Li Mochou sighed deeply, his face turned pale, and he tried his best to control his tone to prevent his tone from trembling: "Your country's plan to 'betray' is the number one general of the Song Dynasty... Hey, I have figured out the situation, you actually sent Zhao Laohu to fight for the dangerous move. As for the matter, the tiger is really bold, and he magically counterattacked from the east. The people of my Xia Kingdom still don't know how he secretly crossed the border and reached our hinterland."

Mr. Zhong and Zhe Keshi asked in unison: "What do you say?"

Li Mochou groaned and squeezed out a few words from his teeth: "Three days ago, Grand Master Zhao had destroyed Xingqing Prefecture, and the king of my country rushed west."

These words were like a bolt from the blue. Both Zuo Shizhong and Zhe Keshi jumped up. They glanced at each other, hugged each other in a state of obsession, and shouted: "It's successful!"

Li Mochou looked sad. He looked at the two men cheering with heartbreak. When they calmed down, Li Mochou continued to add: "The news came one after another that Zhao Taishi forced the subjugation of the Weifu Army Division of Heishan, broke through the Baimaqiang Town Army Division, and burned the right wing Chao Shun Army Division... Later, Zhao Taishi said in Xingqing Prefecture: "Eliminate everything? Destroy it to destroy it!"...

In the past few days, Lingzhou River and the Hulu River were filled with corpses. Many people were wearing the costumes of the Western Xia royal family. Some people who recognize them said: They are indeed royal family... According to rough estimates, there are no less than 10,000 corpses drifting in the river. Therefore, the entire Hedong was in chaos and the people were in panic.

Early this morning, I had already received news from the king of the country that the prime minister was summoning people everywhere to protect the horses, but my people said that the Yellow River had been blocked, and the Song army's warships came and went to the river, but someone approached the river bank and immediately fired bombardment, no civilians or army, no old or young..."

Li Mochou took a deep breath, spread his hands and said, "Okay, let's be merciful - I've told you the truth: the entire Hedong army's backroads are broken, and the reserve team of Yaode City is moving towards Xiangqing Army (Xipingfu, Lingzhou), preparing to fight with Zhao Taishi there... Well, I'll tell the truth, I have received a call from the Prime Minister, but I know they are mantis armed stopping the chariot. Because it's not a day or two, Zhao Taishi's gunboat can block the Baili River section with a gunboat. Our reinforcements want to cross the river forcibly, and in the end, they can only be friends with the fish and turtles in the river.

Taishi Zhao - he is a butcher, he will revenge... Now the river in Xixia has been stained with blood, and the corpses floating on the river blocked the river. I also heard... After Zhang Cong of the Weifu Army Division of the Heishan Mountain, his whereabouts are unknown. Zhang and my Li family are in the same situation. I am worried that Li family will surrender to Taishi and will suffer this fate, so I asked for the two.

I believe you don’t know the situation in Xiajing yet. I will explain the situation to you truthfully, and I will not ask for anything else, but I just want you to give me a promise. If I can let my family go to waste my life, the Xiangyou Army will be willing to surrender to the city, otherwise, we would rather have the city broken."

Zhe Keshi had quietly slipped out of the tent. Master Zhong hesitated for a moment and reluctantly replied: "You told the truth, I will tell you the truth too. I - I am afraid that the tiger will get angry, so my promise is useless in front of him. If he gets angry, I can only retreat - it is useless for you to beg me."

Li Mochou took a few breaths of air conditioning in a row. He wanted to say something, but his lips trembled and could not say a word. He had to reluctantly bow and prepare to say goodbye. Master Zhong quickly stopped him and said in a deep thought: "Although I can't promise anything, I promise to plead for you as much as possible... I dare not guarantee anything to you, but I think that my family has been guarding the border for the Song Dynasty for several generations on the border. The Grand Master has to pay some respects to the face... But I really can't guarantee how much face can be."

Li Mochou thought for a moment, and reluctantly said with a smile: "Since Zhong Jinglei agreed so, my family can only count on you..."

After a moment of pause, Li Mochou looked at Zong Shizhong carefully and said, "It is not surprising that Xiaozhong Jingluo said he was afraid of the tiger. Xia Guan has experienced many battles in his life. He has also sat on the corpse and ate cold steamed buns. He slept among the corpses at night, calmly, but when he thought of the tiger's angry expression, Xia Guan lost the courage to fight... Xia Guan was puzzled by this - I called myself a "Li clan warrior", but I didn't even have the courage to ask for him."

