On the grassland at night, insects are chirping subtle.

The gasping sound in the tent gradually became less and less.

The messenger did not dare to look up, so he listened to the gasp gradually weakening, but it was getting closer.

Yelu Hongji held the long sword and asked blankly: "Why did it lose it? Why did it lose it?"

The envoy looked up and said, "Your Majesty, Xiao Ding was defeated in the battle, and then Chen An attacked the city and went down in one go!"

"At one go, I'll go down?" Yelu Hongji heard Chen An's name and felt trembling all over. The anxiety made him want to roar and kill people.

"Why did it go down in one go? Xiao Ding is a powerful general, he is a powerful general!"

"Your Majesty, the Song army must have used such small firearms. I don't know the others, but I only know that the Song army then came to Datong and did not stop at all. It can be seen that it was a slap."

"Xiao Ding deserves to die!" Yelu Hongji cursed: "That idiot is just bragging about being awesome, but fighting is a idiot! No wonder so many people said that he was useless back then! What about Datong? I have allocated a lot of money and grain to get the inner city. Is it useless?"

The messenger said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, the Song army's firearms are really powerful! They said that the Song army had a small firearm, but they were very powerful, row by row..."

"This is an excuse, it's all an excuse!"

Yelu Hongji's eyes were red, and he felt a sense of depression echoing in his chest, but he couldn't find a place to vent.

He thought of the story of the Stone and the silent contempt of the woman.

"Excuse!"

The long sword waved, and the eunuch standing beside him fell to the ground, with no expression on his face. He probably never thought that he would be killed.

The blood from the neck rushed out, and the tent was smelly.

Everyone was so angry that they didn't dare to show up, for fear that the next one would be themselves.

Yelu Hongji was gasping for breath, and at this moment he was venting his anxiety, but he felt a little empty.

"Get ready." He put away his long sword and continued to work, and everyone in danger would be in danger. Then he would not join forces to kill him.

This is the Great Liao.

The smell of blood in the tent was too strong to stay, so Yelu Hongji came out to stroll around, surrounded by the North and South Privy Councilors.

"The Great Liao said that I learned a lot of things from the Central Plains. I thought I was proud, but today I realized that we were just learning the basics." Yelu Hongji's voice sounded very relaxed.

Very strange and relaxing.

"We learned poetry, articles, and the bad habits of literati. But we didn't learn anything in our hearts."

Yelu Hongji smiled bitterly.

Xiao Mingyin asked in confusion: "Do we have anything else to learn?"

"A lot." Yelu Hongji was particularly relaxed tonight, making people feel that it would be better to kill someone for him every day to sacrifice to geniuses.

"We just learned many things from the Song people. No one can learn their most important things, such as brothers fighting against the wall and defending against insults. We all know this, but in the case of the Great Liao crisis, most people are making their own small plans."

"Your Majesty, the same is true for the Song people." Xiao Mingyin felt that this was too much. "The Song people lost back then, and there were endless internal struggles. They even started a party struggle a while ago."

"But there are Han Qi, Zeng Gongliang, Fu Bi, Bao Zheng, and... Chen An." The left and right Privy Councilors were his confidants, so Yelu Hongji could also say something in his heart, "Even if there are many internal conflicts among the Song people, there are still these people struggling and working hard for the Song people."

"Whether it was the Huns or the Turks, why did they become depressed after being defeated by Han'er?" It was a little cold late at night, but Yelu Hongji felt that his thinking was very clear and he was so awake.

"But Han'er is different. Go and see the Han and Tang Dynasties. The former Han Han was destroyed and Jin came. At that time, Han was military rations and two-legged sheep. Should they be completely destroyed? No, they got up again."

Yelu Hongji stepped on the grass and felt the chill rising from the soles of his feet, and he couldn't help but tremble, "Look at the former Tang Dynasty, did it be destroyed? The Daliao then ruled the world, but... But now the Song people stood up again. I feel that even if they were completely defeated by the Daliao, they could stand up again. Why? Because those... brothers fought against the wall and defended their insults. Those who slept on firewood and tasted gall, hung on the beam and stabbed their thighs, danced on the chickens, and forgot to eat and sleep... These words are rooted in their bones and blood, and will pop up from time to time. But we are different. We only learned a look, and no one remembered them."

"They have many good things!" Yelu Hongji sighed: "Han Xin's humiliation under his crotch is telling them that it doesn't matter if he fails temporarily. He slept on firewood and tasted gall, started dancing with chickens, and he would stand up again one day."

"These are the things in Han'er's bones."

Yelu Hongji's words were ominous.

"Your Majesty, what our ancestors passed down was riding and shooting!" Yelu Ling felt that this was a good trend. "I have long been dissatisfied with the people in the court who followed the Song people to learn. I think what I should learn was riding and shooting!"

