The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

As for the attack on Liao, it is no longer a matter for the central government. Now the people are also excited, thinking that Xixia was ceded by the Western Army of the Song Dynasty to pay compensation, and now the Liao Kingdom is no longer a problem. In Zhao Yu's opinion, the government and the public are like this

This kind of fanaticism is very dangerous. They don't know the truth of the matter, but they are full of hope for victory and have no measures to deal with failure.

Everyone is supposed to be a father and wipe his son's butt, but Zhao Tong had to think about how to wipe his father's butt. Who would let him have such an inconspicuous father? Zhao Tong also considered the matter of conquering Liao.

If he vowed to stop the expedition to Liao, I am afraid that his father, who was sleeping on the hot bed, would have to kick him into the Jinshui River to take a bath. Not to mention the Hedong Xuanfu envoy, maybe even the prince would have to paddle for him. But now this prince

He and the Xuanfu ambassador are still very important to him, otherwise what is the use of a prince trapped in the capital; but if he does not say a word and watches his father go to Liaodong step by step to sleep on the cool bed, he feels unbearable, after all, he

Dad has treated him well over the years, but more importantly, he doesn’t want to see the Central Plains go through war again!

In the midst of the conflict, Zhao Tong thought about it and decided to make two preparations. First, he gave his father a memorial. Of course, the beginning was to praise his father's decision to regain the sixteen states and how great it was to fulfill the last wishes of his ancestors.

Another meal of "explosive hammer"...This paragraph is extremely disgusting, and it is a masterpiece of past and present. After finishing writing, Zhao Tao vomited several times, and he couldn't smell meat for three days. Finally, he tactfully expressed his opinion

, persuaded his father to postpone the expedition to Liao and make preparations, and at the same time requested to be the vanguard of the expedition to Liao and go on his father's behalf.

Zhao Tong wrote a letter asking for a fight, but he knew that the possibility of him going to the war was only one hundred decimal places. But now he is like a paranoia, imagining that his father may have taken the wrong medicine, had a wrong head, or suffered a serious illness.

After being fed and sustained, being able to agree to this will allow him to be a pioneer and save the Song Dynasty from catastrophe...

There was mostly desert between Youzhou and Xiazhou. The marching team sped up and arrived at Xiazhou five days later. In order not to disturb the residents, Zhao Tao ordered the army to camp outside the city and did not enter the city himself. The prince arrived and the new Xiazhou was appointed.

The prefecture magistrate and the military commander Zhao Shai could only go to the camp to send some condolences and exchange a few words. After each reported the situation, the prefect returned to the city, while Zhao Shai stayed behind because he wanted to discuss the withdrawal of the troops with the prince.

In the camp.

"Alas, Brother Ren and the others are all gone, and Brother Yong is nowhere to be found. We are the only ones left in the lively group back then!" According to the past rules, everyone gathered in the prince's tent to eat together for dinner. Look,

There were only Zhao Zhi, Zhao Xiao and himself at the table, plus Zhao Yi and Zhao Li who stayed in Taiyuan. The ten people who joined the army with the prince back then had a big table to eat. Now that there are only three people left, it is inevitable that it will be deserted. Zhao Sha caught

He picked up a sheep bone and sighed.

"Yes, they all went their separate ways. They are all things that don't mean what they say!" Zhao Xiao took a sip of water and said, now that there is a shortage of food in the northwest, the prince ordered a ban on wine brewing in the northwest, and the army also issued a liquor limit, so only guests can be entertained.

He could use water instead of wine. He remembered that last year the prince had told everyone about his stay after the war. At that time, everyone vowed to follow the prince. But now they were halfway gone.

"Your Majesty, I still don't believe that Xin Zhao would betray the Prince. Is there no reason?" Zhao Zhi looked at the Prince and said puzzledly.

Let’s find out. Zhao Shai raised his head today and couldn’t help but ask.

"Do you suspect that I forced Xin Zhao to leave?" Zhao Tong looked at the three people on the table and smiled, then threw the clean bones in his hands onto the table and asked.

"Your Majesty, I don't dare. I just have doubts and want to know where he has gone. There is no news at all for so long!" Not only Zhao Zhi but also everyone present would not believe this statement.

Xin's trust and love are obvious to all. Besides, the prince has become a nine-fingered man now, which shows how painful it was to order the prince to be hunted down in the first place.

"Hey, let's have some wine with Jianxi!" Zhao Tong sighed with a wry smile, turned around and said to Jianxi who was waiting on the side.

"Your Majesty, it's better not to drink. It's easy to hurt your body. Besides, your body has not recovered yet. Let's wait another day!" Jianxi glared at a few people and said something nice to Zhao Xin and the others, which brought up the sadness of the prince again.

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"We haven't gotten together for so many days. Besides, I've been banned from drinking for such a long time, so I'm a little greedy!" Zhao Tong made a face to Jian Xi and said,

"Yes, but the prince doesn't want to drink too much!" Seeing this, he had no choice but to order someone to bring a jar of wine, pour it into a pot to warm it, and pour it for the prince.

"You may not know that Xin Zhao is a Khitan!" Zhao Tong looked at the small wine glass Jian Xi put for him, smiled helplessly, picked it up and drank it down in one gulp.

"What, Zhao Xin is a Khitan?" When several people heard this, their ears were like thunder. They never thought that the brothers who grew up together were actually Khitan.

"Hmph, you are eating people with such a big mouth, drink!" Zhao Tong looked at his stunned subordinates and snorted coldly, "Zhao Xin has now fled back to the Liao Kingdom, and is now an official in Yuanzhou Jiedushi.

