Chapter 1,785: Creating a road for the public

Yelu Yanxi's troops were reduced by 50,000, because he had to order Yelu Dabeinu to lead Liu Zhongjing to suppress the rebellion everywhere.

Bingyin, Koutuer Mountain in Jeddah.

How painful it was for the Song Dynasty to resist Xixia, and how painful it is for the Liao Kingdom to resist the Tatars now.

At the southern foot of Jinshan Mountain, where the mountain range ends, there are several intermittent mountain tops.

From north to south, they are Jinshan Mountain, Mantou Mountain, Tuer Mountain and Yongan Mountain.

The valleys between the mountain tops are often connected by small rivers, which become a natural passage for the Tatars to invade.

Accordingly, those places have become battlegrounds for military strategists.

There is Nashui between Jinshan Mountain and Mantou Mountain. The Liao people established Jingzhou and Xingguozhou at the mouth of the water in the east.

Between Mantou Mountain and Tuer Mountain is the Hun River, with Lekangjun, Taizhou and Changchunzhou downstream.

Between Tuer Mountain and Yongan Mountain are Dafu River and Lang River.

Between the two rivers is Ningzhou, the target of the Jeddah army's attack.

To the south of Yong'an Mountain, at the confluence of Lang River and Huang River, and to the south of Ningzhou, is Linhuang Mansion, Shangjing, the capital of the Liao Kingdom.

Around Shangjing, there are military prefectures such as Rao, Feng, Yong, Fu, Guangyi, Changning, and Longhua. From these names alone, we can see that the Khitan rulers had placed many hopes on this country.

When the Tatars invaded this time, their army was divided into two groups at Mogaishi. They were led by Jida in the north, marched north to Dashanluo, and then turned east to attack Ningzhou.

The southern route was led by Li Kui, and went south along the edge of the desert. After arriving at Dashuibo to recuperate, it headed southeast to attack Zhongjing.

Li Kui's intention was to deliberately bypass the Shangjing defense zone, find the weak points of the Liao people in the north and south of Shangjing, move in and out quickly, and mainly loot and destroy.

The South Road strategy was implemented perfectly, and it also attracted some of Yelu Yanxi's attention to the south of Shangjing. But now, Jeddah is attacking in the east and west to the north of Shangjing!

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In Daming Prefecture, all four roads are managed by the Lue Department.

Su You looked at Li Kui's report and couldn't help but slap his thigh: "Beautiful! This is a complete defeat of the enemy in the wall first, and then a decisive victory on the battlefield. It's so beautiful!"

In this battle, Li Kui successfully predicted the psychology of Nanjing, Zhongjing, and Shangjing, and took advantage of the conflicts among them to steal the chicken so successfully.

Not to mention anything else, when Yelv Chun was closest to Li Kui, the distance was only forty miles. If he had tried hard to catch Li Kui and slowed down his retreat, he could have created a way for Yelu Dabeinu to double-team Li Kui and return.

Let's work together to encircle and annihilate the opportunity under Zhongjing City.

However, Li Kui grasped the psychology of the two people and was as flexible as a swimming fish.

This is like two hands slowly approaching the swimming fish from the outside. They are still hesitating. Before they have time to make any move, the swimming fish has already bolted out.

These two hands do not belong to the same person, and there is no tacit understanding.

Zhang Dun asked: "If Mingrun is in Liao, how can he deal with Li Kui's style of play?"

"Me? Does Zihou know about the wire clamp?"

"Another weird thing from the Polytechnic Institute?"

"It's just a device to catch mice. You lay out the bait, wait for the mice to come, and then trigger the mechanism, bang!"

But after saying that, I was shaking my head: "I don't want to think about those days anymore. Wasn't this what it was like to defend Weizhou back then? If Liang Zuo hadn't been deceived at that time, and instead of coming to Weizhou, he had attacked it, I would have really taken it.

There's nothing he can do."

"If I were Yelu Yanxi, I would hand over Bei'an Prefecture and Ze Prefecture to the Emperor Taishu, and keep my own power until naturalization, encouraging farmers, and harmonizing the people."

"We can even divide the Zhongjing Road equally, with Dading Prefecture as the boundary, with the emperor's uncle guarding the south and himself guarding the north."

"Then we will choose an opportunity to attack and chase the enemy to the west of Jinshan Mountain."

"Isn't this Yelu Hongji's idea?" Zhang Dun asked.

"It's almost the same, but it has to be after the troops are strong and the horses are strong, and the soldiers are trained... It should not be as careless and unlucky as him, right?"

"At the very least, we can't have such a big hole in our defense like this time."

Zhang Dun said: "But in this way, the power of the emperor's uncle has increased by 40% out of thin air."

Su You smiled and said: "What can you do? You have to give 40%. If you want people to do things, how can you not give enough benefits?"

"The problem now is that Yelu Yanxi still has his own ambitions to occupy such a large territory even though his military strength is already insufficient."

"But there are so many troops in the south, but they can hardly be used. How many can we mobilize on the Song-Liao border line alone?"

Zhang Dun sneered: "You know how to make a calculation. Are you sure that the Song Dynasty will not send troops?"

Su You waved his hand: "It's just hindsight. At this time, we should be lucky that Li Xueshi is not our enemy. I guess Yelu Yanxi is already regretting his impulsive actions."

"This time Zihou enters the court and lives under Cai Jing, but he can't be like Yelu Yanxi and act on his own initiative."

Zhang Dun had a look of shame on his face: "Ziyou's innocent disaster has become Brother Yu's stepping stone to his career. I'm really ashamed."

