Zhao Xu's mourning hall is covered with curtains, cigarette smoke, solemn and solemn, Concubine Zhu has been bedridden due to excessive grief, and Queen Liu is also pregnant, fainting twice under grief, and was helped back to the palace; The most is the eldest princess of Kang Guo, kneeling in front of the spirit in a plain body, she has not entered a drop of water for a day and a night, her lips are chapped, her face is as pale as paper, as if she has no soul shell, which makes people feel sad.

Under the arrangement of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, the officials of the sixth grade or above in Beijing and the royal relatives entered the palace in batches to cry and worship the spirits. Officials below the sixth grade who were not allowed to enter the palace gathered outside the Xuande Gate and wept bitterly.

Just when Tokyo was gloomy and bleak and weeping endlessly, Hebei's 800 miles of urgent newspapers were sent to Beijing, and 100,000 Liao troops entered Kou Sanguan! The government and the opposition were in an uproar.

Song Liao was originally a country of brothers, and at the time of the Great Song Dynasty's funeral, the Liao army entered the Kou in a big way, and such unkind and unjust acts aroused great indignation among the government and the opposition, and the sound of weeping was mixed with countless crusades.

In the Wende Palace, Zhao Bi and Empress Liu, the two houses were in charge, and the six ministries and nine secretaries urgently held a court meeting to discuss countermeasures. Yang Yi was also summoned to the palace by Zhao Ru's special order, and many people were surprised that he suddenly appeared in the capital, but now that the military situation is in full swing, no one pays attention to these details.

Fan Chunren, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, first came out and said: "Your Majesty, Empress Shaosheng, the first emperor died, it is not appropriate to move troops lightly during the mourning, and now we should first summon the Liao envoy Xiao Wang, Xiao Xiao, with great righteousness, declare the interests and disadvantages, and prompt the Liao State to strike the army as soon as possible." ”

During the state funeral, according to the convention, there was indeed a saying that troops should not be raised without permission, and Fan Chunren's proposal was echoed by Su Song, Han Wei and others.

As far as the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty is concerned, it is naturally best to have a smooth transition, even if he is as tough as Zhang Dun, he does not want to start a war at this time, he asked Yang Wei, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, to drag Xiao Wang before, just out of consideration for stabilizing the situation.

But now that people have called, do you still have to do it?

After the bead curtain, Empress Liu asked in a calm voice, "What does Zhang Xiang think?" ”

Yang Yi repeatedly warned Empress Liu that everything should be calm, listen to the opinions of some ministers before making a decision, at this time seeing Yang Yi in the palace, inexplicably made her feel at ease, her calm tone, so that the important ministers in the palace were secretly surprised.

Zhang Dian hurriedly stepped out of the column and replied: "The old minister thinks that it is best to declare the interests to the Liao envoy Xiao Wang, and if he can prompt the Liao State to withdraw the army, but I am afraid there is not much hope. Therefore, our court must immediately dispatch troops to strengthen the defense of the three passes and block the Liao army from the country. ”

The privy envoy Xu Jiang immediately went out of his shift, and his attitude on foreign affairs was always very tough, and his opinions were similar to those of Zhang Dan, and he also advocated negotiating with the Liao envoy on the one hand, and strengthening the defense of the three passes on the other.

Yang Yi also understands that now both the old and new parties do not want the war to expand, so they both advocate defense first, as long as the Liao army can be blocked under the three passes, it is a good thing, this is indeed the most in line with the interests of the Great Song Dynasty at present, but the question is will things be so simple?

Inside the bead curtain, Empress Liu asked calmly again, "Yang Yi, what do you think about this?" ”

Empress Liu's question was not abrupt, although Yang Yi was currently only a Zhizhou who was released, but the last time he sent an envoy to Liao, whether it was a civil fight or a martial fight, he suppressed the Liao State, and achieved a great victory in Yishui and reduced the 100,000-year-old coin. Regarding Liao affairs, there are really few people who have more say than him.

Yang Yi replied: "Half a month ago, the Liao State began to increase its troops on the border, and the prime ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee also made preparations in advance, and there should be no loss in the three passes for a while; However, the Liao State took advantage of the fact that our dynasty was still mourning, and would rather bear the name of injustice and brazenly enter the army, which is to tear all the face, and it is absolutely impossible for our dynasty to try to negotiate to prompt the Liao army to withdraw its troops. Unless our dynasty agrees to the unreasonable demand of the Liao State to cut the land and increase the currency.

