Zhao Jiong waved his hand a little impatiently, and said: "General Cao is very thoughtful, and he is also loyal to the country, but well, Youzhou can go down every day, and I am sure." However, the opportunity to win should not be disclosed. ”

Pan Mei saw that Zhao Jiong insisted on taking Taiyuan first, and then attacking Youzhou, so she no longer advised, but bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first, and now in order not to attract the attention of the Liao people, all the grain and grass hoarding are in the direction of Taiyuan. Although he did not fight with Taiyuan and Khitan in the north, he knew the importance of grain and grass to the army, the so-called war, generally fought grain and grass, in front of two fortified cities, to capture it must be protracted, the number of 300,000 forbidden troops every day to eat horses and chew, there must be millions of people to transport, in addition, the warehouse for hoarding grain and grass must also be as close to the front line as possible. At this time, the most tricky thing is that in order to prevent the grass from startling the snakes, there is no large amount of grain and grass hoarding near the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

Zhao Jiong frowned helplessly, and said impatiently: "For the matter of grain and grass, I will reprimand Yousi Transportation, you just care about life and kill the enemy, you don't need to think about this matter." Money and grain and grass are the two major factors that restrict the generals, so Zhao Jiong was sensitive and disgusted from the bottom of his heart to the generals of the army reaching out for grain and grass, and he was even more reluctant to discuss with them in depth how to transport and receive help. In his mind, once the holy decree is made, there are officials who will naturally handle things properly, and will act strictly according to his will, but they don't want to treat the matter to a certain extent, even if the officials who want to win the favor with all their hearts, there are times when they can't clean it up.

Zhao Pu, Cao Bin and others saw that the officials were confident, and they didn't say much, and the ministers continued to discuss some arrangements for the march route, so they retreated, Zhao Jiong said: "The Khitan people are arrogant, and they don't think that our dynasty can attack Youzhou, so they put the soldiers and horses in the north. ”

After everyone else retired, Zhao Jiong changed his serious expression, turned his head to Wang Yu, who was waiting for a while, and said: "You can listen to the words of the prime minister and the generals, and the guards of Youzhou and the city should do things that are willing to be the king's master, and there must be no mistakes." ”

Wang Yu arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty rest assured, Youzhou Dili Du commanded Cai Zhalcan to defend the south gate, this person has believed in the Holy Religion for generations, this Liao country believes in Tianzhu Buddhism, has already made the Holy Sect believers cold, in addition to Cai Zarcan, the Holy Sect has hundreds of people lurking in Youzhou City, once the forbidden army begins to attack the city, it will shake people's hearts in the city, and even open the city gate for the forbidden army. With this internal response, Youzhou City must be worried about it. Not only Youzhou, but also tens of thousands of members of the Holy Sect in the sixteen states, they are willing to mobilize the people to welcome the king at that time, just wait for the king to arrive, and the Youyan father and elder will definitely win the grain and follow the scene. ”

His affirmative tone strengthened Zhao Jiong's confidence, and he nodded and said, "Very good, after this battle, the Zoroastrian Sect can open an ancestral temple in the Central Plains and stand side by side with Buddhism." This golden mouth is not trivial, Wang Yu was immediately overjoyed, knelt down and said: "On behalf of the thousands of members of the Holy Sect, thank you Your Majesty Longen." ”

Looking at Wang Yu who was kneeling, Zhao Jiong smiled at the corner of his mouth unknownly, he was the Son of Heaven.

At this time, it was getting late, and in the side door of the Anxi Jiedu Envoy's mansion, Huang Wen snuggled in Wu Yingying's arms, her eyes were slightly red, and she muttered: "Can't you let the concubine stay and wait for her husband to return safely?"

