For a time, the Kaqi tribe became more powerful, the number of troops increased exponentially, and some originally neutral small and medium-sized tribes continued to shrink the living soil, and they had no choice but to surrender their hands to the Kaqi tribe in order to survive.

The Kaqi tribe, which had become powerful for a while, began to fight hard, thinking about waiting for the beginning of spring to commit the second crime of the Great Song Dynasty.

Liao.

After successive defeats, the high-level leaders of the Liao State, who had not reaped any benefits, had already felt the threat brought to them by the Great Song Dynasty.

After Zhang Jian returned to Shangjing all the way, he soon met with some important ministers of the court. He was the first to reach an agreement with Ye Luren, the deputy privy envoy of the Northern Court, and after identifying the threat theory of the Great Song Dynasty.

With his help, he lobbied many people, and finally said that with the permission of Liao Xingzong Yelu Zongzhen, the Liao army sent another 200,000 troops into the Song Dynasty to fight, and it was necessary to save all the previous losses.

Western Xia.

The good fortune was ruined.

All this was caused by Su Shi, which also made Li Yuanhao, the king of Western Xia, angry.

It is rare that Western Xia and Liaodu work together to make a move on the Great Song Dynasty.

It is rare that there is a courtier like Wen Yanbo in the Great Song Dynasty who would rather suffer losses than go to war.

Originally, the idea was very good, but with Su Shi's two fires, all the advantages were burned in one defeat.

Now it's okay, the goal of hitting the Song State and the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty has not been achieved, but it has allowed itself to be a lost soldier.

This result naturally did not satisfy Li Yuanhao, and in addition to scolding Liao and Meng for their incompetence, he also considered retiring from the army.

Western Xia was too poor to support a protracted war. Now that the army of 70,000 is outside, the daily consumption of food is an astronomical amount, if it were not for the north from the Song Dynasty before

The realm has robbed a lot of money, and I am afraid that I will not be able to hold on for a long time.

Li Yuanhao had the idea of retiring from the army, but Minister Zhang Yuan put forward a different idea.

He believes that when the war is fought, the Western Xia will never be able to retreat.

Otherwise, once the Great Song reacted and sent troops to the west, they would only face the enemy alone, and they would not even be able to find an ally.

Now it is time to continue to fight on the basis that the Liao State is already an enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, and at the worst it is necessary to fight the Song and Liao into a bloody feud. In this way, even if it was the day when the Western Xia retreated, there was no need to worry that the Song people would retaliate against them.

If at that time, Song and Liao can continue to fight, it will of course be the best thing.

If that were the case, no one would pay attention to them.

At that time, they wanted to take the opportunity to develop, or they directly sent troops, and they all had too much self-control.

Zhang Yuan's statement was quickly recognized by Li Yuanhao. According to the other party's suggestion, he mobilized a large army and began to put pressure on the western border of the Great Song Dynasty.

It is impossible to send reinforcements to the north, but they can threaten the western border of the Great Song Dynasty and force the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, which originally entered the northern border, to retreat, which can be regarded as reducing the pressure on the northern border.

There were many more Western Xia troops on the opposite side of the western border, and Chen Zhizhong didn't say a word, so he wrote a melody and sent it to Bianliang City in an urgent way of 600 miles.

Chen Zhizhong has his own calculations, that is, no matter whether this battle can be fought or not, it is always not wrong to ask the court for food and money.

This kind of opportunity to ask for things in a bright light, Chen Zhizhong will not miss it.

It is also written in the recital that the situation in the west is dangerous, and the Di Qing department that was previously sent to the north should be transferred back

Affair.

Soon, Zhao Zhen in the palace received this letter and called some important ministers to discuss matters in the Longtu Pavilion.

"Your Majesty, the troubles of Western Xia must not be prevented, and the minister believes that the armament should be strengthened in advance to prevent accidents. There is also Di Qing's department that can order them to return to the west, after all, there is no war in the north now. Prime Minister Du Xun stood up and took the lead in revealing his attitude.

There were also factions among the scholars, all of whom were small groups composed of people with good personal relations and similar ideas.

The relationship between Du Lu and Chen Zhizhong has always been good, and they often communicate with each other.

is the recital sent by Chen Zhizhong, and Du Xun is generally the first to support it.

Chen Zhizhong proposed to transfer Di Qing from the north to return to the Western Army, and Wen Yanbo, the governor of the staff standing below, immediately lit up his eyes and stood up, expressing his support.

Wen Yanbo is not supporting Chen Zhizhong, nor is he trying to sell Du Xun well, he is targeting Su Shi.

Aren't you Su Shi very powerful?

According to the recital sent back by Bao Zheng, as soon as Su Shi made a move, the alien race was defeated, stabilizing the situation in the north.

Very well, then I will transfer the most capable one around you now, and when you become a toothless tiger, see how you can stabilize the situation.

When you lose the battle, he will immediately fall into the ground, clean up this person, and let others see what will happen if you offend yourself.

As soon as Wen Yanbo stood up, the privy envoy Wang Deyong also stood up and seconded the proposal.

Needless to say, Wang Deyong also hated Su Shi to the core.

