Zhao Heng competed with soldiers at the martial arts stage every morning, which greatly boosted morale.

When he came to power, he had money to take it. The soldiers were eager to try it out. They were all bloody men. They knew they would not want to lose too ugly. They rushed to practice martial arts in private. Secondly, the court suffered two defeats in the Northern Expeditions. The first time the emperor was shot in the thigh, and the second time the Prince Gong broke his arm. The people themselves were afraid of the Liao cavalry and were worried that the Zhao family royal family was not the opponent of the Liao. Now they found that the scholar-like King Shou was actually extremely skilled in martial arts. Deputy General Jing Yi came to power and was defeated by King Shou. With such a mighty prince leading them, the soldiers finally saw hope of defeating the Liao Kingdom.

Zhao Heng was concerned about not only the morale of the military camp. He was in the military camp for half of the day, and the remaining half, Zhao Heng brought a team of people to inspect the civilians in Zhenzhou. The Fourteen Prefectures of Youyun are the Central Plains. Any capable and ambitious emperor would want to recover the lost land. From the perspective of the court, sending troops is unavoidable. But when the war comes, the people will inevitably be implicated. The strong men joined the army and went to the battlefield, leaving only the elderly, weak, women and children to farm. If the Liao soldiers attacked, they would completely delay the farming.

War is inevitable. Zhao Heng can only appease the people and let the people know that the emperor in the palace remembers them, and it is definitely not a militaristic man. Zhao Heng cannot make a long statement, but Eunuch Fu is a sensible person. When the people saw the prince come to care for them in person, they were moved. After hearing Eunuch Fu's sweet words that could make the dead live, most of the resentment accumulated over the past two years dissipated, and they expressed their willingness to serve the court. Even the boys who were seven or eight years old on the street knew that they could get money when they joined the army, and they were determined to grow up quickly to defend their country.

Zhao Heng acted cautiously and visited the people privately. Any words of condolences would be given in the name of his father. When the people praised it, the emperor and the King of Shou were praised together.

The situation in Zhenzhou quickly spread to the capital.

Hearing that the army in the camp was greatly motivated and the people no longer complained. Emperor Xuande looked at the memorial and fell into deep thought without realizing it.

Emperor Xuande thought of the third brother when he was a child. At that time, the third brother had a similar temper as the fourth brother, and they all competed to show it in front of him, hoping to get praise from his father. He often praised the fourth brother, so the fourth brother became more and more cheerful as he grew older. He always regretted the third brother's mouth disease, so the third brother gradually faded out of his vision and lived a weak position, which gradually made everyone misunderstand that he was a scholar prince who studied behind closed doors.

But his third brother is not a scholar who turns a blind eye to the outside world. The third brother is very skilled and must have been practicing martial arts. When something happened to the court, the third brother is straightforward. As long as he feels right, he will speak out loud even if he knows that he will anger his father, and be dedicated to serving the people. He is both civil and military, brave and resourceful, and what is even more rare is that the third brother has a strong friendship.

Oral disease?

Emperor Xuande smiled. The third brother spoke more and more quickly in the past two years. Although he could only say four or five words at a time, the third brother’s brother’s character is a gem, and the words can express his meaning. He has less words to add majesty. He is also lucky to serve his father-in-law. That little bit of mouth disease does not affect anything.

With such an outstanding son, Emperor Xuande was pleased, but he just smiled and Emperor Xuande frowned slightly. It is good to be the eldest son, but the second son has been responsible for errands and has never made any mistakes after taking on errands in recent years...

"Emperor, Your Highness, King Rui, asked for a meeting." The eunuch Wang En came in to report.

Emperor Xuande nodded, put away the memorials in front of him that praised the third brother, and looked up at the door.

King Rui entered the door with a smile, and his eyes met. King Rui said loudly: "Father, I heard that my third brother has made contributions in Zhenzhou. I would like to congratulate you. The old three-person can comfort the people and the martial arts can shock the three armies. The Liao army will be defeated in this battle."

This was very memorable, but Emperor Xuande shook his head and said, "The war has not yet begun, so be cautious and not content with one's own sereneness."

