The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

On July 12, Zhao Qi received a war report from Zhao Li. The Western Army divided the troops into two groups. He took advantage of Wanyan Qiying's opportunity to transfer the Jiang defense troops to Zhaozhou and successfully crossed the Huntong River and attacked Yichun City. At the same time, Zheng Ping led three

In the Battle of Zhaozhou, the Jin army that crossed the river and retreated, killed the ten thousand men of Shi family slaves, and more than 100 officials of all sizes below Pucha, killed more than 10,000 enemies, captured more than 26,000 prisoners. Wanyan Qiying

He led the remnants back to Jiangnan, seized the enemy's camp, his clothes and armor, and his weapons were piled up like mountains. Now Zheng Pingzheng and his baggage fleet rushed to Yichun to prepare to cross the river to meet.

"This Zhao Lizhan fought smartly, one on the right and one on the strange, one on the bright and one on the dark, making the young war god of the Great Jin Kingdom go around." Zhao Qi put down the battle report and said with a smile.

"Yes, but Zhao Li is also taking risks. If Changchun City really loses its supplies, the Western Route Army will face the threat of food being cut off, which will cause us to advance north day and night." Zhao Yong kept shook his head and said,

Unexpectedly, Zhao Li, who has always been cautious in doing things, was so bold this time to use troops.

"Haha, Brother Li is sure that His Majesty will not refuse to save him. He is starving, so he dares to use troops like this. But if he doesn't do this, how can he deceive Wanyan Qiying, the little fox!" Zhao Lian smiled

said.

"Now Zhao Li has gone deep into Huining Mansion alone and will inevitably lead to siege of the enemy. He will fight back to the river and may be at any time. We must seize the time to conquer Huanglong Mansion and join him." Zhao Qi said.

"Your Majesty, the Gao Zheng has conquered Xinzhou and the army has entered Weizhou. You will reach the city of Huanglongfu soon." Zhao Yong spread out the map and said.

"Where has the Dengzhou navy arrived now?" Zhao Qi asked.

"Your Majesty, the navy heads north along the Western Liao River and has reached the waters near Hanzhou." Zhao Yong found Hanzhou on the map and said.

"Well, Zhao Li's army fought against the water, with a narrow depth, and there was a home of Wanyan's army that would inevitably become more and more intense. Ma Wei quickly went north to attack Xiangzhou, and then entered the Huntong River from then on, opening up the waterway of our two armies.

, and they can also be supported and avoid being attacked from both sides." Zhao Qiong said.

"Yes, Your Majesty! I will send an order immediately to let them set off." Zhao Yong replied.

"Zhao Zhi, after conquering Xiangzhou, he opened the waterway between the Liaohe River and the Huntong River. In more than a month, the upper reaches of the Huntong River will freeze. You must seize this time and quickly mobilize supplies, especially the winter station

Clothing is needed, otherwise the rivers will be frozen and a large number of civilians will be recruited to transport them by land, which will consume a lot of manpower and material resources." Zhao Qi turned to Zhao Zhi, the logistics manager.

"Yes, my subordinates have ordered the materials hoarded in Pingzhou to be loaded into the sea, and the Haizhou navy escorted into the Liaohe River. They will be able to arrive at Liaoyang Prefecture soon." Zhao Zhi quickly replied.

"Well, very good. You must work with the logistics department to establish a logistics supply base in the Huanglongfu area to prepare for the attack on Huiningfu, and do not delay military operations due to shortage of materials. At the same time, you must consider how to do it if the war is extended.

Ensure the needs of winter combat." Zhao Qi reminded again.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I guarantee that the people above the head of the Communist Party will never delay the progress of the war due to logistics, but in case of precautions, I ask Your Majesty to allow the autumn tax on Hebei Road, Hedong Road, Dading Road and Jingji Road.

Half of them were left for military purposes and stationed in Dading and Heping Prefecture for needs." Zhao Zhiyan said.

"Your Majesty, I think Lord Zhao is right. Now the Jin army retreats and the fields are all ripe crops. The granaries of the prefecture and the people's homes are collected, but many elderly, weak, women and children are abandoned in the wilderness. Preliminary statistics from me.

The number of people is no less than hundreds of thousands, and the harvest is a foregone conclusion that the newly harvested areas have been poor. The people who need relief this winter and next spring are more than we expected in advance, so we should prepare early." Hu Quan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, also reported.

"You can discuss with us and let the taxes collected from various places be transferred to two places." Zhao Qi nodded after thinking for a moment.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The two of them said with relief, and they both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, our army is advancing rapidly, and the news of good news is spreading. But there are also be wars everywhere in Liaodong. The Khitans, Bohai people and Xi people took the opportunity to occupy the prefecture and establish themselves as kings. I think that they should take advantage of their wings and recruitment and suppression, otherwise they will be welcomed and suppressed.

It will cost a lot of money to go to the big fight again." Right Prime Minister Chen Go said at this time.

"Well, what Chen Xiang said is that although our army occupied the prefecture and city, some remote prefectures and counties had no time to take care of it. The subsequent states and troops stationed in the city were limited, so they could only ensure the safety of the surrounding city, and they were occupied by those rebels.

The few are thousands, and the most are tens of thousands, which often harass our newly captured prefectures and counties and disturb the hearts of the people. If we cannot conquer at this time, it will be even more difficult to use troops when winter comes. Your Majesty should make plans early." Zhang Suo, the Minister of War, also agreed.

"Your Majesty, now the domestic imperial guards have basically been recruited to fight for the Northern Expedition, and the domestic troops are already insufficient; 40% of the state troops have also followed the army to fight, and it is difficult to draw any further. Now the war is in urgent need, Huining Mansion is close at hand, and winter is coming,

It is better to put the Northern Expedition first and maintain the newly harvested land for a temporary delay." Zhao Yong saw the emperor lowering his head and pondering, worried that he would give up and continue the attack for this, so he hurriedly spoke.

