Tong Guan, Wang Qi and Cai An rushed to Kaifeng Prefecture with a joint memorial of 600 miles. Now a group of priests from both the east and west governments all looked at each other.

Zhao Ji, who was sitting on the imperial throne of Chongzheng Hall, didn't know what to say?

I originally thought that Tong Guan could stabilize the situation by entering Taiyuan Prefecture, but I never expected that the Liao people would surround Taiyuan Prefecture... Once Taiyuan Prefecture was besieged, Tong Guan, the Xuanfu, became the Taiyuan Prefect!

So what should I do outside Taiyuan City? Who will command it? It seems that no one is there!

How can the three armies be without commanders?

"Cai Qing, Zheng Qing," Zhao Ji asked, "Who are you going to Hedong?"

Really go?

Cai Jing and Zheng Juzhong were almost crying. Going to Hedong to fight the Liao soldiers! Isn’t this a fatal dispatch? This kind of thing is that Wu Haogu can win, so why don’t he go?

Cai Jing and Zheng Juzhong thought of Wu Haogu at the first time, but no one dared to mention it. Because they all understood the meaning of the official family. They could not guess Yelu Yanxi's deployment to death, but they could not understand the official family in Chongzheng Hall.

Zhao Ji must have wanted to tolerate Wu Haogu, because he is timid and afraid that he will not be able to defeat Wu Haogu and lose the world.

But tolerating is one thing, and reusing it is another. Letting Wu Haogu send troops to Hedong would be to give Wu Haogu the northern capital of "Wu Zhou" Taiyuan to Wu Haogu.

Since ancient times, there have been many heroes in Yan and Zhao. Now Yan has returned to Wu Haogu. If most of the Zhao land is also made Wu Haogu, can't the Song Dynasty become the Wuzhou dynasty?

So Wu Haogu definitely can't go...

"Your Majesty, why not let Zhang Yuan go out to Hedong." Zheng Juzhong, the head of the Privy Council, reported at this time, "Although Zhang Yuan is a civil servant, he has been in the army for a long time and has led his troops to fight Anxi. He has made great achievements in military affairs and is a rare civil and military genius!"

Cai Jing immediately raised a different opinion: "Your Majesty, I should not leave Hedong because Hexi and Shuofang also border the Khitan. If Zhang Yuan did not take charge, I would be invaded by the Khitan.

In addition, Zhang Yuan reported a few days ago that there was a Borjijin tribe on the Zubu grassland that was quite powerful in recent years. The leader was named Hebule, and he was one of the few heroes on the grassland. Zhang Yuan had established contact with him through the academy of the Great Education Corps and was preparing to incite the Borjijin tribe and the Krei tribe to jointly raise an army to fight against Liao. If Zhang Yuan is transferred at this time, who can handle this matter?"

Well, it turns out that it was not only the Jurchens that rose up in the demise of the Liao Kingdom, but also the terrifying Mongolia!

This Hebule was Temujin's great-grandfather. He rose on the grassland when Liao was in an overwhelming position and founded the Mongolian Kingdom. He also fought a tug-of-war with the Jurchen Jin Kingdom for more than ten years. Moreover, the powerful Jin Kingdom was defeated repeatedly and was robbed of a lot of territory by the Mongolian Kingdom.

Fortunately, Zhao Gou killed Fei to negotiate peace, allowing the Jin Dynasty to draw Wanyan Zongbi and the main force in the southern line to be used for the grassland. In the fifth year after Yue Fei's death, a peace of ceasing land and offering cattle and sheep (the Jin Dynasty ceded land to Mongolia, and at the same time, he offered cattle and sheep to bribe the Mongolians every year).

If Yue Fei does not die and the northern expedition continues, how can the Jurchens survive? There is one Yue Fei in the south and one in the north, but there is only one Jin Wushu that can be fought. How can it be enough? Can it be used to split Jin Wushu in half? So Zhao Gou and Qin Hui really have great kindness to the Jurchens!

I don’t know what channel Zhang Yuan actually hooked up with this Hebule, and he planned to use iron tools to support him in rebellion against Liao...

Of course, Zhao Ji didn't know how terrible the Mongols were, so he agreed to Zhang Yuan's request and planned to enthrone Hebule as Khan in the name of Emperor Genghis and ask him to order the grassland tribes!

"Zhang Yuan really can't leave Hedong." Zhao Ji said, "Then who can leave Hedong?"

"I recommend Zheng Juzhong, the official in charge of the Privy Council, to go out to Hedong!" At the critical moment, Cai Jing was still quick-talking! Without hesitation, he pushed Zheng Juzhong into the fire pit!

Zheng Juzhong never expected that Cai Jing would even ignore his face in order to protect himself, so he was stunned at that time.

"Zheng Qing," Zhao Ji said, "You are a clerk in the Privy Council and a military officer. Can you go to Hedong to command the army?"

"I am willing to go to Hedong." Zheng Juzhong bowed to Zhao Ji with a scepter and took the blame with a sad face. Who told him to be the affairs of the Privy Council? It would be impossible to say that he did not understand military affairs! He had been in the Privy Council for so many years, but he did not understand military affairs. Who would he deceive?

However, his reaction was quick, and he immediately said further: "Your Majesty, the troops in Hedong are now trapped in Daizhou, Ninghua Army, Kelan Army, Volcanic Army, Baode Army, Fuzhou and Fengzhou on the northern line. There are almost no soldiers and soldiers south of Taiyuan. How should I use it?"

No soldiers...

Zhao Ji frowned. How could he have no soldiers?

