Chapter 20: Crisis

"Saint, this is what my father captured by attacking Zhongzhou a few days ago, Yingzhou, and everything has Zhongzhou, recorded in the main book of Yingzhou..."

"This state book will be handed over to Feng Yanji to manage, and in addition, half of the silver obtained will be transferred to the Long Xiang Army."

A few days ago, in line with the principle that the opportunity must not be lost and will not come again, Li Xiang sent an order to Jinling Kuaima, so that Baoxin Jie Du made Li Xiong go north to attack Song Zhong and Ying Erzhou with the main force of the Beifu Army, and gained a lot.

Seeing that the hall was full of treasures taken from the Song people, not only Li Xiang was happy in his heart, but Bao Laosi next to him was also lying on the property storage box and touching left and right, as if he was a fan of wealth.

Although it is really immoral to take advantage of his Zhao Kuangyin to congratulate his biological mother on his birthday, but at the moment Li Xiang can't manage so much at all, since Feng Yanji was promoted to the head of the household department, inherited Zhang Yan's ten reform wills, and began to carry out various reforms drastically from Jinling, although the national strength of the Tang Dynasty has the auspiciousness of a rich country, but the treasury and silver and the national strength are still weaker than that of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, it is necessary to transfer most of the deposits into the army to improve the military strength first.

But to strengthen the army in all aspects of equipment, the combat power and money are not enough, can only rob, at the moment he and several southern countries have formed an alliance to resist the Song Dynasty, so it is impossible to reach into the territory of the southern country to rob, can only find an opportunity to rob the Northern Song Dynasty.

"Shengshang, this time Zhao Kuangyin congratulated his biological mother on her birthday, my Datang bullied him like this, I'm afraid..."

Who else can say this kind of thing, only Han Xizai, the Zhongshu Pingzhang. Han Xizai's development concept has always been to wait for the Tang Dynasty to become rich and strong. But how can he understand that even if he gives this place to the Southern Tang Dynasty for ten years, it will still be slowly consumed by the Northern Song Dynasty.

"It's okay, I'm afraid he won't come to attack Tang."

"But if he uses the strength of the country to pounce on my Tang Realm... I'm afraid that a few mediocre kings in the south will be unreliable..."

"Han Qing, don't worry, the south is unreliable, and there is no north to use."

"Shengshang refers to the Liu clan of the Northern Han Dynasty? The Northern Han Dynasty was barren and poor, and the national strength was weak, how could Liu Jun dare to go deep into the Song Dynasty. ”

Han Xizai still can't understand what happened to Li Xiang, with such a big fanfare to annoy Zhao Kuangyin, and now the southern countries can't shrink, and they are bent on currying favor with Zhao Song, for fear that they will be the first to destroy themselves.

But this emperor didn't know what kind of calculation he was making, so he took advantage of Empress Du's birthday to humiliate Emperor Song with a congratulatory gift, and took the opportunity to send troops into the Song realm to loot.

"Although the Northern Han Dynasty is barren and the people are weak, Liu Jun is not a mediocre person!"

To say that when he went to save Li Chongjin, Li Xiang himself was frightened, but after thinking about it carefully, at this time, Liu Jun of the Northern Han Dynasty had succeeded to the throne, and when his father Liu Chong was in power, he called Liao the uncle emperor, and after Liu Jun succeeded to the throne, he deeply felt that the Han State was sandwiched between Song and Liao, and it was difficult to survive.

According to the situation at that time, the return to the Song Dynasty was self-defeating, and the Liao State Yeluxian was extremely ambitious, and just needed an obedient and obedient Han regime to control the Central Plains, so as to plunder the Han people and loot the Han wealth, so he could only be attached to the Liao first, and changed from the uncle country to the father country, and called Yeluxian his father emperor.

"The saint thinks so highly of Liu Jun, but if Liu Jun has the heart to resist the Song Dynasty, how can he not send an envoy to the Tang Dynasty."

"Han Xiang, if you are Liu Jun, do you dare to cross the Song Realm and form an alliance with my Tang Dynasty?"

Pan You began to ponder what he wanted from the Son of Heaven when he sent Li Xiong to send troops, in the past, the Son of Heaven worshiped Buddha and did not ask about political affairs, he was ashamed to cater to the holy will, and did not want to follow Fu and Meng.

Today, he has found more and more that he is trying to figure out what the Son of Heaven thinks, sometimes he can't figure it out, and sometimes he often hides surprises.

