The next morning when Hu Yanping woke up, the soldiers at the head of the city found that the Jurchen camp outside the city had disappeared, and it turned out that the Jurchens had retreated overnight, which made the Song army in the city also thunderous, Hu Yanping heard the news regardless of his serious injury, and went to the city with the support of Zhao Jia, and personally assigned two teams to go out of the city to investigate, and found that the Jurchens had really retreated, which made him finally put his mind at ease.

In the afternoon of the same day, the 50,000 reinforcements led by Xu Yuan finally arrived, but the plan to raid Liaoyang Mansion City failed to achieve the expected goal, although they occupied Liaoyang Mansion City, but this is only an empty city, there is no value at all, but they almost fell into the trick of A Guta, causing their 50,000 army to fall into trouble and suffer a big loss.

In addition, Liaoyang Mansion City is just a chicken rib thing for the Great Song Dynasty, if you give up here, you will definitely let the Jurchens go and return, reoccupy this place and expand outward, if you garrison here, you will need to know a lot of manpower and material resources, and this is an empty city, there is no actual value at all, so that Liaoyang Mansion City has really become a tasteless place, and it is a pity to abandon it.

In the end, after Xu Yuan and Hu Yanping discussed, they decided to temporarily occupy Liaoyang Mansion City, first, this was the first time they fought with the Jurchens, although they suffered a small loss, but they could not have any results, otherwise it would only affect the morale of the army, in addition, Liaoyang Mansion as the capital of the Jurchen Kingdom, occupying this place also has huge political significance, plus the Great Song Dynasty is rich and rich, even if they suffer a little loss, they must not let the Jurchens take advantage, so the little manpower and material resources consumed are completely worth it.

However, after occupying Liaoyang Fucheng, Xu Yuan's Eastern Route Army had also completed their strategic goals, after all, they belonged to the navy. The main target is still in the coastal areas of Liaoguo, before the raid on Liaoyang Mansion, this strategic goal has been completed, and occupying Liaoyang Mansion has exceeded their original plan, so they only need to consolidate the current results, and at most cooperate with Yang Huaiyu's middle route army.

Meanwhile. The detailed battle report of the Eastern Route Army was also sent to the capital, as the emperor Zhao Xu was the first to see this battle report, when he saw that Hu Yanping raided Liaoyang Mansion in an ambush, and as a result, his cousin Zhao Jia suddenly appeared in the army, stabilized the military heart of the residence with his own identity, and defeated the countless attacks of the Jurchens, he couldn't help but feel very surprised, and hurriedly summoned Zhao Yan into the palace, after all, such a big thing. The third uncle must be let know.

Zhao Yan really didn't know in advance that Zhao Jia followed Hu Yanping to Liaoyang Mansion, he only knew that Zhao Jia participated in the battle of Liao, but in his opinion, Zhao Jia was a navy, and he was a captain, at most, he took a boat along the coast to shoot a few shots at the cities of Liao, and there was no danger at all.

It was precisely because of this that when Zhao Xu summoned him into the palace. He thought that something had happened on the battlefield of the Liao Kingdom, but he didn't expect Zhao Xu to say with envy when he saw him: "Third uncle." You see that the eldest brother has really made a great contribution this time, he saved the lives of 50,000 soldiers by himself, and he also led the army to repel the attacks of the Jurchens several times, just thinking about it makes people feel very excited, I really envy the eldest brother for having such an opportunity! ”

Zhao Jia was still confused when he heard Zhao Xu's words, and immediately took the battle report and read it. As a result, he understood what happened, but this made him feel relieved at the same time, but he also felt a little afraid, if Zhao Jia did not stand up decisively to stabilize the army's morale at that time, maybe Liaoyang Mansion City would really be conquered by the Jurchens. At that time, if Zhao Jia falls into the hands of Ah Guta, I am afraid that he will be brutally retaliated, after all, the person Ah Guda hates the most is himself.

"Third uncle, the eldest brother has gone to the battlefield, and now the progress of our attack on the Liao State is not going well, so you see if I can drive the expedition in person, my father destroyed the Western Xia back then, if I destroy the Liao State by my own hands, it will definitely become a beautiful talk in the history books!" After Zhao Yan finished reading the battle report, Zhao Xu suddenly said with a smile, as a young emperor, he is also eager to make contributions on the battlefield in person, but unfortunately his identity does not allow him to go to the battlefield easily, even if it is a matter of personal conquest, it is not up to him alone.

"Don't think about it, even if I deliberately help you temporarily take charge of the government, it's useless, first of all, it is impossible for those ministers in the court to let you leave the capital, so you still die of this heart!" Zhao Yan heard Zhao Xu's words but gave him a blank look, he could understand Zhao Xu's thoughts, but he would never agree, when Zhao Xu attacked Western Xia, he was only the prince, but now Zhao Xu is already the emperor, if there is any mistake, the Great Song Dynasty's rivers and mountains will be unstable, so not only Zhao Yan will not let him take risks, but the ministers in the court will definitely not agree to let Zhao Xu leave the capital.

