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On the way back to the prince's mansion, Shuyuan found a suitable opportunity to order Zhu Lian to ask a little eunuch and three palace maids to go to Changlexuan to buy a few kilograms of osmanthus cakes.

Afterwards, Zhu Lian's convoy went straight back to the Prince's Mansion.

Zhu Lian had just returned. Before she could sit down and rest to relieve her unrestrained mood, Zhao Huan hurriedly led Li Bangyan, Geng Nanzhong, Wu Kai, Mo Qiu and others to find him.

This shows how anxious Zhao Huan was and how much he still valued Cai.

As soon as they met, Zhao Huan couldn't wait to ask: "My beloved concubine, what do you say, do you agree to the palace to organize the wedding for him?"

When Zhu Lian saw Zhao Huan, he felt a little guilty and subconsciously wanted to avoid it!

fine--

Shuyuan winked at a lady called "Chundie" not far away.

When Chundie saw Shuyuan's eyes handed over, she immediately acted coquettishly and said, "Your Highness really doesn't know how to feel sorry for others. The Empress has just returned home in a dusty manner, and she didn't say that she would change her clothes and rest for a while, so she started asking questions about her long and short questions."

Not long ago, Chundie had just been lucky enough to be Zhao Huan, and now she is favored by Zhao Huan. Zhao Huan has been sleeping in Chundie's room for three consecutive days.

Therefore, when Chundie opened her mouth, Zhao Huan was not angry, but instead felt that it was time to ask Zhu Lian to change out her clothes and wash her dust first, and then ask Zhu Lian about the result of this trip.

Zhao Huan said, "It's because I am anxious." Then he said to Zhu Lian: "Go away, beloved concubine, don't worry, we have time."

With this time, Zhu Lian changed into capable home clothes and made psychological construction, and then walked out with Shuyuan.

After everyone was separated by the host and the host, Zhu Lian took the initiative to say, "The champion still did not agree to have His Highness come forward to organize the wedding for him."

When Zhao Huan heard this, a trace of resentment flashed between his eyebrows and eyes!

But soon, this resentment was hidden by Zhao Huan.

Li Bangyan, who had just fallen to Zhao Huan for a while, drank with the wine pot for a while, and then said, "What was expected."

After burping, Li Bangyan continued: "Now is the critical moment when Cai and Taishi Tong compete for the northward regaining commander Yan Yun. How could he be involved with the Eastern Palace and teach people the people the way they can and then lose this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?"

Geng Nanzhong also said: "Yes, this opportunity is really rare. Once you miss it, there may not be the next time."

Li Bangyan said: "Even if there is a next time, it will not be Cai Jian's turn. If it weren't for the fact that he had just experienced Square La, the Western Army suffered serious losses and could not have been easily released. Just based on Cai Jian's age and Cai Jian's qualifications, he would never have had this opportunity."

Geng Nanzhong said: "It's not his fault for being so cautious."

Zhao Huan said bitterly: "I also know that it is difficult for the champion to express my opinion now. But the problem is that I really have no other way. Taiwei Liang just sent someone to ask for the third brother to fight again, and said that even if he was a small soldier, he would go north to contribute to the country. The father said three things in a row and was going to discuss with Taizai Wang, Taishi Tong and others to see if he could lead the third brother to the war alone."

Zhao Huan said with great concern: "If this matter is really passed, the position of the prince in this palace will be over!"

Wu Kai advised: "Your Highness, don't worry, your highness is your eldest son. You are humble, cautious and virtuous. There is no big mistake. Your Majesty cannot abandon Your Highness for no reason and establish Prince Yun."

Mo Qiu also advised: "Yes, Your Highness, and many people in the court oppose Prince Yun leading his troops to fight. This matter will not be the only one that Prince Yun can do his best."

At this time, Zhu Lian almost completely recovered. Therefore, seeing Zhao Huan worried, she interrupted: "Although the champion did not agree to your highness to help him host the wedding, he promised me that he would never ask Prince Yun to go north. Moreover, the champion also said that when he went north to recover Yan Yun, he would stand firmly on His Highness's side and escort His Highness."

When Zhao Huan heard this, he was overjoyed. He quickly confirmed: "What does champion Bo really say?"

Zhu Lian said: "It's true, the champion said it personally, and I listened to it with my own ears."

With Cai Jian's words, Li Bangyan, Geng Nanzhong and others were also extremely happy.

Li Bangyan put down the wine pot rarely and asked, "What did Cai Shen say? Have you ever said what he was going to do? Do we need to help him?"

Zhu Lian shook his head and said, "He did not spread the word to Liu Er."

As soon as these words were said, Zhu Lian immediately remembered every bit of what had just happened!

Zhu Lian was afraid that she would show her own strength, so he quickly picked up the teacup and pretended to drink tea!

"Don't the Dharma pass on Liu'er? What does the champion mean?" Mo Qi said.

Geng Nanzhong thought for a while and said, "Can he not want others to know that he was taking action, so he deliberately left no talk."

Li Bangyan said: "There is only one explanation."

Zhao Huancai didn't care what method Cai still used, as long as Cai could still keep Zhao Kai. He pointed to the point and asked, "Can the champion do this?"

