Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Your Majesty, who is this who made such treasonous remarks to you? The crime should be punished! Your Majesty! Chanzhou City is connected from north to south, only the Yellow River divides it. At this time, the northern city of Chanzhou can be seen. Standby, no one at the frontier knows about His Majesty's personal conquest. If His Majesty is on a southern tour at this time, within a day, there will be rumors that His Majesty has abandoned the capital and retreated south. In the city, if you patrol the south, the morale of our soldiers from all walks of life in the Song Dynasty will be greatly reduced. At that time, the soldiers will flee in all directions, and the Liao people will chase after you. I am afraid that you will be captured by the Liao bandits if you can't even reach Jinling ! Your Majesty! The honor and disgrace of the Song Dynasty, the country and the country are all in your Majesty's mind!"

Zhenzong was speechless after hearing this, and sat on the chair without saying a word.

On the other side, Kou Zhun also sent a fast horse to deliver a letter to Chanzhou. Defang was upset when he received the report. Li Jilong said, "My lord, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty is already in the south city of Chanzhou, but he ordered the army to stop. What should we do?"

"Your Majesty, with Kou Xiang and Gao Taiwei here, His Majesty will definitely come to the North City of Chanzhou."

"Yes" Defang nodded, "Kou Xiang said that the lonely king should write another battle report. In the heart of His Majesty, it should not be too late. The lonely king will start writing."

Defang informed Zhenzong that ten thousand infantry and cavalry had been mobilized from the Tianxiong Army to garrison Beizhou, and the recruited soldiers had gone deep into the enemy's rear. Kou Zhun, Kou Zhun immediately went to remonstrate with Zhenzong, saying that the soldiers of Chanzhou were already welcoming them, and the Liao people had the intention of retreating northward, so Zhenzong ordered the army to move out. Who knew that Zhenzong wanted to stop the army when he was approaching Chanzhou city, but It was hard to say clearly, so he asked the military officer in charge of the chariot to slow down. Gao Qiong immediately turned his horse's head and ran to Zhenzong's imperial sedan chair, pulled out his long whip and lashed at the military officer in charge of the chariot, shouting loudly, "Bold military officer! How dare you delay?" Holy driver marching northward! If you take one step too late today, hundreds of people at the border will die! If you don’t move northward quickly, I will behead you by military law!"

Zhenzong didn't dare to say anything after hearing this in the sedan chair. The military officer was whipped, and the emperor didn't speak, so he had to walk faster. Gao Qiong also knew that Zhenzong was afraid, so he said, "Your Majesty, the Eight Sage Kings and General Li have already arranged Sure enough, the Liao army was faced with difficulties to fight again. The Empress Dowager Xiao personally entered the Song Dynasty, and now she is surrounded by Your Majesty's army. As long as Your Majesty enters the city, our army's momentum will definitely increase. At that time, the Liao people will have to surrender. Your Majesty's contribution can be compared to my great Song Taizu Taizong."

When Zhenzong heard this, he felt more at ease, "Gao Taiwei is right, the emperor brother, Guo uncle and Mr. Kou are here, what do I have to worry about? Go north as soon as possible and enter Chanzhou."

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Yujia went straight to Chanzhou under the urging of Gao Qiong. Defang and Li Jilong rushed to meet him, and immediately invited Zhenzong to climb the tower. Zhenzong was reluctant at first, but he reluctantly climbed up the tower under the persuasion of everyone. It is symbolic to show the supervision of the battle. When all the soldiers saw that it was the emperor who came here, they all shouted long live, and the sound was heard for dozens of miles, with an astonishing momentum.

Since Zhenzong arrived, the Song army has fought more bravely, and Zhenzong crossed the Yellow River again and returned to the palace in the south city of Chanzhou, and sent people to investigate the situation in the north city.

On this day, Kou Zhun brought Defang into the house, and saw the table full of food and wine. Want to drink? Please set the table, what is the meaning of this?"

"My lord, I'm just retreating from the enemy."

"What? Retreat the enemy? What are you talking about?"