When Fan Yu and the others came, it was a team of hundreds of people, and the scale was not small. But when I went back, the team was even more lively. Not only were there hundreds more, but there were also hundreds more carriages and horses. There are also shepherds who drive the herds of cattle and sheep, following behind, and it is like a small tribe migrating.

Even so, it was because of the waterways taken by iron ingots and earth nitrate. Otherwise, the team will be even bigger.

Arriving at Fanyang in the evening of the first day, Fan Yu ordered Yang Wenguang to bring the documents he had written, and send them to the Ansu army as soon as possible, asking him to send troops to escort him in advance.

It's also a big team, and if you don't make a notice, I'm afraid there will be a misunderstanding.

The Ansu army did not dare to slack off, and sent people to guard the Baigou River overnight.

They were not afraid of the people brought by the envoys, but they were afraid of the Liao tribal army making trouble. It is common for these tribal armies to cross the border to harass and fight grass valleys. There are few cavalry in the Ansu army, but they can't catch up with these tribal troops. It wouldn't be good if they were to be disrupted by these tribal armies.

Fortunately, everything went well, Fan Yu and his team arrived at Xiongzhou City safely, and they successfully passed the border between the two countries.

As soon as he arrived in Xiongzhou, Fan Yu asked the post to send his report documents to Bianliang as soon as possible.

This time he went to Liao, and the harvest was not to do business with the emperor's younger brother. The real harvest was the agreement with the Basimu tribe and the movements of Western Xia.

If Ba Simu's Geril is accurate, then the Great Song Dynasty will be equivalent to getting a way to obtain a large number of war horses stably, which is particularly important to the Great Song Dynasty.

As for the movements of Western Xia, Fan Yu did not say his guess in the document, but directly wrote down the attitude of Yeli Renrong and Xiao Hui. In this way, regardless of how the ministers and officials in the court judge, it will also be concluded that Li Yuanhao of Western Xia has the ambition to be the emperor.

What Fan Yu wants, that's what he wants. As far as he knew, it seemed that in real history, after Li Yuanhao became emperor, the Great Song Dynasty was extremely angry, so he took the initiative to send troops to attack Western Xia. In successive major battles, the Great Song Dynasty lost its troops and was very embarrassed.

Now let the monarchs and ministers in the court come to the conclusion that Li Yuanhao is the emperor in advance, so when the Great Song Dynasty makes another move, it will definitely not be as rash and impulsive as in real history.

Even if Li Yuanhao cannot be defeated, there will be no significant losses.

In fact, the Northern Song Dynasty still maintained the dignity of the kingdom after the alliance of the Yuanyuan. But after losing to the Western Xia and paying the Western Xia coins, he lost face. Not only did the Liao State take the opportunity to ask the Great Song Dynasty to cede the land of Guannan, but also asked the Great Song Dynasty to increase the annual coins. From then on, the Great Song Dynasty can be called a big send-off.

Moreover, Annan in the south also began to make moves against the Great Song Dynasty. first humiliated and drove Nong Zhigao to attack the Great Song Dynasty, and then personally went into battle and sent troops to attack the Great Song Dynasty. In the end, although peace was made, the Great Song Dynasty also lost more than 100,000 people even in the war and died of illness.

Therefore, the war between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia was a turning point. From Li Yuanhao's proclamation as emperor to the failure of the Great Song Dynasty, this was the turning point of the Great Song Dynasty from prosperity to decline.

What Fan Yu is doing now is to avoid this situation, so that the Great Song Dynasty can maintain the dignity of the kingdom and retain the last bit of self-confidence.

It's just that what he didn't know was that Duan Shaolian also sent his small report to the post to send away.

A few days later, the mighty procession arrived at Zhending Mansion, and Zhang Cun was greeted by Hebei Transit Envoy Zhang Cun out of the city.

"Duan Zhengzhi and An Lehou, the two of them have worked hard all the way." Zhang Cun was on the road outside the city, and said to the two of them.

"Zhang Envoy Jun is serious and contributes to the country, which is a matter of duty, so why do you have to say that it is hard." Duan Shaolian said with a reserved smile.

