Li Jilong summoned Guo Shouwen, Yuan Jizhong and other generals, as well as Pei Ji, the governor of Dingzhou, and Lin Yanshou, the eunuch.

Li Jilong said: "Li once met a nobleman, got his appreciation, and fought with him. He is a civilian official, but every time he stays on the front line, Li Moushu does not listen to the persuasion, and in turn, I am the highest official on the front line, if I retreat, can the soldiers still have the courage to fight? At that time, he was sick and wounded, and most of the time he lay on a sled-pulled bed. He is so noble that he is not afraid of death, can we be afraid of death? Now that the Liao army has come to the city, and the main army of Hebei is also concentrated here, I think that a small part of the city should be left to guard the outside of the city, and most of the soldiers in the city should go out of the city with me and fight to the death against the Liao Kou. I don't know what you think? ”

But Li Jilong still hasn't said anything.

After defeating the Liao army that was going south to fight in the grass valley, Li Jilong originally planned to gather several troops and horses and defeat the Liao army at Junziguan in one fell swoop.

However, Song Jiu did not agree, thinking that the Junziguan was a fiasco, the morale was not restored, the soldiers and horses of all roads were not together, it was difficult to dispatch, and it was easy to be broken by the division of troops like a god, and the main force of the Liao army was still there, although the Song Dynasty annihilated many people, but most of them were fighting grass valley soldiers, and the elite army of the Liao army suffered little loss. Moreover, once these 30,000 soldiers and horses are defeated, the entire Hebei will really become a vacuum, and the Liao army can even cross the Yellow River and threaten the capital.

Li Jilong is not too recognized.

But he also thought that Song Jiu was thinking about all aspects, and he had no right to change Song Jiu's decision, so he finally adopted Song Jiu's idea and dispatched several armies, whether it was to force or not fight, to force the Liao army out of Hebei.

If Song Jiu is here. In the case of a huge disparity in troops, the choice may be to defend the city.

And this time the skate tactics didn't work either. First, the main target of attack is outside the Guanxi and the area around Dingzhou Mancheng, mainly in the mountainous areas. The skates don't work. Second, most of the Liao troops are large force activities, which are not far from each other and can echo each other at any time. Therefore, in addition to forcibly fighting to the death, you can only hold on to the city.

Guo Shouwen said loudly: "At the beginning, the three armies in Qigou Pass were angry, and Guo also wanted to escape, but he escaped, which was the shame of Guo's life. At the beginning of the war, he went deep into the enemy's territory, and there was no food and grass in it. There are no reinforcements outside, we have also fought back, what are we afraid of, it is a big deal to repay Your Majesty with a death. Fuck it. ”

Speaking excitedly, he burst into foul language.

Yuan Jizhong also said: "General Li's opinion is very right, we still close the city without fighting with heavy troops, and let the enemy colonies surround Dingzhou and loot their prefectures and counties, how can the water village on the Hutuo River stop the Liaokou." The people in the rear will be as miserable as the year before, so how do we face our fathers and villagers, and how do we face the trust of His Majesty in us. Then we will become a group of cowards who only know how to protect themselves, greedy for life and afraid of death. A shame that can't be washed away for a lifetime. I am willing to be the first to lead the troops out of the city, even if I die on the battlefield, I will die without regrets! ”

Tian Min said loudly: "Your Majesty is wearing armor. Approaching the front line, Song Gong personally got on the horse. Kill the enemy, we are generals. Can you still be afraid of death, Dashuai, fight, dying on the battlefield is the glory of our warriors. ”

The other generals were red-eyed one by one and asked to fight.

Lin Yanshou was anxious, looked at the south, and thought, Song Gong, this is a good leader for you.

However, you can't fight, once Dingzhou City is lost, everything will be over, so he said loudly: "Don't go to war, haven't you seen the edict under Your Majesty?" The edict is very clear that you are only allowed to hold on to the city, and you are not allowed to go out of the city to face the battle, how can you violate the edict and ignore the emperor's will? ”

This is also a problem, but Li Jilong saw that the generals' eyes were shining with blood, and the fighting spirit was excited, and he felt that there was a drama in this battle, and the opportunity could not be missed, so he took the case and made a generous statement: "Since ancient times, the generals have not given the orders of foreign monarchs, and the reason why I did not go to the Junziguan more than a year ago was to be able to lead the army to kill the enemy and serve the country one day." Now that this day has come, no one can change my determination to lead my troops out of the city to kill the enemy, whether I can make the people in the rear safe, whether I can make the Son of Heaven no longer suffer shame, it is in one move. ”

Lin Yanshou is a little stupid, how can he get the emperor's shame, how to persuade him?

