Near night.

Outside Xingyuan Mansion, East Road, West Xiali.

The moat has orange and yellow sparkling waves.

Smoke curls up from the city.

It's not that smooth, and there are few pedestrians on the official road now.

Qu Rujian led hundreds of light horsemen to gallop directly outside the city, although there were not many people, but it was still the head of the city of Dexing Yuanfu and the guards outside the city as if they were facing a great enemy.

More than a dozen listless soldiers standing at the gate of the city hurriedly stepped forward with spears, wanting to stop Qu Rujian and others outside the city.

The defenders of the city also drew their bows in unison.

It can be seen that they are still trained, and they can be regarded as elite soldiers.

"Phew!"

Qu Rujian reined in at the gate of the city.

His eyes swept over the many defenders on the city, and a little coldness appeared in the depths of his eyes.

As a general, he could see whether these defenders were elite soldiers or not. And if it were ordinary, the defenders of Xingyuan Mansion should not be such elite soldiers.

This can only show that Pang Hongguang has indeed taken precautions against them.

"Who's coming?"

At the head of the city, there were generals shouting at Qu Rujian.

Qu Rujian took off his token from his waist and said, "The general Qu Rujian, the main general of the Qitian Army, entered the city to ask for the envoy of Jiedu." ”

The general at the head of the city was slightly stunned.

Qu Rujian's Qi Tianjun is now an indispensable main force in the Western Xia Forbidden Army, even if he is only a general of Xingyuan Mansion, he has also heard of the name of Qi Tianjun.

Even, he didn't dare to slack off.

Seeing that Qu Rujian was just leading hundreds of people to come, the general quickly came down to the city.

He walked to the gate of the city and arched his hand at Qu Rujian: "Hao Leshan, the commander of the garrison of Xingyuan Mansion, has seen Commander Qu. ”

"Hmm."

Qu Rujian nodded slightly, "Quickly take Ben to meet the Jiedu Envoy." ”

He arched his hand in the direction of the Western Xia Imperial City, "I will be under the emperor's secret order, and you must not slack off." ”

Hearing the word "emperor", the general's expression couldn't help but be much more solemn, and he said again and again: "Please lead Qu into the city!" ”

So saying, he took the lead and walked towards the city.

Then he led more than a dozen soldiers with Qu Rujian and these people to the government of Xingyuan Mansion.

The general is probably Pang Hongguang's descendant, and I am afraid that Pang Hongguang is not so loyal to the Empress of Western Xia. But Qu Rujian only led a few hundred people, so naturally he would not be nervous.

Even if all these hundreds of people go to the palace, it is impossible to raise any waves.

Soon I arrived at the government.

Qu Rujian and the others were stopped outside again.

A government guard ran in to report to Pang Hongguang.

Qu Rujian didn't see any anger on his face, just waited outside.

After a short time, I saw Pang Hongguang walking out of the mansion with a red face and several people. As soon as he got out of the door, he smiled and said to Qu Rujian: "Commander Qu, it's been a long time." ”

He was about sixty years old, but he was quite energetic. The official robe is neat, and the hair is neatly tied, and it can be seen that he is a person who pays attention to his image.

Qu Rujian got off the horse, and said to Pang Hongguang with a smile: "Qu Rujian has seen the Jiedu envoy. ”

Pang Hongguang stepped forward and took his hand very enthusiastically and walked straight to the mansion, and at the same time said in his mouth: "Commander Qu came to this Xingyuan Mansion, why didn't he let the soldiers report first, and the official would also set up a banquet to wait here." In this way, it is the snub of the Qu Commander, and please ask the Qu Commander to bear with me. ”

It seems that he is quite familiar with Qu Rujian.

In fact, the two of them have only met so many times in Zhongxing Mansion, and they haven't even spoken.

Qu Rujian frowned slightly.

is probably a little dislike for Pang Hongguang's civilian style.

He is not a scholar, and he has a lot of the aura of the army. All in all, I just don't like to deal with these civil officials.

Such generals, not only in Western Xia, but even in the Great Song Dynasty, are not uncommon.

