"Ahh Song Jiu was stupid.

This could not be established, so the generals were summoned to discuss the official position, among this group of people, Song Jiu's official position was not the highest, and his qualifications were not the deepest, but he was the most powerful official.

Men are coming.

Song Jiu first saluted Zhao Yanmei and Zhao Dezhao, and then said, "I don't care what you think, please stop." ”

After a pause, regardless of how Zhao Kuangyi felt afterwards, he said: "I saw the front-line report at Qigou Pass, discussed with Yang Ye, and vaguely felt that it was a little bad for Yelu to stay in the Qingshui River, so I wrote a note to His Majesty. ”

Many people know about this.

Then Song Jiu said: "However, I am not at ease in my heart, so I let Yang Ye wander away from the battlefield in the name of escorting grain and grass, and he is not responsible for other things, the main thing is to protect the safety of His Majesty once there is a change." Yang Ye has superb martial arts, and he has some strong pawns. If he hadn't met His Majesty, he would have come back long ago. It shows that he met His Majesty. He brought some elite soldiers with him on this trip, and if there is a change, the scale of the battle will not be small, then you must know. However, there was no news coming, indicating that Yang Ye had found His Majesty, but he didn't know where they were now. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Pan Mei and others said excitedly.

The happiest is Pan Mei, if Shi Shouxin really makes them set up Zhao Dezhao as the emperor, and Zhao Dezhao will inevitably use Zhao Pu to suppress Zhao Kuangyi's remaining strength, then the son-in-law and even himself will be sad.

Song Jiu looked at everyone again and continued: "The three kings, His Royal Highness King Yan, you have a noble status. However, this is an extraordinary time, and my subordinates are invited to trespass. General Pan, you are the deputy marshal, you are in charge of the military, I am the governor of the council, and I am responsible for the transshipment duties, and I am in charge of the civil affairs. General Pan was asked to immediately send scouts to look for traces of His Majesty's Xiaxia, including the ancient Great Wall in the north and the Juma River in the south. Dingzhou. ”

"Okay."

Pan Mei began to dispatch a large number of scouts. As for whether they are in danger or not, they are all red-eyed at this time, who cares whom.

Shi Shouxin walked over and asked in a low voice, "So there is no danger in His Majesty now?" ”

"There should be no danger for the time being." Song Jiu turned his head to look at everyone again. Loud said, "It doesn't matter what everyone thinks." Before His Majesty's whereabouts are unknown, please do not take any measures, this is a major national event. ”

Shi Shouxin's face was gloomy.

Song Jiu glanced at him. His mood Song Jiu was clear, his son married Zhao Kuangyin's daughter, the loss of the army was not too serious, once he was meritorious, then the status of the Shi family was extremely noble. But as long as Zhao Kuangyi is safe, Shi Shouxin may be sad.

He sighed, Shi Shouxin, you want to be prosperous and rich, but you hurt Zhao Dezhao.

Shi Shouxin's fate Song Jiu would not think much about it, although the two children of the Shi family had a good relationship with him. He looked at everyone again and asked, "There is one thing I don't understand, and I want you to answer it." The Khitan won a big victory, why did he chase to Zhuozhou City and return quickly? ”

Pan Mei thought for a while and replied, "Most of them also came from a long distance, so they are worried that they will be self-defeating." ”

"Send spies into the city to inquire."

Another command was given.

This made Pan Mei feel a lot of emotion, and this son-in-law finally grew up.

Song Jiu said, "Send people to move the people to the south." ”

Zhuozhou City is impossible to occupy, not to mention that Yelu Huge's military ability makes him afraid, just say that the righteousness, the righteousness is still Khitan at the moment, once the Khitan army attacks, psychologically the Khitans have the upper hand. And it is far away from the Juma River, it has become a lonely corner extending out, if you want to hold it, you must get a lot of supplies from the rear, but this logistics is easy to be hijacked by the other party, so the lone army is outside, sooner or later it will not be able to hold it, and it will be sacrificed.

But at present, the main force of the army is still there, at least it can be held for a while, and this time is enough for the people of Zhuozhou to move to the south.

Then an order was given to treat the wounded and then move them to the rear first.

Watching him give orders one after another, Shi Jue's face was gloomy. However, at this critical moment, he did not dare to act rashly, in case Zhao Kuangyi was alive, Song Jiu would pick his words to such a point, and he would force Zhao Dezhao, that is, he would look for death.

