The Northern Song Dynasty was founded by Zhao Kuangyin when Zhao Kuangyin launched the Chenqiao Mutiny and the yellow robe was added, so he had a clear understanding of the danger of military generals and soldiers taking power. Coupled with the historical experience of the country being controlled by generals during the Five Dynasties period, he attached great importance to the restrictions on martial artists after the founding of the country, established the national policy of establishing the country with Confucianism and emphasizing literature and suppressing martial arts, and set up an oath monument: give preferential treatment to literati and doctors, and do not kill ministers and those who write and say things.

Therefore, the officials of the Song Dynasty mainly came from the scholar class who entered the imperial examination, and a large number of Wenyan students entered the ranks of the ruling class through this way, realizing the pursuit of learning and excellence. Ministers, scribes also; the courtiers of the close courtiers, the scribes, too; The division of the valley, the scribe also; Border Marshal. Scribes also; The world's transit envoys, scribes also; Zhizhou County, scribe also.

These scholars and imperial power are combined to maintain the political operation of the country, so the scholars can embody their highest Confucian ideal of "governing the country and leveling the world" more than ever before, it can be said that the Great Song Dynasty was the scholars who held up a piece of the sky, and also created the legend in history that "the Song Dynasty is the paradise of literati".

But it is precisely because the fate of the scholars is also closely related to the fate of the royal family, so they are more loyal to the royal family, actively write books and deeds, judge history, participate in politics, and have a strong sense of ownership. This is the ideological embodiment of the desire of the scholar class to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country aroused by the environment of the times, and it reflects the mentality of the scholars after they took power, from the pursuit of personal information to the concern for the interests of the society and the group.

Although it seems to be harmonious. However, the struggle between the imperial power and the relative power has never disappeared in the past hundred years, and the expansion of imperial power will inevitably come at the expense of suppressing the scholar group represented by the relative power. Shiren Group. The expansion of relative power naturally limited the imperial power and caused dissatisfaction among the imperial family. Suppression of phase power. The two powers are staggering forward in this kind of struggle and compromise, reaching a delicate balance, and Taizu's oath of 'not killing the scholar and the person who writes and speaks' is the bond to maintain this balance, no matter how hard the two sides fight, they will not harm the other's lives...

"In the Shenzong Dynasty, the struggle between the old and new parties was only a dispute of righteousness and ideas, but the new party concocted the 'Wutai Poetry Case' and put the old party Soviet students in prison, opening a precedent for the literary prison; The old party was in power, and a tooth for a tooth was reciprocated, weaving the 'Chegaiting Poetry Case', and exiled Cai Qu of the new party to Lingnan, where he died in the local area, but the emperor still followed the oath and did not dare to torture and kill! Yang Shi said.

"To the previous dynasty, the dynasty has been chaotic, the emperor collected the flower stone gang, and the student Deng Su presented poems and satirical advice. Prime Minister Cai Jing said to the emperor: If you don't kill Deng Su, I'm afraid that the rumors will cause trouble in the world. But the emperor said that he was still an important minister, so he only canceled Deng Su's school status and released him to the field. It can be seen that the emperor still remembers the Taizu oath monument. You, Chen Dong, led the Kaifeng military and civilians to demonstrate in front of the palace this time, and wrote a letter to say things, and Prime Minister Li Bangyan thought that you were 'intent to change.' You and other students will be arrested and executed, if it weren't for the prince's arrangement, he would have failed. You set the example of the murder of the speaker, and this time you escaped death. But dozens of soldiers and civilians in Beijing who went with you were beheaded on the street! Zhou Xingji sighed.

"In the Renzong Dynasty, the Liao State violated the border, a transfer envoy was impeached for escaping, and the court discussed it with a heavy punishment, and Emperor Renzong also wanted to kill him to set an example, but he was dissuaded by the courtiers with the oath of Taizu. Everyone knew that his crime should be beheaded, but he still persuaded the emperor to avoid the death penalty, because he didn't want to kill the scholar doctor. This time, you forced the palace to punish the traitors, and the saint already had a grudge against them, and borrowed a knife to kill Wang Hao, Liang Shicheng and others, and set a precedent. Yang Shi said indignantly.

"Mr. Kameyama, Wang Huang and his ilk have brought disaster to the country and the people, and killing them is something that will quickly protect the hearts of the people in the world, is it also wrong?" Mr. Chen said, apparently justifying his actions.

"Shaoyang, do you know that there is one, there must be two. This knife can kill traitors and loyal ministers, if Li Gangru fails to help, even if he escapes from the battlefield, he will not escape this knife! Yang Shi frowned and said.

"Lord Li is loyal to the country, heaven and earth can be learned, how can he be killed?" Chen Dong hurriedly said.

"Shouldn't the defeated army be beheaded? Didn't you ask for Tong Guan to be killed because he was a defeated general who had escaped from the battle? Tong Guan killed, of course, Li Gang also killed! Yang Shi snorted coldly and said.

"Ah..." Chen Dong was shocked to hear the cold sweat like rain, and said in surprise, he just wanted to get rid of traitors for the country, but he didn't expect that his willfulness would affect the world's scholars and princes, "Prince, I was impulsive for a while, but I implicated the prince, it's really damned!" He bowed his head.

