Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

Seeing this, Defang sighed in his heart, stepped down from the general's platform, and helped Tian Min up, "All the soldiers are still loyal to the Song Dynasty after undergoing such great changes. As a member of the royal family, how can I retreat from the enemy? This king has joined forces with General Li and Yuan Yuan. The generals deliberated and decided to send troops to fight against the Liao invaders, recover the lost land, and save tens of thousands of people."

Tian Min looked at Defang, "My lord, you...are you defying orders and deceiving the emperor by doing this?"

"Even so, this king will never regret making this decision. If the court convicts, this king will bear it all."

"My lord, do you really decide to do this?"

Defang waved his hand, and Shan En presented the armor, "Everyone, this is my king's armor. I will wear it to fight the enemy with you, and I will never take a step back in Dingzhou!"

Tian Min looked at Defang, "My lord, you are the son of the late emperor. Today, the eight virtuous kings, royal nobles, have a high status. If you resist the order and deceive the emperor, you will commit a capital crime."

"If the family and the country are not protected and the enemy is humiliated, what joy is there in life? If you go out to fight against the enemy and protect the people, what is there to fear in death?" De Fang patted the officer on the shoulder, "This king will fight shoulder to shoulder with everyone, the people of Liao If you want to take Dingzhou, then step on the body of this king! This king will live and die with Dingzhou!"

"My lord..."

"Everyone of the Jingsai Army," De Fang said to everyone, "I have written to the imperial court. From today onwards, the salaries of the soldiers of the Jingsai Army will be doubled, and their ranks will be promoted by one level. If they can repel the Liao invaders, they will share Land property and housing, tax reduction and exemption for five years, three generations of blood relatives can be appointed by the family, and those who quit the cavalry due to war injuries and disabilities will be sent by the imperial court to take care of them.”

Defang took the golden mace in Jiajun's hand and raised it up, "This is the golden mace bestowed by Emperor Taizu. Today, the king made an oath under the golden mace, and the court will make an order to treat everyone favorably. If the oath is false, the king is willing to die under the golden mace. !"

Tian Min knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you lord! Your lord is a thousand years old!"

"My lord, a thousand years ago, a thousand years ago!" Thousands of people from the Jingsai army kowtowed, their voices were deafening.

Defang helped Tian Min up, "General Li and General Yuan have countermeasures now. I wonder if you are also prepared?"

"My lord! I'm ready to fight anytime!"

"Okay!" Defang nodded, turned around and said, "Two generals, this king ordered you to deploy soldiers immediately!"

"The end will be ordered!"

Li Jilong and Yuan Jizhong immediately set out to deploy troops, and they only divided the more than ten thousand defenders into two divisions. The thousand cavalry was led by Li Jilong, and the nine thousand infantry, archers, and spearmen were led by Defang and Yuan Jizhong. Defang and Yuan Jizhong adopted Li Jilong's suggestion, Contact Zhenzhou to deploy Guo Shouwen for reinforcements. On the one hand, secretly send [-] ambush troops on the north bank of the Tang River. When the Liao army crosses the river, they will kill them from behind. He rushed directly into the formation of the Liao army, attacked the unprepared by surprise, attacked from inside and outside, and defeated the Liao bandits.

In the early morning of the next day, the Liao army really came to invade. The [-] troops spread out, banners and drums were like thunder, and Defang in Dingzhou camp was looking at the map with Li Jilong and Yuan Jizhong. ! Your lord, general, the Liao army has already lined up at Tanghe."

"It came so fast," Defang said, "Fortunately, I made a decision yesterday, otherwise I would be besieged and trapped today."

Li Jilong asked, "Do you know who the Liao general is?"

"Back to the general, brother Yeluxiu, the leader of the Liao Army."

"Brother Yeluxiu!" Li Jilong clenched his fists, "This time I will definitely make you look good!"