"I know the importance of the matter, but the newly harvested land needs to be pacified quickly. Now we still have a large army to use, so let them go." Zhao Qiong chuckled.

"Your Majesty refers to the surrendered troops in Liaoyang and Jinzhou?" Zhao Yong asked in shock.

"Yes, they have tens of thousands of troops. They are definitely unwilling to attack the cottages of the past, but they can't pacify the place." Zhao Qi nodded and said.

"Your Majesty, they have not yet surrendered for a long time, and they may still have two intentions. If they don't return, it's like letting a tiger return to the mountain and letting a sea of ​​dragons and people go!" Chen Go said with some concern.

"Although this is possible, they are almost the same. One is that they have no way out and cannot tolerate the betrayed by Wanyan Tan's temperament; the other is that as long as we are undefeated, they dare not rebel again, otherwise the world will be great even if the world is large.

There is no longer a place for them to live; furthermore, we should give them enough trust, otherwise they will find it difficult to return." Zhao Qiong said with a chuckling, "As long as the army of the five countries had the intention of surrendering, Lord Zhang can send someone

Contact them and incorporate them into the imperial guards and reorganized them as mobile forces left behind, which has solved the urgent need."

"Your Majesty, the five countries' army is composed of Jurchens. I am worried that they will have two hearts. If they stay in the rear, will it be..." Although the five countries' army has always been a cooperative army to cooperate with the Song army in combat, they are born after all

Yu Jurchen and Zhang Su said with some concern.

"Mr. Zhang can rest assured that the leaders of the five countries are the same ministers as us, and are the strange soldiers buried by His Majesty long ago. Even A Shu was rescued and subdued by His Majesty when Aguda fought the Western Expedition. Otherwise, you

I thought they would be so respectful for so many years." Zhao Yong took over the words and said, now the overall situation has been decided, and now the identities of these people can be fully realized.

"This... I forgive me for being ignorant. It turns out that Your Majesty has already made some arrangements. I am too concerned." Zhang Suo blushed and said with a polite expression, but he felt a little more emotional in his heart. Your Majesty is really a strange person. At that time, Song and Jin were still friendly countries, but the emperor

I thought that the two countries would have this battle in the future, so I made arrangements early. Over the years, the five ministries can be said to be the confidant of the Jurchens. They could not conquer them after repeated expeditions. Instead, they became stronger and stronger, which greatly restrained the Jin Dynasty.

The energy made the Liaodong region uneasy, and it turned out that everything was out of the hands of the emperor.

"Now everything is agreed, I am going to move to Xinzhou tomorrow. My dear friends should prepare early!" Zhao Qi looked at everyone and said, he could not miss the big drama of attacking Huanglong Mansion, which was also a wish in his previous life.

Of course I will not give up if I have the opportunity in this life...

Zhao Qi returned to the backyard and did not rest. He led him to the study room. Li Jun from the Intelligence Bureau had been waiting there for a long time. After giving him a seat, Zhao Qi waved his hand. Seeing that Xi knew that Your Majesty had something to discuss, he went out with tactful knowledge.

Take the door well and keep the guards ten feet away and are not allowed to enter without summoning.

"What's the situation in Beijing?" Zhao Qiong asked without having to keep a straight posture in front of Li Jun, leaning lazily on the soft couch.

"Your Majesty, everything in the capital is as usual. The Queen Mother and the Queen did not have any problems with the assistance of the Left Prime Minister and Li Gang. The surrounding countries did not dare to make any move when they learned that His Majesty's Northern Expedition was progressing smoothly, but instead sent envoys to congratulate him.

The Supreme Emperor and the princes have also submitted congratulations many times, but there is no abnormal movement. However, the Confucian scholars from the Imperial College have gone to the streets several times to ask for joining the army, and to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy to serve the country with death, which has caused quite a stir." Li Jun said with a smile.

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"Haha, this is a story for scholars to join the army. Let them do it!" Zhao Qi also smiled. In order to improve the quality of the army, he issued an order to call on scholars to join the army, but was sneered, saying that he was insulting his ethics. Now,

The situation has undergone a major reversal, which is also a good thing.

"This is all your Majesty has a good governance of the country. No Confucian scholars have taken the initiative to join the army in all dynasties." Li Jun also echoed.

"Have the matter from the eldest prince done?" Zhao Qi waved his hand and refused his flattery, and asked with a deep face.

"Your Majesty, Lord Chen Dong has returned from the northwest in June to serve as the remaining position of Xijing. Your Highness has also returned together. The Ministry of War ordered General Leopard to serve as commander of the brigade, and he has already taken office first." Li Jun replied.

"Well, didn't alarm the others?" Zhao Qi nodded and asked again.

"This matter is all done according to the rules. Lord Chen's three-year term has expired. No one has objected to the transfer of an official according to the rules. It is just that some people complain about his inability to enter the court. There is no problem with the eldest prince. Few people know his identity.

The lower part has sent someone to protect him secretly just in case," Li Jun said.

"Yes, the arrangements are very appropriate. You will stay in Xijing after you go back. If you have something to do, you can do my secret order." Zhao Qi said with relief. He knew that with Li Jun's intelligence, he must have guessed the inside story from his arrangement, so he also

There is no need to hide it from him.

"Your Majesty is healthy in the dragon body, and I hope that there will never be a secret order." Hearing the emperor's words, Li Jun felt a stern, and immediately understood what was pointed out, and stood up to salute.

"The world is impermanent, it's not something you and I can decide!" Zhao Qiong said indifferently...