Zhao Kuangyi looked at the folding, and the clouds on his face gradually dissipated, but there was still that.

It's good news, but Hebei continues to be chaotic.

After reading it, hand it to Song Jiu immediately, don't be unconvinced by the others, you won't understand it if you show it.

In fact, Song Jiu is not a qualified commander even now, but he is definitely stronger than Zhang Hong and others.

Song Jiu opened it and saw that it was news from Daizhou.

Xiao Yanyan's original plan was to attack in the east and defend in the west, but Yelu Pu Nuning, who commanded the five states behind the mountain, saw that the Eastern Route Army had won a big victory, and felt that our Western Route Army could not be idle, Xiao Yanyan was somewhat underestimated at this time, so she agreed. Soon after the battle of the Junziguan, Pu Nuning, the king of the North Courtyard, led the garrison behind the mountain to rush to Yanmen Pass. Pan Mei faced the enemy in front, and her father-in-law was old, this is what Song Jiu said when he saw this.

There is no story of Yang Ye, everyone is not evil to Pan Mei, Zhao Kuangyi sighed, after all, Pan Mei is over sixty years old, but who can replace him to guard Hedong? Yang Ye can barely be replaced, but Yang Ye is also old. After Jintaitun came back, Zhao Kuangyi kindly let him recuperate in the capital, but he was really injured, and it took a lot of physical recovery to recover.

There are still many old people, such as Song Wei and Zhang Yongde who also did nothing in Bazhou and Cangzhou.

Not only has the war environment become harsher and the opponents have become stronger, but they are also getting old, and their abilities in all aspects have begun to decline.

Song Jiu continued to look down.

The aging Pan Mei is no longer the Pan Mei she used to be, but just as Zhao Kuangyi thought in his heart, it stands to reason that Pan Mei, who is in her sixties, should go back to the capital to enjoy the blessings, but there is no one to replace her, and she continues to stay up on the frontier.

Song Jiu sighed in his heart. Maybe Chen Jiagu's father-in-law made a mistake in history, but it was scandalized to that extent. It's too much.

I won't think about it, Yang Ye is still alive and well. I don't think there will be any more Pan Renmei.

Pan Mei misjudged, and Yelu Bununen was also afraid of Pan Mei, even if it was Pan Mei in her sixties.

Therefore, he avoided its edge, took Hugu, and rushed into the city of Daizhou. At the beginning, Ma Zheng, the commander of the Shenwei of Daizhou, did not know what to do, thinking that the enemy's main force was on Pan Mei's side, and it was only a partial division, so he took the initiative to lead thousands of Song troops out of the city to meet the battle.

As a result, he was beaten by the fat flatten, although this Song army was very brave. Still fenced off.

Zhang Qixian, the governor of Daizhou, had no choice but to find the deputy deployment of the soldiers and horses stationed in Sanjiao, Lu Hanyun, General Lu, if you don't save people, these thousands of soldiers and horses will make the Liao people eat even bones and slag.

Lu Hanyun disagreed, saying that the enemy's troops were too strong, and if I sent reinforcements out of the city, it would be better to stay in the city and let the enemy suffer in the siege battle. That is, Ma Zheng's thousands of people were sent to death.

Zhang Qixian has no choice, and the forbidden soldiers are in the hands of others. I can't mobilize it myself. So he tried to find a way, forced, some bigwigs in the court were not used to him, and said that the defeat of Qigou Pass was his responsibility. No matter how defeated they are, these people still don't know how to spoil themselves.

However, like Song Jiu, he at least knows that he is inadequate. So I usually read some military books and war strategies, although I am not a first-class military strategist. But I know a little bit about military affairs. The Northwest experience has also played a bit of a grinding role.

So I went back and meditated.

Daishu is the border and there are scouts. There was also intelligence, including the information of some important Khitan generals, and he thought of the news of Pu Nuning mentioned in the intelligence, and his eyes suddenly lit up. Then he gathered two thousand village soldiers, who were originally box soldiers, and now they were converted into village soldiers.

