Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Western Xia Kingdom, has the Yellow River in the east and goes straight from south to north, and there is Helan Mountain in the west. This Helan Mountain is by no means the Helan Mountain where the Helan Five Tigers occupy the mountain as the king.

The highest altitude of Helan Mountain is more than 3,000 meters, stretching more than 200 kilometers from north to south, about 30 kilometers wide, the mountain is majestic and magnificent, the east is the Yellow River Hetao and the Ordos Plateau, the west side of the terrain is gradually gentle, adjacent to the Alxa Plateau. Because of the dangerous terrain, Helan Mountain has often become a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and it can be said that Helan Mountain can open up the dividing line between nomads and farming peoples.

Yue Fei once mentioned in "Man Jianghong" that "driving a long car and stepping through Helan Mountain", referring to the need to be like General Weiqing of the Western Han Dynasty, stepping through Helan Mountain and driving away the invasion of the Huns.

In the depths of Helan Mountain, Qu Ping and Li Changzuo led more than 5,000 soldiers and horses to walk the winding and rugged mountain road. When it came to the steep section of the terrain, the horses could not stand on all four limbs, and the soldiers had to work together to push the horses on their heads.

As long as you don't fall off the cliff, bumps and bumps are small things.

"Marshal, it's already the second day of entering the mountain, and the road is too difficult to walk, according to our footsteps, it will take at least more than a day." Li Changzuo said.

Qu Ping is the deputy marshal of the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty, and now that he is out of the army, of course he must be called a marshal, but the command is still in the hands of Li Changzuo. Even if Li Changzuo wants to give military power to Qu Ping, it depends on whether the generals are willing or not. Neither of them has expressed an attitude on the issue of military power.

Qu Ping said: "Fortunately, the moonlight in the middle of the month is relatively bright, and we can still march at night." Otherwise, you can't light the torch at night, and the speed will be even slower. ”

Li Changzuo looked at the sky and thanked God again in his heart.

Li Changzuo sighed: "This mountain road is more difficult for horses than people. ”

"There is nothing difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to climb, come on!" Qu Ping said.

"Hey, what's it here?"

"It's just to put on the strength, it's the slang of our hometown."

"Oh! Does it mean to add more oil to cooking? ”

Qu Ping didn't bother to explain to him: "You understand it very thoroughly! ”

Li Changzuo said with a smile: "It turns out that you can say this about adding strength, interesting!" ”

"If you like to learn, there are many more sayings you haven't heard!"

It's good to chat and relax, Li Changzuo became interested and asked, "Oh, would you like to hear about it?" ”

Qu Ping blurted out: "Kamon! Do the Eight Virtues! Bad! ”

"Hahaha......" On the difficult march, a pleasant laugh sounded.

Li Changzuo greeted the soldiers and said, "Soldiers, pay attention to safety and speed up!" ”

Western Xia Palace. Now Li Qianshun is facing internal and external troubles, and his heart is heavy, and the entire palace is confused with a gloomy atmosphere.

Prime Minister Chen Tai harassed Emperor Li Qianshun late at night, and had something important to report: "Holy Lord, something is wrong!" ”

Li Qianshun just woke up from his sleep: "What's the matter, did you find out the whereabouts of the rebels?" ”

Li Changzuo disappeared from sight, so that Li Qianshun's tea and rice were not fragrant. On the contrary, the Song army that infiltrated into the territory of Western Xia on the surface, Li Qianshun was not too panicked, because the army that came back from the south was already on the way to block Wu Jue's advance.

"That's right, just after getting the news, the minister didn't dare to delay for a moment and hurried into the palace to face the saint. The rebels actually made a detour to attack Dingzhou! Chen Tai said.

The news was sent to the military headquarters in the afternoon, and Chen Tai couldn't hide it alone. But when he could support it, Chen Tai convened the adults of the military department to discuss countermeasures, discussed and discussed, and finally decided to send the news to the emperor as soon as possible, and asked the emperor to decide.

Li Qianshun said: "What! I actually went back to Dingzhou! Half of Dingzhou's troops have gone to the south, hurry, hurry up Pegasus to spread the news, let them go back to Dingzhou! ”

Chen Tai said: "Don't panic, the emperor received the news, so he immediately sent people to send reinforcements." ”

"When did you hear from this?"

"In the evening, the ministers were afraid to report to the emperor first, and once they came and went, there was too much delay on the road, so they transferred troops without authorization. Please condemn the Holy One! Chen Tai had already thought of his rhetoric.

Li Qianshun said: "Aiqing is thoughtful, what is the crime? The soldiers are fast, and I hope that the reinforcements can be rescued in time. I don't know what the situation is in Dingzhou now......"

Chen Tai said: "Dingzhou is the last line of defense in the north of the Beijing Division, although the current strength is less than 10,000, but the city wall is thick, the moat is deep and wide, unless the rebels have wings, otherwise even if he attack, it will take more than three or five days." ”

Li Qianshun is still not at ease: "The war is like a storm, unpredictable, who can say that it can be accurate." Longzhou and Youzhou are lessons from the past, and Aiqing must not take it lightly. ”

Chen Tai said: "The saint is wise. "E-book house

"How many rebels have come to attack Dingzhou?"

"Thirty thousand, estimated."

