In the military, there are too many opportunities for superiors to kill their subordinates.

is like a general in the army like Chen Yi, if he is really pressed by Li Kui and restrained by military orders, he will have to be sent to death when he should be sent to death.

Unless he seems to have enough prestige in the army to become a general who is the commander of one side, he will be exempted from the desperate situation of being bullied to death by Wenchen. For example, the uncle in the construction of the plant, the planter.

At the beginning, he dared to turn his face with Shen Kuo, a straight scholar of Longtu Pavilion, because he had the power to command half of the main force of the Western Army, a full 80,000 troops. As long as the military power is in hand, even if Shen Kuo is unhappy with it, he has nothing to do with him. In addition, the relationship between the breeder and the law-changing faction is also very deep, and it was because of Fan Zhongyan's appreciation and support that the breeder had the status of the breeder in the army. There is also the fact that the farmer is a farmer and a heirloom, and the civilian official is transferred to the military, which is too easy to be favored by the civilian clique.

And the other half of the main force of the Western Army was in the hands of Gao Zunyu, that is, the uncle of Emperor Shenzong's own mother, Empress Dowager Gao.

This is a hardcore imperial relative, and the civil officials sent to the northwest by Emperor Shenzong can't do anything about him.

Even if Gao Zunyu gave a small half of the main force of the Western Army to disaster, Emperor Shenzong only removed Gao Zunyu from his post. That's the gap.

But Chen Yi is different, the strength of the Ninghua Army is only about 10,000 people. In fact, the number of troops he can really command is five or six thousand, and the other forces cannot be moved. Such a small role, when facing Li Kui, naturally has no confidence.

After being beaten, Li Kui ordered him to send troops, but he did not dare to delay even an hour, and even his wounds were still bleeding, and he was lying on the grass cart in the army, and he was in a state of malaise, so he could only reluctantly go out to fight.

From the very beginning, Li Kui was determined to eat the Ning Hua Army.

In a flash, two days passed.

In the past two days, Li Kui has not been idle, and turned over the original case, and the captains left by Ning Huajun on Hedong Road saw that the commander was almost killed, how dare they deceive Li Kui.

Soon, the case that had been sealed for ten years finally came to light.

It's not as disgusting as Qingfeng Mountain, but it's also one of the major cases handled by the Military Command Bureau.

Next, it's time to take over and train. The Praetorian Guard plus the Feilian Army had more than 20,000 men and horses, plus the Ninghua Army left behind, nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses.

And the passes in various places, it is obviously inappropriate to let the Ninghua army garrison again. Gao Yu sent more manpower to completely control the defense area. While waiting for Li Kui's order to send troops. But the delay in the order made him a little breathless.

Li Kui didn't speak, Gao Yu could only go to Li Kui.

followed Ruan Xiaowu to Li Kui's temporary camp, which is actually the Fanzhi County Mansion, also known as the county government, which is very small.

When Gao Yu arrived, Li Kui didn't get up to greet him, but instead lay on the bookcase and wrote excerpts.

Gao Yu was curious, and stretched his neck to peek. After a few glances, I couldn't turn a corner in my heart, Li Kui actually wrote an excerpt of the watch gong again, and the object was still Chen Yi. Isn't this Chen Yi the life and death enemy of Li Kui's concubine? Why did Li Kui kindly write an excerpt to Chen Yi asking for merit? Could it be that Li Kui has really changed sex?

But after watching it for a while, Gao Yu felt that he was thinking too much.

“…… The commander of the Ninghua army made Chen Yi still glorious even though he died......"

Gao Yu saw this and understood. Li Kui, this is a white cloth for Chen Yi, an old boy! Bad is also Li Kui's bad, this step made him think of it.

