"General Zhao, the Northern Hu army is strong, and the strength of the Yunzhou garrison is limited, this time it is a hasty battle, and it is necessary to be in the field...... Is General Zhao sure?"

After asking his subordinate officials to take away the civil officials of the Assassin's Mansion, there were only Di Cambodia and Zhao Ning left inside and outside the court, and the former hesitated for a while, but couldn't help but come forward to ask.

Although he was born in a poor family, Di Cambodia was knowledgeable, thanks to the fact that the Di family was a cultivator and heirloom, and on the premise of knowing the military situation in Xihe City, he could probably know how much the situation had eroded.

also knows how difficult Zhao Ning's battle tonight will be.

So he was quite worried about Zhao Ning's emergency fight this time.

Zhao Ning, who was standing under the eaves, heard Di Cambodia's question, and instead of answering it directly, he asked rhetorically: "Master Di thinks that he will not be able to win?"

Di Khan Zhi smiled bitterly, "To this day, who dares not admit the talent of the Zhao generals? If General Zhao can't win, then I'm afraid no one can win."

"It's just the army of Yunzhou, but not the Yanmen army led by the Zhao family, what their combat power is, General Zhao should also know in his heart. The most elite He Ping's troops have been defeated, and all General Zhao can command now is a miscellaneous army......

"The army goes out, and if you can't win this battle, Di must prepare in Yunzhou early. ”

After saying the last sentence, Di Cambodia's face was covered with a steely and decisive color, and Zhao Ning just glanced at it and saw that it was a responsibility and a mission, and a pursuit and a belief.

At this time, even if Di Cambodia didn't say anything like "swear to die" and "live and die with Yunzhou", Zhao Ning also clearly felt this will.

Zhao Ning is very familiar with this kind of look.

Whenever a real big event comes, all kinds of human nature will be exposed in broad daylight, and all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods will emerge.

During the ten-year national war in his previous life, there were all kinds of people, Zhao Ning saw a lot of people who escaped from the battle, those who defected to the enemy, those who were used to flies and dogs, those who were cowardly and incompetent, those who were selfish, and those who groveled.

In the same way, he had not seen this kind of determination on Di Cambodia's face. From the princes and princes of the clan to the bloody sons, there are always people who are willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of the overall situation when the situation is critical.

Some things don't have to be said, what is said is often just talking, many times it depends on what people don't say, in comparison, Zhao Ning cares more about the latter.

Because of this, although Di Cambodia's words were quite offensive, Zhao Ning did not mean to be angry.

However, he still asked, "What kind of preparations does Master Di plan to make?"

Di Khan Zhizhi said: "The Hu people attacked Yunzhou in order to take the opportunity to march into the Central Plains and take Tokyo Bianliang directly, and the lower officials are responsible for defending the territory for the dynasty, no matter what, they can't watch the Hu people go west from Yunzhou!"

The answer is to be expected.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, Yunzhou City may be lost, but it must not let the Beihu army go west, once the Central Plains is attacked from both sides, the situation will indeed be difficult to support.

During the national war in the previous life, Beihu captured Yunzhou and successfully went west, but the Central Plains did not hold.

Since Zhao Ning is here, there is no reason to repeat the mistakes of the past.

"With the character of Master Di, it would not be surprising that he could have such determination. I only hope that Master Di can understand that enthusiasm cannot solve practical problems.

"Yunzhou Thorn Mansion is a mess, and we don't have much time, to run Yunzhou into a monolith in just a few days, we still need Master Di to show his talents. ”

Zhao Ning didn't say more, and walked down the steps at this point, "I'm going to fight, Master Di is going to work hard." ”

The spring night was warm and cold, the black clouds in the sky overhead were like a curtain, the moonlight was dim, and some of the stars that could be seen were lonely, when Zhao Ning stepped out, there was a gust of cold wind blowing in his face, so his long hair was lifted slightly.

Di Cambodia looked at the figure of the other party moving forward, and suddenly felt a tragic and desolate meaning.

For the current situation, at this time, taking 40,000 miscellaneous soldiers to meet the 40,000 elites of Beihu, saving the already erosive battle situation, and making up for the broken defense line, in his opinion, is an act that he knows he can't do, full of helplessness, but he has no choice.

Tonight - maybe tomorrow's battle is destined to be bloody and bloody, corpses everywhere, many soldiers will be buried in the battlefield, and many strong men will never return, but at this moment, whether it is Zhao Ning, or those soldiers who have just been shocked and inspired by him, they have gone so righteously.

