Dai Yunyi, who was drinking tea next to him, was shocked and asked quickly: "What are the five hundred military crossbows, what's going on?"

Zong Ze was also stunned. It was actually flowing out of Qin Fengjun. He immediately understood Li Yanqing's intention and pondered silently. Only then did Li Yanqing seem to see Dai Yunyi beside him, "Old General, who is this?"

"This is Dai, an aide to Taiwei Tong."

Zong Ze introduced Li Yanqing to Dai Yunyi, "This is Commander Li of the Intelligence Department, and I believe Dai has heard of it as well."

Of course Dai Yunyi knew that Li Yanqing was the one who made the gold and silver? But at this time, Dai Yunyi had no intention of greetings, and he continued to ask: "Li Chanjun, what's the matter with the 500 military crossbows you mentioned?"

Li Yanqing bowed to him with a fist and bowed, "It turned out that Dai from the Taiwei's Records Office joined the army. He has been relied on for a long time. Those five hundred military crossbows were a case that only happened yesterday."

"What case? Can Li Chanjun talk about it in detail?"

"Of course, we heard that there was a black market for weapons trading in Taiyuan Prefecture. I sent an army to sweep it. When the army arrived, the people who traded the black market had already ran away after hearing the news. However, in an abandoned house by the river, we accidentally found five hundred new military crossbows, wrapped in oil paper and put them in crossbow sheaths. According to the number on the military crossbow, I went to the warehouse in the afternoon to check it out, but found that the batch of military crossbows should be from Qin Fengjun. I thought it was of great importance, so I came to report to the general, but the general had already gone to the border inspection."

"Who else knows about this?"

"Of course, everyone who should know knows it, the Intelligence Department, the Military Department, and the Zhongshuai."

"No! No! You don't understand what I mean. I mean did you report this to the court?"

"Of course not. I haven't reported to Zhong Shuai yet. How can I report to the court hastily? But according to the rules, I must file this matter with the military weapon supervisor. We are waiting for news about Zhong Shuai."

Dai Yunyi has followed Tong Guan for many years, and of course he knows the seriousness of this matter. A similar incident happened five years ago. Eight hundred pairs of armor mysteriously disappeared. The news was forcibly suppressed by the Grand Marshal. In the end, it was left alone. This time, the incident of military crossbows was made. Dai Yunyi, based on his intuition, it was probably only part of it.

Dai Yunyi was anxious. He didn't care about urging silver now. He wanted to rush back to Jingzhao Mansion to report to the Taiwei immediately.

Li Yanqing handed him a list, "This is the number on the military crossbow, I hope it can help Dai join the army to find out the reason!"

"Thank you!"

Dai Yunyi put the list in his arms and said to Li Yanqing and Zong Ze: "The war is coming. I hope that this incident will not affect the morale of the army. Everyone should act cautiously. It is best for the coach Zhong to communicate well with the Taiwei and find out the truth of the matter."

His implication was to remind Li Yanqing that this matter could not be reported without authorization. Li Yanqing nodded and smiled knowingly: "Please join the army and don't worry, the general will definitely communicate with the Grand Marshal."

Dai Yunyi hurriedly left, Zong Ze looked at Li Yanqing and said, "Is this true?"

"Of course it's true. It should have been stolen from the Jingzhao Mansion military warehouse. If there were no insiders, who would believe this?"

Zong Ze smiled meaningfully and said, "This matter came very timely! In this way, Tong Guan would probably be embarrassed to mention Baiyin again."

"That's true, I believe that the Grand Marshal will make full use of this incident to block Tong Guan's mouth."

As Li Yanqing and Zong Ze expected, Dai Yunyi never came to Taiyuan Prefecture to ask for money when he returned to Jingzhao Prefecture, and Tong Guan never mentioned the money. Ten days later, Liu Yong, the chief officer of Qin Feng Army, and a commander, were beheaded, and twelve joined the army to be dismissed, but in Tong Guan's report, the case of missing ordnance was never mentioned.

Soon, Tong Guan and Zhong Shidao reached an agreement, and the Hedong Army escorted another 50,000 taels of silver to Jingzhao. In addition, they gave Tong Guan two manors covering an area of ​​100 hectares in Taiyuan Prefecture. At this point, the gold and silver division that had been plaguing both sides for a long time finally fell.

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-August, and 250,000 Song troops began to advance from both east and west to the Song-Xia border. At the same time, 150,000 Xixia troops were also ready for war and distributed on various dangerous passes on the Xixia border.

