After the concubine took the script of the son-in-law

The preparations for attacking the Han Dynasty had already been carried out last year. Since Khitan would send troops to aid each time, Boss Zhao decided to adopt a policy of delaying Khitan's reinforcements.

In response to Khitan's sending troops to aid, Mr. Zhao ordered people to raise horses, build weapons and store grain in the state capitals around Liu Han, and then ordered Dang Jin and other generals to train soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty there.

In the first year of Xiantai, in mid-April, Boss Zhao officially launched the Northern Expedition.Wearing light armor, Shen Ji mounted her horse, and under the worried gazes of Yan Shu and Tian Li, she rushed to join the large army, but she didn't take a few steps before she turned back again.

Still not seeing the figure she wanted to see, she sighed, put her legs between the horse's belly, flicked the reins, and left like lightning.

When Yan Shu returned to the house, he saw Li Yunyao standing in a daze on the porch, and asked, "Why don't you go see her off?"

Li Yunyao came back to his senses and said, "I'm afraid it will be uncomfortable."

Yan Shu smiled: "Wouldn't it be uncomfortable not to send her off? Or are you afraid that she will cry when she sees you?"

Li Yunyao raised her eyes, her eye sockets were indeed flushed, she wanted to hold back her tears, but how could she easily control her emotions?In the end, she stubbornly turned her face away, so that Yan Shu could not see the tears rolling down.

"She is protected by Liu Chong and immortals are looking after her, so you can rest assured." Yan Shu said.

After all, Shen Ji went out with the army this time, and would be exposed to the eyes of the public 24 hours a day. It would be very inconvenient in her life, so she specially asked Liu Chong to bring along a few confidantes with the most outstanding military strength to follow.Worried that Shen Ji might get sick or injured, and it would be inconvenient for the military doctor to see her, she also arranged for Liu Xianxian to follow the team and keep in touch with Liu Chong at any time.

Li Yunyao said: "I know."

Yan Shu knew that staying here would only make Li Yunyao dare not vent his true feelings, so he turned and left.

Li Yunyao wiped away her tears, sat still for a while, and then ordered the maid to prepare a carriage for her, she was going out.

At this juncture, she wanted to prepare a carriage, and the maidservants were very worried that she was going to chase Shen Ji, so she said: "Send me to Mrs. Lu in Nanqu."

It turned out to be there!

The maids were relieved.

When Li Yunyao went to Lu Nianchuan's place, Liu Xianxian was still there.Unexpectedly she would come here, both of them were a little surprised, Liu Xianxian said: "Why is Miss Yun here?"

Shouldn't Shen Ji be sent off outside Bianliang City during this time period?

But Lu Nianchuan realized something, and she said to Liu Xianxian: "Ms. Li must have something to ask you to do."

Liu Xianxian sighed: "Your family is really worrying."

If Yan Shu didn't need her to go on a business trip, why would she come to say goodbye to Lu Nianchuan?

Moreover, after hearing that she wanted to follow behind the army so that she could take care of Shen Ji at any time, Lu Nianchuan didn't feel any reluctance, but just told her to take care of herself. Come on, what is the charm of this girl Shen Ji?

Lu Nianchuan explained with a smile: "Okay, if you are entrusted with loyalty, Madam trusts you to entrust Xiaoji's safety to you, doesn't she?"

Liu Xianxian hesitated to speak, but at this time, Liu Chong sent someone over and said: "The army has marched twenty miles away, Langzhong Liu can set off."

She can't follow Shen Ji, and she can't follow the army too closely, otherwise she will easily be regarded as a scout, so she can only set off after the army has walked a certain distance.

Liu Xianxian restrained his expression: "Understood."

She looked at Lu Nianchuan, then said to Li Yunyao: "Is there anything Miss Yun wants me to do?"

Li Yunyao took out a red bracelet and a talisman, and said, "If there is a chance to see her, please ask Lady Xianxian to help me deliver them to her."

Liu Xianxian murmured why she didn't send it off by herself, but thinking that Shen Ji's trip was much more dangerous than that of a girl like her, the young couple must have already quarreled over this matter, maybe there was an awkward situation, and Li Yunyao didn't have time to send it off, so he just I can hand it over by myself.

