Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

"Are you the coach?"

Li Yu nodded.

"how about you?"

Mi Qin Rongye immediately said: "I am the commander!"

"Okay! Take them all back."

In the evening, the battle report came.

"Report, Your Majesty, our army has defeated the Xixia army, beheaded four thousand, captured four thousand, and the rest are missing."

Zhao Ning immediately said: "Go, tell Li Renzhong the news!"

Soon, today's battle report was sent to Li Renzhong. After reading it, Li Renzhong turned pale with anger.

That day, Li Yu and Mi Qin Rongye were brought to Zhao Ning.

"Who is Li Yu?" Zhao Ning asked.

"I... I am, foreign ministers see the emperor of Song Dynasty, long live my emperor."

"How many soldiers and horses are there in Hongzhou?"

Li Yu was silent.

"Come here, drag Li Yu out and chop him up."

Jing Chao immediately came in with two imperial guards and set Li Yu up.

Li Yu begged for mercy: "Report to Your Majesty, there are ten thousand defenders in Hongzhou."

Only then did Zhao Ning wave his hand, and the imperial guards put Li Yu down.

"Where's Longzhou?"

"Longzhou also has [-] defenders."

"Then where did you come from?"

"The foreign ministers were originally in Youzhou. The Song army attacked Shizhou and Xiazhou. The foreign ministers sent people to defend Xiazhou. Unexpectedly, Xiazhou Shizhou was sent by King Li Cha of Jin to raid the security army in an attempt to encircle Wei and save Zhao."

Li Yu was so frightened that he said it all.

It is basically consistent with Liu Kai's military report.

"How many soldiers and horses are there in Youzhou?"

"Youzhou originally had [-] troops, but the foreign ministers took away [-]."

"Another [-]?" Zhao Ning's eyes lit up immediately.

"There are thirty thousand more."

"You think I don't know how to count?"

"No, King Jin dispatched another [-] people from Xingqing Mansion to rush over."

"So that's it, how many soldiers and horses are there in Xingqing Mansion?"

"This foreign minister doesn't know about it. The foreign minister is only in charge of the defense line of the Jianing Army Division."

"What about Weizhou?"

"Weizhou and Yanzhou are not under the jurisdiction of foreign ministers."

"Where is Li Qianshun now?"

"Still in Xingqing Mansion."

"Does he know about the battle in Xiazhou?"

Mi Qin Rongye quickly replied: "Brother Li Cha knew about it when we set off, and now the Xingqing Mansion must have known about Xiazhou's fall."

"Oh, then tell me, what will Li Qianshun do when he finds out that Xia Zhou has fallen?"

"I'll come to Youzhou with all my troops!" Li Yu also hurriedly replied.

"Why?"

"Youzhou is not only related to the defense line to the east of Hengshan, but also to the south of Hengshan. If Youzhou is lost, the defense line of Hengshan will be gone." Li Yu said.

"Understood." Zhao Ning smiled, "Next, I will trouble the two of you to lead me the way. If I can't take down Hongzhou within five days, I will sacrifice the heads of the two of you to the flag!"

As soon as the two heard this, they immediately begged for mercy: "The emperor spares his life, and the ministers are willing to serve the emperor. I only hope that the emperor spares the lives of the ministers."

five days?

Emperor Dog, you can't be like you!

It will take three days from the rapid march of the Security Army. Are you planning to take Hongzhou in two days?

If you want to kill us, just say so!

"Don't worry, as long as you can reach Hongzhou in three days, you can attack the city in two days. It depends on whether you are willing to cooperate."

"Yes! Foreign ministers are willing to go through fire and water for the emperor!"

"Take them both down."

"Yes."

After the two were taken down, Zhao Ning added: "They must be detained separately to avoid collusion in confession."

"Yes!"

On September 25, Xixia's first initiative to go south encountered an iron plate and was scrapped immediately.

On September 26, the Imperial Guard Brigade arrived at the border between Song and Xia.

On September 27th, Zhao Ning crossed the border between Song and Xia and killed all the way. At this time, Zhang Jun's army had also reached the border area.

On this day, Hongzhou had just learned of Li Yu's defeat from Li Yu's rout, but he didn't have time to react.

The Song army has already approached Hongzhou.

PS: Upload the previous map again so that everyone can see it clearly.

Chapter 1040 Knowing how to calm internal conflicts at critical moments (first update)

On the afternoon of September 27, Xiazhou City was as calm as usual.

But under this calmness, there is an undercurrent.

After Xiao Heda surrendered, he had a big problem.

How is his army organized?

Liu Rui is a hardliner and wants to immediately mix Xiao Heda's army into the Song army.

