The ministers were in an uproar, Bao Zheng's words were a bit excessive, even if Su Jin died in battle, he would be loyal to the country, but because of this, he said that he would not save him when he saw death, which was too much of a rhetoric, let alone threatening him with resignation.

"Master Bao, you are acting rashly, the emperor is here, what do you mean by such words? Are you loyal to the emperor or to Su Jin? Zhang Yaozuo keenly grasped the loophole in Bao Zheng's words and launched an attack in time.

Bao Zheng stepped forward and stared at Zhang Yaozuo, Zhang Yaozuo, who was oppressed by his tall body, raised his head to dodge, and sprayed Zhang Yaozuo with a spitting star: "Villain, what qualifications do you have to point fingers?" We are talking about the life and death of important ministers of the state, and you are a mediocre speculator, a clown, who is qualified to talk about it here? ”

"You, Bao Zheng, you are too presumptuous." Zhang Yaozuo's face turned red, and Bao Zheng said that he was a mediocre speculator, which meant that he was promoted by relying on the pillow style of his cousin and nephew Zhang Guifei, which was what Zhang Yaozuo hated the most.

"Bao Zheng, Hugh is presumptuous." Zhao Zhen said majestically.

Bao Zheng said: "Is what the minister said wrong? What is Zhang Yaozuo's ability to enter the room in court? The day before yesterday, the emperor revealed the intention of letting him enter the center, but the ministers would never agree; The position of the court official is not reserved for speculative villains, but to shoulder the righteousness and benefit the world, not a casual gift; Today's minister's speech may be too intense, but the minister's words are all from the public heart, the emperor can condemn me, I Bao Zhengning is a minister, not a Weinuo generation. ”

Zhao Zhen is angry, Bao Zheng is stinky and hard, the reason why he let him be the middle of the imperial history is to take a fancy to him, but it also adds a lot of troubles to himself, if there is something out of line in his words and deeds, this Bao Zheng will also point it out mercilessly, making him very embarrassed; In order to show his tolerance and acceptance of the benevolent style, Zhao Zhen could only endure it, and squeezed out a smile from his face.

"I know that Bao Aiqing is patriotic, but what we are talking about today is about fighting Liao, how can it be related to Zhang Aiqing's tenure?"

Bao Zheng said: "The minister just wants the emperor to know how difficult it is for the country to become a pillar?" The prosperity of the past dynasties can't help but need the Ming monarch and have good ministers, and now there are good ministers, how can they abandon it? Lord Su led his troops to fight hard in the Liao Kingdom, and I didn't wait to do something as soon as possible to show support, but on the contrary, I hesitated, is this right? ”

With Bao Zheng's words not afraid, the ministers began to show their hearts one after another, and the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty, who had been cultivated by the sage book, naturally started from the perspective of human nature and morality, and advocated that they could not watch Su Jin's army die out in Liaojing.

Seeing this, Zhang Yaozuo and others chose to shut up, Zhang Yaozuo's goal is actually very clear, he is to let Su Jin die in Liao, because after Yan Shu Zhishi, Su Jin will be the most powerful contender for the phase, and no one in the court except Su Jin can compete with him; Moreover, Zhang Yaozuo also learned through the pillow wind in the harem that Zhao Zhen was not as favored by Su Jin as he appeared at all, which gave him great confidence, so today he tried his best to be alarmist, and said that Bianliang was in danger to prevent and delay the army's counterattack.

But he didn't expect Su Jin's prestige in the court to be so high, and the ministers were so ignorant of promotion, turning a blind eye to him, the future prime minister, Zhang Yaozuo hated it so much that he could only secretly record everyone's words and deeds, thinking about liquidating it after he ascended to the throne in the future.

Zhao Zhen understands that it is time to make a statement, at this time, he must not only express his position, but also have a resolute attitude and a high posture: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am really pleased today, I think if Su Aiqing learns about today's situation, he will also be grateful; I had already made up my mind to counterattack, but I didn't expect you Aiqing and I to hit it off, I told Huang Peisheng in private, even if Bianliang was lost, what if it was lost? Su Jin must be rescued, he is a great hero of my Great Song Dynasty, and he led the Northern Expedition regardless of life and death, my Great Song Dynasty will never abandon him, even if he is not Su Jin, but any Aiqing in my Great Song Dynasty, I will give priority to his life and death. ”

Except for Yan Shu, Du Yan, Xia Zhu, Fan Zhongyan and others, the officials were almost in tears, and the emperor could say such a thing, whether it was true or not, it was enough to make them grateful.

"Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Di Qing, the three of you immediately rush back to the defense line and prepare for a counterattack, the three divisions need to immediately replenish cotton clothes, grain and grass and other materials, and as soon as the time comes, they will immediately report to me and fight to the death with the Liao." Zhao Zhen said loudly.

Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, and Di Qing were the commanders of the redivided Song Army's left middle road, Fan Zhongyan led the whole army, and Han Qi and Di Qing were deputy commanders.

