Qianshun had no intention of waiting for the return of the envoy he had sent to Tanggu before deciding to attack and defend. Half a month after the envoy set off, he sent an order to let Brother Weimingcha, who had already arrived at the front line, allow him to act cheaply. He didn't wait, and immediately launched an attack after receiving the order. However, unlike Zong Han, who thundered as soon as he made a move, Brother Wei Mingcha only ordered all the troops of the frontier armies to launch large-scale or small-scale harassment in the eleven border prefectures and counties of Shaanxi and Qinfeng at the same time, while his army drove directly to the border to confront Liu Qi's army, making a gesture of imminent large-scale attack.

The knife is intimidating when it is about to be cut off but not cut. Although Liu Qi is not a person who will be easily frightened, he knows better than most of the civil and military generals in the center of Hanting's current situation, so he does not dare to take Brother Wei Mingcha's situation lightly.

"What the hell is Brother Wei Ming Cha doing!" Liu Qi's general staff officer Li Yongqi is good at scheming, but he still lacks in strategic thinking about the overall situation with a view to the world.

However, Liu Qi, who was already responsible for the aspect, seemed to have seen through Brother Wei's intentions: "He sent people to harass him to see if our border military strength is empty; He pressed forward with a large army to see whether the attitude of our Han was soft or hard. ”

Li Yongqi said: "What the general means is that if our border is empty, he will immediately take advantage of the emptiness; If we show weakness, they will immediately go on a rampage! ”

"Nope." Liu Qi said: "If our borders are empty, they will indeed take advantage of the situation, but if we show toughness, they may not invade." ”

Li Yongqi said: "Why is this? ”

Liu Qi said: "Right now, Your Majesty is marching north, and we are so tough in the emptiness of the Han Dynasty, and when Your Majesty triumphs, do they still have any kind of Xia people?" ”

"So what are we going to do to stop them?" Li Yongqi asked.

"It's hard to say." Liu Qi said: "There may be a small passage between toughness and détente, but this hope is very slim. At least in my opinion, this battle is inevitable. Moreover, it is no longer up to us to decide what attitude we should use towards the Xia people, and we must see how the imperial court decides. However, I am afraid that in order to stabilize the current crisis, the imperial court agrees to retreat without a fight and cede land to seek peace, which will be dangerous. That will only provoke the insatiable coveting of the Xia people. ”

Li Yongqi exclaimed: "Cutting the land for peace? No matter how confused the court is, the court won't do this kind of thing, right? I don't believe that the Seventh General and the Third General will make such a bad decision! ”

"If Your Majesty were still here, this kind of thing would never happen, but now, the situation in the imperial court is really dangerous." Liu Qi sighed: "I'm more worried that Yunzhong, Henan and even the Great Song Dynasty will also take advantage of the fire to rob, so that the imperial court may shrink its forces in order to keep the two rivers, and even abandon Shaanxi and Qin Feng!" ”

Li Yongqi said: "How can this be! ”

Liu Qi said: "Actually, I can understand that they are doing this, because if they can delay until His Majesty comes back from Mobei, then even if Shaanxi is lost, it can be fought back, but the price is too great." However, if the central center really gives such an order, I will also be ordered to temporarily abandon Shaanxi. ”

Li Yongqi was shocked and said: "General! He only screamed and didn't say anything else, which shows the extent of the shock in his heart, because he couldn't imagine that Liu Qi would say such a thing.

Liu Qi sighed and said, "Actually, I don't know if it's right or wrong to do this." ”

Li Yongqi shouted: "No! You can't do that, rightly or wrong! This kind of thing...... What do you want us to say to the people below? ”

"Not bad! No matter what the people below decide, we have to show them our determination! Liu Qi's face was heavy, and he said: "Brother Yongqi, I want you to go to Tanggu quickly, in case the imperial court decides to retreat, you will fight according to reason, and tell those who want to survive: Our Linxia soldiers would rather die in battle than see the Han Dynasty repeat the weak situation of the old Song Dynasty!" ”

Li Yongqi took the generals and then set off for Tanggu, only slept in the carriage for two hours a day, woke up and rode on horseback to continue on the road, crossed the Yellow River this day, and heard that Yunzhong and Henan had already raised troops to attack, and the Yellow River and Yanshan were on fire everywhere, and the Han Dynasty, which had been stable for less than a year, actually gave people a precarious feeling, and his heart was even more worried.

And before he arrived in Tanggu, the twelve warning signals in Xia Bian had already reached the palace and the prime minister's mansion, and even the people outside heard the news. The spring breeze in February this year is not a good omen for the Han Dynasty, and the ensuing crises are difficult for people like Yang Yingqi and Ouyang Shi to deal with, let alone Zhen Yunwu? The current situation in Tanggu may not be more dangerous than the crisis of Jinmen after the "fall" of Zheyanchong, but the degree of complexity is even greater, because although the Han government is more powerful than the Han Ministry back then, the internal situation also hides a crisis.

"Lord Han, let's arrange it, I want to see the envoy of Western Xia, now!" The Western Xia envoy Li Shou has been in Tanggu for a while, and during this time, Ouyang Shi and Han Fang sent people to negotiate, and Ouyang Shi also held a banquet in Tangnan to entertain him. But Li Shou didn't reveal any threatening information, and the people sent by Ouyang Shi and Han Fang were all meaningless diplomatic rhetoric, and they seemed to be still willing to serve the duties of the vassal state, Ouyang Shi couldn't figure out the intentions of the Xia people for a while, so he didn't allow Li Shou to see the prison country, but now Zhe Yunwu couldn't wait.

