Seeing the fragments falling into the water causing little waves, Zhao Zhen understood the anger in Peng Qi's heart at this moment. The good situation was abandoned by the generals, and the timid officials even did not hesitate to buy peace with millions of coins.

Although Cao Yong, who was finally sent to Liaoying as envoy, was threatened by Ding Wei and tried his best to reduce the annual coins to 300,000 guan, this could not erase the fact that he had bought peace!

Not only Peng Qi but also the young prince was furious. The blood in Zhao Zhen's body rushed straight to his mind with the help of his rapidly beating heart. The friction between his teeth made Peng Qi's skin crawl. He could feel the anger like a volcano erupting.

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"Your Highness can't accept this? What's even more shameful is yet to come. The weakness of the official family is well known! But what about the generals? They are the culprits of this scandal! Although they have contributed to the rescue, they cannot be touched.

Even the literati could see their sinister intentions and the great situation at that time. As long as they encircled and annihilated all the elites of the Liao people, the land of smoke and clouds would be like searching for something!"

Zhao Zhen suddenly looked back: "Then why don't the officials take it?! I don't believe that my father would be so cowardly!"

"Cowardly? Maybe before the official came to Chanyuan in person, he was a bit cowardly, but when Gao Qiong whipped the chariot warriors and carried the official directly to the north city of Chanzhou, the official changed. The roar of the mountains and the tsunami shattered the sound of long live

In the sky, the soldiers and civilians all shouted angrily at the Liao thieves: The officials of the Song Dynasty personally marched, and you still don’t stop?! The scene at that time was so majestic that it is rare in ancient times and modern times!”

Zhao Zhen could not imagine that his father, who was lying on the hospital bed and dying, had such a glorious moment. Perhaps it was the shouts of the soldiers on the front line that aroused his father's heroic pride.

"Your Highness did not see that the official was wearing dragon armor and standing on the north city of Chanzhou. He threw the scarlet cloak into the tunnel and said: The soldiers have their lives, how can I be the only one? For a moment, the official's pride was unparalleled!

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Peng Qi said to Zhao Zhen excitedly. From his words, Zhao Zhen could feel his father's courage at that time, but why did the meeting end later?

Looking at the prince's doubtful eyes, Peng Qi smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness's doubts are also true. There is a saying among the generals, Taizu Zeng said: The one who takes back Yanyun will be crowned king forever! If the officials conquer Yanyun in one fell swoop, what will happen to the generals?

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"What?! How dare you!" Zhao Zhen went berserk in an instant. These generals actually did not hesitate to use this method in order to be crowned king? Peng Qi's words subverted Zhao Zhen's understanding of generals.

"What's there to be afraid of? Every battle in the Song Dynasty is inseparable from the generals. They seem to have no rights, but they have a decisive position in the Song Dynasty. After all, they still rely on them for military affairs, and civil servants also need to lead the troops.

It is an indisputable fact to use generals to command!"

"Could it be that the officials were persuaded by the general's few words?" Zhao Zhen asked strangely.

"More than just a few words, what the general told the officials was powerful. Although the Liao people were like mourning, they still had tens of thousands of them, and they were all cavalry. The Song Dynasty had more infantry and less cavalry. If they wanted to encircle and annihilate them, they would inevitably be scattered. By then

The Liao people were forced to fight to the death and might come directly to the officials. If so, what should the officials do?"

Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly after listening to Peng Qi's words. These generals really gave the right medicine. Dad finally regained his energy only with the encouragement of hundreds of thousands of troops. When he heard that there were not so many people around him, he would definitely retreat.

"Father, did you back off because of the general's persuasion?"

"It's almost the same. There were many civil servants who advocated peace. In the end, even Kou Xianggong was unwilling to insist. The three departments in the court had already sent him an urgent document. The treasury of the Song Dynasty could not sustain such a protracted war."

"Why is this?"

