"Siege Wei to save Zhao."

This is the very direct answer given by Li Di.

"Your Majesty, with all due respect, General Zhongwu is also helpless to go to Liaodi. You think, Wang Xianggong will seize power as soon as he goes to Xinzhou, but does he really understand military affairs?"

"If General Chungmu really works with him, then who listens to whom?"

"What if General Chungmu makes the right suggestion and is rejected?"

"Presumably, General Zhongwu also saw this, and in desperation, he gave up Xinzhou, which had just laid the foundation, and went to Baozhou."

Li Di talked a lot, and it was Bao Zheng's turn to speak, and he said, "Your Majesty, it is estimated that when General Zhongwu first arrived in Baozhou, he did go to recruit soldiers. But when he learned the news of the defeat in Xinzhou, he knew that he had not been caught, so as Li Xianggong said, he came to encircle Wei to save Zhao and went straight to Liaodi."

"General Zhongwu's recital is very clear that the Liao army will send a total of 200,000 troops, and 100,000 have already reached the periphery of Xinzhou. Now General Zhongwu is going to first inflict heavy losses on the remaining 100,000 Liao troops, and then force the Liao State to retreat 100,000 into our Great Song Army, which is equivalent to indirectly slowing down the pressure on Xinzhou, which is a way to solve the problem."

Zhao Zhen on the dragon chair, this meeting can be regarded as understood. Su Shi should be afraid of being excluded and oppressed, so he had to choose to give up Xinzhou and lead an army alone.

It's just that I didn't expect Wang Deyong to be too wasteful, and the good situation was actually made a mess by him, so that the three clans took advantage of the loophole, so that the situation was so unfavorable to the Great Song Dynasty.

Seeing that Zhao Zhen was contemplative and did not speak, after Li Di and Bao Zheng glanced at each other, the first man spoke again: "Your Majesty, the old minister knows what His Majesty is worried about, but there is no need at all. General Zhongwu is a man who does not even stand up, and he has an excellent relationship with His Royal Highness King Jing, and he is not on good terms with his ministers, so it is difficult for such a person to survive independently except by relying on imperial power."

"That being the case, why not give him more power by taking advantage of his talent for leading troops, and let him reverse the unfavorable situation of the Great Song Dynasty?"

"Your Majesty, don't use suspicious people, don't doubt people."

As soon as Li Di finished saying this, Bao Zheng on the side added: "Your Majesty, those people who recommended Wang Deyong to go to the northern border are really worried that General Zhongwu has made too much meritorious service? They are just worried that there will be a change in the Great Song Dynasty's policy of suppressing military force and emphasizing literature, which will affect their interests and power."

"In the final analysis, these people are jealous and jealous, and they have to do things that they can't do well, so that they ignore the Great Song Dynasty for their own personal gain, and they are the main factors that really affect the strength of the Great Song Dynasty."

"That's enough." Zhao Zhen finally spoke, interrupting Bao Zheng's words.

Zhao Zhen is very smart, otherwise he would not be able to sit firmly on the throne of the emperor. He couldn't understand some of the thoughts of those ministers.

But the fundamental problem is that in this respect, he is in line with the pursuit of these ministers.

That is, the policy of emphasizing literature and suppressing military force cannot be changed, and the matter of adding imperial robes cannot occur again.

This is also the fundamental reason why Su Shi won the battle in front of him, and when the other courtiers said that they wanted to recommend Wang Deyong to go to the north, he still agreed.

In the end, the ministers are merely carrying out his will.

For Su Shi, Zhao Zhen still has to guard against it.

In other words, Zhao Zhen has to guard against all generals who can win battles and have more and more authority.

But now it seems that the northern border of the Great Song Dynasty is too dangerous, dangerous enough to hurt the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty, so in order to reverse the situation, Zhao Zhen has to give Su Shi more trust and even power to reverse the situation.

At least let Su Shi solve the danger in the north of the Great Song Dynasty first.

After settling the matter, then it will be negotiated later. Look at the book

"I want to seal Su Shi as the deputy commander of the Hebei Route Army, how about it?"

After thinking about it, Zhao Zhen opened his mouth and made a proposal.

A deputy commander of Hebei Road, for Su Shi, there is no promotion of official rank, but it has more practical significance, so that Su Shi commanded the Song army in the north is more justified.

The important thing is that after this reward, Su Shike can lead more than the limit of 50,000 soldiers.

"Yes." Li Di thought for a while, knowing that this was Zhao Zhen's concession, and it was also a performance of support for Su Shi, so he nodded in approval.

"Your Majesty." Bao Zheng said to the end.

In fact, both of them understand that Zhao Zhen is still wary of Su Shi, otherwise, he can make Su Shi a full-fledged commander in the north, or he can directly give the name of a Qincha and have the power to act cheaply, which is the real power.

But Zhao Zhen didn't dare, didn't dare to really hand over all the Song troops in the north to Su Shi.

He may be really worried that Su Shi will take this opportunity to stand alone. If that's the case, even if he doesn't have an idea, will the people under him have an idea?

It's like Song Taizu was pushed to the throne by his subordinates at the beginning?

