Xiao Lu said: "Zhishen, how can you say that? The prince's journey may be too smooth, so he will incur God's punishment. All this is the arrangement of Providence, the calamity in the dark, I can't complain about you, you don't want to go to your heart. ”

"Amitabha." Wu Zhishen said firmly, "Thank you Madame for your kindness." In the future, as long as my monk still has a breath, I will never let a speck of dust fall on my wife! ”

Zhao Chengzhang took out the Great Song Dynasty National Book and handed it to Xiao Lu, saying, "This is the Great Song National Book, take it away, madam." When you get to the place, if someone is in trouble for you, take it out, and you will definitely be able to go home safely! ”

Xiao Lu took the heavy letter and asked Zhao Chengzhang: "Does Lord Zhao plan to continue westward next?" ”

Zhao Chengzhang said: "Now there are only four treasure ships left, and it is risky to continue westward and the benefit is small, so I think it is better to return the same way." Perhaps, Madame will go back to Beijing first, and I will follow back. ”

"Okay, then let's say goodbye here." Xiao Lu said.

Zhao Chengzhang thought for a while and said: "I thought about it, I'd better send you north by boat first, which can save a lot of time." ”

When Xiao Lu heard about the boat, she couldn't help but feel palpitations in her heart.

Zhao Chengzhang said: "This storm has just passed, at least there should be no second time in this month." The waterway is much faster than walking, and I will send you north to Bagan, and then you will go to the northeast of the Golden Queen, and then continue north to Yunnan. When passing through the Queen's Kingdom, you must pay attention to your safety, and try to stay away if you can avoid conflict with them. ”

"Why, is the Queen's Kingdom powerful?" Wu Zhishen said curiously.

"It's not that it's powerful, it's ...... Most of their lords and ministers were women. You also know that women sometimes do things more terrifying than men. So it's better to try to avoid any entanglement with them. Zhao Chengzhang said.

Wu Zhishen knew that the woman under the mountain was a tiger, and she had to avoid it if she met it. Besides, when a group of women get together, there must be demons!

Xiao Lu said: "Don't worry, I'm also a woman, and I will find a way to communicate with them first if there is something." ”

Zhao Chengzhang said: "In short, everything is careful. ”

Xiao Lu didn't say anything about going north for the time being, but said that before Qu Ping left Beijing in June last year, he had discussed with the emperor how to deal with the eastward advance of Western Liao, and the emperor thought it was important.

It didn't take long for Zhao Gou to order the Shenji Battalion to send Jiang Boyan to lead 5,000 people from the Shenji Battalion and carry 20 cannons to Xizhou, a major border town garrisoned by Wu Jue, on the grounds of training in the northwest.

At this time, the construction of Moxi City, where Zhang Jun was located, had been completed, so he led the Song army back to Beijing to resume his life according to the emperor's order, and returned Moxi to the government of Kutu and Ku Lang, so that the two brothers of Ku Tu and Ku Lang had difficulties, and they first discussed with Ku Tu to solve it.

The Kutura family mastered the realm of Moxi and Mozhong, and had no other thoughts about Modong.

Wu Jue received the news that the emperor had sent the general Jiang Boyan to lead the Shenji battalion to help him, and he already had a bold idea in his heart.

Qu Ping was able to use eighteen cannons to eliminate the Jin State and achieve the great cause of King Xiang, why couldn't he use these twenty cannons to make some achievements in Xiliao? Destroy Xiliao, and you may be able to be promoted to king!

However, just when Wu Jue was secretly excited about his ambition, he heard that the Western Liao army was ordered by Emperor Yelu Dashi to prepare to retreat!

How could Jerodashi retreat? If he retreats, who will help Wu Jue realize his wish?

Wu Jue was very reluctant for Yelu Dashi to just pat his ass and leave.

Yelu Dashi considered that the Western Xia was protected by the Great Song Dynasty, and now the scenery of the Great Song Dynasty is unparalleled for a while, and there are such fierce cannon artifacts, even the Jin Kingdom with the roar of the ox was completely destroyed in a few months, and Goryeo was also collected.

Facing the Great Song Dynasty, which had such a proud record, Xiliao felt trembling.

