he can barely ride a horse and trot, which can speed up. Zheng Lang was in a hurry to return to Hangzhou, and the imperial court was also anxious to wait for their news.

If you want to be fast, you have to ride a horse.

Just as they were about to leave, suddenly a large group of people came in the distance, seeing them off.

Zheng Lang's backbone and loyalty touched many ministers.

Although Zheng Lang was also defeated, unlike the gentlemen's party who were defeated for the sake of defeat, his defeat was just to do things, balancing left and right, regardless of party affiliation, and it may not be beneficial in the long run, but not many people hold grudges at the moment.

Zheng Lang admonished many times, no one took it as a thing, and now it has been realized one by one, if it is replaced by Han Qi, there will be a ten-level earthquake in the court yesterday, but Zheng Lang didn't say anything, just said that I was going to the northwest. There were some people who were also ashamed, including the loyal Song Zhen.

This trip to the northwest also touched the hearts of many people. Especially a few ministers, they are still waiting for Zheng Lang to come back and get ideas.

So this time Zheng Lang left the capital, and many ministers rushed to see him off, which was far more sensational than Fan Zhongyan's three demotion of officials.

Zheng Lang and Wen Yanbo had no choice but to dismount and greet each other one by one.

Coming to Fu Bi, Fu Bi said: "Xingzhi, the world is very romantic, Xiwen, Zhigui and you will each take three points from today." ”

"Rich brother, this is wrong, today's very amorous, Your Majesty takes five points, without Your Majesty's generosity, what are we?"

Fu Bi was speechless, Zheng Lang had criticized the emperor, and he had also criticized the emperor, and what he said seemed to be very excessive, but how did the emperor use the two of himself?

"Rich brother, there are still five points in the blood-stained land of Sanchuankou."

"Captain Liu didn't surrender?"

"You'll find out in a few days."

Suddenly, more smoke and dust rose in the distance, and after a while, I heard a shout: "Your Majesty has arrived." ”

Zheng Lang was stunned, and then relieved, Shi Wen Yanbo went to the northwest to investigate, that was the news, and even Huang Dehe asked Fan Yong to impeach him for his crimes, and Zhang Zongzhi, the governor of Yanzhou, was arrested, so he went to the northwest. Ten days earlier and ten days later, the surname quality is completely different.

But he was still honestly afraid, this was not in the palace, send it off, send it to the gate, see it off. Yan Ji Inn is out of the city, what does this send-off mean?

Holy Grace?

Or a heavy baggage?

Hurriedly stepped forward with Wen Yanbo, Zhao Zhen walked out of the jade chariot, looked at Zheng Lang, and said: "Zheng Qing, you must be careful when you go to the northwest, if Yuan Hao's soldiers do not retreat, you will stay in Jingzhao Mansion or Tongzhou." I want you to come back alive, come back alive and in peace. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister knows the measure."

"Remember, you can't be rash," Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen was a little ashamed and a little moved, and actually grabbed Zheng Lang's hand and shook it three times.

"Your Majesty treats his ministers like this, he wants to be Wu Qi."

This sentence is a bit rude, and it is even more inexplicable, but Zhao Zhen understands, he thought of Zheng Lang's words on the small note yesterday, and suddenly smiled: "Zheng Qing, I am not Wu Qi, I just want you to live, and more people live safely." ”

"Your Majesty......" Zheng Lang was moved.

"If it's true...... Wept and apologized to the martyrs. ”

"Obey."

"Go ahead."

But the hands of the two did not let go immediately, staring at each other, Zheng Lang's eyes were a little wet, and Zhao Zhen's eyes were also a little wet.

Jiang Xing'er looked at them, she forgot her sorrow, what else can an official say if he can let the emperor treat him like this?

"The minister is gone, Your Majesty, don't worry about the affairs of the northwest for the time being, wait for the minister's performance."

"Hmm."

Zheng Lang got on the horse, looked at the northwest direction, and thought in his heart that at this time, the northwest wind was blowing in Yanzhou, or the southeast wind.

After thinking about it, he shouted, "Let's go." ”

In the blink of an eye, more than 300 people left the Yanji Inn and disappeared into the distance.

Where did Zhao Zhen stand silently, looking at the ...... for a long time