Han Fang persuaded: "Prince, it may not be appropriate to summon him now. This Li Shou's intention to come to Tanggu, we haven't figured it out yet. ”

Zhi Yunwu said: "Didn't he always ask to see me?" Maybe he'll say it when he sees me. ”

"Then we can't let him succeed easily." Han Fang said: "What the Xia people want, it must be beneficial to him and inconvenient to me." ”

Zhi Yunwu snorted and said: "Actually, I am young and ignorant, so his envoy didn't dare to make ghosts in front of the fourth uncle and Lord Han, but he wanted to come to me to make ghosts, right?" The fourth uncle and Lord Han are also worried that I will show weakness in front of him and ruin the country's major affairs, right? ”

Han Fang was actually worried like this, but it was not easy to say this, and he was speechless for a while, but said: "There is no such thing!" ”

Zhi Yunwu said: "In any case, this time the Xia people committed a border, and the momentum is not small. If it's just him, forget it, but there are also accidents in Yunzhong and Henan......" Speaking of this, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Could it be that the words of the envoy sent by Zong Bi to Yunzhong are true, Song Xia and Zong Bi Zong Han have been united, so ...... That ......" said this, and his guttural voice couldn't help but tremble slightly, I don't know whether he was worried or afraid.

The situation that Zhi Yunwu said, Han Fang had actually thought about it a long time ago, and he also felt that this matter was very likely, because according to the confession of the envoy who surrendered to Cheng, there was not only one envoy sent by Zongbi, maybe before the Han court got the news, the four of them had already reached an alliance against the Han court. And judging from the current reactions of all parties, it is very likely that the four alliances have been reached, otherwise the provocation in the face of Han Ting would not have been so close.

However, there is no need for Zhi Yunwu to remind him that Ouyang Shi immediately summoned the Western Xia envoy Li Shou after hearing that the Xia people had committed a crime, and angrily asked him why the Western Xia "dared to do this!" ”

It's a pity that the Han court at this moment is no longer the Han court in front of Zhiyan rushing out of the plug, Li Shou is not afraid at all under Ouyang Shi's anger, and he has been coming to Tanggu for a while, although he has not been able to see the envoys of the Southern Song Dynasty to exchange news, but he still feels the panicked atmosphere of Tanggu people. At this time, as soon as he heard Ouyang Shi ask him why the Xia army was offended, he immediately knew that the Western Xia military had already launched an operation.

Li Shou is not the first person to enter the territory of the Han Dynasty, and he knows that the Han court flaunts benevolence and righteousness, and the matter of the two countries competing to kill the envoy will not happen in the administrative center, so now although Ouyang Shi can kill him with a word, he is not afraid at all, because he knows that in this game, the Xia people have already taken the lead. So he stood up and said casually: "Although Western Xia is a small border country, the envoys of our country have come to the Han Emperor three times, and the Han Emperor has received him immediately, and he has never delayed for more than three days. Although the emperor is not here now, he has the crown prince in charge of the country, why not introduce the marshal? ”

Ouyang Shi snorted: "The prince can't see you, the court has its own decision." You are an envoy of a small country, how dare you ask! ”

Li Shou said: "It's just that my lord has a letter of state to present to the prison country, and if he doesn't see the prince, Li Shou can't say what the marshal asked." ”

Ouyang Shi said unhappily: "If you have a national letter, why didn't you say it earlier!" But if there is a letter of state, give it to me, and I will forward it to the prison state, and it will be the same. ”

Li Shou asked: "Does the marshal want to be Cao Cao and Wang Mang?" ”

Ouyang Shi said angrily: "What are you talking about, blatantly provoking?" ”

Li Shou said: "If the marshal doesn't have a reckless heart, it's better to avoid this kind of suspicion." Since my lord has ordered me to submit the state document to the prison state, Li Shou will not dare to pretend to others. My Western Dynasty adheres to the gift of small things and big things, and hopes that the Eastern Dynasty also follows the righteousness of the saints with big things and small things. ”

Han Ting was the suzerain of the Western Xia, and when Zhi Yan was there, the Western Xia never dared to call himself "Western Dynasty", and at this time he suddenly raised the words "Western Dynasty" and "Eastern Dynasty", which clearly meant to be divided into courts.

So Ouyang Shi was even more angry when he heard this, and shouted: "Okay, you are poor, aren't you afraid of death?" ”

Li Shou laughed and said: "People are not afraid of death, so why are they afraid of death?" If the marshal wants to kill me, he will kill me, but if he doesn't see the prince of the prison country, it's okay to ask me for my head, but not if I want my lord's national letter! ”

Ouyang Shi was about to have a seizure, and suddenly a waiter rushed in from outside and whispered a few words to Ouyang Shi, although in front of Li Shou, Ouyang Shi couldn't help but change his color slightly. Li Shou watched coldly, and didn't interject, so he listened to Ouyang Shi say: "I have other important things to do today, you go back, and I will repair the book and persuade your master not to be vain." The fortunes of my Han Dynasty are like those in Japan, and Shunchang is reversed, and the world knows it. If you can be cautious and respectful, you can still keep the king's title, otherwise, hum! As soon as he said that, he raised his hand and ordered the guests to be sent off.

Li Shou smiled and said: "Whether it's my Western Xia who is vain and unpredictable, or whether the marshal is fierce and inward-looking, you will see within ten days!" ”

After Li Shou left, Chen Fengshan couldn't help but ask, "Virtuous son-in-law, is something happening again?" ”

Ouyang Shi gritted his teeth and said, "This Zhao Gou, forget the pain after the scar!" I was not willing to be lonely! ”

Chen Fengshan was shocked and said, "The Song family also did something to us?" ”

Ouyang Shi said: "They are not offensives, but they ...... It's pretty much it. ”