"The father taught me a lesson." King Rui said respectfully, and then expressed his intention: "Father, the third brother used the reward silver to inspire morale, and what he paid should be his private money. My son thought about it. My son was leading troops for our Great Zhou Dynasty. As a brother, I cannot just ask him to worry. Therefore, my son prepared 1,000 taels of silver and wanted to send it over to express his feelings."

Hearing "one thousand taels", Emperor Xuande silently calculated in his heart that the third brother fought with three soldiers every day, and the competition was stormy and rain for half a year, and it only took about five hundred taels. If he sent another thousand taels, wouldn't it add to bad luck, which means that the battle will be delayed for two or three years? What's more, the third brother is not so poor that he needs special subsidies.

"No need, when the third brother returns to triumphantly, I will reward him more." Emperor Xuande said casually, and after saying that, he picked up a new memorial.

King Rui smiled awkwardly and took his leave.

The sound of footsteps completely disappeared, Emperor Xuande raised his head from the memorial and felt a headache when the second child left. One was the eldest and the other was the wise man. In terms of favor, they were all their own sons. What is the difference? The third child only made some contributions in the past two years. The second child was in charge of the prison early and never made any mistakes.

Forget it, think about it after the war, there is no hurry.

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Zhenzhou, in early September, 100,000 cavalry of Liao Kingdom finally came in a fierce attack. The scout came to report that King Han Kuang of Liao Yan and general Yelu Xiong led 80,000 iron cavalry to attack Zhenzhou from the plain area. General Yelu Shan led 20,000 cavalry to go south from the mountain road on the west side of Zhenzhou, and the troops were divided into two routes. On this side of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Li Long ordered Guo Boyan, who was guarding Guannan, to lead his troops north of the Guannan, to go north of Yelu Shan and others, and ambushed at the entrance of the Great Wall to block the retreat route of the Liao Kingdom's western army. He and Deputy General Jing Yi and General Longwu Zhao Jing led 100,000 troops to the north of the city, and lined up to wait for the Liao army.

The soldiers left the city to line up, and Zhao Heng and Li Long and several generals stood on the high city wall. Before the Liao soldiers arrived, Zhao Heng bowed his head, and the 100,000 troops outside the city lined up into eight square formations according to the formation diagram drawn by his father. The two formations were hundreds of steps apart, and they were magnificent. Just as they were watching, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the distance, Zhao Heng looked up, and when he saw it, he was shocked.

Liao soldiers flocked in, like a flood and a beast. The soldiers of the Great Zhou were gathered together and could fight in one place. At the moment, they were so far apart that they could not take care of each other. The Liao soldiers only needed to encircle and defeat each other. The whole city was full, and the guards were afraid of losing!

As soon as the thought arose, General Longwu, Zhao Jing, suddenly said: "Chief, the Liao soldiers are coming in full force. Our formation is too scattered, so hurry up and turn into two formations!"

Li Long held the city wall and shouted angrily: "Bold! Before the army set off, the emperor personally taught me the formation map and ordered me to set up the formation according to the map. I should not imitate Cao Yu. Now that the battle is about to be fought, do you want to resist the order or not?"

The Liao soldiers came too quickly. In desperation, Zhao Jing accidentally told the truth: "How can the emperor be in the capital? How can he predict the battle between the two armies? Cao Yu was defeated by the imperial edict, which was a crime. We followed the imperial edict but ignored the military situation and caused the Zhenzhou to fall. Isn't it a crime? The left and right are all guilty, and the last general would rather resist the order and retreat the Liao army!"

Li Long was furious: "You..."

"Li Long obeyed the order and immediately changed the formation. If he was punished afterwards, I would be the only one." Hundreds of thousands of people were anxious and had no time to waste their words. Zhao Heng made a quick decision and ordered the command with the power of supervising the army.

The army supervisor was the largest, and Li Long had to listen. Seeing that the Liao cavalry was less than two miles away from his side, the fast horses arrived in a blink of an eye. The Great Zhou had no time to change the formation. Li Long's mind moved and was about to insist on the eight formations that the emperor ordered him to set up, Zhao Heng spoke first and said coldly: "Jing Yi is loyal and honest, and sent him to surrender. When the army was joined, listen to the sound of drums attacking Liao."