There is an important figure in the middle, that is Pei Ji, this person can also fight.

The imperial court listened to Song Jiu's suggestion and used Li Jilong to preside over the military defense of Hebei, and Pei Ji was a little unconvinced.

It is a military general of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is his duty to die on the battlefield, no matter what the situation is, if he escapes, he will escape, which is no different from Cui Yanjin and Cao Bin and others.

Therefore, when he came to Dingzhou, he had some discord with Li Jilong, and actually looked down on Li Jilong's escape in the Junzi Pavilion.

What he saw and heard today finally changed his mind, so he said: "General Li's determination to serve the country moved Pei very much, if the emperor will investigate the responsibility of disobeying the edict and sending troops in the future, Pei is willing to share it with General Li, and will never let you be implicated at all." ”

"We are willing to follow General Li's command," Mr. Guo and Mr. Fan said.

They are the principal and deputy capital of Zhenzhou, and they are nominally on an equal footing with Li Jilong. However, in the battle of Qigou Pass, I saw that the generals did not listen to the dispatch and had so many serious consequences. Therefore, they all took the initiative to put down their bodies and let the upper and lower armies work together.

"General Guo, General Fan, you are heroes in Qigou Pass, but Li will never let you down." Li Jilong also knew the stakes involved, and when he was moved, he gave a big gift.

The morale of the three armies is high, why not fight!

Yuan Jizhong suddenly said: "General Li, you still have one more thing to do. ”

Li Jilong said gloomily: "That's my fault. ”

Li Jilong looked at Tian Min again and said, "Commander Tian, let's go to your army together." ”

After the Liao army invaded the south, Yuan Jizhong asked Li Jilong to give an order to transfer the families of the Jingsai army from Yizhou City to the rear. At that time, Li Jilong thought that the city wall of Yizhou was tall and strong, and the Liao army was not good at attacking the city for a long time, so it should be safe.

Who knew that Liu Qi, the governor of Ludao Daozhou, only saw that the reinforcements were repulsed, so he did not dare to defend the city and surrendered on his own initiative, so that the families of these soldiers all fell into the hands of the Liao army.

There were only a thousand of them, but the heavily armored cavalry carefully built by the imperial court, without them, would not be able to tear apart the formation of the Liao army.

Therefore, Li Jilong and Tian Min gathered these Jingsai troops, and Li Jilong looked at a thousand soldiers and bowed deeply. said: "Soldiers, Liaokou invaded. Lee will not have time to move your family to the rear, so that they will fall to the enemy. Now that life and death are at a loss, Li has asked you for guilt. ”

"General Li, I can't blame you."

In fact, ordinary soldiers often demand simple pitiful, they only need a fair treatment, a treatment that respects them.

Li Jilong took the initiative to admit his mistakes and confess his guilt to them, don't say that it is either Li Jilong's fault or Li Jilong's fault, and they also forgive Li Jilong.

Tian Min took the opportunity to say: "Who is Yizhou's homeland? ”

"That's our home."

"Yes. That's our home, our home...... But now that your homeland has been invaded by the Liaokou, and your relatives are struggling under the Liaokou butcher's knife, do you hate the Liaokou? ”

"We hate, we hate it very much."

"Now I want to lead you to fight against the evil and murderous Liaokou, are you willing to charge into battle with me, kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and avenge your relatives?"

"We swear to follow General Tian to the death and not break the Liao army. Swear not to survive! ”

Other units are also working on mobilization.

For a time, the monstrous murderous aura permeated the entire sky over Dingzhou.

……

Pan Li'er sat at home with a huff.

At the beginning, Wan Niang said that there was, and the family beat chickens and eggs. Song Jiu was afraid of an accident, so he hurriedly completed the wedding.

As a result, half a year after getting married, the eldest daughter's stomach did not move.

Pan Li'er was angry.

However, in the end, it is the flesh and blood of the body, and the daughter has been married for a long time. There was still no movement, and Pan Li'er was also a little anxious, and it was not until recently that she heard the doctor's diagnosis and was happy.

Pan Li'er ran over to look.

