The two court dignitaries who were transformed by Vladimir using the Night Hug Ritual were both old men in their fifties and sixties.

For them, there is something more important than power, and that is health.

Transformed into a blood clan, they felt that their bodies had a long-lost vitality, and in those young and beautiful concubines, they regained their majesty.

Of course, these two court members did not know that the blood clan's desire for that aspect would gradually fade (just like Kitts), and they were still immersed in the excitement of returning to youth.

When Bai Xiaowen came forward and asked these two court officials to cooperate with Shi Miyuan for the benefit of Changshengmen in the future, the two of them still put up a fight and wanted to refuse.

Vladimir directly moved the blood of the vampires in the two of them to boil, and this kind of pain like exposure to ultraviolet rays made the two of them feel what is called purgatory on earth.

Only then did the two know that they had become slaves, and life and death were in the hands of others, and they suddenly became deflated balls, so they could only agree to become peripheral members of the Immortal Gate and serve the Immortal Sect.

Bai Xiaowen also learned about the situation by the way. These court officials have the latest first-hand information from the front line.

The Mongol army and the Song army have already broken Caizhou.

The Mongols plundered most of the gold and silver treasures of the Jin royal family, and the Song army snatched back the bones of Wanyan Shouxu (Jin Aizong), the last emperor of the Jin Dynasty, and escorted them back to Lin'an to pay tribute to their ancestors, which can be regarded as the "Jingkang shame" of the destruction of the Northern Song Dynasty and the exile of the second emperor.

In this battle, the Southern Song Dynasty made a lot of profits, recovering the four prefectures of Shou, Si, Su and Hao, and it can be said that the whole territory of the two Huai was basically recovered.

Destroy the feud Jin State, so that the whole country of the Southern Song Dynasty is immersed in excitement and joy.

This kind of excitement and joy also made Song Lizong full of ambition in his heart, and he had the idea of raising troops to the north and recovering the lost territory in the Yellow River Valley of the Northern Song Dynasty.

After the destruction of Jin, Mongolia bordered the Southern Song Dynasty. The territorial demarcation is that the eastern border is in Sizhou and Zhengzhou, that is, today's Shandong, Henan and other places, and the western border is in today's Qinghai.

Due to the increasingly hot weather and lack of food and grass, Mongolia withdrew to the north of the Yellow River.

In the court, a group of young and vigorous officials proposed to take advantage of the opportunity of Mongolia's retreat to the north and the emptiness of the Central Plains to send troops to the north. The slogan they put forward was "pacify the Central Plains, hold the Yellow River, occupy Tongguan, and recover Sanjing".

Sanjing refers to the three capitals of the former Northern Song Dynasty: Tokyo Kaifeng Mansion (i.e., Henan Kaifeng), Xijing Henan Mansion (i.e., Henan Luoyang) and Nanjing Yingtianfu (i.e., Henan Shangqiu), all of which are in Henan.

However, most of the veteran officials were opposed to sending troops.

The reason is very simple, the current Central Plains has been turned into a wasteland by the Mongols' slaughter policy, with only dilapidated empty cities.

The original city with a population of hundreds of thousands is now only a few hundred households. The bones are exposed, the corpses fill the river, and the epidemic is ...... If you want to restore the prosperity of the past, I don't know how much blood needs to be transfused in the Jianghuai area.

Not only the old-fashioned officials in the court opposed it, but even the generals outside knew the power of the Mongols and opposed sending troops.

The controversy did not last long.

Because Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty issued an edict to support the dispatch of troops to recover Sanjing, especially the Northern Song Dynasty Emperor's Mausoleum in Xijing, Henan Mansion (Luoyang). After recovering Sanjing, they followed the example of the Jin people and defended Tongguan, which was enough to resist the Mongols.

After the emperor made up his mind, even the prime minister could not object.

If Shi Miyuan wants to object, even the phase will have to be handed over.

