After most of the middle and junior officers have been replaced, and the soldiers have been disrupted and reorganized because of the construction site, even if these senior generals have the intention to do something, they are powerless. Coupled with the strict monitoring of the elite supervision battalion led by Yang Sanlang and the Leng Yi Trial and Punishment Court, they could only obediently obey orders.

However, this was also limited to the horse army and the infantry army, and it was not carried out for the temple front division. Because the current commander of the front division of the palace is Zhao Yuanzuo, he has replaced most of the generals under him with his own people. and didn't let Leng Yi and Yang Ye interfere at all.

At the same time, the work of replacing the forbidden army with the people and transferring the forbidden army for training was also carried out in secret. There are mainly six sons of the Yang family who are responsible for training. It will take at least half a year for the soldiers to completely run in with the soldiers.

However, the progress of things is often not subject to human will.

Not long after Zhao Yuanzuo sent troops to Yizhou, Cao Bin and his team received an urgent oracle from the official family, asking the Yizhou army to immediately send troops to respond to the retreat of the official army. However, Zhao Yuanzuo did not move. Cao Bin urged several times, but was scolded by Zhao Yuanzuo. Cao Bin wrote a letter to Leng Yi asking for help. Leng Yi knew that Zhao Yuanzuo would not really send troops, so he asked Hua Rui to give an order to Zhao Yuanzuo and order him to send troops. Zhao Yuanzuo made a tentative attack, but when he encountered the strong Liao army, he almost did not carry out an effective attack, so he immediately withdrew to Yizhou City to defend it.

Subsequently, the Liao army successfully completed the encirclement and surrounded Zhao Guangyi's 200,000 Xiang army. For most of the month after that, there was no news from the government. And Zhao Yuanzuo did not attack. It was as if the fierce battles in the northern frontier had all ended at once, and they all fell silent.

On this day, Leng Yi received an edict from Hua Rui and asked him to enter the palace immediately.

Leng Yi went straight to the dormitory of the stamen. The stamen stepped back and closed the door. When I saw Leng Yi, I didn't know what the look was on my face.

Leng Yi silently put on his mask and looked at her: "What's wrong?" ”

Blossom looked at him for a long time before she threw herself into his arms and kissed him. said: "Our plan has changed a little. I'm in a hurry, so I'm calling you. ”

Leng Yi hugged her little waist and said in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Hua Rui left his embrace, walked to the table, picked up a letter, and handed it to Leng Yi: "The Liao State sent an envoy to send this letter. Look. ”

Leng Yi took it and couldn't help frowning.

This is the letter of the Liao general Yelu Xiuge, the tone is very modest, Yelu Xiuge said in the letter, the official Zhao Guangyi personally drove the 200,000 army, on the way to Zhuozhou to retreat, was surrounded by the Liao army in Liangxiang County. The Liao State cared about the brotherly relationship between the Liao State and the Song State, and did not launch a strong attack. The Liao State hoped to negotiate peace with the Great Song Dynasty in this regard. The condition was that the territory of the Great Song Dynasty north of the Yellow River, including the newly conquered Northern Han, would be assigned to the Liao State. Every year, the Song Dynasty gave money to the Liao State of 1 million taels (taels). The two sides signed the Youzhou Alliance, and the two countries will always be brotherly states and will never go to war. If the Great Song Dynasty had any different opinions on the peace talks, the two sides could sit down and talk, and the location should be Zhuozhou in the territory of Liao. They guaranteed the absolute safety of the envoys of the Great Song Dynasty.

Originally, Leng Yi's expectation was that the Liao State would completely annihilate Zhao Guangyi's 200,000 Xiang troops and kill or capture Zhao Guangyi. In that case, things will be simpler, but now, the Liao State has only surrounded Zhao Guangyi's 200,000 Xiang army, and has no intention of annihilation. Instead, he made a deal with the Song Dynasty. Let the Great Song Dynasty cede land and pay compensation. Now, things get complicated.

Leng Yi took the letter, sat down on the soft collapse of the stamen, and was silent.

Blossom sat next to her, not bothering him, looking at him quietly.

After a long time, Leng Yi said: "First of all, we must not agree to the condition of losing power and humiliating the country by ceding land and paying compensation, and secondly, we cannot send troops to forcibly rescue us. Saving Zhao Guangyi back will not do us any good. ”

"What to do? You speak, I'll listen to you. ”

Leng Yi kissed her delicate face sideways, and said, "You immediately send someone to call Zhao Yuanzuo from Yizhou back and convene a supreme military and political meeting to discuss this matter." When the time comes, at the meeting, let's do this. Leng Yi leaned into Hua Rui's ear and muttered for a long time. Stamen nodded repeatedly.

A few days later, the day after Zhao Yuanzuo rushed back to the capital, Hua Rui convened a military and political meeting in the Chongzheng Palace. All of the people who attended the meeting were zaizhi. At the same time, there are also some veteran-level princes and ministers such as Zhao Pu and Xiang Gong, as well as senior generals at the level of the owner of the forbidden army.

Before the meeting, Hua Rui asked the privy envoy Chu Zhaofu to read the letter from Yelu Hugo.

After hearing this letter, all the ministers in the hall were dumbfounded. No wonder there has been no news from the official family, it turned out to be surrounded in a small county town. Now the messenger can't come out, so naturally the news is lost.

