Although Li Qiufeng is good at reading military books, he has never thought about these things, and when he heard Sun Guangming say this, his heart was also quite moved.

Sun Guangming said: "What's even more strange is that after the Northern Expedition of Yongxi, soldiers and horses from all walks of life suffered heavy casualties. Zhao Guangyi was furious, and issued an edict to reprimand the general Pan Mei and demoted him to his official position. At that time, Pan Mei was a famous general of the Song Army, and if it comes to charging into battle and fighting in the field, his credit is still above Cao Bin. Since then, Pan Mei has never been surprised. Most of the generals of the Northern Expedition were convicted. However, Cao Bin, as the commander of the Eastern Route Army, although he was demoted to the general of the Right Xiaowei, only half a year later, he was reinstated as the envoy of the Shizhong and Wuning Army. After five years of Chunhua, he was relocated to the Pinglu Military Festival. In the third year of the Dao, Zhao Heng of Song Zhenzong ascended the throne and restored Cao Bin's post of inspector and Tongping Zhangshi. A few months later, he was recalled to the imperial court and appointed as a privy envoy and became the supreme commander of the Song army under the emperor. ”

When Sun Guangming said this, a strange smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he paused for a moment before continuing: "Li Daxia, don't you think this is very strange?"

Li Qiufeng pondered for a moment and said, "Li Mou is shallow, and he only knows a little about Cao Bin leading troops to fight back then. As for what happened after the Yongxi Northern Expedition, I don't know much. Listening to Mr. Sun's words today, I felt quite sudden. ”

Sun Guangming said: "Li Daxia is too modest. Cao Bin, as the commander of the Song army, was not completely suppressed because of the defeat, that was because he carried the black pot for one person. And this person is Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty. ”

Li Qiufeng said: "Li Mou has seen the history of the Song Dynasty compiled by the Yuan people in the Great Interior, and there are records of Zhao Guangyi's farsightedness and command. During the Northern Expedition of Yongxi, although Zhao Guangyi was in the capital, he was like seeing the confrontation between the Song and Liao armies, and he planned it properly. If Cao Bin obeyed Zhao Guangyi's command, he would not have been defeated. ”

Sun Guangming smiled slightly, and said: "The Tartars can't even recognize all the words, what good history books can they compile? Since the founding of the Song Dynasty by Taizu, the Song Dynasty has always respected literati and doctors. In the first battle of Yashan, the Great Song Dynasty was destroyed, and almost all the people with lofty ideals who were rich and wealthy were martyred in the national disaster, and most of the literati who stayed behind were just some soft bones with shallow knowledge. These people were summoned by the Yuan people to compile the history of the Song Dynasty, and they would only make up nonsense according to the meaning of the Yuan people, not only could they not call it a letter history, but they could not even make sense of words. They got some notes on Zhao Guangyi's daily life when he was in power, and compiled historical books according to them. However, since Tang Taizong, it has become an open secret that the emperor tampered with the living note. The Yuan people live on the living note, so they naturally want to blow the conch to Zhao Guangyi. ”

When Sun Guangming said this, he sighed and said, "Zhao Guangyi is not in the right position, and he was originally very afraid of living notes. Not only did he change his own living note, but even his brother Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin's living note was also changed, and it looked like Zhao Kuangyin had long intended to pass on the throne to him. In fact, Zhao Kuangyin has always wanted to pass on the throne to his son, but he was killed by Zhao Guangyi, and the candlelight and axe shadow left a mysterious case for the ages. These things are far away, and we don't need to go into details. It's just that Yongxi's Northern Expedition and Cao Bin's defeat have a great relationship with the thing I'm looking for. ”

Li Qiufeng's heart sank, and he secretly thought that he finally got to the point. Immediately said in a deep voice: "I want to hear it in detail." ”

Sun Guangming said: "After Zhao Guangyi killed Zhao Kuangyin and became the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, those ministers were not fools, and many people saw that he was not in the right position. For example, Prime Minister Zhao Pu and others were secretly not convinced by Zhao Guangyi. Most of the generals who commanded the army were also made by Zhao Kuangyin, and they all looked down on Zhao Guangyi, an emperor who had never been on the battlefield. In order to subdue the military generals of Wenchen, Zhao Guangyi thought about starting a war with the Liao State, and if he could win, these people naturally did not dare to have any dissenting intentions.

