Chapter 240: Zhao Xing’s untrustworthy words and Fan Chuncui’s anger

Zhang Pu answered questions and answers - his current official position is the escort of the Jianing Military Office, a golden belt (honorable title, named after the Xia Lord for his military achievements), and he arrived at Huaiwei Fort that night. When Zhao Xing's fully armed scout army entered Huaiwei Fort, the Xixia people on the opposite side were surprised and panicked. They didn't know when such a luxurious army appeared on Huanqing Road, so they urgently reported the army to the Jianing Military Office. The Jianing Military Office was busy with Liang Yi-bing to intimidate the Song army. The others could not get out of here, so they let the romantic young master Zhang Wu take the guards to the front line. Zhang Wu was romantic by nature, and before leaving, he took his newlywed wife.

Although Zhang Wu's ancestors treasoned the country and surrendered to the enemy, he was very particular about bloodline. Among the direct disciples of all generations, they must marry a Song girl. This Song girl was carefully selected from the prisoners captured by the Xia army. Generally speaking, the Xixia people were extremely indulgent in relationships between men and women, and Mr. Zhang Wu took his wife to the army, which did not surprise the Xixia soldiers. As a result, both became prisoners.

Shi Gan asked about the situation and rushed out of the camp tent and went to check nearby. After a while, he broke into the tent again and whispered: "It's so dangerous to recruit people! The Xixia army actually brought ten whirlwind cannons. If they don't attack today, the Xixia people will set up whirlwind cannons tomorrow, and we will be in danger."

Zhao Xing was talking about pens and ink with Mr. Zhang at this moment. Mr. Zhang asked droolingly: "I heard that the adults prepared gossip pens for Mr. Su when he was in Huangzhou. I heard that the pens were of good quality. My father sent someone to Bianliang City to buy them many times, but unfortunately they all returned empty-handed. Today I saw the adults... Could it be that I could have a taste of what I wish?"

Zhao Xing looked at Zhang Pu with a smile, as if he was looking at a delicious snack. He replied with a smile: "You are not worthy! I said just now, you are not worthy of writing Chinese characters. I have a position to arrange for you. My concubine has opened a coal mine. There is a lack of a coal miner. You are the only one. Before the imperial court's order comes down, you have to produce more coal for me."

Zhang Pu regretfully reached his slender hand in front of him, looked at it for a moment, sighed, and said pity, "These hands go dig coals - burn the piano and cook the crane, waste things!"

Zhao Xing still smiled and said, "No, it's better to dig coal with your hands now. In the future, these hands can only be used to beg... After the imperial court knew that you were captured, they would definitely imprison you in the capital. This means that from now on, during festivals, you must use these hands to write some flattery poems to get some leftovers - Ah, I was excited to think about this, just want to hug the woman and have fun."

The young master Zhang was still calm. He glanced at the beautiful lady in his arms and sighed and said, "If Lord can let Ah Hong be by my side..."

Zhao Xing cut off the other party's words with a smile: "This girl does not belong to you anymore. She is my spoil - aren't your Xixia all this custom? I am a person who respects national traditions very much. According to your national traditions, this woman should be my property and my things."

At this time, after Shi Gan answered Zhao Xing's words, he saw that no one was paying attention to him. He held his arms and admired Zhao Xing teasing Mr. Zhang like a cat playing with a mouse. He was very happy and forgot to go out to count the spoils. He just stood by and watched the show with a silly smile, hoping that the drama would never end.

Zhang Pu sighed and asked gently: "What should you do to return Ah Hong to me?"

Zhao Xing grinned and pointed to the northeast: "Helanyuan!"

Zhang Pu was startled and immediately said, "I am humble and I am afraid I can't move Helanyuan's army."

Zhao Xing still looked smiling, and he continued, "I heard that there is a rule in Xixia that the commander was captured, the servants and soldiers were all killed. You are the beautiful young master Zhang of the Jianing Army Division. All of them came from the Jianing Army Division, so there were only two or three people who fled in the battle just now, and the rest of the people fought to the death. I guess those who escaped at least dare not go back to Helanyuan today. Write me a letter and use the military talisman on you for a while, and I will send you two to the capital after the matter is done."

