It is said that Xiao Yunjin finally broke out of the Sanguan battlefield and ran for fifty or sixty miles overnight before stopping to rest. At this time, Xiao Xiaoxian, who was the first to run away, didn't know where to come out, and acted in a bitter scene in front of Xiao Yunjin, not only won Xiao Yunjin's understanding, but also took advantage of her weakness when she was in danger and captured her further trust.

However, when Xiao Yunjin and Xiao Xiaoxian were on their way home with 50,000 defeated troops, Yelu Zongzhen's big trouble in the court was also spread by the eyeliner arranged by her. Hearing this news, the two of them threw down the remaining 10,000 infantry and rushed towards Shangjing with 40,000 cavalry, wanting to encircle Yelu Zongzhen while his foothold was not stable.

It's a pity that God sometimes likes to backfire on people, and although Xiao Yunjin is desperately hurrying, he is still a step slower. Yelu Zongzhen had already taken advantage of the past few days to gain the loyalty of the guards and several Qinwang troops through a series of rewards and preferential treatment policies, and gathered no less than 200,000 troops around Shangjing.

This can't be blamed on the fact that the real children of Yelu Sect made a fuss, they were all psychologically shadowed by their mother, and they were afraid that their mother would know that he was disobedient in the house, so they would give up the war and come back to smoke themselves. From the beginning to the end, he didn't believe that his wife would defeat the battle with 200,000 troops, and even when Ujie Kaza went to discuss with him, he only thought that Ujie Moxi was unlucky. However, under the temptation of pro-government, he still agreed to Ujiekaza's plan.

Therefore, as soon as he came to power, the first thing he did was to attract a large number of troops to prevent the old lady from coming back to settle accounts.

However, when he did this, he was stunned by Xiao Yunjin, who hurried back in a hurry, and saw that those "loyal" subordinates in the past turned against each other and threw themselves into the arms of her son, she also wanted to cry without tears. This is not over, the Xiao Xiaoxian beside her is a handsome man who understands current affairs, and decisively chose to abandon the dark and turn to the light, and added a series of three major crimes to her, such as disadvantage in battle, loss of labor and money, loss of power and humiliation of the country.

Faced with this embattled and scattered situation, Xiao Yunjin could only obediently obey the "public opinion" and officially return to power with Yelu Zongzhen, and from then on he just wanted to be his own queen mother quietly.

Yelu Zongzhen also learned a lesson this time, and did not become complacent because the old lady admitted defeat, but seized the time to remove all the minions of the old lady and vigorously promoted his own power. In this incident, the one who benefited the most was definitely Yelu Zongzhen, and the position of the second child fell to the head of the original Zhongshu Ling Xiao Pu. Yelu Zongzhen had a good impression of him because he dared to speak when his wife was in power, and Xiao Pu also played a pivotal role in his pro-government plan, so Yelu Zongzhen put him in the position of the Northern Minister, which can be described as a very popular minister.

In addition, Wujie Kaza and his son also got their wish to increase their official ranks, and even Xiao Xiaoxian was promoted to become the king of the North Courtyard because of his knowledge of current affairs.

Due to the coup d'état in Liao, Yelu Zongzhen has not had time to deal with Li Yuanhao's envoy. After this delay, the envoys sent by Li Yuanhao to the Song State also hurried back to Western Xia and reported the attitude of the Song State to Wang Qiu.

So, Wang Qiu found Li Yuanhao again, and it was rare that this time Li Yuanhao did not exercise, but was watching something intently.

Wang Qiu leaned up, glanced at the things on Li Yuanhao's table, and asked, "Your Majesty, what are you doing with this map?" ”

Li Yuanhao sighed: "Alas! Song Liao has such a wide territory, our territory is a bit small compared to them! I was wondering how I could get more territory. ”

Wang Qiu put a pile of paper in front of Li Yuanhao: "Your Majesty, this matter will be said in the future, you better take a look at this thing first!" ”

"What's that?" Li Yuanhao looked at Wang Qiu obliquely.

Wang Qiu picked up the first one: "Your Majesty, this is a reply from the Song Kingdom, expressing opposition to your claim to be the emperor, and threatening us with force!" ”

Li Yuanhao: "Phew! I think the little emperor of the Song Kingdom has a broken brain! Didn't they fight with the Great Liao Kingdom? And the heart to threaten us! ”

Wang Qiu picked up the second one again: "Your Majesty, here's the problem!" Look at this information, this is the envoy we sent to obtain from the Song State, saying that the Song Liao War ended half a month ago, and the Song State killed and captured 150,000 Liao troops at the cost of 5,000 losses......"

