The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 287
Battle reports have been coming from the border all the time, these days Zhao Kuangyin is a little restless.

The Liao people were crazy in order to survive. Wherever they went, they robbed everything they could, and killed the men of the Song Dynasty, and arrested all the women.

Their intentions Zhao Kuangyin is very clear, the population of the Liao people is not large, and there are not many women, and if a nation or a country wants to grow, it needs people very much.

For the Liao people, the women of the Song Dynasty were reproductive machines.

hateful.

Zhao Kuangyin felt that the Liao people were too hateful. Although the status of women in their Great Song Dynasty was not very high, at least they did not despise them, and they did not just regard them as reproductive machines.

This is an unforgivable thing.

An angry Zhao Kuangyin called several prime ministers and princes in the court to the imperial study room. He frowned, looked at the pillars of the court and asked: "The Liao people are rampant, and it is extremely difficult for us Song people to resist for a while. Do you have a good strategy to retreat from the enemy?"

Zhao Kuangyin obviously underestimated the enemy's strength at the beginning, so now he just wants to retreat from the enemy.

Everyone looked at each other, and in the end Shen Yilun spoke first. Since Zhao Pu was dismissed as prime minister, he has become the prime minister, so naturally he should speak first when the emperor asked questions.

"If the Holy Majesty just wants to retreat from the enemy, it's easy to solve, but it's a bit useless."

Zhao Kuangyin frowned slightly: "Shen Aiqing means peace talks?"

Shen Yilun's complexion changed slightly, but he still nodded: "If the war continues, both sides will suffer. If we can reconcile, I don't know how many innocent people will be saved. The Liao people launched a war against our Great Song just to survive. As long as we Give them enough food, and I think they will retreat."

After Shen Yilun finished speaking, he stood aside, Zhao Kuangyin frowned, and did not express his opinion, but at this time, King Wei snorted coldly: "What are you talking about? We have peace talks with the Liao Kingdom, it will only fuel their arrogance, it will only make them think that our Da Song is easy to bully, and they will beat us Da Song if they want money in the future, how can this work?"

What King Wei said was angry, and everyone was filled with righteous indignation, but King Jin seemed very calm. Even when King Wei talked about excitement, he still remained calm.

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but praise after King Wei finished speaking: "King Wei is right. I have only founded the Song Dynasty for more than ten years. Even if I don't have the spirit of the Tang Dynasty, I can't look decadent and cowardly. There is no need to mention the peace talks. Fight, I'm going to fight them this time to be afraid of them."

Even if peace talks are really necessary in the end, we have to fight first.

Everyone understood what Zhao Kuangyin meant, but everyone also knew the situation at the border. Although Shi Shouxin held the city and did not let the Liao people continue to go south, the Liao people's offensive was crazy, and the Song Dynasty's cities were too useless. The stalemate won't last long. Judging from the battle report, Shi Shouxin can hold on for half a month at most.

Half a month later, the Liao people's iron cavalry went south, and I don't know how many people will die under their horseshoes.

The most detestable thing is that the Northern Han Dynasty has been harassing the towns on the border of the Song Dynasty, so that Shi Shouxin deployed at least 1 people to resist the Northern Han troops.

The atmosphere in the imperial study room was a bit weird, silent, still silent, until Xue Juzheng said: "Your Majesty, I feel that if I want to improve the morale of my Great Song Dynasty and defeat the Liao people in one fell swoop, only the Holy Majesty will personally conscript."

As soon as Xue Juzheng's words came out, everyone was stunned, King Jin and Shen Yilun immediately stood up and objected: "No, how can a holy man with a body of ten thousand gold be allowed to conquer by himself?"

"That's right, the Holy Majesty must sit in the capital, even if it is really a last resort, I am willing to do it for you."

Zhao Kuangyin didn't feel much disgusted with the imperial conquest. He had climbed up slowly from a small soldier. He was good at fighting, and when he dreamed back at midnight, he often dreamed of being high-spirited and ordering soldiers on the battlefield.

It's just that the words of Jin Wang and Shen Yilun are somewhat reasonable.

He was a bit embarrassed, should he go or not for this personal conquest?

It wasn't until this time that Zhao Kuangyin realized that Liu Wei hadn't spoken, and he didn't show much panic, as if the border incident had nothing to do with him.

Zhao Kuangyin knew Liu Wei very well. He felt that there were only two possibilities for Liu Wei to show such an expression. One was that he didn't care about these things at all, but he already had a solution.

And based on Zhao Kuangyin's understanding of Liu Wei, he thinks the second possibility is the most likely.

"Does Liu Aiqing have a plan to retreat from the enemy?"

Liu Wei smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, in fact, the strategy to defeat the enemy lies in the memorials sent from the border."

"Oh?" Zhao Kuangyin was a little surprised, but Jin Wang, Wei Wang and others were very puzzled. They had read the memorials from the border, but they didn't find any strategies to retreat from the enemy, and no one among them had suggestions. mean.