However, Jong Hoon's attitude was lukewarm. made Pan Li'er angry and went home, so she complained about Song Jiu. Song Jiu Ha Lu Ha Yile: "Seeing that we have no chance with our mother-in-law is the traditional virtue of our old Song family." ”

"It turns out that my grandmother didn't treat my father well back then."

"Well, it can't be helped. Back then, my father and I were also poor. ”

"Don't talk nonsense," Pan said fiercely. The wife was angry, and Song Jiu automatically shut up. Pan Li'er looked at the hundreds of thousands again, and said viciously: "Don't be happy with any of you, I'll be the master of your own affairs." ”

A couple of little guys stuck out their tongues.

The family was laughing, Zhao Kuangyi came, he was also complaining, and when he entered the door, he complained: "Song Qing, your home is too far away." ”

As an emperor, he also occasionally went to the minister's house.

But the palaces of the important ministers are all near the imperial city, such as Pan's house, which is in the northwest corner of the imperial city. But when you go to Song Jiu's house, you can't do it, travel lightly, the minister may speak, and come in a jade chariot, not only will it disturb the people, but there may be many ministers who can speak. Of course, there is another meaning in this statement, only if the emperor appreciates and trusts the minister, the emperor will go to his home. If you are an ordinary courtier, the emperor doesn't care where you live, and if you have something to say, you will send a small yellow door to greet you, and you will not enter the palace obediently.

Song Jiu said happily: "Prosperity must decline, since ancient times, the ministers are already very expensive, the nobility near the imperial city is too heavy, it's still good at home, it's good here." ”

"It's over, it's over."

However, Zhao Kuangyi really had something to do, Li Jilong was talking to each army separately, Lin Yanshou was anxious, wrote a recital of the original story, and handed it to the capital city with fast horses.

Zhao Kuangyi was shocked when he saw it.

I'm afraid, and I'm afraid that the matter of the Gentleman's Pavilion will be staged again.

After Song Jiu looked at it, he brought the map and stared at it.

After most of the day, he said: "Your Majesty, worry-free, even if you are undefeated, it is the same as when the minister retreated, and it is also the same as the Junzi Pavilion, they go out to fight with the city, this battle is united, there may not be a big rout, more than 10,000 military horses want to defeat the opponent difficult, but if you want to withdraw to Dingzhou City safely, it is easy to re-defend the city." ”

"This kid, dare to disobey the edict!"

"He also said that His Majesty loves humiliation, and the courtiers deserve death, or they can create a miracle of Huo Quai's illness."

In the end, it is two different things, as Song Jiu said, in the Han Dynasty, the Huns did not have horseshoe, and the Huns did not have outstanding generals, so Huo Qubing could fight ...... But now, people have long had horseshoe, and the founding time is longer than that of the Song Dynasty, and there are peerless generals such as Yelu Xiu Ge Yelu oblique......

It can only be said that this heart is good.

Song Jiu said: "It's too late to say anything now, maybe there is already a war ahead, Your Majesty, let's go to the Kaibao Temple Tower to pray for the front-line soldiers." ”

"You believe it too?"

"The minister doesn't believe it, the minister is confident that His Majesty has done a good job, and the minister has done his best, and now he will be handed over to God for judgment."

Kaibao Temple Tower is the famous Kaifeng Iron Tower, but what the descendants see is the product of Song Renzong's construction, Jin Ren's reconstruction, the wooden tower that is now repaired may be burned by lightning in the near future, maybe the Song Jiu spread knowledge in the extremely non-standard lightning rod will work, has continued to preserve.

When Qian Yu returned to Shun, brought the relics of Ashoka to the capital, Zhao Kuangyi buried the Buddha relics in the ground in the Kaibao Temple, built a wooden tower on it, octagonal thirteen layers, nearly 130 meters high, also called Fusheng Tower. A lot of money was spent, so from the beginning of the construction, it was opposed by many ministers.

But maybe Zhao Kuangyi is telling the world that I am praying for my brother, or it is possible to ask Zhao Kuangyin's soul to forgive him, and he has always insisted on his own opinion and continued to send people to build, which has just been completed.

Since its completion, it has been crowded with tourists.

But on this day, the tourists were expelled together, and there were only two people on the entire Kaibao Temple Tower, but no one had any complaints, just wondered why the pair of monarchs and ministers came to the Kaibao Temple Tower.

Suddenly, the bell rang, and the vicissitudes of the bell gradually spread from Kaibao Temple to the Yellow River, and spread farther away. (To be continued......)