"! ! Li Yuanhao is a person who has been in battle for a long time, and when he heard Wang Qiu's exaggerated statement, he interrupted unceremoniously: "I see that the Emperor of the Song Kingdom is crazy, this cow dares to blow, and he is not afraid of blowing the cowhide out!" ”

Wang Qiu said weakly: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that this time the Emperor of the Song Kingdom really didn't brag or brag!" ”

"What do you mean?" Li Yuanhao looked at him and said that his brain was a little insufficient.

Wang Qiu: "Back to the emperor, the minister synthesized the information collected by the envoys of the Song State, combined with the news from the envoys of the Liao State, the Liao State was indeed defeated this time, and it was defeated very badly!" It is precisely because of this incident that there is also chaos in the Liao State, and it seems that the emperor of the Liao State took the opportunity to wrestle with his wife, so he didn't have time to pay attention to the envoy we sent. ”

Li Yuanhao opened his mouth wide: "The 200,000 elites of the Liao State are defeated like this?" How many troops does the Song Kingdom have to send! ”

"According to the information obtained by the minister, the Song army only sent 200,000 troops this time, and it only took half a month to defeat the Liao army." Wang Qiu said faintly on the side.

Grunt!

Li Yuanhao swallowed his saliva unconsciously: "When did Song Guo become so violent?" Could it be that they are all beaten with chicken blood! ”

Wang Qiu didn't answer directly, but asked, "Your Majesty, do you remember the field army that Emperor Song made when he was a child?" ”

"Of course I do!" Li Yuanhao said solemnly: "Isn't it the unit that plays the repeater!" In other words, I suffered the loss of their crossbow in Tubo at the beginning! ”

Wang Qiu: "Yes, that's right, it's them!" The Song Dynasty relied on this field army to defeat the Liao State this time, and we didn't expect that the Emperor of the Song State had quietly trained two field armies over the years, called the Blue Dragon Legion and the White Tiger Legion, adding up to about 200,000. ”

"In this way, we really underestimated this little emperor of the Song Kingdom!" Li Yuanhao took a long breath, and his tone was quite complicated.

"Who's to say it isn't!" Wang Qiu also said a little depressedly: "You said that this little faint monarch is not a good loser, why is the cat holding back there?" ”

Li Yuanhao: "What's wrong with him!" Let's think about how to solve the dilemma in front of us! If the Emperor of the Song Kingdom insists on getting along with us, this field army is also a great threat to us! ”

Wang Qiu: "Your Majesty, don't be too anxious!" Although the field army of the Song State is amazing, we are not vegetarians. The minister got some information, the reason why Liao defeated more this time is that he underestimated the enemy, uh, no, it should be that he doesn't know the enemy! They didn't know anything about the situation of the Song army, and they went to attack the city as before, rashly facing a sharp weapon like a crossbow, and it was strange if they didn't suffer losses! ”

Li Yuanhao nodded: "That's right!" By the way, speaking of which, I would like to ask, how is the progress of our repeater imitation? ”

"The emperor can rest assured, the repeating crossbows of the Song Kingdom are actually not complicated, and it is not difficult to imitate them with the ability of my Great Xia craftsmen, and the ministers let them work day and night, and now nearly 10,000 repeaters have been produced. It's just that the spiral arrows of the Song Kingdom are more complicated to make, and the progress is very slow, so the ministers have changed them to regular arrows on their own initiative, and they ask the emperor to forgive them! The two talked for a long time, and Wang Qiu's face finally showed a smile.

Hearing this good news, Li Yuanhao's expression was also a lot easier, and he said heroically: "You did this right, anyway, the conventional arrows are enough to deal with the Song army, and now the number is the most important thing." In order to prevent the little emperor of the Song Kingdom from being hot-headed, and if he has to risk a war on two fronts, he will have to fight us to the death, so you should send a group of soldiers to train the repeater as soon as possible. ”

Wang Qiu: "The ministers obey the order!" However, Chen thinks we still have something to do right now. ”

Li Yuanhao: "What's the matter?" ”

Wang Qiu pointed to the northeast direction and said implicitly: "Liaoguo! ”

"Liao? What's the matter with them? Do you also want to make fire and robbery, and make some land by the way? Li Yuanhao looked at Wang Qiu excitedly, as if he was very excited that the two of them had a good understanding.

