In the spring season of the second year of the Great Song Dynasty, the scenery near the West Lake in Hangzhou was picturesque, but the Hangzhou officials who were excellent in the heart of Sheji were all waiting for the battle situation in the northwest of Song and Xia, and they had no time to enjoy the beautiful spring in the wilderness. Pen%Fun%Pavilion www.biquge.info\、qb5、//

In the study where the Hangzhou transfer envoy Yamen placed the sand table, Zhao Lei, Su Xun, Pang Bai, and Ou Xifan stood around the sand table with solemn expressions, and Xiao Ruoruo, who lived in the back of the Yamen, also appeared in the study, holding the latest information from Western Xia.

"The brothers who entered the Xixia army from Hebei came with the latest battle report, mainly the losses in Xiliang and Shazhou. There are no enemies in the west and north of Xia, and Yeli Renrong, who was left behind in Xingqing Mansion, has recalled the reinforcements sent to the west and north to Xingqing Mansion, and now Xingqing Mansion has gathered 150,000 troops, and may send troops to Xingqing Mansion at any time to support Yuan Hao, who invaded my Great Song Dynasty! Xiao Ruoruo looked at the Western Xia intelligence in his hand and said to Zhao Lei in a deep voice.

"It is impossible for Western Xia to send reinforcements again, although the troops of the Western Xia and the Hui Que have withdrawn, their strength is not harmed, and they may be killed at any time, Yeli Renrong also knows that the army of Xingqing Mansion is focused on deterrence, and once they leave, there will be a big mess, so the Great Song Dynasty only faces 150,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Yuan Hao of the Western Xia!" Ou Xifan looked at the disappearing banners of the Western Xia and Hui Birds on the sand table in front of him, smiled coldly and said confidently.

"The establishment of the Western Xia is a foregone conclusion, with an army of 500,000 Western Xia is fully capable of confronting the Liao State and my Great Song Dynasty, if it is for deterrence, this Song-Xia battle is too chilling, 300,000 troops encircled and suppressed Yuan Hao 150,000 horses. Unexpectedly, he lost consecutive battles, and this result is probably unexpected! Now, not only has the imperial court's goal of deterring other vassal states not been achieved, but because of the successive defeats, the other vassal states have made a joke, and if they lose a few more times, I am afraid that a second country will soon jump out. The small eyes on Pang Baiyuan's round face narrowed into a slit, and he said with a gloating smile.

"Not bad! It seems that the imperial court is too high on the combat effectiveness of the border army and the Bianjing forbidden army. The enemy was defeated so badly, the purpose of the imperial court's deterrence was not achieved, but the weak real combat effectiveness was exposed, I am afraid that the ambitious countries around the Great Song Dynasty are sharpening their knives! Su Xun also nodded in agreement with Pomber's opinion and said.

Zhao Lei looked at the sand table and nodded silently, and began to wonder in his heart when the official Zhao Zhen and the imperial court would not be able to resist the pressure to revive him Zhao Lei, looking at the current situation, if the Great Song Dynasty is defeated again, it will attract the peep of the evil wolf.

Chirping! The door to the study was suddenly pushed open. A gust of fragrant wind drifted into the study with the spring breeze, smelling the familiar smell of incense powder, Zhao Lei looked up in shock, and sure enough, he saw Tian Lan walking into the study.

Why did Tian Lan, who has never been to the study, come here today? Zhao Lei, who looked puzzled, saw Tian Lan walk into the study, and hurriedly greeted him and prepared to speak. Suddenly, I saw Tian Lan with a sad look on her face.

"What's wrong? What happened? Zhao Lei's face changed slightly, looked at Tian Lan and asked.

"Shi Yuanchun is dead in battle!" Tian Lan remembered the young and resolute general who often went to Zhao's mansion to deliver things when he was in Bianjing, and said to Zhao Lei with a sadness in his slightly red eyes.

"Shi Yuanchun is dead in battle!" Zhao Lei asked Tian Lan in astonishment, he didn't expect a friend around him to go like this, when Zhao Lei served as the commander of the new army, Shi Yuanchun, Gao Zunping and Yang Zun were all young generals he pulled up. Gao Zunping, who is brave and good at fighting, Shi Yuanchun, who is stoic and good at defending the ground, and Yang Zun, who knows how to advance and retreat and has a good view of the overall situation, all left a deep impression on Zhao Lei, especially Shi Yuanchun, who had the most harmonious relationship with Zhao Lei in the new army back then. Shi Yuanchun, the youngest of the generals of the new army, who is only twenty-three years old this year, often deals with the people in the Zhao Mansion because he is in charge of logistics and supply, and is very familiar with the people in the Zhao Mansion.