"Liu Aiqing made it clear." Zhao Kuangyin looked at Liu Weiwei.

Everyone looked at Liu Wei. Liu Wei smiled slightly, took out one of the memorials, and showed it to everyone. Everyone had read it, so they were a little puzzled.

"Lord Liu, this memorial says that Huo Zhan, the magistrate of Linfeng City, abandoned the city before the enemy came. In the memorial, he really couldn't see anything.

Liu Wei showed a slight smile, and then said: "The memorial indeed said so, but the memorial also stated the direction of Huo Zhan's escape. He fled in the direction of the enemy, but there was no news afterwards."

"Of course there is no news. What can he do with a mere 200 people? Does he dare to fight the enemy head-on? He must have taken people to a hidden place to hide. Such cowards, I, Da Song, should have Catch him and kill him." Xue Juzheng's temper was a little hot, and he snorted again after speaking.

Facing Xue Juzheng's words, Liu Wei didn't give any reaction. He just looked at Zhao Kuangyin and said, "Is it right for the Holy One to think Huo Zhan abandoned the city?"

Zhao Kuangyin frowned slightly, and said after a long time: "Linfeng City is too small, and there are only a few hundred soldiers and horses. For the safety of thousands of people, it makes sense to abandon the city. For the sake of saving thousands of people in Song Dynasty, I think his merits and demerits are equal."

Zhao Kuangyin's words were fair, and Liu Wei smiled: "Actually, there is no fault at all, it has always been merit."

When everyone heard Liu Wei's words, they were all taken aback for a moment, and then they were puzzled. Could it be that abandoning the city is also a merit?
"Master Liu, where does the merit come from?" King Jin looked at Liu Wei and asked in confusion.

"Abandoning the city to save the people of the Great Song Dynasty is meritorious service, but this merit is nothing compared to what he will do next. From the perspective of a humble official, this Huo Zhan is not a person who sticks to formalities. He can clearly see the border situation, so at the last moment, even at the risk of abandoning the city and not fighting, he ordered people to remove the people in the city."

When Liu Wei said this, Zhao Kuangyin nodded: "Then where did he go?"

That's right, everyone was wondering, since he led the troops to meet the enemy, why was there no news about him all of a sudden?
Liu Wei smiled, brought a map, and pointed to a place on the map: "He led his troops here."

Everyone was shocked when they saw the place Liu Wei was pointing at.

"This...how is this possible?"

"That's right, this is the hinterland of the Liao people. Wouldn't he be looking for death if he went there?"

When several officials were a little puzzled, Jin Wang's face suddenly revealed a look of comprehension, while Zhao Kuangyin nodded solemnly: "It's a good plan, it really is a good plan, and it's ruthless, very ruthless."

When Liu Wei pointed out that after Zhao Kuangyin said these words, everyone gradually understood, and after they understood, they were shocked. They did not expect that the little Linfeng county magistrate Huo Zhan would have such courage.
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border.

There were corpses all over the city, it was already autumn, and the wind and cold outside the Great Wall was early and severe.

The Liao people attacked the city several times, but all failed, but the Song people did not please them either.

Although the Song army is not short of food in the city, no one can bear the lunatic attacks of the Liao people every day.

The most important thing is that the Liao people were treacherous. They even took the Song captives to the front of the two armies, and threatened Shi Shouxin to open the city gate, or they would cut off their heads one by one in front of all the Song troops.

Seeing their compatriots being hacked and killed one by one under the city, the soldiers of Song Dynasty were very angry. They wished they could rush out and fight the Liao people to the death.

It's easy to lose your mind with madness and anger.

But Shi Shouxin was still able to maintain his composure. He is a veteran, a veteran who has fought for more than 20 years. Even if he does not have the talent to use soldiers, he has learned a lot over the years.

For example, calm down when things happen, especially when encountering such things.

The purpose of the Liao people is obvious, which is to force them to lose their minds, and then open the city gate to fight with them. As long as they open the city gate, the casualties will be unpredictable, and the outcome is unpredictable.

Although the Song army is powerful, the iron cavalry of the Liao people is not fun.

Therefore, Shi Shouxin ordered the people to stick to the city gate and not come out. No matter what the enemy did or what they said, they would never leave the city.

Persistence, now he can only persevere, until the Liao people can't persevere due to lack of food, they will also turn the situation around.

Sometimes fighting is based on skill, sometimes it is luck, and sometimes it is based on forbearance. Only forbearance can success be possible.

Angry, that's right, maybe it's a good thing that his soldiers are too angry. Shi Shouxin looked at the soldiers who were clamoring to fight the enemy to the death, and nodded in satisfaction.

To be a soldier, you have to be bloody. If you are not bloody, you can only be killed by others.

Below the city, the latest wave of Liao people's attack receded, Li Yin tightened his clothes, and then walked towards Yeluxian's camp.

(End of this chapter)