Bai Xiaowen did not object, his control over the Great Song Dynasty was not deep enough at this time, and it took time to slowly infiltrate his influence into all ministries and departments.

Besides, the Song army and Mongolia fought, which also fulfilled Bai Xiaowen's wishes. If Song Lizong was different from history, he became serious and stuck to Huainan and other places, Mongolia might not start a war a few months later, and Bai Xiaowen would not have so much time to spend here.

As a result, the Southern Song Dynasty army sent troops north for the second time.

Bai Xiaowen directly got the hint, and he triggered a large-scale historical event - the Song-Mongol War!

"Heroic side quest: [Pacify Huaidong] opens. ”

[Mission Objective: Destroy the loyal and righteous army entrenched in Huai'an. 】”

"[Difficulty: D+]"

"[Task Duration: None (equivalent to the remaining time you spend on the Shao Positioning Surface)]"

[Reward: 150 spirit crystals.] 】”

Huaidong, where Abaddon was located, also ushered in the first war - not with the Mongols, but with the "Loyal Army".

The so-called Loyal and Righteous Army is actually a local armed group that revolted because it was dissatisfied with the rule of the Jin.

At first, it was called the "Red Jacket Army", and later Song Ningzong crusaded against the Jin State and recruited rebels from all walks of life. Li Quan, Yang Miaozhen and others, the generals of the Red Jacket Army, led the army to attach themselves to the Great Song Dynasty and crusade against the Jin State, known as the "Loyal and Righteous Army".

It is worth mentioning that Li Quan and Yang Miao are really a husband and wife, and they are both good at using guns. Li Quanren is called "Li Tiegun", his body is fierce, and he is skilled in bows and horses; his wife Yang Miaozhen is even more powerful, known as "20 pear flower guns, invincible in the world", and the pear flower marksmanship created by him has even been handed down to future generations, and is respected by Qi Jiguang, He Liangchen and other military strategists of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the name of the Loyal Righteous Army is very good, but unfortunately it will change its flavor later. With the passage of time, Li Quan and his wife have long forgotten their original intention and become mercenary. On the surface, they submitted to the Southern Song Dynasty and obtained money and grain from the Southern Song Dynasty, but secretly they attached themselves to the Mongols, not only trading goods with the Mongols, but also burning down the Southern Song Dynasty's imperial arsenal.

Later, Li Quan even openly invaded Yancheng, looted all the treasury materials, and threatened the Southern Song Dynasty court to remove Zhao Shanxiang, the envoy of the Yangtze River, Yue Ke, the general soldier of Huaidong, and others. This has touched the bottom line of the Southern Song Dynasty court, and finally triggered the Southern Song Dynasty's crusade against the loyal and righteous army.

Of course, the psychological changes of Li Quan and Yang Miaozhen over the years are also related to the improper use of personnel by the Southern Song Dynasty court, and Xu Guo, a member of the imperial court who was sent to appease the loyal and righteous army, was short-sighted and arrogant, and repeatedly withheld the food and salary of the loyal and righteous army, and his staff was also arrogant and rude to Li Quan's generals, which aroused Li Quan's rebellious heart.

But no matter what happened in the past, now Li Quan has become a vicious dog of the Mongols, and if he wants to send troops to Huaidong and go north to Qingzhou, he must exterminate Li Quan.

Bai Xiaowen triggered this task, apparently because Abaddon was in Huaidong.

The rules of the spirit world determined that Abaddon was Bai Xiaowen's summoned creature, and Abaddon was in Huaidong, which meant that Bai Xiaowen's combat power was in Huaidong, so he triggered this task.

The difficulty of this task to have a "hero branch" must be because of the existence of large-scale war scenes, which improves the "quality" of the mission.

However, in judging the strength and weakness of the enemy and the enemy, the rules of the spirit world judged that Bai Xiaowen's camp was extremely advantageous, and only gave a D+ difficulty. In other words, even without Bai Xiaowen's participation, this war is a sure win.