Within a few days, Fu Bi and others took the initiative to submit a letter to ask for an external transfer.

The emperor did not hold back, and directly approved their recital, and the new policy, which lasted for more than half a year, was quickly abolished.

At the same time, Wang Yanling and others sent a letter to transfer Kou to Beijing to serve as a privy deputy envoy.

The emperor gave permission and at the same time restored Cai Jing's post as the third envoy.

For a time, Wang Yanling, Kou Zhun and Cai Jing once again formed a situation in the imperial court.

In September, the border pass was in an emergency, and the Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu led 130,000 horses and horses to march in person, and joined the East Route Army to surround Waqiao Pass.

On the tenth day of the ninth month, Kou Zhun and others wrote a letter to ask the emperor to drive in person.

Accurate!

The emperor also had no choice.

Counting the local army and people, there are only 40,000 or 50,000 people in Waqiao Pass, and it is besieged by 200,000 soldiers and horses of the Liao State, and it may be overturned at any time.

Pan Renmei and the soldiers and horses of the Second Route of the Liao State were in Zhending Mansion, and they could not spare their hands to support.

If the Waqiao Pass is broken, there will be a thousand miles of plains behind, and at the speed of the Liao cavalry, it will take a few days to reach Kaifeng.

As a result, the court once again raised the discussion of moving the capital and temporarily avoiding Shuzhong.

The emperor had no choice but to agree to the performance of Kou Zhun and others to express his determination to fight to the death.

At the beginning of October, after some urgent preparations, the imperial court took the female general of the Yang family and joined the Shandong reinforcements all the way north.

Cao Bin led 20,000 forbidden troops to follow the emperor to escort him.

Originally, he was very satisfied with this arrangement, but after he went on the road, he tasted bitterness.

Every two days, the emperor would have a pain in his back and let him use qigong to recuperate.

Looking at Concubine Pan, who was following the royal chariot, young and moving, and full of red face, Cao Bin was a little resentful.

The royal driver is not honest, but he doesn't have back pain?

He understood the reason why the emperor kept him by his side.

In the evening of that day, seeing two eleven or twelve-year-old children directing the soldiers to set up camp and be in good order, the emperor said curiously:

"Who are these two children?"

Cao Bin called them over and introduced:

"Official, these two are the minister's righteous sons."

"One was the son of Chen Yuma, and the other was the blood of Uncle Zhang Guo."

Cao Zheng has a "growth inheritance card" and learns the art of war extremely quickly.

Now, Cao Bin is letting him command the camp by himself, and Chong Erlang and others will supervise it.

As for Zhang Shanfu's son Zhang, he is still a little ignorant, and he is just learning from Cao Zheng for the time being.

Although Cao Bin still had a "He Yan Growth Inheritance Card" in his hand, he didn't use it for him.

The card has very little use restrictions and is very useful, and he doesn't want to use it lightly.

The emperor looked at Cao Zheng, then at Zhang, and sighed:

"Zhang Shanfu is still a good person, and he entrusts his son to you."

"You are so dedicated, the second son has a good hope of becoming a talent in the future......."

As he spoke, he rewarded two jade pendants with great interest, and said:

"Learn the art of war from your father-in-law, and become a pillar of the country in the future!"

Originally, the emperor wanted to hold Zhang Shanfu responsible, but when he saw Zhang Shanfu's miserable experience after returning home, he extinguished his thoughts of punishment.

Zhang Shanfu's wife was not killed, and was confined to the temple, where she was accompanied by the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha for the rest of her life.

Zhang is a concubine, and he was abused by Zhang Shanfu's wife when he was at home.

After following Cao Bin, he cherished the opportunity to get ahead, and he was particularly diligent in studying and practicing martial arts.

Although Cao Bin himself is more stretched, he likes others to be diligent, so he simply accepts him as his son......

When he left Beijing, there were only 40,000 forbidden troops who followed the expedition, and after passing through the Daimyo's mansion, he joined Shandong to rush to reinforcements, directly reaching 80,000 people.

