Li Jilong summoned Guo Shouwen, Yuan Jizhong and other generals, as well as Pei Ji, the governor of Dingzhou, and Lin Yanshou, the eunuch.

Li Jilong said: "Li once met a noble man who was appreciated by him and fought with him. He was a civil servant, but he stayed on the front line every time. Li refused to listen. On the other hand, I was the highest official on the front line. If I retreated, would the soldiers still have the courage to fight? At that time, he was sick and injured, and most of the time he was lying on the bed of a sled. With such a noble status, he was not afraid of death. Can we be afraid of death? Now the Liao army is at the city, and the main forces in Hebei are also concentrated here, so I think that a small group of soldiers in the city should leave the city with me and fight to the death with the Liao bandits. I wonder what you think?"

But Li Jilong didn't say anything else.

After defeating the Liao army who went south to attack Caogu, Li Jilong originally planned to gather several troops and defeat the Liao army in one fell swoop in the Junziguan.

However, Song Jiu did not agree, believing that the Junzi Pavilion was defeated, morale had not recovered, and the troops were not together, and it was difficult to dispatch, and it was easy to be defeated by Yelu Xiuge, who was using troops like a god. The main force of the Liao army was still there. Although the Song Dynasty annihilated many people, most of them were the Caogu soldiers. The elite army of the Liao army suffered little losses. Moreover, once these 30,000 soldiers were defeated, the entire Hebei would become a vacuum zone, and the Liao army could even cross the Yellow River and threaten the capital.

Li Jilong doesn't agree with it very much.

But he also thought that Song Jiu was considering all aspects, and he had no right to change Song Jiu's decision, so he finally adopted Song Jiu's idea and dispatched several armies to force the Liao army out of Hebei.

If Song Jiu was here, in the case of huge disparity in military strength, he might choose to defend the city.

Moreover, the ice skates tactics were not effective this time. First, the main targets were outside the pass and around Dingzhou Mancheng, mainly in mountainous areas. Ice skates did not work. Second, most of the Liao army was large-scale troops, not far away from each other and could echo at any time. Therefore, in addition to forcibly fighting to the death, they could only stick to the city.

Guo Shouwen shouted: "When the three armies at Qigou Pass were robbed, Guo also wanted to escape, but he was escaping. This was a shame for Guo's life. When he entered the enemy territory, there was no food or grass inside and no reinforcements outside, we fought back. What are we afraid of? At worst, we can serve Your Majesty with death and beat him up."

He was excited and started to swear.

Yuan Jizhong also expressed his opinion: "General Li is very good at his opinion. We have heavy troops and still do not fight. We allow the enemy to guard Dingzhou and loot their prefectures and counties. How can the water camps on the Hutuo River stop the Liao gangs? The people in the rear will be as tragic as they did last year. So how do we face the elders and fellow villagers and how do you face the trust of your majesty in us? Then we have become a group of cowards who only know how to protect ourselves, greedy for life and fear of death. A shame that cannot be washed away in my life. I am willing to lead the troops out of the city first. Even if I die on the battlefield, I will die without regrets!"

Tian Min shouted: "Your Majesty personally put on his armor and came to the front line. When Mr. Song came on the horse himself. He killed the enemy, we are military generals. Can we still be afraid of death? General, fight, die on the battlefield, it is the glory of our military men."

The other generals were all red in their eyes and demanded to fight.

Lin Yanshou was anxious and looked at Nanfang and thought to himself, Mr. Song, this is your good lead.

However, you can't fight. Once Dingzhou City is lost, everything will be over. So you shouted: "Don't go out to fight. Haven't you seen Your Majesty's edict? The edict is very clear, and you only allow you to hold on to the city and not leave the city to fight. How can you violate the edict and ignore the emperor's will?"

This is also a problem, but Li Jilong saw the generals' eyes flashing with blood and fighting spirit, and felt that this battle was a chance and the opportunity could not be missed, so he slapped the table and said generously: "Since ancient times, the emperor has not given any orders to the outside king. More than a year ago, the reason why I did not go to the Gentleman's House to sacrifice my life was to lead the army to kill the enemy one day. Now that day has come, no one can change my determination to lead troops out of the city to kill the enemy. Whether it can make the people in the rear safe and whether the emperor will no longer suffer shame is here."