However, his face naturally did not show anything, and his brows stretched out again in an instant, and said, "It should be Qu Rujian, please forgive me." Qu Rujian came in such a hurry, it was really disturbing the festival, but Qu Rujian came with a holy order, but it was also helpless. ”

Pang Hongguang pretended to be surprised, "Holy order? Could it be that the emperor has something to say for Commander Qu to pass on to me? ”

Qu Rujian nodded and said: "The emperor has decreed that Jiedu will make you gather a large army and prepare grain and grass, and I and the generals of the two armies of Helian City will prepare to press the Tongchuan Fu Road." ”

Pang Hongguang heard this, and there was an extremely deep light in the depths of his eyes, "The emperor really wants to fight the new Song Dynasty?" ”

Qu Rujian said: "If you want to come to the festival, you also know that the new Song Dynasty is just a puppet of Dali." Now Dali has been defeated in front of the Song army, and was killed by the Song army to the country, which is a good opportunity for us to attack the new Song Dynasty. As long as we have to join forces with the Song State to capture the New Song Dynasty, we in Western Xia will always have some benefits. ”

Pang Hongguang groaned, but then said: "Then why didn't the emperor directly order me to lead the army to stop the New Song Dynasty army and horses?" Wouldn't it be easier to destroy the New Song Dynasty in this way? ”

Qu Rujian chuckled.

Regarding this matter, Li Xiushu has already explained his rhetoric.

He said faintly: "Isn't that because Emperor Song gave too few benefits, he couldn't reach a consensus with the emperor at that time." Moreover, the emperor also took care of the temperance to make you, worried that you would suffer heavy losses if you hurriedly led the army to resist the New Song Dynasty, so he didn't want to do it before he was ready. And in my opinion, the emperor may also want Emperor Song to see that our Western Xia is not their vassal, not who they say to fight, we Western Xia must fight whom. Of course, this was not what the emperor said to me, but I was thinking about it myself, what do I think? ”

Pang Hongguang groaned slightly, with a rich smile on his face, "Commander Qu can see it thoroughly. Although our emperor is a woman, he is better than thousands of men, so Emperor Song wants our emperor to obey him, but he really underestimates our emperor. ”

The two talked as they walked, and soon arrived at the main hall of the Defu Ya.

Pang Hongguang ordered someone to set up a banquet again.

Hundreds of light horsemen led by Qu Rujian were all taken elsewhere in the palace, and in the main hall, there were only two people, him and Qu Rujian.

After the maid brought the tea, Pang Hongguang smiled again and asked Qu Rujiandao: "When does Commander Qu plan to attack the New Song Dynasty?" ”

Qu Rujian groaned slightly: "My army has just joined General Helian City, and we need to rest for a few days. Then he led the army straight to the northern frontier of the New Song Dynasty, as for when to send troops to attack, this has to wait for the emperor's will. ”

He looked at Pang Hongguang with both eyes, "Envoy Jiedu, I have passed on the emperor's order to you." You still have to start preparing now, if the fighter plane is delayed at that time, I'm afraid it will make the emperor angry......"

Pang Hongguang nodded lightly, "Then I will explain it tomorrow and let the government prepare to raise grain and grass." ”

Qu Rujian said: "This is very good. ”

Then the two did not continue to talk about the subject.

Pang Hongguang just knocked on the side and asked Qu Rujian about the imperial city.

Qu Rujian also replied seemingly easily.

But in fact, he was even sweating a little on his back.

Pang Hongguang is a very old fox, not easy to deal with, and his words are always cold with two words of temptation.

With the city of curved like a sword, he can barely keep his face relaxed in the face of him, but he is very cautious in his heart.

After that, when the next servant brought the food, the two began to enter the table.

Fortunately, Qu Rujian was wearing armor, otherwise Pang Hongguang would see the sweat behind him, and he was afraid that this old fox would realize something.

This meal, Qu Rujian also did not eat easily.

So much so that after he was taken to the room by his subordinates after the meal, he often gasped for breath in his mouth.

And Pang Hongguang sat alone in the main hall after he left, and he was contemplative.

His eyes narrowed slightly, his face was full of coldness, and he could no longer see the elegant atmosphere before, "The soldiers are new to the Song Dynasty......

Of course, he knew that Duan Qilin was now leading hundreds of civil and military officials from Dali to Shuzhong.

Moreover, he is indeed a member of the Guigu Academy.

Even people such as Jia Fenghua on Lizhou West Road were slowly co-opted and controlled by him.

Among the chess pieces that originally lurked in the Yuan Dynasty, he was the backbone of the indispensable.

As a person in the Guigu Academy, it was impossible for him to sit back and watch the Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty join forces to destroy the New Song Dynasty and cut off Duan Qilin and the Guigu Academy.

And how to break the current situation, even people like Pang Hongguang feel a headache.

How can we stop the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia from destroying the New Song Dynasty?

Thinking about it, Pang Hongguang's eyes gradually revealed a cold killing intent.

Kill this Qu Rujian first and destroy those Western Xia troops on the side of Taibai Mountain?

This can indeed solve the situation for the new Song Dynasty, but his red light will inevitably be exposed. After that, the empress was furious, and she would pour all the strength of the whole country to fight him.

And with his current strength, if he wants to compete with Li Xiushu, who is gradually supported by more ministers, he has little chance of winning.

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