Because Kaifeng Prefecture City and the front line are far away, the latest military information to arrive in the capital will always be delayed for a few days.

Therefore, it was already three days later when Xiao Gan's troops broke through the water defense line and approached Zhending Prefecture to report it to Zhao Ji. For the Liao army, which had two horses and even several horses, it was possible to walk hundreds of miles in three days!

What's worse is that the Dingzhou Army, which was commanded by Zhe Keshi, had long crossed the Hutuo River northward in accordance with the orders of Tao Jiefu and the court (sometimes contradictory, sometimes consistent). Now, they may have passed Mudaogou and began to approach Puyin, the capital of Qizhou. The troops in the direction of Zhending Prefecture either followed Han Xiaozhou to move along the Zishui route, or were stationed in several key points, and had no troops to deploy defenses along the Hutuo River.

In other words, once this Liao army has left Han Xiaozhou's "speed team training", they can calmly cross the Hutuo River.

The Hebei Song Army's troops south of the Hutuo River were very empty, with only Daming Prefecture and Xiangzhou still having some troops.

This Liao army may be able to rush to the bank of the Yellow River again!

"If the Liao soldiers don't come, you all say it's solid. When the Liao soldiers come, they leak everywhere and are not solid at all!"

Zhao Ji, who was sitting in Chongzheng Hall, was really angry. Wu Haogu killed Liao people and grabbed territory like playing. Even Mi Youren and Yang Jian could conquer the city!

But on his side, there were many famous generals, elite soldiers, and so many resourceful ministers, how could they not stop the Liao soldiers? Wu Haogu was almost recovering the entire Yan territory, and the Liao soldiers, whose rear routes were almost cut off, could still break through the water defense line.

What's going on?

Faced with Zhao Ji's question, the ministers in Chongzheng Hall looked at each other. Because they couldn't figure out what the Liao people were trying to do. They should have gone to Wu Haogu to fight desperately, but they left Yan land and kept making trouble in Hebei.

Are you fools trying to surround Wei and save Zhao? But Wu Haogu is a wolf-like man who is ambition, and I am afraid that the Khitans will break Kaifeng Mansion. He is so in line with the heavens and the people ascend the throne in Tianjin Mansion?

"Your Majesty," After a while, Su Che's son Su Chi spoke. "I think the Khitans were just firing a shot in Hebei. Now Yan land is about to enter the Song Dynasty, and only Yizhou is still in the hands of the Liao people.

But the Liao army in Yizhou will definitely not last long. Once Yizhou is captured by Youzhou army, the Liao army's retreat will be completely cut off! Therefore, the Liao army is struggling in Hebei just to attract the troops from Hedong to advance eastward, so that the Liao master will conquer Yanmen Pass."

"But what is the use of Liao people in Yanmen Pass?" Zhao Ji asked back.

"Your Majesty," Su Chi thought for a while, "Maybe the Liao people want to lose the East corner and gain the Sangyu."

"They want to take Hedong?" Zhao Ji was stunned and immediately became anxious, "Do they really think my Song Dynasty is easy to bully?

Where is Tong Guan? Has he arrived in Taiyuan Prefecture?"

Tong Guan took up his new position and should go to Beijing to meet the saint as usual, and then go to the sun to take office. But now the war is urgent, so he is urgent to follow the power and ask him to rush to the sun from Lingzhou directly.

Zheng Juzhong, the official of the Privy Council, reported: "Tong Guan recently reported that he wanted to recruit a cavalry in the northwest and take them to Hedong for office. His Majesty ordered him to request him at that time, and also named him the cavalry recruited by Tong Guan. He also ordered Shaanxi and the two northwest grain officials to allocate funds to cooperate. Therefore, Tong Guan should not have set off yet..."

"Tell him to set off quickly and arrive in Taiyuan Prefecture within ten days!" Zhao Ji was really anxious.

These days, he has read the military books left in the palace a lot, and has known that since ancient times, the strong soldiers in the world have been in Youzhou, Bingzhou and Guanlong.

Now that Youzhou has returned to Wuhaogu, Bingzhou, that is, Hedong, no matter what mistakes happen, it may be taken by Wuhaogu.

At that time, there are two kinds of powerful soldiers in the world! It is really hard to say whether the Song Dynasty will become Wu Zhou.

"Your Majesty," Su Chi immediately replied, "The distance between Lingzhou is not less than 1,300 miles, and the road is rugged and difficult to walk. It is difficult for Tong Guan to arrive within ten days."

"Then, what should I do if Taiyuan?" Zhao Ji asked sternly.

"Your Majesty, I have a plan to alleviate the crisis in Hedong."

"Speak quickly!"

"Your Majesty can add Wu Haogu as the Great Protector of Andong."

"Anton's Protector?" Zhao Ji was stunned, "What exactly do you care about?"

"The Zhongjing Road, Tokyo Road, Liao Dynasty, and the Goryeo Kingdom, and the Japanese country that was isolated overseas."

I have to control a lot! I just have to fight the territory myself...

"Okay!" Zhao Ji patted the imperial case, "It was a clever plan! As long as Wu Haogu was willing to advance to the Zhongjing Road and Tokyo Road of the Liao Kingdom, Hedong would be able to turn danger into safety.

As for Wu Haogu... If he is willing to manage the Northeast for the court, I can enthrone him as King of Yan and guard the Youzhou in Yan for the whole time!"

Wu Haogu’s current title is King of Beiping, who belongs to the prince. If you are promoted to one level, you are King of Yan, you are King of Yizi, and if you are promoted to another level, you are King of Kings.