Wu Yingying hugged her delicate body tightly, carefully looked at the raised pretty face, wiped the corners of her eyes for her, and said softly: "The war is dangerous, when the war starts, it will be even more difficult for the woman's family to get out, the imperial army will go out soon, and I just have no time to take care of the princes and dependents like me, if you don't leave at this time, when will you stay?" Seeing that Mrs. pursed her lips slightly, expressing dissatisfaction, Wu Yingying smiled: "Once I have a chance to get out, I will return to Hexi as soon as possible and reunite with your mother and daughter, how about it? Let's go, don't let the sergeants wait for a long time." ”

Huang Wen nodded helplessly, straightened the ends of her hair, struggled out of her husband's arms, walked towards the door, and after taking a few steps, she suddenly stopped, turned around and ran back, holding Wu Yingying's neck with both arms, and standing on tiptoe. After a long time, the two slowly separated, Huang Wen secretly glanced around, and saw that several of the tooth soldiers in charge of the sentry in the courtyard consciously turned their backs, and their pretty faces couldn't help but blush slightly, so they stopped being obsessed and turned to leave. Wu Yingying stopped for a moment, listened to the carriage outside the door slowly leave, and then sighed, felt a wisp of lingering fragrance, and let go of his thoughts.

The daughter had fallen asleep under the care of the maid, looking at her red face, Huang Wen felt a little unbearable, and sighed softly: "Good daughter, with the upheaval of the mother, what a pitiful child." Fingers gently tuck her daughter's futon into place. This carriage was arranged by the Chengying Battalion, and there were twenty sergeants pretending to be the guardians of large families around it, and it looked like the family members of big families in Bianliang City were leaving the city. Under the light of the setting sun, the carriage drove away from the west gate of Bianliang, and Huang Wen looked back from the gap in the curtain at the heavy and tall city gate slowly closed behind her, and two lines of tears flowed slowly and uncontrollably.

On the Chongzheng Palace, the envoy of the Liao State tart Ma Changshou had an angry face, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, five years ago, you and I had an appointment in advance, and our country sent an envoy to tell the Taiyuan Liu clan not to attack the Central Plains without authorization. Over the past few years, your two countries have stopped fighting and traded with each other, and the year before last, your envoy Xin Zhongfu came to our court, and my lord once again affirmed this covenant. Now why does your country not keep its promise and insist on attacking Taiyuan?" This Dama longevity is a close confidant of the Liao Emperor, and this time because he was one of the handlers of the Liao and Song peace treaties, he was sent by Empress Xiao to prevent the Song State from attacking Taiyuan.

What he said was that when Song Taizu was alive, the Liao general Yelu Congtong contacted Sun Quanxing, the guard general of Xiongzhou, and the Song and Liao families negotiated peace, and since then the Liao soldiers have no large-scale moves into the Central Plains along the Hebei line, and sent envoys to ask Taiyuan Liu not to provoke the Central Plains without authorization, but the Liao State regarded the Song State attacking Taiyuan as a threatening move, and each time it would send tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to rescue.

Zhao Jiong frowned slightly, unexpectedly a few words of oral message between the eldest brother and Liao Emperor Yeluxian, although they did not fall on the text, the Liao people took it seriously. He couldn't help but feel that this red-faced Chidi Khitan was a little ridiculous, and he didn't understand the truth at this time and at that time, and he came here to mess around. So he said proudly: "Hedong disobeyed his fate, so he should be questioned." If the Northern Dynasty does not help, the peace treaty will remain the same, otherwise it will be war. After saying that, I was pleased, and I felt that this statement had the power of the eldest brother back then, "how can others sleep soundly on the side of the couch".

The reply he received was so tough, and Tart Ma Changshou couldn't help but be a little angry, and said angrily: "How can this be true, how can your country be so untrustworthy to a country that claims to be a state of etiquette. If your country insists on attacking, the east of the river is rugged and inconvenient to drive, and our dynasty has hundreds of thousands of iron horses, and the roads of Hebei will be rewarded!"

Zhao Jiong didn't expect to be scolded by a barbarian envoy in court, and he couldn't help but get angry, and his face turned cold.

Seeing this, Cao Bin, the privy envoy who was accompanying him, snorted coldly: "The imperial court has hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops waiting for you, and if you want to fight, you will fight." ”

Zhao Jiong's face was still gloomy, and he asked the ministers on the left and right: "Zhongqing, have you heard what this Liao envoy said clearly?

Because the court used the imperial court to receive the envoys of the Liao State, Wu Yingying, Zhang Mei, Liu Yanrang and a group of noble and military ministers were all in the palace, but this group of people stood quietly with their eyes and noses, and did not make a sound.