Li Gu was sent to Qigou Pass to meet Guo Shao through the order of the eunuch Wang Zhong. But when he came back, he was personally received by Chai Rong.

"Keep to Your Majesty." Li Gu leaned down and bowed. At this time, of course he could not see the emperor, and his face was almost against the floor tiles.

Hearing the "flat body", Li Gu carefully got up. He heard the eunuch whispering to remind him, "You can't make the officials angry in the Li family." He still didn't dare to look up at the emperor, but the hall was not big, and there was no such step that could be seen high above and need to be looked up. Even if he didn't look directly at Chai Rong, he could see clearly.

Chai Rong was not wearing armor, wearing a loose purple robe, with a dark and spotty face, and he was indeed sick. Li Gu remembered a deceased fellow villager, and his symptoms were similar to those when he was sick; the fellow villager suffered from bloating lungs, except for his face, his legs were still swollen. But Li Gu was not a doctor and did not study this deeply, so he could not determine what disease the emperor had.

But for the time being, the emperor seems to be able to sit there and speak.

Chai Rong said again: "Guo Shao reported to win tens of thousands of people. Are they all Khitans? Is it true?"

Li Gu hurriedly replied: "Ying Wuxuyan. I saw the heads transported from Zhuozhou. I saw thousands of levels just by seeing them, all of which were the heads of the Khitans and Xi people... When I passed Qigou Pass, Han Lingkun and other generals also saw them; I took many big carts with full heads, which made me frightened to see!"

When Chai Rong heard this, he was a little excited and said, "Guo Shao is a good general."

Li Gu said: "Your Majesty said very much. Most of the Hujie Army is infantry. It is not easy for the infantry to capture so many cavalry."

Chai Rong nodded and said, "It's also called Yelu Ming knowing that he is a foolish monarch, how can I be afraid of him?"

Speaking of this, he sighed slightly, but he didn't know what he sighed.

At this moment, Li Gu took out a letter from his arms and presented it with his hands: "Your Majesty, I met General Guo at Qigou Pass. He submitted a memorial and asked me to bring it back to you to present it to you."

The eunuch Wang Zhong came over, took the envelope from Li Gu, and turned to look at Chai Rong. Seeing Chai Rong nodding slightly, Wang Zhong took out the envelope, pulled out the paper inside and handed it to Chai Rong.

Chai Rong looked at it and said, "Wang Zhong, go and call the general and go to the lobby to discuss matters later."

...The generals came soon, and Guo Shao was sent to Xiongzhou on the way, and Han Lingkun was at Qigou Pass. When everyone learned that the emperor was summoned, they all came early because they hadn't seen the emperor for several days, and the people in the army were in panic. If they could see the emperor, they would always be at ease.

Chai Rong looked very bad, but his condition is better today. He can walk to the lobby seat by himself, and of course he can also speak.

After the ceremony, Chai Rong asked Wang Zhong to take out Guo Shao's memorial without saying a word and hand it over to the generals for a review. There were not many senior generals, but it took a lot of time to read it. The hall was very silent during the process and the atmosphere was a little depressing.

Chai Rong neither mentioned Guo Shao's contributions nor did he say that he ran away from Zhuozhou without authorization, nor did anyone mention it in the hall.

As a martial artist, Chai Rong's style is also very straightforward. He said immediately: "Guo Shao recommended Han Lingkun to patrol the northern border. I plan to let Han Lingkun withdraw his troops to Xiong and Ba; the army has returned to the court, and choose another opportunity to come again. What do you think?"

Zhang Yongde made a statement and said, "More than 100,000 troops of the Khitan lord gathered, and people reportedly marched towards Zhuozhou; Zhuozhou is only more than a hundred miles from Xiongzhou. Your Majesty, now our dynasty withdraws troops. Will Mozhuzhou be attacked by the Khitan?"

Chai Rong endured the pain and gasped for a while, and suddenly sneered: "The Liao Kingdom is really ready to launch a large-scale attack? If Yelu Mingzhen dares to cross the river, I will be with him."

After hearing this, the generals suddenly felt a domineering aura coming to their faces, and they were speechless. The officials did not take the emperor Yelu Ming seriously at all.

Chai Rong retreated quickly, perhaps because he was not strong enough to sit for too long. However, he had already finalized the major event in just a few words. Once Han Lingkun arrived at the dominance of the world, the Zhou army could retreat.

There is no need to discuss or argue, I am afraid this matter will not be changed.

...Zhao Kuangyin left the palace in depressed and returned to the camp. He retreated and summoned Zhao Pu to meet him, and told Guo Shao about the incident in front of the emperor.

Zhao Pu also frowned when he heard this: "Then Guo Shao is too cruel. He is so blatant. The officials actually passed the memorials to all ministers. This is really... The officials directly adopted Guo Shao's recommendation and left Han Lingkun to patrol the border. Could it be that they believed Guo Shao's slander?"

Kuang Yin sighed and said, "Everyone knows that Guo Shao has a rift with me. He just slandered and said a few bad words, and everyone thinks it is just human nature."

"That's true." Zhao Pu was at a loss. "I thought Guo Shao could not leave in Zhuozhou, but unexpectedly things turned out to be like this. That guy is really hard to deal with... Hey, can a general fight in literature? I heard that Guo Shao's main aide was named Zuo You, but he used to be despised and didn't know what the background."

