"Senior Brother Zhao, we have all arrived in Chenzhou, why is General Zhou still gathering us, looking at his face, it seems that there is something bad?" As soon as Zhao Yan got on the flagship, a captain who was younger than him immediately came over and said, this captain is named Lin Hao, who is also a graduate of the Naval Academy, just one level lower than Zhao Jia, he only entered the navy last year, and now serves as the captain of a medium-sized warship, one level lower than Zhao Jia, and there are not many generals in the navy who graduated from military schools like him, for example, in the Seventh Fleet, Zhao Jia has the highest level, so Lin Hao's academic schools are also headed by Zhao Jia.

"It should be something happened in Liao, you see that General Zhou not only has officials from Liao, but also a Great Song official we haven't seen, it is estimated that the other party is a supervisory official who stayed in Chenzhou, and there must be something to find our general this time." Zhao Jia looked at General Zhou at this time and said, from the moment he entered the conference room on the flagship, he noticed that there were two more people around General Zhou, and guessed something from them.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhao Jia's words fell, General Zhou, who had a gloomy face, introduced them: "Captains, this Liao official next to me is Xiao Zhizhou of Chenzhou Port, and this is Cai Gouzhi of our Great Song Dynasty, who is responsible for supervising the commissioning of materials. ”

When he said this, I saw General Zhou glance at everyone, especially Zhao Jia for a while, in the entire detachment, only he knew Zhao Jia's true identity, and he was the general who Zhao Yan personally promoted in the navy, so naturally he didn't have to say anything about loyalty, so after Zhao Jia was assigned to the navy, he has been working under him.

I saw that General Zhou glanced at everyone, and then slowly spoke: "Just three days ago." The Jurchens suddenly fought out from the Yalu River, attacked the Liao State's important town on the Liaodong Peninsula, Kaizhou City, and now the Kaizhou City has been besieged heavily, it can be said that the situation is very critical, and it may be broken by the Jurchens at any time. ”

"General, what does the situation in Kaizhou City have to do with us?" That's when it happened. I saw a middle-aged captain with a big beard and a short stature and asked loudly, this middle-aged captain's surname is Wang, it is the Captain Wang mentioned by Zhao Jia's subordinates before, he used to be the most effective captain under General Zhou, but after Zhao Jia arrived, he could only be relegated to second place.

"This sentence is a good question, originally the war between the Liao State and the Jurchens is indeed none of our business, according to the original covenant between our Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State. Our Great Song Dynasty only needs to send materials to support Liao, and will not send troops directly, but this time the situation is special, because some time ago, Yelu Yanxi, the prince of Liao, came to inspect Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo, and just went to Kaizhou City four days ago, but the Jurchens attacked Kaizhou City three days ago, and now they are besieging the prince of Liao in the city, and the situation is very critical. Xiao Zhizhou can't mobilize many people to come to the rescue, so I hope we can help with this. Sent troops to rescue the prince of Liao. General Zhou spoke again at this time.

Originally, the life or death of the prince of Liao was not a matter of the Great Song Dynasty, but at the level of General Zhou, he could already know some things in the general direction, for example, he knew that the Liao State must not fall now, otherwise the Jurchens would take the opportunity to become bigger, compared to the Khitans who had declined. The barbaric Jurchens were also a greater threat to the Great Song Dynasty, so after knowing that the prince of Liao was besieged by the Jurchens, General Zhou also hurriedly gathered his subordinates to discuss the matter.

Zhao Jia was also shocked when he heard this, he naturally knew about the threat of the Jurchens to the Great Song Dynasty, and he still knew. The Liao State is far weaker than it seems, and it took three years to deal with a small Wanyan Department without much effect, so it can be seen how incompetent the Liao State is, if the crown prince of the Liao State is also caught by the Jurchens, it will cause a huge blow to the Liao State, and may even become the fuse for the demise of the Liao State.

Thinking of the above, Zhao Jia immediately decided to rescue that Yelu Yanxi no matter what, but he was not impulsive, but looked at the others quietly, after all, such a big matter, General Zhou is afraid that it will be difficult to decide alone, at least the support of most people is needed to make a decision.

"I agree, in the matter of the Jurchens, the Liao State is also our ally no matter what, and now the important people in the allies are in trouble, which may change the current situation, so I think we should send troops!" At this time, I saw that the young Lin Hao was the first to speak, the young people were more impulsive, and the reason was very simple, after all, in his opinion, the word 'ally' alone was enough to send troops.

