Western Xia, Xingqing Mansion, in the palace, the queen mother Yelu Nanxian, is watching the twists and turns.

The Jin army sent troops to invade the Song Dynasty, which was originally just a plunder, but the emptiness of the Great Song Dynasty, the weakness of the forbidden army, the fear of death of the hundred officials, and the incompetence of the emperor fueled the appetite of the Jin State, and it was no longer to plunder, but to destroy the Song Dynasty. Such a twist and turn did not mean anything to the Western Xia. But once Liu Zhenglong is involved, this man who makes him think about it day and night, the Empress Dowager Yelu Nanxian can't be calm, but is it appropriate to rush into the army? What should be the scale of the troops, and what effect is appropriate? Yelu Nanxian, who had no idea for a while, had no choice but to let Yan Shun come over.

The Empress Dowager Yelu Nanxian didn't plan to go around in circles, she said a little helplessly: "Now that the King of Han is trapped in the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor has the idea of killing him, and now the Princess of Han means to let the Mourning family send troops to invade the Song Dynasty to create an opportunity for the King of Han to conquer himself." However, this is not a trivial matter, and it is appropriate to do what should be done. You must know that the Western Xia nobles are extremely reluctant to this kind of thing, and the leaders of the major tribes will not support it. If there are fewer troops, I am afraid that the problem will not be solved, and if there are too many troops, what should we do in the event of domestic turmoil? ”

Yan Shun, as the largest intelligence leader in the northwest, knew that the Empress Dowager Yelu Nanxian was not perfunctory, and there was indeed such a problem in Western Xia, and this time the troops could not be discussed with the important ministers of Western Xia, and it was difficult for this woman, after all, military affairs and internal affairs are two different things. When dealing with internal affairs, with the assistance of the regent Li Renzhong, Yelu Nanxian also handled it in an orderly manner, but when he sent troops to the Great Song Dynasty, it was not something that this woman could handle.

Yan Shun pondered for a moment and said: "Niangniang, you can discuss with the old general Zhe Keqiu, his 30,000 cavalry has always been stationed in the territory of Western Xia, and it is said that he has also trained 50,000 new cavalry, no matter what situation the Western Xia sends troops to invade the Song Dynasty, it can always be suppressed to ensure that there is no chaos in the Western Xia." ”

"Okay, you can find the old general to come to Xingqing Mansion."

"The old general is in my house, so I'll send someone to invite him."

It didn't take long for the old general to come, and after he saluted, he said, "The foreign minister has seen the queen mother. ”

"The old general doesn't have to be polite, compared to specific things, General Yan Shun has already told you, and the mourning family will not repeat it. This time to send troops, how to do it, the mourning family wants to hear your opinion, provided that Western Xia can't be messed up. At the beginning, the mourning family made a promise to your lord, to guard the last base for him, in case of a comeback after the defeat, if the Western Xia is in chaos, then he has no way to retreat, only to go all the way to the black. ”

He said: "Now in the territory of Western Xia, except for the fine seal tribe that was destroyed by the Mili Department, the total strength of the seven major tribes should be about 200,000, and the small tribes below can also make up nearly 100,000, that is to say, there are 300,000 troops in Western Xia now, in addition to leaving 100,000 troops to prevent the situation in Yunzhou from deteriorating, and leaving 100,000 troops in the country, only 100,000 troops are really dispatched." Our Zhejia army has 30,000 cavalry, plus 50,000 new cavalry, all on the border of Western Xia and Song, and can enter the territory of Western Xia to ensure that Western Xia is not chaotic. This time, the foreign minister's suggestion was that the thunder was loud and the rain was small. Let the seven major tribes, each send 10,000 soldiers and horses, from seven places to attack the Song Dynasty, to play the speed and mobility of the Western Xia cavalry, and kill them by surprise. Especially in the battle of Soft Wolf Mountain, you must be quick and accurate, enter the territory of Quduan in the fastest time, and successfully drive it away. Don't seek results, just momentum. The seven major tribes have all sent troops, and it is difficult for anyone in the country to make waves. In addition, the foreign minister suggested that the regent Li Renzhong personally take command and the governor of the Seventh Route Army. Due to the death of the Seed Master Dao in battle, the 100,000-strong army has lost its combat effectiveness, so it will be easy to invade. And Liu Fa, the commander of Xihe Road, was killed in battle, and 50,000 elites were killed, and he was already injured and would not resist. Therefore, these two places can send two tribes loyal to Niangniang, here, I need to emphasize that the major tribes are only allowed to attack the city, not burn and loot. ”

"Old general, this is a bit embarrassing, you know the military system of Western Xia, once you attack, you must rob wealth and plunder population, this is a hundred years of tradition since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it will not change because of the will of the mourning family."

