Although in the past, there were several ministers who were close to Su Yuanjing.
But at this time, when they saw how ferocious the opponent's firepower was, they all chose to stay silent and protect themselves.
In the end, Su Yuanjing laughed miserably twice and then fell silent.
Perhaps the only people in the court who could understand his miserable laughter at this time were Wu Zhi, except for the two Zhongshi Dao who were still looking at the spider.
But even so, Cai Jing and others still did not intend to let Su Yuanjing go.
In the end, under the verbal and written criticism of Cai Jing's faction, Zhao Ji ordered that Su Yuanjing be stripped of his title of Taiwei and temporarily imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion Prison.
After the alliance between the two countries has become a foregone conclusion, he will be brought up to convict him.
At this point, the long-lost smiles appeared on the faces of Cai Jing and others.
Although before this, the power of Cai Jing and others was respected in the imperial court.
But the forces opposing them have always existed.
That is, the faction headed by Su Yuanjing.
But now, Su Yuanjing, the leader, has fallen.
On weekdays, the two brothers who were closest to him, the Taoist Master, had been criticized repeatedly by Cai Jing and others before this, so at this time, they no longer dared to confront them head-on.
At this point, looking at the entire Song Dynasty, there is a situation where Cai Jing and his group are dominant.
At the court, after determining the major policy of alliance between the two countries.
The last thing to discuss was the specific matters after the alliance was formed.
Of course, the position of commander-in-chief is also under discussion.
From the beginning, Wu Zhi showed extremely strong interest in this position.
He also assured Zhao Ji again and again that he would definitely be qualified for the position of marshal.
And Zhao Ji, after listening to Wu Zhi's explanation, felt in his heart that since the last time, he could lead the Song Dynasty's cavalry to repel all the Jin and Liao cavalry.
So this time, there will probably be no problem if the position of commander-in-chief is handed over to him.
But at this moment, Tong Guan took the lead in raising objections.
Moreover, they have always disapproved of handing over the post of marshal of the army to Wu Zhi because of Wu Zhi's young age and lack of experience in commanding troops.
While Tong Guan expressed his views, Cai Jing's party members also agreed.
Not only did he make a long speech about his age and experience in commanding troops.
While questioning him arbitrarily, he also ridiculed his origins.
Zhao Ji, who was sitting on the dragon chair, first looked at Tong Guan and others with disdainful expressions.
Then he looked at Wu Zhi again and saw the eager look on his face.
Finally, after thinking for a long time, I made up my mind.
The final result was that Privy Envoy Tong Guan, as the general marshal of the expedition, led hundreds of thousands of troops and horses to jointly attack the Liao Kingdom with the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom.
In view of Wu Zhi's commendable loyalty and strong desire to serve the country, he was given the position of pioneer officer.
Tong Guan was naturally very dissatisfied with Zhao Ji's decision.
Because in his opinion, that young boy Wu Zhi was not worthy of leading an army at all.
But just as he was about to express his thoughts in public, Cai Jing, who was standing aside, grabbed his arm.
At this time, Tong Guan was quite puzzled.
But when he noticed Cai Jing's sharp eyes, he could only temporarily acquiesce in Zhao Ji's decision.
This time, the morning dynasty lasted until the afternoon, and then the dynasty was dismissed.
When Wu Zhi left Qinzheng Hall with extremely complicated emotions.
The two brothers from the Taoist Seed Master also quickly came to Wu Zhi's side.
There was bitterness all over his face.
"Brother Wu Zhi, this dispatch of troops depends entirely on you."
Wu Zhi shook his head with a complicated expression.
"What's the use of relying on me?"
"You two, please don't forget that the Grand Marshal of this expedition is the Privy Councilor Tong Guantong."
"I'm just one of his subordinates, a little pioneer."
"The number of troops and horses he leads will not exceed 10,000 at most."
"There may be countless old, weak, sick and disabled among the soldiers he leads."
"When the time comes to fight the enemy, if the 'elites' I lead are not scared away on the spot, I will be Amitabha."
"Just relying on my own strength to turn the tide of the war?"
"To be honest, I can't even think about it."
After hearing this, the two brothers, the Taoist master, couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly.
"We brothers don't want to make things difficult for you."
"But now, in such a huge court, who can we count on?"
"Originally, the Su Taiwei was always regarded as a minister in the court by our two brothers."
"With his existence, the Song Dynasty can give us both a glimmer of hope."
"But now, even that Lieutenant Su has fallen."
"And the two of us have not only been repeatedly squeezed out by those treacherous ministers in the court."
"Even the officials are quite afraid of what the two of us did when we were in charge of military power."
"To this day, our status in the court is no different from that of the idle princes standing on the right."
"Regardless of where your identity is, in fact, it is really useless to the various roles above the court."
"Brother Wu, tell me, between the two of us, who can we count on now?"
"Although the troops you can lead are extremely limited, if used properly, they can still exert unimaginable effects."
"Also, I always feel that the strategy of the Great Jin Kingdom forming an alliance with our Great Song Dynasty and then jointly sending troops to attack the Great Liao Kingdom is far from being as simple as it seems on the surface."
"Imagine if the Kingdom of Jin successfully defeated the Kingdom of Liao with our help."
"Then will they, after absorbing the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom and a lot of military supplies, come back to bite our Song Dynasty?"
"After all, our soldiers of the Song Dynasty are far inferior to the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom in terms of training, combat and fighting skills."
"If they have bad thoughts towards us after destroying the Liao Kingdom."
"Then it is still unknown whether Tong Guan alone can withstand the full-force assault from the Kingdom of Jin."
"The reason why we brothers have so much criticism about Tong Guan's way of commanding the army."
"That's because the so-called Privy Councilor doesn't know how to lead troops in war."
"That's why he had a good winning rate when he suppressed some rebels and rebels."
"What he relies on is nothing more than good luck and a group of generals under his command who are willing to sacrifice their lives."
"If that Tong Guan is really allowed to face the Jin Army cavalry who are desperately charging, the consequences will be unimaginable."