Su Che was not sure about his idea and gave Wu Haowen a wink. Wu Haowen asked with a smile: "Why did Zhang Xun bring so many delicious foods today? Is today a festival for the Liao Dynasty?"

Zhang Jue did not answer, but ordered his men to set up their food and drinks, then waved their hands to leave. After they left, he sighed and said, "Our peace talks will soon come to Xijin Mansion. The ban will be lifted from tomorrow, and the food supply will return to normal."

"This is..." Su Che looked at Zhang Jue's expression, and a strong sense of uneasiness suddenly surged in his heart, and asked again: "What the hell is wrong?"

"Mr. Su... has started fighting now!" Zhang Jue told him frankly.

"The fight started?" Su Zhe hurriedly asked, "Who fights with whom?"

Zhang Jue smiled bitterly: "Of course, the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty fought!"

A flush flashed across Su Che's face, his body shook, and he almost turned over from the seat.

"Su Xianggong." Wu Haowen hurriedly went up to help him.

Lin Rong asked in a trembling voice: "Has the Khitans attacked Jiehe Shang City?"

"No," Zhang Jue shook his head, "It's not me who started first..."

"It's not the Great Liao..." Lin Feng's eyes were almost glaring out, "Could it be that my Great Song Dynasty started the war first?"

Zhang Jue nodded, "It's Gao Qiu from your country... He led a 20,000 army to follow behind the 10,000 Liao army retreating eastward. At sunrise, he launched a raid with armored cavalry, killing more than 500 people from the Nanpishi Army, and snatched countless horses, cattle and sheep!"

"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

Su Che and Lin Rong both jumped up.

This is really impossible. The armored cavalry of the Song Dynasty launched a raid on the Liao Dynasty's Peashi Army, killing more than 500 people, and snatching away many cattle, sheep and horses! How is this possible?

"It's true..." Zhang Jue paused and emphasized again, "Otherwise, how could the Xiaguan receive the order to lift the ban on the inn today? How could Yelu Xianggong and Ma Xianggong come to analyze the Jinfu in person to negotiate with the two?"

"Impossible, impossible..." Su Che still shook his head, "With the Western thief, how could the imperial court start a war with the Great Liao in the northwest?"

Lin Rong asked: "Empress Zhang, Xingling has not been compromised, right?"

"Of course not," Zhang Jue shook his head, "Why is that fast? To conquer Xingling, it is impossible to do without 100,000 soldiers. It will take two or three months just to prepare?"

"But how could Gao Qiu start a war?" Lin Rong looked at Zhang Jue and asked.

Zhang Jue smiled bitterly: "How do you know about this? Deputy Envoy Lin should go and ask the imperial court of the Song Dynasty. Now the ban on the inn has been lifted, and you can send someone south at any time."

After saying that, Zhang Jue bowed and turned around and left the inn. Tonight he had to send someone to send the news to Jiehe Market and report it to Murong Wangyou and Ximen Qing! In addition, he had to send someone to Liaoyang Prefecture to report to Ma Zhi, who served as the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Revenue of Tokyo.

This war came too suddenly, not only beyond Su Che and others' expectations, but also Ma Zhi and Zhang Jue were not mentally prepared.

The two of them were still trying to climb to the position of the military governor of Junzhou, but after all, they had not become military governors and had no military power. It was impossible to raise troops to rebel against Liao!

If the Song and Liao dynasties really fight, what should he and Ma Zhi do?

"Looking..."

Su Che looked at Zhang Jue leaving dejectedly, and called Wu Haowen to his side in a low voice, "It seems that what Zhang Jue said is not a mistake. Gao Qiu really led his troops to attack the Liao army. You should hurry up and prepare, and set off early tomorrow morning to Kaifeng Prefecture to ask the officials, what's going on?"

"Su Xianggong," Lin Rong whispered from the side, "The court cannot do this... The Xixia took the initiative to go to war with the Liao Kingdom before it was destroyed. Isn't this crazy?"

Su Che shook his head, "Yan Zhen, do you think the Liao people are using fraud?"

"It's not like, could it be..." Lin Rong paused, "It was Gao Shiyan who was good at launching the border provocation!?"

"How is that possible?" Wu Haowen shook his head, "If you start a war with Liao Kingdom without authorization, you may lose your head! Gao Shiyan has several heads, how dare you act like this?"

"That's right." Lin Rong nodded, "Maybe we don't know if the official has any plans, right?"

"Yes," Wu Haowen nodded, "It must be like this!"

...

At this time, Zhao Ji, the official, did not know that Gao Qiu had committed the crime of winning the war because he did not know that there was a "Mingtangchuan Battle". No one had reported it to him. In the memorial sent by Gao Qiu, Wu Haogu and Tong Guan, he only mentioned the agreement with the Liao people to temporarily break off contact with the Daheng River as the boundary.

In addition, the Yinzhou Affairs Officer Su Chi also reported a suggestion to build a series of cities such as Mingtang City, Mingchuan City, Dijinze City, Shuozhou City, etc. to protect the Henan part of the Hetao grassland.

Zhao Ji was very satisfied with this Hetao situation. So he immediately approved Su Chi's suggestion and promoted Su Chi to the deputy envoy of Shuofang Road Transportation and Yinzhou, who was fully responsible for the construction of the castle.

At the same time, another edict was issued, warning Gao Qiu and Wu Haogu not to confront the Liao Kingdom. Not only should they not shoot the first arrow first, but they would not allow them to tempt the Bu tribe in the Liao Kingdom to return.

After that, Zhao Ji's entire attention turned to the Battle of King Chuan of Qin.