The Zhe family and the Western Xia have been at war for more than 100 years, of course they know the situation in the Western Xia, he said: "The Western Xia soldiers have no military pay, this time, the Han princess has given authorization, the seven major tribes, each family can get 100,000 yuan, and the tax reduction and exemption of the field in the next three years is 30%. In addition, the three tribes that are the most disciplined can each have an extra 100,000 points. I believe that I can't plunder so much wealth. Princess Han said that Wang Jin's 40,000 army was monitoring the territory of the Song Dynasty, and the tribe burned and looted, so it was directly destroyed. Moreover, I will personally ransack their tribes. Niangniang, you only need to ask the regent to convey this information to the leaders of the seven major tribes, as for whether they want to oppose our Han King and want to exterminate the clan, it is the choice of the leaders of the major tribes. ”

Speaking of this, Zhi Keqiu glanced at Yan Shun, meaning that it was time for you to speak.

Yan Shun said: "Niangniang, I will send someone to monitor the whole process, as long as it is found that it is burned, killed and looted, it will be reported to the old general as soon as possible, and reciprocal retaliation will definitely be taken." In order for the seven major tribes not to be exterminated, you better let the regent talk to the leaders of the major tribes separately, and try not to go to that point, it is not a good thing for Western Xia. ”

At this time, the Empress Dowager Yelu Nanxian sighed and said: "Your Han King, if you want to reign in the world, you have to buy people's hearts, of course, you will not allow the Western Xia soldiers to burn and loot." The mourners know this and will try their best to do it. By the way, when do you say that the great battle between Western Liao and the forbidden army in Yunzhou will end, and will the victorious side invade Western Xia? ”

"It's hard to say when it will end, after all, it is the main attack of the Jin State, and the main defense of the Western Liao, it depends on the strategy of the Jin army to invade the Song Dynasty, if the situation of the invasion of the Song Dynasty has changed drastically, Wan Yan Xie, who is the marshal of the Jin State, may also invade the Song Dynasty at any time, and the Western Liao army that has lost the control of the Jin army will definitely invade the Western Xia. The Han army we stationed in Western Xia was to prevent the invasion of the Western Liao army, and once they invaded Western Xia, we would annihilate them. ”

When it comes to annihilating the Western Liao army, this is full of domineering. After all, Yunzhou does not have too many supplies to support the Western Liao army, it can be said that the grain and grass of this army are supplied by the Han army, and once the supply is cut off, it is not easy to destroy it.

It is precisely because the grain and grass are controlled by the Han army, so I firmly believe that it is impossible for the Western Liao to be choked by the throat of the Han army all the time, as long as the Jin army withdraws, the Western Liao army will invade the Western Xia as soon as possible.

"So be it, let's go our separate ways. General Yan Shun, the information must be grasped quickly, in addition, you send someone to find Shui Ayabo and ask him to go to Bianliang City to assist the King of Han. ”

"Shui Ayanami, isn't it a retreat to the rivers and lakes?"

"Don't worry, she will definitely go to help King Han, the relationship between the two has decided, she has to go." I don't know why, when Shui Ayanami was mentioned, the Empress Dowager Yelu Nanxian felt sour.

"Okay, I'll go myself."

Shuiyuean, Shui Ayanami has long stopped asking about the world, but she has not practiced yet, but she is just cultivating her mind here.

When he heard that King Han was in danger, Shui Ayabo still decided to leave for Bianliang City. She knew that it was a bad fate, but she couldn't throw it away, she couldn't forget it, and it could be said that she always had the position of that enemy in her heart.

The Western Xia army suddenly invaded the Song Dynasty, and it was divided into seven routes, claiming to be 300,000, but in fact there were only 70,000, but it was overwhelming, and it soon entered the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

The first to enter was Xihe Road, which made Liu Zhengyan very annoyed, now the imperial court's holy decree has not been issued, and he has not officially served as the Xihe Road Transit Envoy, in this case, the Western Xia invasion, what to do, is to fight, not to fight. If you don't fight, it's not appropriate, after all, soldiers have the duty to defend the land and defend the country, how can they allow foreign invasions? Fighting, it is not suitable, now the entire Xihe Road is full of 30,000 soldiers, not the opponent of 10,000 Western Xia cavalry at all, the key is the invasion of the local Jin army. Don't look at the Jin army and the Western Liao army fighting in full swing in Yunzhou, but casually lining up thousands of cavalry to kill on the Xihe Road, burning, killing and looting, it is enough to drink a pot.