After a moment of pause, Zhao Xing continued to induce things: "Speaking of it, you are not at a disadvantage. You have also seen the prosperity of the Song Dynasty. Even if you can return to the Song Dynasty, it is worth it to be a prisoner. Because the Song Dynasty was not as guilty as a son. Before the Song Dynasty, countless kings destroyed the country, and the descendants of those imprisoned kings had many high-ranking officials and nobles. For example, Qian Xie, the descendants of the Ministry of Revenue, have become the Minister of Revenue. If you suffer in this life, your descendants can proudly claim that you are a Song person. In this way, it is a great blessing that you are captured by me."

Zhang Pu was amused and crying. He looked at his wife in his arms. The woman looked at him with affection without fear. He sighed: "Well, come with paper and pen!"

Zhao Xing smiled and reminded: "Mr. Zhang, if you leave any secret memories in the letter, then you, and the woman, will suffer. I have a thousand ways to torture you. This is not to scare you. You can ask about it - our nickname is "Jingjiehu", and is known as "can't be provoked", which means that no one dares to join in the fun of the road I have walked. It's not possible to provoke you!"

Zhang Pu stared at Zhao Xing carefully and replied sincerely: "If I knew you were called 'can't mess with', I wouldn't come to Huanqing."

Zhao Xing laughed: "After today, people in Xixia will know."

Zhang Pu sighed and shouted in a stylish manner: "Come on the pen!"

Zhao Xing held back his laughter and greeted the follower: "Come and serve Mr. Zhang to write a letter."

Mr. Zhang Wu pulled out of his position and began to write his letter. He wrote the beginning of the letter. After writing a title, he stopped writing and asked Zhao Xing: "Mr. Zhao, how do I write, how do you need me to write?"

Zhao Xing smiled without comment: "This...you think about how to write it yourself, not only does it alert the former Helan officials, but also allows us to find excuses to stay for several days. This is your business. In order not to become 'my Ah Hong', you have to work hard!"

After saying that, Zhao Xing waved to Shi Gan, and the two of them got out of the tent together. Zhao Xing whispered at the entrance of the tent: "You just said that you found the cross whirlwind cannons, "The servants," did the 'Yu people' find it, and whether there is any survivor."

"Servant" and "Yu people" were slave craftsmen in charge of logistics in the Western Xia army, which is what people usually call equipment maintenance personnel.

Shi Gan shook his head in annoyance: "When I discovered the whirlwind cannon, I realized something bad. I rushed to ask them to stop. Unfortunately, it was too late. Everyone killed them and had no living."

Zhao Xing asked again: "How is the seizure?"

Shi Gan's face was filled with joy: "Sir, we have made a fortune. This group of soldiers is about 1,550, but there are more than 4,000 war horses. Many of them are very strong and have a good spirit. It was probably the fifth young master who rode for a while... Sir, the price you said will not change. If a war horse is one thousand guan, I'm afraid that there will be millions of guan in this battle. If you make a half-deal, it will be one million guan? Hum... I wonder how much help (kickback) is needed to recruit adults? The soldiers all said that recruiting adults is not that dark, so you have to leave some way out for everyone, right?"

Zhao Xing was not polite: "There are four soldiers participating in the war, and the most of them belong to me; when fighting, they use my grenades and gunpowder... I am humble and take away 1,500 war horses, and the rest belongs to you."

The war horses of the elite troops of the Western Xia army were carefully selected. Such war horses were worth 1,000 yuan on the market. From this data, we can also see that not everyone can play war, but the dividends of war are not the profit quota of ordinary commercial ones.

Shi Gan's face changed and he quickly added: "Sir, the horses were damaged in the battle. I just mentioned the total number... Now the complete war horses are seized, and there are only two thousand."

Zhao Xing did not express his opinion, he ordered: "Call Zhu Baozhong and Luo Xinlai."

Two vassals were called to the scene. Zhao Xing introduced the plan to use Zhang Pu's letter to defraud the city, and then said: "What I am worried about now is that Mr. Zhang is the noble son of the Jianing Military Office. Will we be able to pretend to be his servant to deliver the letter? Is it possible that the people of Helanyuan can recognize each of Mr. Zhang's servants?"

Zhu Baozhong immediately replied: "No problem, sir, a noble man like Mr. Zhang, how dare the minority members look up? My subordinates originally had a "Bubazi", and two or three others who had served as "Paixi" soldiers. They are completely familiar with their actions and language. It is no problem to get into the Helan Yuan. Please rest assured."