At this time, Zhe Keshi was writing a document outside the tent. He sealed the document and called a message soldier. He tried his best to use Xie An's attitude of "Shan Tai collapsed in front of him and changed color" to give the message soldier lightly: "Eight hundred miles of hurry... No, you go directly to Luochuan and find the 'fast beast' to go on foot' and ask them to send you to the capital with a speedboat - remember to deliver this message as quickly as possible."

The sender was itchy. He scratched his head for a while and asked, "The Palace Commander, the battle ahead is tight. Why did you let me go to the capital to deliver a letter? There is also a high-ranking official from Xiangyou Military Office in the account. What's the good thing? Let me know how to act along the way."

Zhe Keshi couldn't hold it anymore, and a bright smile spread on his face and said softly: "The Grand Master has broken Xingqing Prefecture, and the King of Xixia has hunted the west."

The messenger was stunned for a moment, shouted, and rushed out desperately. Zhe Keshi shouted behind him: "Military information is urgent, don't be proud."

Zhe Keshi's calmness before influenced the messenger. The messenger hid on the side and laughed for a while, then raised his face, turned over and jumped onto the war horse, and rushed to the Luohe Post Station with a fast horse. When he rushed into the post station to change the horse, he swallowed the food while unable to hold back his joy.

The messenger used an urgent message talisman of eight hundred miles, and the horses at the post station were also provided to him first. Several officials waiting at the post station looked at the anxious foot (the messenger) who seized their post horses, but they were not in a hurry to leave. They just hid on the side and smiled, laughed, took a sip of water, and then sniffed a bite of steamed buns. The officials waiting on the side couldn't help but scold: "Idiot, I'll stole the official's horse, so what would I do if I snatched the official's horse?"

"What do you know - our family is passing on military information of 800 miles - the Taishi has broken Xingqing Prefecture, the Xixia king fled west, the Taishi is pursuing, and I, Shaanxi, launched a full-scale counterattack... A hundred years of great hatred... Xixia, the country of ten thousand chariots..."

Speaking of this, the messenger discovered that he had said everything. I'm afraid this confidentiality issue...

After hearing the news, the officials were stunned. An official jumped up and scolded loudly: "Crazy, madman, do you dare to say anything? How could the Taishi arrive in Xixia in the Nanyang Yamen?"

An official who came out of the capital thoughtfully: "Maybe what he said was the real thing, but it is unknown - the court minister has been closing the palace since the first day of March, and the memorials are only allowed to be sent in, but they cannot be sent out just a few words. The capital is thinking about this strange thing. Could it be that what he said is the real thing?"

In the capital, the ministers of the court were still waiting for news from the Western Xia. If Wang Qin did not have the demeanor of Huang Tingjian's Mount Tai running forward without being rushing, in the past few days, he had been asking Huang Tingjian and Zhang Lei with great concern: "It won't be a problem, right? There will be no accident in Shaanxi for more than half a month, right?"

Huang Tingjian smiled and said nothing. Zhang Lei patted his stomach and replied calmly: "You don't know what Zhao Liren planned, so he has such concerns... Haha, I don't know, but I have seen him planning a war against Jiaozhi in Guangzhou and how to eat in Southeast Asia. Since then, I have only the word "admiration" for his planning ability. I believe that since he has taken action, he will definitely do enough preparations in advance."

Huang Tingjian raised his brush, and the pen was hanging in the air. Seeing the officials on both sides far away, he lowered his voice and said lightly: "There are still some signs to be found, such as..."

Wang Qinruo asked quickly: "What, for example?"

Huang Tingjian wrote heavily and answered as if no one else was around: "In Guangzhou for eight years, I learned a little from Zhao Liren: I must learn to find the truth from clues. After the incident of attacking Xia started, I transferred all the memorials from Shaanxi officials and found a strange phenomenon - two years ago, Zhong Shizhong suddenly fell ill for three months, and at the same time, Zhao Liren suddenly disappeared in Hangzhou. Isn't this a coincidence?

What's even more coincidental is that Hou Meng, the Beiyang Yamen, had just taken over the official seal, and his commander Shi Cheng suddenly issued a martial law order in the city - these three things are linked together. I guess: At that time, Zhao Liren must be in Dengzhou, and the two of them held a secret meeting in Dengzhou. The one who arranged the meeting venue was Zhao Liren's disciple: Shi Cheng."

Wang Qinruo closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and asked again: "Why did Huang Xiang mean that they started planning this war two years ago?"

Huang Tingjian was carrying his pen like flying, grinding his head on the drawing paper, and he replied without raising his head: "Yes, the reason why I think they started planning this war two years ago was because a series of strange things happened afterwards: first of all, wood! Zhao Liren wanted to build a ship to attack Xixia, and he could not carry this troop transport ship to Shaanxi. Shaanxi was deserted and could not find suitable shipbuilding wood. Therefore, the timber for shipbuilding must be transported from outside. It happened that Shaanxi successively wrote letters and seized a large number of shipbuilding wood for various reasons - this is the key.