Speaking of which, among the courtiers of the Song Dynasty, there were still some dogs who couldn't stop eating shit.

It was agreed that in supplementing the "Records of Shenzong", everyone should return academics to academics and politics to politics, but the two factions started playing games again to find fault.

Zhang Shangying impeached Lu Xichun, saying that he tried to refute the words inappropriately in Yuan You, and attached himself to Lu Dafang and Su Zhe.

An Tao submitted a memorial: "I heard that Fan Zuyu, Fengji, Wen Jifu and others had chapters and chapters describing the past and present misfortunes and blessings to impress the saints. Xichun and others also submitted memorials to argue about it. What's wrong with you! This generation will definitely be used by others."

This is a hint that Zhao Xu's officials are cultivating their own power, silencing the emperor, and have evil intentions.

Taiwan's regents and prime ministers are colluding, and without checks and balances on the prime minister's power, the political consequences will be dire.

Zhao Xu replied: "Last winter, there was a shortage of people in the palace to give orders, so I summoned dozens of old people. What is the interest of the foreign court?" This was used to prevarication.

However, Lin Xi, a member of the Zhongshu family, quickly singled out a real fault of Lu Xichun, saying that he had tried to persuade people from Queen Xuanren's family to move to official positions. There was a sentence in it: "In the past, my ancestors were in the position of Chenji." His words were inappropriate and he was punished.

Impeach.

If it were to be changed to another dynasty, Lu Xichun would have written Gao Taotao as if Wu Zetian came to power, and she would not be able to escape the disaster of beheading.

However, Zhao Xu did not deal with it excessively and only left Lv Xi with a pure job, knowing Bozhou.

Lu Xichun was the second son of Lu Gongzhu, and his recommender for entering the court was Su Che, so Su Che was also implicated.

This mistake cannot be avoided and explained, and we must bear joint and several liability, otherwise it will be the emperor's favor.

Such a minister is called a sycophant, and Su Che certainly wouldn't do it.

So he wrote a letter insisting that he go out.

The imperial court originally proposed that Su Che should know Yuezhou. After Zhao Xu read the proposed destiny, he shook his head and said that he had heard that the bachelor had land in Changzhou, so he should change his name to Changzhou.

Changzhou and Yangzhou are separated by the Yangtze River. The distance between the two places is only 200 miles. Da Su is in Yangzhou and Xiao Su is in Changzhou. The two brothers can often meet each other on the small steamer.

From here we can also see Zhao Xu's care for the Su family.

In Xin Mao, the three provinces submitted the first two chapters of "Records" written by Zhou Zhi, the supervisory censor.

The colander was read, and when he read the sentence "The petitioner has the imperial approval, he wants to increase the imperial concubine's ceremonial items, and it is also like discussing Pu affairs during the peace. Lu Dafang asked to go." Zhao Xu said: "What happened to Lu Dafang at that time?"

You have something to say? This week, the ranking is getting closer and closer, which is to cater to you."

When he read "Heretical talk is so serious that the emperor cannot respect his mother", Zhao Xu sighed and said: "This statement is an attempt to anger the monarch and use it to pursue his own selfish interests. Zhou Zhi is so arrogant and arrogant, it is unreasonable to say this."

After all, can the imperial court still have peace?"

"Who recommended him?"

But it was Lu Dian who recommended him, so the imperial court deposed Zhou Zhi to Zhi Guangde's army, and Lu Dian was sent to Longtuge to wait for control, and Zhi Fengxiang was appointed.

Soon, someone reported that Lu Dian had slandered Su Lishe in "Records of Shenzong", which was not true, and he was demoted to Zhihe Yangjun.

Still using the art of balance, I went to a prime minister and also gave Tai Jian a good beating on his ass.

These were all small moves caused by the fighting between various factions in the court. In short, Su Che's departure in the end allowed Zhang Dun, who had successfully completed the Song and Liao collegial negotiations, to take advantage of the situation. Zhao Xu summoned him to join the court and serve as the right prime minister.

Of course, Zhang Dun knew how he came to be the Right Chancellor. It was really Su Mingrun who came out of his mouth. He had arranged everything for the collegial meeting, and only deliberately declined when accepting the merit, and even hinted it so obviously to Zhao Xu.

It was only because of his old Zhang’s good deeds.

But after all, he took Su Che's position, and Lao Zhang was still a little embarrassed.

Su You said: "Cai Jing is good at economics, but his shortcoming is military. Look at the recent changes in the Liao Kingdom, it is simply declining. At this time, there must be a prime minister who can provide His Majesty with detailed military information to facilitate decision-making.

.Zihou, you are the most suitable candidate."

"Otherwise." Zhang Dun said, "Shouldn't this person be Mingrun?"

Su You scolded him: "You stay in Hebei? Do you know the navy? Besides, with you in charge, I can also use it well."

Zhang Dun asked: "What else does Mingrun have to tell Brother Yu? With your kindness, wisdom and understanding, I will definitely gain something if I listen to your words."

Su You smiled: "Come on, just like telling me about Zizhan, it's all in vain. Will you listen?"

Zhang Dun blushed: "Ru Mingrun, you suggested that I pay attention to my attitude towards Queen Xuanren. Brother Yu still listened..."

Su You smiled and said: "Then let me say one more thing. Of the two Yan Guan, one can be used and the other cannot be used."

"The one who can use it belongs to Shangguan Jun; the one who cannot use it belongs to Yang Wei."

Zhang Dun's face suddenly changed color.
To be continued...