Luo Xin stayed in the Song Dynasty for a long time and had to be more focused. He thought for a while and sought confirmation: "Sir, Mr. Zhang's letter will not leave any secret memories, right? What should we do after we enter the city? If there are few people..."

"Young Master Zhang's letter will not be a problem. Actually, I only want him to have a letter," Zhao Xing smiled honestly: "To be on the safe side, I need your people to enter the city at dusk. It is best to go to the city before the city gate is closed. After they enter the city, they will go directly to the official house and take out the letter to the staff of the official house. They said it was too late and planned to rest for a day, and go to the government office to submit a letter the next morning.

I think Mr. Zhang is arrogant. His subordinates come to the city at sunset and want to play in the county town for a day. This is reasonable. As long as it is not an emergency military situation, the local officials will allow it. Then, let us lurker set fire that night - starting from our own official residence. After the official residence is in chaos, we will take the opportunity to rush out of the official residence and set fire all over the city... How about it, this is a simple task."

Luo Xin widened his eyes and shot a crazy look, but he still wanted to ask again: "Sir, what special methods do you call ignition?"

Zhao Xing nodded, gave a thumbs up with appreciation, and continued, "My soldiers have two kinds of iron eggs, one is a bomb and the other is a fire bomb. This fire bomb is complicated to use. I ask you to select forty-five clever people, and I will give you five commanders to each of them bring the bombs and go to Helanyuan. On the way, my people will teach you how to use these fire bombs. Your forty-five people need to cover me, these five people.

After setting fire, don’t fight with the people in the city. Just go around them when they encounter them. We now gather all the horses and arrive near Helanyuan in the second half of the night. When the fire breaks out in the city, we will then start the assault at the right time. After the fire is completed, the people who set fire will just hide it and do not need to open the city gate."

Shi Gan quickly agreed: "This is indeed a simple task. If my people weren't pretending to be Xixia people, I would do it myself."

Helan was originally a front-line base built by the Jianing Military Office of Luochuankou. It stored a large amount of combat preparations. With the large piece of Helanyuan, Shi Gan didn't care that Zhao Xing took away half of the war horses. He quickly summoned a few people from the fort and asked all the young and old in the fort to start and carry the spoils. At the same time, he ordered the young and strong man to make fire and make meals immediately and enter the rest. Luo Xin and Zhu Baozhong also immediately went to select his own personnel.

Zhao Xing turned around and took the stone fortress back to the military tent. The fifth young master Zhang had already written the letter. He handed it to Zhao Xing diligently, and said a polite word: "Lord Zhao is a disciple of the Wenzong in the world. Look at how this letter is written."

Zhao Xing took the letter and looked at the ground again. Several pieces of paper had been thrown on the ground. It seemed that Mr. Zhang Wu also changed his manuscript several times.

Zhang Wu is trying hard to show his cultural level, and he may have underestimated Zhao Xing. The wonderful writing of this letter made Zhao Xing very satisfied. Well, the content of the letter mainly says that he was uncomfortable on the front line, and asked local officials to help him find some daily necessities, such as: candles, pens, ink, paper and inkstones, etc.

After reading the letter, Zhao Xing handed it to Shi Gan to check it out and asked, "In the mouths of the Xixia people, there is no special meaning, such as pens, ink, paper and inkstones, right?"

After reading the letter, Shi Gan stared at Mr. Zhang and said nothing for a long time. Mr. Zhang was calm and fearless and replied: "Mr. Zhao, I did everything you said. There is no concealment here. Please don't let me down."

Zhao Xing studied Xinpi again and couldn't find any mistakes, so he called Luo Xin in and asked him to check it again. Luo Xin affirmed the letter, and Zhao Xing ordered: "Tell the people who went there that they have many 'utility' titles in my hand. Each person gave them one, and allowed them to pick up whatever they could from the spoils until they couldn't take it!"

Luo Xin happily held up the letter and said with a flattering smile: "My Zhou Lang is smart and clever. If he leads the team personally, he will not be able to make mistakes."

