The palace is very strict. For example, the Chuigong Hall is the office of the emperor. Although some ministers will be summoned to discuss matters, if the ministers want to come to the Chuigong Hall, they also need the eunuchs to report. Only after the emperor agrees, the ministers can enter the hall.

As prime ministers, Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng naturally understood the rules in the palace, but this time they broke into the Chuigong Hall without anyone reporting it. It was because the news in their hands was too important and they were too happy. Naturally, they naturally didn't care about the rules and broke in directly.

When Zhao Zhen and Li Zhang heard the news of the Liao Kingdom fighting, they immediately stood up excitedly. As for the previous family affairs, Zhao Zhen asked anxiously: "Is the news accurate?"

"It's true. This news was sent back from several channels together, and there will definitely be no false. There is also a battle report from Liu Ping. He has mobilized all the troops to Hejian Mansion. Now, maybe he has sent troops!" Lu Yijian said excitedly again at this time.

As the main general, Zhao Zhen also gave him great freedom, for example, the timing of sending troops was decided by him. After all, Hebei is a bit far away from the capital. If the Liao Kingdom changes, Hebei will send memorials requesting to send troops, and Zhao Zhen will reply to it again. It may delay the opportunity to fight, so Liu Ping has the right to act cheaply.

When Zhao Zhen and Li Zhang heard that Liu Ping were preparing to send troops, they were excited again, which also meant that the battle between Song and Liao was about to begin. Although they had prepared a lot before and chose to send troops when the Liao Kingdom was the weakest, when the matter came, they couldn't help but worry a little while excited.

At that moment, Zhao Zhen asked Liu Ping's battle report to watch it himself. Li Zhang also looked at it and found that the battle report was a bit messy, and some of the words were deformed. It could be seen that it should be a memorial written by Liu Ping in excitement. It first reported the outbreak of the Liao War, and then said that he was preparing to mobilize a large army to send troops, because in order not to let the Liao Kingdom notice it, most of the troops were scattered near Hejian Prefecture and did not enter the border, but most of them were only one or two days away from the border.

After reading Liu Ping's battle report, Li Zhang and Zhao Zhen learned the details of the outbreak of the Liao civil war. Some time ago, Yelu Zongzhen suddenly sent troops to capture Guanghua Prefecture, but he voluntarily gave up. This was also a very wise choice. After all, Yelu Zongzhen had few soldiers in his hands and could only concentrate one place. If he dispersed his troops, he would be self-destructive.

However, the purpose of Yelu Zongzhen's acquisition of Guanghua Prefecture had been achieved. Some nobles in Liao were also beginning to waver, and some even took the initiative to surrender to Yelu Zongzhen, which made Xiao Nojin feel a great crisis. So after mobilizing the army, she no longer wasted time and prepared to fight and resolve Yelu Zongzhen quickly.

Just late last month, Xiao Xiaoxian led a large army to Yikunzhou, facing Shangjing occupied by Yelu Zongzhen across the Huang River. At the beginning of this month, Xiao Xiaoxian commanded the army to cross the river, and the two sides launched a cruel landing battle on the bank of the Huang River.

Yelu Zongzhen personally led his troops to defeat the opponent's main force while Xiao Xiaoxian crossed the river, but Xiao Xiaoxian's troops were several times that of the opponent. There were more than a dozen landing sites alone. Yelu Zongzhen could not defend at all, and in the end he could only concentrate his troops to defeat part of Xiao Xiaoxian's army, but he was almost surrounded by the army from other roads, and finally lost tens of thousands of people to flee back to Shangjing.

The battle of Huanghe also kicked off the cruel prelude of the emperor and empress fighting for power. Xiao Nojin summoned 150,000 troops, while Yelu Zongzhen had only 50,000 people. Even after the battle of Huanghe, the gap between the two sides was still more than three times, so now Yelu Zongzhen could only defend the strong city walls of Shangjing.

Shangjing is the capital of the Liao Kingdom. Even though Zhongjing's political and economic status had long surpassed Shangjing, the position of Shangjing's capital has never been shaken. Moreover, the city walls of Shangjing are often reinforced and raised several times, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Unless Xiao Xiaoxian has the firearms of the Song Dynasty in his hand, he should not easily break the Shangjing city.

However, Yelu Zongzhen also stored a large amount of food and grass in the city. It seemed that he was preparing to fight a protracted battle with Xiao Xiaoxian. After all, it was not easy for Xiao Nojin to maintain the consumption of the 150,000 army. Especially since the national strength of the Liao Kingdom was not as strong as that of the Song Dynasty, and he could not use troops to loot in the country. Therefore, as long as Xiao Xiaoxian could not defeat Shangjing City, he would retreat sooner or later. Then it would be the opportunity for Yelu Zongzhen to counterattack.

It was also taking advantage of this opportunity that Liu Ping decisively decided to send troops. Now the main army of Liao Kingdom is almost all restrained in Shangjing. Not only is the troops empty on the border, but all the supplies have been drained. This is the best time to send troops.

However, Liu Ping's specific route and strategy for sending troops was not written in the battle report. He was mainly worried that the battle report would be seen by others, which would reveal military secrets. However, when Liu Ping had just arrived in Hebei, he had already sent his strategic plan to the capital. Even if he had made some adjustments now, he would generally follow the previous strategy, that is, to attack Xijin Prefecture, Nanjing, Liao Kingdom. As long as he captured this place, Xijing would be isolated and helpless. After pulling out Xijing, the entire south of the Great Wall would belong to the Song Dynasty.

After reading this battle report, Zhao Zhen was excited to walk back and forth several times, and then he ordered again: "Please always pay attention to the battle situation of the Liao Kingdom, and also instruct Liu Ping to send a battle report back every three days. I must always understand the situation on the front line!"

"I obey the order!" Lu Yijian nodded immediately and agreed. He could not pay too much attention to this war that determines the future destiny of the Song Dynasty. Even for this war, their civil servant group also relaxed the constraints on military generals. Although it was only temporary and many people opposed it, Lu Yijian also suppressed it.

"Secret Lu, is there any news from Han Qi? Is there any logistics pressure?" Li Zhang suddenly asked. This time, not only were Liu Ping and other generals transferred to Hebei, but many civil servants also went to Hebei. They were mainly responsible for the logistics dispatch of the army. Han Qi, who was already in the forefront, was also appointed as the Hebei Road Pacification Envoy and the Governor's Logistics dispatch of the army.

"Yes, among the memorials sent by Han Qi in this Liao War, he also mentioned that the logistics preparations were a bit hasty. Now the army is in a hurry to send troops, so I have ordered people to do it before urging the supply of materials in the rear." Lu Yijian also replied again.
Chapter completed!