On the main hall of the Liao Imperial Palace, many civil and military ministers are there. Since the death of Liao Jingzong, since the Liao Shengzong Yelu Longxu ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager Xiao has been listening to the government. With the assistance of Han Derang and many other ministers, their mother and son finally made Daliao prosperous again.

Yelu Longxu looked at the ministers and said, "I have decided to wave my army south today and subdue the Waqiao Pass that belongs to my Great Liao!"

The wars between the Liao and Song dynasties, large and small, were hundreds of times, and the focus was on the sixteen states of Yanyun. Now many civil and military ministers know that recovering Waqiaoguan is an excuse, and taking the opportunity to invade the Great Song Dynasty south is the goal. At that moment, the Wu ministers all shouted: "Long live Your Majesty!"

Yelu Longxu felt the agitated emotions of the ministers, and his eyes were also extremely excited. Since he ascended the throne, he has not done anything big, if this imperial expedition to defeat the Great Song Dynasty, then he will be the most accomplished monarch in the history of the Great Liao.

In the first year of Jingde, the Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao State and the Liao Shengzong took Xiao Tzulan as the commander, personally commanded the army to the south, and sent troops to the Great Song Dynasty on the grounds of recovering Waqiao Pass. At that time, Yang Yanzhao resigned at home, and no one at the border pass was Xiao Tzu's opponent, and the Liao army drove straight into the army and did not stop until Lanyuan County. If Lanyuan County is broken again, then the Great Song Dynasty will really be over.

Above the court, Zhao Heng sat on the dragon chair, looking at the arguing ministers below, he really had a headache. At this time, the court was divided into two factions, one was the main battle faction, which was naturally dominated by Kou Zhun, and the other was the war avoidance faction, but this faction was dominated by Wang Qinruo and Chen Yaosuo. Both of them believed that the Liao army was menacing and could not be fought hard, and advocated moving the capital to seek peace. It's just that Wang Qinruo advocates moving the capital to Jinling, because there has always been a dynasty capital, and feng shui is an excellent existence, while Chen Yaosuo advocates moving the capital to Yizhou, where the mountains are high and the water is long, there is Shu Dao Sword Pavilion as a barrier, and there are 800 miles of Qinchuan, and the capital can be moved there, so you can sit back and relax.

In all fairness, Zhao Heng is 100% unwilling to move the capital, but Yang Yanzhao has already resigned, looking at the entire Great Song Dynasty, and there is still a way to lead troops to fight can compare to Yang Yanzhao? In the past few days, he has already regretted targeting the Yang family in the first place. He has sent people to invite Yang Yanzhao many times, but unfortunately Yang Yanzhao has refused to see him.

"Xiangye stays, and the rest of the people all retreat!" Zhao Heng was very upset now. At the moment, he still has the last glimmer of hope, that is, Kou Zhun went to invite Yang Yanzhao, after all, the relationship between Yang Yanzhao and Kou Zhun is known to all the people.

"Kou Qing, you keep saying that you are the main battle, who will fight? Do you want me to fight by myself? Or Kou Qing, yourself?" Zhao Heng was full of resentment and sent directly towards Kou Zhun.

Kou Zhun said: "Yang Yanzhao used to be stationed at the border pass, and he fought a lot with the Liao army, the saint can ask him to return to the court, with him, I am afraid that he will not be able to repel the Liao army?"

As soon as Yang Yanzhao was mentioned, Zhao Heng was even more angry, and he said: "I know that I was deceived by the envoys of the Liao State not long ago, and I really can't live with the Yang family, but I have sent someone to invite him, do you want me to kneel down for him?"

Kou Zhun said: "The saint knows that the Yang family has paid too much for the Great Song Dynasty, and this time Yang Yanzhao's resignation is enough to see that he is disheartened." If the saint is really sincere, he will come to the door in person, and even if he is hard-hearted, he will definitely be moved by the saint and promise the saint to wear battle armor and go to the battlefield!"

