When these Song cavalry saw that the Liao army was so embarrassed, they were all anxious, and they couldn't understand that the thickest mouthful of soup made the Zhe family swallow it cleanly.

Not only Yin Xian, Zhang Ning and others were anxious, but even the soldiers under them were anxious.

More than 10,000 Song horses pounced overwhelmingly.

Fighting here is also beneficial to the Liao army, the terrain is relatively flat, compared to the jerky Song cavalry, the Liao cavalry is the real cavalry. But who else has the courage to resist? So the 10,000 Liao soldiers just let the Song army use it as a tool for actual combat training.

But there were a few people who performed very well, especially Zhang Ning, who took the lead and led his men to kill more than 1,000 Liao soldiers, and he himself killed more than 30 people. What's worse is that the surrounding Lelang and other tribes heard that the Liao army was defeated, and falsely claimed that the Fuzhou Zhejia soldiers followed them and cooperated with the Song army to kill them.

For a while, shouts of killing were heard from all directions, and troops were pouring in from all directions. So much so that Yin Xian sat on the horse and laughed, these fanzi are too enthusiastic! In fact, if it weren't for the Song Dynasty's trapped in the Western Xia, and the strange policy of guarding the interior and the outside world that had been left behind for thousands of years, in the Zhao Kuangyi Dynasty, because the Song Dynasty was mainly preferential, at least the people of all ethnic groups in Hexi and Hebei would still support and get close to the Song Dynasty. However, the Song Dynasty did not take advantage of it, and even the historian was able to write a battle of Haoshuichuan that was defeated by only a few thousand people, but ignored the great victory of Fulin.

Han Dewei had no choice but to flee again.

In front is the ancient city of Shengzhou in the Tang Dynasty, the early Liao defeated the Zhenwu army, all the residents of Shengzhou moved to the east of the Yellow River, and the area around Shengzhou became the idle field again. More than 70 years have passed, and some tribes have begun to migrate here and begin to multiply. However, they are even less friendly to the Liao State.

But not far away is the Yellow River, across the Yellow River is the Liao State of Dongshengzhou City, the Liao State control ability is still very weak. However, if it belongs to the territory of Liao, it can also escape.

Keep running. Behind him are Song Qi, and the speed is not slower than them. continue to be entangled. In fact, when they arrived here, Han Dewei's subordinates were less than two or three thousand, nearly half of whom were killed by the Song soldiers, and nearly half of them fled.

At this moment, suddenly there were two big flags in front of me, both of which were poplar characters.

But it is also a Yang word flag, and there is a difference, one has a heir flag behind it, and one has a karma flag behind it.

Thousands of Song soldiers were under the leadership of Yang Ye. Crossing the Yellow River, going around from Nuanquan Peak to here, blocking the Liao army alive.

Yang Ye flashed out of front of the battle and shouted: "Surrender and don't kill, those who resist die." ”

He is really old, and his hair is white, but no matter how old he is, it is also a nightmare in the hearts of the Liao people.

And while running, I hit and ran here. People have long been sleepy and tired.

Han Dewei was silent for a while, and when he saw Song Jun chasing after him, he sighed and put down his weapon. Turn over and dismount and surrender. There is no way to fight, as long as the Song army in front of you is entangled, don't ask if it is Yang Invincible. Immediately, the surrounding Khitan tribes will pounce again. Where can I escape to the Yellow River?

In this battle, nearly 30 people were killed by the Turkic Taiwei Situ Relic of Tatar (referring to the Bai Dadan tax in the eastern part of the mountain and Fengzhou). As many as a dozen of its leaders were captured alive, and dozens of Liao lords, including Han Dewei, were all killed or captured alive. After the most reluctance, less than one percent of the Liao soldiers were able to escape from the Song army and capture them on a large scale. The rest were all killed or captured. This is the role of cavalry, the speed is fast, once a big victory is a big victory, so that the Liao army will not calmly use the speed advantage to escape.

And it happened that when Han Dewei was preparing to go on the expedition, there was an earthquake in Youzhou.

When the news reached Liao, the Liao State was shocked.

A simple truth, from then on, the Liao State faced threats not only to Hedong and Hebei in the Song Dynasty, but also to the Zhejia and the Wang family.

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"As Qing said," Zhao Kuangyi said happily in the political hall.

The battle in the northwest must have some discrepancies with the plan of Xifu, but there was not much error in the general policy. At that time, Mi Xin once suspected that Yongxi's Northern Expedition was defeated precisely because of the division of troops, and it was probably inappropriate to still divide the troops. And let the Fuzhou family be on the front line, to defend Fuzhou City, to fight the first battle in Zihe, and the strength of the Zhijia is also insufficient.

Song Jiu insisted on his own opinion.