"Thirty thousand...... Li Qianshun muttered in a low voice, and asked again: "Where is the Song army?" ”

Chen Tai said: "After the Song general Wu Jue captured Youzhou, he came all the way to Jingshi, and was constantly attacked by our army on the way. Unfortunately, our army is not the main force, it is just delaying time, and it cannot resist at all. But rest assured, the 150,000 heavy troops on the periphery have already pushed the defense line to White Pond City. ”

Li Qianshun thought for a while and said: "Let them retreat a little, first, they can closely support the Beijing division and prevent the rebels from succeeding, and second, they can lengthen the Song army's battle line vertically." If he goes deep alone, we will wrap him like a dumpling and eat him! ”

Chen Tai said: "Holy Wisdom! The minister was thinking, where did the Song army have the courage to dare to go deep alone like this, even if the logistics and supplies could keep up, would only 50,000 soldiers and horses want to eat our Great Xia, or do they still pin their hopes on Li Changyou? ”

Li Qianshun said: "Or do they still have reinforcements?" ”

"The Northern Jin Dynasty has always been eyeing the Southern Song Dynasty, and if the Southern Song Dynasty is preparing to invade our Great Xia, it will definitely need a large number of soldiers, horses, grain and grass, which is tantamount to demolishing the east wall and making up the west wall. The Northern Defense of the Southern Song Dynasty was slightly relaxed, and the Jin State must have moved south. When the time comes, the cranes and mussels will compete with each other, and the fishermen will benefit. Chen thought, the Southern Song Dynasty wouldn't have thought of this, right? Chen Tai's purpose in saying this was like wanting Li Qianshun to relax his vigilance and relax.

Li Qianshun nodded: "The truth is right......

"Your Majesty, could it be like this? The minister heard that the Yongguo Gong of the Southern Song Dynasty had disappeared for nearly half a year, and I was afraid that there would be more than one bad luck. The Southern Song Dynasty lacked a minister to discuss matters, and Zhao Gou may have been hot-headed for a while, listened to Li Changyou's tricks, and sent Wu Jue, who was very happy, to join Li Changyou to conquer my Great Xia. There is no turning back arrow when the bow is opened, and it is very likely that this arrow will be shot and folded in my Great Xia forever. "Chen Tai is kind and persuasive.

Li Qianshun said: "I hope so." If you catch Li Changyou, I will definitely break his body into pieces! ”

Chen Tai glanced at Li Qianshun's complexion and said, "The emperor's face has been dark recently, but it is a stagnation of liver qi, the emperor should pay attention to the dragon body!" ”

Li Qianshun touched his face, he did lose some weight, and there was no flesh on his cheekbones.

Li Qianshun said: "Now that there are silverfish in my home, how can I feel at ease? I also want to relax, and I want to be happy, but reality it doesn't allow it! ”

"If you don't have a good body, how can you have a good spirit to govern the country."

Li Qianshun was silent for a while, and said, "Tomorrow afternoon, I will give myself half a day off." In general, it's good for the prime minister to grasp it, don't bother me. ”

Chen Tai said: "Your Majesty, you are in the palace, where can your heart fly." It's better to take the mother, the prince and the princess tomorrow to hunt in the West Mountain. ”

West Mountain is Helan Mountain. Li Qianshun built a hunting ground in Xishan, and usually liked to take his concubines and ministers to Xishan to hunt when he was fine.

"Too far, right? If it is known by the officials, it will definitely have to be admonished in various ways. The thought of this makes my head hurt! Although Li Qianshun said this, his tone was not firm.

As soon as Chen Tai heard the play, he followed: "Your Majesty, the officials have been working hard recently, you might as well take the officials and ministers to hunt together." Stealing half a day of leisure, being like a fairy in the mortal world. ”

Li Qianshun said: "This idea is good, it's a good sentence 'stealing half a day of leisure, being like a fairy in the mortal world', haha!" Then I'll have to bother Aiqing to inform the ministers. ”

"It is within the minister's duty to do his best for the country and solve problems for the saints. Please rest assured, the minister will be notified in place. Chen Tai said happily.

Li Qianshun thought to himself: "Steal half a day of leisure, and then use efficiency to exchange time back." ”

It is said that he will go hunting in the afternoon, but Xishan is not a palace garden, but Helan Mountain, so he has to set off early in the morning.

A large group of graceful and luxurious lineups, escorted by soldiers, went all the way to the Helan Mountain hunting ground. The royal relatives and nobles, of course, need the Xiangche BMW to be worthy, and the civil and military officials are surrounded by sedan chairs or riding horses, so it is not lively.

Of course, a small number of officials who are dedicated to their jobs for the country and the people will not have fun at this time. said that it was a day of relaxation, but in fact, it was even more nervous to follow the emperor, so it was better to take care of all the opportunities in the official yamen.

When they arrived at the hunting ground, in addition to protecting the noble lords and masters, the soldiers also had to set up camp tents, but the princesses could not bask in the sun and blow the north wind in the mud.

The emperor is in a good mood today, not only brought out three young and beautiful concubines, but also brought out a baby son who was just seven years old, which is his favorite prince. Counting, there are at least forty or fifty relatives of the emperor.

Li Qianshun rode his horse and raised his bow, and his brocade robe was displayed in the wind.

The wind is strong and the bow roars, and the king hunts the west city; The grass is withered, and the snow is light.

Li Qianshunxiong looked at the enthusiastic civil and military officials of the imperial relatives and the country, and seemed to regain the momentum of looking at the world in an instant, and said: "Zhongqing, today you can only let go of the competition and not talk about political affairs. Whoever hunts more prey and the more difficult it is to hunt, who is the first place today and the champion today, I will be rewarded! ”

"Emperor Xie!" The ministers and relatives responded positively. Now that you're here, you're going to let go of the fun.

"Okay, let's start the timer now, after an hour, Mingjin will collect his troops and see how everyone's results are!" Li Qian said by the way.

His little prince also wanted to go hunting, and he held a horse's leg and struggled to climb up. How did the horse know that he was a prince, and shook his long legs slightly, and the little prince sat on the ground and cried:

"Woo woo, damn horse, I'm going to kill you!"