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The common people have changed from panic, fear, and anger to a more rational understanding of the outbreak of war. They are no longer blindly afraid, but they are gaining awareness of the war through every information channel at their disposal.

More than ten days later, the crisis of the bank has been slowly eliminated, and the news of Song Jun's victory is always reported in the newspapers, but the negative news is deliberately concealed. This made the people full of confidence in victory, and the money began to flow back to the bank.

The negative news was concealed, not that he didn't exist at all, the encirclement of Xin'an's Song army had already shaken the court, the war was like this, one wrong step would have fallen into passivity step by step, if Renzong had sent reinforcements to Xin'an, then the current situation would have been better.

But all the people in the Song Dynasty were deceived by Yelu Hongji's holy decree, and they were tricked by Xiao Da's battle plan. Now the more than 300,000 reinforcements of the Song army are all in Zhendingfu, more than 500 miles away from Xin'an.

Now when you turn around and go to Xin'an, the first thing to consider is not whether the rescue can be successful, but that the more than 200,000 cavalry of the Liao State will definitely not let these reinforcements pass. If Xin'an was broken by the Liao, the Liao troops could easily bypass Ren Fu's defense line and enter the interior of the Great Song Dynasty, and the situation would be worrying.

Renzong couldn't sit still in the court at all, walking back and forth, inspecting the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty with his eyes.

The ministers of the Song Dynasty were different from the ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not dare to say the wrong thing in such a situation, and they were generally some ministers who were afraid and guilty of crimes. But the ministers of the Song Dynasty always dared to speak up, as long as they thought it was right, they dared to say it.

Because of this, the debate is particularly intense. The court was roughly divided into three factions, and the faction led by Xia Zhu believed that it was time to transfer Mu Guiying's army eastward and come to Hejian Mansion to fight a decisive battle with the Liao army. At the same time, let the troops of Zhending Mansion quickly retreat to Bianjing to protect the safety of the Beijing division. It was time for the troops in Goryeo to attack as well, putting some pressure on the Liao to force them to return to their forces.

The faction led by Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi believed that the Liao people were not capable of breaking through Ren Fu's defense line, and that the attack on the Liao people must not be relaxed, and that Mu Guiying's army should sweep through the hinterland of the Liao State according to the original plan.

What's more, Fu Bi and others actually took the initiative to ask Renzong for his life, and once again asked Renzong to allow him to envoy to Liao, and Fu Bi said that he would definitely be able to persuade Liao to withdraw with his three-inch tongue.

No matter what the opinion is, it is like this, the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty came up with the most beneficial solution for the Great Song Dynasty from their own perspective. When faced with danger, these doctors may run away with their legs, but they will never say what they want to say.

Say whatever you want, they can say whatever they want, they put forward their opinions, and the emperor takes the idea, this is the rule of the Song Dynasty. However, the scholar dared to mention that Renzong's hesitation was committed at this critical time.

This decision is related to the fortunes of the country, if the Great Song Dynasty loses this war, then it will not be able to launch a new challenge to the Liao State for more than ten years, or even longer.

Renzong's eyes unconsciously fell on Chen Yuan, who was called to the temple, and Chen Yuan's position was on Fan Zhongyan's side. In his opinion, Fu Bi is simply farting, the Great Song Dynasty has been preparing for a war for several years, more than 700,000 troops on the front line, more than 500,000 troops on the second line, and nearly 400,000 people are training, just because of an unexpected change to seek peace?

Xia Zhu's statement has merit, that is, Bianjing must be defended, this is not to say that he really wants to fight a battle to defend Bianjing, but once Ren Fu really can't stop it, he must give everyone a confidence.

