In the city of Lingzhou.

Zhao Changqing met Xiang Yu and Chen Qingzhi.

The former smiled calmly at the two of them: "For so many years, this is the first time I have come to Lingzhou City. ”

The imperial palace in Lingzhou City is not too big, much smaller than that in Luoyang.

This palace was rebuilt according to the original Beiliang Palace.

Zhao Changqing wandered aimlessly in the inner courtyard of the palace, and a slight melancholy came to his heart.

Zhao Yun, Zhao Changlin, Xiang Yu, and Chen Qingzhi followed closely behind.

Zhao Changqing said with a smile: "The Xu family is a family, and it is really not easy to come out with two heroes. ”

They all understood who His Majesty was referring to.

Xu Cripple, the king of Beiliang back then, left his son Xu Fengyun with a rich family background, which allowed Xu Fengyun to quickly gain a foothold among countries.

During the peak period of the Liang State, even the Wei State had to avoid its edge.

After several wars, it ended with Wei showing weakness.

But it was the last battle, and he completely defeated Liangguo.

Liangguo only lost this battle.

In the evening.

The five of them gathered in a pavilion in the palace to drink.

There was no one else, and it had been a long time since they had come together to talk to each other.

The five of them sometimes talked and laughed one after another, and sometimes they were silent, looking up at the moon.

During the drinking, Zhao Changqing asked Chen Qingzhi, "How is Ji'er?"

Chen Qingzhi replied truthfully: "He is a handsome talent, but he is still a little immature now, far worse than His Majesty back then, but over time, the means of using troops in the future should be able to reach the level of a few ministers." ”

Zhao Changqing took a big sip of wine, nodded and said: "It is not an easy thing to get your affirmation, if it is in the future, it can really reach the level of a few of you, and it can be regarded as a talent." In a few days, I will go to the frontier to see him myself. ”

Chen Qingzhi frowned, "Your Majesty, the last general does not recommend that you rush to the frontier now"

Zhao Changqing was puzzled: "Why is this?"

Chen Qingzhi opened his mouth and explained: "According to reliable sources, in recent days, the Song State has shown signs of mobilizing troops, they originally had 200,000 troops on the frontier, and then increased their troops by 300,000, and the number of troops has reached as much as 500,000. ”

"News from Jinyiwei?" Zhao Changqing's expression became a little solemn.

In case this matter is true, the outbreak of a big war with the Song State is indeed not conducive to the current situation of the Wei State.

Chen Qingzhi: "Jinyi Wei and the scouts in the army have all inquired about this news, the situation has been confirmed, it is estimated that the 300,000 troops of the Song State have arrived in the border area, if Your Majesty goes to the frontier at this time, the last general is afraid that the Song State will take the opportunity to make trouble." ”

Song?

Zhao Changqing was silent for a moment and asked, "How many troops do we have here in Beiliang at present?"

Chen Qingzhi: "Only 300,000. ”

Zhao Changqing said with a smile: "I also brought 100,000 heavy armored iron cavalry, almost able to fight with the Wei army, I must go to this Xinjiang, no matter what, I finally came to Beiliang, naturally I want to meet the soldiers who guard the frontier for my Great Wei." ”

Patrol the borders and deter all countries.

It is the focus of Zhao Changqing's visit.

If it really can't be deterred, then you can't fight a fight.

Over the years, the Wei State has actually come from the war and the sea of blood.

The least feared thing is a war provoked by various reasons.

The decision made by Zhao Changqing, Chen Qingzhi and they all knew it, could not be changed.

They had to prepare for war.

In fact, if it weren't for the previous imperial court's repeated orders, it would not be appropriate to start a war in the near future, and they would have fought with the Song army a long time ago.

After Zhao Changqing stayed in Lingzhou for a few days, he rushed to the frontier.

But at this time, a major event suddenly happened on the frontier.

The Song army had a small force attacking the Great Wei border.

Zhao Hongji took the initiative to ask Ying and led the troops to expel him.

After some scuffle, the Song army pretended to be defeated and retreated, luring the enemy deeper, causing Zhao Hongji to be besieged.

The general who asked Zhao Hongji to lead the troops to expel the small Song army was called Wu Hao, a native of Suzhou in the Wei State.

He joined the army ten years ago and is already a lieutenant general.

Serving as a deputy general under Chen Qingzhi is not for everyone.

This requires a certain means.

When he knew that Zhao Hongji was under siege, although he seemed a little flustered, he was not at a loss, he urgently mobilized the army and confronted the Song army, as long as he found anything unusual about the Song army, he would not hesitate to fight to the death with the Song army.

This alone is not enough, it is not enough to protect the life of His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

He did not hide this matter, but sent someone to tell Marshal Chen Qingzhi about this matter.

No one wants to see such a big thing happen.

When Chen Qingzhi received the news, he was following the emperor on his way to the frontier.

The fact that Zhao Hongji was trapped made his heart chill.

He didn't dare to keep it, and directly told the emperor about it.

"Your Majesty, it's the last general who is incompetent and has failed to protect His Highness!" Chen Qingzhi hugged his fists.

Zhao Changqing looked at the battle report carefully, and said helplessly: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, only blame Wu'er for being too young and reckless." Command down, speed up. ”

Chen Qingzhi nodded solemnly.

Even if he wanted to break his head, he couldn't understand why this kind of thing happened.

It's a real headache.

When Zhao Changqing arrived at the border, Zhao Hongji, the king of Chu, had been besieged for three days.

It was when the soldiers were sleepy and tired.

When Wu Hao saw His Majesty coming, he was frightened, and hurriedly came to his side to plead guilty.

Zhao Changqing didn't offend him, because of this incident, he was not to blame.

"What's the situation now?" Zhao Changqing asked Wu Hao.

He replied: "Back to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is trapped on a hill, and there is no need to worry about his life for the time being. ”

When he finished saying this, Chen Qing kicked on his body, "No worries about your life?" That is the attitude of the Song army watching our Wei army, attracting our Wei army to take the initiative to come to the rescue, if it takes too long, Your Highness will have no food to help, sooner or later it will be self-defeating!"

This is roughly the case now.

If you take the initiative to send an army to the rescue, you will be ambushed by the Song army.

If you don't save it, after a long time, Your Highness will run out of food and grass, and sooner or later it will be over.

Chen Qingzhi looked at the emperor.

Zhao Changqing was silent.

As soon as he wanted to go outside, he heard a woman's voice sound, "Father, father, save Your Highness!"

This voice was accompanied by a cry.

Zhao Changqing knew that this was Zhao Qingwen's voice.

Immediately afterwards, he heard Zhao Yun's voice outside the camp tent, "Nonsense, Your Majesty is thinking about military affairs inside, at this time, what kind of mess are you coming to fill in?"

Zhao Qingwen has long been accustomed to her father's strictness.

In the past few days, she has been about to be trapped because of Zhao Hongji, and her tortured mind is no longer good.

Every day, I am worried that something will really happen to him.

When she finally heard that His Majesty the Emperor and her father were coming, she pinned all her hopes on her two elders.

(End of chapter)