On the same day, the spies still did not get any news from Zhao Kuangyi.

Evening came, because of Song Jiu's credit, the time was all advanced, and it was the end of June, which was the hottest time. Although this is the north, it is still very hot, and the red sky is full of red clouds, and the evening breeze brings a slight coolness.

However, it was still very lively in front of Zhuozhou City, and from time to time deserters flocked to the city gate, and then arrested, screened, and then resettled. It may last for a few days or so, which is exactly why Song Jiu rushed to Zhuozhou. But now let the generals do it in advance.

Song Jiu and more than a dozen important generals stood silently on the city tower.

Not to accommodate deserters, but to wait for news, waiting for news from Zhao Kuangyi, waiting for news from the spies in Youzhou City, the Khitan army pursued to the city of Zhuozhou, and then withdrew, it seems that only a few troops were sent to sweep the fleeing Song army near Youzhou City, and did not penetrate deep into the vicinity of Zhuozhou. There's definitely something weird about that.

As for the rear of Zhuozhou City, it was even more lively, and the Song army forcibly transferred all the people to the south, and those who did not want to be escorted to the south. This will take longer.

Pan Mei suddenly said: "Xiao Jiu, the old man is at fault, I didn't listen to you at the beginning." ”

In any case, in this big defeat, as the second main general, he also made mistakes.

Song Jiu shook his head: "Zhangren, not only you and Your Majesty, but I talked to Yang Ye, and he was also full of confidence. ”

"The proud army will be defeated."

"It cannot be said that the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and the defeat will be defeated at the hands of Yelu Huge." Song Jiu didn't blame Zhao Kuangyi, Zhao Kuangyi's mistake was very serious, you are the emperor, just be pretty, why bother to go to the front line to command? If your eldest brother, or Chai Rong is about the same, and his martial arts are outstanding, even Brother Yelu Xiu is not afraid to kill in front of him.

But if you think about it carefully, if there is no flaw, under the leadership of Yelu Huge, the Khitan will not be defeated, the two armies will inevitably hold each other, then more Khitan reinforcements will come to the rear, and the morale of the enemy will rise and disappear at that time, and maybe the loss will be even worse.

Song Jiu said again: "Now it is mainly His Majesty, as long as His Majesty is safe and sound, it is not a fiasco." At least the main body of this strong force remains, otherwise our dynasty will not be able to fight with the Khitan. ”

When he said this, Song Jiu secretly made up his mind in his heart that the first Northern Expedition had made a mistake, and he could no longer let Zhao Kuangyi blindly carry out the Second Northern Expedition. Otherwise, Zhao Da's foundation will be lost, and the confidence of the soldiers will be lost.

"Zhangren, the first emperor and I talked about the Khitan, if you want to recover Youzhou, you must have a protracted war with the Khitan, you analyze it from the perspective of the first emperor. How should we fight the Khitan for a long time? ”

"Protracted war?" Many new terms emerged from Song Jiu's mouth. For example, encirclement points to send reinforcements, such as protracted wars, but it is simple and easy to understand.

"Yes. It is to use the population of the Central Plains. Economy. property, as well as our Korean weapons and other advantages, consumed the Khitan. forced the Khitan to give up Youzhou. ”

"I'm afraid it's very difficult, Your Majesty is not the first emperor after all." The two of them spoke in very small voices, otherwise Pan Mei would never say this, and said, "I am not as good as the first emperor." ”

"Zhangren, I want to strengthen the Wushe country in Liaodong, I want them to be strong, and use this to restrain the Khitan, not only to support weapons, but also to send a military general to assist them in commanding. What do you think? ”

Without this defeat, no one pays attention to that Wushe country, including Zhao Kuangyi, if Song Jiu wants to play, let Song Jiu play. Anyway, the imperial court won't subsidize how much money to go in.

This is also the only workshop in Hezhou that does not make money.

The profit of weapons is unimaginable, but there are too many constraints in that workshop, gunpowder cannot be sold, military bows and crossbows cannot be sold, tiger cannons cannot be sold, and several surrounding countries, Jiaozhi Dali, Tubo and the northwest tribes cannot be sold to them, and they are not even allowed to sell to the Cham people.

It doesn't matter if you sell it to the Great Cannibal, but all kinds of advanced weapons are not allowed to be sold, do you still need the rest of the weapons? Even the Japanese state is not eye-catching, so if it wants to maintain it and produce more weapons to expand the Ushe country, the state must subsidize a lot.

