After being demoted to the official position of three people, Zhao Kuangyi never rewarded him. Not only did he not reward Taiyuan's achievements, but he also did not even mention the pension of the sacrificed soldiers on the grounds that the Northern Expedition failed.

The ministers submitted a memorial to persuade him, and when the power of the governor was dismissed, Song Jiu followed the reform of the military system and deliberately mentioned rewards and pensions to motivate the soldiers to go to the battlefield to dare to fight bravely.

But now if you don’t reward or care, hundreds of thousands of unauthorized soldiers will cause trouble. Isn’t it a big chaos in the world?

However, some ministers also advised that Song Jiu's proposal was too generous and that the reward and pension figures had to be lowered a little. After all, in order to recover Northern Han and Yanyun, the Song Dynasty's imprisonment had only expanded to 300,000. If Song Jiu had not proposed to transfer the imprisonment to the countryside, the cost of raising troops would be a huge sum of money.

There are many soldiers who died in this battle. If Song Jiu’s rewards and pensions are provided, and the money wasted in the war, the country’s economy will be severely tight.

However, Zhao Kuangyi continued to remain silent.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Dezhao stood up and asked for rewards to the soldiers.

Zhao Kuangyi is waiting for him!

Later generations can't say that this matter is a confusing black and white, but they all say it hastily, and they don't analyze the ins and outs.

At this time, Zhao Dezhao also had some power to speak out, just like Zhao Kuangyi was the prefect of Kaifeng, and his real power was even greater.

However, what will come from putting together what happened before?

Shi Shouxin and others were demoted, which means that his second uncle was unhappy. Didn’t he be alert? Why did it seem that the soldiers wanted to support him at that time? This was a great opportunity to win over the hearts of the soldiers.

My second uncle is not authentic, I will seek justice for you.

So Zhao Kuangyi slapped the table in front of everyone in the court: "Dezhao, it's not too late to reward yourself if you become the emperor!"

Going forward, if Zhao Dezhao had no idea at all, then what would Zhao Dezhao do when Shi Shouxin and others suggested it?

There is another example. Li Longji's eldest brother Li Xian, after Li Longji destroyed Wei's family. Li Dan was the eldest son, but Li Longji had the merit of fighting against Wei's family, so the prince could not decide for a long time. However, Li Xian repeatedly refused to give in. After Li Longji became the emperor, Li Xian was not talented, but he was respectful and self-reliant and did not make friends. He did not prevail in the government affairs, so he valued Li Longji and had deep brotherly love.

Of course, Zhao Kuangyin died inexplicably. It was difficult to make Zhao Dezhao do the step that Li Xian had, let alone expect him to refuse in fear when he was in Zhuozhou.

But this is the contradiction.

Therefore, Zhao Kuangyi set up a situation here, deliberately not rewarding or mercy.

The second uncle said this, but Zhao Dezhao still didn't understand. Suddenly he thought of what Song Jiu said to him in Zhuozhou.

In fact, even if he listened to Song Jiu's words, he might not have a good end. After all, the incident in Zhuozhou happened. With Zhao Kuangyi's methods, there are ways to deal with him.

Zhao Dezhao knew that he could not escape death, so instead of breaking it in the future, it was better to break it by himself.

He ran back home like a frightened bird and asked his personal side, have you brought a knife?

The person followed him was shocked and said, "I dare not bring a knife in the important place of the palace."

Can't the palace even find a knife? Why did this in-law answer like this? Could it be that Zhao Dezhao wanted to commit suicide, but why didn't he stop him?

Also, if the incident in Zhuozhou hadn't happened, would Zhao Kuangyi kill Zhao Dezhao?

And I watched him jump into the fire pit. Why wasn't anyone stopping him? The simplest truth is, why do you want the soldiers to appreciate it?

This is always an unknown answer.

Or as Song Jiu thought, even if Zhao Dezhao succeeded in taking office, he would be an immature emperor, and he might be remotely controlled by old guys like Shi Shouxin and others to become a puppet.

Zhao Dezhao came to the tea and wine room again, locked the door, and then committed suicide with a water knife fruit.

Fortunately, he left five children without interrupting this lineage.

Zhao Kuangyi rushed over after hearing the news, caressed the body and said a classic line: "The fool. Why is this here!"

Once Zhao Dezhao died, no one dared to mention rewards. However, as Song Jiu expected, the Khitans came to take revenge. The Song Dynasty wanted to take back Yanyun, and we also wanted to take back Mozhou and Yingzhou. Moreover, the Khitans were even more insolent, and they wanted to take over the power of Gaolianghe Victory and take over Zhenzhou (later Zhending Prefecture, Baoding).