Yelu Dashi thought about it before and after, and still felt that what his brother-in-law Qu Ping said was right, and the Great Song Dynasty couldn't be provoked here, so it was better to continue to gnaw on the flower and touch this bone, and strive to use a little more force to destroy the flower and touch it.

Yelu Dashi was leaving, but Wu Jue was not happy. You Yelu Dashi has been squatting outside Xixia Pass for a few months, attracting Lao Tzu from all over the world, and now you pat your ass and say that you want to leave, no way!

Wu Jue is also counting on starting from Xiliao and promoting one family and two marquis to one king and one marquis! If there is no great achievement, the Wu family and the second marquis are only afraid that they will go to the limit and cap it.

Therefore, the destruction of Western Liao is a stepping stone and a monument to realize Wu Jue's crazy ambitions.

Of course, he wouldn't tell anyone about this idea.

With Wu Jue's city, ordinary people can't guess it.

The destruction of Western Liao is a matter of killing two birds with one stone for the benefit of the country and oneself.

But now that Yelu Dashi is leaving, Wu Jue must find a way to keep him.

Wu Jue summoned his son Wu Gong, nephew Wu Ting, and his generals to discuss the matter.

Wu Jue said first: "The Xiliao thief is not dead, and he has been squatting outside the Yumen Pass in Xixia for a few months, if it weren't for the strong destruction of the Jin State by my dynasty and the deterrence of Yelu Dashi, I am afraid that he has now entered the Yumen Pass." But now that he knew that we had strongly intervened in the situation in Western Xia, he was afraid that he would not be able to please him, so he wanted to retreat! What do the generals think about this? ”

A subordinate general said: "The ambition of the wolf son of the Western Liao has always coveted the fertile soil of the Central Plains, and sooner or later he will raise troops to advance eastward!" ”

There are also generals who have different views: "The 200,000 people of the Western Liao Army, if they start a war rashly, it will not be easy for anyone." If Yelu Dashi retreats in the face of difficulties and does not go eastward, it may be a happy thing for everyone. ”

Wu Gong said: "Marshal, I would have thought that if I didn't die by fighting a snake, I would suffer from it, and I must give him a strong fatal blow when the enemy comes up, so as to prevent future troubles!" ”

Wu Jue nodded imperceptibly, thinking deeply.

Wu Ting thought about it and said: "Since the emperor sent the Shenji Battalion here, presumably the emperor also wants to give Xiliao some colors to see." If you have the strength to defeat the enemy, it is naturally worth a try. But now Yelu Dashi is anticlimactic, and the royal driver is planning to go back to his house until now, so it's not good for us to chase after them directly behind their butts, right? It's not good to be a nameless teacher like this. ”

Wu Gong, as Wu Ting's elder brother, it is necessary to remind him: "The soldiers are treacherous, fighting is not for the enemy and me to discuss benevolence, righteousness and morality!" ”2020

Seeing that their two cousins disagreed again, Wu Jue interrupted: "Okay! The emperor sent the Shenji Battalion, definitely not to drink the northwest wind, nor to wait to eat watermelon! Ben Shuai asked you, if you don't want Yelu Dashi to leave in vain, and can give us a legitimate reason to send troops, what can we do? ”

Wu Jue's meaning has been said very bluntly, if he wants to fight, he must have a legitimate reason to send troops!

The generals scratch their ears and cheeks, this is going to be a bitch and set up an archway, how can bear paws and shark fins have both? Isn't that too embarrassing?

Wu Gong wanted to break his head, and said in a shocking word: "Fight the grass and scare the snake, blame Xixia!" ”

Wu Jue suddenly looked up to his own son Wu Gong, and today he finally beat Wu Ting slightly.

Wu Jue asked: "How is it 'striking the grass and startling the snake and blaming the Western Xia'?" ”

Wu Gong puffed up his chest and walked to the middle, and said proudly: "Just ...... like this"

That night, when the night was dark and the wind was high, people were tired and sleepy.

In the southern camp of the Western Liao Army, Yelu Dashi, the emperor of the Western Liao, was reflecting on whether the decision to retreat west made today was correct.

Although Yelu Dashi made the final decision to retreat, he was still a little entangled in his heart.

