The entire cabinet, including the prince, rushed into the Qinzheng Hall in a hurry, and the internal supervisor did not even have time to report.
Even Zhao Xi was a little shocked by this situation. Could it be that Beiliao suddenly launched a move? Zhao Xi looked at Wang Zhongzheng and saw that he also looked confused.
In recent years, as the trade between the Song and Liao countries has become more and more prosperous, the Imperial City Department has placed many inquiries in Northern Liao. In other words, the focus of the Imperial City Department is Northern Liao.
If Northern Liao launched a war, the Imperial City Division would not be left without any information.
"What's the matter?"
"Back at the official house, the prison of Xiongzhou Prefecture was attacked by unknown persons the day before yesterday, resulting in nearly a hundred deaths and injuries among officials and servants of Xiongzhou Prefecture. The imprisoned master craftsman of the Lu family was rescued..."
This... Zhao Xi didn't react for a moment. The prison was attacked? Was it robbed? How could a craftsman spend such a huge sum of money?
"What are the casualties? Why are there so many vague words about nearly a hundred people?"
"Back to the official's house, the old minister didn't explain. There were fifty or sixty thieves, causing seventeen people to die and seventy-six people to be injured in Xiongzhou. Most of the dead were jailers in Xiongzhou Prison. Among the injured were the judge of Xiongzhou and the officials of the sixth chamber.
Yamen servants, and the innocent people of Xiongzhou."
Wang Anshi was so anxious that he forgot the official's requirement for real figures to be reported.
"Where is the garrison? The garrison was not notified? What is Wang Shunchen doing?"
He robbed the prison, broke into the prison, and massacred all the guards on duty. Zhao Xi understood that this was no longer a simple government affair, it was already a war.
No matter whether the people of Bei Liao are still as barbaric and good at fighting as they were in the early years, it is difficult to break out of the prison without military formation. If the Xiongzhou government office still wants to hide it, or if Wang Shunchen shirks the responsibility, he will not mind cutting off a few heads.
"Back at the official house, General Wang led his personal guards to pursue him, but there has been no result yet."
Although Zhang Dun also thought that this was not a simple prison robbery, he did not think that fifty or sixty people could break through the border defense line. Zhang Dun still trusted Wang Shunchen.
"Shunchen still underestimated the enemy..."
Zhao Xi felt a little emotional. In the early years, the generals in the Northern Liao Dynasty paid too much attention to any movements in the Northern Liao Dynasty, just like Wang Anshi's performance now. In recent years, the country has almost no defeats in foreign wars, and the generals of the country seem to be a little proud.
"The official family, now..."
Zhao Xi did not respond to Wang Anshi's words, but just walked aside and looked at the sand table.
"If the prison robbers of the Northern Liao Dynasty are the elite palace guards of the Northern Liao Dynasty, Wang Shunchen will suffer a big loss this time!"
After just taking a look at the sand table and thinking about Wang Shunchen's character, Zhao Xi roughly understood the actual situation in Xiongzhou.
If you initially thought it was a group of nobles entering the prison to rob the prison, you would definitely suffer a loss.
According to Zhang Dun's words, Wang Shunchen led his personal guards to pursue him. The cavalry and archery battle was on the one hand, and Wang Shunchen's wrong judgment was also on the other hand. This is not to say that Wang Shunchen was wrong. In this case, it has been seen that Wang Shunchen was able to lead his personal guards in pursuit.
He paid attention to it, but not enough.
"North of Xiongzhou, there are plains as far as the eye can see. If the Bei Liao immigrants are three riders per person, and with Bei Liao's ability in riding and shooting, if we want to capture these robbers, we can only succeed by chasing them down and intercepting them."
"Chen Shun still doesn't want to mobilize troops and mobilize people!"
"If the entire Xiongzhou garrison had mobilized at the time of the incident, the thieves could have been blocked around Xiongzhou. Of course, this is considered a post-mortem analysis. It is also possible that the Xiongzhou government office had lost the opportunity when it notified the garrison.
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"I don't want to hold anyone responsible, the incident happened suddenly..."
Zhao Xi muttered something in vain, without even raising his head, and kept staring at the sand table in Hebei Road.
"Guan family, what should we do now?"
The official family has always been vigorous and resolute, but Wang Anshi didn't know why the official family was so slow at this time.
"Wait! You must believe Wang Shunchen. It took almost three days from the time the case was reported to the court. Judging from what happened, Xiongzhou Yamen knew the garrison, and Wang Shunchen had no time to convene a meeting and issue an order, so he led his guards to pursue...
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"At that time, if Wang Shunchen cannot pursue him, he will definitely issue an order to contain him during the pursuit... We must believe that Wang Shunchen has this consciousness."
"Now it depends on the time. If Wang Shunchen's order to set up the siege is delayed, maybe the thieves have escaped. If the time to set up the siege is right, dozens of people will still be unable to escape."
This is how things should be.
The terrain of Xiongzhou is like this, and Wang Shunchen's original intention must be the same. If he directly pursued Xiongzhou Yamen after receiving a request for help, this is also the reason why he only brought his personal guards. Of course, there is another point, this kind of pursuit battle,
Guochao had a huge disadvantage facing Northern Liao.
Wang Shunchen was good at riding and shooting, and he also focused on selecting his personal guards. At this time, only his personal guards had the ability to fight against the Northern Liao soldiers during pursuit.
If the pursuit was truly organized and organized, it would probably only increase casualties.
After seeing the terrain, Zhao Xi understood Wang Shunchen's approach.
Wait... For the imperial court, this is the only thing that can be done now.
"Guan family, will this matter cause greater turmoil?"
Wang Anshi was uneasy. In view of his understanding of Bei Liao, since he dared to spend such a high price to rob the prison, I am afraid that the Bei Liao court was also prepared...
"This is a question. It depends on the true identity of this great craftsman. Is it an official appointment or a noble from Northern Liao? Is this person a Han or a Khitan?"
"Let's do this. The imperial court sent an envoy to Beiliao to question the imperial court of Beiliao. It is to question, not to explain, but to ask Beiliao to explain and compensate for the prison robbery..."
"Since the country feels that the war is not ready yet, then let's talk about it..."
The Imperial City Division sent to the Northern Liao Dynasty to investigate, but they still did not really come into contact with the decision-makers of the Northern Liao court. They were all on the periphery, and there was no way to know what the current trend of the Northern Liao court was.
The information from the Imperial City Division seems more like some rumors that were known in advance. For example, the Bei Liao Emperor granted death to the Queen and deposed the Prince; the Bei Liao Emperor favored Yelu Yixin, etc.
Although history has changed, major events still follow their original laws.
For example, these old ministers of the dynasty are supposed to have passed away in the past few years, but whether it is Han Qi, Fu Bi, Wang Anshi or Sima Guang, they are all alive and strong. Even Di Qing, although he dare not say that he can still mount a horse to fight, but
Still lively and energetic.
The same was true for the Northern Liao Dynasty, and Yelu Hongji was still the same. Except that when Yelu Chongyuan was in charge of the government, he was instigated by Xixia to launch the Hedong War, the relationship with the country was relatively peaceful for decades.
It may also be because of the rise of the dynasty that Yelu Chongyuan's rebellion was delayed, but finally happened. Yelu Yixin was still reused, the death of the queen also happened, and the prince was also deposed.
Also in view of this current situation, Zhao Xi feels that this time the dispute is more likely to end up in a dispute.