Ouyang Xiu's most important thing to do now is to delay and buy time for the subordinates of the army, originally he thought that this was a very difficult thing, and the Tangut people were afraid that they would not give him this time, but now it seems that it is the opposite, after staying in the Shangjia Hall in Xingqing Mansion, the Tangut people have not come to him.

The article that had been prepared a long time ago was sorted out by Ouyang Xiu every day and put into the cuffs, and it must be extracted the easiest and easiest when needed, only this kind of preparation can make him feel at ease, others think that the war between Song and Xia is not known to drag on, but he knows that the war is always on the verge of breaking out, and maybe it will start suddenly that day.

One static and one move, the way of yin and yang, the use of soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty is exactly like this, when it is slow and logical, and when it is fast like thunder!

Everyone thought that the Great Song Dynasty would strive for peace talks and make the Tangut people surrender in the way of peace talks, which was completely impossible in Ouyang Xiu's opinion, just like the tea in the tea bowl in front of him would not flow backwards, the Tangut people would never follow the old path of the Li Tang period, once they enjoyed their freedom, who would want to be bound?

There are still some ministers in the DPRK and China who have hopes for such a whimsical thing as peace talks, but in the final analysis, even Ouyang Xiu himself does not believe that the so-called peace talks will be successful.

Now Xingqing Mansion does not have a little bit of peace talks, there are soldiers everywhere who are stubborn, all kinds of city defense equipment are carried to the city wall, the great Song merchants in the city are gathered in this lonely boat-like hall, hundreds of guards are already all the power in their hands, but this force is useless even if it is elite, after all, he is in the capital of Western Xia, if the party is in trouble, what is the use of hundreds of people?

The clouds in the sky were quickly blown away by the wind, the sun shone on the earth and constantly scorched the pedestrians on the road, in the middle of summer, the entire Xingqing Mansion began to actively prepare for the city defense, obviously this is to fight to the death with the Great Song Dynasty to the end, Ouyang Xiu slowly got up, it has been thirteen days, in the second half of the month, he did not get a summons from the Empress Dowager of the Western Xia Emperor, indicating that the Western Xia no longer intends to talk about anything, and did not hide the begging of Pang Pang is obviously to delay time.

Ouyang Xiu smiled, fortunately, the official family didn't plan to talk about it from the beginning, he said: If you want the Western Xia people to truly surrender, the easiest way is to defeat them, defeat them, so that they don't have the slightest chance to resist, I want you to send an envoy to the Western Xia, the easiest thing is to return to the Great Song Dynasty with the merchants who are stranded in Xingqing Mansion.

Ouyang Xiu looked at the merchants gathered downstairs, since he led the delegation to arrive here, everyone except himself was relieved, discussing what to do after returning to the Great Song Dynasty all day long, not worrying about whether they could go back at all, in their opinion, the imperial court's envoy came, and they could naturally take them back.

This is not one or two people, but the shopkeepers of a whole twenty firms, the firms of the Great Song Dynasty have always been like this, the shopkeepers must be Han Chinese, and the guys must also be recruited from the Great Song Dynasty, and they will never recruit people locally.

This time it has added hundreds of lives to Ouyang Xiu, this is the responsibility and his mission, since he can't negotiate peacefully, the time is almost delayed, it's time to get out and leave, but if the text in his sleeve is not sent, Ouyang Xiu always feels that he has not done anything.

If the persuasion is broken, a letter should be issued to show the intention of the imperial court to conquer, but if it is issued by itself, the Tangut people will definitely not let the embassy leave, and these merchants will obviously be affected by themselves, and the Tangut people may not kill themselves, but they will not show mercy to these merchants.

Ouyang Xiu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he turned his head to look at the Xixia Palace and muttered to himself: "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?" ”

When the merchants in the guild hall saw Ouyang Xiu striding away, they all stood up and cheered excitedly, obviously they knew that Ouyang Xiu was going to the Xixia Palace to resign and leave, and the two countries would not fight each other, so the envoys could naturally leave safely, and they could naturally follow and leave to save their lives.

After Ouyang Xiu arrived at the palace, he was summoned for the first time, but it was only the summons of the Queen Mother Wuzang, not the absence of the Zang Pang, just when Ouyang Xiu felt strange, the Wuzang clan behind the bead curtain spoke: "This palace is still quite related to your Great Song Imperial Concubine, this letter must be passed to her hands, of course, it should go through the hands of the Great Song Emperor." ”

Ouyang Xiu, who had the ability to publish the text, was a little flustered, how could the Queen Mother of Western Xia have a relationship with the noble concubine of the Great Song Dynasty? That's too much difference, isn't it? Obviously, Ouyang Xiu didn't know that Yang Caiwei was Tuoba Zhuoran, and many courtiers in the court didn't know, except for a few in the harem, who else knew?

Although he didn't know what it was, Ouyang Xiu keenly felt that this was an opportunity, and there must be something strange in it, otherwise the Queen Mother would not have summoned her alone, let alone said such whimsical words.

Carefully took the letter handed by the chamberlain, Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but didn't open the curiosity in his heart, but the head of the Wuzang clan told the truth, for a while Ouyang Xiu only felt that the world was spinning, this is simply a secret of the deep palace, who would have thought that it was actually said from the mouth of the Empress Dowager of Xixia, Ouyang Xiu felt incredible for a while, he didn't expect such an unbelievable thing to happen in the national dynasty......

Stunned in place, Ouyang Xiu, whose expression had been petrified, fell into the eyes of the Wuzang clan, there should indeed be such an expression, when he first knew about this secret, his expression was similar to his, who would have imagined that the dignified Imperial Concubine of the Great Song Dynasty was actually a member of the party.

But fortunately, the Wuzang clan did not tell Ouyang Xiu the identity of Yang Caiwei's female spy, the Wuzang clan knew Yang Caiwei's true identity, and the Great Song Emperor Zhao Zhen should also know, the Wuzang clan couldn't help but sigh Zhao Zhen's courage and open-mindedness, knowing that she was the enemy's secret spy, and she could still soften her after staying by her side for so many years, how difficult it was.

The more this is the case, the more opportunities he feels he has, this aunt is not a simple woman, she can go to the Great Song Dynasty as a royal family to be the hardest spy, it can be seen that her ability is very human, at least she is in today's position, she must have an impact on the Great Song Emperor, as long as she can convince Zhao Zhen, she can leave a way out for the Western Xia and the party!

As long as there is this retreat as a guarantee, the rest of the matter just needs to wait and see, and if the brother is willing to fight to the death with the Great Song Dynasty, he will go! I don't plan to live that kind of upheaval life, what is there in the Eight Hundred Miles of Hanhai? It's all sand! What is there in Helan Mountain? It's all wilderness!

What does Da Song have? Glory and wealth, fine clothes and food, if you can enter China, why not? What is worse than a party member living in peace? Even if the Western Xia is victorious, the Great White High Kingdom still exists, so what's the point? Aren't you worried about the Song people's conquest all day long?!

Wuzang looked at Ouyang Xiu and opened his lips lightly: "Master Ouyang, this palace heard that your Great Song Emperor has already said that if I am attached to Western Xia, I only need to move inward, and I can become a Han citizen and become a citizen of the Song Dynasty, there is no distinction between inside and outside?" ”

Compared with the news he heard before, the words of the Empress Dowager of Xixia in front of him shocked him even more...... Obviously, this queen and Xiangguo are not of the same mind!