"Impossible! Shi Yuanchun is cautious and calculating, and his soldiers are the best at guarding, even if they lose the battle, they can escape. How could it be so easy to die in battle! Zhao Lei saw the familiar imperial court newspaper in Tian Lan's hand, and said in surprise while grabbing it and flipping through it.

"Huang Dehe, Lu Shouqin, Ji Yongzhang! A bunch of damn guys, do you think it's over! Zhao Lei finished reading the newspaper in his hand, snap! He slapped the newspaper on the wooden table by the sand table, and whispered to himself in a cold tone.

And after picking up the newspaper and reading it, Su Xun and the three of them also frowned, and their faces became heavy.

"Pomber! Immediately sent someone to inform Brother Ling quickly, and asked him to entertain Huang Dehe, Lu Shouqin and Ji Yongzhang's family, the sea is windy and rough, and it will not be good if the ship is sunk accidentally! After Zhao Lei gritted his teeth, he looked at Pang Bai with a gloomy face and said coldly.

"Yes! My lord! Pang Bai, who was good at this kind of conspiracy, immediately understood what Zhao Lei meant, replied in a low voice, and turned around to leave the errand.

"Kill me tens of thousands of warriors in the Great Song Dynasty, do you think it's over! I must let your whole family bury those warriors who died on the battlefield! Zhao Lei looked at the departing Pang Bai and muttered in a murderous whisper.

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Just when Zhao Lei asked Pang Song, a naval general who was far away in the Guangzhou Naval Port, to do something, a letter from the envoy of the Liao State in Bianjing caused panic in the hearts of the Song monarchs and ministers in the court.

"Official! The envoy of the Liao State sent a letter of state, asking me to return the land of the ten counties in the south of the Liao State that Zhou Shizong occupied when the Great Song Dynasty, and the secret guard also sent information, the Liao State is gathering a large number of soldiers and horses in Datong Mansion, and now it has mobilized nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses from all over the country, and the 200,000 soldiers and horses on the border of the Liao State Chen Bing Xixia are returning to Shangjing, it seems that the Liao State is ready to tear up the covenant and invade the south again. Zhao Yuanyan, the more elderly King of Meng, said in a low voice after handing it to the official Zhao Zhen with a copy of the recital.

"Bastard! The bastard who took advantage of the fire to rob, this is a naked threat, first the Western Xia Yuanhao wanted to coerce me to canonize him as the king of the south, and now Yelu Zongzhen wants to coerce me to return him to the ten counties of Guannan, once upon a time, the Great Song Dynasty fell to the point where everyone wanted to coerce. "The official Zhao Zhen hasn't heard any good news recently. It was difficult to sleep at night, his face was pale, and Long Yan, who was not in good spirits, said angrily.

"Enlighten the official family! The Liao State was an ally of the Great Song Dynasty, and it stands to reason that such a coercive request should not be put forward at this time, but in the Battle of Song and Xia, our Great Song Dynasty was defeated and retreated, not only did the Chatters and Hui Bird lose confidence in our Great Song Dynasty, but even the Liao State also felt that my Great Song Dynasty was weak. That's why I have ambitions to coerce, and among the ministers, as long as the Song army in the north drives the Western Xia army out of the Song realm, the Liao State naturally doesn't dare to say much, and obediently takes back the letter of coercion! After Zhao Lei left, Wang Su, who finally ascended to the position of governor of political affairs, saw that the imperial court was now in danger, remembered the secret letter that Zhao Lei had just delivered, and immediately went out to lead the topic to the battle of Song and Xia in the north and said loudly.

Wang Su's words made the hundred officials of the court above the main hall discuss, and they all knew that the Liao State dared to threaten the ten counties of Guannan so rampantly. It is to see that the Great Song army is now defeated and retreated by the Western Xia Festival, so he took advantage of the fire to rob, if the Great Song Dynasty won a hundred battles, the Liao State would definitely sing praises to the official Zhao Zhen in a low profile at this time, and he dared to threaten it! Everyone knows that the reason why the Liao State is blackmailed is because the Great Song Dynasty has been defeated in successive battles. And there is only one reason for the Liao State to change its mind, and that is to let the Great Song army win a few big battles.