"I don't think it's appropriate, the alliance signed between our Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State only provided material support, and did not mention sending troops to support, if we send troops now, it will already be regarded as breaking the original alliance, which may cause very serious consequences, so I don't approve of sending troops!" At this time, I saw the bearded captain Wang stand up and say, don't look at his rude appearance, but in fact, he is a cautious person and acts more cautiously, of course, this is also related to his age.

Lin Hao and Captain Wang expressed their opinions, and other captains also expressed their opinions, some supported Lin Hao, some supported Captain Wang, but the number of people on both sides was about the same, and no one could convince anyone, which made the conference room noisy for a while, and it was impossible to form a unified opinion.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Zhizhou of the Liao State couldn't help but be a little panicked, speaking of which, he is still the queen's cousin, that is, Yelu Yanxi's cousin, and he is still a firm prince, which naturally does not want Yelu Yanxi to have an accident, so he said anxiously at the moment: "Generals, please listen to what the lower officials say, although when our Song and Liao countries formed an alliance, there was no provision that the Great Song Dynasty must send troops, but now the situation is special, my Liao prince is trapped in Kaizhou City, and the reinforcements from Liaoyang Mansion want to arrive, It will take at least five or six days, and there may be an ambush of the Jurchens on the way, maybe when the reinforcements arrive, the city of Kaizhou will be broken, so now only the generals can save my prince of Daliao! ”

When Xiao Zhizhou said the end, he actually squeezed out two tears, and then bowed very solemnly to the captains of General Zhou and Zhao Jia, which made the captains who opposed the troops a little embarrassed.

General Zhou is actually in favor of sending troops, but this responsibility is too great, in case there are any serious consequences in the future, I am afraid that he will not be able to bear it alone, so he wants to get the support of his subordinates, but he didn't expect to disagree, but at this time he suddenly saw Zhao Jia silent in the crowd, and his eyes lit up and said with a smile: "Captain Zhao, I see that everyone else has expressed their opinions, but you haven't opened your mouth from beginning to end, I don't know what you think about this matter?" ”

Zhao Jia saw that General Zhou actually took the initiative to ask for his opinion, and he also had a kind smile on his face, which made him cry and laugh a little, he could also guess the other party's thoughts, it was nothing more than that he was afraid that he would not be able to bear this responsibility, so he wanted him to come forward, even if something went wrong in the future, but with Zhao Jia's identity, I am afraid that the upper authorities would not do anything to them.

Although he knew General Zhou's thoughts, Zhao Jia was also very much in favor of sending troops, so he hesitated for a moment and finally said slowly: "General Qiyu, just as Captain Lin said before, no matter what, my Song and Liao are allies, and the prince of Liao is an important figure in the two countries, and now we are in danger, we didn't know before, if we know about it, but we see the other party fall into the hands of the Jurchens, this may affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries, so the last general also thinks that troops should be sent!" ”

Hearing Zhao Jia's words, General Zhou immediately looked calm, and immediately glanced at the captains under him and said: "General Ben also thinks that what Captain Lin and Captain Zhao said is reasonable, and it is just that he didn't know it before, but now that he knows, he naturally can't watch the prince of Liao State in danger, so General Ben also feels that he should send troops!" ”

General Zhou's statement, although there are still some captains who object, but they are no longer able to return to the sky, after all, there are not a few captains who supported sending troops before, so in the end, this matter was settled, which also made Xiao Zhizhou grateful, and after thanking General Zhou again, he asked them to bring the map and explain to them the terrain of Kaizhou and the current situation over there.

Kaizhou and Chenzhou are located at both ends of the entrance of the Liaodong Peninsula, like two gateways guarding the Liaodong Peninsula, and Kaizhou is located at the mouth of the Yalu River, which can be said to be more suitable for a port than Chenzhou, but Kaizhou is far away from Liaoyang Mansion, and there are some peaks between the two cities, which is inconvenient for the transportation of grain and materials, so Liaoguo did not choose the port there.

In addition, it should be noted that Kaizhou is not only the gateway of the Liaodong Peninsula, but also the border between Liao and Goryeo, so the troops arranged on the side of Kaizhou City are also more than those on the Chenzhou side, and the military value is relatively high.

Now there are about 5,000 Liao troops in Kaizhou City, and there are only more than 3,000 Jurchens outside the city, but even if the Jurchens' strength is not as good as the Liao army, but the combat power of the two sides is very different, the Liao army of 5,000 people was killed by the Jurchens of 3,000 people, and they can only rely on the city wall to defend. (To be continued.) )