In the court, after the emperor finished talking about the reward, he mentioned the matter of the royal driver's personal expedition, and as soon as this matter was spoken, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, including Chaoping, were all shocked. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Chaoping pondered what happened to the emperor, he had never mentioned the matter of the imperial driving expedition before, and this imperial driving expedition was still something that the emperor had done many years ago. Everyone began to discuss, and then the emperor said: "Today, it is the world of widows, but the world is not all the territory of widows, outside the Central Plains, there are many barbarian tribes, I don't want to annex Kyushu to be the lord of the world, but the Liao people from outside the Saiwai have repeatedly violated the border of our dynasty, and my country and people will never allow them to violate like this, so I will lead the whole country to compete with their so-called alliance army this time, and return me to the Great Song Dynasty a peaceful world." "The emperor said this, everyone also understood, but the opposition to the emperor's personal expedition is still in the majority, among which the most opposed person is Cao Xinyang, he feels that if the emperor personally leads the troops to the expedition, it will be very dangerous, and in this way, the Liao army will be desperate to defeat the Song army, in case the emperor has a mistake, then there is no owner in the world, it will cause big trouble, but Cao Xinyang knows that this is a big rebellion, you can't talk nonsense, so, he said:" Your Majesty, this Liao and those so-called Fanbangs are not to be feared, why should you risk your life, it is better for the minister to lead the army to meet the elite division of Yelu Xiuqi for a while. The emperor said very unhappily: "Although you are a military general, you are not a general who can command thousands of troops and horses, you are more than enough to fight these hundreds of thousands of people, but a million troops, can you be sure?" Cao Xinyang was silent, because he knew that the emperor was right, he really had no experience in commanding thousands of troops and horses, and his combat experience was only limited to the hundreds of thousands of troops and horses under him.

In this court, some people want to advise the emperor not to drive in person, and some people support the emperor's approach, because they think that this can improve morale and strengthen the prestige of the Song Dynasty. As soon as Cao Xinyang finished speaking, no one dared to admonish him, because everyone knew that the emperor had decided, and everyone did not have the qualifications to advise the emperor. Everyone was silent for a while, and the emperor looked at everyone and said, "Don Ma, what do you think?" Chaoping thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, Erchen supports your decision. The emperor smiled and said: "Okay, then do you want to go with me?" Chaoping said: "Your Majesty, I want to stay in the capital with the princess, there are many brave generals here, and there are countless ministers in the army. The emperor knew that Chao Pingding had his thoughts, so he said: "Okay, since this is the case, then you will stay in the capital and guard the capital with General Cao Xinyang." At this time, the guards came in from outside, saying that the Eighteen Horsemen had returned. The emperor immediately sent an order to let them in, and the Youyun soldiers first knelt down to worship the emperor, and then saluted to the court, and said: "Your Majesty, master, we chased Yeluda, and the people around him were killed by us, and we captured him alive, and now he is in General Cao's army, and he has been ordered to be guarded by heavy troops." The emperor said, "Okay, you are really good, you have done a great service, I will reward you well, as for this Yeluda, he deserves death, and he must be killed immediately." The prime minister said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that you are going to lead the army to the battle, so why don't you take him to sacrifice the flag." "When the emperor heard it, this is good, so that the Liao people can see it, and this can also boost the morale of the army. After that, the emperor issued several holy decrees in a row, including when to set off, who to send with the car, how many soldiers and horses to be dispatched in various places, who was in command, where to gather or something, anyway, many matters, the emperor thought about it very carefully, and everyone dispersed after discussion.

A few days later, as soon as Chaoping finished dinner at home, the people in the palace passed a decree, saying that the emperor ordered Chaoping to enter the palace. Chao Ping hurriedly entered the palace to see the emperor, and the emperor said to him: "Ping'er, tomorrow I will go to fight me, how I hope you will go with me, so that you can have more chances of winning, you see these are military reports from the border pass, there are victories and defeats, the war is very anxious, and I heard that the Liao army they also brought a lot of reinforcements, so I don't know how to win or lose this time with the troops, what do you think of this matter." Chao Ping carefully flipped through the military report, it was indeed a victory or defeat, and the military strength of both sides was the same as what he had seen before, Chao Ping said to the emperor very seriously: "Your Majesty, you will definitely be able to win this expedition." The emperor said: "Ping'er, you are like my own grandson, why don't you dare to tell the truth in front of me?" Chaoping saw the emperor asking, so he said: "Your Majesty, I don't dare to talk nonsense, the outcome of this war is impermanent, and the army, the art of war, the weather, the generals, etc., have a lot to do with it, but I think the strength of both of us is about the same, there should be nothing wrong, besides, the fierce generals in our army are like clouds, and Your Majesty is personally in command, I think we will be able to win." The emperor nodded and said, "Okay, I think you don't go because you think we have some advantages." The emperor meant that Chaoping didn't go because Chaoping was relieved, so he supported the emperor, Chaoping heard this and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know if I should say it or not." The emperor said, "If there is anything you can't say, say it." Chaoping said: "I saw a lot of masters around you that day, presumably your close guards, their martial arts are not ordinary, I hope you go to bring them this time, although there are many guards in the army, but it will be safer to take them." The emperor laughed and said: "I can't hide anything from you, you were weak and sick back then, but you were scheming, and I heard that you were in trouble that year, I was also heartbroken, I didn't expect you to be blessed by misfortune, and had another adventure in the rivers and lakes, okay, okay, seeing you like this now, I can also be regarded as having an explanation to your grandfather, if it weren't for the fact that I didn't distinguish between loyalty and adultery, I wouldn't let Luo Yunxian brother him, alas." Although Chaoping was uncomfortable when he heard this, he knew that the emperor blamed himself from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't blame him, and said: "Your Majesty, don't be sad, how can you be blamed for this matter, let's talk about the expedition." After that, Chaoping and the emperor had a long talk until dawn. The next day, the emperor held a departure ceremony, all the cultural relics and ministers gathered in the martial arts arena, Chaoping and Youyun soldiers also went, this Yeluda was tied and knelt aside, the emperor sat on the stage, the prime minister presided over the ceremony, Chaoping saw Yeluda thinking, this is really a king and a loser, but this Yeluda deserves it, because he died so many creatures for no reason. Soon he was beheaded and sacrificed to the flag, and then the emperor and the army set out in a mighty way. Chaoping and the others watched the emperor and them go away, and at this time Cao Xinyang came over and said, "Brother Xian, why do you support Your Majesty's imperial expedition." Chaoping said: "Brother, don't worry, since Your Majesty naturally has his reason to go, I know that you are worried about his safety, don't worry, there will be no problem." After saying that, Chaoping left, Cao Xinyang was still a little stunned for a while, thinking about what Chaoping thought.