Fan Yu also arched his hand and said: "It was not hard for us to sit in the carriage all the way, but the soldiers mostly walked all the way, but they were very tired. There must also be an envoy to Lao Zhang to settle the soldiers. ”

Zhang Cun laughed and said: "An Lehou is quick to talk, I have prepared this matter, and I will set aside a military camp for the people you brought to rest." Even the meals are ready, so rest assured. I also have some thin wine for the two of you, please come into the city. ”

Fan Yu saw that Zhang Cun was extremely enthusiastic, so he asked: "Zhang Yuanjun, you must ask for something in courtesy, I don't know what you want, you can tell it first." If we can help Zhang Zhijun, it is naturally our duty to do so. ”

It stands to reason that the envoy along the way is already a high-ranking official, and there is no need to be so polite and thoughtful to the envoy. This Hebei Road transfer envoy is so enthusiastic, in Fan Yu's opinion, he is asking for something.

Zhang Cun shook his head with a smile and said, "An Lehou said so, but he underestimated me." I can't talk about what I want. But if it's for the sake of national affairs, I can still nod and admit it. ”

"It's me Meng Lang." Fan Yu smiled and said, "Presumably, the state affairs that Zhang Yuanjun is worried about are related to the team we are waiting for." ”

"Don't talk here, if there's anything, let's just talk while eating." Zhang Cun waved his hand and said: "Whether it succeeds or not, since I pass by under my rule, I will do my best to be a landlord." ”

Fan Yu asked the brigade to follow the people led by Zhang Cun to the barracks to rest, and he and Duan Shaolian, Cao Fu, Yang Wenguang, Di Qing and others went to the city with Zhang Cun.

On the Luohong Tower in the city, Zhang Cun had already covered a floor, and everyone went upstairs.

"This upstairs can overlook the four towers and five temples in the city, at this time the tired bird flies and the wind moves the tower bell, but there is also some weather to watch." Zhang Cun pointed to the scenery outside the building and introduced it to everyone.

"The good scenery arranged by Zhang Yuanjun is naturally to be watched." Duan Shaolian was interested, and looked at the railing.

Zhang Cun walked to Duan Shaolian's side and pointed out the temples and pagodas in the city.

At this time, Di Qing and Yang Wenguang had just ridden downstairs and were tying the reins on the horse stake to talk to Cao Fu.

Although the three of them came together, they were eating on the first floor and did not go upstairs to disturb Zhang Cun, Fan Yu and others.

"The temple over there is the Longxing Temple called the Big Buddha Temple, which was originally the Longteng Garden of Murong Xi of Houyan. After the opening of Emperor Wen of Sui for six years, it was rebuilt into a temple...... There are two of them! Zhang Cunzheng was talking, but he saw the mounts of Di Qing and Yang Wenguang, and couldn't help but lose his mind.

Fan Yu also heard Zhang Cun's words, so he swept the other party's gaze and said with a smile: "These two people are both the forbidden army's imperial front class, and this time they accompanied me to Nanjing, and it was also a coincidence that they met people from the Basimu tribe selling horses. These two horses are their best horses. According to the emperor's younger brother of the Liao State, these two horses have the bloodline of Dawan horses, but they are not pure. ”

Zhang Cun stared at the two BMWs for a long time before sighing and said, "Everyone, please sit down, I am so enthusiastic about the two envoys this time, I think you can also see that I need the two of you to help." ”

Duan Shaolian hurriedly said: "Zhang Yuanjun doesn't want to say such things, you can say it first, so that I can have a bottom in my heart." ”

"This time, as soon as the team of the two envoys entered the country, I received an urgent report overnight." Zhang Cun poured wine for the two, raised his lamp and glanced at the two of them and said, "You said that you brought back a lot of horses." Hebei Road is a horse and a flat river, and the pressure on the Liao army's iron cavalry is very great. Although there are cities to defend, it is difficult to prevent the small forces of the Liao tribe army from harassing the grass valley. If there were enough horses to stop the pursuing small tribal army, it could still be done. ”

Duan Shaolian opened his mouth, but he looked at Fan Yu.

"Zhang Yuanjun's difficulty, you don't need to say it, I also have some guesses." Fan Yu also sighed and said, "It's just that the more than 100 horses we brought are the goods of the emperor's younger brother of the Liao Kingdom. If Zhang Yuanjun wants, he can sell you fifty pieces of horse. ”

Zhang Cun opened his mouth and stammered, this An Lehou is really direct.