It is not about the original old imperial guards, nor about the troops of Wu Haogu and Zhang Yuan. The court alone had the new army, including Hedong, twelve generals from Hebei, six generals from Shaanxi, four generals from Shuofang, four generals from Lingzhou, four generals from Kaifeng Prefecture, and six generals from the six southeastern routes, a total of 45 generals. The war soldiers alone should have 225,000! If there were auxiliary soldiers, there would be at least 300,000 people.

Why are there no soldiers?

"Uncle Zhang!" Zhao Ji didn't ask the Ministry of War, and directly asked the military officer Zhang Shuye, "Where are there any elite soldiers to adjust?"

"Report to Your Majesty," said Zhang Shuye. "Shaanxi has newly recruited six generals and new army (all reserve troops) for training. It will be of great use in three months. There are six generals in the sixth route in the southeast, and now they have been concentrated in Haizhou and Xuzhou. There is one general who has been recruited by Tong Guan, who has probably arrived in Hedong.

In addition, the imperial court not long ago, with the three imperial guards as the backbone of the Kaifeng Prefecture, and twenty new generals were built, and they should be able to go into battle by the end of the year."

In fact, the military reform led and promoted by Wu Haogu had greatly enhanced the military strength of the Song Dynasty. If Zhao Ji and the Song Dynasty's military command system had not been helping the worse, Yelu Yanxi would have been defeated.

But even so, Zhao Ji still has a lot of available troops in his hands. Because the Western Army in Shaanxi established a hierarchical mobilization system for the field of the Tianfu, he can quickly form a new army of six generals. In Kaifeng Prefecture, after all, there is an infantry school that can quickly become an officer and a standardized new army construction model, so he can quickly build the arsenal of twenty generals.

Another favorable condition is to establish a system of mobilization for the government troops. Although the effect is not very good, it can still attract many strong men to fill the "stand troops" of the twenty generals.

"First transfer the six generals from Xuzhou, Haizhou, and a model new army general from Kaifeng Prefecture to Hedong!" Zhao Ji said, "Zheng Qing, I ordered you to be the general of the Privy Council to take charge of the military affairs of Hedong, Hebei and Youzhou! You can call all the troops in Hedong, Hebei, and Yan!"

Can I call Yandi?

Zheng Juzhong was a little amused. The army sent by Zhao Ji was either still in Haizhou and Xuzhou, and I don’t know when it would be in place, or it was held in the hands of the old fox Tao Jiefu, or it was Wu Haogu’s soldiers... The only one who could set off immediately was only a general from Kaifeng Prefecture, with only 5,000 combat soldiers.

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"Long live! Long live! Long live..."

On the hillside around Yanmen Village, the Khitan soldiers standing layer by layer made high cheers. The Emperor Yelu Yanxi, who was standing on the wall of Yanmen Village on the high hillside, also showed a proud smile.

He once again defeated Zhao Ji's army, captured Xixingzhai and Yanmenzhai, which is what people often call Yanmen Pass, and opened a passage to the Yanmen Prefecture of Daizhou Prefecture.

The Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty now feels that he is quite capable of military skills! At least he is much stronger than Zhao Ji. In history, he has been withstood for at least ten years before he was captured by the Jurchens, while Zhao Ji is finished in two years.

Therefore, in this Song-Liao war, Yelu Yanxi was always able to defeat the Song army under Zhao Ji. The last time, the army went south and approached the Yellow River. After extorting 5 million yuan in compensation, Gao Qiu, the first general in the Song Dynasty, was killed.

This time, he fought better, and he also played the trick of interspersing and surrounded. He appointed Xiao Gan to play a large interspersing and detour that was enough to be written into later military textbooks. He walked around the back of the Yanmen Pass defenders and seized the empty Xinzhou, forcing Yao Xiong, who was attacked from both sides, to withdraw his troops overnight and fled to Ninghua Army, Wutai Mountain and other directions. Yelu Yanxi also sent a large group of cavalry to follow and pursue him. I don’t know how many soldiers would be pushed into Ninghua Army and Wutai Mountain in the end?

In short, the six generals deployed on the front line of Yanmen Pass in the Song Dynasty were defeated by him in one fell swoop!

And his next goal is Taiyuan City, the capital of Hedong Road in Dasong!

Yelu Yanxi was happily imagining that when he was rushing his army into Taiyuan, his elder brother-in-law Xiao Fengxian had already come to him at some point and whispered: "Your Majesty, you just received the military newspaper from Weizhou. The general of Youzhou Army, Han Qi, first captured Feihukou..."

"What?" Yelu Yanxi turned around and stared at Xiao Fengxian, "What did you say?"

"The Yizhou Army's Yizhou management of the Korean enterprise led the troops to capture Feihukou!"

"How is that possible?" Yelu Yanxi asked angrily, "Didn't you say you sent elite troops to garrison Feihukou?"

"Yes," Xiao Fengxian looked helpless, "But that guy Han Qixian is very powerful..."

"Wait, why is the name Han Qixian so familiar? He won't be..."

"He is Han Qixian from the Han family in Yutian and a Jinshi in the second year of Qiantong."

"Is he very good at using troops?" Yelu Yanxi glared at Xiao Fengxian, "This man can't fight at all under my command, and has never won a war!"

"Yes, but you can fight when you get to Wu Haogu!" Xiao Fengxian said, "and Wu Haogu also has a very strange large tube-shaped weapon that can be used to collapse the city walls... so the flying fox will not guard it."

Yelu Yanxi gritted her teeth and said, "Send someone to discuss peace immediately!"

"Where is sent?" Xiao Fengxian asked.

"Of course it's Yanjing! Could it be that I'll go to Kaifeng Prefecture? Send Xiao Bao to go first." Yelu Yanxi said, "You can grant Yan land to Wu Haogu. I won't ask whether he is the emperor, the king or the world is the master. From now on, the brothers of Yan and Liao will be called together and the peers will be together!"

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