The first is to divide the troops, it is to divide the troops, but they are divided in a small area, and they are not far from each other, unlike the Yongxi Northern Expedition, which was separated by thousands of mountains and thousands of rivers. Secondly, don't doubt that the time and place are favorable, and besides, the soldiers are fighting to protect the family and defend the country, the morale is high, and the combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated. Song Jiu will not be half suspicious of the folding family, that is the first military general family in the Northern Song Dynasty in history, and the real military achievements are impressive.

Zhao Kuangyi said again: "Issued an edict to posthumously present Cui Yanjin to the post of prince and taibao." ”

In fact, Cui Yanjin didn't use the slightest idea of the Northwest Army in his plan.

But it was precisely because of this plan that Song Jiu later perfected it, Zhao Kuangyi also came up with some ideas, and several prime ministers and veterans of the Western Mansion added their own suggestions one after another, and it became the first battle led by the northwest.

Therefore, Cui Yanjin has merit.

There are not many ministers who know the truth of the Dao, and the others look at each other, what does the victory in the northwest have to do with Cui Yanjin? Besides, Lao Cui has been dead for several years.

Song Jiu arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the Minister of Northern Sheng is rash, and he will immediately go on a northern expedition, this kind of spirit is not wanted." Battles take place within the territory or at the border of our dynasty, which is beneficial to our dynasty, so our dynasty has many victories. If the army enters the Liao realm, it is different. ”

Zhao Kuangyi's forehead.

Song Jiu changed the conversation: "However, once it fails, there will be ministers and ministers immediately." And I don't know if it's appropriate to win or not to be arrogant? ”

Everyone is convinced.

Song Jiu continued: "This kind of Gou Hechen hates it even more. The internal governance of the country is important, but we can't steal peace, otherwise the generals will not want to forge ahead, the morale of the three armies is low, even if the country is rich, the people are safe, it will also raise our dynasty into an obese sheep, the richer the more secure and fat, to that day, when everyone does not know the war, do not practice war, do not think about war, it is the day when it is divided by the wolves! Therefore, the minister thinks that the interior is the foundation, but the armament must not be relaxed. However, internal governance is still fundamental. In particular, the cost of using troops in our dynasty is more than 10 times that of Liaokou, and without sufficient internal governance, there will be no sufficient wealth to fight. The relationship between the two is complementary. Internal governance is the foundation of the external war, the external war is the internal governance, the country is long-lasting, and the guarantee of the eternal peace of the society is like the surface of medicine, there is no inside without the surface, and there is no way to send it without the surface. ”

"Qing's good words are also."

Song Jiu interrupted Zhao Kuangyi's praise and said, "If the country wants to govern internally, it must have perfect laws. Let all the people abide by the law in accordance with the law, so as to reduce the harm caused to the people by some bad officials. However, in the end, it is people-oriented. Based on the rule of man. So it is necessary to make good use of officials. Recently, there have been various shortcomings in the official system of the imperial court, such as the redundancy of officials. If there are redundant officials, they cannot properly maintain them. Officials who cannot support their families are bound to be greedy for ink. If you want to raise a good official, the burden on the state is gradually increasing. There is no other important decision in the state finances, one is to open up the lake and not hurt the people, and the other is to reduce expenditure and reduce unnecessary expenditures, and if the two are done well, the state will produce a large amount of savings every year. It can be used to raise war, and it can be used to relieve the people. ”

"Secondly, officials move frequently, and it will take three years for an ancient sage like Zichan to govern the people, not to mention ordinary officials? Therefore, the ministers thought that the imperial court should issue an edict, and if the local officials in various places had no great merit to move or be punished, they must have a term of three years, and some key places must have a term of five years, and then they should be relocated to other places after assessment. So that the individual officials can focus on governing their own states and counties. ”

"This is the case for local officials, and even more so for Beijing officials, even if it is the governor of the two prefectures. If you stay in office for too long, you will inevitably have excessive ambitions. For example, Zhao Pu was originally the meritorious service of the founding of our dynasty, because he had been the prime minister for too long. The excessive sense of power has become a short life for Zhao Pu. Again, some time ago. Almost all the personnel of the two provinces were transferred. That's too short. If His Majesty wants to use Lu Mengzheng, he must use Lu Mengzheng's generosity and calmness and suddenly his ability to control. If you want to use Wang Xun, you must use Wang Xun's agility and ignore its harshness, and if you want to use Kou Zhun, you must use Kou Zhun's upright and outspoken voice and ignore its noise. ”

"Huh?" Kou almost screamed.

"Qing Liangyan," Zhao Kuangyi said again.

In fact, many ministers have put forward "good words", but Zhao Kuangyi may not be able to listen to them, and if they can listen to them, they may not be able to implement them.