You have become the enemy of our Song Dynasty, maybe you will meet on the battlefield again one day."

"Ah..." Several people's mouths opened even wider. If it weren't for their ears, they would have grinned to the back of their heads.

"This... if we meet on the battlefield, I really don't know how to face it!" Zhao Zhi drank a glass of wine and calmed down his shock before he could catch his breath. He said with a solemn face. Seeing the serious look on the prince's face, he knew that the prince

No more kidding.

"I will definitely scold him when I see him. He deceived us all!" Zhao Xiao said angrily. His brother's betrayal made him furious.

"If Xin Zhao really becomes our enemy, it will be a serious problem. He is familiar with our tactics and is one of the best among us in using soldiers. I am afraid no one can deal with him except the prince!" Zhao Shai said with a sad face. On this point, he

He is still self-aware. Zhao Xin has been with the prince for a long time and has participated in the planning of several battles in the Western Conquest. His judgment and organizational skills are obvious to all.

"So the prince issued a kill order. He is too great a threat to us!" Zhao Zhi also understood the prince's painstaking efforts at this time. The subordinates he had devoted to training had defected to the enemy. The blow to the prince was too great. "But

I don’t believe that Xin Zhao dares to attack the prince or his brothers, he doesn’t miss the old friendship at all!”

"As long as you understand what's going on, just don't call me unkind and unjust behind my back in the future!" Zhao Tong waved his hand to stop their argument, but did not notice that Jian Xi behind him curled his lips secretly, and the prince still said half of the sentence.

Half of it was hidden. If everyone knew that Xin Zhao was a woman, they would really understand why she left. However, he didn't dare to mention it unless the prince said it, so he could only curse secretly.

"Brother Sha, is there no news about Brother Yong?" Zhao Zhi asked Zhao Sha again. Zhao Zhong went to the capital to attend the prince's wedding. Because Xiazhou was important, Zhao Sha was assigned to temporarily take charge of the overall situation, and Zhao Yong was there at that time.

Xiazhou organized and trained the surrender army, but when ordered to go north, the entire army disappeared.

"No, after learning that he was missing, I sent people to search deep into the desert, but not a single body or even a single relic was found. More than 10,000 people just disappeared without a trace. He is still there in the past few months.

I don’t know whether I’m alive or dead!” Zhao Shai shook his head sadly. He knew that according to common sense, if Zhao Yong or there were survivors among them, news should have been sent back long ago. Although he knew that their hope of survival was slim, he still had a trace of luck in his heart.

"Your Majesty, is there no news about Brother Yong and the others elsewhere?" Zhao Zhi asked the prince again. After learning that Zhao Yong was missing, the prince just ordered all the armies and localities to search quickly, and then nothing more happened. This was not in line with the prince.

His temper was also inconsistent with the custom of a loyal and brave army.

"Don't make any guesses. I planned to tell you when I get to Taiyuan. Seeing the sad faces on your faces, I decided to tell you all!" Zhao Tong nodded to several people and said with a smile, "Zhao Yong is fine, he is fine now.

In the Liao Kingdom!"

"Zhao Yong led his army to defect. What does he want to do?" The chopsticks in Zhao Xiao's hand fell to the ground, and he said in a trembling voice, what's going on? Everyone has gone to the Liao Kingdom. Is it possible that there?

Better than Song Dynasty!

"Don't talk nonsense. I think you have been playing with cannons for too long, and you have turned into a cannon barrel. You can't even turn your brain. Brother Yong must have gone to the Liao Kingdom under the order of the prince!"

Zhao Sha picked up the chopsticks, rubbed them casually on his body, and stuffed them into Zhao Xiao's hands and said.

"Then he is going after Xin Zhao, but Brother Yong and Xin Zhao are the best, how can he do it!" Zhao Xiao looked at the prince again, with a look of blame on his face in desperation, he thought

The prince must have felt that the people in the Zhongyong Army were somehow related to Xin Zhao, so he ordered Zhao Yong to take the surrendered troops to hunt down Xin Zhao.

"You are said to be a cannon, but you are really a cannon. Zhao Yong went to Liao Kingdom just to hunt down Xin Zhao? Listen to the prince!" Zhao Zhi slapped Zhao Xiao and said, the prince would not send 10,000 people if he really wanted to kill Xin Zhao.

If a large group of people go there, it will really become an attack on the enemy.

"Haha, Zhao Yong was ordered by me to go to the Liao Kingdom to take a stand. First, he took advantage of the chaos to occupy a foothold in the Liao Kingdom to provide support for our future intervention in the Liao Kingdom's war; second, he wanted to find out the combat characteristics of the Liao Army and the Jin Army, and conduct

We need to know their true strength so that when we fight with them, we still don’t know their path!” Zhao Tong said with a smile. Very few people knew about Zhao Yong’s entry into the Liao Dynasty. Zhao Tong had also been blocking the information out of confidentiality.

Looking at the performance of these people today, I know that they have a deep brotherly love. If I keep hiding it, these guys will definitely have doubts about me. It won't last long if I am so troubled, so why not reveal some truth to them.

"My lord, why do you think these barbarians are always eyeing us in the Central Plains and want to dominate the Song Dynasty?" Zhao Shai learned that Zhao Yong had entered the Liao Dynasty to participate in the war, and he knew that the prince had made up his mind to use troops against the Khitans and Jurchens, but in his heart he

I wonder, are these barbarians naturally warlike?

"In order to survive!" The strong wind outside started again. Zhao Tong said, listening to the "puff" sound of the wind carrying sand grains hitting the tent. The most primitive desire to launch a war was to survive...