Emperor.

To say mighty is to be really mighty, to claim to be the son of heaven, that is the submission of all peoples, what do you want.

To say pitiful is really pitiful, for fear that others will take away his position, he is always nervous, and anyone has become the person he has to guard against.

No wonder many emperors like to call themselves lonely, after such a long time, no one can trust it, what is it if it is not a lonely person?

Of course, Su Shi knew that this would only scoff at him, and would only say that it was a sign of lack of self-confidence.

He will not worry that the people below him will be disobedient and disobedient to him.

This is also related to the fact that Sushi has a strong system. It's like a black horseman, their daily consumption is huge, who can afford it except for Su Shi?

If the Great Song Dynasty was willing to spend so many resources and gold and silver to form an army, it would also be very powerful.

"Su Tianyou has sent a lot of gold and silver to the treasury, and the escort hasn't left yet, the two Aiqing might as well go over and talk to them, so that they can know their current situation, if you need anything, you can report to me, I will support you."

After finishing the business, Zhao Zhen waved his hand at the two important ministers casually, and when the two retreated, he seemed to say to himself very casually, "Hey, it's difficult for me, I just don't know how many of the courtiers below can understand me."

This may seem like an exclamation, but it is the focus of today's conversation.

Obviously, this is what Zhao Zhen wants to say, or what he wants to convey to Su Shi through the two courtiers.

When Su Shi went on the expedition, he clearly said that he would be in charge of the support in the north. But after two victories, the court sent Wang Deyong to pick peaches, speaking of which, this is Zhao Zhen's gaffe.

Now he is going to use Su Shi again, Zhao Zhen is afraid that the other party will have a bad heart, so he found Li Di and Bao Zheng, and he sighed again, just to release a signal, he is not easy, and some things are helpless, I hope Su Shi can understand himself.

Li Di and Bao Zheng's footsteps were sluggish, but they soon strode away.

They already knew what Zhao Zhen meant, and now they were going to go to the person sent back by Su Shi and have a good talk with him.

The most important thing is to tell the other party about some of the recent things that have happened in the court, and the most important thing is Zhao Zhen's attitude.

The two of them are going to be lobbyists for Zhao Zhen.

Although they are on Su Shi's side, they are also very optimistic about Su Shi.

But if Zhao Zhen really has any firm will, they will still be the courtiers of the Song Dynasty after all, and they will still help the Great Song Dynasty to speak.

To put it bluntly, if Su Shi really had any other thoughts that he shouldn't have, the two of them would still support Zhao Zhen, but not Su Shi.

This is the power of the emperor, and he wants to make you sell his life and make you feel wronged, but it is he who is aggrieved.

No, Li Di and Bao Zheng, who thought that Zhao Zhen was unfair, are going to speak for Zhao Zhen at this moment.

Zhao Zhen's power can be seen.

......

The southern border of Liao was in turmoil.

In just half a month, dozens of large and small cities, villages and towns in the south have been breached

, everywhere is wolf smoke rushing to the sky, shouting and killing.

After Zhang Jian lost the new city, he fled to Fanyang City, Zhuozhou, where he began to recruit troops and accumulate strength.

The 40,000-strong army was defeated in a battle, many cities were captured, and Zhang Jian suffered a defeat, which attracted the extreme dissatisfaction of Liao Xingzong.

It's just that Liao Xingzong is a person, although his ability is mediocre, he doesn't like to start wars. Especially in the later period of his reign, the high-level leaders of the Liao State were infected with the vice of greedy for enjoyment. Speaking of which, he is still good to the courtiers below.

In history, during the period when Liao Xingzong was the emperor, although there was infighting among the high-level leaders of the Liao State, they never put it on the surface.

The courtiers have made meritorious contributions, and he has never been stingy with rewards.

Just like Liu Liufu before, it caused so much trouble, and Liao Xingzong didn't mean to ask about it in the early days, so it can be seen that this is also a benevolent monarch.

Now that Zhang Jian has lost the battle and lost his territory, even if Liao Xingzong is displeased, he did not say that he would transfer this person back to ask for the crime, but chose to continue to believe in him and give Zhang Jian a chance to make meritorious contributions.

Zhang Jian, who was in Fanyang City, was grateful for the emperor's trust and was also anxious to prove himself, these days, he only slept two hours a day, and the rest of the time was in the office.

With almost sleepless efforts, 50,000 Liao troops gathered again in Fanyang City.

Of the 50,000 Liao troops, 20,000 were newly recruited, and their strength was just mediocre. But Zhang Jian still thinks that it is time to fight back.

Sun Wenfu, one of the representatives of the seven surnames of the Liao State.

At this time, he was standing by Zhang Jian's side, watching the 50,000 Liao troops in the city gathering, preparing to go out of the city to find the main force of the Song army.

"My lord, is there any news from General Xiao's side?" Sun Wenfu saw that the army was leaving the city, and saw that Zhang Jian seemed to be in a better mood, so he asked the question he wanted to ask before.

Zhang Jian didn't answer immediately, but hesitated for a moment before saying, "There is no news coming, presumably Su Shi should have blocked the passage to contact General Xiao."