Yanping City is lit up.

Zhao Ning was wandering on the street with Yang Jiani and others.

It's not accurate to say it's lounging, because Yang Jiani's mouth has never lived.

Whether it is the chaos of the roadside food stalls, or the skewers in the baskets of the little girls, or the mutton in the Hu Ren barbecue shop, even if it is a rock sugar gourd, she has never let go of it whenever she sees it, and it can be said that she is very busy.

In comparison, Zhao Ning is the one who really has nothing to do. Along the way, he was looking at the bustling street scene, and his eyes were full of appreciation and nostalgia.

Qinglou painting pavilion, embroidered bead curtains, cherished coral, gems and grass can be seen everywhere. An endless stream of carved cars, BMWs in front and behind, full of golden and green light, are greeted by Luo Qi's fragrance. The willow alleys and flower street houses are full of all kinds of laughter, and the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras fills the teahouse restaurant.

Drooping children are running around, old people are leisurely, scholars and scholars are shaking folding fans to exit the chapters, rich sons and daughters are swaggering through the market, drunk people are having fun on the streets, and officials on errands enter the hook fence together.

The so-called flowers, the so-called quiet years, nothing more than that.

When the foam under the sun is not punctured, it is always colorful and dazzling, which is intoxicating and heartbreaking.

"The border is getting tighter, and millions of enemy troops are about to press, but Yanping is still a peaceful scene, as if the Wang Division has not lost his troops and generals, this scene makes people sad. Zhou Ying suddenly sighed.

Huang Yuandai sneered, "Don't say that Jingshi, even if it is an ordinary state capital, when is it not so prosperous and lively, drunk and golden?"

"Under the annexation of land, there are no fewer people who are displaced and their families are destroyed every year. Those civilians who face the loess with their backs to the scorching sun every day and work hard have never been clothed and fed. ”

Zhou Ying didn't habitually argue with Huang Yuandai, and turned his head to look at Zhao Ning:

"An Siming's 60,000 horses were lost in the grassland, and An Siming was only spared, and after fleeing back to Yanmen Pass in embarrassment, he had to retreat to recuperate...... At this time, the Dadan Department has already existed in name only, and the Beihu army will hit Yanmen Pass in a few days, how can Brother Ning still have the leisure to go to the street?"

The news came back this evening.

After Zhao Ning got the news, he neither convened the elders of the Zhao clan to discuss the matter, nor did he make any arrangements, but instead took everyone out to go shopping.

Zhao Ning did not answer Zhou Ying directly, but pointed to Yang Jiani, who was stuffing sugar gourds into her mouth and eating with bulging cheeks.

"Don't go to the street at this time, and next time you will see this prosperous world, and eat this street food, I don't know when. You may never even see or taste it again. Yang Jiani's words were vague and light.

Zhou Ying was stunned.

A moment later, at Zhao Ning's signal, everyone sat down at a soup cake stall on the street.

According to Zhao Ning, this soup cake is particularly authentic, it was discovered by chance with Wei Wuxian and others when he was young, when he lost a brawl with a group of gentlemen, and the silver was taken away by the other party as a seizure.

When the soup cake was served, Zhou Ying, who couldn't leave the business, couldn't help but say: "The mysterious assassination of Dadan Khan, the prince of Dadan and the evil king of Hun fought with each other, resulting in both defeats, and this matter is the handiwork of the Tianyuan Ministry at first glance."

"Now that the soldiers of the Dadan Department have suffered heavy casualties and their strength has been greatly reduced, the Prince of Dadan, with the support of the Right Xian King of Tianyuan, has regained control of the Dadan Department in a desperate situation, and he will inevitably obey the orders of the Tianyuan Royal Court. One of our nails in the prairie is gone!

"What's more serious is that half of the 60,000 soldiers under An Siming's department are elite soldiers who have been on the battlefield, and now they are all folded in the grassland.

"I really don't understand, the battle inside the Dadan Department is so fierce, the movement is so big, why didn't An Siming find out the news in time, and fell into the ambush of the other party?"

Huang Yuandai saw that Zhao Ning did not mean to answer this question, so he speculated on his behalf:

"Charahan made a series of arrangements for the conquest of the Dadan Tribe, and it was not an unexpected thing that he sent a large group of cultivators to block the news in the south of the Dadan Royal Court when the Prince of Dadan was fighting with the Hun Evil King.