Liu Zhengyan, who was in a dilemma, found some clues, this time the invasion of the Western Xia army was different from the past, it was a loud thunder, a small raindrop, and it was not burned and looted as usual, which was very strange.

Soon, Liu Zhengyanliu reacted, he remembered what his second brother said, so while strengthening the defense, he immediately reported to the capital as quickly as possible.

Regardless of whether the imperial court will send reinforcements to rescue the emergency, at least Xihe Road has such an attitude, which is very important for Liu Zhengyan to serve as the strategic envoy of Xihe Road. Where do those civil officials in the imperial court understand military affairs, the new privy envoy Zheng Juzhong is just a national abbot, and he doesn't know anything about military affairs. As for the official family, it is even more important to mention the military.

As for the meritorious families, they understand military affairs, but now they are pretending to be bored one by one, and no one will give advice to the imperial court, let alone pay attention to these things.

As for Sun Fu, the secretary of the military department, when the Jin army was besieging the city, he only knew that he had found a charlatan, the super god Guo Jing cast a spell to resist the Jin army and caused the fall of the capital, where did he know what military talent he had. As for He Guan, the first divine arrow of the Great Song Dynasty, he fled from the Jin army last time, and he had already lost the trust of the official family.

This time, the invaded not only Xihe Road, Qin Fenglu was also attacked, and the seed division stationed in Qin Fenglu was even more unable to resist, and he took the initiative to get in touch with the Western Xia Army because of the lack of soldiers and major generals, providing grain and grass, and military salaries in exchange for the other party's refusal to burn and loot.

He asked the court for help as soon as possible, emphasizing that when he assisted Taiyuan, the whole army of the planter army was annihilated, and if there was no assistance from the imperial court, Qin Fenglu would fall 100%.

Qin Fenglu is okay to say, one of the most depressed is Qu Duan, last time he took the initiative to go to the capital King Qin to rescue the driver, but he was killed and lost the army, and his strength was not good, and now in the face of the invasion of the Western Xia army, it is really worse.

If you can't hold Rouwolf Mountain, the Western Xia army will drive straight into it from a long distance, then the consequences are unimaginable, this point is very suitable, on the one hand, send troops to defend Rouwolf Mountain, and hurry up to ask the court for help.

This time is different from the past, Liu Yanqing, Liu Zhongwu, and Yao Pingzhong have all been attacked, and now everyone is a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect themselves, so they can only ask the court for help, and no one can help each other.

For a time, the entire Western Front was attacked in seven places, and the officials of the seven departments reported to the imperial court, which made Zheng Juzhong very headache, as a civilian official, he knew nothing about military affairs, but in the face of such a complex war report, he couldn't ignore it.

In desperation, Zheng Juzhong still discussed with his younger brother Zheng Zhong.

Zheng Zhong knew a little about military affairs, and he quickly saw the doorway, and after pondering for a long time, he said to Zheng Juzhong: "Big brother, this matter is strange, it is obvious that it is forcing the court to make a choice. If the imperial court sends people to the northwest, the situation will be contained soon and there will be no major problems. However, if no one goes, the situation on the Western Front will deteriorate even further, and it may fall. At that time, the northwest fell, and if the Jin army invaded the Song Dynasty from Hedong Road and Hebei Road again, the Great Song Dynasty would be finished. ”

"Is it that serious?"

"A hundred times worse than you think." Zheng Zhong said unceremoniously: "This is not as simple as the Western Xia invasion of the Song Dynasty, but the King of Han has made a good move, if the imperial court ignores it, the Western Xia army will be assisted by the Han army on the Western Road, all the way down, not only the northwest will fall, but the southwest will not be able to be saved." At that time, the king of Han was equivalent to occupying the northwest and southwest, and invaded the south of the Yangtze River, and half of the rivers and mountains fell, and the Jin army invaded the Song Dynasty from Hedong Road and Hebei Road, do you think our officials can hold thousands of miles of rivers and mountains? ”

"But King Han, in the capital, as long as the official family has a holy decree, he can be executed, and they should be able to throw a rat bogey!"