However, this box soldier or township soldier is different from the box soldier in the Central Plains, it is the result of years of training by Yang Ye, Pan Mei and others, except for the slightly worse treatment and slightly worse equipment, the combat effectiveness is not inferior to the forbidden soldier.

So he said to Lu Hanyun, you hold on to the city, and I will bring 2,000 soldiers to bring Ma Zheng's troops back.

Lu Hanyun was noncommittal, and even thought that Zhang Qixian was looking for death.

When Zhang Qixian was about to leave the city, he said to these soldiers: "You are also good men of the Great Song Dynasty, the enemy invades, the country is in trouble, can you be indifferent?" Now Ma Zheng is fighting bloodily with the enemy under the city, General Lu wants to defend the city, and this official can only lead you to defeat these enemy invaders. Although you are a village soldier, this official knows that you are no worse than the forbidden soldiers......"

After some agitation, the blood of the two thousand soldiers was boiling, and Zhang Qixian learned from Song Jiu, although he did not kill anyone, but he stayed in the formation and commanded, his qualifications were enough, he was once the deputy prime minister of Xifu, and the deputy prime minister was not afraid of death, what else are you afraid of?

These soldiers are like killing gods possessed, and they are alive and well out of the spirit of unity and death of the Song army when Song Jiu retreated, and there are many Liao soldiers, but you can see that the Liao army in front is killing flesh and blood, and the Liao army behind is stopping. Pu Nuning's personality is also a little suspicious, he has not had many troops in Daizhou, but seeing the combat effectiveness of this army, he thought that Pan Mei also left a main elite army in Daizhou, and in order to prevent accidents, he ordered the three armies to retreat.

Ma Zheng actually let Zhang Qixian miraculously save him.

But the matter is not over, the Liao army is not killed, and still stays outside the city, threatening Daizhou City at any time. He had no choice but to ask Pan Mei for help. Pan Mei agreed, for the sake of secrecy, the date of returning to the division could not be disclosed in the letter, so Zhang Qixian was asked to send a scout horse to keep abreast of the changes in the military situation outside Daizhou City, once it was discovered that the main force of the West Road Frontier Army led by him and the Liao army were in front of Daizhou City, Zhang Qixian led the Daizhou defenders out of the city to flank the Liao army, in order to prevent the Sanjiao garrison soldiers and horses who stayed in Daizhou from deploying Lu Hanyun to hinder them, Pan Mei also specifically explained in the reply that Lu Hanyun must obey Zhang Qixian's command.

The credible envoy was caught by the Liao army rangers on the way, and after seeing the letter, Pu Nuning wanted to withdraw his troops. Then the story of Xiongzhou City also happened to him, and his subordinates disagreed. The Eastern Route Army has meritorious, we rushed here and walked in a gloomy manner, won't it make people laugh to death in the future? As the Liao army learned another piece of news, Zhao Kuangyi heard that the Junziguan was defeated and ordered Pan Mei to withdraw his troops. Therefore, some people offered a plan, even if Pan Mei wanted to help, he had to go back to Bingzhou first, and then make an example for the emperor of the Song Dynasty to rescue Daizhou, then he could set up an ambush on the road from Bingzhou to Daizhou, and it happened that the Song army was repeatedly defeated, demoralized, running back and forth, physical strength declined, and there was a great victory. Some people even say that this letter was actually forged in the city, and it was used to intimidate the Liao army.

Zhang Qixian passed through the scout and heard some news.

It happened that the messenger of Panmei came, and the messenger told him. Zhao Kuangyi was afraid that Hedong would also be surrounded by the Junziguan and sent reinforcements, so Pan Mei bypassed Daizhou. Return to the state.

It's not going to be easy.

Zhang Qixian thought for a while, and then detained the messenger Pan Mei and secretly imprisoned him.