I didn't expect the Great Song Dynasty to develop so lawlessly in recent years, the monarchs and ministers united as one, and the most important thing was to develop a cannon that violated the way of heaven, which is really unreasonable!

I want to dominate the world in the Jin Kingdom, but after just a dozen years, I have completed a short life.

But fortunately, it is not alone, and it is accompanied by Goryeo's accidental misstep.

The Western Prefecture of the Great Song Dynasty was ruled by the Uighur Bilge, which was actually an autonomous Uighur state, and now Wu Jue commanded 50,000 horses to join the defense, and presumably had strengthened the defense of the Western Liao.

Yelu Dashi knew that if he attacked Western Xia, Da Song, as his elder brother or father, would definitely come forward to attack Western Liao, and Western Liao would definitely lose more than he gained.

It's hard! The cat wanted to eat chicken, but unexpectedly there was a tiger next to it.

Yelu Dashi asked someone to give Wu Jue a small gift during the day, saying that he was ready to leave, and everyone was safe and sound for so many days, thank you for your understanding, and there will be no time in the future.

Unexpectedly, Wu Jue also sent a gift in the evening.

Come and don't be rude.

Yelu Dashi asked the guards to carefully open Wu Jue's gift, which turned out to be a fine whole angelica.

The guard was puzzled and asked Yelu Dashi: "What the Song people mean, is it sarcastic that we should have left a long time ago?" ”

"Angelica, or a whole Angelica." Yelu Dashi muttered to himself, "No, it's possible, he knows that we're leaving, and they don't plan to spend it here, they plan to withdraw their troops?" Yes, possibly. Order to go down, step up investigation, and see what Song Jun has been doing recently! ”

"Shall we withdraw then?" The guard asked cautiously.

Yelu Dashi was a resolute man, and said: "If the enemy retreats, I will naturally advance!" ”

At noon on the second day, the Western Liao spies reported to Yelu Dashi that Wu Jue, the Duke of Yiguo of the Song Dynasty, had already led his troops eastward early this morning, and now there were only 20,000 Uighur troops in Bilge's army in Xizhou.

Yelu Dashi's face was happy, in this way, did it indicate that he had the opportunity to make a move against Xixia? God still favors me Yelu Dashi, hahaha!

There is a way that people have no long-term worries, and Yelu Dashi has more eyes, so he is not in a hurry for the time being, and orders the spies to continue to investigate, in case Wu Jue leads the army back again, it will be embarrassing.

In the next few days, the daily reply of the spies was still that Wu Jue did not go back to Xizhou.

Since he didn't go back to Xizhou, he must have been halfway back to Shaanxi Road.

Yelu Dashi realized that the time could not be lost, and he hurriedly summoned the following generals to come and discuss the strategy of attacking the summer.

Yelu Dashi said: "My Western Liao army has been holding on to this place for several months, and it is almost exhausted. Fortunately, General Wu Jue of the Song Dynasty had already led the army to return to the dynasty, and after so many days, he must have been hundreds of miles away. Now the opportunity is rare, if you can take the opportunity to attack the Yumen Pass, Xixia will be exposed to our army's noses at a glance. It's like the Great Song Dynasty conquered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and faced the entire Jin Kingdom! ”

"If Wu Jue does not return, the defeat of the 20,000 Uighur troops in the Western Prefecture of the Great Song Dynasty is not worth mentioning at all."

"After capturing Yumen Pass, we can follow Qilian Mountain all the way east, at least we can kill Helan Mountain, and directly threaten Xingqing Mansion in Kyoto, Western Xia!"

"I'm afraid that the Song army will return when the time comes, and it will cut off our army's back road in a roundabout way!"

"We can send an elite army to guard the Jade Gate Pass. If our army can quickly capture the territory of Western Xia, the Song Dynasty will see that our rice has become a cook, and it will be impossible for the Western Xia to stand out! Big deal, we'll give them some good! ”

……

Yelu Dashi finally said: "That's it, attack Yumen Pass at full speed, and beware of the movement of the Song army!" ”

After some careful research, Yelu Dashi resolutely decided to attack Yumen Pass tomorrow.

However, that night, Yelu Dashi slept soundly, recuperating for tomorrow's battle.

Suddenly, the people below hurriedly came to report: "Your Majesty, the Western Xia border army is coming to attack the camp!" ”