Chapter 1413

After the soldiers heard the news, everyone was very excited and expressed their willingness to fight to the death.

Zhao Guangyi, who was in Kyoto, did not know about the great changes at the border.

At this time, Zhao Guangyi was thinking about one thing, which was the appointment of the prime minister.

Zhao Pu has served as prime minister three times. Zhao Guangyi wanted to reuse Lu Mengzheng, but worried that his qualifications were too young.

Therefore, Zhao Guangyi reappointed Zhao Pu, hoping that he could set an example for Lu Mengzheng.

Seeing that Lu Meng was upright and straightforward, Zhao Pu couldn't help but be impressed by his virtue, so the two of them acted in unison and their relationship was very close.

The deputy privy envoy Zhao Changyan worked hand in hand with Hu Dan, Zhai Ying and others. Zhao Changyan once asked Zhai Ying to write a letter to slander the loyal ministers at the time, and colluded with dozens of friends to elect him as prime minister.

After Zhao Pu learned of Zhao Changyan and Hu Dan's conspiracy, he and Lu Mengzheng jointly filed a petition, asking Zhao Guangyi to punish them according to law.

Zhao Guangyi was furious when he heard about it, and demoted Zhao Changyan to Chongxin Marching Sima, Hu Dan to Fangzhou regiment training deputy envoy, and sent Zhai Ying to the army.

Hou Mo and Chen, the training envoys of the Zhengzhou regiment, pretended to be gods and ghosts, and got Zhao Guangyi's favor by chance.

Zhao Guangyi couldn't bear it, so he sent them to Shangzhou.

Zhao Pu still wrote a letter requesting to kill them, Zhao Guangyi was a little annoyed: "I am the lord of the people, can't I protect even one person?"

Zhao Pu didn't give in, just kept kowtowing:

"If Your Majesty tolerates traitors, then the law will become a decoration. At that time, everyone will not abide by the law, so how can Your Majesty rule the world?"

Zhao Guangyi had no choice but to order them to be beheaded.

At that time, Chen Lili had been dispatched to Shangzhou. He thought he was favored by Zhao Guangyi, so he was still so brash.

But what he waited for was capital punishment.

On the same day, the governor of Shangzhou was ordered to execute the sentence.

After Chen Li subdued the law, the imperial court sent someone to send an imperial decree and ordered a suspended sentence.

It turned out that the messenger sent by the imperial court got stuck in the mud halfway, and by the time the messenger changed horses and rushed to Shangzhou, it was already too late.

It was also Chen who made use of the evil and deserved it.

If it wasn't for his fate, the court's second imperial decree must have saved his life.

When the soldiers and civilians in Zhengzhou heard that the two of them had been killed, everyone clapped their hands and applauded.

This is also Chen's full use of evil, and he deserves what he deserves.

If it wasn't for his fate, the court's second imperial decree must have saved his life.

When the soldiers and civilians in Zhengzhou heard that the two of them had been killed, everyone clapped their hands and applauded.

In less than ten years, the Song army and Khitan suffered numerous casualties.

The blue star, which was originally a peaceful place, turned into a field littered with corpses, bleeding for thousands of miles.

When Qin Hao and the saints created Blue Star, they also set up the underworld.

Originally, the first group of people were still alive, so there were not many ghosts in the underworld.

but!

With the dispute launched by Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi, the ghosts in the underworld are getting bigger and bigger.

And the death looks are very miserable.

Some have lost limbs, some have lost their heads, and some have only half of their bodies left.

It was miserable and terrifying.

In particular, these ghosts are not at the end of their own lifespan.

It is because of the war launched by those in power, so they are wronged.

The resentment lingered, and the whole underworld was filled with screams and howls!

In the first year of Duangong, Li Yu, Liu Yu and others had already died of illness, and only Wuyue King Qian Chu and Dingnan Jiedu Envoy Li Jipeng remained in the capital. In August of the first year of Duangong, on Qian Chu's birthday, Zhao Guangyi gave a banquet in the side hall, and Qian Chu died suddenly that night. People speculated that he died of poisoning!