When Zhao Heng heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "What Xiang Ye said, there is some truth, go, you accompany me for a trip, let's invite Marshal Yang out together and drive the Liao people out of the land of the Great Song Dynasty!"

At this time, Kou Zhun said that he was not excited, it was definitely fake, but too much was also vicissitudes. The Yang family is a family, and now there are not a few men left in the family, there are a bunch of widows, and behind the glory, there is bitterness. The power-grabbers in the DPRK and China envied the prominence of the Yang family, but they did not see that they were all bought with blood.

Zhao Heng and Kou Zhun cleaned up and went to the Yang family in Tianbo Mansion. After Yang Yanzhao resigned, although the Yang family army was not disbanded, it was not sent to the border to guard again, after all, Zhao Heng was still guarding Yang Yanzhao. Now it seems that he is a little stupid, if there is a Yang family army guarding the border pass, why not let the Liao army drive straight into and hit Lanyuan County.

Kou Zhun and Zhao Heng got out of the carriage together, and those who guarded the door didn't know that he was the current saint because they hadn't seen Zhao Heng, so they didn't bow down, but when they saw Kou Zhun, they respectfully performed some ordinary salutes.

"Hurry up and report to your master, and say that the Holy Lord will personally visit you and ask him to come out to pick him up!" Kou Zhun said.

The doorkeeper was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly went in to spread the word, and after a while, Yang Yanzhao led the Yang family up and down to usher in. Zhao Heng saw that the people of the Yang family were indeed mostly women, and among the youngest generation, Yang Zongbao was the only man. At that moment, he sighed secretly, his eyes were slightly moist, and said, "Marshal Yang, I couldn't live with you before, I couldn't live with your Yang family!"

Zhao Heng's true feelings were revealed, but Yang Yanzhao was moved, and he said abruptly: "The saint is serious, since the Yang family was born as the people of the Great Song Dynasty, the people of the saint, it is incumbent on them to protect the Great Song Dynasty, and they should be loyal to the saint without complaint!"

Zhao Heng sighed, a conscientious general who served the country and the people, suffered unusual hardships day and night at the border pass, but now he was forced to resign, who is it, will there be no complaints?

"Yang Qing, this time I came to ask you to put on your battle armor again, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty are fighting!" Zhao Heng went straight to the point.

Yang Yanzhao said: "Go inside and say it, it's not convenient here!"

Zhao Heng couldn't help but be happy when he saw that Yang Yanzhao didn't directly refuse, he believed that as long as he said some good things, he would definitely be able to let Yang Yanzhao return to the army and fight on the battlefield.

"Okay, let's talk inside!" Zhao Heng took the lead in the front, and Kou Zhun and Yang Yanzhao put it back a little and entered the Tianbo Mansion to get the lobby. Zhao Henggao sat in the first seat, followed by Kou Zhun and Yang Yanzhao.

"Yang Qing, as long as you come back to the army, you will be the generalissimo of the retired Liao, I will definitely not treat the Yang family army badly, by the way, that Jiao Zan and Meng Liang called them back, they are all good generals of the Great Song Dynasty!" Zhao Heng said.

Yang Yanzhao was silent for a while, and said: "Holy Lord, if you want to repel the Liao army this time, I'm afraid the grass people won't be able to take command!"

Zhao Heng thought that Yang Yanzhao was still angry with him, and his complexion changed at the moment, and said: "Yang Qing, I have already said everything that should be said, you tell me, what I have to do, you will be satisfied, and you will return to the army?"

Yang Yanzhao said: "Your Majesty misunderstood, the grass people didn't mean that. ”

"Then you can make it clear, what do you mean?" Zhao Heng was a little irritable at this time, and there was still a little anger on his face.

Yang Yanzhao said: "The Liao State has raised the strength of the whole country, the Empress Dowager Xiao and Yelu Longxu personally pressed the formation, and Xiao Tzulan is the commander of the three armies, even if the grass people are still at the border, it is very difficult to resist, and now they have gone deep into the Great Song Dynasty, if you want to send them back, the grass people really can't!"