"Han Xiangke once remembered that when the Holy Lord went to the north to aid Li Chongjin, Emperor Song did not increase his troops to the south.

First, I didn't expect that my Tang Emperor would dare to go out of the Tang Realm to conquer in person, and secondly... Isn't it obvious enough that he transferred his troops and horses to Jingzhao Mansion? ”

"But... Liu Jun did not confront the Song army head-on..."

"Hahaha, Han Xiangru talks about national politics, he can be the first national soldier of the Tang Dynasty, but when it comes to soldiers, Han Xiang is a little unheard..."

"When Emperor Song sent Shi Shouxin and Wang Xianqi led his troops to exterminate Li Chongjin, the cavalry out of the Northern Han Dynasty repeatedly harassed the Song Realm, and Liu Jun did not miss any opportunity to weaken the Northern Song Dynasty."

"So... He never thought of fighting the Northern Song Dynasty head-on, but he was just delaying the progress of Zhao Kuangyin's unification of the northern border. ”

"Not bad! If Zhao Kuangyin pacifies Li Chongjin, he will target the Northern Han closest to him, so if Zhao Kuangyin sends troops to the south, although he does not send troops to the Northern Han, then Liu Jun of the Northern Han is indeed more anxious than the south. ”

"Then didn't this Zhao Kuangyin suffer a dumb loss and be robbed of the property of the two states, but he didn't dare to send troops to attack my Datang?"

"Definitely... If only the property of the two states is seized, the Northern Song Dynasty will not suffer much loss, and Zhao Kuangyin may not send troops, but the saint is forcing Zhao Kuangyin to go south with ingots, human heads in jade, and rare birds. ”

"Yes, I humiliated him so much that even his biological mother was sarcastic, and if he didn't send troops south, his courtiers would despise him in their hearts."

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At this time, in Xuanzhou, tens of thousands of miles away from Jinling, a burly and magnificent man, dressed in black armor and holding a dragon stick, led 20,000 soldiers and horses out of Xuanzhou City.

"At present, the eastern border is temporarily worry-free, and the emperor is in a hurry to increase his troops in Jinling, greedy for life and afraid of death to such a degree, what do you expect to prosper my Tang Dynasty." The person who spoke had thick eyebrows and long beards, and fierce eyes, it was Lin Renzhao, the envoy of Ning Guojie and one of the five fierce generals of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

"Father... I'm going to enter Jinling, but don't say such insulting words... The capital is not as good as Xuanzhou..."

Lin Renzhao drove forward on a war horse, and the eldest son Lin Yan on his side looked worried, obviously afraid that his father's character would be excluded when he arrived in the capital.

"Besides, some time ago, the saint actually sent Li Xiong out of the Beifu army to capture the middle of the country, Ying Erzhou, and Erchen felt that this newly enthroned son of heaven seemed to want to make a difference!"

"Humph! What did he do? You have never seen him when Lao Tzu was young, he was playing a small game with other princes to learn salvo shooting, knife fighting, and his talent is still good, but this person is weak in nature, just good at disguise! ”

Lin Renzhao's face was full of disdain, and he didn't care about his son's reminder, only feeling that he, the general, deserved to be really aggrieved all these years.

"You think Li Yu wants to open up the country, but in fact, Jinling's property is not enough for him to squander and enjoy, otherwise how could he summon all the property captured by Li Xiong to Jinling, and he didn't even leave a little scum to the Beifu army!"

"It's... Maybe it's to set an example for the other armies, or maybe the emperor secretly sent some bounty..."

"Shhhh How generous should you be, robbed some Song people's money, and hurriedly summoned me to Jinling, it was obviously a weak nature, I was afraid that he Zhao Kuangyin would send troops south, and quickly took out the old bottom to protect himself! ”

"General... We are no longer in Xuanzhou, we were the emperor of Tiangao before, and now we have moved to the door of the Son of Heaven, let's beg you don't talk so wildly!

We don't care, I'm just afraid that if the Son of Heaven is angry, the group of small people behind us will have to cause trouble! ”

"Hey! That's it! It's just that I, Lin Renzhao, am unlucky, and I will die in Datang in this life!

Don't worry about waiting, I'll be more restrained when I get to Jinling. ”

To say that Lin Renzhao is aggrieved, it is indeed excusable, since the time of the central lord Li Jing, the next three times to attack the Tang Dynasty, all of them returned with great victories.