It's been two years, and I'm still wondering, with Zhao Liren's unrestrained personality, how could he have two years of quiet time, how could he train new recruits in Hangzhou peacefully for two years? What was Shaanxi doing during this period?"

Zhang Lei replied silently: "We are also training, and we are building ships while training."

Huang Tingjian stopped the topic. He looked at his paintings with satisfaction and nodded gently: "This war requires a large amount of military supplies. I don't know what name these supplies are transported to Shaanxi and stored under our noses. But when Zhao Liren's methods were just to use ordinary merchants. When trading, no one paid attention to them, no one prohibited them. In this way, since he didn't want us to know, we would definitely not be able to find out.

It is a taboo for the court to privately allocate such a huge amount of military equipment. However, as his accomplice, I can only help him conceal it and dismiss him before the court discovers it. Therefore, he has learned that he would take the initiative to procure him in the Nanyang Yamen to take office... Both of them are their own people, so I won't hide it. The memorials from Shaanxi are all in my study. If you are interested, you can go and take a look. From there, you will find the context of this matter."

Wang Qinruo was stunned for a moment, and seeing that Zhang Lei was nothing, he also reacted and immediately replied: "Why do I have to know so clearly? I only need to know that someone started planning this war two years ago, so we have a great grasp of victory - this is enough... Well, I will never admit this to outsiders. I want to say: The court made a temporary decision to transfer Zhao Liren to Shaanxi..."

Before Wang Qinruo finished speaking, a series of footsteps had already caught in his ears. He immediately stopped the topic and signaled everyone to look outside the door.

An eunuch came in outside the door. He was a little angry, with a slap on his face, and cried to Huang Tingjian indignantly: "Huang Xiang, you have to make the decision for me. The Tubo people have already started to make trouble in the inn and are going to forcefully break into the palace."

Zhang Shangying heard the movement here and slowly walked over. The hall was originally silent, and everyone was waiting for further news in anxiety. When Zhang Shangying heard the eunuch's speech, he hurried over and asked, "Is there any news?"

Wang Qinruo rushed to answer: "Why should Xiang Zhang be anxious? In previous years, one war and one fight lasted for many years. Now it's only half a month. What news will be there?"

He is worthy of being a member of the party. Wang Qinruo was not in his mind just now, but now he has helped Zhang Shangying.

Zhang Shangying smiled and shook his head: "I am not worried about the outcome of this war. It's just that Zhao Liren is the Grand Marshal of the dynasty and a senior official. Since he has gone to war, the court always needs to know the safety of this 'the No. 1 general of this dynasty."

Huang Tingjian pointed at the eunuch's face and replied calmly: "It was the Tubo people who caused trouble. When their envoys who sought peace arrived at the capital, we happened to announce the seal of the palace. The envoys of Tubo asked for help from outside and were always unable to enter, so they became furious."

Zhang Shangying shook his head: "A little Tubo envoy dared to come outside the palace gate of the Song Dynasty to cause trouble, and ordered the officials of the Li family to go out."

"Fork will go out" was a way of hospitality in the Song Dynasty. In today's words, it was: kicking out with your neck.

The eunuch replied in a crying voice: "No, Huang Xiang, Zhang Xiang, and the envoys of the Liao Kingdom and Xixia outside Xuande Tower were also waiting for the envoys of the Liao Kingdom and Xixia. They watched the Tubo envoys causing trouble and spoke coldly on the side. The officials of the Lili District suspected that the envoys of the Tubo were instigated, so they did not dare to make decisions..."

Zhang Shangying pondered for a moment, turned around and asked Huang Tingjian and Wang Qinruo in a controversial tone: "Huang Xiang, Qinruo, we have been closed for many days, and there are inevitably many discussions outside. Now, the envoys of Liao Kingdom, the envoys of Western Xia and the envoys of Tubo are asking for a visit together. I am afraid that we cannot refuse, so it is better to meet him."

Zhang Shangying did not ask Zhang Lei, but asked Wang Qinruo because Wang Qinruo was the planned successor of the middle party and the successor of the ruling party.

Huang Tingjian refused to ask Zhang Shangying's inquiry. Wang Qinruo was named. He thought for a moment and then asked Huang Tingjian: "It's only been this day or two. Why not relax the palace ban for a little while - Xuan Zhi envoys from the Three Kingdoms went to court?"
Chapter completed!