However, it was not the Jin State that made the first move, but its ally Western Xia.

Ten years have passed since the events in Hangzhou, and the news blockade of the Great Song Dynasty has gradually relaxed.

It happened that the Xixia in the Great Song Dynasty knew about it, so he passed the matter of Hangzhou back.

After the Western Xia side learned that most of the family members of the Tianyuan army generals guarding Xiao Pass had died in the Hangzhou riots, they couldn't bear it.

He planned to send people to Xiaoguan to spread the news and disturb the hearts of the army.

If the army mutinied, the Western Xia army would open and knock.

If the army had not mutinied, I believe that these generals must have been preoccupied and did not belong to their minds.

When the time comes, send a master of Yipintang to attack and kill the generals of the Tianyuan Army in Xiao Pass, and they will definitely be able to succeed in one fell swoop, and breaking through the pass is just around the corner.

The bright moon hung high in the cloudless blue sky like a silver platter, and the moonlight with a hint of chill illuminated the well water.

In Mei's Tofu Factory, a woman in her forties is sleeping when a carrier pigeon flutters its wings and flies to the window.

The woman slept lightly, and was immediately awakened to the sight of a carrier pigeon on the windowsill.

Carefully get up, hold the pigeon in your hand, remove the strip of cloth tied to the pigeon's feet, and then release the pigeon.

In the moonlight, I opened the cloth strip and saw that it was written: Ten years ago, the Ming Sect rioted in Hangzhou, and the families of the generals of the Tianyuan Army were all killed, and the Great Song Dynasty concealed the truth.

When the woman saw this, her heart was shaken.

If this news spreads, it is estimated that Western Xia will be able to break through Xiao Pass and go home.

At that time, he will definitely have a great merit, and he will not worry about eating and drinking in this life.

Walk to the table, light the candle, and place the strip of cloth over the flame.

......

At this moment, Zhou Fan in the Jingzhao Mansion Quanzhen Private School had completely calculated the woman's heels.

The woman came to Xiao Guan twenty years ago and married a seriously ill butcher.

Not long after the door was crossed, the butcher died, and the woman became a widow.

With the remaining savings, he opened a tofu factory to make ends meet.

Twenty years of selling tofu, has never remarried, the villagers still feel that she is loyal, gave her a chastity archway.

Now she is forty-three years old, and everyone calls her Aunt Mei.

She was actually a fine work sent into the Great Song Dynasty by the Western Xia, trained in the Western Xia for more than ten years, and came to Xiaoguan through the merchant channel twenty years ago.

It's just that he has never been on a mission, and he has been lurking, and he has not had the slightest exchange of news with Western Xia.

Zhou Fan couldn't calculate her past heels, and she didn't show her feet until today.

This kind of enemy country is meticulous, and there is no need to punish her in any subtle way.

The next day, the morning light wakes up the sleeping earth through the dawn sky, and a new day begins.

Xiao Guan's Quanzhen disciples still wandered the streets according to Zhou Fan's request.

One of the disciples happened to be walking by Mei's Tofu Workshop when he was bored, looking around.

When his gaze was about to sweep over the tofu workshop, the whole person's eyes changed from lazy to indifferent.

At this time, Aunt Mei was about to get up, planning to start spreading the news from a few big-mouthed little daughters-in-law around.

I believe that with his years of gossip experience, at most three days, everyone in Xiaoguan will know.

You don't have to exaggerate, you have to give enough room for amplification of rumors.

Suddenly, there was a blackness in front of him, the sky was spinning, and the whole person fell to the bed.

The eyes of the disciples outside changed back to laziness, and the whole person continued to walk forward without noticing.

Zhou Fan in the private school is playing chess with a student in the large class.

"Sir, you seem to have lost. The student said softly.

No way, since I learned this way of chess, every time I play against my husband, it is really difficult to lose.

Zhou Fan stroked his white beard lightly, and said with a smile: "You don't understand, if you lose a game of chess, you will break an enemy plan." ”

The afternoon sun is still obliquely shining, the courtyard is clear, separated from the shadows, and the window lattices in the room and Aunt Mei are still accompanied by a pattern.

At this moment, Aunt Mei opened her eyes with difficulty, covering her head with both hands, feeling like she was about to explode.

He opened his mouth in pain to scream, but he couldn't hear his own voice.

After a short while, the headache gradually subsided, and Aunt Mei leaned against the head of the bed, sweating profusely and panting.

Suddenly, there was silence for a while, and Aunt Mei looked incredulous, and even forgot to breathe.

From the time I woke up to the present, I didn't seem to be able to hear anything, and I was deaf.

Aunt Mei suddenly opened her mouth wide, trying to scream so that she could hear it.

But there was still no sound.

Hurriedly put on shoes and socks and ran out.

"Aunt Mei, why did you only open the door now, I thought you wouldn't open the door today. A woman passing by saw Aunt Mei rushing out of the courtyard and said to her.

Aunt Mei looked around and saw that the woman was moving her lips, probably talking to herself.

Run over, calm down, and speak according to the pronunciation in memory.

Originally, Aunt Mei wanted to say: You can hear me and nod your head.

But in the eyes of the woman, it was Aunt Mei who grew her mouth and kept saying "ahhh

"Aunt Mei, what's wrong with you, let's go, I'll send you to see a doctor. ”

......

In the Xixia town near Xiaoguan, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses have gathered here.

General Xixia sat on the main seat and asked the henchman who had just returned next to him, "Is there still no news from Xiao Guan?" ”

The henchman arched his hand and said: "Tell the general, Xiao Guan is nothing unusual. ”

A burly man in the guest seat below tilted his head slightly, and sneered: "General, it seems that your suit is not very useful." In the end, it's my turn to come out. ”

The Iipin Tang samurai in the main tent all echoed: "Yes, it's useless to use the rumors of Raushzi to shake the morale of the army." When we cut off the heads of more than a dozen Song army generals tonight, they will have no military heart. ”

"Hahaha......"

The general didn't bother with it, smiled heartily, and said loudly: "Then there is a lot of labor, and the general will set up a celebration banquet and wait for your triumphant return." ”

On the plain outside Xiaoguan City, a sunset the size of a copper basin is only half left on the horizon, and the color is just like the rising pale red watermelon, reflecting the light, which is very good-looking.

Dozens of Yipintang masters rode horses to Xiao Pass, and the slanting sun pulled the shadows into a line.

As night fell, the red sunset in the western sky turned purple, gray, and black, and finally faded away.

Although the warriors of Yipintang were strong in martial arts, they could not jump over the city wall without disturbing the Song army.

The horses had to be tied to the trees, and a group of people made a detour over the mountain with the help of their superior foot strength.

The mountains here are clustered, and most of them are tall and steep.

The county seat of Xiaoguan was built next to the cliff of the mountain range, so Yipintang and the others could not come down directly from the top of the mountain.

You still have to go through the relatively steep slopes in the distance, as well as a ray of sky, to completely get out of the mountains.

But when they passed by the top of the mountain next to Xiaoguan County, they were already known to Zhou Fan.

Unbeknownst to everyone, death was beckoning to them.