Seeing Renzong's gaze looking at him, Chen Yuan immediately said: "Your Majesty, the holy purpose that asked Marshal Mu to go on the expedition was already there ten days ago, and now if nothing else, Marshal Mu should have already laid down Shunzhou, and at this time, let her change her direction and come to Hejian Mansion to fight a decisive battle with the people of Liao, which is tantamount to twelve gold medals!" ”

Renzong was stunned when he heard this: "Twelve gold medals? ”

Chen Yuan realized that he was in a hurry to say that he had leaked his mouth, and the twelve gold medals were a good thing done by the filial sons and grandsons of Renzong, and it had not happened yet.

"As long as Shunzhou is defeated, Youzhou and Jizhou will be down in a blink of an eye, then the Liao soldiers will continue to want to retreat, and their Yanjing will also be shaken by the army!"

This was Chen Yuan's plan at the beginning, and he didn't want to watch himself and many generals carefully formulate a plan for several years because of a change that was not too serious. But now this plan has been doubted because of the misjudgment of Song Jun's first step.

"Chen Shimei! Hejian Mansion is only more than 1,000 miles away from Bianjing, and the horseshoe of the Liao people will arrive in five or six days, if Bianjing is disturbed by the Liao soldiers, you can't afford to have ten heads! Xia Zhu's beard fluttered up when he said this, and he had never been so angry with anyone since he became the prime minister.

Before becoming Xiangguo, Xia Zhu also despised Lu Yijian, saying that Lao Lu was like a turtle when he was Xiangguo, and it was his turn to be Xiangguo, and some ministers didn't want to get involved in the fight between ministers at all, and he found that he was slowly becoming like a turtle.

Now the tortoise is also going to get angry, because the hooves of the Liao people may step through his tortoise tank. Moreover, Xia Zhu knew that the Liao people did not have the ability to fight a protracted war of attrition in the Great Song Dynasty now, as long as the Song Dynasty could see the move and not seek a quick victory, then the Liao State would lose sooner or later.

In the case of winning by yourself, there is no need to bet against the Liao.

Fu Bi also stood up: "Long live, the minister thinks that now we should negotiate with the Liao State, and take advantage of the fact that the matter has not yet reached the point where it cannot be managed, and turn the war into a jade silk.......

"Shut up!" Renzong roared angrily.

"Nonsense!" Fan Zhongyan almost kicked Fu Bi.

"Don't say anything like that again!" Xia Zhu was also very angry.

The three of them spoke at the same time, and Na Fubi immediately closed his mouth, and hurriedly retreated to his position and stood up again, not daring to say anything again.

Renzong's hesitation was hesitating how to fight, he definitely didn't think about making peace with Liao now. After the three highest-ranking people in the court spoke at the same time, the entire court actually fell into calm in an instant.

Chen Yuan and Xia Zhu thought differently, he didn't want this war to be too tragic, which meant that his work in the past few years had been in vain. Just as he was about to debate with Xia Zhu, a person suddenly stood up in the last position: "Long live Weichen Qijuan, Weichen is willing to envoy to Liao." ”

The Manchu Dynasty was shocked, and I don't know which ignorant descendant dared to propose the matter of sending an envoy to the Liao State at this time. Everyone looked over, only to see Fan Chunyou take two steps forward, and then knelt down: "Weichen is dead, please long live Weichen to envoy to Liao!" ”

Fan Zhongyan looked angry on his face, but it was not good to reprimand anything at this time, Fan Chunyou was not qualified to go to the court, but today the matter was very big, and Renzong broke and allowed some people to go to the palace. Fan Chunyou is the champion of the so-called "shadow examination" for the first time this year, and he is waiting for the alternate prefect.

Renzong's face was pale, but he still had to give Fan Zhongyan some face: "Retreat, I, I never planned to make peace." ”

Fan Chunyou raised his head high and looked up at Renzong: "Long live, the minister has no intention of suing for peace!" The minister thought that the people of Liao were now holding together for the time being because the queen mother married Yelu Zongyuan, but the suspicion in their hearts was still there. This time, the emperor of the Liao State, Yelu Hongji, led the troops to the battle, but there was no movement in Yelu Ngoo, and the minister asked for a holy decree to allow Weichen to go to see Na Yelu Gollu as an envoy of the Great Song Dynasty! ”

As soon as Fan Chunyou's words were finished, Bao Zheng, who had been silent next to him, suddenly looked at Fan Chunyou with bright eyes, and stepped forward: "Long live, the old minister thinks this matter is feasible." ”

Of course, Renzong knew that it was feasible, and the Song Dynasty sent someone to see Yelu Neghulu, and it was done, a good thing. No, Yelu Hongji must be suspicious in his heart. The higher the status of the person sent, the more difficult it is to repair the rift between them.