Maybe when they fall, they will die without spinning.

When they take their last breath in this life, they will face the outside world and turn their backs to their home country.

At this moment, Di Khan Zhi thought of the soldiers who died in the border pass, the panicked, desperate and frightened people he saw on the way to escape south from Yanping, and the Zhao family who fought alone north of the Yellow River.

The only way to support the building and turn the tide is to use the flesh and blood of countless sons and daughters to delay and block the pace of the invasion of the Northern Hu Iron Hoof, and to exchange the lives of countless people with lofty ideals for the opportunity for the dynasty to stand up straight again.

Seeing Zhao Ning striding forward, fearless and without hesitation, for a moment, Di Cambodia only felt that his throat was as hard as a rock.

This country is the emperor and civil officials are badly governed, and now the foreign invaders occupy my mountains and rivers, according to my city, plunder my wealth, kill my people, but in the end, they still have to gate the door and civilian soldiers, and fill this hole with their lives.

The other party rarely complained, but when needed, he put on his armor and held his sword and gun, and resolutely rushed to the battlefield, protecting his home behind him and blocking the enemy in front of him.

Thinking of this, Di Cambodia couldn't help but take two steps forward and shouted: "General Zhao!"

Zhao Ning paused and tilted his head slightly.

Di Cambodia, whose eyes were red, suppressed the surging tide in his heart, stood up straight and bent down again, and bowed his hands:

"This battle, please General Zhao. Please General Zhao must remember that no matter what the war is, Daqi needs Zhao, Yunzhou needs General Zhao, please General Zhao...... Be sure to come back!"

He couldn't afford it.

He didn't hear Zhao Ning's answer.

All he could hear was the paused footsteps, which sounded again.

It's still so strong and powerful.

It seems that even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him, the footsteps will not hesitate or be disordered for half a minute.

Di Cambodia finally couldn't help it, and tears welled up in his eyes.

......

Bianliang, the palace of the Son of Heaven.

When the news of the death of Song Zhen, the king of Lu, came back, Song Zhi was very sad.

However, Song Zhi didn't have much time to immerse himself in personal feelings, and the military situation brought back by Sun Kang and others made him realize how urgent the situation was, and he immediately convened the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to discuss it.

There is only one topic for the discussion, which is to send troops to support Yunzhou.

Although the topic is simple, there are a lot of things involved, how many troops to go, which armies to go, what is the order before and after, how to mobilize the grain and straw, how to adjust the defense line of Yangliu City, which family forces are going, and which Wang Extreme Realm masters are going to go, all need to be considered.

When the matter was agreed, the Beihu vanguard army suddenly crossed the river and attacked Xihe City, and the military report was also sent to Bianliang.

The reason why the news came so quickly was because after Sun Kang and the others came back, they realized that the situation in Yunzhou was critical, and Song Zhi ordered the two Wang Jijing to rush to the front line of Xihe City to assist in the defense before the discussion.

This is both to enrich the power of Xihe City, but also to be just in case.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the two kings arrived in Xihe City, they saw the scene of Xihe City being breached, and in shock, one of them hurriedly returned to Bianliang and sent the battle report to Song Zhi as soon as possible.

Knowing that the Beihu vanguard army had captured Xihe City, Song Zhi fell silent, and then became furious, scolding He Ping and Yunzhou for their incompetence, and threatening to punish each other's nine clans.

When the time came, the ministers dispersed, and Song Zhi stood in the Qinzheng Palace, frowning in the face of the military map hanging on the wall.

With the current situation in Yunzhou, it is undoubtedly more difficult to block the invasion of the Beihu army, and it will take time for the imperial court's reinforcements to arrive.

Once Yunzhou is broken, the Central Plains will face the danger of being attacked from both sides, and Bianliang will be in danger.

"If the Great Qi loses even the Central Plains and half of the country is gone, it will not be a difficult problem to win the national war in the future, and I don't know when this war will be fought. Thinking of this, Song Zhi clenched his fists.

Staring at Yunzhou City, Song Zhi couldn't help but think of Zhao Ning.

I thought that summoning Zhao Ning to the DPRK was a prescient decision, but I didn't expect that as soon as the other party went to Yunzhou, the situation became so difficult, and the other party suddenly became the only hope for firefighting.

Yes, in the current situation, if Yunzhou still has one point to hold, it must be on Zhao Ning. Other than that, Song Ji couldn't think of anything to count on.