Liu Rui also had his reasons for doing this, to weaken Xiao Heda's control over the army as soon as possible, so as not to change midway.

However, this undoubtedly aroused strong resistance from Xiao Heda.

Even the two parties argued several times in just a few days and broke up unhappy.

On this day, a new round of controversy began.

"Brother Xiao, we are also thinking about the overall situation." Liu Rui said, "For better cooperation between the two parties, we need to reorganize now."

"If that's the case, wouldn't the soldiers and horses of our Xiao Tong army be gone?" Xiao Guoshan sneered.

"We in the Song Dynasty are uniformly organized according to the army of the Song Dynasty, and everyone is the same."

"The same is true for Yelu Yujian?"

"is also like this."

Liu Rui was obviously lying, the Khitan cavalry that Yeluyu saw were still under his command.

Liu Rui just wanted to completely eliminate Xiao Heda's instability as soon as possible to prevent changes at critical moments.

This shows that surrender is actually a very complicated process, and it is not something a defector can surrender with a slap on the head.

Surrendering over will inevitably be accompanied by the suspicion of the other party.

After all, it takes time to build a relationship of trust, and the complicated battle situation does not allow people to have more patience.

"Then what if we disagree?" Xiao Heda said coldly.

As soon as Xiao Heda said this, the atmosphere suddenly became extremely cold.

The scene was silent for a while, and Liu Rui said forcefully: "The Great Song Dynasty has the military law of the Great Song Dynasty!"

"What will happen if we don't abide by the military laws of the Song Dynasty today?" Xiao Guoshan was the first to draw out his sword.

As soon as he drew his sword, the opponent immediately drew his sword like a conditioned reflex.

The two sides immediately fought each other in the house.

At this time, a voice suddenly came from outside: "Report! Liu Shuai is here!"

The door was pushed open, and it was Liu Kai who came.

As soon as Liu Kai came in, he saw two groups of people confronting each other with their swords drawn. He was startled and asked, "What is this for?"

Liu Rui said: "Liu Shuai, you came at a good time. The last general suggested that Xiao Heda organize his army into our army for dispatch. Since he has surrendered to the Song Dynasty, he must abide by the Song Dynasty's military laws..."

"Nonsense!" Before Liu Rui finished speaking, Liu Kai interrupted, "Put away all the knives!"

Everyone looked at each other.

"Not all put away!"

It was also the first time that everyone saw Liu Kai get so angry on the spot, and Liu Rui's men immediately put away their knives first.

"Since you have surrendered, then you are our own people. If you can't trust your own people, who do you trust!" Liu Qi pointed at Liu Rui and cursed, "Are you trying to facilitate scheduling! You don't trust others! Don't think that this handsome man doesn't know what's on your mind!"

Liu Kai's words immediately resolved the conflict that had just escalated a lot.

"Put away your knives, too." Liu Rui looked at Xiao Heda and the others, "It's nothing if your own people beat your own people!"

Xiao Heda nodded, and those people put away the knife.

Liu Kai walked in surrounded by his personal guards.

However, there were still a few officials wearing different official uniforms standing beside him, who could be seen as members of the Military Governor's Mansion at a glance.

"Liu Rui!"

"The end is here!"

"As the chief general, you are messing around here, what should you do!"

"The last general is guilty, please punish Liu Shuai!"

"Punishment is indispensable. The Military Superintendent will punish you for your mistakes. Go out first!"

Liu Rui took people out.

The rest are Xiao Heda's people.

Liu Rui said to Xiao Heda: "It's our first meeting."

"See Liu Shuai."

"There is no need to be too polite, Liu Rui's idea is to make up his own mind, and I will introduce someone to you." Liu Qi said, "This is Li Fu, the Si Cheng of the Military Governor's Mansion, who is an imperial envoy sent by the emperor, and came here specially to find you. "

Li Fu stood up, and he politely greeted everyone present.

Everyone also returned the gift.

"Deputy Manager Xiao, there is an edict from the emperor."

Xiao Heda saluted immediately: "I see Your Majesty."

"Xiao Heda has made great contributions to the Song Dynasty. He abandoned the darkness and turned to the light. I am very relieved. I have appointed a great general. I hope that I will rebel with you and share the glory."

"Thank you Your Majesty, long live my emperor."

A few days ago, Xiao Heda had been appointed as the Deputy General Manager of Xiazhou.

But this is a military position, a specific position, which is equivalent to commanding an army. This kind of appointment is through the process of the Military and Political Council and reported by the local economic envoy.

Wartime can be flexibly appointed.

And a military officer of the fifth rank, General Dingyuan, is an honorary title, which means the emperor's favor to him, and he receives a separate salary.