Then take advantage of the time when the Liao army is undecided. That night, let 200 elite soldiers go to the southwest of Daizhou City 30 miles to line up a long line, one person and one flag, on which the surnames of the main generals of Hedong are married, and the most eye-catching banner is a big Pan character. Then he lit the hay in his hand, and in an instant, the fire was blazing and the flag was fluttering. Pu Nuning was shocked, just twenty or thirty miles away. Soon, so the order was given to a quick retreat. While retreating, he scolded those subordinates.

These subordinates watched from a high place as the long light of the fire got closer and closer, and none of them dared to say anything, so withdraw. Fleeing from Daizhou to the Tu Pei Village on the side of the ancient Great Wall in the northwest, the terrain here is a little complicated, but no one looks closely, crosses the ancient Great Wall, and quickly flees to the Liao border.

But in the mountains and forests, there were a pair of eyes staring at them.

There were too many soldiers and horses in the past, and I didn't dare to eat them. The more enemies are left, the fewer they are. There were only more than 2,000 cavalry at the end, Zhang Qixian led the ambush soldiers to kill, and the leader was Pu Nuning's son, of course, Zhang Qixian didn't know who Lu Dao was. It doesn't matter who. Gotta eat it.

For a while, the sound of killing was everywhere, and the Liao army that crossed the ancient Great Wall thought that the Pan Mei Song army had caught up and fled faster. This Liao army was blocked by Zhang Qixian, and only a few dozen people escaped from Lu. In this battle, nearly 2,000 Liao soldiers were killed and 500 Liao soldiers were captured. Including the son of Pu Nuning, as well as more than two thousand war horses, countless armor. However, Zhang Qixian couldn't grasp Zhao Kuangyi's thoughts, and was afraid that Zhao Kuangyi would blame him for violating the order and attacking lightly. So I found Lu Hanyun, I am a Wenchen, it's useless to ask for martial arts, so I'll give it to you.

Shameless old Lou immediately laughed.

However, all of you here are shrewd people, and it is clear that something is wrong.

It's not the time to check yet.

But everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the previous big defeat, Zhao Kuangyi didn't want to bother Song Jiu, and this country can't count on one person. However, the matter in Hebei was so big that Song Jiu had to be invited. Hearing the Hedong war report again, everyone's heart was hanging just now, afraid that something would happen to Pan Mei.

It's okay now, fortunately, fortunately.

Zhao Kuangyi suddenly said: "Passing the decree, I want to exchange this child of the king of Peking University for a person." ”

Everyone was puzzled at first, but in a blink of an eye.

Song Jiu bowed down and gave a deep gift. But neither of them said that in the Song Dynasty, the concubine was not human, and if she said it, the minister would be impeached.

There are no big problems in Hedong, continue to say Hebei.

Song Jiu said slowly: "The Liao State named Yelu Xiuge as the king of Song, which is obviously an insult to my Great Song Dynasty. However, until now, except for Pan Meineng who can barely compete with Yelu Xuan, Chen has not seen that the general is Yelu Huge's opponent. Did you see this battle report? If there was no Yelu Xian and Yelu Xiuge, the Liao army would be the same thing. ”

Hearing this, everyone understood why Song Jiu had hope for Li Jilong.

But does Li Jilong really have this ability?

Song Jiu said again: "Moreover, until now, the imperial court has always been led by veterans, and veterans are rich in experience, but a group of veterans have gradually passed away, and even those who are alive have lost their previous abilities because of old age. But where are the young and middle-aged generals who can take over the future march and combat of the imperial court? It's not that it's not necessary, but the phenomenon of heavy seniority has also begun to appear in the army, veterans are constrained, and young and middle-aged generals have not been able to play well, and they have not sharpened how to grow, such as Li Jilong, Li Jixuan, Jing Si, Yang Yanzhao, Wang Chao, Fan Tingzhao, and Liaodong Shipu and others. I hope that Your Majesty will think twice. ”

Song Jiu really didn't know much about Li Jilong, but he longed for it in his heart.

Others didn't know, but Song Jiu knew in his heart that it should be said that the situation in the Song Dynasty at this time was much better than in another time and space.