Li Bangyan analyzed: "Although Cai Shen's official position is not high, he has a strong power. The key is that by accident, he occupied the general trend. Now that he is not allowed to recover Yan Yun, he still has great hope in this case, if he wants to stop Prince Yun from going north."

Geng Nanzhong then analyzed: "Cai still has Taishi Cai, Taishi Cai, Taiwei Gao and other complex forces. If he takes all his strength, his guarantee will still be trusted."

Zhao Huan said: "In this case, there is no need for champion to clearly stand on our side now. It would be better to clearly stand on our side when he leads troops north to recover Yan Yun and then come back."

Unexpectedly, Li Bangyan said with confidence: "He can't get the position of commander."

As soon as Li Bangyan said this, everyone looked at Li Bangyan, and Wu Kai even asked directly: "Can't you get it? But isn't the Western Army unable to move for the time being?"

Li Bangyan smiled without saying a word, then picked up the wine pot and continued to drink it on his own...

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Because he wanted to urge the Western Army to assemble as soon as possible, the Zhao Song court issued seven gold-shaped tablets to the Western Army Command within ten days, conveying the same order, and his tone was even more severe than the other. In the last order, there was a saying that "the army cannot reach Xiongzhou during the term, which will delay the opportunity of the military, but the commander-in-chief's army is asking."

The imperial gold-shaped card can only be used when passing a hundred thousand urgent military report. It takes 600 miles in a day and night to make people hold a red card with gold-shaped card. Every time they pass a station, they have to change a good horse and gallop past, like lightning. The twelve gold medals that Yue Fei received in history are such gold-shaped cards.

The Zhao Song Dynasty court sent seven envoys in a row within ten days, and was eager to use troops. It can be imagined.

However--

It would be useless for the Zhao Song court to urge him.

After Xifeng General's military system reformed, by the time of Zhao Ji's dynasty, the regular troops of the Song Dynasty in the northwest were about fifty generals.

The so-called general military tactics are to break the original organization of the imperial guards, wing troops, and foreign troops, and unify them into generals.

With "general" as the basic battle command unit, the theoretical organization of each general's troops ranges from 10,000 to 3,000, and the average should be around 5,000 to 6,000.

However, the vacancies of the Song Dynasty's army were very serious, and most of the troops were less than two-thirds of their theoretical organization.

Based on this, it is inferred that the most powerful Western Army in the Zhao Song Dynasty had only 200,000 regular troops.

(In addition to being a general, there are also a large number of village soldiers, archers and other quasi-regular troops in Shaanxi, and the number is even greater than that of regular troops. Unlike the mainland township soldiers, the northwest township soldiers have strong combat effectiveness. They are rough and tough, hard-working, and many of them are in the same county, township, or even the same ethnic and village. Their social relations are close and firm, and they fight very bravely, tenaciously, and are not afraid of sacrifice.

However, these quasi-regular troops such as village soldiers, archers and other quasi-regular troops usually do not leave the northwest to fight. They will only fight Xixia at their doorstep. For them, fighting Xixia is to defend their hometown, so they are very motivated and enthusiastic about joining the army to fight. But if they want to leave the northwest to fight, they don’t have to think about it.

Therefore, these rural soldiers and archers may not be included in the Western Army.)

Among these 200,000 Western troops, there are also 50,000 Victory Jets.

In this way, there are actually only 150,000 Western Armys that can be dispatched.

Not long ago, the Zhao Song court transferred the Shengjie Army and 50,000 Western Army to recover Yan Yun.

As a result, the 100,000 troops did not go north at all, but went south to attack Fang La.

After this battle, the Shengjie Army and the Western Army lost 60,000 to 70,000, and thousands were poached by Cai Shen.

When the Western Army returned to the northwest, after the count of Zhong Shidao, he went out and returned less than 20,000 yuan. Shengjie Army did not return to the northwest at all.

In addition, the remaining Northwest Imperial Guards can mobilize only 110,000 to 20,000.

In this case, how do you send the Western Army to the north and recover Yanyun?

Take a step back and say, if the Western Army is really dispatched, who will you let guard the sixth route in the northwest? Once Xixia takes the opportunity to send troops to Hengshan area, who will you let to resist?

More importantly, many people from the Western Army, who were under the division of the army, opposed sending troops to recover Yan Yun.

After receiving the assembly order from the Zhao Song court, Zhong Shidao immediately put the actual situation that the Western Army could not gather immediately to the Zhao Song court, and also clearly opposed going north to recover Yan Yun. He put this sentence in the chapter: "Today, the army will be patrolled by the border and recruiting Yanjing, it is probably not easy to get. Now the Liao Kingdom has been severely damaged by the Jurchens, which is like a neighbor's house robbery. Our Song Dynasty not only did not go to rescue him, but instead went forward to steal the things in the house. This is not a benevolent and righteous act. Moreover, the army's army is not well-known, so there may be some losses."

Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for the Western Army to assemble within half a year.

After receiving the report from Zhong Shidao, Zhao Ji looked at Tong Guan helplessly and said, "What should we do if the Western Army cannot gather in a short period of time?"

Tong Guan knew that Zhao Ji hoped that he would make some concessions, asking Cai Jian to lead his troops to the Hebei front first, and Cai Jianlai would lead the regaining of Yan land first...

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Chapter completed!