Especially the latter, their advanced thermal weapons enabled them to qualitatively crush the Liao army, which was mainly equipped with cold weapons.
Otherwise, given the Song army's previous situation, even with the information gap, it would have been difficult for them to win a real victory against the Liao people on the front battlefield.
Therefore, Fan Zhongyan's victory over the Liao Kingdom was largely due to the improvement of the Song Dynasty's overall national strength and the advancement of its weapons and equipment.
To sum it up, “Times have changed, sir.”
If he became proud of himself and thought himself great for this reason, outsiders like Wang Su and Wei Huanzhi who did not know the inside story would naturally not find it strange.
But if those in the Constitutional Yuan who know the inside story get to know about it, they will probably laugh at him for taking advantage of the power of others and being complacent.
Several people were talking.
Zhang Kang came out of the camp and said, "Sir."
"Gongshou woke up so soon. Didn't I tell you to have a good rest?"
Fan Zhongyan couldn't help but frown when he saw Zhang Kang had a pair of panda eyes, obviously he didn't get a good night's sleep.
Zhang Kang was indeed exhausted, but he said, "I've been thinking about this and that and can't sleep. I've been thinking about it and thinking about it. Is this not a good idea? The soldiers are all resting. What if the Liao army in the city suddenly attacks?"
He didn't sleep the whole night last night, he was fighting the whole time, and only took a short rest this morning.
But after sleeping in bed for an hour or two, I still woke up because of feeling uneasy. It was really too careless to be so defenseless.
Fan Zhongyan slapped his forehead and said, "Gongshou didn't sleep all night last night. I just asked you to go and rest, but I forgot to tell you this."
As he spoke, he pointed towards Shunzhou City and said with a smile, "Yelü Zongzhen was terrified and fled north overnight. There are only 5,000 people left in the city now, and the commander is our internal support."
"Forehead"
Zhang Kang was dumbfounded.
So the commander of the defending army in the city is one of their men?
It seemed like I had worried for nothing all night.
But think about it carefully.
It doesn't seem to be a problem.
What is the situation now?
The Liao people suffered a crushing defeat.
Yelu Zongzhen fled north in panic.
The Pi Shi army suffered heavy losses.
Although the battlefield is still being cleaned up in the rear, the supervisor is counting the military achievements and casualties.
But the rough estimate of the number of prisoners taken by various departments alone is more than 50,000 or 60,000, and the casualties will be no less than this number.
And it was not just the Pi Shi Army, but soldiers from other ethnic tribes of the Liao people also suffered countless casualties.
This not only severely weakened the power of the Liao people and their subordinate tribes.
At the same time, it would also inevitably cause the Khitan's prestige to plummet, and make the other ethnic tribes who were already ready to make moves dissatisfied.
It can be said that under such a blow, it is questionable whether Yelu Zongzhen can still maintain the Liao Kingdom.
Therefore, it is reasonable for the enemy to assess the situation and change sides.
"My husband is truly wise and powerful."
Zhang Kang hurriedly asked, "Then we should take advantage of the situation and conquer Yan Yun first?"
"Well, of course it is so. It's not just Yanyun, but also Chenzhou outside the border."
"Chenzhou?"
"good."
Fan Zhongyan nodded and said, "Although Chenzhou was once just a small city, it prospered after Yelü Abaoji relocated a large number of Han people here, becoming the Liaoyang Prefecture of the Liao Kingdom today. However, ever since Qin Kai of the Yan Kingdom forged a capital here, this place has been our Han territory. How can we let it be abandoned outside the Great Wall?"
Everyone felt something was wrong.
Wei Huanzhi asked in confusion, "Sir, are you only going to recapture Yanyun and Shenzhou?"
"Yes, my husband."
Zhang Kang hurriedly said, "We have won this great victory. We should be pursuing the Liao capital directly. Why are we stopping at just retaking Yanyun?"
“Not going north.”
Fan Zhongyan shook his head.
"Why?"
Everyone was confused and very puzzled.
The Liao Kingdom is currently severely damaged, and this is the best time to destroy it.
However, Fan Zhongyan shook his head and said, "Emperor Wu of Han destroyed the Xiongnu because they were a threat to the Han Dynasty. So Emperor Wu of Han assembled hundreds of thousands of troops and launched an attack on the south of the desert."
He continued, "Although Emperor Wu of Han annihilated the Xiongnu in that battle, his own nation was nearly destroyed. Did you see the desert return to Han territory?"
"My lord, what you mean is that destroying Liao will do us no good?"
Wang Su began to understand what Fan Zhongyan meant.
"good."
Fan Zhongyan nodded his chin slightly and said, "Not only will it be useless, it will be harmful. Therefore, destroying Liao at this time is not the best strategy. This is also what the Political System Council means."
After finishing his words, Fan Zhongyan smiled mysteriously and said, "The Council of Political System's considerations are not something that will happen overnight, but rather will take decades, or even centuries, to make. These are not things you can know, so you only need to obey immediately."
"I see."
When everyone heard that it was the Constitutional Council's consideration, they looked at each other and naturally did not ask any more questions.
The Constitutional Yuan is now too powerful.
In the past, the emperor's power was restricted. For example, when an imperial edict was issued, if a secretary felt that the emperor's order had problems, he had the power to reject it.
But the current Constitutional Council has almost no power barriers. As long as the decision is made by the prime ministers, there is no room for rejection.
So it can be said that there are no more voices questioning the Constitutional Yuan in the court.
This is indeed the case.
In essence, the Constitutional Court actually represents the power of the prime minister in ancient times.
The power of the prime minister and the power of the emperor have been in conflict since ancient times.
Wasn’t the Hu Weiyong case in the Ming Dynasty essentially Zhu Yuanzhang suppressing the power of the prime minister and taking power into his own hands?
But now the power of the prime minister has undergone tremendous changes because of Zhao Jun.
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