When Zhao Heng heard this, his heart suddenly cooled, he sat for a while, and said, "It's over, Da Song is really finished this time, and I am really going to become a sinner through the ages." Alas, you can't defeat the Liao army, who else can?"

Yang Yanzhao said: "Don't hide it from the saint, the grass people do have a candidate!"

"Who?" Zhao Heng rekindled hope in his heart, because the person recommended by Yang Yanzhao must be extraordinary. Kou Zhun had already discussed with Yang Yanzhao, and when he came today, all this was expected.

Yang Yanzhao said: "That friend of the saints, Shen Guhong can take on this important responsibility!"

Zhao Heng exclaimed: "How can he do it? If he leads troops to fight like a competition in the rivers and lakes, he is definitely a top existence, but this is a battlefield after all, what is needed is strategy and decision-making, not the courage of one person!"

Yang Yanzhao said: "Shen Guhong has indeed never led soldiers to the battlefield, but in the midst of strategizing, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away, and the grass people dare to guarantee that in the court of the Great Song Dynasty, there is absolutely no one who can surpass him." ”

Zhao Heng looked at Kou Zhun and said, "Kou Qing, what do you think?"

Kou Zhun said: "Shen Guhong is indeed not familiar with the battlefield, but the saint forgot that the conspiracy of the ghost-faced Yama was discovered by him, and in addition, his true identity was also found by him!"

Zhao Heng's heart moved, but he was silent.

Yang Yanzhao continued: "At present, Xiao Tzulan knows a lot about the use of grass people's troops, if the grass people return to the army and take command to fight against Liao, they can fight him at most." But Shen Guhong is different, he has an active mind, he is a smart person, although the way of using soldiers can not be learned in three or two days, but the grass people have seen him charge in the rain of arrows outside the Yanmen Pass, his courage and strategy are superior, if the grass people are beside him and give guidance, he will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort!"

Zhao Heng's mind moved again, he didn't have much hope for Shen Guhong, but since Yang Yanzhao promised to go to the battlefield with Shen Guhong, then Yang Yanzhao he could still trust. I only heard him say: "The two Qing families respect him so much, then let him come to Tianbo Mansion, we will definitely discuss a countermeasure today!"

Kou Zhun nodded and said, "Weichen will let Ouyang Han go back and invite him over, although this kid has a wild temperament, after all, he is loyal and good, and now that the country is in danger, he will definitely not shirk!"

Yang Yanzhao said: "This is what I admire about him. ”

Zhao Heng said with a smile: "Seeing that the two of you respect him so much, but I am a friend, I don't believe him very much, as a friend, it really shouldn't be, Kou Qing, you just call him over first." I haven't seen him in a while, so by the way, it's okay to talk and chat!"

Kou Zhun and Yang Yanzhao glanced at each other, both smiled, and then Kou Zhun arranged for Ouyang Han to invite Shen Guhong.

Shen Guhong has had a comfortable time in the Prime Minister's Mansion these days, but the news that the Liao army broke through the border pass and went deep into the interior of the Great Song Dynasty made him a little upset. Mi Fang is the person who knows Shen Guhong best in this world, and knows that he is upset, but he can't help.

Shen Guhong was helping Mi Fang wash the vegetables, and the sound of footsteps from outside the courtyard brought him back from his contemplation, and when he raised his head, he saw that Ouyang Han had already walked into the courtyard.

"The Holy Lord invited you to Tianbo Mansion for tea, do you have time?" Ouyang Han said in a half-mocking tone.

Shen Guhong put down the dish in his hand and said, "Shengshang finally went to Tianbo Mansion to drink tea, this is a good thing!"

"So you won't refuse?" said Ouyang Han with a smile.

Shen Guhong said: "There is free tea to drink, or is it invited by the saint, why don't I go?"

Ouyang Han nodded: "You are indeed a person who must take advantage of it!"

Shen Guhong also smiled, went into the kitchen to talk to Mi Fang, and went to Tianbo Mansion with Ouyang Han.