"Although the battle between Prince Dadan and the Evil King is fierce, the battlefields are all around the royal court, and the time is short, with the strength of the Tianyuan royal court, it is not so difficult for Charahan to block the news. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Yuandai's eyes flickered for a while, and he said in a deep voice:

"When Charahan was in the Western Regions, he only had 30,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses, but he was able to hide in the shadows and provoke the countries of the Western Regions to rebel against Daqi, and let the Longyou Army have been unable to completely pacify the Western Regions. ”

Zhou Ying nodded, and said with a solemn face: "Charahan is indeed not to be underestimated.

"But I still have a question, Tian Yuan and the other troops gathered troops and horses, and the Dadan Department already knew about it, why didn't they take precautions, and they ended up like this?"

Huang Yuandai said as a matter of course: "How can the external threat be as serious as the internal threat, as long as the Dadan Khan is gone, for the Prince of Dadan and the Evil King, each other is the biggest enemy." ”

Zhou Ying could not hide his resentment: "The strong enemies are almost at the doorstep, so they can't resist the foreign enemy first?

Huang Yuandai said lightly: "Foreign enemies invade, as long as they surrender, they still have a way to live, and if they can't be a khan, they can still be a puppet." If the internal enemy is not eliminated, and the life is not guaranteed, then there is nothing left. Since ancient times, internal enemies have always been more threatening than external enemies and need to be dealt with first. ”

Zhou Ying opened his mouth and had nothing to say.

This is the case with the Dadan Ministry, but what about Daqi?

Is it more important for the emperor to get rid of the family?

......

Miyagi, the temple of nourishing the heart.

The atmosphere in the temple was exceptionally quiet and solemn.

Song Zhi's face sank like water, and the military newspaper in his hand was crushed.

Zhao Yujie lowered her eyebrows and bowed her head, not daring to disturb the angry Song Zhi's contemplation.

After receiving information that Beihu might invade on a large scale, Song Zhi chose to take the initiative. Of course, he did not personally come forward to do anything, everything was represented by the cabinet. The cabinet's method was very simple, reuse the new army led by the Hanmen generals and let them lead the army out of the customs. As for the family's army, they were ordered to guard the castle.

This arrangement, of course, is to make the generals of the cold gate meritorious.

An Siming went out of Yanmen and stationed in the Dadan Department, Shi Lushan went out of Liaodong and attacked the Jurchen Department, and Wang Xingyu went out of the Western Regions and attacked the rebel state.

At this time, both Song Zhi and Zhao Yujie believed that the army of the defense envoy would inevitably be able to make meritorious contributions.

However, the military reports sent back during this period were very disappointing.

Ellsming's troops were wiped out.

Shi Lushan encountered the Jurchen royal court cavalry halfway, and was invincible, and the elite who had won many victories before 80,000 lost nearly half of it in one day, and was chased and killed by trailing all the way on the way to retreat, and when he returned to Shanhaiguan, there were only more than 20,000 soldiers left.

In the process of besieging the city, Wang Xingyu's department was suddenly attacked by a Tianyuan elite cavalry from the flank, and the army was defeated by the enemy on the back of the abdomen, and in just five days, seven cities were lost one after another, and now the main force is extremely seriously damaged.

An Siming aside, the army led by Shi Lushan and Wang Xingyu, after several years of battlefield battles, are the elite in the eyes of Song Zhi, and they are the army that Song Zhi intends to use to replace the army under the command of the family, to guard the border passes for Daqi, and even to expand the territory. Now that the war has just begun, it has suffered heavy losses one after another, and its combat strength has been greatly reduced.

When Shi Lushan and Wang Xingyu attacked, they took away most of the soldiers in the military camp, and now less than half of the soldiers under the command of the two are only less than half before the war.

The strength of the Northern Hu army far exceeded Song Zhi's expectations.

The actions of the Northern Hu Army were also much stricter than Song Zhi imagined.

Now that the first battle was lost, the Beihu army is bound to come to the city, and fierce battles will be ushered in at all border passes. Whether the Great Wall Gate, which has lost military strength, can block the next offensive of the Beihu Army is related to whether the Beihu Army will break through and enter Hebei and even the Central Plains!

Song Zhi rubbed his sore eyebrows.

The Great Qi Dynasty is likely to be facing the biggest crisis in the more than 100 years since the opening of the dynasty.

"Your Majesty, although An Siming, Shi Lushan, and Wang Xingyu lost the first battle and lost their troops, the border passes are all places where no one can open them, as long as we quickly mobilize the defense troops from all over the country and rush to the border passes to strengthen the defense, we will definitely be able to block the Beihu offensive.

