The northwest land that has returned to the Great Song Dynasty was officially named Ningxia by Zhao Zhen in this winter, taking the meaning of the summer of tranquility, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty felt that this name was very good, and it also indicated the meaning of tranquility in the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty.

And along with the name of Ningxia Road, there was also a secret decree from Zhao Zhen, Di Qing and Fan Zhongyan, and Xia Zhu all received this secret decree from Zhao Zhen, in the Ningxia Road Yamen of Xingqing Mansion.

The three of them stared at each other for a long time, Xia Zhu suddenly collapsed on the seat as if he had been drained of all his strength, and sighed weakly: "It's over, the old man's heroic and triumphant posture is not to show it in front of the ministers of the court and the central government......"

Fan Zhongyan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Xia is participating in politics, what is the point of being entangled in such a trivial matter at this time?" Don't say that you are alone, all the soldiers of the Western Expedition have no chance to return to the dynasty and sing triumphantly. Why should you be alone? ”

Di Qing smiled, pointed to Xia Zhu, who had been unlucky for a year and was much thinner, and said to Fan Zhongyan: "Do you know how much the Xia Jian Army suffered during the Western Expedition?" When the soldiers were eating, General Xia was often hungry, and while watching the soldiers eat, he had to patrol the army. ”

"Why don't you eat on the spot? I'm afraid that the army is not bad for Xia to participate in politics, right? ”

Xia Zhu smiled weakly and said: "If the old man is not patrolling in the army, there is a knowledge that some of the soldiers have food to eat, and some are still waiting, if the old man sits down and eats, what will those soldiers who have nothing to eat?" Waiting? They still have to go to the battlefield after eating, how can they be hungry?! ”

Fan Zhongyan nodded with emotion: "Xia is a true gentleman in politics!" ”

"Gentleman? Hey...... The old man has not heard anyone comment on me for many years, and I don't know why you kid said that, don't forget, the old man actually did this for the victory of the army, and after the triumph, he could get the praise of the official family and reap the credit on the battlefield! ”

Fan Zhongyan shook his head lightly and said: "Gong Mo is humble, what you do is what you do, how can it be useless if the soldiers have been taken care of by you so much?" Even if you participate in politics with a hint of interest, but what you do is not biased, who knows it? Jingong said it to himself, and Xiwen was impressed. ”

Hahaha...... Xia Zhu got up and laughed: "I didn't expect this matter to make you say this, the old man suddenly became enlightened, he is worthy of being a capable minister appointed by the official royal pen, and it is also excellent to enlighten people's hearts!" ”

Fan Zhongyan smiled: "So, the public has already understood? ”

Xia Zhu smiled: "This is natural, no matter what the old man's purpose is, the last one to take over is to benefit the soldiers, why be so arrogant, isn't it?" ”

Fan Zhongyan smiled and nodded, and after Xia Zhu left, Di Qing reached out and patted Fan Zhongyan's shoulder and said, "Are you enlightening Xia Jianjun?" ”

"What do you think we were talking about at the beginning?"

Di Qing thought for a while and suddenly realized: "You have enlightened Xia Jianjun not to doubt his own merits, but this merit has not yet been rewarded by the official family......

Fan Zhongyan smiled: "I'm afraid that Xia Shenzheng will soon come to his senses, and he will have to settle accounts with me!" But he should also come back, we haven't done the business yet, how to let so many soldiers quietly return to Beiping Mansion, this is still a big problem, and Xia must participate in politics. ”

Di Qing nodded sympathetically: "That's right, if you want to talk about the conspiracy, that is, he has a lot of Xia Zhu." He needs to use his brains to do this, and honest people like me don't have any good ideas! ”

After dinner, Xia Zhu still returned to the Yamen on Ningxia Road, obviously he already knew that he was led astray by Fan Zhongyan, but it was not easy to break it in this kind of matter, so as not to let Fan Zhongyan and Di Qing see the joke, but one thing he knew, Fan Zhongyan had no malicious intent.

As the saying goes, one side is like the Han people, and the party has always been a decisive person, since it has been surrendered, then the surrender is complete, not only obeying the dispatch of the Great Song Dynasty officials, but also obeying the arrangement on the issue of the inner wall, which is the most amazing place for the Great Song Dynasty officials.

Di Qing and the three of them strolled through the camp of the party members outside Xingqing Mansion, and tonight they were going to start the plan set by Xia Zhu, and they had to find Yang Huaiyu first.

When the official family returned to Beijing, they left all the soldiers of the Western Expedition in the northwest, and they were able to let Xia Zhu chase after the emperor after the incident, but out of the logistical problems of the Western Expedition, Zhao Zhen ordered him to stay in the Western Xia, and when Di Qing returned to the court, he would go back with him.

Who would have thought that Xia Zhu would wait until the end, but it was inconvenient for the army to return to the court, but the will to rush to the north to defend the border, and he Xia Zhu had to do everything possible to keep everyone in the dark, which is really a very difficult thing, after all, this is the transfer of hundreds of thousands of troops, is it 1,800 people, just the camp is spread out for dozens of miles.

For this reason, Xia Zhu racked his brains, and there was only one last way, which required Yang Huaiyu's cooperation.

The movement of the cavalry was very simple, but the movement was large, and the movement of the infantry was slightly better, but their speed was slow, so Xia Zhu came up with a brilliant plan.

When Di Qing and Fan Zhongyan asked Xia Zhu about the wonderful timing, Xia Zhu didn't say whether he was alive or dead, his excuse was very simple: "The old man doesn't believe you, as for why he doesn't believe you, you know it yourself." ”

This is some old scoundrel, Fan Zhongyan is kind enough to enlighten him, and in the end, he still has to be retaliated by Xia Zhu a little, of course, Xia Zhu will not tell the two of them at all, after all, they still need their cooperation.

Xia Zhu said with a smile: "The old man will do it once, you can take a look, if you still can't understand it, the old man will have no choice!" ”

Di Qing, Fan Zhongyan smiled bitterly and agreed, who asked Fan Zhongyan to tease him with Xia Zhu's discomfort, although the misunderstanding was resolved in the end, and even Xia Zhu laughed out loud because of this matter, but in the end, he always had to let the family make up for it.

In the early morning of the next day, the party members suddenly found that the Song army stationed in Xingqing Mansion began to move, in this cold winter, who would leave the warm tent and run outside to blow the cold wind?

This must be the Song people who began to transfer troops, it should be impossible for the class to return to the dynasty, how can the Song people all withdraw, the party item is not to mention that there are still more than one million people who have not yet left, if the Great Song Dynasty does not see everyone on the road, they can return to the dynasty with peace of mind? !

Before dark, their suspicions were confirmed, and Da Song Buqi returned to the camp again, and after asking, he learned that this was a drill training, and such training would not be interrupted, and it should be done every day.

Every morning when the sun rose, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty began to pack up their bags and organize their military supplies, and many people were chanting: "It would be great if I could go home!" ”

Yes, it was all too much like it was going to be pulled out, but the tents in the army, the camp were not put away, and they still stayed quietly, waiting for them to come back.

After the army was opened, it joined with the foot soldiers of the South Route Army, and with the order of the army, everyone put down their armor and charged quickly, which was the basis of the march of the cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty.

It's just that this march is a little different, when they left the boundary of Xingqing Mansion, they saw a herd of war horses waiting there, and the foot soldiers who followed them turned over their horses and headed in the direction of Xingqing Mansion after a long time later, and they heard the military order to continue the eastward march.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty only felt that happiness came too suddenly......