When the first emperor was in power, he once said that my Great Song Dynasty would not accept any threats! Now that the spirit of the first emperor is not far away, if we seek Gou An by cutting the soil and increasing the currency, then how can the spirit of the first emperor be in the sky?

There is no other way to think of it, our dynasty can only go all out to prepare for the war is the right reason, the Liao State before the increase of troops on the border, originally planned to put pressure on my Great Song Dynasty with the Western Xia, if the minister expected to be good, this war is not limited to Hebei, Hedong, Northwest will soon have a war report, my Great Song Dynasty will face the situation of starting a war with Liaoxia at the same time. ”

Liaoxia entered the palace at the same time, which the important ministers in the palace more or less had guessed, but the war on both sides was too difficult for the Great Song Dynasty to accept, and they all had a trace of luck in their hearts, hoping that things would not reach this level; Now, Yang Yi shattered the last trace of their luck, and everyone's faces, including Zhang Dan, became extremely solemn.

Zhao Xu is in a big way, the situation is in chaos, if there is a war on both sides, what kind of result will be unimaginable, one is not good, the Great Song Dynasty will face the disaster of destroying the country.

"Does Yang Qing have a way to deal with it?" Liu Qingjing's voice was finally mixed with a hint of panic, and it was no wonder that even Emperor Shenzong couldn't withstand a two-sided war, and finally had to accept the blackmail of the Liao State and cede dozens of miles north of Daizhou to the Liao State.

Yang Yi replied loudly: "Your Majesty and Empress Shaosheng don't need to be too anxious, although my Great Song Dynasty may face the danger of a war on both sides, but the tribal rebellion in the north of the Liao State is intensifying, and it is bound to be difficult for the Liao State to attack our dynasty with all its might, and the strength of the Liao army to attack Sanguan this time is less than 100,000, which is the best proof; Our dynasty also stationed no less than 100,000 troops in Hebei, and at the same time there are hundreds of thousands of strong men in armor, as long as they send a good general to control the enemy, the Liao army's strength, even if it is lucky to break through the three passes, is bound to be difficult to penetrate.

However, it is very likely that Western Xia will take this opportunity to raise a whole country's troops to enter the northwest of Kou to avenge the successive defeats in the past two years. The minister thought that our Great Song Dynasty should try to take a defensive position in Hebei at present, and then try to ease the relationship with the Liao State.

In the northwest, as long as the Xia army dared to come, it would resolutely counterattack and beat him to death.

In short, no matter how difficult the situation is, our dynasty must not compromise, and the compromise in exchange is only to steal peace, which will only make Liaoxia gain an inch; Only peace with swords and guns and blood is true peace! ”

Yang Yi's sonorous voice fell, and Zhang Dian immediately said awe-inspiringly: "Yes, my troops in the northwest are not weaker than those of Western Xia, and the Xia army dares to come and attack it!" ”

At present, it is still the New Party that is in control of the political situation, and the New Party cannot give in at this time, otherwise the policy will be incoherent and can only fight! Let's talk about it!

The general strategic policy was quickly determined, and various specific countermeasures were also implemented at a rapid pace, and Yang Wei, the attendant of the Ministry of Rites, continued to be responsible for peace talks with the Liao envoys, and could make appropriate concessions on the New Year's coin, so as to try his best to win the Liao State to strike the army.

At the same time, Ma Bujun commanded Pan Rui to recruit envoys on Hebei Road, and Liu Ying as the supervising army, and flew to Sanguan to take charge of the anti-Liao affairs.

Hedong Road and Northwest Road are fully prepared for war, Zhang Dian is sitting in Tokyo, and Shanling is temporarily replaced by Shangshu Youcheng Cai Bian, and everything will be said after this unprecedented crisis has passed.

As Yang Yi expected, the next day, there was an urgent report from Hedong Road that 40,000 Liao troops had entered Kouyanmen Pass.

On the fourth day, there was an urgent report from the northwest that 300,000 Xia troops had gathered in Yinzhou and Tiandu Mountain and were about to enter the Kou.

For a time, the Great Song Dynasty border was shrouded in a thick cloud of war, and under this heavy pressure, some voices of weakness and compromise immediately appeared in the DPRK and China.