However, the defenders of Gyeonggi and Jingdong were recruited twice, and the defense of the rear of Hebei and Shandong became very empty.

If the war is defeated, the Great Song Dynasty must move the capital.

However, the Liao State was not much better, starting from the Western Xia, the Liao Emperor successively used 400,000 horses, almost hollowing out the domestic soldiers.

More than half a month later, the imperial driver finally arrived at Zhending Mansion, and the morale of the Great Song soldiers was shocked when they saw this.

In the battle of the day, the Song army directly broke through the three camps of the Liao State and beheaded 5,000 people.

Yelu Renxian, commander of the Second Route Army of Liao, had to retreat to Dingzhou for defense.

All of a sudden, Zhending Mansion gathered 170,000 soldiers and horses.

The situation at this time is.

Between Zhending and Dingzhou, the 170,000 soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty confronted more than 80,000 people of Yelurenxian.

In Xiongzhou, Emperor Liao's 200,000 soldiers and horses besieged Waqiao Pass.

The next day, the camp was held.

The emperor sat on the throne, Kou Zhun and Pan Renmei served in front of him, and many generals gathered together.

"Pan Qing's family, how should it be arranged now?"

Pan Renmei arched his hand and said:

"Your Majesty's personal expedition is at a time when the morale of our army is high."

"In the opinion of the minister, we should take advantage of the situation to break the Liao army in Dingzhou in one fell swoop."

"Then rescue Waqiao Pass!"

Although the female general of the Yang family was in a hurry and wanted to divide his troops to save Yang Zongbao, Pan Renmei's strategy was not a problem.

I had to endure it patiently and didn't speak.

Just then, the spies came to report:

"Your Majesty, Marshal, Yeluren first sent a war letter, wanting to fight a decisive battle with our army on the banks of the Shahe River!"

Pan Renmei was overjoyed and said:

"That's great, this battle is exactly what I want."

The emperor asked the opinions of the others again, and was about to agree, when Gao Qian suddenly ran in covered in blood and said:

"Your Majesty, Waqiao Pass has been lost, General Yang Zongbao has retreated to Mozhou City, please send troops to rescue as soon as possible!"

His father, Gao Wang, was Yang Zongbao's deputy general, and he personally broke into the camp to report the news, which shows that the situation is critical.

Before the emperor could speak, Pan Renmei had already drunk:

"Go back and tell Yang Zongbao that he will stick to Mozhou, and he will not be allowed to retreat again, and if he retreats, he will be killed!"

Yingzhou and Mozhou are places that the Liao people miss in their hearts, and if they occupy Mozhou, it will be difficult to come back.

There were few dangerous passes in Hebei, and without Yingzhou and Mozhou, the Liao people would come if they wanted to come in the future, and there was one more smooth way to attack Kaifeng.

The female general of the Yang family was suddenly anxious, and Eighth Sister Yang couldn't help but scold:

"You fart, the major general of the Zongbao soldiers is outnumbered, how can you defend it?"

Pan Renmei glared at her and said:

"When I defeat Yelu Renxian, I will naturally lead the troops to rescue."

"Do you want Ben Shuai to ignore hundreds of thousands of troops, just to save Yang Zongbao alone?"

She Taijun's worried eyebrows wrinkled together, and he arched his hand and said:

"Your Majesty, my Yang family is willing to bring my own soldiers to rescue!"

The emperor waved his hand and said:

"Okay, I don't want anything to happen to Zongbao."

"Pan Qing's family, Yelu Renxian only has 80,000 people, you don't need so many people to beat him, right?"

"Can you divide a part of the people and go to support Yang Zongbao first?"

Pan Renmei said helplessly:

"Your Majesty, if our army wants to defeat Yelu Renxian quickly, we must ensure absolute superiority."

"Since Your Majesty has commanded, the minister can divide five thousand men and horses......"

He was also a little depressed, although he wished that the Yang family would die, but this time he really didn't play tricks.

Although there seem to be many people on their side, their elite is limited, and tens of thousands of people have to be assigned to protect the holy car, and the rest is not much more than the Liao army.