"Obey your orders!"

"However, Emperor Qiqi, the preparations for the counterattack have already been made, and the cotton grain of the three divisions has already been in place, so the emperor has given an order." Fan Zhongyan said in a deep voice.

Zhao Zhen couldn't wait to kick Fan Zhongyan's face with wrinkles, how much he wanted to delay a little longer, hoping to launch it after the snow, that would have a better chance of winning, but the damn thing is that Fan Zhongyan and the others obviously don't give themselves an excuse to delay, and the military food and military clothes of the third division have already been allocated, which shows that Fan Zhongyan and Yan Shu have already reached an agreement on the attack, and it is ridiculous that they also held a court meeting to discuss this matter, and today's result was also arranged by them.

Zhao Zhen held back his anger and forced a smile: "Okay, Fan Aiqing is really taking precautions, it seems that she is full of confidence in this battle, and she has already sharpened her fists and palms; In that case, I sent Zhang Yaozuo to supervise the army, and you can start fighting back as you see fit. ”

Fan Zhongyan was stunned for a moment, glanced at Zhang Yaozuo, whose eyes were full of light, and thanked him for retreating.

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Four days later, the Song army launched a comprehensive counteroffensive, on a front hundreds of miles long, Han Qi's left route army, Fan Zhongyan's middle route army and the main force of the Liao people launched a battle of intestines, the battle was extremely stalemate, but the Liao army was not well prepared, two days after the battle, the Liao army retreated to the Song-Liao border line, and the lost Taiyuan Mansion, Zhending, Baoding Mansion and other dozens of state capitals lost by the Great Song Dynasty were all recaptured.

And strangely, Di Qing's 80,000 soldiers and horses on the right side had no sign of attack, but more than ten days later, the figure of the Song army suddenly appeared under the city of Yingzhou on the east side of Nanjing Road in Liao, which was Di Qing's right army, Di Qing was cunning, and even requisitioned a large number of fishing boats out of the Bohai Sea to the north, and forced the 80,000 troops to cross the Liao army's defense line from the sea to the rear of the Liao army.

After taking Yingzhou, this army attacked northward non-stop, and the target was to point directly at the hinterland of the Liao army, and went straight to Shangjing.

This is exactly the strategy set by Fan Zhongyan Han Qi and Di Qing and others, Fan Zhongyan Han Qi's army attacked head-on, while Di Qing led his troops to break into the territory of Liao to attack north, strive for a round with Su Jin, and then wave the army south to attack inside and outside, which can not only be strategically beneficial to the war, but also ensure that Su Jin gets assistance, and will not be forcibly annihilated by the Liao people and dogs jumping over the wall.

The prison army Zhang Yaozuo also kept asking why the right army did not act, of course Han Fan and the two would not tell him the truth, Zhang Yaozuo's thoughts are well known, if he knows that Di Qing was sent into the country to meet Su Jin, this guy will definitely be crooked and opposed, he is the prison army, straight to the emperor, if he talks nonsense, it is difficult to guarantee that the emperor will not believe his words and will not allow Di Qing to enter.

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Five days ago, Su Jin's men and horses traveled day and night, approaching the Liao capital from the narrow area between the two cities of Wuzhou and Yikun.

Shangjing Linhuang Mansion is the first capital built by the Liao people in the mainland, as early as the Liao people did not go south to obtain a large area of Li Tang land, as well as the sixteen states of Youyun, the Liao people were around the Linhuang Mansion as the center of the small area in the nomadic breeding.

Because of this, the status of Linhuang Mansion in the minds of the Liao people is very lofty, that is the center of the political economy of the Liao State, even if the Liao State has been strong and there are other four capitals, it has never shaken the status of Shangjing.

Linhuang Mansion is a super city, the momentum is extremely majestic, there are two cities in the shape of 'day' in the north of the group called the imperial city ten miles in circumference and is hexagonal, the city wall is as high as more than three zhang, the city tower is six, the arrow tower of the enemy is hundreds; the south city is called Hancheng, as the name suggests, it is the place where the Han people gather to live, the circumference is seventeen miles, it is square, the wall is two zhang high, there is no enemy tower.

After more than 100 years of development, the population of Shangjing exceeded 600,000, and the permanent garrison remained as much as 250,000, and all of them were well-equipped palace tent troops.

But that was the old Yellow Calendar in the past, and now in Shangjing, the population and city defense are still the same, but the garrison is only 50,000, because 150,000 of the 200,000 soldiers and horses that have been transferred from here have been transferred by Yelu Chongyuan to chase the back of the dynasty's ass to Xinzhou.

Even if there are only 50,000 cobbled together tribal soldiers and Hu servants, for Su Jin's 90,000 cavalry, it is a bone that is difficult to gnaw, and before the camp is settled, the snowflakes in the sky have fallen, and the situation is extremely unfavorable.