"This is the fault of this king, knowing that you are a bloody person, you should not be sent back to Beijing at this time, the matter has come to this point, there is no point in regretting, but Shaoyang still has to remember this lesson, and you must not be rash!" Zhao Ta said with a smile, he knew that the progress of a country needs to be promoted by these enthusiastic young people, but it is not enough to rely on enthusiasm, and it is a pity to lose his life in vain for these future pillars.

"The subordinates understand, there will be no more such things in the future!" Chen Dong looked at the prince's indifferent expression and said, and suddenly understood in his heart that with the means of the prince and the soldiers behind him, it was enough to sweep the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty and ascend to the throne, and his mind and courage would definitely be able to govern the country well, but he couldn't bear it, it seems that not only did he not want to fall into the notoriety of killing the monarch and seizing the throne, but also did not want to create a precedent of this kind of bloody politics in the Great Song Dynasty, breaking the situation of the peaceful transfer of the supreme power in the Great Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years.

"Lord Wang, no matter whether the troops are sent out this time, no matter whether they win or lose, the prince will once again fall into the battle in the court, and we are weak in Beijing, and the situation is dangerous!" Yang Shi said worriedly.

"So before sending out the army, I hope that Mr. will write a letter to impeach the king, so that even if there is any accident, you will not be involved!" Zhao Ta smiled and said that these two finally regarded themselves as a family.

"What did the prince say, how can we be speculative villains in the twilight of the Qin Dynasty, we are willing to advance and retreat with the prince!" Yang Shi said with some resentment, as if the prince had insulted their personalities.

"I'm willing to advance and retreat with the prince!" Chen Dong and Zhou Xingji got up and saluted.

"I can trust the character of several people, but this time the dispatch of troops is unpredictable as Mr. said, in case of an accident to the king, Mr. and others need to do their best to protect the loyal army, this is the hope of our Great Song Dynasty, this king please!" Zhao Ta hurriedly returned the salute.

"We will live up to the trust of the prince, and we will go to Zhao Juntun's envoy tomorrow!" The three of them saluted together, and they also understood at this time what Zhao Ta meant by letting Zhao Ren be blackened, he wanted to leave the last strong army for the Great Song Dynasty, and also to leave a back road for himself...

In the following days, Zhao Ta reorganized the army and arranged the affairs after the expedition. On June 20, the sacrifice of the flag, the reward of the three armies, Zhao Ta led the army to attack from Hezhou to rescue Taiyuan.

This time, 150,000 troops were recruited, with Zhao Yan as the vanguard, and a total of 8,000 dragon generals and lion generals of the loyal and brave army were the front army; With the Hezhou prefect Yeli commanding the headquarters and the 40,000 cavalry of the Hezhou tribal army as the left army; Zhengchuan commanded the Lingzhou, Xiazhou, and other state armies and the 30,000 cavalry of the tribal army as the right army; Yeli and Zhengchuan both served as commanders of the Western Xia Road, commanded tens of thousands of troops, and had rich combat experience, which was enough to serve as the commander of the whole road.

Zhao Ta led the Chinese army, but his team was also the most complicated, consisting of a brigade of loyal and brave wolf generals and 40,000 archers from the Han Dynasty, with Zhou Dajun under the jurisdiction of Youzhou soldiers and horses, and most of them were infantry troops. The rear army was under the command of Zhao Zhi, leading 30,000 righteous and brave palaces. With Xu Hong, the prefect of Lingzhou, as the transshipment envoy, he was responsible for escorting grain and grass, and Wang Jin, the prefect of Xiazhou, was in charge of the army's rewards and punishments.

Zhao Yan led the front army to set off one day before the army, and the army marched from Tumaochuan and Quyechuan in two ways, and converged in Liangu two days later, entered Linzhou and stayed in Xintai three days later, and the army arrived at Jingqiang Village five days later. At this time, the former army had entered Lanzhou, fought with the Jin army in Hehe County, defeated the defenders in a battle, beheaded 500 and made the first contribution, and was marching to Yifang, the capital of Lanzhou.

This time, Zhao Ta did not choose the tactics of the Great Song Dynasty's usual division and combined attack, but concentrated his troops all the way forward, which has no technical content, it is the most clumsy way to play, but it is also the most difficult to crack. Hundreds of thousands of troops huddled together, looking at each other, step by step, like a huge stone roller crushing everything in front of him into powder, to put it simply, it is to rely on the number of people to bully the less.

In fact, Zhao Ta is helpless to choose this tactic, the army comes from many sides, and there is no time for further running-in training, and it will inevitably become a problem to cooperate with each other in a war, so Zhao Ta divides troops according to the region, they come from the same place, and even adjacent tribes, they are more familiar with each other, which can reduce the friction and send the 'regular army' of the state army and the tun army to the command of Zhengchuan and Yeli.

However, Zhao Ta organized many Han archers into the Chinese army, not only because they were brave, but because they were basically based on command, although there were few people but there were many things, and their temper was still big, and only their own boss could bluff them and command them.

Another large army is concentrated all the way to facilitate command, and it is difficult for the enemy to see the flaws, so as to avoid the danger of being broken by the Jin army, even if it is attacked, the armies can be quickly rescued not far from each other. This formation is also a problem for the enemy army, either you will retreat before the arrival of the army, or you will have to concentrate on holding on or fighting a decisive battle, and this is exactly what the Jin army does not want to see.

"Lord Wang, someone is asking to see?" Zhao Ta had just been placed in the stockade, and when he saw the joy, he came in to say goodbye.

"Who is it?!" Zhao Ta saw the strange expression on Xi's face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and asked suspiciously... (To be continued......)