Fan Chunyou is very suitable, the official of the Great Song Dynasty from Sanpin, the champion of this year's Yin Examination, and Fan Zhongyan's own son. All this is enough to make Yelu Hongji suspect what Yelu Gollum is doing behind his back, and even if Yelu Hongji does not doubt it, Yelu Gollum is afraid that he will suspect it.

But the biggest problem is that Yelu Gollum has the best solution to the problem, which is to kill Fan Chunyou with one sword.

Renzong looked at Fan Zhongyan, who was a little excited on the side, and sighed softly: "Chunyou loyalty, I know." Let's talk about it later. ”

Fan Chunyou didn't get up, his body lowered suddenly, kowtowed and said, "Weichen is dead, please live your favor." ”

"Minister, second." Bao Zheng stood next to Fan Chunyou, but his eyes were staring at Fan Zhongyan again, he knew that the key to this matter was Fan Zhongyan, Renzong saw that Fan Zhongyan was old, and he had served the emperor for so many years, and if Fan Chunyou had any accidents when he was old, he was afraid that he would not be able to hold on.

Fan Zhongyan and Bao Zheng looked at each other for a moment, came to Fan Chunyou's side and knelt down: "Long live, the old minister asks for his life for the dog." ”

Renzong was very moved: "Fan Aiqing! I'm right. ”

Fan Zhongyan raised his head: "Long live, the old minister dares to ask for long live to open the holy grace again, and allow the old minister to lead the troops to Hejian Mansion, if the hooves of the Liao people step on somewhere, the old minister will die and apologize." ”

Looking up again, Fan Zhongyan and Fan Chunyou's eyes were equally firm, the father and son looked at each other, Fan Chunyou only found out at this time that his father was already frost white on his temples, although he was above the main hall, he couldn't help but call softly: "Dad." ”

Fan Zhongyan showed a kind smile at him, and then kowtowed again: "Long live your grace!" ”

Xia Zhu sighed softly, and no longer objected to anything. Dangerous? The father and son have put their lives on the line, and if they want to die first, what else can Xia Zhu say? He can say that Chen Yuan's life can't afford to pay Bianjing, but he can't say anything about Fan Zhongyan.

Renzong was also moved to make up his mind, and he fought according to the previous plan, unchanged, absolutely unchanged! Just as he was about to prepare Fan Zhongyan's script, Bao Zheng suddenly said: "Long live, Lord Fan is loyal and commendable, but after all, he is old, and the minister thinks that the person who commands the army to rescue Hejian Mansion must be a person who can fight well, and must have enough prestige and qualifications. ”

Speaking of this, Bao Zheng paused for a moment, and turned his head to look at Chen Yuan in full view of everyone: "It's best, be younger." ”

Chen Yuan understood from Bao Zheng's eyes that Lao Bao was eyeing himself. The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty also understood that Chen Shimei fought a few battles against the party very beautifully, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he can fight well, and he also has enough prestige in the army, and he is really much younger.

Renzong's eyes also looked over.

Chen Yuan really didn't want to go. I know my own ability, Liu Ping, Di Qing, and Yang Wenguang, who won those battles before. These brothers are not here now, don't you really let yourself kill the enemy with a knife? That's not fun.

But Fan Zhongyan's father and son had already set off the atmosphere so impassionedly just now, under the gaze of everyone, could it be that he suddenly said that his stomach hurts?

Slowly stepped forward: "Long live, Weichen please live." ”

(To be continued)