Song Jiu continued: "There are five channels for the national selection of scholars, the children of meritorious service and the children of scholars and doctors can make up for it, the soldiers who have established border merits, the imperial examinations, the academies, and the folk scholars and officials who have performed well recommended from all over the country. Each of these five has its own strengths and weaknesses. Yin Bu's children mostly saw their father in governance, and after hearing and witnessing, they actually had some background as officials. And their family situation is also good, and they will not be overly greedy for money. However, if there are too many, the country will protect each other in the future, forming a powerful interest group, the poor will benefit the poor, the rich will benefit the rich, the noble will be noble, and the people's resentment will increase, which is not conducive to national harmony. ”

"The soldiers who have established the side merit should be rewarded, and the generals are willing to fight, and if they are punished, the generals will not be cowardly, but the country should also use the amount of talent, they are longer than the war, and shorter than the rule of officials, they can be promoted, but those who are not both civil and military, try to use them to serve as military positions, so as not to cause Cao Hanyi to harm Yingzhou."

"The imperial examination employs people, most of them are scribes who have read Confucian books, Confucianism talks about the spirit of Haoran, birth, benevolence, loyalty to the king and love for the people, which is the good side, but also the bad side, that is, often the scholarly spirit, talk on paper, self-righteousness. Zhao Kuo talked about the army on paper, which harmed Zhao Guo, and the literati talked about the army on paper, and the harm was not trivial. Therefore, it can be used, but it is necessary to let them sharpen themselves in more places and combine theory with practice, so that batches of outstanding officials can emerge and reduce the impetuousness. ”

"The children of the academy teach physical studies, which are good at technical skills, but short on governing education, so the ministers think that they can be selected as auxiliary officials, auxiliary officials at all levels, and jointly govern the country or locality."

"The most common is the strange people recommended by the people, there are, but the minister thinks that there are very few people like Zhuge Liang, and they must also be polished for a period of time to see the results before they can be reused. When it comes to this kind of employment, the ministers all thought of Wu Zetian's employment, and she asked each scholar to make a request, asking the official to give the official, and if he did a good job, he would be abolished immediately. There are advantages and disadvantages to using officials in this way, but it does allow Wu Zetian to choose some good officials. Then it is the same as what the minister said, that is, to see, not to listen, to see how well they do before they can choose. Then there are the officials, who can be recommended by officials at all levels, and they are generally capable, but the officials are often old and sophisticated. Therefore, how to choose people and how to employ people should be treated differently. ”

He didn't say anything else, but talked about how to choose and use officials.

But it left some ministers wondering.

Since Song Jiu went down to Zhao Pu, he has been a little suspicious, so he rarely speaks.

However, it doesn't mean that he doesn't do things, such as this victory in the northwest, it seems that it has already been planned in Xifu.

Some people are speculating again: Could it be that the frequent troop movements some time ago were precisely for the purpose of preparing for this battle? It doesn't seem like it, and there is Hebei over there.

But Wang Wei went down, Li Xin and Jia Huangzhong would definitely not ask about this matter, or Li Fang, he came up this time, and it was clear that he was taking a belt, and the class was still under Zhang Qixian. How did Zhang Qixian go down, wasn't it the previous time that Dongfu led everyone to protest and got Zhang Qixian to Hedong? Therefore, it continues to be insignificant.

So there was speculation, but no one asked.

But this time it's strange, why did Song Jiu suddenly admonish so much?

It doesn't make sense, does the imperial court want Song Jiu to enter the Chinese book? Is this a prelude to further ascension?

Zhao Kuangyi said: "Yes." ”

He could also feel that this group of new recruits was a little impetuous.

This is Song Jiulin's good words when he left the capital, otherwise Song Jiu would not have said it to avoid suspicion, although he said it very tactfully.

The imperial court has won another great victory.

The whole country heard the joy of the news.

No one wants to be a common man in a country with a nest, and even let everyone choose, they would rather be poor people in the Tang Dynasty than a well-off family in the Song Dynasty.

But at this moment, the imperial court issued an edict, ordering Pan Mei to return to Beijing as an envoy to the Taibao Xuanhui North Court of the Tongping Zhangshi Inspection School, and let Song Jiu go to Hedong to replace Pan Mei as the commander of the Pingzhang Affair Taiyuan Yin and the deployment of soldiers and horses on the Hedong Road.

After the edict was issued, many people were puzzled.

Song Jiu went down, and the power in his hand was slightly greater than Pan Mei, but it was just a little bit, basically the rights that Song Jiu now had Pan Mei had before. Compared with Song Jiu's current official position, Song Jiu is equivalent to being demoted to Hedong.

Something is wrong, Song Jiu didn't make a mistake, why did he go down?

Wang Huaji couldn't help it, no matter what taboo was at this time, he asked Zhao Kuangyi: "Your Majesty, the court has no mistake in degrading the minister, which is to make the people of the world feel cold." ”

Zhao Kuangyi stretched his waist and said, "Wang Qing, it's not my will, but Song Qing's request." ”

However, he laughed in his heart, Wang Huaji, you don't understand, so that I can use Song Jiu for a longer time. (To be continued......)