The human and material evidence are all there, and the commissioner of the criminal department is only going through the procedure when he comes. The man with the scar identified Yan Zhigang on the spot, and then the commissioner of the Criminal Department announced in the lobby that Yan Zhigang would be deprived of his official position and his home would be raided.

In the end, he was sent to the prison of Kaifeng Mansion to await trial.

Yan Zhigang's family is missing, and some of his property cannot be found. But that's a later story, so let's not mention it for now.

Besides, on Tang Ning's side, the dust has settled, and the Criminal Department escorted Yan Zhigang back to Tokyo City, and Tang Ning also left the Daimyo's Mansion.

An Dake went out of the city to see him off, and after Tang Ning said goodbye to An Dake, he returned to the Zhenguo army that was advancing at a rapid pace.

Zhao Tong pestered Tang Ning and asked him to tell him about the events during this time. Tang Ning had no choice but to tell Zhao Yan like this, like this.

Zhao Yan listened with relish, and finally made a conclusion.

"If Yan Zhigang couldn't be greedy, then there wouldn't be such a thing. If you can't afford to be greedy, you won't find out about it.

So, in the end, greed is the original sin. ”

Tang Ning smiled: "Everyone knows that greed is the original sin, but everyone is born and dies for greed. It's a dead end, and desire never goes out of people's minds.

Even the Buddha had a desire for the purity of his six roots. ”

Zhao Yan seemed to have gained something from these words, and he rode on his horse and thought about it for several days.

After Downing returned, there was no need for the army to continue to advance at a rapid pace. Go directly to Ruzhou at full speed, ready to take Ruzhou from the hands of the Liao.

Half a month later, the army arrived in Ruzhou.

The Liao State had previously engaged in a million-level battle with the Jin State in Tianling, and in the end, the Liao army won by a narrow margin, defeating the Jin army and winning a respite for itself.

But this does not mean that the Liao people can sit back and relax, the Song people are still staring at the sixteen states of Yanyun and drooling.

Therefore, the Liao State mobilized 300,000 heavy troops to deploy in the only remaining western region of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, with obvious intentions - if you come, you will not have good fruits to eat.

However, Tang Ning had already made up his mind, even if it was a war, he must take back the remaining eight states.

While Zhao Xu was still alive, Tang Ning hoped that Zhao Xu could bring the good news that the sixteen states of Yanyun had returned to the Great Song Dynasty and go to see his ancestors and ancestors under the Nine Springs.

He was a good emperor, and he deserved this victory.

The Liao State had already lost a huge number of troops in the Battle of Tianling, and the 300,000 people stationed in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were, to put it bluntly, temporary conscripted people, and even women.

Their regular army still had to guard against the Jin army, because the Jin army, which had detected the movements of the Song army, was also ready to take advantage of the Liao State to regain their lost advantage when it had no time to look eastward.

In order to prevent this from happening, Yelu Dashi, the commander of the defenders of the eight states in the west of the sixteen states of Yanyun, transferred about 150,000 troops from each state to advance to Ruzhou, striving to block the route of the Zhenguo army's advance in Ruzhou.

The scouts brought the news to Tang Ning from all directions, and after some thought and discussion, Tang Ning decided to continue the march.

If the Liao people want to fight in Confucianism, then fight in Confucianism.

Give them a head-on blow when they're at their most confident. In this way, their so-called defense will naturally be self-defeating. Wherever the Zhenguo army goes, it will bring victory.

Seeing that a big battle was about to start in Ruzhou City, a sudden bad news made the Zhenguo army have to stop.

"......" Tang Ning sat in the tent, and there was a row of people standing in front of him.

Zhao Li, Shen Qian, Yang Yingzheng, Fang La, Chong Jianzhong, Wang Shunchen, Liang Zhen, Xiao Shi, Wu Dazhuang...... Wait, almost all the officers and officers who can be ranked in the Zhenguo Army are gathered in the tent at this time.

Zhao Yan already knew what the news was, and his heart was sad and his eyes were red.

The others were confused, they didn't understand why it was good, so the commander ordered the march to be stopped.

"......" Tang Ning had a letter in front of him, his face was expressionless, and he couldn't see what was going on in his heart.

Shen Qian still couldn't hold it back, and opened his mouth and said: "Dashuai, what's the matter, you said, you're just stunned here, it's not a thing." ”

"......" Tang Ning opened his mouth, unable to say a word.

He stood up silently and slowly reached out to pick up the letter. Then he walked around the table and walked over to the gods. She slapped the letter on his chest and pressed it twice.