Luo Xin rushed out of the military tent, Zhao Xing pointed at Mr. Zhang Wu and ordered: "Come here, send him into the coal mine, and hand the girl over to the stone fortress master to guard. After the result of this battle comes out, I will deal with it."

Zhang Wu jumped up like an electric shock, and he hissed: "Sir, you promised us not to separate, you promised!"

Zhao Xing sincerely admitted his mistake: "I lied!"

Zhang Pu was furious: "Sir, you must not be trustworthy. You are the official of the court."

A sneer appeared on Zhao Xing's lips: "Credit - does this word Xixia have? A Xixia man blamed me for the words that Xixia does not exist. Are you qualified to do this?"

Zhang Pu was still screaming at the top of his lungs, and the Li Niang also started crying. Shi Gan was about to laugh. He quickly directed the fortress to set up Li Niang Ah Hong and kept running towards the castle. Zhang Pu was tied up by the scouts and placed it on the horse's back and rushed to Huan County.

In the early September of the autumn, Liang Yibu gathered 150,000 troops and claimed to attack Huanqing and Fuyan, but he suddenly turned around and suddenly headed to Hedong overnight. Knowing Huanqing, Fuyan's two places were ready to be strengthened, so he drew one army of Kou Lin and two prefectures. Liang Yibu attacked the besieged Shenmu and other villages, and killed and plundered. The folk houses were burned and the crops were burned and drove away the enemy and animal products. All the villages closed their walls to guard, and Sun Gui, the guard general of Duhengyang Fort, several surprise troops were stolen, and opened the door to show his leisure time. The Xia soldiers were shocked and suspicious and wanted to retreat.

Just at this moment, a shocking blue came suddenly. The Jianing Army Office, which blocked Luochuan, was surrounded and annihilated by Zhao Xing, the Huanqing Road recruitment, and then used the captured Zhang Pu military talisman to sneak into Helanyuan as a letter delivery person. The Xixia people recorded this incident like this: at night, the infiltrated personnel set fire everywhere, and the fire could not be extinguished. By the morning of the next day, most of the Helanyuan was burned down and countless injured people were injured.

On the morning of the next morning, the people of Helan were helping the elderly and young, and rescued the injured in the ruins and searching for the remaining property. The army on Huanqing Road suddenly arrived and broke the city...

It was raining on the roof. Liang Yibi was in a difficult position to get off the tiger. Then again, news of Tatan invasion came. When Tatan heard that Yibi brought all the troops of Xixia into Hedong, the Xixia army had already been scattered and was robbing the countryside, so he led his troops to attack Helan Mountain and entered the Luobo Military Supervisory Office, robbed more than a thousand households, plundered cattle and sheep, and tens of thousands of young animals.

Liang Yibu was anxious. He hurriedly sent envoys to the Liao Kingdom to invite Liao Kingdom to participate in the robbery. The people of Liao actually believed Liang Yibu. The Liao Lord ordered the general Xiao Haili to station troops in the northern border and prepared to make an appointment with Liang Yibu to launch an army together. Unexpectedly, the Liao army arrived, and Liang Yibu's nationality, which "does not count" occurred again. When communicating with Liao Kingdom, he took the opportunity to gather the army. When the Song army opposite adjusted the deployment to deal with the new Liao army, he turned around and left the Liao people and retreated by himself.

Fortunately, the Liao people took the Song army for him, and Liang Yibi retreated from the front line. However, it took too long to gather the army and communicate with the Liao envoys. At this time, the Tatan soldiers were deeply embedded in the territory of Western Xia. Liang Yibi thought about it and believed that the Song people were benevolent and righteous. Even if they captured the Helanyuan, the damage to the Western Xia economy would not be serious. However, the Tatan people were a group of locusts, and he had to deal with the robbers first... But when he returned to Dajieluo, the Tatan soldiers had retreated.

Liang Yibu was originally robbed in the Song Dynasty. This was their national tradition. Unexpectedly, he was not the only one in the world who talked about tradition. The Tatan people also robbed him very much. As a result, the things he robbed from the Song Dynasty were not enough for his own losses. Liang Yibu, who was angry, rushed to Helanyuan with an army of 100,000. Halfway through, he heard another bad news. It is said that Zhao Xing suddenly transferred troops to the Xiamazhai built by the Jingsai Army Office in Luochuankou. He mobilized 300 whirlwind cannons and threw oil bombs to burn the Xiamazhai into a hell on earth. At this point, Luochuankou was completely out of defense against the Song army.