This battle has been a bit long! It seems that summer is coming, and Zhong Fu and Gao Yongnian have not succeeded yet. They are really far behind Gao Qiu. If it really doesn't work, let Gao Qiu go to Hexi to replace Gao Yongnian!

In Chongzheng Hall, Zhao Ji, who was a little impatient by the Battle of King Chuan of Qin, proposed the idea of ​​changing generals at the last battle.

"Your Majesty," Cai Jing replied, "Now the two armies of Qin and Chuan are in a confrontation, and there is a decisive battle. Zhong Fu and Gao Yongnian have planned for many days. They have just gathered the army and are about to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop. They suddenly change their generals, but they are afraid of shaking the morale of the army."

It turned out that King Cha Ge of Jin had already arrived at King Qin with the replenished Iron Harrier, the garrison and more than 70,000 soldiers.

However, Gao Yongnian's troops, who had been besieging Qin Wangchuan for a long time, could not explode the city wall of Qin Wangchuan. The saltpeter they used to configure gunpowder was not high in purity, and they were not fully ground, and the stirring was not evenly arranged. They were not arranged in front of the formation, but were arranged in Lanzhou to go to Qin Wangchuan. During the transportation, the charcoal powder, saltpeter and sulfur were separated, so the power of the explosion was greatly weakened, and the blasting of the cave was not successful!

However, Zhong Fu and Gao Yongnian did not find anything. While besieging the city of Qin Wangchuan, they also built another castle in the center of Qin Wangchuan, called Zhenqin Fort, which was the foundation of the Song Dynasty in Qin Wangchuan.

So after Chage's army arrived, Gao Yongnian did not retreat, but lifted the Qin King Chuan to guard the Qin Fort.

Now the two armies are confronting each other in Qinwangchuan City, Zhenqin Fort, both sides are gritting their teeth, and they dare not fight to fight or retreat. In fact, they are consuming military rations, which is better than logistics.

King Chage of Jin set up millions of stones of grain and grass in King Chuan City of Qin, which was enough to support it for a long time. The Song army also had the capital to survive. The previous battle of Hehuang was progressing smoothly, so the food and grass stored in Lanzhou City was not consumed much, which could allow Gao Yongnian's army to support for several months.

Before the military rations are exhausted, both sides dare not fight easily.

As for the Eastern Front, Tong Guan and Tao Jiefu, who had already made great contributions, chose the conservative route because the Liao army entered the Hetao area.

Now, as long as they keep the territory of four states including Yinzhou, Xiazhou, Youzhou, and Yanzhou, what else do they have to worry about?

Moreover, with the Liao Kingdom sending troops, the Song Dynasty could no longer be destroyed in one fell swoop. Such a merit was undoubtedly from Tong Guan, Gao Qiu and Tao Jiefu.

"Your Majesty," Su Dongpo, who was so thin that he was a little bit out of shape, opened his mouth weakly at this time. He coughed, "The old minister thought there was no need to fight the Western thieves in Qin Wangchuan. Now Yinzhou, Xiazhou, Youzhou, Yanzhou and other four states are all owned by me. The Hetao grassland is about to be divided by our dynasty and Khitan again. How could the Western thieves gain a long-term foothold in Xingling? The gains and losses of Qin Wangchuan are no longer important, and now there is no need to force the Western thieves to break up the death."

Zhao Ji frowned. He was quite looking forward to the battle of Qin Wangchuan. Xixia set up an army of 80,000 to 100,000. Although the Song army was only 50,000, they were all elite on Xihe Road, and their logistics was very sufficient, so they could be dragged on.

Moreover, Lu Huiqing and Zhe Keshi's Jingyuan army have not launched a large-scale move! As long as they can capture Weizhou and approach Lingzhou, are they still afraid that Brother Cha will not retreat and return to the rescue?

Cai Jing looked at Zhao Ji's expression and was about to speak according to the official's wishes, a small yellow gate of the Imperial Medicine Academy walked in quickly, leaned over and whispered a few words in front of Zhao Ji.

"Why is he here?" Zhao Ji was stunned, "What's the matter?"

Xiao Huangmen said: "Report to Your Majesty, Wu Haowen only said that he was ordered by Xiao Su to ask about the war in the Song and Liao dynasties and His Majesty's plans."

"The war between Song and Liao?" Zhao Ji was confused, "What did he really say?"

"That's what I said."

Zhao Ji paused, "Call him in!"

"Here."

The little yellow gate took the order and left. The important officials present also found it strange and looked at Zhao Ji.

Now it’s Chongzheng Palace asking right! Why are there anyone else inserted? Isn’t it in accordance with the rules?

Just as he was thinking, he saw Wu Haowen wearing a gray green robe jogging in, frowning as if he was worried.

"Your Majesty," After seeing Zhao Ji, Wu Haowen first bowed and then reported it without waiting for Zhao Ji to ask. "I am waiting for Yanjing to get the news. Gao Qiu led an army of 20,000 to defeat more than 10,000 people from the Heqing Army of Liao Kingdom east of Mingtangchuan, killed 500 cattle, sheep and horses, and captured countless cattle, sheep and horses..."

"Ah!?" Zhao Ji shouted, "Wu Haowen, what are you talking about? You, are you crazy, are you?"

Zhang Kangguo, the official of the Privy Council, also said: "Wu Wangdao, where did you hear the information? Why didn't the Privy Council know?"

Liu Kui also said: "The Ministry of War hasn't heard of it! There is no such thing!"

Su Dongpo coughed a few times, frowned and looked at Wu Haowen with a wry smile, "I hope, what's going on?"
Chapter completed!