"But Li Daxia might as well think about it, Zhao Kuangyin is the emperor immediately, first with Zhou Shizong Chai Rong to fight in the east and west, and experienced a hundred battles. After the Chen Qiao mutiny, the yellow robe was added, although there was no royal conquest, but after the attack on Shu, the Northern Han Dynasty, and the destruction of the Southern Tang Dynasty, all of them were planned by him in the center, and then handed over to Wang Quanbin, Cao Bin, Pan Mei and others to execute. Zhao Guangyi has always been a civil servant, he has never led troops to fight, and he is not a reckless person. How dare you take the risk when you first ascend the throne, and take the initiative to challenge the Liao State even if you personally conquer the Northern Han Dynasty?"

Li Qiufeng said: "When Zhao Kuangyin was alive, there was only a lonely city left in Jinyang in the Northern Han Dynasty, and the only generals who could conquer the Yang family were father and son. It's like a broken house, if you kick it, the whole house will collapse. Zhao Kuangyin failed to subjugate the Northern Han Dynasty, but was afraid of the Liao State, which occupied the sixteen states of Youyun. Because of the alliance between the Northern Han and the Liao State, if the Song army besieged Jinyang and the Liao army took the opportunity to go south, the Song army would inevitably fall into passivity. It's just that after Zhao Kuangyin's death, there was also civil strife within the Liao State. Thinking that Zhao Guangyi broke through Jinyang and subdued the Yang family's father and son, he thought of taking this opportunity to seize the sixteen states of Youyun in one go. Although the Song army was defeated in the Battle of Gaoliang River, its muscles and bones were not injured, which led to the later Yongxi Northern Expedition. ”

Sun Guangming said: "What Li Daxia said is naturally not unreasonable, but there is another key point, I am afraid that Li Daxia does not know." ”

Li Qiufeng was stunned, and he didn't know what Sun Guangming meant by this. But he heard Sun Guangming continue: "Zhao Kuangyin followed Zhou Shizong Chai Rong to conquer the Quartet, although he had many military exploits, he has always only served as Chai Rong's commander of the Chinese army to protect the emperor's safety. Before his yellow robe, there was almost no precedent for commanding a major battle alone. Zhou Shizong, as an emperor, is also a famous general, Zhao Kuangyin has never had any opportunity to show his skills under Zhou Shizong. It wasn't until he became the emperor that he showed the demeanor of a famous general. Although the two major battles of the Song army to eliminate Houshu and Southern Tang were fought by generals such as Wang Quanbin, Cao Bin, and Pan Mei, it was Zhao Kuangyin who formulated the strategy before the war. In other words, these major battles have not yet started, and Zhao Kuangyin already has a chance of winning. Everyone in the world thinks that Zhao Kuangyin's ability was rewarded to him by God, but Zhao Guangyi, as his younger brother, has other ideas. ”

"The origin of this incident was when the Song army conquered Houshu. Cao Bin entered the river and obtained a formation map from an old man......"

When Sun Guangming said this, Li Qiufeng's heart sank, and he suddenly remembered something, and blurted out: "Wuhou Relic Array?!"

Sun Guangming heard Li Qiufeng speak suddenly, but he was also shocked, and turned his head to look at Li Qiufeng, with a cloudy look on his face. After a while, he said in a deep voice: "I originally thought that Li Daxia didn't know about this, it seems that I was too conceited. ”

Li Qiufeng shook his head and said, "I'm ashamed." Li just once heard Situ Qiao say that Zhuge Wuhou left a formation map back then, and it is said that this array diagram captures the creation of heaven and earth, invades the mystery of the sun and the moon, can drive ghosts and gods, and even bring people back to life......"

When he said this, he was shocked and scolded himself for being damned. It turned out that when he remembered that when Situ Qiao elaborated on the origin of this formation map, he said that Cao Bin conquered Shu and got this formation map by chance. Although Situ Qiao's experience of Cao Bin's picture is quite different from what Sun Guangming said, it is certain that this array of pictures fell into Cao Bin's hands.