But it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Even if Zhao Ning cultivates to be strong, he can be good, but when he first arrives in Yunzhou, what can he do?

Song Zhi recalled the situation when Zhao Ning was summoned back to the dynasty.

When sending people to Jindi, Song Zhi thought that Zhao Ning would not easily obey the order.

On the one hand, the Zhao clan was in Jindi, and the war there was also very fierce, and the Zhao clan had no reason to want to leave; on the other hand, in the past few years before the outbreak of the national war, his malice towards the Zhao clan had been very obvious, not to mention the matter of taking power, the intention of abolishing the queen was enough to make the Zhao clan resentful of him.

At this time, if Zhao Ning abandons his familiar tribes, the clansmen who fought side by side, and the foundation of the Jin land, take the risk of being hostages to come to the court, and the other party will definitely be very resistant.

But at that time, Song Zhi had to do this.

The country is in trouble, and the troubled times are loyal ministers. This is an iron law that every emperor can't escape, and the Great Qi Dynasty has fallen to the current situation, but if you don't want the dynasty to fall, Song Zhi must do his best to get rid of the previous suspicions.

What Song Zhi never expected was that Zhao Ning was also willing to abandon his previous suspicions.

As soon as his edict arrived in Jindi, Zhao Ning came to Bianliang that day, and his actions were decisive and his speed was so swift that Song Zhi had to suspect that the other party had been waiting for his edict for a long time.

On that day, the monarch and the ministers met in the palace of diligent government.

Song Zhi tried his best to be close, and did not mention the suppression of the Zhao family in the past, but only highlighted the extraordinary achievements of the Zhao family, as well as his reliance and trust in the Zhao family, hoping that the Zhao family could make contributions again.

Just like at the beginning of the dynasty.

To his surprise, Zhao Ning didn't seem to have any grievances, and never mentioned An Siming's division of power, nor did he say anything about abolishing the taboo of the queen, only saying that the Zhao family was willing to destroy his family for the sake of Daqi's country.

Song Zhi was very moved.

It's not all coquettishness, it's really a bit genuinely moved.

Then Zhao Ning put forward a request: he did not serve in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion or the Ministry of War, and needed to rush to Yunzhou immediately to preside over the war in the Yunzhou Theater, and hoped that Song Zhi would give him military and political power in the Yunzhou Theater, and named him to assist in the Yunzhou Theater.

Zhao Ning's reason is very simple, the Beihu army will definitely attack Yunzhou - this military information is provided by the "Zhao clan", and the Zhao family should firmly believe in it - so instead of talking in the center, it is better to go to Yunzhou to work.

Blocking the Beihu army is the most beneficial to the overall situation of the national war.

Zhao Beiwang had already been appointed as the envoy of the Hedong Jiedu, and had the military and political power of the mountains and rivers of the Jin Dynasty, and in the situation of the national war, the Zhao clan was undoubtedly a prince, and with his own strength - as well as some of the Yang family's practitioners - to support the overall situation north of the Yellow River.

In the case that the Zhao family is already so prominent, it is necessary to give the military and political power of the Zhao Ning Yunzhou Theater, which is to sit back and watch the Zhao family grow. If Song Zhi agreed, no family in the Manchu Dynasty could slightly compare with the authority of the Zhao family.

Song Zhi was caught in a dilemma.

Although he already understood that the Zhao clan was equivalent to the Great Wall of Great Qi, he was still unwilling to give the Zhao clan such a great power and make the Zhao clan unprecedentedly strong.

Fortunately, Zhao Ning ordered Di Cambodia to assist.

Di Cambodia, Hanmen Junjie, and Song Zhi all value it, and they are ready to use it in the future, but the only shortcoming of the other party is that his character is too upright, and he will prick his hand if he doesn't use it well.

If you want Di Cambodia to be indiscriminate and deal with the family forces, and if you want Di Cambodia to give up his ethics and be willing to become a lackey of power, the other party will never agree.

Before the national war, Song Zhi's plan was to first polish away the edges and corners of Di Cambodia, and then turn the other party into a competent blade, so although the other party had outstanding political achievements, he never really held a high position.

But Song Zhi also knew very well that it was precisely because Di Cambodia had an independent personality that he would never sell himself to join the family.

Now it is undoubtedly a good choice to let Di Cambodia go to Yunzhou to assist Zhao Ning and actually master the civil affairs of Yunzhou.

After thinking about it, Song Zhi finally agreed to Zhao Ning's request.