Although this plan is unhappy with deception, what is decent compared with the people of Zhenzhou and the city?

King Shou was definitely not allowed to disobey, and was exactly the same as Emperor Xuande in the capital. Li Long had nothing to say, so he had to send his deputy general Jing Yi to surrender.

The commander of the Liao Kingdom was Han Kuang, the king of Yan. When Han Kuang heard that the Great Zhou was about to surrender, Han Kuang was overjoyed. Since he could not use his troops to capture the city and Zhenzhou, why should he still fight? His idea was settled, and Han Kuang immediately ordered the Liao troops to stop and wait for the Great Zhou troops to surrender. However, the Liao general Yelu Xiong felt that it was inappropriate and reminded him to be wary of the Zhou army. In recent years, Yelu Xiong has become a war god-like figure in the Liao Kingdom. The people respect him, but there are some officials in the same dynasty who are dissatisfied, and Han Kuang is one of them.

"The general fought hard several times before, but he had not captured the city. Today, Zhou General was afraid of the power of my king and took the initiative to offer the city. Is the general uncomfortable?" Han Kuang stared at Yelu Xiong and smiled mockingly. The Khitan barbarians did not even speak as the people in the Central Plains, and they could say whatever they wanted.

He was a barbarian, but Yelu Xiong was not impulsive. Since the persuasion was ineffective, he shut up.

Han Kuang snorted coldly and went outside the city wearing armor to greet Jing Yi who was surrendering. As a result, just as the Liao cavalry relaxed their vigilance, a gust of drums suddenly came from the Zhou army. The soldiers of the Great Zhou who agreed to surrender also rushed up under the leadership of Jing Yi.

Li Long may not be able to see the situation clearly, but he was definitely a famous general and led the way. When the Liao cavalry saw the Li family flag, they lost their courage.

Just when Han Kuang was overwhelmed with regret, Yelu Xiong had already led the elite Liao Kingdom to retreat to the rear and roared the drum to withdraw his troops. He retreated quickly, but his subordinates had not lost their combat power. King Han Kuang of Yan retreated slowly, and his subordinates died in battle and were captured 10,000, which was extremely embarrassed. They were defeated here. Seeing that something was wrong on the west side, Yelu Dan immediately withdrew his troops, but was intercepted by Guo Boyan and the 20,000 cavalry were wiped out.

Guo Boyan's eyes were red when he killed his eldest son Guo Xiao, and he still remembered the grudge of his eldest son Guo Xiao. He killed Yelu Shan and wanted to continue chasing Yelu Xiong because his son died in the fire set by Yelu Xiong's son.

"Dude, the prince ordered you to withdraw your troops and not pursue them again!"

The messenger arrived quickly and shouted loudly, calling back Guo Boyan's reason. Yelu Xiong's main force was not damaged. After a fight, there were only more than 10,000 people left. He caught up with Yelu Xiong, and it was not certain who would live or die.

"Retreat." Looking at the direction of Yelu Xiong's army's retreat, Guo Boyan said coldly.

At the same time, the Shu rebel army, led by the commander Wang Wu and Li Shun, fought fiercely outside Jiangyuan City with the government troops who came to suppress. The troops on both sides were equal, but the rebel army was all poor peasant people who were forced by the government to be unable to survive. They were filled with anger in their hearts. They were fighting for their lives and fighting for their lives. How could the government army compare with?

The official army retreated step by step and retreated to the city, and the rebel army also chased the city.

"Shoot the arrow!" A dense array of crossbowmen suddenly appeared on the high city wall and shot wildly at the rebels. During the bloody battle, Wang Wu was shot with an arrow on his forehead!

"Brother!" Li Shun and Guo Xiao rushed to Wang Wu at the same time, but Li Shun was really anxious. Guo Xiao seemed tragic, but his eyes were as cold as a cold pool, and he treated Wang Wu like a mustard.

"Don't worry about me, keep killing!" Wang Wu also went crazy, cut off the arrow shaft, and rushed forward with a broken arrow.

After half a day of bloody battle, Jiangyuan City fell, and the rebel army captured another city in Shu!
Chapter completed!