Kuang Yin said: "This matter has little to do with the aides. I just woke up in the palace. I remember that before the Northern Expedition, the official said that whoever made great contributions to him in the Northern Expedition would rely more on whom. Guo Shao solved the situation we set up for him, and grasped the thoughts of the official.

He first ambushed the Liao army, and captured a lot of things. After making contributions, he boldly retreated without authorization. He caused a certain matter and blatantly wrote to him to explain the pros and cons, so he escaped... and made a comeback, saying that I was feeling like I was on pins and needles now."

Zhao Pu thought for a moment and nodded to say yes.

Kuang Yin said again: "Although I was worried, I had to accept the loss of this game. In this matter, he had the ability to beat Xiao Siwen, had the courage to retreat without authorization, and could grasp the minds of the officials. His layout was to be defensive and offensive... It was so brilliant! Really brilliant!"

Kuang Yin pondered for a long time, but shook his head and murmured: "But it is indeed very different from the means that military generals like Guo Shao can have..."

Zhao Pu whispered: "If something goes wrong with the official family, let Guo Shao go back to Tokyo now and then cooperate with the queen inside and outside, the lord's future is worrying."

Kuang Yin nodded thoughtfully and said, "We have been staring at Guo Shao, but in fact we have ignored another person. If there was no that person, Guo Shao, a general of the Guards Division, had only one of the Hu Jie Army, and Gao Huaide, his strength was not so... I think it was not Guo Shao who planned to make this matter, but that person. This person had already planned to let Guo Shao return to Beijing, with a very clear purpose and a profound and ingenious layout, so he had to be careful."

Zhao Pu immediately said, "Lord, I have another plan..."

Kuangyin said straight: "But it's okay."

...

Wei Renpu and Wang Pu left the palace together and were also talking about the memorials that the ministers had just passed on. The two had a good relationship, but they felt like they were as light as gentlemen. They rarely had private contact. They happened to meet each other today.

The two were the chief officer and deputy Privy Councilor of the Privy Council. Many people once said in front of Wei Renpu: Wang Pu would replace him.

But Wei Renpu didn't mind at all, but praised Wang Pu for being a talented person. If Wang Pu was the Privy Councilor, he would be willing to give up the wise. After hearing this, Wang Pu rarely had a personal relationship with his colleagues. The two had a competitive relationship and appreciated each other... Wang Pu appreciated Wei Renpu's demeanor and demeanor, and Wei Renpu appreciated Wang Pu's vision, insight and strategy.

It is really not easy to make friends with Wang Pu. Almost no one in the court has any friendship with Wang Pu... This person is difficult to get along with, and he often uses the skills of the Legalists to control people. He lacks sincerity, and he is careful when he is with him.

At this time, Wang Pu said: "Guo Shao's memorial is indeed very strategic."

Wei Renpu said, "General Guo and General Zhao were disagreeable, so he wrote a letter to tease General Zhao for being too powerful and writing words that kill the heart." He smiled and said, "If I have a grudge against the King of Kings, I will also say bad things about you in front of the official family."

Wang Pu glanced at Wei Renpu next to him but did not smile. Wei Renpu laughed awkwardly, as if he was making a joke that was not funny, and stopped his smile in disappointment.

Wang Pu said at this time: "I mean that his method of fighting back against Zhao Kuangyin is very strategic." He thought about it and said, "But we can't just talk about strategy. Twenty thousand infantrymen swallowed thousands of Xiao Siwen's cavalry in one breath, which ordinary people can't do. This is a matter of force and strategy of military deployment. If he was just a martial artist, what would he do after making great contributions? Now, the official has not praised him in public."

Wei Renpu did not comment.

Wang Pu said again: "Actually, it is impossible to balance it by putting Guo and Zhao in Tokyo."

Wei Renpu asked casually: "Why?"

Wang Pu looked around and said in a deep voice: "How can we check and balance? For example, you and I check and balance each other, because we have no grudges, so we can coexist."

He cannot say that it is inappropriate for his example, but why does Wei Renpu sound so harsh?

Wang Pu said again: "Guo and Zhao are different. They both are trying to put the other party to death and then quickly. Once no one is suppressed, they may use any means to ignore the rules. They will definitely divide the winner, lose, and the fight and the result will come very quickly... Therefore, if the official wants to use Guo Shao to restrain Zhao Kuangyin, it will be useless and can only intensify the internal strife."

Wei Renpu tentatively said: "The deputy envoy of the king thought, what should we do best?"

Wang Pu refused to say anything now and remained silent.

Wei Renpu knew that Wang Pu was a very deliberate person. Seeing that he didn't say it, he guessed that he was unwilling to say it out. He couldn't help but inspire him again: "Does Deputy Envoy Wang mean that he should put someone in the outer town and separate them?"

Wang Pu immediately rejected: "Is it necessary to let one of them take the elite troops of the imperial guards outside to encourage them to fight half of the imperial guards in the future? But if the military power is seized and then released, can the people who leave the town and the town still fight with the other person without elite troops? How can they talk about checks and balances after turning into fish? This is no different from choosing a camp and helping one side deal with the other side! Anyway, balance cannot be achieved."
Chapter completed!