When Sun Guangming heard that this was what Situ Qiao said, not that Li Qiufeng had been looking for the formation map, he was relieved and said: "Situ Qiao is proficient in organ news, and he has been looking for this formation map all these years. To tell the truth, when I arrived at Hutouyan that day, it was because I found that the children of the Hua family in the capital were lurking among the heroes, and then I knew that Situ Qiao had other plans. ”

Li Qiufeng's heart lit up, and he thought secretly: "You and Situ Qiao both want to get this array into their own hands, but I'm afraid that over the years, we have been watching each other for a long time." Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental that they would gather in the Hutou Rock Shajiabao?"

Sun Guangming continued: "Since Situ Qiao and Li Daxia have talked about this, I don't need to say much about the origin of this picture. After Cao Bin got the formation diagram, he was like a treasure. When the army returned to Bianliang, he dedicated this array to Zhao Kuangyin. It is said that the two of them found Zhao Pu to discuss secretly, combined the strength of the three of them, and deduced a set of formations according to the Wuhou military formation, with additional changes. This formation was used in the conquest of the Northern Han Dynasty and the battle to destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the armies of the Northern Han and Southern Tang Dynasty were defeated, and the end was extremely powerful. ”

When Li Qiufeng heard this, he shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this is a bit exaggerated." Although Li did not join the army, he had no experience of fighting the enemy in front of the battle. It's just that when Jinyiwei was on an errand, he saw the drills of various military guards many times. I once heard some generals say that the formation is only used for defensiveness. If you have to set up a military formation when attacking, you will undoubtedly be cocooning yourself. The Song army's conquest of the Northern Han Dynasty and the destruction of the Southern Tang Dynasty were all active attacks, so how could they set up any formations? Judging from Li, this is just a legend and cannot be believed. ”

Sun Guangming nodded and said, "This is where the blame is blamed." After Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor, although Zhao Guangyi was named the Jinyang Order, he never let him lead troops, and he never took Zhao Guangyi with him when he went on the expedition. It can be said that Zhao Guangyi's intrigue and trickery can be said to be unparalleled in the world, and if he wants to lead troops to fight, he is afraid that he is not as powerful as a big-headed soldier. But after he became the emperor, he dared to take the initiative to attack the Liao State, and it was he who obtained the formation map of the Wuhou Relic Formation from Zhao Kuangyin's relics. ”

Li Qiufeng's heart sank, and he said: "According to Mr. Sun's meaning, Zhao Guangyi took the initiative to attack the Liao State twice, because after he got the formation map, he thought that he could be invincible and invincible in the world, so he rashly attacked the Liao State?"

Sun Guangming smiled: "What Li Daxia said is good. After Zhao Guangyi got the formation map, if he got the treasure, he thought that Zhao Kuangyin would conquer Houshu, destroy the Northern Han Dynasty, and destroy the Southern Tang Dynasty because of this formation map. Now that this array is in his hands, as long as he commands the Song army according to the array, he will naturally be as invincible as Zhao Kuangyin. When the Battle of the Gaoliang River took place, he had not yet carefully studied the formation map. Before the Northern Expedition of Yongxi, he was already familiar with the formation map, and asked the soldiers of the Song army to practice skillfully according to the formation map. He thought that with this array, he would be able to fight the Liao army like Zhuge Wuhou attacking Cao Wei, and the Liao army would not be able to come out. ”

When Sun Guangming said this, he sighed, and then continued: "Zhao Guangyi saw that the soldiers of the Song army were extremely proficient in rehearsing this formation, and he was quite conceited in his heart, thinking that everything was ready, and he only owed the east wind, so he planned to wave his army to the north and attack the Liao State again. He also gave this formation a name, called the Pingrong Wanquan Formation. As a result, this array not only pitted Cao Bin, Pan Mei and other famous generals of the Great Song Dynasty, but also harmed the emperors of the Song Dynasty after Song Taizong, and the death of the Northern Song Dynasty is also very related to this array. ”