Shenqian stretched out his hand to hold down the letter, and Tang Ning withdrew his hand tremblingly, and walked out of the tent without looking back.

Qi Fu and Lin Wei looked at each other, Tang Ning hadn't spoken since he saw the letter, and the two of them didn't know what was going on.

But Tang Ning's state was obviously a little abnormal, and the two were worried about Tang Ning's safety, so they immediately chased out.

"God, what is written in the letter?" Xiao Shi asked impatiently: "Calling us here and not saying anything, what does he mean?" ”

Shen Qian looked down at the letter, and halfway through it, his hands trembled.

"Official...... The official family ......" Shenqian gritted his teeth and said: "The official family is dead!" ”

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“……”

Zhao Yan finally couldn't help it, and cried out.

There was a light rain in the sky at the right time, Tang Ning looked up at the cloudy sky, and the Zhenguo army in a foreign country was afraid that he would receive an order to go back soon.

As it turned out, Downing's guess was correct.

Two days later, outside the city of Ruzhou.

The previous letter only told the Zhenguo army to stop its advance, but after the rain that day, Tang Ning ordered to continue its advance towards the city of Ruzhou.

Today, the Zhenguo army outside the city of Ruzhou has placed three cannons, preparing to carry out a quick attack on the city of Ruzhou.

However, an angel arrived from the city of Tokyo and brought with him the decree of the new emperor.

He asked Tang Ning to immediately lead the army to retreat and return to Kaifeng Mansion to wait.

From this holy decree, Tang Ning knew that the successor must be Zhao Ji.

If it was someone else, then it must be Zhang Dian who assisted him. Zhang Duan would not make such a half-decision, not to mention that he was a staunch main fighter.

He believes that with the current military strength of the Great Song Dynasty, it will not be difficult to deal with Liao, Jin, and Xia at the same time.

However, the war did not continue, so it must have been Zhao Ji, who was supported by the Lord and faction, who succeeded to the throne.

It's a pity, it's only one step away.

Tang Ning looked at the beardless angel arrogantly pointing fingers at him, and he couldn't get angry.

From learning the news of Zhao Xu's death to today, he has only said three sentences in total. One is to send an order to the generals and move on. One sentence is to pull out the general's cannon, listen to my instructions, and prepare to bombard Ruzhou City.

The third sentence is that the minister Tang Ning received the order.

Now he has a fourth sentence: "Fire!" ”

He was not reconciled, he was not reconciled at all. It was not that he was ridden on the head by this eunuch and pointed at him, but that he resented Zhao Xu.

Just give him two more months...... No, a month! As long as he is given another month, he will be able to recover all the eight western states.

This Zhao Xu, this bastard, he rushed to reincarnate and left so early...... Can't he last another month?

"Fire?!" The eunuch couldn't believe his ears: "The slave heard me right, Danyang Hou." You just said firing guns?

The holy decree said that it was not allowed to contact the Liao people, and immediately the class teacher returned to ......the court, "Before the words fell, Tang Ning, who had endured him for a long time, punched him in the nose.

The eunuch was overwhelmed by Tang Ning's long-planned punch, and suddenly his nose bleeded, and he screamed strangely, and lay on the ground.

Zhao Yan glanced at Tang Ning, sighed, and stepped forward to support the unlucky eunuch who was used as a punching bag by Tang Ning.

"Da Shuai ......" Liang Zhen, who is now the chief of artillery, is a little entangled.

"Do you still think I'm handsome?" Tang Ning sneered, looked at Liang Zhen with cold eyes, and said, "When does my order need to be given a second time?" ”

Liang Zhen felt uncomfortable all over, he felt as if he was being aimed at a large general cannon.

So he didn't say a word, and immediately turned around and ordered the general to reload and fire.

The angel did not come alone, he was not a military eunuch, and even if he was a military eunuch, he needed to be guarded.

However, those guards were afraid of Downing's name, and no one dared to move when they saw the angel being beaten.

There was only one person, and he said angrily: "Tang Ning! The angel came on behalf of the official family, and you attacked the angel for no reason, and disobeyed the holy decree, you are a ruler without a king! Are you going to rebel?! ”

Hearing the word rebellion, the expressions of all the Zhenguo Army officers and soldiers present changed slightly.

Tang Ning glanced at him and said coldly: "I know you, I have seen you beside His Royal Highness King Duan, your name is Tong Guan, right?"

Take him down for me, don't beat him to death, keep your breath, His Royal Highness King Duan likes what he likes very much. ”

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