Lin Yanshou was a little stupid. How could he get the emperor's shame? How should he persuade him?

There is an important figure among them, that is Pei Ji, who can also fight.

Pei Ji was a little reluctant to accept the court following Song Jiu's advice and Li Jilong presided over the defense of Hebei military.

He was a military general of the Song Dynasty. It was a natural duty to die on the battlefield. No matter what the situation was, he would escape, which was no different from Cui Yanjin Cao Bin and others.

Therefore, when he came to Dingzhou, he had some disagreement with Li Jilong, but in fact he looked down on Li Jilong's escape at the Junzi Pavilion.

What I saw and heard today finally changed his thoughts, so he said: "General Li's determination to serve the country moved Pei very much. If the emperor holds the responsibility of disobeying the edict in the future, Pei is willing to share the responsibility with General Li, and will never let you be implicated at all."

"We are willing to obey General Li's command and order," said Guo Shouwen and Fan Tingzhao.

They were the chief and deputy chief of Zhenzhou, and were nominally on par with Li Jilong. However, during the battle of Qigou Pass, they saw that the generals did not listen to the orders and had many serious consequences. Therefore, they all took the initiative to put down their bodies and let the upper and lower armies be united.

"General Guo, General Fan, you are the heroes of Qigou Guanzhong, but Li will never let you down." Li Jilong also knew the interests of this, and was moved, and gave a big gift.

The whole country is united and the three armies are very morale, so why not fight!

Yuan Jizhong suddenly said, "General Li, you have to do one more thing."

Li Jilong said sadly: "That's my fault."

Li Jilong looked at Tian Min again and said, "Instruction Tian, ​​let's go to your army together."

After the Liao army invaded the south, Yuan Jizhong asked Li Jilong to order the family of Jingsai Army to be transferred from Yizhou City to the rear. At that time, Li Jilong believed that the Yizhou wall was tall and strong, and that the Liao army was not good at siegeing the city, so they should be safe and sound.

Who knew that the governor Liu Ji did not dare to defend the city just when he saw reinforcements repelling, and even the families of these soldiers fell into the hands of the Liao army.

They only had one thousand people, but the heavily armored cavalry carefully built by the court would not be able to tear apart the formation of the Liao army without them.

Therefore, Li Jilong and Tian Min gathered these Jingsai troops. Li Jilong looked at the thousand soldiers and fell down deeply. He said, "Soldiers, the Liao gangs invaded. Li had time to transfer your family to the rear, and even they fell into the enemy. Now that life and death are in confusion, Li apologized to you."

"General Li, you can't blame me."

In fact, ordinary soldiers often demand simple and pitiful. They only need to treat them fairly and treat them respectfully.

Li Jilong took the initiative to admit his mistake and accused them of guilt. Don’t say that it was either Li Jilong’s fault or Li Jilong’s fault, they also forgive Li Jilong.

Tian Min took the opportunity to say, "Whose homeland is Yizhou?"

“That’s our home.”

"Yes. That is our home, our home... But now your home has been occupied by the Liao bandits, and your relatives are struggling under the Liao bandits' butcher's knife. Do you hate the Liao bandits?"

"We hate it, very much."

"Now I want to lead you to attack the evil and cruel Liao bandits. Would you like to charge with me, kill the enemy and make meritorious service, and avenge your relatives?"

"We swear to follow General Tian to the death, and never defeat the Liao army. We swear to never survive!"

Other troops are also doing mobilization work.

For a moment, a huge murderous aura filled the entire sky over Dingzhou.

...

Pan Lian'er sat at home angrily.

When Wan Niang said she had it, the whole family was frightened. Song Jiu was afraid of an accident, so he hurriedly completed the wedding.

As a result, the older girl's belly didn't move after getting married.

Pan Lian'er was so angry.

However, it was the flesh and blood of the body. My daughter had been married for a long time. There was still no movement. Pan Lian'er was also a little anxious. It was not until recently that she heard the doctor's diagnosis and was happy.

Pan Lian'er ran over to look.

