Liu Yanqing hurried up his horse and whipped his horse, and arrived in three days, and was saying in the palace that killing the Western Xia army was like slaughtering a dog, and a courier came from Jincheng, Youzhou, and Dengzhou at the same time, and Yang Zhi killed Yinliu and others in Jincheng; the 2,500 sailors of the Dengzhou Feiyu Battalion entered the Liaodong waters of the Jin State, broke through the nine camps of the Jin State, killed the envoy of the Jinguo Macheng County, and seized the silver medal, weapons, and war horses, and returned; after Zhang Jue's head was given to the Jin State, the Jin State refused to give up, and the Pingzhou army that fled to Youzhou rebelled one after another, but they were all quelled by Guo Yaoshi.

The situation did not deteriorate, Zhao Huan calmed down and said: "Li Gang is negotiating with the Jin people, and Yang Zhi killed Hao Xingshu in Jincheng, which is obviously a troublemaker." ”

He Su immediately handed over the chapter, Zhao Ji understood after reading it, Di Xingshu and Yinliu plotted against Yang Zhi, but the two of them died by mistake, the prince Zhao Huan was in a hurry, Song Huizong asked Zhao Huan: "In your opinion, what should I do?"

"Yang Zhi should capture the tree and bargain with the Jinren. Zhao Huan said confidently, Song Huizong shook his head and said: "The Jin people will not admit this matter, Li Shining's disciples are not necessarily the Jin people, and the matter in Youzhou needs to be solved by Youzhou, you see, Yang Zhi and Zhang Xiaochun's proposal to plant watermelons in the Central Plains and Jiangnan is a good suggestion, I heard that the watermelons in Xiuzhou grow well." ”

Zhao Huan shook his head and said: "That's a small skill, at the moment Cai Jing has made hundreds of officials complain, as long as he changes to a virtuous minister, the big reform of the evils, the Pingquan goods, the direct access, the trade and travel, with the wide people's power, the national strength can last for a long time." ”

Zhao Huan said a few words, as if he wanted to push the practice of the imperial court to a new one, Zhao Ye saw a shadow in his heart, he understood what Song Huizong was worried about, once Zhao Huan's proposal today was implemented, there would be a situation of Sima Guang and Wang Anshi's death in the past, the decree changed in a hurry, and there were too many things that could not be predicted from the central to the local. Song Huizong couldn't weigh it for a while, so he had to divert the topic: "You talk about your views on Yunzhong and Youzhou, and help Tong Guan and Li Gang get an idea." ”

Li Bangyan came out and said: "The emperor is not worried, why is there a battle of Shuozhou? It is because the Western Xia wants to open up the road to sell salt in the north, and this time Li Yan's troops are the same as the Battle of Shuozhou, regardless of victory or defeat, it will consume the national strength of the Western Xia, and curb the way of the Western Xia Qingyan to the north, not a decisive battle with the Western Xia, the success or failure of a battle, the gains and losses of a city and a place, will not affect the overall situation. Why don't we negotiate with the Western Xia, open the way for the green salt to go north, let the Western Xia bear the annual salt for us and promise not to smuggle the green salt to the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Bai Shizhong and others agreed, Ye Meng couldn't cry or laugh, these prime ministers felt too good about themselves, if Xixia wanted to sell salt to the Jin Kingdom, he only needed to reach an agreement with the Jin Kingdom, and he could cross the desert and go directly to Shangjing and the others, why bother to negotiate with the Great Song Dynasty and bear two additional burdens. Ye Mengde remembered Zhou Yuan and Xie Qian's judgment that Western Xia was joining forces with Jin Guo to find an opportunity to attack the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Huan asked Liu Yanqing: "What does Old General Liu think?"

Liu Yanqing was scolding angrily in his heart, and when he called out that he was coming, he said that he was going to deal with Western Xia, but in a blink of an eye, it turned into a negotiation, and he didn't need the homework he had done at all; but Zhao Huan was the emperor in the future, Liu Yanqing didn't dare to offend, and said with a smile: "The old minister is suitable for fighting on the battlefield, and this kind of management is not very good." ”

Liu Yanqing is not good at it, but Li Bangyan and others are good at it, so Cai Xuan, who handles official affairs for Cai Jing, is dictatorial and authoritarian, and Cai You even came forward to say that his younger brother should be killed; Li Bangyan and the others were overjoyed, and they were raising their eyebrows in the court, Zhao Ye and the others had not returned, and the battle report of Youzhou arrived first, and Wanyan Zongfu sent troops to Youzhou in the name of taking back the Pingzhou army, and Li Gang sent Guo Yaoshi to meet the battle.