But you know, who has the way to make the Great Song army win the battle! Could it be that if you continue to send reinforcements to the north, not to mention that the Western Xia has now vacated more than 100,000 elite troops to keep an eye on, even the Liao State also has 200,000 soldiers and horses waiting for you. Transferring the army again, what should I do with Bianjing? What if the Tufan sends troops? What if the Li Dynasty of South Vietnam sends troops?

But if you don't mobilize the army, how can you defeat the army of the southern invasion of Western Xia! It's hard! Most of the officials of the court sighed in their hearts with a sad face.

Go to Wang Su to speak. Thinking of Zhao Lei behind Wang Su, thinking of Zhao Lei's exploits, the official Zhao Zhen finally understood the purpose of Wang Su standing up and saying these words at this time, and the official Zhao Zhen also hoped that Zhao Lei could return to Bianjing as soon as possible, but if the princes of the Zhao family and the conservative ministers insisted on opposing the words, the official Zhao Zhen really did not have the courage to transfer Zhao Lei back directly.

Thinking of this, the official Zhao Zhen decided to follow Wang Su's words and touch the bottom line of King Meng, Zhao Yuanyan and the conservative minister.

"I also know that the Western Xia retreated from the Liao Kingdom, so naturally I don't dare to say much, but the war situation in the north is stalemate. More than 200,000 horses were led by the nose by the soldiers and horses of Yuanhao of Western Xia, and I was unable to transfer reinforcements from Bianjing to support the north. The official Zhao Zhen pretended to ask Wang Su in a deep voice.

"Enlighten the official family! The minister thought that the reason for the defeat of the northern war was not in the soldiers, but in the generals, with Huang De and this kind of greedy and fearful of death to mislead the country and traitors in the army, that is, no matter how elite the Great Song army was, it could not defeat the Western Xia army, and the minister thought that the best way now was to enable the ministers of Weide in the army, choose brave and good generals, command more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in the north, and defeat the Western Xia is just around the corner! Wang Su looked at the official Zhao Zhen and said loudly.

"Oh! Wang Aiqing, the general of the imperial court has the ability to lead 200,000 soldiers and horses in the north to retreat from the Western Xia army! The official Zhao Zhen continued to follow Wang Su's words and asked.

"The minister is responsible for transporting Zhao Lei, Lord Zhao! Lord Zhao once defeated the Western Xia army in Gyeongju, and then trained the new army, formed a navy, and won the Luzon Road, with brilliant achievements.

And the battle of the north defeated the Western Xia army to rescue Jinchuan Zhai General Di Qingdi was born under the command of Lord Zhao, and with 14,000 men and horses in the face of ten times the Western Xia army to guard Gyeongju for three days and three nights, General Yang Wenguang Yang was also born under the command of Lord Zhao, the battle of Sanchuankou with 5,000 people to block the 80,000 Chinese army of Western Xia Yuanhao, killed Chengren but killed 6,000 Western Xia soldiers, General Shi Yuan Chunshi was also born under the command of General Zhao, such a general, commanding 200,000 soldiers and horses in the north, will definitely defeat the Western Xia army in the future! Wang Su said loudly to the official Zhao Zhen and the hundreds of civil and military officials in the palace.

"Wang Aiqing Bao Zhao Sanjue went to the north to lead the army to resist the enemy, and your ministers have any objections!" The official Zhao Zhen looked at His Royal Highness's civil and military officials, and said in a deep voice with an indifferent expression.

No one raised objections to His Royal Highness, although many people did not want Zhao Lei to come back so quickly, but no one was sure that he would go north to repel the Western Xia, and make a political commitment at this time, once he failed, he would be guilty of misleading the country, no matter how high his status was, the consequences of a halving were waiting, and no one dared to joke with his political future and his life.

"Since there is no objection! I ordered Zhao Lei to go north, come on! Spread my will, add Zhao Leiping to the general of Beida, Yongxing Military Road Jiedu Envoy, Jiedu Yongxing Military Road all soldiers and horses, and immediately go north to fight against the Western Xia army! The official Zhao Zhen saw that the civil and military officials had no objections, and knew that there was no obstacle to Zhao Lei's comeback this time, and he was in a good mood and said loudly to the attendants beside him.

Zhao Lei is so sure that he will defeat the Western Xia army, if he fails, won't Wang Su be unlucky! When the officials of the court heard the will of the official Zhao Zhen, they knew that it was useless to talk more, and they all looked at Wang Su with doubtful eyes.

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