Raising his thumb, Gao Yu flattered Li Kui and said: "High, really high!" ”

Putting down the brush in his hand, Li Kui blew the paper on the fold in front of him, closed the fold, closed his eyes as if he was compassionate: "We are also people with a bottom line, and we can't help our families." He Chen someone can do it, but I still can't do it. ”

When Gao Yu heard this, he immediately felt something: "Renjie, I think we are still too kind." ”

"Yes! As the so-called gentleman does something and does not do something, since he makes people die, he must also give people at least decency. After all, Chen Yi's death was for the Great Song Dynasty and the Northern Army. ”

said this, as if Li Kui admired Ning Huajun a lot, but in his heart, at least half of Ning Huajun's people would be killed by him.

Gao Yu opened his mouth with a strange expression, and after hesitating, he asked Li Kui ruthlessly: "Renjie, what if Chen Yi is reluctant to send him to death and takes refuge in the Khitans?" ”

"Rebels and thieves, everyone will be punished!"

Li Kui snorted coldly: "I also think that the tiger poison does not eat children, he Chen Yi has a clan, a wife and children, a concubine and a daughter, a large family, he dies alone, it is better than a family to follow him to the funeral!" ”

Gao Yu said leisurely: "I'm afraid that Chen Yi doesn't understand your hard work, and he is a villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death." ”

"I'm still ready." While speaking, Li Kui took out two folds from the bookcase and sneered: "This is the fold of Chen Yi's surrender, if this is the case, his family will be miserable." This was originally an excerpt of his fear of the enemy, and when the time came, he killed him to revitalize the military method. ”

Gao Yu was stunned, and couldn't help admiring Li Kui: "It's still thoughtful, if I am asked to do something, I'm afraid I can't think of so much." ”

Li Kui said worriedly: "It's not that I'm thoughtful, it's that I'm in a hurry." Now the Liao soldiers are just trying to attack, and they frightened the four armies of the forbidden army in front of Zhending Mansion and Hejian Mansion into retreating in the city. I estimate that the Liao State is going to have a big war, and the opportunity for a big war is to wait for news from the Western Xia side. ”

"You mean the river defense of Western Xia?"

"That's right, the Battle of Xipingfu in Western Xia, to be exact. If the Western Xia can't even hold the Xiping Mansion, the Western Xia will have no danger to defend. At that time, it will be difficult for Liao to send troops. And I estimate that the Liao State should mobilize the main force of the leather room army cruising in the northern courtyard to go south to Xijin Mansion at this time, but unfortunately, we can't do anything before that. ”

Xijin Province, that is, Nanjing of the Liao State.

Gao Yu was stunned and exclaimed: "Renjie, do you mean that the emperor of Liao will drive the expedition in person?" ”

Yelu Hongji, the emperor of the Liao State, was famous for his fondness for the imperial conquest, and the Liao State was similar to the Great Song Dynasty, and the place was never peaceful. And Yeluhongki and his leather army went around assessing rebellion. seems to be a very diligent emperor, but in fact, the fall of the Liao State was also the bane planted in Yelu Hongji, and was finally taken advantage of by the Jurchens.

The emperor grabs credit with his courtiers every day, in such a country, the court is not the court, and the courtiers are not courtiers, so it's strange if it can be good.

Although Yelu Hongji is unreliable, if he really faces the Great Song Dynasty, he may not really be able to drive the expedition in person. There are two reasons, first, he is old, and he can get great satisfaction from bullying the rebellious small tribes, and the big victories make him lose himself. However, let Yelu Hongji, who is in his prime, personally conquer the Great Song Dynasty, I am afraid that most of them will have to be powerless.

Second, if Yelu Hongji is to drive the expedition, then the Great Song Emperor Zhao Xu may also be forced to drive the expedition.

This is a national war, a battle to the death that will involve the Liao State and the Great Song Dynasty in an endless war. If it fails, no one can afford to do so.

In this case, why did Li Kui still think that Yelu Hongji would come?

This has to say that Yelu Hongji's character is so ambitious and arrogant. Of course, this character may be a shortcoming in ordinary people, but in an emperor, as long as he is not a dead king, it is not a shortcoming. But with such a character, Yelu Hongji may not be able to bear to be humiliated by Zhao Xu, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. That's right, rejecting the blackmail of the Liao State is the humiliation of the Liao State by the Great Song Dynasty.