Zheng Zhong shook his head, he said with a wry smile: "Big brother, you really don't understand military strategy. Since the king of Han had made such a plan, how could he give the emperor a chance to kill him. You must know that he is the number one master of the Great Song Dynasty, and if you want to go out of the city alone, no one can stop you. Moreover, at this time, the meritorious group may tear its face for the Han King and the court at any time, you must know that half of the forbidden army in the city is controlled by the meritorious family, and if it is not a mutiny, the lives of the official family cannot be saved, so what is there to talk about killing the Han King. Even if the King of Han is killed, the Great Song Dynasty is still finished. The arrogant soldiers and fierce generals of the Western Front did not have the constraints of the Han King, and they became soldiers and bandits, and the feudal towns in the last years of the Tang Dynasty reappeared, and the Jin army went south, and the Great Song Dynasty would still be finished. ”

"According to the point of view you got, that is, if you don't kill the King of Han, the Great Song Dynasty will be finished, so where do you say our Zheng family should go?"

At the moment of critical survival, Zheng Juzhong no longer cares that he is the head of the country and a relative of the emperor, but cares about the future fate of the Zheng family. You must know that when the five surnames and seven wang clans were in the past, the Zheng family was also one of them, although the world of scholars has been replaced by the civil and official world, but the glory of the Zheng family, the glory of the Zheng family, and the mission of the head of the Zheng family have been decided, and the fate of the Zheng family is far more than that of loyalty and patriotism.

Not only the Zheng family, but also the Taiyuan Wang family and the Hangzhou Qian family did not hesitate to choose to betray the imperial court and take refuge in the Han King at the critical moment. For these people, loyalty and patriotism are just slogans, and the prosperity of the family is eternal.

"King Han, take refuge in King Han, only by taking refuge in King Han can we keep the Zheng family alive for a long time. You must know that the King of Han is the founder of the country, and he already has the strength to reign over the world, but he lacks an opportunity, there is no doubt that now the opportunity has appeared, if we can't be loyal at this time, the Zheng family will really be uprooted in the future. You should know that His Majesty the Emperor is powerless to return to heaven, and he can't even fight the Emperor Taishang who has lost the throne, so what can he fight with the King of Han? ”

"Loyal to the King of Han, how can we win the trust of the King of Han?"

"This time, letting the King of Han go west to fight against the invasion of the Western Xia army is the best way to vote." Zheng Zhong said meaningfully: "I know that brother, you are reluctant to take the position of the national abbot, but have you thought about it, you can still become the national abbot in the future, you have dedicated your baby daughter Zheng Xiaoyun to the king of Han, what else is there to hesitate, it is very dangerous to step on two boats." Of course, at most, to ensure that you are a relative, does not guarantee that the Zheng family will last for a long time, this time if you can persuade the official family to let go, then you are a great hero under the command of the King of Han, and the future founding father, the status will be as stable as Mount Tai. ”

Indeed, although he dedicated his daughter Zheng Xiaoyun to the King of Han before, Zheng Juzhong was still loyal to the Zhao family in his heart, and he despised the greedy and lustful Liu Zhenglong in his bones, but the situation was stronger than people, and the Zhao family was exhausted and unable to return to the sky, in this case, he could only give up the idea of stepping on two boats and put all his energy on being loyal to the King of Han.

This matter is not so simple, it seems that it is necessary to move, Bai Shizhong, Fan Zhixu and others must be persuaded in the political hall, and Zheng Guifei must be persuaded in the palace, otherwise this matter will not be passed in the official family. Zheng Juzhong began to think about what should be done.

Zheng Juzhong pondered for a long time and said: "I can facilitate this matter, but how can I let King Han know about this matter, after all, King Yun's Mansion has been monitored, and it is very inconvenient to enter and exit." ”

"It's okay, my daughter Zheng Yunyan and Liu Ruyan are best friends, and they can convey this kindness."

They are all brothers, who doesn't know anyone's wishful thinking, Zheng Juzhong said with a smile: "It seems that you will not be far from being a national ruler." ”

Zheng Zhong smiled awkwardly, yes, if there was no such relationship, how could he take the risk of destroying the Nine Clans and take the initiative to join the King of Han? Everyone else was co-opted, but he Zheng Zhong took the initiative to take refuge.

Liu Ruyan returned to the capital from Jingzhao Mansion for less than two days, and before she had time to go to King Yun's Mansion to see King Han, she saw her good sister Zheng Yunyan again, she suddenly had a sour feeling, it seems that this big beauty also wants to enter King Han's Mansion.

"Sister, are you coming to see your sister, or do you want to see our Han King!" Liu Ruyan, who has a sense of jealousy in her heart, inevitably ridicules her good sister, after all, as a woman, no one wants to share her husband with good sisters and good girlfriends.