"When the Beihu troops are much depleted in front of the pass and become a tired army, we can take advantage of the situation to counterattack and destroy them before the pass, or even further attack the grassland and sweep Mobei!" After a long time, seeing that Song Zhi's anger had decreased slightly, Zhao Yujie gave his own opinion.

According to her meaning, in the next stage, the dynasty will still reuse the army of Hanmen generals and defense envoys. As for the big family, there is no need to think about it yet. She also didn't think that the Beihu army could really attack the Guannei.

In this way, the Cabinet will continue to play a leading role.

"Two days ago, the DPRK and the Central Committee just deposed a few officials of the Jiangmen Han style and the Mendi Zhang clan?" Song Zhi suddenly asked a question that didn't seem to match.

Zhao Yujie nodded.

Over the years, every year, members of the family have either been deposed or dismissed, and many people have been punished, which is her core task.

Although the Maison is replenished to the ranks of officials every year, the overall number and weight are still declining rapidly.

"Recall. ”

Song Zhi stood up, came to the gate, looked at Yan Pingcheng with his hands on the height of the foundation of the main hall, and said three words that Zhao Yujie did not expect.

"Your Majesty?" Zhao Yujie didn't understand what Song Zhi meant.

"The officials of the family who have been demoted in the past three years have singled out some of those who are not at fault and let them move back to the right of the dynasty. Song Zhi's voice was steady.

Zhao Yujie's face changed.

Song Zhi's arrangement is to show goodwill to the family, and at the same time, in fact, to restore part of the family's momentum!

Without waiting for Zhao Yujie to speak, Song Zhi continued: "Reinstate Zhao Ningguan - five years have passed, and it is time for him to return to the Yanmen Army...... Give Yang Jiani the same treatment.

"These two people performed exceptionally well on the battlefield five years ago, and now they are both in the Extreme Realm and should play a greater role in the battlefield. ”

Facing Song Zhi's back, Zhao Yujie bit her lower lip, and finally didn't say anything, just bowed down.

......

After Zhao Yujie retreated, Song Zhi, who was still standing at the door, called Jing Xinmo to his side and asked the other party to prepare a batch of rewards, and he would take them to the Lizheng Palace to visit the queen later.

The emperor, who had been staring at Yanping City for a long time, suddenly sighed and said, "The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings.

"I didn't expect that the Great Qi Dynasty would suddenly face such a great danger. More than 100 years have passed, and Beihu has revived, once again violating our border, and the momentum is still stronger than more than 100 years ago.

"Great companion, will the Great Qi River and Mountains suffer unprecedented calamity in my hands, and will I leave an infamy in the history books?"

Jing Xinmo advised: "Your Majesty, don't be presumptuous. If the North dares to offend, we will defeat them. ”

Song Zhi shook his head, "It's not that simple. ”

Of course, it's not that simple.

Over the years, although his energy was mainly focused on the internal affairs of the imperial dynasty, with the smooth progress of the Tianyuan army's westward expedition and the deteriorating situation in the Western Regions never been settled, his vigilance against Beihu grew day by day.

But before today, he had always thought that the army of the defense envoy was enough to stabilize the situation at the border pass, as long as he was given a few more years, when the army completed the transition and the million new troops were trained, he would be able to reproduce the Northern Expedition at the beginning of the dynasty and sweep the grassland.

He had confidence in the national strength of Daqi.

At that time, the Tian Yuan Imperial Court will definitely fall.

But what happened to An Siming, Shi Lushan, and Wang Xingyu was like a morning bell and a dusk drum, waking him up from his beautiful dream.

He had to re-examine the combat strength of the Northern Hu Army, and had to admit that Daqi was encountering the most severe foreign invasion situation in more than a hundred years.

From Xiao Yan to Meng Chi, from the fine work to the army, from the appearance of the Beihu King in Daizhou, to the westward expedition of the Tianyuan army, now these things are connected and carefully considered, Song Zhi no longer has contempt and prejudice against the Tianyuan royal court.

He was finally able to fully face up to the strength and ambition of the Tian Yuan Imperial Court.

He also finally realized that for a long time, the Zhao clan's high attention to and threat to the Tian Yuan Army was not simply to ensure his status, but was indeed based on realistic considerations.

At this time, with the cold family that had not yet fully grown up, Song Zhi was not sure to defeat a strong enemy.

He also needs to rely on the family, and he must rely on the family.

"In this battle, I and Daqi have to do their best. ”

Song Zhichang exhaled, his gaze became sharp and firm, "The internal dispute, put it aside for the time being, from today onwards, stop the suppression of the family and give them the treatment and honor they deserve."

"In any case, the rivers and mountains of Daqi must not be damaged in my hands!"