Qingjian City is built on the East Mountain, and Qingjian River flows by the side, irrigating countless fields. There are forts and main cities around it forming horns, covering each other, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

"The terrain here is dangerous. You can attack Wudinghe area in front, such as Suizhou, and then capture Mizhi..."

Standing on the city wall, you will be self-evident and show your own demeanor, and you will be extremely confident.

This is what he did later, polishing step by step, aiming at the Hengshan line... From then on, the Song Dynasty formed a strategic advantage over the Western Xia here.

This person is a bit cruel and proud of himself, such as both civil and military, otherwise Chen An would be happy to make friends with him.

Standing on the city and looking at the surrounding forts, my sense of security increased greatly.

"Those foreigners seem to be at graze, but if the Xixia people come, they have to count on us to open the city to accept their cattle and sheep, otherwise they will lose all their money, so it is very cheap to recruit foreigners into the army."

Zhong Yan patted the city, and his heart was full of passion.

"Is the soldiers in the Central Plains not good?"

Chen An saw many soldiers along the way, and he was a little puzzled.

"No." Zhong Yan shook his head and sighed: "After a long time, soldiers in the Central Plains will miss their families and have no fighting spirit."

This is the consequence of the soldiers, but it cannot be solved.

"Unless it's rotation." This is the method advocated by Chen An.

"The Privy Council will not agree." When talking about the Privy Council, Zhong Yan was a little dissatisfied, "This is Qingjian City, not Bianliang. All rules should be changed, rather than sticking to the rules."

"I will discuss it with the rich when I go back."

Chen An underestimated his men to the city wall, leaving behind a dazed Zhong Yan.

"He said he would help talk to Fu Xiang?"

Is Chen An so kind?

The general under his command said, "Zhicheng, then Chen An is a famous general after all, and famous generals are famous. Who is the famous general who can't take the overall situation into consideration?"

"He is not a famous general!" Zhong Yan muttered, but there was a look of excitement between his eyebrows.

It doesn’t matter if there are any internal conflicts, but when facing foreign enemies, you must abandon your past grudges and work together to defend against the enemy.

"Brothers fight against the wall and defend against their insults."

Zhong Yan watched the morning sun rise from the east and praised: "I suffered a loss in his hands back then, and the Zhe family also relied on him to overcome the crisis. Zhe Kexing relied on him to become a famous general in the heart of the official family. Hi! Embryo! Otherwise, how could the Zhe family compare with the Zhe family?"

The battle between generals is not just reputation, but more about resources.

If you have a great pen, naturally the family’s children can get more resources.

If one person attains enlightenment, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven, this is never false.

So the Zhezhong family fought for a long time to be the first in the league, but now the Zhe family has gained the upper hand.

But Chen An's hint was very generous.

As long as it is something that is good for the overall situation, you just want to say that you will plan for you.

"Is this person... so instinct?" Zhong Yan raised his head slightly and took a deep breath, "I underestimated him in the past."

He led the generals to slowly go down the city, and a soldier came towards him. He reported to him: "Zhicheng, someone from the Xixia delegation just now came to complain, saying that you sent someone to deliver breakfast in the early morning. Those people were shameless and touched the woman when they saw it, and they said you were... and said you were..."

Zhong Yan never forgives his subordinates who make mistakes, and the punishment is so fierce that it can probably shock the civil servants.

Zhong Yan said expressionlessly: "What is it? Say! I won't punish you."

The sergeant said, "Say you are a chromophore!"

Damn it!

Zhong Yan was furious and gritted his teeth and frightened the sergeant. He quickly knelt down and apologized.

"Go and find out who did it. I'm going to kill him!"

Zhong Yan really wanted to kill someone. He strode over, and the kneeling soldier got up like an amnesty and ran away.

"Go check it! Go check it now!"

Zhong Yan's eyes were full of murderous intent, "Hide the news, don't let Chen An and Chen Zhongheng know, otherwise this will be the blame."

He had a headache. If he had not been there, he could suppress this matter with one hand, but Chen Zhongheng was there!

As for Chen An, he was also half a soldier, and he would only laugh at this matter, but Chen Zhongheng was different. He was the eyes of the official family and would go back to report anything he saw.

If the officials knew about this, a title of poor military management would not be able to escape.

This is a heavy blow to Zong Yan, who is determined to be a famous general and revitalize the Zong family, so he must cover up the matter.

The city gradually became more and more murderous. The soldiers were searching for the news and soon there was a result.

"Zhicheng, someone saw those people entering our mission's base!"

Damn it!