However, Zhong Xun's attitude was lukewarm. It made Pan Lianer go home angry and complained to Song Jiu. Song Jiu laughed: "It is a traditional virtue of our old Song family who has no connection with his mother-in-law."

"It turns out that my grandmother was not good to my father back then."

"Oh, there's nothing I can do. My father was also a poor family back then."

"Don't talk nonsense," Pan Lian'er said fiercely. His wife got angry, and Song Jiu automatically shut up. Pan Lian'er looked at several hundred thousand more and said viciously: "Don't be happy either of you, I'll decide on your marriage."

A few little guys stick out their tongues.

The family was joking. Zhao Kuangyi came, and he was also complaining. When he entered the door, he complained: "Song Qing, your house is too far away."

Those who are emperors also occasionally go to the minister's homes.

But the principal of the important ministers is near the imperial city. For example, Pan's house is located in the northwest corner of the imperial city. After walking for a while, he will arrive. Most of them are official households and will not disturb the people. But when you go to the Song Jiu family, you will not be able to travel lightly. Ministers may speak, and come with a jade robe. Not only disturb the people, but also the ministers may speak. Of course, this has another meaning. Only when the emperor values ​​ministers whom he trusts, the emperor will go to his house. If you are an ordinary minister, the emperor will care about where you live, and send a small yellow gate to greet him if you have something to do, and you will not be obedient to enter the palace.

Song Jiu laughed and said, "The prosperity will lead to decline. Since ancient times, my ministers have become very expensive. The noble near the imperial city is too high. It is better to have a family and this place is better."

"It's past, it's past."

However, Zhao Kuangyi was really in trouble. Li Jilong was talking to each army separately. Lin Yanshou was anxious and wrote a memorial to the original book and handed it to the capital city.

Zhao Kuangyi was shocked after seeing it.

I'm afraid, and I'm afraid that the Gentleman's House will be re-staged.

After reading the memorial, Song Jiu took it to the map and stared at it.

After half a day, he said, "Your Majesty, you are worry-free. Even if you are undefeated, it is different from when you retreat, and it is also different from the Junzi Pavilion. They are fighting on the city and will not necessarily lead to a great defeat in this battle. It is difficult for more than 10,000 troops to defeat their opponents, but it is easy to withdraw from Dingzhou City safely and re-defense with the city."

"This kid dares to disobey the imperial edict!"

"He also said that His Majesty loves to be humiliated, and his subjects should die, or he can create a miracle of Huo Qubing."

There are two things in the end. As Song Jiu said, during the Han Dynasty, the Huns did not have any horse-dangs, and the Huns did not have outstanding generals, so Huo Qubing could fight... But now, people have had horse-dangs, and their country was established longer than the Song Dynasty. There are peerless generals such as Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xizhen...

I can only say that this heart is good.

Song Jiu said: "It's too late to say anything now. Maybe the war has begun ahead. Your Majesty, let's go to open the Baosi Pagoda and pray for the soldiers on the front line."

"You believe it too?"

"I am not convinced, I am confident that Your Majesty has done a good job, and I have tried my best to leave it to God for judgment now."

Kaibao Temple Pagoda is the famous Kaifeng Iron Tower, but what later generations saw was the product of the rebuilt by Song Renzong and the Jin people. The wooden tower built now may be burned by lightning in the near future. Perhaps the extremely unstandard lightning rod in Song Jiu's spread of knowledge will work and will continue to be preserved.

When Qian Chu surrendered, he brought King Ashoka's relics to the capital. Zhao Kuangyi buried the Buddha relics underground in Kaibao Temple, and built a wooden pagoda with an octagonal shape of thirteen floors on it, nearly 130 meters high, also known as the Fusheng Pagoda. He spent a lot of money, so since the construction, he was opposed by many ministers.

But maybe Zhao Kuangyi told the people of the world that I was praying for my brother, and he might also ask Zhao Kuangyin to forgive him, and he always insisted on his own opinion and continued to send people to build the construction. It has just been completed.

Since its completion, tourists have been in constant force.

But on this day, tourists were expelled together. There were only two people on the Kaibao Temple Pagoda, but none of them had any complaints. They were just wondering why the king and his ministers came to Kaibao Temple Pagoda.
Chapter completed!