If it weren't for Su Shi as a comparison, it wouldn't show how incompetent he Wang De was.

"The minister agrees." Dazong Zheng Zhao Yunrang also stood up and expressed his support. but

This time, instead of speaking as a member of the Zhao clan, he expressed his attitude as a privy deputy envoy.

Yan Shu resigned, and the position of a privy envoy was vacated and occupied by Bao Zheng.

Bao Zhengsheng became a privy envoy and vacated the position of deputy envoy, so Zhao Yunrang went to Zhao Zhen to express his intention to take this position.

According to Zhao Yunrang, he is the Zhao family, and he can't leave everything in the army to others, and he must have his own family to be trusted.

For this reason, Zhao Yunrang also sent some silver money to Empress Cao in advance, and with her help, Jia Changchao, the prime minister who belonged to the queen's family, also expressed his support when Zhao Zhen asked for his opinion, and this great Zongzheng officially became one of the ministers and became a privy deputy envoy of the dynasty.

So many people stood up to express their support, and Fu Bi, the governor of the political affairs who originally wanted to put forward some different opinions, knew that it was difficult to speak alone, so he first looked at the prime minister Pang Ji who was standing in front of him.

Pang Ji, who was at this meeting, seemed to be attracted by something, and at this time he was looking up at the sky with his eyes, a stunned look, as if his attention was not on government affairs at all.

This scene let Fu Bi know that Pang Ji would not stand up against it.

He simply kept his mouth shut. Even if it is useless to stand up against it, then why stand up?

His father-in-law, Yan Shu, had to resign because he made the wrong decision and supported the wrong person.

The lessons of the past were there, and he had to be careful in his actions. In addition, Su Shi did not send news before, telling him what to do, and he was also happy to watch the play.

In the end, there was a lot of support, and only the three divisions made Song Itch stand

came out, saying that although the treasury had some surplus money, it could not withstand the consumption of the war, and if possible, it would be best for the western frontier not to go to war with the Western Xia, and then closed his mouth.

Song Qi is definitely a smart person.

As a rule, as long as things have nothing to do with him, he doesn't have a big opinion. He only needs to guard his own one-third of an acre of land and do things well, and he believes that the officials will continue to support him, trust him, and reuse him.

In front of the ministers, Zhao Zhen adopted the opinion of the majority, and while asking for funds for the western army, he also made a decree to let Di Qing's troops return to the western territory from the north.

In the previous dynasty, Emperor Zhao Zhen was still deliberating.

But the topic has spread to the palace, and Zhao Xi, who is studying in the Royal Academy, learned about it from his teacher Li Di.

"Teacher, the northern border has not been completely recovered, and the Western Xia and Liao armies have not withdrawn from the territory of my Great Song Dynasty, let Di Qing return to Xijing now, in this case, will there be too much pressure on Su Shaofu?"

Zhao Xi said that Su Shi was not a loyal general, but still a Shaofu, which shows that he still regards Su Shi as a civil official, and according to the policy of the Great Song Dynasty to emphasize literature and suppress martial arts, this is actually raising Su Shi.

"The truth is such a truth, but whether it is the north or the west, they are all part of our Great Song Dynasty. Now that there is something going on in the west, Your Majesty can only level it with a bowl of water, otherwise the west realm will really have something wrong because Di Qing's department has not returned, and no one can afford this responsibility. ”

"Your Majesty should have seen this and agreed to Chen Xianggong's recital."

Li Di first analyzed and told Zhao Xi what the current emperor thinks in the face of such a problem

Target. And if you become an emperor in the future, how will you deal with such a thing?

After saying these words, Li Di coughed heavily, causing Zhao Xi to ask with a concerned face, "Teacher, but you are not feeling well, quickly, someone will pass on the imperial doctor." ”

"It's okay, it's just that I'm getting older, and my cough is getting bigger, it's just an old problem, and it's not in the way." Li Di waved his hand, and continued to say with a look of fineness: "Your Highness, Su Shaofu has the talent of commanding troops. But in the end, he is still too young, and the so-called jade can't be pecked. Now I have the opportunity to exercise him. ”

"If he can rely on his own strength to defend the northern border this time, it will prove that he has passed the test, and His Royal Highness can reuse this person when he ascends the throne in the future, so that the Great Song Border can be worry-free for decades."

"On the contrary, if Su Shaofu can't withstand the pressure this time, it can only mean that his ability is limited, and such a person is not worthy of His Highness's reuse, and he will rely on it in the future."

Li Di's words were completely heartfelt, and he was helping Zhao Xi analyze as the emperor's teacher.

Among them, there is no emotional component, and it is completely for the purpose of teaching the art of the emperor.

Zhao Xi is still young after all, and he is only eight years old after the New Year. Although he is much more mature than his peers because of his growth environment, he can't downplay this matter like his father and Li Di in terms of personal feelings.

"Teacher, Su Shaofu is very good at fighting, but if Di Qing leaves, he will be alone, if the alien race is increasing troops, how to fight this battle, I am afraid it will be difficult to win, will we watch him lose at that time."

Defeated? ”

Seeing that when he said these words, Zhao Xi had his own little emotions. Li Di smiled.