Li Jipeng stayed in the capital with nothing to do. After his younger brother Li Jiqian returned to Khitan, relying on the Khitan people as his backer, he harassed the border wantonly.

Zhao Pu was afraid that Li Jipeng would leak the secrets while staying in the capital, so he wrote to Zhao Guangyi to send him back to Xiazhou to appease Li Jiqian.

Zhao Guangyi thought it made sense, so he summoned Li Jipeng to have an audience and gave him the name Zhao Baozhong.

At the same time, he was generously rewarded, ordered him to return to Xiazhou, and persuaded his younger brother to return to his sincerity.

Li Jipeng was cowardly and mediocre by nature, how could he subdue his cunning and cruel younger brother?

It was really a mistake for Zhao Guangyi to let him go back.

A few days later, the court received urgent reports from the border one after another:

The first time was the fall of Zhuozhou, the second time was the fall of Qizhou, and the third time was the fall of Xinle.

Zhao Guangyi had a sad face and complained to the officials:

"Khitan refuses to withdraw troops, and always invades the border of our Great Song Dynasty. It seems that we have to send troops to the Northern Expedition!"

Knowing the importance of the matter, Zhao Pu tried his best to persuade him: "It's already the depths of winter, so it's not convenient to go out. First order the border guards to defend the city, and it won't be too late to raise troops when spring comes next year!"

After hearing his words, Zhao Guangyi was hesitant, and Wang Yucheng, Youshiyi, also wrote a letter to support his proposal, which generally meant to recuperate and fight again in the next year.

In the seventh month of the second year of Duangong, the Khitan marched again and captured Yizhou.

Zhao Guangyi once again convened hundreds of officials to discuss countermeasures. Most of the ministers advocated stationing troops on guard, and it is not appropriate to confront the Khitan head-on.

At that time, Song Qi, the Tongping Zhangshi, had been dismissed, but was later promoted to Minister of the Ministry of officials.

Song Qi is from Youzhou and knows everything about the frontier like the back of his hand.

He and Li Fang wrote a letter together, suggesting that Zhao Guangyi and Khitan should repair each other and not use force easily.

After many times of persuasion by the officials, Zhao Guangyi finally canceled the plan of the Northern Expedition, and only ordered the side generals to stick to the fortress and use defense as an offense.

The Khitan heard that the Song Dynasty did not dare to send troops, so they led the army to attack again.

The imperial court ordered Li Jilong, the magistrate of Dingzhou, to send 10,000 troops to escort food, grass and military equipment, so as to strengthen the army!

After hearing the news, Brother Yeluxiu led tens of thousands of elite soldiers and cavalry, preparing to intercept the Song army on the way.

Yin Jilun, the inspector of the northern capital, led the patrol, and happened to meet Yeluxiu's army, so he hurriedly led the army to hide in the woods.

Brother Yeluxiu saw that Yin Jilun's men were few and it was not worth fighting, so he simply treated them as air and let them escape, while he still led his troops south.

After Yin Jilun and other Khitan soldiers passed by, the soldiers under his opponent said one after another:

"The Khitan people are really deceitful! They obviously despise our army's few generals, so they ignore it. If they return from victory, they will definitely come back to attack our army.

For the current plan, it is better to burn the boat and sneak behind them. They will attack forward with all their heart, and they will definitely ignore the rear team. We took advantage of their unpreparedness and hit them head-on. If you win, you can still make meritorious deeds; if you can't win, even if you die in battle, you can be regarded as a loyal and righteous man serving the country~, it is better than being slaughtered by Khitan thieves, what do you think? "

After hearing this, the sergeants were very excited, and finally had the opportunity to make contributions, and they all shouted in unison: "I will obey my orders!"