I was the richest man in Da Song

Chapter 89
Unlike Xiao Talin who was trusted by the empress dowager, the generals of the Song Dynasty were all restrained by civil servants, and they were always restrained.

"Your Majesty, Fu Qian has been deployed on the East Road to report." Now that Wang Qin is the prime minister, all memorials will go through his hands first.

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"Fu Qianyan said that the Liao army attacked the city for several days and submerged with the whole army to fight and repel the Liao army many times. However, the danger of Yingzhou is no longer outside but inside. Seven or eight out of ten generals of the Tianxiong Army's Polu Army came from Yang Yanzhao Under the account, these generals and chief officers refused to carry out military orders, and there were assassins from the Yang family who secretly assassinated them!"

"So Yang Yanzhao has the heart of disobedience?" Chen Pengnian said.

"My minister, please remove Yang Yanzhao and let Fu Qian take over the armed forces!"

Zhao Heng frowned. They were thousands of miles away and could only judge the situation in Yingzhou based on the memorial.

"Kou Qing, what do you mean?"

Now that the two armies are at war, the privy envoy is the No. 1 general, so Kou Zhun's opinion is naturally very important.

"Your Majesty, I also have several reports here."

"Shi Pu Yang Wenguang reprimanded Fu Qian for refusing to save Zhulu Yingzhou reinforcements"

"Fan Ting, a veteran of the Tianxiong Army, reprimanded Fu Qian for being timid and fearful of fighting, which delayed the opportunity of the war"

"Fu Qian's biggest task is to guard Yingzhou, as long as he defends Yingzhou, it is a great achievement." Someone argued for Fu Qian.

"If Yingzhou is defended, is it worth it to sit and watch the 10,000+ army on Hedong Road be wiped out by the Liao army?" Kou Zhun glared.

"As long as Yingzhou is not lost, the Liao army will retreat. Besides, hasn't Fu Qian sent Fan Tingzhao to rescue?"

After a lot of verbal confrontation, Kou Zhun couldn't resist these people's eloquent gossip, and Kou Zhun's pressure in the court increased greatly without Li Hang Xiang Minzhong.

At the critical moment, Wu Bingzheng stood up again and kicked the censor who had the most fierce debate just now.

"The Liao army will retreat by itself? Idiots! It's autumn now, and the Liao army is plundering Guannan to support the war. Why do you need Yingzhou? The purpose of the Liao army is to besiege Yingzhou and destroy all the reinforcements so that there will be no more Song troops on the east road!"

Wu Bingzheng was once a vanguard under Emperor Taizong's banner, and his sensitivity to the battle situation is certainly not comparable to this group of censors who can only bark.

"Wu Zhongcheng's big fight in the court hall is so decent," Wang Qinruo shouted.

"Wang Qinruo, don't stare at me. I have tolerated you for a long time. Didn't you want to find a chance to kick me out of the court and take over the power alone? It doesn't matter if such a dirty court is not waiting, Your Majesty, I will return to the old man."

Wu Bingzheng was so impatient, he took off his official hat and put it on the ground.

Zhao Heng, of course you know that although Wu Bingzheng has a violent temper, he is loyal to himself, and now he is in a dilemma.

"Urgent report from the border, the Gaoyang Pass guard will be defeated and the entire army will be wiped out!"

"Urgent report at the border, Mozhou has fallen!"

"Urgent report from the frontier, Shi Zi was captured by the Liao army in Langshan Town, and the Liao army plundered the Qi, Zhao, and Xing prefectures."

"Baozhou Falls"

"Yunzhou Falls"

"Front border urgent report, Fu Qian ordered Fan Tingzhao to lead an army of [-] to fight in the wilderness with [-] of the Liao army. General Fan... died for the country!"

The six urgent reports in a row were all news of the Song army's defeat. Those who were still planning to ask for credit for Fu Qian were also stunned. Could it be that Kou Zhun's words became a prophecy?
"Your Majesty, Old General Fan was a mighty general when he was young, but this veteran who survived many battles was forced to die by Fu Qian."

"Yang Yanzhao sent eight urgent letters asking Fu Qian to go out of the city to fight the Liao army, but Fu Qian did not reply to one. Now Zhending and Zhongshan are full of enemy cavalry. Except for the largest Taiyuan Mansion, the cities on East Road have basically fallen into the Liao army. hands!"

