Chen Zhizhong, who had no way to retreat, stood up helplessly with a fenban, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Pu, the affairs of the western frontier are all thanks to Wang Deyong and Wang Decheng, it is precisely because they did not arrive in Xi'an Prefecture in time that the western frontier has a group of dragons without a leader, and it is difficult for the general to support it alone, which has led to the current ending."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he threw off the pot and brushed off the responsibility.

It's really not okay to say that, if you bear the name of a criminal minister, then you won't be tough to speak.

"Wang Deyong is guilty, but now is not the time to talk about them, Lord Chen should talk about how we will deal with the Dragon Army next." Zhao Yunrang saw the other party's careful thoughts, and did not say it as it was, let alone say that Wang Deyong was all guilty, nor did he say that you Chen Zhizhong was innocent.

It means that the next thing you can think of is that there is no guilt. Unexpectedly, the first one will clean you up.

Complaining bitterly in his heart, without getting a response from Zhao Yunrang, Chen Zhizhong had to continue with a bitter face: "The Dragon Army has entered Henan Mansion, and it is already very close to Bianliang, at this time, what we should do is to strengthen the city defense, in case the Dragon Army will kill us. At the same time, the army of the whole country was summoned to the king to ensure that he had an absolute superiority in strength. Speaking of which, this is our Great Song Dynasty, we have too many advantages, the dragon army is far away, and the supply of food and grass is naturally insufficient, as long as we can form a confrontation with it, it will definitely be us who will win in the end."

"Well, strengthening the city's defenses is a must, is there?" Zhao Yunrang was naturally not satisfied with this statement, what he wanted now was how to drive Su Shi and the Long Army out, not just blindly defending.

"Yes. I also ask King Pu to send someone to contact Li Tang to explain the danger of the Dragon Army, if we can join forces with it, then our strength will be strong, and when the time comes, there may be no possibility of defeating the Dragon Army."

As soon as these words fell, there was suddenly another discussion in the court.

Li Tang can be regarded as a member of the anti-thieves, and the Dragon Empire and the Liao State fought in the north before, which affected the hearts of Zhao and Song. No one knows how far the battle will go over there, and whether it will burn itself.

In addition, after Li Tang only occupied Suzhou, he did not go north, although it was constantly eroding the southern border of Zhao and Song, but as long as it did not threaten the safety of Bianliang City, it was not the biggest threat in the eyes of Zhao Song.

As soon as Zhao Zhen died and Zhao Yun gained power, he had the heart to attack Li Tang.

Although he is not sure enough to defeat Li Tang in one battle, in his thoughts, he always has to fight, that is, to make a show and show his determination, that is also to fight. The worst result is a tie, and at most the two of them will divide the land of Zhao and Song equally.

At least the borders will be redrawn because of this battle. It's like five dynasties and ten kingdoms, wasn't that time a time when wars broke out? Didn't you come too?

The so-called trend of the world, it is also an objective law that it must be divided for a long time, and it must be combined for a long time.

Zhao Yunrang's thoughts are not a secret, and many courtiers know about it. What they knew better was that Zhao Yunrang wanted to establish his authority through this battle, intending to tell others that he wanted to unify the whole country, but he didn't have that strength, so it would be difficult for others to say anything.

But now, the idea has not yet been put into action, Chen Zhizhong is going to openly unite with Li Tang to deal with Su Shi, doesn't this mean that Zhao Song in the future will be divided into two in the best case?

As soon as he thought that the name of splitting Zhao Song was likely to fall on his own courtiers, some people stood up and strongly opposed it at the moment.

"Your Majesty, King Pu, no. Nandi is the realm of my Zhao and Song Dynasty, and now joining forces with Li Tang is equivalent to acknowledging their existence, how can we send troops to recover Nandi in the future? This is the inheritance of our ancestors, and we must not do it."

"Yes, King Pu, Chen Zhizhong betrayed the country, and he should be punished for this. Please also order him to be killed outside the noon gate."

"Your Majesty, King Pu, this matter must not be done, otherwise how will we face our ancestors in a hundred years."

A courtier, who claimed to be loyal, stood up again, angrily denouncing Chen Zhizhong's various wrongs, in order to flaunt that he was a righteous man.

In the face of the accusations of so many courtiers, Chen Zhizhong's face was naturally not good-looking. He finally knew what it meant to stand and talk without backache.

Obviously, everyone has no idea, Zhao Yunrang named him to say it himself, how could he not see clearly, and it was also King Pu's intention to unite Li Tang to deal with Su Shi?

It's just that there are some things that he can't say, otherwise, he will have to bear the responsibility of betraying the country, so he threatens to say these words.

Now it's okay, I said it myself, but these courtiers actually scolded themselves. What's the matter, you are all loyal, just me as a female minister?

But you don't want to think about it, if you don't unite with Li Tang now, with Zhao Song himself, may it be Su Shi, will he be the opponent of the Dragon Army?