Zhao Ji took out the name of King Yan to Wu Haogu, which was considered to be the ultimate righteousness. It was almost the same as his greatest concessions to Guo Yaoshi in history.

"Your Majesty," Cai Jing reported at this time, "The safety of the country cannot be related to others! Martial arts and other people can only be driven by profit, and should not be supported by the Great Wall. I suggest summoning the troops of the government, appointing important officials, and making them a great exercise to make the Great Wall of the country."

Now the Song Dynasty is still implementing the system of government troops completed by Su Dongpo during his reign, but the implementation effect is not very good. Because ordinary government troops have neither granted land nor military pay, nor have they entered the school quota in the Biyong Academy in exchange, the local famous families have no motivation to support them.

Therefore, the once revived military system gradually reached the brink of decline, and it was entirely due to the local government's pressure that it could barely recruit some troops, while officials from all over the country who carried out the recruitment orders complained.

Zhao Ji is now a little anxious and seeking medical treatment. He doesn't care about the complaints of the local officials, and immediately agreed to Cai Jing's suggestion and nodded, "Okay, in three days, the East and West governments and the Three Domestics will manage the army. The Dujun Pilot Department will send personnel to participate in the hall discussion and come up with a way to train troops!"

The military training has always been a stubborn errand in the Song Dynasty. Zhao Ji relaxed a little and then became a traitor like Wu Haogu. Now of course, we have to learn from the lessons and make plans.

...

Just as Zhao Ji used Su Chi's plan to drive away tigers and swallow wolves while thinking about training troops to consolidate the foundation, Tao Jiefu, the Hebei Xuanfu envoy, was already a little dizzy.

Because he has been completely confused by a lot of conflicting reports!

Although he was a civil servant who knew military affairs, he did not have the ability to remotely control the entire Hebei battlefield. Faced with such a complex situation, only a very small number of military geniuses could control it alone since ancient times. Otherwise, like Wu Haogu, he had to establish a staff system and gather the wisdom of everyone.

However, even if Wu Haogu had a staff team, he would not be able to control the Hebei battlefield. Otherwise, there would not be the case where Yelu Yanxi invaded from Hebei West Road. No matter how capable Wu Haogu's general military commander was, it would be useless to be the ones below!

Now, Tao Jiefu encountered the troubles that Wu Haogu encountered when he was the commander of Xuan, and he did not have an efficient staff group to rely on.

The inefficiency in military command of the Song Dynasty was undoubtedly revealed in this battle between Song and Liao.

Although Tao Jiefu is a civil servant who was born in a Jinshi and has high qualifications, Han Zhi, the chief minister of Zhending Mansion, is Han Qi's grandson, and his son Han Xiaozhou still has tens of thousands of Xiangzhou regiment training troops! Why should he listen to Tao Jiefu's blind command?

As for Gao Yongnian and Zhe Keshi who were transferred from the Western Army, they were quite obedient, but they were both generals of the Western Army. The four generals brought from the northwest (including the one general, the Zhe Family Army) could command the local new army, imperial guards, and regiment training. They would not listen to them!

The Hebei Army has always had its own system and is not the same as the Northwest Army!

Moreover, the civil officials in Hebei have no habit of obeying the command of military officers. Even the Xuanfu Department said that, they still don’t listen to the previous command of Wu Haogu and Gao Qiu when they were Xuan Zheng. Now that Tao Jiefu has no choice, they have no choice.

However, Han Zhi, Han Xiaozhou and his son from Zhendingfu Road were able to command a group of gentry from Hedong Road because of the traditional power of the Han family in Xiangzhou, and they were like princes.

Tao Jiefu had no choice but to deal with the father and son. But he had survived several of his generation, and had been defeated repeatedly and was promoted!

"The two elite generals of Zhejie are now in Puyin, Qizhou, and are separated from the Hutuo River by Nanyishui, Mudaogou... It is impossible for him to return to help!"

"You can't return to the aid. The soldiers and horses of Zhejie took a lot of effort to capture Puyin. They were exhausted and had to rest. If they rashly return to the aid, they would be miserable when they met Liao Gou's new force."

"The two generals of Gao Jieshou, the Western Army, can't be even more transferred! They have all attacked Dingzhou and captured the Beiping County. The original plan was that they should attack Dingzhou City with Zhe Jieshou's troops and Xiangzhou regiments."

"The general of Youzhou Town Ximen Anguo is now leading his troops to surround Yizhou. He has been attacking for several days and is about to break the city. Once Yizhou is broken, the Liao soldiers' retreat will be cut off."

"Can you still go to the north of Zhending Mansion?"

"It's all mountain roads... How can tens of thousands of troops go?"

Listening to the group of Jiyi talking, Tao Jiefu's brain was almost blown up.

This is wrong! It’s very wrong! I don’t know that 30,000 Liao soldiers were beaten up in their butts, covered their heads, and crossed the Hutuo River. What do you want to do after crossing the Hutuo River? Going south to Kaifeng Prefecture? Now it’s the turn of spring and summer, can the Yellow River pass? Not to mention the Yellow River, even the Hulu River and the Zhang River cannot pass!

He looked up at his general military aircraft Yang Keshi, and suddenly found that Yang Keshi's face was full of horror.

"General Military Aircraft, what did you think of?"

"Jingxing Pass!" Yang Keshi shouted, "Xuanfu, the Khitans are going westward to Jingxing Pass! They want to enter Hedong Road from Jingxing Pass!

Jingxing Pass has been unprepared for many years, and Hedong is in danger!"

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