The sergeant who came to report found that Zhong Yan's eyes were red and thought to himself who... it should be Chen An. He was actually cheating people like this, and he was not afraid that Zhicheng would fight to him desperately?

Zhong Yan suppressed his anger and said, "Let's go, take a look."

He took people to ask for a visit to Chen An.

Without any obstruction, he was led all the way to the front hall.

Chen An and Chen Zhongheng were both there in the front hall, as well as several officials accompanying him, as well as two plainclothes men.

"... After I waited in, I found that most of the people in the Xixia mission were avoiding a room, so I tried to test it. But the people who accompanied them were alert and were called twice. At this time, a woman came out, and the villain pretended to be a lewd embryo and teased her. The Xixia people were so angry that they were so angry that they were entangled with the villain. He took the opportunity to take a look at the room..."

Another plainclothes man said, "Mr., the layout looks very particular and has a bit of fragrance. The villain just wanted to go in, but someone was caught."

"Thank you for your hard work." Chen An nodded, and the two plainclothes men left, and when they went out, they happened to see Zhong Yan.

Zhong Yan's anger had dissipated, but he still felt stuffy.

Chen An waved and said, "You came just in time. In the morning, someone asked to investigate the Xixia mission. Because he didn't want to alarm the enemy, he borrowed your name and offended him."

What can Zhong Yan say?

Chen Zhongheng smiled and said, "Zhong Zhicheng must be very wise."

Zhong Yan wanted to say that someone was angry, but he could only smile, "Yes, it's just a trivial matter."

"The Xixia mission is a bit strange. Since that's the case, let's meet tomorrow."

He then sent the accompanying etiquette officer to inform the news.

The next day, after breakfast, Chen An and Chen Zhongheng were waiting in the front hall.

Later someone came to report: "The envoy of Xixia has come, and many people have come."

"Apart from the messenger, everyone else stopped him."

The advantage at home is not for nothing. If Chen An didn’t know how to use it, it would have been wasted those years of compulsory education.

Later, a thin man was brought in.

"Liang Xing has met the Marquis of Confucianism."

The man bowed his hand and sat down immediately.

Men have fair skin, which is very rare for people in Xixia.

"The envoy comes from afar, what do you have to say?"

Chen An was observing the other party, thinking that the man's facial features were good, at least much handsome than Chen Zhongheng.

Poor Chen Zhongheng didn't know that he was in the shooting again and was pretending to be majestic.

Liang Xing was also looking at Chen An. He held the teacup and didn't drink it. He slowly said: "Yelu Hongji has solved the troubles in the country. Now the Liao Kingdom is united in its own mind. Is the Song Dynasty worried?"

Chen An shook his head, "When you were in the Prefecture, you were willing to use bait to lure the Prefecture Army out. The elite Liao army heavy cavalry took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, but did they succeed?"

Chen An leaned back slightly, with a faint smile and a calm expression.

This is the demeanor that a country's messenger should have!

Chen Zhongheng couldn't help but praise him secretly and then learned it.

It’s just that he is relatively fat, so he doesn’t have a lot of similar experience when he learns.

Liang Xing smiled, "That's the Liao people who want to bewitch us... Let's tell the truth. The Liao people made a promise that once they destroyed Zhe Jizu, they would hand over the road of Linfu. But this was a plan to kill three soldiers in the second peaches, and we knew... but we had no way to refuse."

Chen Zhongheng was furious and was about to speak, but Chen An coughed dryly, "You continue talking."

Liang Xing didn't even look at Chen Zhongheng, "The northwest is difficult, and we are all enemies on all sides. If we can take down the Linfu Road, the Yellow River will be the natural barrier from now on. We only need to guard against the Liao people on this side. So the Song Dynasty didn't need to think about how great ambition we had, we just protected ourselves."

"What you said is better than what you sang." Chen An kept smiling, "The northwest is difficult, but the Yellow River is full of harm, and only the rich is the only way to do it. Xixia said it was poor, who are you coaxing?"

Liang Xing lowered his head, and Chen Zhongheng couldn't help laughing when he saw this, "Gui Xinhou knew everything about astronomy and geography. What does the nobles want to show off in front of him... Isn't that a joke? Hoho ho!"

The eunuch's laughter was sharp, and it sounded very harsh, and it also had a gloating feeling.

Chen An's eyelids twitched, thinking that Chen Chen was so vilified, but Chen Zhongheng was worthy of making friends like this.

"I have also heard of the reputation of the Marquis of Guixin. The poem is that everyone adopts a son and wants to be smart, but is ruined by intelligence. I only hope that the child will be foolish and rude, and will be free from disasters and troubles to the ministers. I agree deeply."

"Did Xixia actually know it too?"
To be continued...