Hua Rui looked at the ministers worriedly and said, "What do you think? ”

This kind of thing, naturally, depends on the direction of the wind first, so no one wants to be the first to speak.

The hall was silent. Even Zhao Yuanzuo didn't speak, he looked at everyone with purring eyes. I'll see how it goes.

After waiting for a while, Hua Rui said impatiently: "You are all pillars of the imperial court, and now, the official family is surrounded by a lot, what should I do, you should come out with a word." Raising soldiers for a thousand years, using soldiers for a while. ”

Listening to what Queen Blossom said, it is naturally impossible not to speak. It is still the military general's surname is in a hurry, and the front guard Si Longwu of the palace commanded Zhao Yanjin to stand up first, bowed down and said: "As the last general can see, this condition of losing power and humiliating the country is something that can never be agreed. ”

Hua Rui said: "What should the general see?" ”

"Send troops to fight to the death with the Liao State! I have 600,000 soldiers in the Song Dynasty, and this is not counting the Xiang army. The Liao Kingdom is only 400,000 when it is full, and we are almost two to one, so what is there to be afraid of. ”

The infantry guards Si Xiongwu left wing commanded Guo Jin and said: "The last general also feels that there is only one way to fight a decisive battle. The last general is willing to be a pioneer, lead the troops into the encirclement, and rescue the official family! ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yuanzuo had a bottom in his heart, and immediately stood up and stabbed loudly: "I said before, give me the entire forbidden army, and I can rescue my father." But Leng Yi, you just don't agree. This is good, the official family has been surrounded by enemy troops. If the official family has three long and two short, I will ask you! Leng Yi, you are the first! ”

Leng Yi sneered and said, "Lord Wang, don't think we don't know!" Before the official family was surrounded, he had already ordered your Yizhou army to send troops to respond. At that time, Yelu Huge's iron cavalry was still far away from Zhuozhou, and at that time, only the 50,000 Liao troops in Zhuozhou were blocking the official family, and you had 100,000 people, plus the 200,000 Xiang army of the official family, you could take the official family back, but you didn't move! General Cao Bin repeatedly urged you to send troops, but you scolded him bitterly. In the end, it was Empress Hua Rui who gave the order, so you had to send troops, and it was only a tentative attack, and when the enemy counterattacked, you immediately retracted back to Yizhou City. What I am saying is evidenced by General Cao Bin's handwritten letter and Hua Rui's holy decree. If you want to find out the responsibility, you are the culprit! Don't expect to spew blood and find scapegoats! ”

"You! Who said I didn't send troops? I sent troops, but the enemy was terrible. That subordinate was afraid of death, so he didn't kill it! ”

"I am a forbidden army in the Song Dynasty, but there are no people who are greedy for life and afraid of death." Leng Yi said coldly: "The so-called soldiers are bears, and there will be a nest of bears." The 100,000 forbidden troops can't help the 50,000 Liao army, can it be said that the soldiers are afraid of death? ”

Zhao Yuanzuo stared at Leng Yi, and saw the cold light flashing in Leng Yi's eyes, and he had no intention of backing down, and he was also at a loss in this regard, so he had to shrink his neck and said stupidly: "Forget it, I won't grind my teeth with you!" Now that my father is under siege, this time, it's time to hand over all the forbidden armies to me to command and go to rescue my father, right? ”

Leng Yi spread his hands: "I am just the commander of the forbidden army of Jin Mingchi, as for sending troops to the Liao State, whether you will command the entire forbidden army, whether you will command the entire forbidden army, I don't count, I need to listen to everyone's meaning." ”

Zhao Yuanzuo frowned: "What do you ask them to do with this kind of thing?" ”

"Of course you have to ask." Leng Yi said: "Now that the official family is under siege, our every move is related to the comfort of the official family and the Jiangshan Sheji of my Great Song Dynasty. You have to plan before you act. Can't be hasty. ”

Hua Rui nodded and said, "Yes, this matter is very important, and you can't make a decision easily. Therefore, the mourning family invited you all to discuss it today. You are the pillars of the imperial court and the important ministers on whom the official family depends, so if you have any ideas, just say them one by one. ”

Hua Rui's gaze looked at Wenchen's side.

The privy envoy Chu Zhaofu just lowered his head, as if he didn't exist at all. However, someone on Wenchen's side finally stood up, but it was the old minister Zhao Pu. arched his hand and said slowly: "Weichen thinks that this matter must be considered in the long run. Until the situation is unclear, it is not advisable to move troops rashly. ”

Zhao Yuanzuo glared and said, "Why?" Don't you want to save my father? What heart do you have in peace? ”

Zhao Pu said unhurriedly: "It is precisely because the old minister wants to save the official's family that he strongly advocates not sending troops." ”

"What kind of reasoning are you, it's just nonsense!" Zhao Yuanzuo shouted angrily.

Zhao Pu still said slowly: "I don't understand the military, but I can feel from Yelu Xiuge's letter that the Liao army seems to be confident in defeating Liangxiang City, annihilating our 200,000 Xiang troops, and seizing the official family, I want to ask the prince, why is this?" ”

Zhao Yuanzuo was stunned for a moment and said, "That's their bluff!" How can an army of 200,000 be wiped out? Don't listen to them at all! ”

Zhao Pu smiled and said, "The prince has never led troops to fight, so I can't say it accurately, so let's ask other generals to talk about it." ”

After that, he looked at the generals next to him. (To be continued.) )