Zhao Song is in urgent need of support, but the Liao State is destroyed, the barbarian Meng is gone, and the Western Xia is also dead, so who will not unite Li Tang to unite?

Chen Zhi Center is bitter.

He just said the most correct choice, a method that everyone knows, but everyone doesn't dare to say.

I have carried the pot, and I don't know how I will write about myself in history in the future. But now, together with his colleagues, he also treats himself like this, what's the matter, it's not enough for me to be a wicked person, but I have to be kicked a few times by everyone to prove that they are good officials for the country and the people?

was bitter in his heart, Chen Zhizhong didn't argue, so he retreated and stood in place with his eyes closed. In fact, a person like him who holds great power, once he leaves the western border, it is equivalent to leaving the center of power, and it is only a matter of time before he has such a situation.

It's only to blame that he listened to the orders of the imperial court at the beginning, if he could withstand the pressure and not send grain and grass to Xixia, then there would be no such things.

It's just that some things are done and done, and it's too late to regret it.

The other courtiers were still spraying, spraying all kinds of things that Chen Zhizhong was not doing, and Zhao Yunrang didn't stop it, he knew that this was all the right thing. Even if someone sings blackface, then someone must sing whiteface, which is also giving everyone a chance to vent and a chance to correct their name.

But no matter how everyone scolds, things should be done or how to do them.

After half an hour, after almost all the ministers scolded Chen Zhizhong, the court gradually quieted down, and Zhao Yunrang finally spoke: "What Chen Shangshu said is a little inappropriate, but now our situation is very dangerous. In ancient times, there was a great cause to achieve it. Then why can't we grieve first?"

As he spoke, Zhao Yunrang also set his eyes on the body of the ministers, a solicitation of opinions.

This time, no one objected, and I am afraid that everyone knows that there are not many options left for them now. Besides, the idea was made by Chen Zhizhong, and it was to be adopted by Zhao Yunrang, so even if this matter was to be scolded, it had little to do with them.

Seeing that no one objected, Zhao Yunrang breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "That is the case, for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, we can only unite with Li Tang first and deal with the Dragon Empire together. But please rest assured, once the Dragon Empire is blasted out of the Great Song Land, we will get it back sooner or later."

As Zhao Yunrang made a decision, the matter was settled. Bianliang City strengthened the city defense, sent troops to Chen Liucheng for defense, and at the same time sent people to Suzhou to unite with Li Tang to deal with Su Shi.

It's just that the next development was unexpected by everyone, and the envoy Wen Yanbo sent just came out of Bianliang City not long before he received the news of his return. Just when Wen Yanbo was still confused, he finally knew the reason, the Long Army did not go north, but went straight to the direction of Yingtianfu from Henan Mansion, looking at it like that, it was clear that the first person to fight was Li Tang.

Su Shi didn't mean to move Bianliang City, and Zhao Yunrang, who learned the news, immediately changed his mind of taking the initiative to unite with Li Tang.

Before he wanted to unite with Li Tang, he was worried that Su Shi would lead a large army to Bianliang, and for his own safety, he needed help.

But now, Su Shi is dealing with Li Tang, and it is not himself who is in a hurry, even if this is the case, it should be Li Tang who takes the initiative to ask them for help.

Indeed, Li Tang was in a hurry.

Suzhou

City.

Li Bo, the current lord of Li Tang, was pacing back and forth in the hall, and below him, Li Nan and Li Han and other Li Tang ministers also looked worried. Not only that, but even the two Fuso generals, Yuki Otawara and Toshiyuki Guanshita, are also sad.

Last year, they sent people to assassinate Su Shi's three imperial concubines, in order to create a chance for Liao, Zhao Song and Manmeng to win against him after causing chaos and messing up his state of mind.

It's just a pity that the assassination failed, and none of the killers sent back. Soon after, the Dragon Empire's navy began to increase its maritime patrols, and all ships that were not the Dragon Empire's sea ships had to be detained, and those who dared to resist were sunk.

Not only that, the Dragon Navy suddenly sent a large warship to directly block the outer waters of Fusang, and as soon as the two thousand warships came out, such a behemoth instantly turned all the Fusang ships into toys, and they couldn't get out of Fuso.

This move of the dragon army directly hit them on the seven inches, making them cry bitterly.

In the past, they could secretly trade with the merchants of the Dragon Empire, and buy some things that were not available outside to sell, earn the difference, and subsidize themselves.

At that time, although there was also the existence of the Dragon Kingdom Navy on the sea, they only collected commercial taxes, and only inspected some special items, such as iron tools and so on. At that time, they could still profit from it.

However, with the non-Dragon Kingdom merchant ships, any other ships were not allowed to pass, their sea trade routes were basically cut off, and only the Dragon Kingdom merchant ships took the initiative to drive, but the price of goods was ridiculously high, and it became very difficult for Li Tang to make money from it.

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