Seeing that even the third uncle who had always loved him the most disagreed, Zhao Xu couldn't help but sigh helplessly, in fact, he also knew that this matter was unlikely, but there was still a luxury in his heart, but now it seems that this luxury has been completely sealed, which makes him even more envious of his eldest brother Zhao Jia, as an emperor, although he has the world, but he can't get the most precious freedom, this may be a gain and a loss.

Next, Zhao Yan and Zhao Xu discussed the battle situation on the Liao side, speaking of which, whether it was the navy on the east road or the western army on the west road, their attacks were very smooth, and they reached the original expected goal, and even the East Route Army also occupied the capital of the Jin State, which was considered to have exceeded the strategic goal, but the middle route army led by Yang Huaiyu did not go very well, which is also the reason why Zhao Xu said that the battle situation on the Liao side was not smooth just now.

Yang Huaiyu's Middle Route Army did not encounter much resistance at the beginning, and even Yeluchun, who was guarding Zhongjing, chose to surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, but when he advanced further north from Zhongjing, he encountered huge resistance, because Yelujun ignored the situation in the Liao State and forcibly conscripted into the army, which made the number of Liao troops soar, although the combat effectiveness of these newly recruited Liao troops was low, but after all, the number was there, and Yang Huaiyu had to defeat countless Liao troops every time he pushed forward, which seriously slowed down the progress of the Middle Route Army, There is no good way for Da Song to deal with this.

After chatting about the war on the Liao side, Zhao Yan was about to say goodbye and leave, but at this moment, he suddenly thought of one thing he had been thinking about before, and he paused, with a hesitant expression on his face, and only after a moment did he speak: "Your Majesty, I have something I want to discuss with you!" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan change his mouth and call himself "Your Majesty", Zhao Xu immediately sat up straight, because he knew that when the third uncle called himself His Majesty, he must have said something related to the government, and immediately said: "Third uncle, please speak!" ”

I saw that Zhao Yan hesitated again at this time and finally spoke again: "Your Majesty, I just got a message from Europe some time ago, although this matter has no impact on our Great Song Dynasty at all, but it has something to do with your eldest brother." ”

"Europe? Could it be related to the eldest brother's European princess concubine? Zhao Xu immediately asked with an interested expression when he heard this, he was also very envious of Zhao Jia's affair, but unfortunately he couldn't even go out of the palace, let alone meet any princess, and how could there be so many princesses in this world for him to meet?

"Yes, Agnes's father was Henry IV, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, but because of the betrayal of his two sons, Henry IV died of illness in exile, but before he died, he passed the throne to Agnes, so in terms of inheritance, Agnes is the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire."

When speaking of this, Zhao Yan paused for a moment and then said: "But Agnes has no soldiers and no power in her hands, so after her father died, she had to flee, and her two elder brothers fought for the throne of the Holy Roman Empire, and soon there was a war, in which her eldest brother was supported by the Pope, and her second brother was supported by various vassal states in the country, the two sides can be said to be evenly matched, and the war for many years has not been able to distinguish the winner or loser, but has made the entire Holy Roman Empire turbulent, The people in the country are also miserable, and even many people have begun to miss the peaceful scene during the reign of Henry IV, so they ......"

When Zhao Xu heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately snatched Zhao Yan's words and continued: "I understand, the people of the Holy Roman Empire miss the rule of Henry IV, if Princess Agnes, who is the true heir of Henry IV, suddenly returns to Europe at this time, she will definitely be supported by many people, coupled with the military and financial support of our Great Song Dynasty, it seems that it is not a difficult thing to regain the throne, and that princess and eldest brother already have a son, so sooner or later this throne will belong to our Zhao family!" ”

"Yes, that's exactly what I plan, Europe is already in war for the throne, at this time, we only need to send a powerful fleet to protect Agnes back to Europe, and then show our strength, it will definitely increase the number of people supporting Agnes, and it will not be difficult to regain the throne." Zhao Yan also said excitedly at this time, since he knew Agnes's identity, he had also been thinking about the plan to lay out Europe, and now was a great opportunity.

However, Zhao Xu calmed down at this time, and said with some worry at the moment: "Third uncle, what you said is a good way, but Europe is so far away from our Great Song Dynasty, not to mention anything else, it is not easy to just send a fleet over, let alone future exchanges, if this problem is not solved, I am afraid that even if we help Agnes regain the throne, it will be difficult for us to have a long-term impact on Europe?" ”

"Haha, this matter is easy to do, I have two ways now, let people bring the map, and I will explain it to you in detail!" Zhao Yan laughed loudly when he heard this, as if this question was nothing to him at all. (To be continued.) )