Chapter 695

In the imperial garden of the Song Dynasty, in the winding pavilions and pavilions, the monarch and his ministers swim together.

The king is Song Emperor Mu Zhuozhen, and the minister is Zi Pingxiu, the prime minister.

State affairs, family affairs, world affairs, both the monarch and his ministers were involved in their conversations, and the topic went back and forth. Zi Pingxiu finally brought the topic to the topic that Song Emperor Mu Zhuozhen didn't want to mention recently, "Your Majesty, the battle between Jiang Fang's men and horses and Meng Shanming , I'm still a little worried."

Mu Zhuozhen frowned slightly, "When it comes to war, the prime minister should admit that he is inferior to Luo Zhao."

The words were a bit unpleasant, because he was really tired of this topic recently, once Meng Shanming broke through the Jiang defense, the courtiers were in a commotion, and he ordered the governor Luo Zhao to retreat to intercept Meng Shanming's voice and gained the upper hand.

The court debated endlessly about this matter. One side supported Luo Zhao's decision, thinking that it was necessary to take advantage of Yan's weakness and make a quick decision to destroy Yan in one fell swoop. Both sides have reasons, but he is biased towards Luo Zhao in his heart, wanting to do great feats that no one before has done.

However, Meng Shanming's offensive once again aroused the courtiers' fear of the obscenity Meng Shanming had exerted on the Song Dynasty. Once the Jiang defense was broken, the voice of hope for a steady and steady fight immediately gained the upper hand, which made Mu Zhuozhen faintly angry.

The courtier's thoughts are selfish and seek security for fear of endangering his own interests, but he is the lord of a country!

He caught up with the shame that Yan State inflicted on Song State back then. That is his shame. Over the years, he has reused the young and vigorous Luo Zhao to sharpen the soldiers of the Song Dynasty, just for the sake of shame, there is no way to back down reason.

Fortunately, Luo Zhao persuaded the three major factions, and with the support of the three major factions, coupled with his support, he suppressed the voices of the court to fight steadily. At this time, Zi Pingxiu brought up this matter again, and he naturally felt dissatisfied. Happy.

"Yes, yes." Zi Pingxiu said humbly: "What your majesty said is that the minister is a civil servant, and the governor is a military officer. When it comes to war, the minister is definitely not as good as the governor, but those who understand war in the army still have a different opinion. Meng Shan All his life, Ming Rongma has been extremely good at fighting, and what he has gathered is his old army, and it is also the elite of Yan's troops, once the defense of the river is broken, it may endanger the entire Great Song Dynasty!"

Mu Zhuozhen: "Prime Minister, does that mean that our Jiangfang elite army is not as good as Yan Guo's elite army, or is it that our army is approaching Yanjing and still insists on withdrawing troops to give Yan State a breathing space?"

Zi Pingxiu said: "Your Majesty misunderstood, I was worried that Jiang Fang's men and horses would make mistakes in dealing with Meng Shanming."

Mu Zhuozhen: "The situation is obvious, Meng Shanming's food and grass are limited, and it won't take long for him to wear down, so what is there to be afraid of?"

Zi Pingxiu: "Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case, Meng Shanming should not be underestimated. Now the six million elite troops in my country of Song have all been sent out, three million are attacking Yan, two million are defending the frontier Yan, one Millions of Chen frontier defense Korea, the country is empty, once Meng Shanming breaks away from the entanglement of Jiang Fang's troops and invades, who can stop it?"

Mu Zhuozhen: "What does the prime minister want to say?"

Zi Pingxiu didn't go around in circles anymore, he just made it clear, "General Chen Shaotong took the initiative to invite Ying, and wanted to gather some domestic troops to serve as a defense. Once Meng Shanming got rid of Jiang Fang's troops, he could try to stop the delay, so that Jiang Fang's troops would bite again. Don't let Meng Shanming drive straight in! Soldiers are weapons, and important matters of the country must be carefully guarded, and there is always nothing wrong with being cautious!"

Chen Shaotong is his son-in-law, who was pulled up by him, and also feared and excluded because of him. He can also understand, how can he monopolize the military and political power?

Mu Zhuozhen frowned slightly, and he understood that he wanted to share the credit for Mieyan. His eyes flickered slightly, and then he laughed and said: "The prime minister's words are reasonable, but I was negligent. In this way, the prime minister will propose this matter in the court tomorrow morning." This is tantamount to agreeing.

Zi Pingxiu immediately cupped his hands and said: "I obey the order!"

In fact, both of them know very well that this is a naked transaction. Luo Zhao is fighting ahead at the will of your emperor. I can help you settle the obstacles in the court, but I will also get a share of the benefits.

To a certain extent, Zi Pingxiu is also the next best thing. Since the general trend cannot be changed, he has no choice but to follow the trend. It is impossible for others to be vigorous. If he can't even hear a sound, then he, the prime minister Wouldn't it be a decoration?

On the battlefield, it might be what Luo Zhao said, but Zi Pingxiu's influence in the court is very important. As long as Chen Shaotong contributes, how much credit this power will turn into will be judged by the court.

And this little compromise Mu Zhuozhen is also willing to accept, as long as his goal can be achieved, it doesn't matter to give Chen Shaotong some benefits.

The monarchs and ministers looked at each other and smiled, Mo Gao, the chief executive not far away, chatted with the person who presented the report, but his expression changed drastically, he turned around with big strides, and said abruptly in front of Mu Zhuozhen: "Your Majesty... "The lips trembled, and it was difficult to spit out the following words.

Mu Zhuozhen knew right from his reaction, looked at the report he held up in both hands, and couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "What's wrong?"

Mo Gao bowed and lifted the report, and said in a trembling voice: "The Jiang Fang army is completely annihilated!"