Thinking of this, she looked at Lu Nianchuan with burning eyes: "I'm leaving, does Lady Lu have anything for her?"

Lu Nianchuan subconsciously glanced at Li Yunyao, and seeing that there was no abnormal expression on his face, he said, "I didn't prepare a gift, but I have a word of blessing. I hope her expedition will be safe and smooth, and she will succeed in no time."

When Liu Xianxian left, Lu Nianchuan stroked the strings of the zither, and amidst the melodious sound of the zither, a smile finally appeared on the former's face.

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The first letter Shen Ji sent back to Bianliang was at the beginning of May. At this time, she had just arrived in Zhenzhou with Boss Zhao. This place will temporarily serve as the command post for the entire Northern Expedition battlefield, and she will also live in Zhenzhou for a period of time. day.

Boss Zhao ordered soldiers from all walks of life to attack Meng County in the northeast corner of Taiyuan, Qinzhou in the south of Taiyuan, Fenzhou next to Qinzhou, and Lanzhou in the northwest of Taiyuan. .

Although Shen Ji did not participate in the military command, she often followed Boss Zhao and learned a lot.

Just looking at it, she also saw certain hidden dangers in the current military system. For example, with the existence of generals, the right to mobilize and command soldiers and horses should belong to the commander of an army. Dujian, its existence is inherited from the military supervision system formed in the Tang Dynasty, and its function is to monitor generals and prevent generals from rebelling.

However, the imperial court gave the capital prison more power, which made them expand and intervene in military command and troop mobilization.

Boss Zhao is just coordinating the overall situation, and there is no problem. The problem comes from the bottom, specifically in the military operations of a certain forbidden army.Many generals were afraid that Du Jian would accuse them of treasonous intentions, so they did not dare to object to Du Jian's instructions on war command.

If the capital prison has military talent, their intervention may have a good impact, but most of the capital prisons are civil servants, or eminent nobles, they either have no military talent, or they can only talk on paper.

Even a famous general like Cao Bing, who has made many military exploits, is also troubled by this problem.

Although she saw hidden dangers, she was just a layman who didn't understand military affairs after all, so she could only remember her father's advice, talk less and watch more.

Fortunately, the war progressed smoothly, and Liu Jiyuan really asked Khitan for help. Khitan's soldiers and horses arrived half a month later, and fought with the Song army at Baimaling outside Meng County.

Although the scale of this battle was not large, but because it was led by Khitan Prime Minister Yelusha, he was repelled by the Song army, and five generals and more than ten thousand soldiers were killed, so he had to retreat in a hurry. It greatly inspired the Song Army's morale and gave the Song Army great confidence.

However, the king of Khitan's North Court came to help him later, and he was very aggressive. The Song army thought that they should avoid his edge, so they retreated temporarily.

As soon as the king of the Northern Court left, the Song army immediately launched an offensive against Taiyuan, captured and killed the envoy sent by Liu Jiyuan to ask for help from Khitan outside the city, and showed Liu Han's army the letter of collusion between Liu Han and Khitan , This greatly reduced the morale of Liu Han's soldiers and horses.

Liu Jiyuan couldn't wait for Khitan's reinforcements this time. He wanted to break through but failed, so he could only defend the city.

In mid-June, good news came from all over the country. Seeing that the time had come, Boss Zhao led an army of hundreds of thousands from Zhenzhou to the city of Taiyuan to recruit Liu Jiyuan.

Liu Jiyuan stayed in Taiyuan and refused to surrender.The Song army continued to attack the city, and finally some generals of the Liu Han regime could not bear to surrender.

The news spread to Daizhou, and Daizhou sent people to Khitan for help, but Khitan did not want to send troops because of the defeat in the battle of Baimaling.

Generals inside surrendered one after another, but without Khitan aid outside, Liu Jiyuan could not see any hope, and finally left the city to surrender in early July.

After Liu Jiyuan surrendered, his remaining forces also lost their fighting spirit, and they surrendered soon after the attack of the Song army.