The crazy Liang Yibi urged his army to chase Zhao Xing. When he arrived at Luochuankou, Zhao Xing had already returned to Luochuan happily with the goods from the two battles. Chuankou left a barbed wire mesh that blocked the mountains and rivers.

Liang Yiji was not planning to live, so he was ready to attack Luochuan at all costs to retaliate against the atrocities of the Song army. At this time, bad news followed one after another. Due to Zhao Xing's launch, coupled with the sweet potatoes and a bumper harvest of horses and grass, Zhang Feng launched a long-prepared shallow attack strategy one year ahead of normal history.

First, he sent the chief supervisor, Zhang Cun, the first cannon fodder general, to lead troops into Weizhou, and first attacked Anzhouchuan and Xiaobaichuan. More than a thousand people were killed in the foreign tribe. Xie Lin from Jingyuan Road commanded Yan Da, the former palace guard who was demoted to Jingyuan Road after making trouble with Zhang Yong, attacked Zhuanyikou. The Xia army was empty and did not dare to open the city to fight. Yan Da robbed and killed more than 3,000 households, plundered cattle and sheep, and 100,000 young animals, rescued 20,000 Han slaves, and then slowly retreated.

Liang Yiji, who led a 100,000 army panted, ran all the way from Hedong to Jingyuan Road. It was already November and Mao was not even caught. He was preparing to attack Jingyuan Road and take revenge on the Song army. Suddenly, news came that Zhang Yu was building Dingbian City - this Dingbian City located at the exit of Luochuan is the real Dingbian City in history. Historical records: Zhang Yu built Dingbian City and was completed on the 20th day.

Now, with the participation of Zhao Xing, the newly built Dingbian Town is even more majestic. Although its area has been reduced a lot, its shape has become a complete bastion, with trenches and barbed wires outside the fort...

At this point, the offensive and defense between the Song army and the Xixia had completely changed positions. The Song army occupied a perfect attack position, and Zhang Feng sat in Dingbian City against the Xixia army, recruiting friends, and pulling all the entire Dingbian army, the soldiers around Qingzhou, and Shaanxi archers. He looked like "I have spent time with Xixia this winter". Liang Yiqi endured it and endured it. Due to insufficient military rations, he was forced to disband the army and returned to the capital in shame.

There is another reason why Liang Yibi did not fight. Because November was the day when the Song Dynasty was granted the date of the resignation. Liang Yibi wanted to trick the money from the Song Dynasty and then beat him. He did not expect that there were smart people in the Song Dynasty: On November 15, the annual silver and silk were given to Jingzhao. The court envoy Anlun and Liu Mucai arrived in Yan'an. The commander Fan Chuncui was furious and said, "The Xia people fought three times in a year, and they were very arrogant. They asked Yuzhou for questioning, but they said that they saw the investigation of the guild, but Yang would not know. They checked their minds, and they were not worthy of tribute, so that they could benefit the market peddlers, but the Yin actually invaded the evil of invasion."

Fan Chun was terrible. He immediately ordered An Lun, Liu Mucai pretended to be sick, and sent someone to send a note to Xixia, pretending to ask about the transfer of Sui Ci. Liang Yibi only ended a year-round armed jog. His mind was dull and he was a little rude to the envoy. He replied to the diplomatic documents and refused to surrender a little.

Now, Fan Chuncui could find a reason for the attack. He immediately seized the imperial court's tribute to Xixia, ordered Anlun, and Liu Mucai to return to Beijing empty-handed. Liang Yibi was waiting there, and when spring came and all flowers bloomed, he heard that Fan Chuncui had actually given all the gifts to Xixia by the imperial court. He distributed them to the Han slaves rescued from Xixia, claiming that they were to compensate Xixia for their evil deeds.

The Song Dynasty court had no temper at all towards Fan Chuncui, so he had to pretend not to know at all. The furious Liang Yibi sent five groups of envoys to question Fan Chuncui, but as a result, Fan Chuncui, the stubborn old man, was also stubborn. He handed over to Zhao Xing torture and confessed to the death of Xixia. After he found out the movements of Xixia, he would kill them in the name of Xixia. His hands and feet were so fast that the envoys did not even have time to talk about serious matters.