"What?" Mu Zhuozhen and Zi Pingxiu said in unison, both paled with shock and shocked.

Zi Pingxiu stretched out his hand and almost snatched the report to read, but fortunately he stopped at the critical moment and withdrew his hand, sweating a little in his heart, and quickly turned to face the emperor and bowed.

Mu Zhuo really didn't notice this at all, he snatched the report, quickly opened it to check, looked at it, his hands trembled, his face was pale, and his whole body was on the verge of falling.

"Your Majesty!" Mo Gao and Zi Pingxiu were shocked, and they rushed to support him.

"Jiang Fang's two million elites are gone, just like this?" Mu Zhuozhen, who was dumb for a while, finally let out a voice of grief and indignation, "The whole army was wiped out, how is it possible? How could this be, how could this be? Luo Zhao, Luo Zhao, you I am so disappointed!"

He is very clear about what the two million Jiangfang troops mean in such a situation. The loss of the two million Jiangfang troops means that the entire Song Kingdom will face the rampage of Meng Shanming's troops.

"Your Majesty!" Zi Pingxiu asked, and asked for the report to check. After reading it, he was terrified, and lamented in his heart, Luo Zhao, Luo Zhao, this time you really became the eternal sinner of Song Dynasty!

He was not gloating at this time, but Luo Zhao took away nearly half of the elite troops of the Song Kingdom, and now it would be difficult to get back, as the long-distance water could not quench the near-thirst. It was too late for the one million elite troops in the northwest to withdraw, and they did not dare to withdraw if they could. It was to guard against South Korea.

Yan State has reached this point, there is still a large army in the north to guard against South Korea, Song State really wants to transfer the one million elites away, no one is guarding the border, the interior is empty and Meng Shanming is raging, you can use your butt to think who South Korea will attack, Could it be that South Korea can go to fight with the people in the north of Yan State without picking it up easily and cheaply?

So the heavy troops in the northwest cannot be withdrawn, but who can stop Meng Shanming's army in the country now?

Luo Zhao has three million elites in his hands, but he wants to sit back and watch the Song Kingdom suffer catastrophe. How can he not become the sinner of the Song Kingdom through the ages? Who in the court would dare to speak for Luo Zhao?

He can imagine that Luo Zhao's wisdom these years has been completely planted in Meng Shanming's hands!

Zi Pingxiu tightened his wrist in a daze, looked up and found that His Majesty the Emperor had grabbed his wrist, and said earnestly: "What the Prime Minister said before really became a prophecy, we can see the prime minister's lesson, Chen Shaotong led the army. It is ready now, and the courtiers will not disagree, Cheng Que immediately asked Chen Shaotong to rush to the emergency, waiting for Luo Zhao to lead the army back to help!"

"..." Zi Pingxiu hesitated to speak, his stomach was full of remorse, and he wished to slap himself twice. This time is too good to say, let's not talk about it sooner or later, but at this time, he came to the emperor to mention this matter , even if it is mentioned a little later, it's okay now, I shot myself in the foot with a stone.

The crux of the matter is, two million elite troops can't stop Meng Shanming, and his son-in-law is entangled with some mobs who are worthy of fighting Meng Shanming? Isn't this looking for shit with a lantern?

His own son-in-law was also proposed by himself. Once Chen Shaotong is defeated, he has no place to shirk his responsibilities, and he must be dragged into the water together!

How can he agree to this?

However, on military and state affairs, you have no jokes, and you also have no jokes before you. Some words cannot be taken back.

Mu Zhuozhen looked at the prime minister with sincere anticipation. Of course, he knew that the prime minister had managed a lot of power over the years. At this time, he was going to force the prime minister to use up all his energy to deal with the emergency.

Zi Pingxiu was dumb for a while, his old face was dull, he had driven himself to a dead end, he couldn't refuse, and he was cursing the eighteenth generation of his ancestors in his heart.

The defeat was too sudden, the defeat was too fast, and the defeat caught people off guard, and it threw him, the prime minister, into the pit.

In the end, he could only accept the order with difficulty: "I obey the order!"

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The Song army, which was approaching Yanjing, was still advancing. Under the tree beside the road, Luo Zhao was crumbling after receiving the battle report.

Thinking of the situation Song State will face, of the foreseeable pressure in the court, of the strategy he has put in so much effort that will fall short, and of his fame throughout his life, Luo Zhao suddenly grabbed his heart tightly, suffering from severe angina.

Unfortunately, as expected, Meng Shanming really attacked with water, hoping that his last hope was shattered because of his wrong judgment. The emergency order sent to Jiang Fang's troops here was still a step behind, and Jiang Fang's army was wiped out!

"Great Governor!" Su Yuanbai supported him, and was about to cast a spell to regulate his breath.

Luo Zhao, who had black eyes and a sweet throat, was already furious, "Pfft!" A mouthful of blood could not be held back, and spurted out.

"Great Governor!" Everyone exclaimed.

After emergency rescue, Luo Zhao, who was being helped to lie under a tree, finally came to his senses. The first words that appeared to him as if he was dying were, "Order the vanguard to speed up the march. After breaking through Yanjing, no dogs or dogs will be left behind, and the city will be slaughtered! To save me." Great Song people's morale!"

The reason is very simple, Meng Shanming leveled the two million elites of the Song State, and the Song State leveled the capital of the Yan State, and they can fight without losing money!

The key is that in this way, he can also give an explanation to the court of the Song Dynasty, otherwise he would go back empty-handed without achieving any purpose, and put the Song Dynasty in such a dangerous situation. ? He really couldn't explain to the court.

He could imagine that the imperial court would force him to withdraw his troops and return to aid, even the emperor would force him, so he wanted to take Yanjing before that!