The lord was beaten and lost his mind, and he was bewitched by people in the court, suspecting him Lin Renzhao and Liu Renzhen and the two of them supporting their own troops, so they expelled the two of them from the capital, and they could not shrink in the east and south.

After that, these two people did not participate in the big and small battles, and the Southern Tang Dynasty was defeated repeatedly, and the family foundation accumulated from Li Sheng's reign was gradually defeated.

"But after entering Jinling, at least you can find Liu Renzhen to have a drink and have fun, since Jinling, I don't know whether this Shouhui (Liu Renzhen is Shouhui) is fat or thin."

"Father, son-in-law, I heard that General Liu is now a close minister of the Son of Heaven! He also led the Anhua Festival to make the hussar general, and he was in a high position! ”

"You don't want to listen to other people's farts, when you enter Jinling, you will know that it must be the Son of Heaven who confiscated his military power and gave him a first-class general, in fact, he is not even as good as a guard!"

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However, at this time, Liu Renzhen, who was located on the side of the Son of Heaven in the Jinling Palace, faintly felt that his nose was sour, and he wanted to sneeze and quickly held back, just because there were many civil and military officials in the hall.

It must be Lin Renzhao who is scolding me! Liu Renzhen raised his index finger and rubbed his nose, his expression was a little funny, but there was a person in the hall who was eager, and he couldn't laugh at the moment.

"Holy! Zhao Kuangyin sent troops south! ”

"Sending troops? I'm afraid he won't come! ”

"Shhhh What about sending troops, only he can send troops south in Bianjing! Can't I Datang send troops north from Jinling!

Saint, I only need 50,000 soldiers and horses to behead the enemy and send it to Jinling! ”

When Bao Ying heard that the Northern Song Dynasty was sending troops, her face was full of fear, and she spoke heroically, like a strong man who stood up to the sky.

"General Bao, don't laugh! The Northern Song Dynasty sent 60,000 troops from Bianjing, and 50,000 troops from Xuzhou and Songzhou! I also received a report that Zhao Kuangyin, the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, had brought several generals to conquer in person! ”

"I'll make it clear first, although I am the general of Zuo Qianniuwei, but I am negligent in the war, and I will still give up the work of the Song Dynasty to General Liu!"

"This is to do whatever it takes to destroy my Datang in one fell swoop!"

Han Xizai heard the report, jumped up from the wooden chair in an instant, his heart was a little impatient, he glared at Bao Ying, and then turned his eyes to see the expression of the Son of Heaven on the official emperor's chair.

"I don't understand, this Zhao Kuangyin is really crazy, and he is not afraid of the Northern Liao Yelu Xian, and the Northern Han Dynasty Liu Jun is in trouble in the north?"

"It's... I heard that Zhao Kuangyin sent two envoys to envoy Han and Liao after the birthday banquet of Empress Dowager Du!

promised that as long as the Northern Song Dynasty destroyed the Tang Dynasty, he Liao and Han would not get in the way, and he could give him 100,000 pieces of silver, 80,000 horses of silk, spices, silk weaving, and porcelain..."

"Holy! At present, my Datang may not have the strength to fight, so I should move the capital to Yuzhang first to ensure the safety of the Son of Heaven! ”

"No! The Song people went south, but I, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, fled to the south! The Tianwei that has been built up with great difficulty is about to be destroyed! ”

"Are you waiting for the Holy Lord to lead the troops north! If so, what's the use of leaving you and other generals, you can't protect the Son of Heaven, and you can't protect the territory and the people! ”

"Stop arguing! The matter of moving the capital, I can't agree to it, the Song people came to attack, how can there be a reason for the head of the country to shrink behind, now the queen is pregnant, and the first send the army to send the queen to Yuzhang! ”

"Even so, it is not clear whether the imperial heir is a man or a woman..."

"Han Qing! Even if I escape, how long can I escape, if the Tang Dynasty is defeated, will I be fine if I flee to Yuzhang? ”

As Li Xiang spoke, he was also a little uneasy in his heart, since the soul pierced to the present, everything has been too smooth.

Relying on historical memory, I have gone all the way to the present, but now because of my own change, history has also undergone unpredictable changes. He couldn't help but wonder if he was really Zhao Kuangyin's opponent.

"Don't even talk about it... The matter... I have made up my mind about this matter. ”

Now that the disaster of destroying the country is coming, Mo said that His Royal Highness and everyone are in chaos, and Li Xiang himself is also a little trembling, but he still tries his best to stabilize his body and keep calm to stabilize the situation in the palace.