Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Li Jilong said, "Master Lin, now that the Liao people have attacked Tanghe, they will probably go straight to Dingzhou tomorrow. There are still tens of thousands of people and soldiers in Dingzhou city, and the food and grass can only last for half a month. If we don't go out of the city to meet the enemy, It's like trapping yourself to death, once the Liao army surrounds the city, they don't need to attack, we will all starve to death!"

A servant said, "Your Majesty and the ministers are discussing countermeasures, and it will not be long before sending troops to repel the Liao army."

"It will be too late by then!" Li Jilong glared angrily, "The Liao army is attacking all the way south, aiming at the land of the capital. If the camps of the various ministries go out of the city to meet the enemy, they can still resist. If they retreat, it will open the doors inside and outside the pass. Every time the Liao army attacks A city will block the reinforcement roads and trap the soldiers and people in the city to death. Once they break through the main towns, the army will drive straight in. It will take a few days for the troops to come to Bianjing City. At that time, it will be too late for all the troops to go out of the city to rescue the capital! "

"But your Majesty's order is here!" Lin Yanshou pointed at Li Jilong, "If you resist the order, the prince can punish you now!"

Li Jilong looked at De Fang and cupped his hands and said, "My lord! Now wars are raging, and several cities are in danger. Dingzhou is located in an important road. Once it is broken, our Great Song Dynasty may not be able to survive!"

"You are crazy!" Lin Yanshou shouted, "You openly resist the order, and it is a death penalty!"

Li Jilong knelt down and said, "If the lord wants to punish me for death, please let the last general die in battle!"

Yuan Jizhong also knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the general cannot resist orders and deceive the emperor, but he never wants to see the great Song Dynasty being trampled by the Liao people. The general is willing to fight against the Liao invaders with General Li without a single soldier! Please be kind to me!" allow!"

"My lord!" Lin Yanshou said, "They dared to resist orders and committed a serious crime of deceiving the emperor. Please, my lord, punish them with military law!"

"Enough!" Defang slapped the table and glared at Lin Yanshou, "General Li is the elder brother of the empress, the honor of the uncle of the country, how can you allow you to insult me! How dare you give orders to the king!"

Lin Yanshou trembled, and hurriedly handed over his hands, "Don't dare to be in a lowly position! Please calm down! General Li, please forgive me!"

Defang looked at Li Jilong and Yuan Jizhong in front of him, got up and helped them up, "You two generals, I am tired and want to rest first."

Li Jilong and Yuan Jizhong looked at each other, cupped their hands and said, "The general is being rude, the prince has worked hard all the way, please go to the room to rest for a while, the general will send someone to cook some meals for the prince."

"No need, Jiajun, Chongming, Shang En, follow me to the house." Defang looked at Lin Yanshou and the others again, "Master Lin, you also go to rest."

"Yes, yes, my lord, go slowly." Lin Yanshou and the five hurriedly saluted.

Li Jilong brought Defang and the others to a room, "My lord, take a rest and let the general know if you need anything."

"Thank you, General Li." Defang nodded, and brought Jiajun and Chongming Shangen into the house. Defang asked people to close the door, and then sat on a chair and said, "I didn't expect the Liao army to be so fast, four days in a row. The city, now gathered in Tanghe, is very close to Dingzhou, and it will come straight at any time."

"My lord, General Li and General Yuan are right. If we close our doors and defend the city, we will tie our hands and feet and wait for the Liao people to besiege us. Qizhou, Baxinle, Xiaolangshanzhai and Yizhou fell because they were only in the city. Due to the fact that there are [-] heavy soldiers in the Dingzhou camp, and Generals Li and Yuan are generals, it is by no means a problem to fight against the Liao army. As long as they hit the Liao army hard once, their momentum will definitely be greatly reduced. To mobilize the surrounding troops to rush to help, the Liao people will be driven out of the Song land."