"His Royal Highness the Prince's hundreds of thousands of soldiers consume an astonishing amount of horse chews every day. If the officials had not personally conquered the Three Divisions and tried their best, they would have run out of food and grass. The Liao people came well prepared, but we, the Song Dynasty, rushed to meet the enemy.

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After listening to Peng Qi's explanation, Zhao Zhenlao blushed. How could he have forgotten such an important thing? The most important thing in ancient wars was rear supply. This is the saying that food and grass should be sent before the troops and horses are used.

"Your Highness has never experienced war and has not thought so thoroughly. However, although the Song Dynasty at that time could not afford to fight, it could still take back the land of smoke and cloud. If the Liao army could be held back for ten days, grain and grass from various places would be delivered to the northern battlefield, and the land of smoke and cloud could be taken back soon.

!But the official family...sigh!"

Looking at the dejected Peng Qi, Zhao Zhen sighed: "Gu knows that the generals want to take back the land of Yanyun with their own hands and gain the title of king with their supreme merits. Gu will not follow their wishes!"

Seeing that the prince understood what he meant, Peng Qi nodded and said, "Does Your Highness think that the imperial army of the Song Dynasty is really not worthy of a fight?" He could see that the prince's aggressive development of the Ordnance Bureau was intended to defeat his opponents with powerful ordnance.

Seeing Zhao Zhen na na, Peng Qi shook his head and said: "The Forbidden Army is not unable to fight, but because of the failure of the two Northern Expeditions and the Tan Yuan Alliance, the civil and military forces of the Song Dynasty were frightened. To be honest, I am also like this. Although there are

The million-strong army felt very uneasy until the three guards of the Crown Prince were trained like this by you!"

Peng Qi let out a long sigh and looked at Zhao Zhen hopefully: "Your Highness, the three guards of the Crown Prince trained by you simply do not look like the Imperial Guards of the Song Dynasty. If the Imperial Guards of the Song Dynasty were explained as coming out of the Yanyun Land, they would have been taken back long ago.

At that time, Taizu Yongxi had a chance of winning the Northern Expedition and was able to take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. However, it just so happened that Jiangmen was in trouble. Taizong had repeatedly told Cao Bin to proceed cautiously and slowly and not to be greedy for profit, but it only took him a few days.

With this effort, he captured Zhuozhou, but the grain route behind him was cut off by the Liao people. In ten days, all the grain and grass in the city were consumed, and he had to retreat to Xiongzhou. Taizong urgently ordered him to stay behind to wait for backup, but it was too late. Cao Bin

I have led my troops back to Xiongzhou to replenish food and return to the grassland road, but the Liao reinforcements have arrived and taken back Zhuozhou..."

Zhao Zhen said angrily: "How can we be our opponent when we are tired from our old army? Why is Cao Bin, a good general, so faint... because of Taizu's words?" Only then did he realize that the methods of these generals were really thought-provoking.

Terrified!

"The wind blows across the mountains and rivers, and the flowers fall into mud and always bloom..." The melodious sound of silk and bamboo combined with the graceful female voice echoed throughout Jinmingchi, instantly bringing people into a dreamlike world.

Among the beautiful scenery.

The beautiful singing interrupted the conversation between Peng Qi and Zhao Zhen, "Is the Su family singing His Highness's song?"

Faced with Peng Qi's teasing, Zhao Zhen smiled bitterly: "You have been watching from the side, you know why you still ask!"

The competition for the oiran has reached a fever pitch. Several flower boats crowded in front of the pavilion to perform. The musicians on the boats worked hard to cooperate with the performance of their own courtesan. To be honest, Su Xiaoqing's song "Fenghua, Snow, Moon" won the first place not because of other reasons.

People's music is not good, but Zhao Zhen's music is very penetrating and contagious, making the people watching and the literati in the pavilions flock to it.

After Jiang Men reached an agreement with the little fat man, he also appeared at the fence outside and cheered loudly. More than a dozen Xiaosi shuttled back and forth in the pavilions. Whenever someone gave a reward, they loudly said the name and amount of the reward.
Chapter completed!