Zhao Kai followed his bright voice and saw an old man wearing a brocade gown, a black tulle head, and a jade belt tied with a waist, walking towards him quickly, and in a blink of an eye, he arrived in front of him.

This old man is about seventy years old, with dark skin and burly figure. His chin looks like a needle pricked on him. Several beards are scattered, and they have turned white. His triangular eyes are radiating with splendor, looking at Zhao Kai, the Prince of Yun who is still wearing a series of armor.

Zhao Kai recognized this person as the head of the Privy Council, Taishi, Xuanfu General of Hedong and Yanshan, and Tong Guan, the Prince of Guangyang.

Tong Guan and Zhao Kai were very close, otherwise Zhao Kai would not have almost become the commander of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. This was because the Northern Expedition Army commanded by Tong Guan suffered a crushing defeat in Baigouhe and had to fail.

Tong Guan can now go straight to the inner house of Zhao Kai’s mansion without any obstacles, which also proves that the relationship between the two is extraordinary.

Zhao Kai had already remembered that he seemed to be in the same group as Tong Guan, a treacherous minister, so he had to ask Xiang Kexian to lead Tong Guan to the study room to wait. He first entered the bedroom and asked Pan Yulian to serve him to remove his armor and change his clothes. He wiped his face and then changed into a moon-white collar robe, put on a Dongpo towel, and asked Pan Yulian to ask someone to prepare some food and food to send it to the study room. Then he took tired steps and excitedly, and went to his study room.

As soon as he entered the study, Zhao Kai saw Tong Guan get up and bow to him. He was about to let Tong Guan avoid the ceremony, but the other party spoke in a sad tone.

"If the old minister had known that His Highness the King was so heroic, he should have tried his best to protect the King as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition. If so, would there be the collapse of Baigou? Yan Yun had recovered for several years, and there would not be the rampant Guo Yaoshi, nor would there be the disaster of the Jin thieves entering the Central Plains. The old minister was so close to the king that he did not know that the king had emulated Emperor Taizong of Tang, and he was really ashamed..."

Zhao Kaixin said: You old traitor, don’t be ashamed. Actually, I just came. Zhao Kai was also a coward before, and he also delivered vegetables when he went to Hebei. But... if I came a few years earlier, would it really be possible to reverse the situation of the exhaustion of the Western Army and the failure of the Northern Expedition?

Thinking of this, Zhao Kai first invited Tong Guan to sit down, and then sat opposite Tong Guan. At this time, a small yellow gate of Prince Yun’s mansion led two maids, brought some hot wine and food over, and placed them on the desk between them.

"Everyone is out, you don't need to be here."

Zhao Kai sent all the orders, and then smiled and said to Tong Guan: "The Grand Master has been busy for most of the day and must not have time to eat well. Why not just use some here for me."

Tong Guan smiled and said, "Then I am more respectful than obedient."

Zhao Kai nodded, then looked down and saw two wine pots, several plates of meat and vegetables, several plates of fruits and vegetables, and a plate of steamed buns. He didn't know it was a bun, but he also put two pairs of bowls and chopsticks on the desk.

I don’t drink wine... Zhao Kai probably didn’t learn to drink alcohol in his previous life! So he picked up the chopsticks and picked up a steamed bun, stuffed it into his mouth and took a big bite. It was stuffed, like diced bamboo shoots, chicken, mushrooms, and something else, which was very delicious.

Zhao Kai worked hard all day wearing a series of armor weighing dozens of pounds, but he only ate some dry food around noon. Now he is so hungry that his chest is close to his back, so he started eating it voraciously. He ate a plate of buns in a hurry, and then he felt that all his strength was back.

Tong Guan is older and has a bigger appetite than before. He has something to do, so he just eats a few bites of vegetables and makes him hungry. Then he looks at the Prince Yun in front of him, and he eats voraciously. It turns out that the king is hungry, regardless of his appearance!

Seeing Zhao Kai finishing his meal, he continued to talk: "The old minister has been invincible for 20 or 30 years. Before the Northern Expedition of Yanyun, he was invincible and he was able to take all the battles. He was simply the pillar of the country and was invincible. It would have been the glorious one. It would have been better if there were no Yanyun's Battle and the current Jin thieves invading..."

Zhao Kai thought to himself: Without the later Battle of Yanyun and the invasion of the Jin thieves, who would have known that you were a treacherous minister in the future? Who would have known that Zhao Ji was a very stupid and foolish monarch?

Tong Guan seems to have no idea that he has been a treacherous minister who has been infatuated for thousands of years, and he is still regretting it!

"Actually, before the old minister sent troops, he knew that the battle to attack Yan was difficult... Unfortunately, the old minister was fascinated by a king's name and was determined to take the land of Yanyun for the country. However, he did not find the hero of the king, and also forgot that he was just a lowly eunuch!"

How could you forget this? Don’t you go to the thatched cottage? Zhao Kai thought to himself: That’s missing key components! Even if you can forget it, your eldest wife and young wife can’t forget it!

Tong Guan said this, and he became sad, and tears fell down. Zhao Kai felt soft-hearted. Seeing that he was a widowed and disabled old man cried sadly, he had to comfort him: "The Grand Tutor should not be sad. The soldiers of the Song Dynasty have not been weak for a day, and it is not your fault. Even if you exchange the Governor Wang, can the group of weak soldiers below become stronger?"

"The king is so bad," Tong Guan waved his hands repeatedly, "I don't think that our Song Dynasty soldiers are so weak... Of course, it's not as good as the Jurchen barbarians who came out of the mountains and forests of Liaodong, but they will never be much worse than the elite soldiers. If the Song and Liao soldiers were so bad, how could there be more than one hundred years of harmony between the two countries? This Chanyuan Alliance was not exchanged for 300,000 or 500,000 yuan a year, but was exchanged for the bloody battle of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty, causing heavy losses to the invading Liao army!

The Western Army led by the old ministers are all long-term warfare soldiers. Although they are exhausted, they can still fight... The defeat in the Northern Expedition is not because of the weak soldiers, but because the generals are too weak!"

Ah, I finally admit that I am an incompetent treacherous minister, right?

"The old minister is 72 years old, and Baigou is 69 years old when he was defeated by Baihe. He is no longer as brave as he was back then." Tong Guan sighed, "And Liu Yanqing, Yao Gu, Zhong Shidao, and Zhong Shi's middle-class generals are all old and have a weak popularity. How can he be more heroic than Yelu Dashi's prime years?"

This is true... These old guys can't match Yelu Dashi if they add one! He is the founding emperor of the Western Liao Dynasty and a person of the same level as Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Kaixin said: Looking at the Song Dynasty today, I, the chosen one, are better than him.

Tong Guan said again: "And these people are either eunuchs or martial artists. Even if they are hung up the sign of Xuan Shuai, the civil officials on the ground in Hebei can be regarded as the powerful ministers in our family? Not to mention them, they are the prefects of one state and one prefecture. As long as they are civil officials, they will not take me seriously. Not to mention the civil officials in the court... Although Yelu Dashi only has the land of Yanshan Mansion, they are willing to obey his command. Everyone is willing to fight to the death. They dare to fight together. No matter how lacking the manpower, material resources and military power of Yanshan Mansion is still richer than the Western thieves (Xixia). The old soldiers under Dashi who have fought hard for seven or eight years have really acted ruthlessly, and are still stronger than the elite of the Western Army.
Chapter completed!