Some people think that they should first agree to the conditions of the Liao State to cede land and increase the currency, and seek the withdrawal of the Liao State. Some said that they would reconcile with the Western Xia again, give the Western Xia New Year's coins according to the original practice, and open the field, in the hope that the Western Xia would give up the original intention of attacking the Great Song Dynasty on both sides with the Liao State.

At the daily court meeting, there are more and more voices seeking compromise and peace. Even Empress Liu was shaken, but fortunately, Yang Yi repeatedly appeased her, and at the same time fought with Zhang Dian at the court meeting. In addition, the privy envoy Xu Jiang is also a hardliner on the outside world, so the situation was temporarily stabilized.

At the time of internal and external troubles, when the whole country was grieving, Liaoxia was unkind and unjust, and the army entered the Kou, which caused panic in the Great Song Dynasty at the same time, aroused the endless grief and indignation of the soldiers and civilians of the Great Song Dynasty.

In the name of Zhao Yi, he ordered the abolition of the Empress Dowager and gave death to Han Jiayan, King Lu'an, Marquis of Huining, and Zhao Guogong, the masterminds of the rebellion, and the waves caused by it were nothing. The Great Song Dynasty is at a threshold of life and death, and at this time, everything is focused on overcoming the difficulties in front of them.

Yang Yi with a few guards, but also flew to the northwest day and night, Liu Qingjing originally wanted to move him to Tianzhang Pavilion to speak, and stay in Beijing in order to ask for advice; This matter was opposed by Su Song, Li Qingchen and Han Wei for different reasons.

It is Zhang Dan, and I also hope that he can return to the northwest for the time being, and join forces with Zhang Kai and others to deal with the upcoming war. In order to be able to repel the Xia army as quickly as possible and break the current crisis of being attacked on both sides.

In desperation, Liu Qingjing had no choice but to let him go back to the northwest.

Unlike when he returned to Beijing, he walked for more than half a month, this time Yang Yi traveled day and night, and it only took three days to rush into the gate of Huanzhou.

At this time, the Xia general Renduo Baozhong led 100,000 Xia troops out of Yinzhou and was storming Mizhi, and the road to Yanyan was in an emergency.

In addition, the Empress Dowager Liang of Western Xia personally led an army of 150,000 to gather in Tiandu Mountain, looking at the three roads of Qinfeng, Jingyuan, and Huanqing, and may move south at any time.

Yang Yi is not there, and the generals of Huanzhou are leaderless, and they are in a hurry. In the past year, Huanzhou has offended Western Xia so badly, who can guarantee that Empress Dowager Liang will not fight Huanzhou again? Hearing that Yang Yi Pegasus had entered the city, Chong Pu and Liu Laohu were the generals for half a time, so they chased them to the government together.

In the chief's hall, Yang Yi looked dusty, patiently listening to Chong Pu and Mei Zhengqing's reports on military and political affairs.

Huanzhou is still relatively calm at present, but the adjacent Yanyan Road is already full of war, and Lu Huiqing ordered the fortified wall to clear the field and shrink the troops in the big city.

In the face of Renduo Baozhong's 100,000 army, Lu Huiqing's strategy is the best policy, but Renduo Baozhong did not go deep this time, but surrounded Mizhi and attacked fiercely, it is obvious that his goal is to recapture Mizhi City first, and then steadily advance.

In the past, there was a war on the Yanyan Road, usually reinforced by the Hedong Road, but now, the 40,000 Liao army is attacking Yanmen Pass, and it is difficult for the Hedong Road to send troops to reinforce the Yanyan Road. Now the only thing that can be counted on is Huanqing Road in the west.

"My lord, Lu Jingluo has already sent people to ask for help twice, Yin Ce has not moved on the grounds that Empress Dowager Liang may attack Huanqing Road, my lord, what should we do?" Last time, Yin Ce made Huanzhou suffer a lot, and Chongpu is now unceremoniously calling him by his name.

Yang Yi's eyes were cold, his fingers tapped lightly on the table, speaking from his heart, Empress Dowager Liang's 150,000 troops gathered in Tiandu Mountain, the movement is unknown, and the number of soldiers on Huanqing Road is only a little more than 30,000, which is the least of all roads.

But what's the matter if you don't save yourself? Once Yanyan Road is breached, wouldn't the adjacent Huanqing Road be even more dangerous?

(To be continued)