Yelu Hongji couldn't tolerate Zhao Xu daring to ignore his intimidation and not show any benefits, which was simply not taking Liao Guo in his eyes and not taking him Yelu Hongji in his eyes.

Yelu Hongji can blackmail Zhao Xu's father, and he absolutely can't tolerate being ignored by Zhao Xu.

The anger in his heart could not be suppressed for a long time, and he said in his heart: "Zhao Xu'er, are you insulting my old man and can't hold a knife?" ”

Seriously, Zhao Xu really didn't have this idea. He just didn't want to follow in the footsteps of Daddy Shenzong, and was ruthlessly blackmailed by the Liao State. In addition, Zhang Dian is a prime minister who can't listen to persuasion, and as soon as the monarchs and ministers are combined, they simply have the idea of asking for peace when they can't fight anymore. Anyway, if you don't show some real skills, you want to blackmail, and there is no door.

Nanjing, Liao, Xijin Province. Since the cavalry brigade entered the city, the march of the army has not stopped.

No one knows how many troops entered the city, and it took half a day before the gold-painted cart representing the identity of the emperor of Liao entered the city.

"See my emperor!"

"Get up!"

Escorted by the guards, Yelu Hongji came to the palace. Looking at the black officials in the Southern Courtyard, he was a little upset. It was easy to make up his mind to fight with the Song State, but once the battle was made, Yelu Hongji couldn't help but have a headache.

There were so many troubles that he found that he couldn't cope with them.

"What about Chen's slaves? Why don't you see Chen Jianu come to see me!"

"Your Majesty, the king of the Southern Courtyard has gone to Zhuozhou."

"Zhuozhou?" After muttering a sentence of dissatisfaction, Yelu Hongji muttered to himself, "What is more important than me?" If you go to Zhuozhou at this juncture, can't anyone else do it? ”

The palace deployed Brother Xiao Chang to get up and walked to the front of Yelu Hongji, and said in a low voice: "The Song army has entered Zhuozhou. The king was also concerned about the southeast barrier of my Great Liao, so he had to rush to Zhuozhou. ”

It turned out that he was running for the country, and Yelu Hongji had nothing to say. But I always feel uncomfortable. But the minister was running for the country, Yelu Hongji couldn't say anything, so he had to ask Brother Xiao Chang: "How many Song troops are coming?" Who will the Lord be? ”

Brother Xiao Chang said: "It's Chen Yi, the commander of the Ninghua Army, and there are 5,000 people. ”

Yelu Hongji almost spewed out a mouthful of old blood, and said angrily: "There are only 5,000 people, what is Han Zirang doing to eat, does this bit of soldiers and horses need to be dealt with by the king of the Southern Courtyard of Liao Kingdom in person?" ”

He didn't say a word, isn't Chen Yi, the chief general of the Ninghua Army, the Song general who is the hardest working general in business with my Da Liao? In Yeluhongki's eyes, such a person is a waste. In fact, Chen Yi is indeed a waste. is a waste, but the commander of the whole army has hooked up, this Daliao talent generation is not as good as a generation!

Without waiting for Yelu Hongji to get angry, Xiao Changge hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty doesn't know, the chief general of the Song reinforcements has arrived in Fanzhi, although Chen Yi is still the chief general of the Ninghua army, but he is no longer the chief general of the northern line of the Song army. ”

"Who did the Song people send?" When Yelu Hongji heard this, he said in his heart that according to the urine nature of the Song Kingdom, he must have sent a civil official. Fight wars, with civilian officials. Is this Great Song going to end?

I wanted to mock Song Jun for a few words, but I didn't expect Brother Xiao Chang to say a name that made Yelu Hongji's expression instantly solemn: "Li Kui! ”

"Is that the Li Kui who uprooted the Western Xia descendants and tied Li Bingqian to the emperor with thousands of people?" Li Kui's reputation is not only in Western Xia and Qingtang, but also in the monarchs and ministers of the Liao State.