This time, the Song Dynasty won another ten state capitals, and the territory was further expanded—it can also be said to be one step closer to unification.

After Zhao Boss entered Taiyuan City, he met Liu Jiyuan and other surrenders. Naturally, he would not kill Liu Jiyuan.

Afterwards, Boss Zhao boarded the Taiyuan city tower, and he said with emotion: "I have sent troops to Ping Han many times, but I have repeatedly retreated due to various reasons. Now that Taiyuan City belongs to the Song Dynasty, it can be regarded as a real solution to a serious problem in my heart!"

Someone immediately suggested that in order to prevent the remnants of Liu Han from occupying the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack Taiyuan City again, it was suggested to destroy Taiyuan City.

There were many voices like this, and some generals even attacked the Song army because the people of Taiyuan City had resisted stubbornly after Liu Jiyuan surrendered.

Some people also put forward the theory of Fengshui, thinking that Taiyuan City has dragon veins, if it is not destroyed, people such as Li Cunxu, Shi Jingtang, and Liu Zhiyuan will come out to endanger the peace of the border of the Song Dynasty.

Shen Ji, who has never expressed any opinions, raised an objection at this time: "If Taiyuan City is destroyed, what should the hundreds of thousands of people in Taiyuan do with it? Taiyuan's mountains and rivers are steep and the city walls are high and thick. It can be used as a powerful gate against Khitan going south, if it is destroyed, Khitan soldiers and horses go south, wouldn't there be no mountains and rivers to defend?"

The other party said contemptuously: "Ignorant boy, my Song army is strong, horses, and armor are elite. When we face Khitan, we will be able to destroy it with a force of destruction! Keeping Taiyuan City is tantamount to encouraging the unhealthy tendencies of defending the city and not taking the initiative to attack! As for All those ignorant people should move to Bianliang."

It is true that the pacification of the Northern Territory this time gave the generals of the Song Army great confidence. At the same time, the defeat of the Khitan Baima Ridge, and the fact that they did not dare to send troops to aid the Northern Territory later, they believed that the Khitan was afraid of the Song Army.Some people even suggested that we should take this opportunity to invade the hinterland of Khitan and recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

When it came to sending troops to Youji, everyone naturally expressed their opinions and analyzed Khitan's movements.According to the information we have heard, the Khitan seems to have relaxed their guards in the area around Youji, which is a good time for Song to seize Youji!

Shen Ji really doesn't understand military matters, but her IQ is still normal. She muttered: "Khitan has close contacts with the Northland, and has sent troops to aid many times. The news of the North has been pacified, if they are not on guard in this situation, how did they develop like this?"

"Why do you want to spoil your own prestige with the ambition of others? The Khitan people are just the generation of Rong and Di who have no sense of propriety, justice, and shame..."

"How did I hear that there are many Han Chinese officials in Khitan? How can you guarantee that those Han Chinese will not give them advice and use our methods to deal with us?"

"you--"

Boss Zhao said: "Enough."

Both sides stopped in unison.

Boss Zhao summoned Cao Bing, Pan Mei and others to ask their opinions, and it turned out that their ideas were very close to Shen Ji's, and everyone was reluctant to rashly send troops to Youji without any rest.

Boss Zhao understood what they meant, and said: "The matter of the Northern Expedition still needs to be discussed in a long-term way, let's talk about merit and reward for now!"

After the generals were promoted and received rewards, Boss Zhao remembered that there were still Liu Jiyuan's old ministers who had not been dealt with. He asked, "Where is Liu Jiye?"

A middle-aged general was escorted up. Although he was not put on shackles, there were guards on the left and right wearing armor and holding broadswords, which showed the depth of his guard.

It's no wonder everyone is so nervous, because this is the most famous and prestigious general in the North, Liu Jiye, who is known as "Invincible". At the same time, he is also the one who insisted on leading the army to resist the Song Dynasty after Liu Jiyuan surrendered. If Liu Jiyuan hadn't come forward to persuade him to surrender , he is afraid that he still refuses to surrender.

"You are Liu Jiye who is known as 'Invincible'?" Boss Zhao looked at him with great interest.