So the troops were divided into two groups, with the east route as the main force, with a total of 80,000 troops pounced on Zhenzhou, and the west route was led by Yelu Shan to attack Yanmen Pass as an auxiliary.

But because Yelu Xiuge was injured, he led Han Kuangsi (Han Derang's father) and Yelu Sha.

In fact, there was another general, Yelu Xizhen. He entered the vision of the monarch and ministers of the Song Dynasty because Song Jiu entered the eyes of the monarch and ministers of the Song Dynasty, but because of the various seemingly timid performances, Emperor Jingzong of Liao still did not understand it, so this battle had nothing to do with Yelu Xizhen.

The command ability of generals is very important in war.

The battle has not yet begun, and these two mediocre guys have arrived and are already doomed to the end.

However, the main generals of the Song Dynasty were not very outstanding.

First of all, it’s Meng Yuanzhe. Will he fight?

As for Cui Han, he did one thing. When he was acting as the commander in front of the palace, Zhao Kuangyi was parading in a military parade, with neat formations, or there was another thing. When the generals were silent in Zhenzhou, Song Jiu opposed Zhao Kuangyi's conquest of Youzhou, he would definitely succeed in patting his chest. What abilities does such a guy have?

Liu Yanhan has been in charge of merit and has taken up the throne with this, but he has never directly commanded a battle, and his ability is even more suspicious.

However, Cui Yanjin and Li Hanqiong are a little better, although their ethics are not good.

But it was not Cui Yanjin and Li Hanqiong who performed well this time.

The Khitan army was approaching the city.

The Song army also began to assemble in the northeast of Mancheng. At this time, a man stood on Gaogang and looked at each other, and Zhao Yanjin.

He also has an official position, Yunzhou Observer, has Yunzhou been taken back? He also has an official position, that is, the siege of eight forts and forts during the attack on Youzhou, and the official who urgently manufactures and repairs weapons. When Zhao Kuangyi returned to Beijing, he might also know that Meng Yuanzhe was not capable, so he left him with Yao Keqiong and Du Shengui in Dingzhou to assist Meng Yuanzhe.

In other words, his status is rather awkward.

In terms of official positions, he has no right to interfere with the military operations of the generals, but he looked at the vast Khitan army with a telescope, and then looked behind him, thinking in his heart, we don’t want to die.

During the Battle of Youzhou, the Khitan dispatched a large number of troops, more than 100,000, but at that time there were nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses in the Song Dynasty.

Now there are only 80,000 soldiers and horses of the Khitan, but the Song army behind them also has a lot of troops, only slightly less than the Khitans, but most of them are infantry with poor combat power.

If the originally insufficient troops were divided into eight large formations according to Zhao Kuangyi's eight formations, each formation would inevitably leave a large gap. It would be convenient for the Khitan cavalry to sprint and encircle, then all the tens of thousands of Song troops would be buried here.

He came down from Gao Gang and told the interests of several generals and generals, and said that the Eight Formation Map was not good. The Eight Formation Map must be transformed into two formations, one in Xuhe to defend the enemy. The other formation went out of Heilu Dike, went to the Great Wall, and followed the enemy's back. In fact, it had nothing to do with the formation Map, that is, the troops in several states were combined into two armies to marching.

Cui Han said: "If you lose, how can you explain it to Your Majesty?"

Fortunately, Cui Han was honest and honest, and Gao Lianghe failed, he felt unhappy because Zhao Yanjin was in trouble.

Zhao Yanjin almost roared, I will be responsible for any incident.

But the other generals were hesitant.

So Zhao Yanjin looked at another person, Li Jilong. This Li Jilong is not the tiger-beating hero Li Jilong, but Li Chuyun's son.

At this time, his official position was the Chief Superintendent of Zhenzhou.

But it is not the chief supervisor of the three armies. The troops from the three gates, Dingzhou and Zhenzhou are concentrated here, and Li Jilong is only the chief supervisor of Zhenzhou and the whole army.

However, he has another identity, Zhao Kuangyi's elder brother-in-law. Although Li Jilong did not want to violate Zhao Kuangyi's will, he did not want to die. So he said, "I am the military supervisor, and I represent the court in the army. Now the formation map is inconvenient, and the chief general who leads troops should act cheaply. If there is any problem, I will be responsible!"