Yelu Hongji turned around and looked at him, shook his head slightly, "You don't understand."

This is a national level thinking that Yelu Ling can't see or imagine.

"Han people..."

Yelu Hongji sighed in a low voice.

The next day, the army set out again.

"Block the news." Yelu Hongji chose to block the news so that the soldiers would lose morale after learning the news of the lost Xijing Road.

The scout kept coming to news.

"Your Majesty, the Song army is coming to Zunhua."

"Hahaha!" Yelu Hongji smiled heartily, "Zhao Shu was coming just right."

"Your Majesty, I am willing to be the vanguard."

Someone asked for a fight, and Yelu Hongji shook his head and said, "A battle of hundreds of thousands of people, you just need any forward to crush it."

"Send a cyclist to tease the Song people." At this time, the cyclist is just a tool to attack the other party's morale.

The two sides were getting closer, and the rangers were fighting, bows and arrows against crossbows, and the Liao army suffered a great loss.

"We still can't get their divine power crossbow." Yelu Hongji was very regretful after receiving the news.

"Your Majesty, the Song army's rangers have increased."

This news made Yelu Hongji excited, "It's going to start, and let the ministries prepare."

“Many Ranger Scouts.”

"Rankers on both sides of the left and right should be more cautious and should not miss the enemy."

"The army rectifies the weapons."

After a series of orders were issued, the Song army began to prepare.

Zhao Shu was in the central army, surrounded by Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi, as well as a group of generals.

"Your Majesty, Duke Yan and General Wang Dian have more than a hundred miles of troops."

This is the latest news.

Zhao Shu nodded, "It's better to have three days. That's fine."

Everyone was puzzled, and Wen Yanbo said, "Let's fight with the Liao army first. When they come, they will be reinforcements."

"The Liao army is known as 500,000, and I guess there should be 200,000 to 300,000." Fu Bi was thinking about Yelu Hongji.

"The scouts are constantly inquiring about the news, but the Liao army is so huge that they cannot calculate it clearly."

If there are hundreds of thousands of people, the scouts have to run around if they want to count them clearly, but such behavior is to die.

So the Song Dynasty only judged it based on the news that the Liao army was known as the 500,000 army.

"Your Majesty, the martial arts side says there is news."

"Let them come."

This is Zunhua City, and Zhao Shu is right in front of the map.

A student came in and saluted and said, "Your Majesty, I have waited for the past few days to judge the size of the Liao army and determined that the Liao army should have about 300,000."

Wen Yanbo asked: "Why do you infer this way?"

The Privy Council has been competing with martial arts students these days. Both sides have used the information sent by each party to analyze and judge, and then sent it to Zhao Shu.

The student said: "From the transportation of food and grass from the Liao army, the number they transported from Zhongjing City every day is enough for 400,000 troops to use."

"Why isn't it 400,000?" The Privy Council's judgment was more than 350,000.

The student said: "The secret spies said that the Liao army had 400,000 troops in Zhongjing City, but if 350,000 were issued, then 50,000 would be left behind in Zhongjing Road."

"Why is it missing?" Wen Yanbo asked calmly.

"The people on Shangjing Road are still far from Zhongjing Road. Even if they want to raid, they have to wipe out the Liao army on Shangjing Road first." This is the analysis of a general.

A prime minister and a general, seemed very powerful, but the student said calmly: "It's not just about going to the capital. Yelu Hongji is a man who is very fond of merit, but has a small aura, and is good at suspicion. We have pondered his words and deeds over the years and summarized some..."

Damn!

What does this mean?

The ministers were a little confused.

"In the past five years, Yelu Hongji's number of ministers has been rising, from the middle to the upper level, and has been cleaning upwards. Why? My ministers and others have discovered one thing, that is, the palace. Yelu Hongji has changed almost all the people in the palace. Why is this?"

The students smiled, "I have determined that Yelu Hongji is afraid of his queen and prince."

"I have known about this matter for a long time." Wen Yanbo shook his head, feeling that this analysis was not nutritious.

"Yes, but I found a message." The student said: "Three months ago, someone in the royal family made a frustration for Xiao Guanyin, and then three people were killed."

"This matter..." Wen Yanbo felt something was wrong.

But there are really too many news, and it is impossible to sort it out one by one and then analyze it.

The student said confidently, "This is a sign of cleaning, but because the Song Dynasty began the northern expedition, Yelu Hongji dared not take action at this time, otherwise the backyard would catch fire. But he liked to be suspicious, so he would definitely worry that someone in the royal family colluded with Xiao Guanyin to rebel, so... the most was 300,000."
To be continued...