Updated: 2010-04-19

"The Prime Minister doesn't need to say much. Youyun's sixteen states are homeland. They have been reduced to Hu Chen for nearly a hundred years. Youyun's elders are looking forward to the king's army, like babies looking forward to their parents, like drought and rain, how can I bear to abandon them? Furthermore, Youyun is a barrier in the north of Heshuo. Liao cavalry came out of Youzhou, and there was no way to stop them along the way. It only takes a few days to drink the horses and Bian River. If you don't take Youzhou, the capital will be unstable. Our dynasty has to take the power of taking Youyun. Third, the Liao emperor is dark and weak, and he will report it carefully. All major affairs in the country are entrusted to the hands of all women. The great masters and nobles are suspicious. The Liao people in Youyun are in a place where Youyun are empty, and the people have two hearts. Our dynasty is suspicious with one mind to attack the incompetent attacks, and there is also a victory over the Liao army. In short, Youyun must win, and this battle will be won!" Zhao Jiong was proud and conceited, and glanced at Wang Zhi who was standing beside him with unconscious eyes.

Just now, Zhao Pu knelt on the ground and tried hard to advise him not to provoke the strong Liao easily after attacking Taiyuan, and even said that this was a belligerent strategy to destroy the country. "Old man, he actually relied on his seniority. If it weren't for you to have some people in the court, his disciples and officials were still available, do you think you can really 'half of the Analects of Confucius' rule the world'?" He looked at Zhao Pu with disgust and turned to Cao Bin, Pan Mei and Cao Han. Although Zhao Jiong had other military generals available, most of them had never seen a big battle. To attack Taiyuan and Youzhou, they had to rely on the three long generals left by Zhao Kuangyin in front of him.

After Cao Bin was appointed as the Privy Councilor, he became increasingly out of the vulgar military and Han atmosphere and had more majestic and self-respecting court demeanor. At this moment, he was cautious in adhering to the way of "responding to others" during the court. Although he was quite suspicious of Zhao Jiong's unexpected strong confidence in attacking Youzhou, he asked the other two generals to speak first. Sure enough, Cao Han took the lead in leaving Ban Bing and said, "Your Majesty, Youzhou is the former Lulong Town, and the Han'er army is fierce and brave to fight. It is not under Hedong. Youzhou's city is high and deep, and you can defend it. If our army fails to attack the city, the Khitan soldiers will go south to rescue him, and they will be attacked from both sides. Please think twice?"

"Oh?" Although Cao Han's situation of attacking Youzhou was very serious, Zhao Jiong said in a strange and relaxed tone: "In this way, General Cao has a good idea?"

Cao Han was rude and could do anything. He heard the joke in Zhao Jiong's tone, but ignored it and said in a deep voice: "The military strategy is to make a move in one go. If your Majesty must take Youzhou, if he takes advantage of the sharp army, he will attack with all his strength. Taiyuan, Hedong has only 50,000 troops, and he is even unable to rescue Youzhou. He only needs to send a general to lead a partial army to guard and guard. If you want to conquer Youzhou, you should use the strategy of surrounding Wei to save Zhao. It is a false to attack the city. He gathers heavy troops with the valleys north of Youzhou to fight against the Liao reinforcements. Once the reinforcements are defeated, Youzhou will become a thing in his pocket." The officials wanted to seize Yan Yun's heart, and all the important officials in the court knew that generals like Pan Cao were naturally considering the strategy. Now they said it all. Although it was inconsistent with the intention of the officials, they were extremely confident.

"General Cao's plan is too dangerous," Zhao Jiong said before Wang Zhi took the lead, "According to what General Cao said, Youzhou is still behind our army and has not stepped down, and he wants to fight against the Liao army. Wouldn't it still be a situation where the enemy is still attacked from both sides? If the battle is not good, the army retreats without a city to defend, what should we do? Furthermore, the Taiyuan army has a total of 50,000, and the guards need to divide the 50,000 imperial guards, and the Han army in Youzhou has another 20,000. To beware of them, they must also divide the imperial guards. In this way, there are only more than 100,000 imperial guards to fight against the Liao army, but the Liao people came with all their strength. The enemy is the only one who is the only one who is divided. Is this a sure victory?"

"This," Cao Han asked him, and was a little angry. What qualifications did this Wang Fu, who had never been in charge of the position, have to question his military strategy and replied in a deep voice: "Taiyuan is too busy to take care of himself and will never dare to attack our army's rear. It is enough to be wary of one or two thousand soldiers. The Youzhou army is the same. It has enough self-restraint and insufficient attack. The main force of the imperial guards fights the Liao army. These two enemy troops will never be troubled. As for the troops, although I don't know the Liao people, every time the previous dynasty came to attack, the Liao emperor personally fought, and the number of troops and horses was only more than 100,000. Shi Chonggui of the previous dynasty could defeat him. How could my Song imperial guard not defeat him in one fell swoop?" His words were filled with great confidence. Whenever the Central Plains dynasty was in full swing, he could fight and win the surrounding princes and four barbarians, which added Cao Han's confidence, who had read military books, was well-read.

"Swish--" Zhao Pu laughed disdainfully, "I dare to ask General Cao, what will happen to Shi Chonggui later?" This man was later captured by the Liao army, and his concubines were occupied by the Liao people. Later, the Song people remembered Shi Chonggui and said, "The clan traveled thousands of miles and was old and poor. Since ancient times, there is nothing that can be a ugliness of destruction in the country. After a thousand years, what is the shame? How can he be hurt!" But at this time, neither Zhao Pu nor Cao Han would have thought that there would be an extremely heavy Jingkang shame waiting for this dynasty that should have been powerful and powerful.