Song Jiu didn't dare to say it before, but now the proposal will definitely pass.

Pan Mei pondered.

If you follow Song Jiu's proposal, then at least one decent general must be sent, in other words, everyone will not pay attention to it, this fiasco has made most of the soldiers sober up, how many generals may have a good fight with the Khitan?

After being silent for a while, Pan Mei said: "Let's wait for Your Majesty to have accurate news." ”

Blocked by Song Jiu, no one dared to mention Zhao Dezhao as emperor again, but if Zhao Kuangyi died in battle, Zhao Dezhao would be established, and the situation between Song Jiu and Pan Mei would be very bad at that time.

While the two were talking, Zhao Dezhao walked over and said respectfully, "I've seen Mr. Nine." ”

"Your Highness, you have killed your minister."

Song Jiu's eyebrows were raised. is very sympathetic to Zhao Dezhao and Song Jiu, not only a little teacher-student relationship, but also his fate. Zhao Kuangyi can't kill Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhao Kuangyin won't make Zhao Dezhao the crown prince, but Zhao Defang, so will Zhao Defang tolerate his eldest brother? Zhao Kuangyi killed Zhao Kuangyin, and Zhao Kuangyi would not tolerate Zhao Dezhao.

But this Mr. Nine shouted that he frowned.

Sympathy is sympathy, and reason is reason.

This Mr. Nine is not good, if Zhao Kuangyi dies, he wants to be the emperor, and he must support himself and his father-in-law for the time being, but after the emperor is stable, will he treat himself as Mr. Nine? If Zhao Kuangyi is alive, Zhao Dezhao will be in danger, so do you want to intercede for Zhao Dezhao? What does Zhao Kuangyi think of himself?

"Mr. Nine, can he be safe, uncle?"

"It should be safe."

"Mr. Nine, help me."

Song Jiu's brows furrowed even tighter, and he thought in his heart, if I save you, who will save me?

However, Zhao Kuangyin is not evil to him, if he doesn't ask, his conscience will not go. So he said slowly: "What the generals are doing, it seems that it is for the sake of the overall situation, the three armies have no master, the country has no king, the enemy is current, the soldiers are demoralized, once you succeed, the situation will be reversed immediately." But have you ever thought about it, Your Highness, that this is really the case? Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial family has declined, the country has been chaotic, and the five generations have changed frequently. The first emperor can be added to the imperial robe of Chen Qiaoyi, but can this situation continue? Today, because I haven't heard any news from Your Majesty for just a day or two, the three armies support you as the king, so what about the future? Have you ever thought about your children and grandchildren, and for the tens of millions of people in this country? ”

"Mr. Nine, it has nothing to do with me."

Don't you want to? The main ability is insufficient, if he took advantage of this momentum at that time, let Shi Shouxin put on the imperial robe for the second time, and then gather hundreds of thousands of troops, maybe Zhao Dezhao would have succeeded. However, he was afraid of wolves and tigers, even if Zhao Kuangyi died and Zhao Dezhao became the emperor, he might not be able to suppress this group of fierce generals, and it might bring a bad trend to the whole country.

However, Song Jiu still said euphemistically: "Your Highness, if it happens, I don't care, if Your Majesty returns safely, please listen to my advice, and from now on close the door and thank the guests, without saying a word." ”

In the face of Zhao Kuangyi's monstrous methods, it would be heart-wrenching to make Song Jiu say this.

Zhao Dezhao retreated blankly.

At this time, I heard the first news, and the spies came back to report that the reason why the Khitan did not send troops was that the general Yelu Xiuge was in a coma after being shot and was being rescued.

There are several reasons for not sending troops to pursue, not only Yelu Hugo, but also a wise general, Yelu slanted, but Yelu slanted also had a lot of concerns, first of all, Yelu Sha didn't know where to flee, he had the most soldiers and horses in his hands, several failures, jealousy in his heart, and he may not listen to his own transfer. The rest of the soldiers and horses, Yelu Huge's men ran all the way, and then the big battle continued, but the army was exhausted. His own soldiers and horses were given rest and recuperation, but their numbers were too small. The main force of the Song army is still there, and they are not at ease. Therefore, stop, rectify the city defense of Youzhou, and then see what the Song army moves.

However, this news made Song Jiu feel moved. (To be continued......)