But for the Song army, the biggest problem is the lack of intelligence. Although there are still shops opened by Han people in some big cities in the mainland of Xixia, the figures of Han people are no longer visible on the border area. The Song army can only rely on experience to judge the reality of the Xixia army.

The Song army's attack on the eastern front of Xixia was led by Zhong Shidao's 100,000 Hedong Army, but not only the Hedong front line, but also the Suide Army and Yan'an Prefecture in the east of Shaanxi Road. The front line was more than 600 miles long, while Tong Guan led the 150,000 troops to be responsible for the western side of Shaanxi Road, as well as the Qinfeng Army Road and the Hehuang area, with the front line being more than 800 miles long.

On the morning of that day, Zhong Shidao began to hold a mobilization ceremony in the tent of the Central Army. Zhong Shidao invited the Emperor Shang Fang to the general's case and said slowly to the generals: "The Xixia army is our old rival for many years. We know each other's roots and bottom lines. He knows us, and we also understand them. Each has their own advantages. The Song army's advantage lies in its well-equipped equipment and sufficient logistics. The Xixia army's advantage lies in its bravery and good combat, its armor is complete, and its weakness lies in its insufficient national strength. This is destined that this war will not end soon. It will be a tug-of-war that lasts for several months or even half a year. Everyone should be fully prepared."

The generals were solemn, and Li Yanqing was also sitting in the big tent. His intelligence battalion was the smallest independent army, but he was also qualified to be in the middle.

Although the Song army's usual official positions were commander of the Xiangdu, commander of the military commander, commander of the military commander, commander of the military commander, commander, etc., which were their court official positions, in the war, it became another wartime organization, divided into head coach, deputy general, side general, general, head of the army, etc. Li Yanqing's little commander belonged to the general, but no one would regard him as a general, and everyone still regarded him as the head of the Intelligence Department and joined the army.

Zhong Shidao said again: "This time we sent 250,000 troops, but this is only the number of 200,000 imperial guards and 50,000 soldiers. In addition, there are 300,000 wing troops and township soldiers for logistics support, and mobilized more than 100,000 civilians and tens of thousands of large vehicles. The imperial court called millions of money and grain, and countless weapons and military funds. This is a large-scale war against the Western Xia. I hope we can wipe out the humiliation that our predecessors cannot win."

Zhong Shidao raised his arms and shouted: "Our army will win!"

The generals also shouted: "I will win!"

The atmosphere in the tent was warm, and Li Yanqing was also infected by the strong atmosphere of seeking war. His blood was boiling, and he also raised his arms and shouted.

The mighty army immediately began to set off. Li Yanqing's intelligence department was located in the central army. This time their intelligence department was divided into two parts. The inner department stayed in Taiyuan to prevent spies in the rear, while the outer department followed the northern expedition, including Wu Xianliang, and the 300 cavalrymen of the intelligence battalion led by Wang Gui. Under the leadership of Li Yanqing, they followed the commander northward.

Zhong Shidao's main army includes 80,000 imperial guards and 20,000 soldiers, as well as 150,000 xiang troops, village soldiers and 80,000 civilians. The Intelligence Department has been established for a short time and has not collected information on the deployment of the Western Xia army. However, the border of Songxia is bounded by a mountain range that is thousands of miles long. The mountains are called Hengshan, which is more than a hundred miles wide, and the mountains are vast, almost all of them are high mountain canyons.

According to hundreds of years of experience, there is only one way for the army to enter the hinterland of Xixia from the eastern front, that is, to pass through hundreds of miles of mountainous areas along the Wuding River Valley. However, it means that the army can only enter Xixia. There are also many other roads that cross mountains and ridges, but there are only one way for logistics transportation. This is the throat of the fierce competition between the two sides, and is currently controlled by tens of thousands of troops of Xixia.

After passing through Hengshan Mountain for hundreds of miles, you will enter the Gobi Desert area with a radius of thousands of miles, and then through the Gobi Desert that lasts more than a thousand miles, you will be able to hit Xingqing Prefecture, the capital of Xixia.

In fact, the main force attacking Xixia should be the Western Route Army. After leaving Qingping Pass and entering Xixia, it was only more than 400 miles away from the capital Xingqing Prefecture, which was more than twice as long as the Eastern Route Army. The 150,000 Northwest Army led by Tong Guan was the main force of the Song army. The Eastern Front Army was only a side response to some extent.

The 50,000 army marched westward. That afternoon, the army arrived in Dinghu County, Shizhou on the east bank of the Yellow River, and the Suide Army on Shaanxi Road on the other side of the Yellow River.
Chapter completed!