Zhao Heng was a little dizzy sitting on the dragon chair. Hedong Road is only a hundred miles away from Kaifeng City. Once Kaifeng City is lost, it will become a dangerous city.

The envoys he sent were sent back without even seeing Xiao Chuo and Yelu Longxu. He also understood that what the Liao Kingdom wanted was Sanguan, what they wanted was the Song Dynasty!

"Didn't you say that as long as I cede the three passes and dismiss Li Hang and Xiang Minzhong, they can retreat?" Zhao Heng asked.

Wang Qinruo, Chen Pengnian and the others fell to their knees tremblingly.

"I don't ask the crime, I just ask you what to do now, who can give me an idea"

"In order to avoid the edge for the time being, the only plan now is to move the capital, and I ask His Majesty to move the capital to Jinling. Jinling has the king's spirit and will be able to recover the lost land by reorganizing the army in the future," Wang Qinruo said.

"My minister thought that the capital could be moved to Chengdu. Since the terrain of Gushu is difficult to defend and difficult to attack, the Liao army will definitely not be able to attack," Chen Yaosou said.

Moving the capital to Chengdu wanted to rely on the natural danger of the Yangtze River to resist the Liao army. Chen Yaosou felt that the Yangtze River was not safe and wanted to go to the land of Shu surrounded by mountains.

"Move the capital? Thanks to the fact that you are the important ministers of my court, you can say such a thing. What about the 170 million people in Kaifeng City? Are you going to abandon them?" Kou Zhun asked.

"Your Majesty's safety comes first at this time."

"I think what you care about is not His Majesty's safety, but your own fear of death. I didn't expect you to be the prime minister of the dynasty. I didn't expect to make such a foolish statement."

The two court prime ministers, one civil and one military, unexpectedly started arguing in public.

"Then what do you say?"

"Your Majesty, I invite you to personally conquer!"

"Wang Dan, what do you think?"

Wang Dan was considered a maverick in the imperial court. He was a Jinshi and a member of the Privy Council until now, and he never had contact with Wang Qinruo, nor did he have contact with Li Hang.

"Your Majesty, moving the capital easily is an act of subjugation, and it must not be like this," Wang Dan said.

"Could it be true that you really want to go to the royal conquest?" Zhao Heng himself was a little uncertain.

"The old man also invites His Majesty to drive you personally."

Outside the court hall, an old woman leaned on a dragon head staff, her head of white hair was tied into a bun with a golden hairpin. Although she was a woman, she walked like a dragon and walked like a tiger.

"Old Madam, why did you go to court?"

"Meet the old lady"

Even the two prime ministers, civil and military, saluted the old matriarch, and the emperor Zhao Heng stood up to greet him.

"I have also heard about the things in the east of the river. Although the current war is not good in my Great Song Dynasty, the emperors of the three dynasties have given benevolent government to the people in the east of the river. Why are you afraid of Khitan?" Zhe Taijun's words were sonorous and forceful.

Zhao Heng held the dragon chair tightly with his hand, and finally made up his mind.

"Passing down the decree of the formation, Wang Danquan is in charge of staying behind in Kaifeng City, and is responsible for handling all affairs. Kou Zhun was promoted to be in charge of Zhongshumen and the Privy Envoy of the Political Affairs Hall, and he will accompany me to the expedition!"

"Long live my emperor..."

Standing in the court hall, Wang Qinruo was at a loss for what to do. He had been cut down from his original post after less than a month in office!

"Master Kou, what should we do now?" Zhao Heng asked.

"Right now, General Shi Baoxing of the Weilu Army and Tian Fubin, the guard of Dingyang Pass, are besieged by the Liao army. The most urgent task is to send troops to rescue them. So I sent a letter to urge Fu Qian to go to battle."

The emperor's personal conquest was not a big deal in the Song Dynasty. The emperors of the two dynasties Taizu and Taizong even mounted their horses to kill the enemy. Not to mention the series of defeats of Emperor Taizong. None of the younger generations can match it.

It is estimated that Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi brothers did not expect that they created a dynasty in bloody battles for decades, but the children and grandchildren of the younger generations are not as good as one litter.

(End of this chapter)