In particular, Li Kui helped an idle prince of Western Xia become the emperor's murderer. Why is Li Kui a murderer?

When Li Bingqian first raised the army, he took more than 10,000 people from the Black Water Army. And Li Kui commanded 5,000 pioneers, all the way from Xiliang to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia, and also knocked down Xingqing Mansion. There is no such fierce god in Liao! After that, it was even more out of control, and with a group of rabble, the army of the Empress Dowager Liang of Western Xia, who had an army of 300,000, was wiped out.

Such an opponent is enough to attract the attention of Yelu Chen Jianu, the king of the Southern Court of Liao.

In this regard, Yelu Hongji had nothing to say, and even a sense of urgency made him sit still. Even when he wasn't fighting, he thought in his heart: "What if Yelu Chen's family slave shouldn't be Li Kui's opponent?" ”

Yelu Hongji was reluctant to accept the old man, but on the way here, he unexpectedly cringed a little in his heart. He found that the national war was not easy to fight, and it was really not something that could be done with a hot head.

After thinking about it, he could only let Yelu Chen Jianu, the king of the Southern Courtyard, command the main force of Tokyo Province to fight, and he took the leather room army and the troops drawn from all over the country to sit in Xijin Mansion.

This is the most ideal way to fight, if you easily cross the Hebei defense line of the Song army and enter the Daimyo's mansion, you will do a big job. If the attack is unfavorable, it will not let the Song army take advantage.

Of course, from the bottom of his heart, Chen Jianu is not as trusted by Yelu Hongji as Yelu Wuxian, who died not long ago. It's a pity that the capable ministers died one by one, which made him very sad. Yelu Wuxian was a good hand at blackmailing the Emperor Shenzong of the Song Kingdom, but unfortunately, he died at a young age, and he was a short-lived ghost with no luck.

Zhuozhou is about ten miles away.

The 5,000 Song army wanted to run, but they didn't dare to run.

Because they had already seen the Liao cavalry turn out from behind Zhuozhou City, rushing towards them in a mighty way. The cavalry pursues the infantry, and as long as the infantry does not want to be tired to death, they can only fight to the death, so that they can have a glimmer of life.

"General, what should I do?"

All the subordinates set their eyes on Chen Yi. At this moment, Chen Yi felt a kind of suffocation from Mount Tai, and he couldn't breathe.

It is rare for the generals of the Great Song Dynasty to surrender before the battle.

The main thing is that they surrendered, and the whole family suffered with them. If he does not surrender to fight to the death, not only does his family not need to worry, but will be treated favorably by the imperial court.

The Great Song Jiangmen also attaches great importance to the education of the love family, and wants to die and make the big family happy.

Therefore, when the generals of the Great Song Dynasty were exhausted, they would either choose to fight to the death, or choose to commit suicide before they were defeated.

The Koning Army had already changed its taste, and the whole army made a fortune by doing business with the Liao State. When people have money, they will be attached to more things, and they are suddenly a little reluctant to die.

Not only did these subordinates not want to die, but even Chen Yi was reluctant to die.

But if he makes a choice, it will be extremely difficult for him, once he takes refuge in the Liao, the family will fall, and the wealth of the Chen family will come to an end.

"General!"

His subordinates brought Chen Yi's armor, and Chen Yi thought sadly, he was covered with armor, and when he put on the armor at this time, wouldn't it be his own sacrifice day next year? At this moment, Chen Yi finally made a choice: "Hang the white flag, we surrender." ”

When the Liao army scouts went back to tell the main general, Yelu Chen Jianu, the king of the Southern Court of the Liao State on horseback, frowned and said, "Li Kui is a famous general in the world, how could he make such a mistake?" It must be a deception! ”

The king of the Southern Courtyard of Liaoguo, who felt that he had been deceived in his feelings, rode on his horse and trembled angrily, as if someone was in front of him, pointing at his nose and calling him a fool. Can he admit it? No, not only can't admit it, but also can't bear it, he has to teach the Song people a painful lesson.

"The Song people deceived me too much."