The uncle was in charge, and Cui Han and Liu Yanhan and others were relieved. Of course, they didn't want to die, at least they didn't want to die so cowardly.

Several generals began to discuss the details.

This is the war. Like Zhao Kuangyi, attack Youzhou, Cui Dapao said he would definitely succeed, and then the plan... nothing happened.

The war begins. The third generation of famous generals is about to emerge (Gao Huaide and others are the first generation, and Pan Mei and others are the second generation).

Zhao Yanjin only said one general idea, so he constructed details based on his ideas. The first route was led by Liu Yanhan, divided into large and large formations. The task of the large formation was to re-arrange the array to advance, compressing the enemy's mobile space so that its cavalry could not play its advantages. The small formation was composed of cavalry, and when the enemy cavalry was squeezed, it attacked the enemy from the side. Cui Yanjin led his troops to use the Chongshan ridges of Wuhuiling to sneak into the north of Heilu Dike, connect to the Great Wall, cut off the retreat route of the Khitan army, and drove the Khitan to the dead end of the Xishan Mountains. Li Hanqiong and Cui Han stayed behind, finally came out and completely destroyed the enemy's morale.

However, in order to make the enemy relax, Li Jilong came up with another plan and sent people to the Khitan camp to commit surrender.

But at this time, Yelu Xiuge also came to the front line with injuries, one was Han Kuangsi and the other was Yelu Sha, and he was worried.

When Yelu Xiuge saw the letter of surrender, he believed that the Song army was invincible and requested surrender, and there must be a fraud.

Han Kuangsi refused to listen, but instead believed that the Song army was defeated, had low morale and few troops, so it was natural to surrender.

In fact, there is another psychological effect, for example, Yang Ye, why did Yang Ye die in history? It was not Wang Wei who was a traitor, but Wang Wei also made military achievements many times. The main reason is that seeing Yang Ye's success step by step, Pan Mei is not worthy of jealousy, but Wang Wei is jealous. Not only him, but at this time, there are people who are jealous of Yang Ye.

The same was true in the Khitan army at this time. Yelu Sha was defeated several times. What would he think of Yelu Xiuge?

Han Kuangsi also wanted to steal the limelight.

It is precisely this kind of mentality that not only did not listen to Yelu Xiu Ge's advice, but it did not allow Yelu Xiu Ge to enter the circle of discussions.

Yelu Xiu Ge came with a wound, which was considered in vain.

Han Kuangsi was preparing for the Song army to surrender, but he was unprepared. Suddenly, shouts came from outside the camp. He walked out in panic and saw neat square formations coming towards them, which instantly filled the smoke and dust. Because the Khitan was a cavalry, this might be the first square formation that Han Kuangsi saw.

"Prepare to fight." Han Kuangsi shouted shrillly.

When Song Jiucai came to the Song Dynasty, he believed that the Song army was not good. Before Zhao Kuangyi's Northern Expedition, he believed that the Khitan army was not good. In fact, after the Gaolianghe Battle, Song Jiu's positioning was the most correct. The combat effectiveness of the two armies was similar. Whoever prepared well and the command ability of the generals was the one who won. This refers to field battles. If it was a siege and defensive battle, the Song army would still have the upper hand. However, this elite army could not be ruined. Once they were all sacrificed and replaced by new recruits, the strength of the Song army would decline sharply.

Now Han Kuangsi is not mentally correct, thinking that the Song army is useless, and this disease is similar to Zhao Kuangyi's.

When the fight really started, Han Kuangsi was in chaos.

At this moment, another cannon fire came from the northwest.

Then Li Hanqiong and Cui Han rushed out fiercely in the southwest direction.

At this time, the Khitan forces were more than the Song army, but it seemed that there were countless Song troops coming to build momentum in the three armies.

After only a while of fighting, the Khitans began to collapse when Li Hanqiong rushed over.

However, because Cui Yan was blocked by the entrance of the Great Wall, he had to escape to the west mountain. There were roads in the west mountain, but they were all small roads, so there could not be enough to allow tens of thousands of troops to escape. Because of the crowding, countless soldiers fell into the valley, and the dead were invincible.

The Song army chased after Sui City. In this battle, more than 10,000 people were beheaded, more than 30,000 young and old were captured, and three generals were captured alive. Almost two-thirds of the soldiers were left behind, and countless weapons, chariot tents, and sheep and animals were captured.

Until now, if the battle of Baima Mountain and the previous victory of Gaoliang River were combined, the actual Khitan losses had exceeded the losses of the Song army.
Chapter completed!