First of all, the cost of raising soldiers, this pit has made the Song Dynasty miserable in history, but under the military reform under his own leadership, although the cost is still very high, it should actually drop a lot. If it weren't for the high cost of bereavement benefits and incentives, the cost would have fallen even more. But this cost is worth it, it is impossible to fight with the nomads, and it is impossible to be like the Chin Shu, there must be rich rewards and pensions, and the soldiers are willing to fight to the death for the country.

Moreover, the economic situation should also be better, and Song Jiu suspected that the current annual income of the Song Dynasty was at least more than 10 million yuan more than that of a year in history. However, this is about not easy to calculate, spend a lot of money, just don't spend much, slightly exempt from some taxes, and the income will be virtually gone.

Especially Western Xia.

Without Western Xia, time would always be on the side of the Song Dynasty. It's just that Song Jiu can't wait.

And when he came back this time, he was somewhat afraid of war, and there were too many dead. However, the facts forced him to go along with the war, if you don't fight Liao, Liaoguo will come to fight you.

Therefore, as long as one person can resist Jeruxiugo, the whole situation on the battlefield will gradually change.

In fact, he really doesn't remember much history, in addition to these people, there are, such as Yang Xin's younger brother Yang Si who pretended to be dumb, Wei Neng, Tian Min, Zhang Ning, the fierce eunuch Qin Han, and Sun Quanzhao who appeared on the fold, that one is not a killing god, and they have all entered the army, most of them are middle-aged, it is the time to fight, if they are promoted, and then Li Jilong is given a chance, that is, Yelu Hugo and Yelu Xian join forces, which is enough for these two to drink a pot. But Song Jiu can't remember, so let's continue to bury it......

Li Fang said unhappily: "Song Gong, let's talk about Hebei." ”

If that happens, he will be promoted to the back in the military and the political circles, and his position may not be guaranteed.

"Your Majesty, let's do it, immediately transfer 30,000 forbidden soldiers from the capital, prepare for the ministers for a few days, and then transfer a number of generals to the ministers, Yang Ye, Cui Yanjin, and that Yin Jilun. Then he issued an edict to let the generals of Hebei obey the command of the minister, and the minister promised to repel this enemy army. ”

"It's not easy."

"Under His Majesty, all the troops of Hebei were at the border, but the Liao State was blocked and the east and west were isolated, so the rest of the Liao State went south and was unimpeded. In fact, there were not many troops going south, and even if they did, they were scattered. Therefore, the minister was somewhat sure. As long as the front part is routed and the east and west are flanked, the minister cannot guarantee a great victory, but he can let them fight back. ”

"But in this weather, it will be difficult for the soldiers to march, and it will be even more difficult to supply food and grass...... Wang said.

"Chu Wang, although you have talent, you don't understand the military, Your Majesty, let's transfer Zhang Qixian back, and then transfer Wang Ming to Xifu. Waiting for the minister to come back from Hebei, the minister entered the third division ......"

"Three Divisions......" Lu Mengzheng said in surprise.

"Don't underestimate the three divisions, until now, our dynasty is in financial difficulties, the people are under heavy pressure, and the Liao country may not be better than my dynasty. Now we are not only competing in front-line battles, but also in the rear-end recovery capabilities. ”

"Song Qing, don't mention this for the time being," Zhao Kuangyi said. Sansi, isn't it a joke, Zhao Kuangyi was almost speechless, and said: "You still say that it is difficult to march in this weather." ”

"Your Majesty, Playground."

"Playground ......" Zhao Kuangyi wondered at first, but soon his eyes brightened, and then he smiled.

If the merit is high, it will shake the master, this sycophant has to be sent immediately, Song Jiu said: "Your Majesty is wise, I thought of it immediately." ”

Li Fang was even more able to pat himself on the back, and asked strangely: "Your Majesty, what is it, the minister doesn't understand." ”

Lu Mengzheng thought in his heart, Song Gong is good, but his temperament is bad after all. As for Prime Minister Lee, he automatically ignored it. (To be continued......)