Zhao Jiong waved his hand impatiently and said, "General Cao was very thoughtful and loyal to the country. But I am sure of Youzhou every night. However, the opportunity to win should not be revealed."

Seeing that Zhao Jing insisted on taking Taiyuan first and then attacking Youzhou, Pan Mei stopped admonishing and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the so-called army and horses should not move, and the food and grass should go first. Now, in order not to attract the attention of the Liao people, all the food and grass are hoarded in the direction of Taiyuan. If you turn around and attack Youzhou, it may be difficult to get the support for a while." Although he had not fought with Taiyuan and Khitan in the north, he knew the importance of food and grass to the army. The so-called war usually fought food and grass. There were two strong cities in front of it, and it would be long-lasting to capture these 300,000 imperial guards who ate horses every day, would have to transport millions of people. In addition, the warehouses that hoarded food and grass must be as close to the front line as possible. The most difficult thing at this time was that in order to prevent the attack, there was no large amount of food and grass hoarding near the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

Zhao Jiong frowned helplessly and said impatiently: "I will denounce the transfer of food and grass in the department. You just need to kill the enemy without considering this." Money and food and grass are the two major factors that restrict the generals. Therefore, Zhao Jiong was sensitive and disgusted by the generals who were in charge of food and grass in the bottom of his heart, and he was even more unwilling to discuss with them how to transfer and help them in depth. In his mind, if the imperial edict is given, the officials of the department will naturally do the work properly and strictly uphold his will, but they do not want to act as huge as a certain level. Even officials who are wholeheartedly trying to win the favor will not be able to deal with it.

Seeing that the official family was confident and stopped talking, the ministers continued to discuss some arrangements for the march route, so they stepped down. Zhao Jiong said: "The Khitans were arrogant and did not think that our dynasty could attack Youzhou, so they put their troops in the north. After you go back, you must not leak the news, otherwise the national law will be ruthless."

After the others all surrendered, Zhao Jiong changed his serious expression and turned to Wang Zhi who was waiting for a while: "You should listen to the words of the Prime Minister and the generals just now. Youzhou governors and the city are willing to be the subordinates of the king's army. You must not make any mistakes."

Wang Zhi bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the commander of the Dilidu of Youzhou, Li Zalcan, defended the South Gate. This person has believed in the Holy Church for generations. The Liao Kingdom has long been heartbroken by the Buddhists of India. In addition to Li Zalcan, hundreds of people in the Holy Church are lurking in Youzhou City. Once the imperial guards start to attack the city, they will shake people's hearts in the city, and even open the city gate for the imperial guards. With this internal response, Youzhou City will definitely be worried. Not only Youzhou, but also in the sixteen states, there will be more than tens of thousands of Holy Church members. At that time, they will be willing to mobilize the people to welcome the king's army. As soon as the king's army arrives, the elders of Youyan will definitely win the food and follow the scene."

His affirmative tone strengthened Zhao Jing's confidence. He nodded and said, "It's great. After this battle, the Zoroastrian Church can open a temple in the Central Plains and stand together with the Buddhist and Taoist paths." This golden and jade word is extraordinary. Wang Qi was overjoyed and knelt down and said, "I am very happy to serve the saints and churches on behalf of the saints, thank Your Majesty for your kindness."

Looking at Wang Mei who was kneeling down, Zhao Jing smiled unknown to everyone. He is the emperor.

It was already late at this time. At the Anxi Jiedushi’s mansion, within the side door, Huang Wen snuggled in Chen De’s arms, her eyes slightly red, and she murmured: “Can’t you let me stay and wait for my husband to return safely?”

Chen De hugged her delicate body tightly, looked at her pretty face carefully, wiped the corners of her eyes, and said softly: "Soldiers and wars are in danger. When the war begins, it will be even more difficult for a woman's family to escape. The imperial army will go on a war soon, and there is no time to take care of the family members of the princes who are under the custody of the capital. If you don't leave at this time, when will you wait?" Seeing the wife pouting her lips slightly and expressing dissatisfaction, Chen De smiled and said: "Once I have the opportunity to escape, I will return to Hexi as soon as possible and reunite with you mother and daughter. What? Let's go now, don't let the soldiers wait for a long time."

Huang Wen nodded helplessly, stretched her hair out of her husband's arms, struggled out of her husband's arms, walked towards the door, and took a few steps, suddenly stopped again, turned around and ran back, without holding Chen De's neck with his arms, and stood on tiptoe. After a long time, the two of them slowly separated. Huang Wen secretly looked around several times, and saw that the several toothed soldiers in charge of the wardrobe in the courtyard turned their backs consciously, and their pretty faces were red, so they stopped obsessed and turned away. Chen De stopped for a while, and heard the carriage outside the door slowly leaving, and then sighed, feeling a slight fragrance, and put down his farewell.

The daughter was already asleep under the care of the maid. Looking at her red face, Huang Wen felt a little reluctant and sighed softly: "Good daughter, I am such a pitiful little boy with the wandering of Wei Niang." Her fingers gently tucked her daughter's bedding. The carriage was arranged by Chengying Camp. There were twenty soldiers around her escorts dressed as wealthy families guarding the courtyard, which looked like the family members of the wealthy families in Bianliang City left the city. Under the setting sun, the carriage drove away from the west gate of Bianliang. Huang Wen looked back at the thick and tall city gate from the gap in the curtains and slowly closed behind her. Two lines of clear tears slowly flowed down uncontrollably.

Author: Everything is ready. The battle between Taiyuan and Youzhou will kick off on May 2. I hope there will be a more exciting plot for everyone to appreciate. Thank you for your support!
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