The above are all later stories.

Zhang Qi personally visited Luochuan and built Dingbian City. Zhao Xing rushed back to the prefecture according to the rules of the officialdom. He escorted thousands of Xixia prisoners along the way, and his heart was as sweet as honey.

Zhang Pu's ancestors are worthy of being a talented person who entered the imperial examination twice. After arriving in the Western Regions, this guy collected Han and Tang classics scattered in the Western Regions. Many of the books were unheard of lonely books. The value of the documents is unimaginable.

These are all just that. Helan originally had a team of kiln workers, which was part of the "Zhang Family Kiln". Zhang was a Song Dynasty man. Although he betrayed the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty culture had been soaked in his bones. After he took power in Xixia, he began to collect kiln workers everywhere and fire ceramics. The ceramic industry in Xixia also rose because of him.

The Xixia where Zhang's family is located is located in the East-West exchange area. Byzantine culture, Arab culture and the original Central Plains culture have been combined to develop a unique style of plastic art. Its shape structure is unique, so that the discoverer, Kozlov, originally thought that this was a kind of porcelain burned by aliens. Because this is "home porcelain", that is, it is used by one's own home and has never been sold to the outside world, so the outside world has never seen its origins and circulated.

In modern times, these Western Xia porcelains are the heirlooms of Russian, British and French nobles, and are also the objects of pursuit by museums. Since its discovery, the owners have never been sold on the international market because it is so rare and so exquisite that it is unbearable to give up. Therefore, anyone who is lucky enough to get a piece of porcelain has no reason to give up... However, now one of the teams of the kiln workers is all captured by Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing's method of binding prisoners was very unique. He learned from the native Africans. He tied all the prisoners' hands together and tied their necks directly to a large wooden stick. Ten people tied them together on the same wooden stick. They walked slowly under the surveillance of soldiers. The kiln workers tied a total of ten sticks. The wood was very thick. They had a hard time walking and were sweating all over.

Zhao Xing shook his horse whip and pointed at the prisoners around him proudly, and tried to show off to Huanqing's soldiers and horses: "Do you know why you tie the prisoners like this? This is the method invented by the African slave hunting team. Ten people carry a wooden bar and walk in the same pace. Over time, they will get used to walking with their companions. Occasionally, someone looses the rope around their necks and takes off the wooden bars, and the rest will be at a loss. Later, even if they have the chance to escape, he tends to walk with everyone, because he is used to walking in the same pace with everyone.

Ten people tied them up with another bar. As long as one person doesn't work hard, it will be very difficult to carry the bar. The wooden bar is very thick. Once they are tired of walking and the wooden bar tilts, they will take down everyone. Then everyone on the wooden bar will be punished, whipped, or killed. Therefore, in order not to get whipped, the people on the wooden bar will spontaneously monitor their companions, let him concentrate on following everyone's footsteps and walking with wooden sticks. Over time, their minds are only in line with everyone and they have no time to think about running away...

It is said that this method can deal with the most unruly slaves. After walking for hundreds of miles, all the slaves obeyed. Horse preparation, I used this method well. Next time you go to Xixia to "see the scenery", I recommend you to use this method to tie up your harvest."

Ma Cong was also a bad guy this year. Liang Yibi, the Western Xia side, ran around and broke his heart. He was Liang Yibi, the Song army. At first, he was transferred from the capital to Jingyuan Road for reinforcements, but soon, Huanqing's third general Dong Dun replaced him, and he ran to Dingbian Army to stand by, but he pulled the army to the mouth of Baimachuan. Zhang Qi ordered Zhang Cun to go out to Guidechuan to sweep the Xia army, and Ma Cong came out to Baimachuan to respond. As a result, when Zhang Cun ran away with the spoils, he Ma Cong met Liang Yibi's revenge army...

Later, when Ma Cong hurriedly withdrew from Baimachuan, Zhang Feng transferred him to Luochuankou. After finally relying on Dingbiancheng, he faced Liang Yiji's army, but Liang Yiji stopped fighting. Zhang Feng sent him to help Zhao Xing escort the prisoners... This year, he ran around, but he didn't make any achievements, but his companions made a lot of money, which made him very depressed.
Chapter completed!