It's a pity that he is self-inflicted, Wang Qiu heard him say this, and his face darkened a lot.

"How dare you think about it! I don't know where the courage came from! Wang Qiu slandered in his heart for a while before explaining: "The minister wants to say that at this time, we can unite with the Liao State to exert pressure on the Song State, so that they dare not act rashly, and when our crossbow cavalry is completed, we can let the Song State faint monarch also taste the power of the crossbow!" ”

"Hmmm! Reasonable! Li Yuanhao nodded exaggeratedly: "The Liao State is newly defeated, with their urine nature, they will definitely find a chance to take revenge, I think at this time they should agree to form an alliance with us, or let them fight the Song State first It is more beneficial to us!" ”

Wang Qiu: "The king is wise! The minister thinks that we can take the opportunity to dial the emperor of Liao, which can be regarded as a little meeting gift for our alliance! ”

Li Yuanhao: "Hmm! Or are you thoughtful. Without further ado, you should immediately start dealing with this matter and reach an alliance with the Liao State as soon as possible! ”

Wang Qiu: "Weichen obeys the order!" ”

Although this matter is over, Wang Qiu still has a sad face and a sullen look.

Li Yuanhao also saw that he had something on his mind, so he asked, "Do you have anything else?" ”

Wang Qiu hesitated for a while before he said to Li Yuanhao: "Your Majesty, there is really one more thing that Weichen doesn't know how to tell you?" ”

Li Yuanhao: "When are you inking with me!" ”

Wang Qiu: "Your Majesty, it's not that the minister wants to ink, but this thing is too incredible, and the minister is not sure if it's true." ”

Li Yuanhao: "What could be more incredible than the Song State defeating the Liao State?" ”

"Hmm!" Wang Qiu nodded: "According to one of the spies sent by the minister, there seems to be a very strange weapon hidden in the Song army, this weapon is as loud as thunder, and its power is quite amazing. According to his description, at that time, the Liao army was preparing to attack the Yijin Pass of the Song army, but was beaten by the Song army's weapons at once, and even Xiao Xunbu, the king of the northern courtyard of the Liao Kingdom, was beaten to pieces! He also said that when the Song army used this weapon, it was like thunder shook the sky, and the earth shook the mountains, and he felt scared two miles away......

Li Yuanhao touched his big head and said, "I'll go big!" How many things did the Emperor of the Song Kingdom hide? Since the people of the Liao Kingdom have suffered a loss, we can't be careless, if you send more people to the Song Kingdom, I have to dig out their old bottoms! ”

……

Although Zhao Zhen said that he came through time, he was also a mortal after all, he didn't know that some people would be worried about his inventory, it seems that the ancients were not all people who ate the ancients!

At this moment, Zhao Zhen was in the Vertical Arch Hall to summon Sun Fu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Wang Shenli of the Research Institute, and after taking the two of them to meet him, he asked: "Sun Aiqing, I heard that the concubine and her party are about to arrive in the capital, how are you preparing over there?" ”

Sun Fu picked up the fold and presented it to Zhao Zhen: "Please rest assured, according to your instructions, the minister has made arrangements in the new capital, according to the suggestion of Qin Tiansi, the minister intends to hold a prisoner and medal ceremony in another five days, that is, on the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, all the agenda and details have been recorded in the fold, please consult!" ”

Zhao Zhen took Sun Fu's recital and read it carefully, and then said: "The ceremony is basically according to your plan, but I want to remind you that there must be a lot of people who come to see the excitement on this day, you have to do a good job of safety and security and the guidance of the people, and make an emergency plan." In this matter, I will greet the forbidden army and Kaifeng Mansion, you go and contact them and coordinate the responsibilities of each department. ”

Sun Fu: "Thank you for the emperor's teachings!" The minister had also thought about these problems before, and was worried that the people would be too excited to make trouble, so the minister discussed with his colleagues and decided to divide the onlookers into pieces. Moreover, the minister also went to several security bureaus in the capital, and after obtaining the consent of the mother, they promised to fully cooperate with the prisoner sacrifice ceremony. What do you think of the minister's thoughts, to put these security guards in the crowd to maintain order, and then let the Praetorian Guards deploy on the perimeter, while the Kaifeng Mansion officials patrol the inside? ”

Zhao Zhen: "Yes! Let's check again! (To be continued.) )