A big battle broke out between the Youzhou army and the Jin army in the west of Pingzhou, and the two sides lined up neatly, and even Wanyan Zongfu looked at the number and equipment of Youzhou, and he was not sure of winning; who knew that as soon as the 10,000 men and horses of the vanguard of the two sides came into contact, Zhen Wuchen and other main generals took the lead in fleeing, and the banner of the Youzhou army then expressed its retreat.

The Youzhou army has been recuperating for more than half a year, the imperial court has allocated materials regardless of the cost, and the combat effectiveness of the equipment has actually surpassed the original Liao army, and the face of the Jin soldiers is not without the ability to fight, but the sudden escape of the original resentful generals made the morale of the Youzhou army suddenly collapse, except for a small number of people who are still fighting hard, most of the soldiers are fleeing for their lives.

Li Gang's mind went blank when he heard the news, the front-line war was like this, it was by no means what Li Gang originally imagined, he thought that he was stronger than Tong Guan, Guo Yaoshi was stronger than Liu Yanqing, and Yanyun Iron Cavalry was definitely stronger than Hebei's Xiang Army Forbidden Army, but the result was still the same.

The most important thing is that with Guo Yaoshi's army controlling the whole city, Li Gang and others have actually lost control of the situation, and now they can't order the pacification division. The sweat behind Li Gang was constantly flowing, and at this moment he understood why Zhao Kai and the others were unwilling to compromise, and Tong Guan and the others were hiding far away, which was really wrong in the big picture from the beginning. Wrong, Li Gang slapped his palm on the bookcase, and all the bitterness in his stomach was vented in this palm, but in the face of dealing with the current situation, Li Gang had no idea.

Lu Yihao hurriedly came, hugged his fist at Li Gang and said: "When the news of the defeat came, Lord Wang Anzhong went to Zhuozhou to raise funds, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune, avoiding being served by others and giving it to Jin Ren as a big gift. ”

Lu Yihao obviously knows his situation, Li Gang can't smile bitterly, characters like Wang Anzhong are so sensitive, it's ridiculous that he still looks down on these people, and he really doesn't know who the clever ghost is until the moment of crisis. Li Gang pondered for a moment and asked, "Did Master Dao and Yang Zhi have a backhand in Youzhou at the beginning?"

Lu Yihao shook his head and said: "Both of them are smart people, and they are afraid of being calculated by Wang An, so Yang Zhi sold all the real estate transactions, and even the later trade was entrusted to the Han family and other powerful people, and he would rather give up three percent of the profits." ”

If this is the case, then Wang Anzhong's killing of Zhang Jue is probably holding another layer of meaning to test Pharmacist Guo's sincerity. Li Gang suddenly remembered something, found the last newspaper about Tong Guan, looked at it carefully, and asked in a low voice: "Tong Guan didn't plan to come to Youzhou?"

Lu Yihao said: "The place where Tong Guan went was Taiyuan, I thought it was to avoid the edge of Beizhen Fusi, but now it is very meaningful, my lord, Guo Yaoshi is waiting for the price and selling, we are already trapped in a lonely city, unable to return to the sky." ”

According to Lu Yihao's opinion, Guo Yaoshi is now defending the city, but he wants to strive for the greatest profit on both sides, and if there are no reinforcements to defeat the Jin army, Guo Yaoshi will surrender in the end. Li Gang sighed and immediately sent someone to invite Pharmacist Guo to come to discuss the matter, but unfortunately the people who went did not see Pharmacist Guo and were stopped by a commander of a thousand commanders, saying that Pharmacist Guo had gone to the front line outside the city, and when Pharmacist Guo came back, he immediately told him and asked Pharmacist Guo to find Li Gang.

In the next few days, Li Gang sent people to invite him every day, but Guo Yaoshi never came back, and the people sent by the Zhenfu Division couldn't even get out of the city gate, and the token of the Zhenfu Division lost its authoritative role.