Liu Jiye did not have that proud temperament, but responded calmly and indifferently: "The guilty minister is Liu Jiye."

"You do have self-knowledge and know your own sin."

Liu Jiye asked: "The guilty minister is guilty of failing to stick to the country of our great man, and he is ashamed of the entrustment to the late emperor!"

Boss Zhao raised the corners of his mouth and said: "After Liu Jiyuan, Duke of Pengcheng County, surrendered, you still stubbornly resisted. Still insisting on going your own way, this is betraying the Lord, the second crime..."

Every time Boss Zhao said a crime, Liu Jiye's face turned pale, and finally wept bitterly, and bowed to the north again and again.

Boss Zhao knew that he was expressing his guilt towards the Northern Han Dynasty, but he did not blame him. Instead, he restored his original surname, changed his name to "Ye", and appointed him as the fourth-rank left leader General Wei. Knowing Daizhou and deploying at the berth. ②

Although some people objected that he was Liu Han's old minister after all, if he was given military power so soon, I'm afraid he would make trouble!

Boss Zhao laughed and said: "He has been stationed at the border for many years, and there are many strong generals under him, even the Khitan people are afraid of him, so it is just right for him to station in Daizhou!"

Boss Zhao has made up his mind, and there is no possibility for others to change it. When Yang Ye got this appointment, he was astonished and at the same time admired Boss Zhao's mind. He went to see Boss Zhao with the determination to die. Not only did the boss not kill him, but he also reused and trusted him so much!

Yang Ye's mood was very complicated. At this time, another guest came to the Yang family, who was still in a tense atmosphere. He claimed to be a deputy envoy in transit with the army and served as a judge on behalf of the state.

Yang Ye asked someone to invite him in and had a face-to-face interview. He vaguely remembered that when he met Boss Zhao, there was a very young and handsome face among the civil servants and military generals listed. His future colleagues? !

Shen Ji looked at Yang Ye, and the "light" in his eyes made him a little overwhelmed: "General Yang, I adore you. I grew up listening to your stories. I didn't expect to have the honor to work with you. It's a great honor." !"

The corner of Yang Ye's mouth twitched. This was probably the first "mysterious boy" he had ever seen so unreservedly.And unlike most of the courtiers in Song Dynasty who were jealous and suspicious of him, her performance was too natural, and there was no trace of acting at all.

But Yang Ye is still wary of Shen Ji. After all, his identity is sensitive, and the other party is passing the judgment on behalf of the state. The judgment itself is an official position to divide the power of the state, and is also responsible for the military and civilians, money, household registration, taxation, and prison litigation. Waiting for things means that all government affairs are decided by him, and the general judgment has the function of monitoring the governor, so Boss Zhao put Shen Ji by his side, which is very effective.

Shen Ji, the client, did not have this self-awareness. Under the pretense that she and Yang Ye would be colleagues in the future and should have more contact with each other, she visited Yang's house every few days. For this reason, she also met Yang Ye's wife, Zhe Saihua, and son Yang Tingzhao. .

When Shen Ji wrote to Li Yunyao, she shared her experience of seeing Zhe Saihua train the maids and servants in the family in Yang's house, and trained them all to be strong in martial arts and extremely loyal and brave. Her mother Yan Shu was right in front of her, and both of them were women whom she admired endlessly.

Finally, she said: "With Yang Wudi's family in Daizhou, my lady doesn't have to worry about my safety in Daizhou."

The author says:

Notes: ①The war in this chapter is based on "The Battle of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Northern Han Dynasty" as a reference. If you are interested in detailed details, you can check the relevant information by yourself.

②From the entry of "Yang Ye".

③For the specific functions of general judgment, see the entry of "general judgment".

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Because the war is not the focus of this article, after all, Shen Ji’s participation is not strong, so it can only be mentioned as a background. If you are interested in the war between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Northern Han and Liao (Khitan), I recommend a book "Jinglue Youyan" ", this book analyzes the military power of the Northern Song Dynasty, the strong and weak branches, the importance of culture over military, and the pros and cons of the Liao military war.

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