Wu Jue secretly thought, you still complained about crying poor first. "Every life counts," he said. For the war for the country, the imperial court has a reward of silver, and going abroad to help the war should be rewarded. ”

Li Changzuo said that he wanted to be so direct, aren't you afraid of hurting your feelings?

Li Changzuo could only bear this reality and said: "I understand that the hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit." General Wu has something to ask for, but it doesn't hurt to say it! ”

Wu Jue got straight to the point and said: "Offended." As friendly aid, those grains, grasses, and military salaries will be exempted, and they will all be counted as my own Da Song. ”

Wu Jue has already thought of a negotiation routine, first from light to heavy, from small to large, layer by layer. First talk about money, then people, and finally land.

"Thank you, General Wu." Li Changzuo said gratefully that Wu Jue was so generous, he was really blindsided.

"But for every soldier and war horse who sacrificed, this money cannot be less, because it is for the family, and the family cannot be chilled, and the dead cannot be blinded."

Li Changzuo said: "This is natural. ”

There is no basis for his words, Wu Jue said: "Your Majesty, there are so many projects, don't you want anyone to record them?" ”

There was an attendant waiting outside the hall, and Li Changzuo summoned him in and asked him if he could write. The man replied yes. So the chamberlain took on the task of accounting and secretary, and recorded in detail what Li Changzuo and Wu Jue said.

Wu Jue said again: "Your Majesty has first ascended to the throne, and after a great war, all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, Wu is in charge of his own affairs, and he will not open his mouth." ”

"Then thank you General Wu for making it happen." Lee Chang-jo said with gratitude.

"However, Longzhou, Youzhou, and the land to the east that our army had worked so hard to capture before must be assigned to the Great Song Dynasty!"

The finale is finally here, and there is no such thing as a free lunch in the world! This is Wu Jue's final request!

Li Changzuo was puzzled: "General Wu, this ...... I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right? ”

"Ben will think it's appropriate. The land of Western Xia was originally snatched away from my Great Song Dynasty, and now it is just returning to the old owner, what's wrong? And as far as Your Majesty himself is concerned, Your Majesty's status today is probably really inappropriate for my Great Song Dynasty, right? Wu Jue said unceremoniously.

Princes and generals, rather have a kind. The world is not surnamed Song from the beginning, your Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin also snatched the world from the hands of Hou Zhou, what is the difference between it and every founding monarch?

Of course, now that the situation in Western Xia is unstable, Li Changzuo can only complain in his heart about these words.

If you negotiate with Qu Ping, it may be much more friendly. Li Changzuo suddenly realized that Qu Ping wouldn't have deliberately left Wu Jue here to negotiate with me, right?

Li Changzuo said: "General Wu's words are serious, the land and the people in the world, those who are virtuous and capable, live in it. The Great Song Dynasty is orthodox in the Central Plains, although my Great Xia is a country, I still have to be under the protection of your Great Song Dynasty, I am just helping the Great Song Dynasty manage Great Xia. Li Changzuo lowered his posture so much that he didn't even put the word "I" on his lips anymore.

At this time, Wu Jue took out the agreement he had signed with Li Qianshun before, that is, the map, and said: "This is the condition that I will negotiate with Li Qianshun, if I help him, I want more than just now!" ”

Li Changzuo carefully looked at the land that Li Qianshun promised to give to the Great Song Dynasty on the map, and said in his heart The vast desert north of Youzhou and Xiazhou, what is the use of this desert, isn't this actually the same as the agreement signed by Li Qianshun?

Wu Jue continued: "To tell you the truth, if you want to go back to these state cities, the Great Song Dynasty can have the Great Wall. The Great Wall is the inherent wall gateway of the Central Plains, a large family, not even a wall, that is not the chickens and dogs thieves can easily come in and take the sheep, or even rob the house!? Therefore, we must take back this area of the Great Wall! Otherwise, there will only be swords and soldiers to meet! If His Majesty's Great Xia can still withstand the toss, Wu, as the first general of the Great Song Dynasty to face the Western Xia, is willing to accompany him at any time! ”

Li Changzuo tugged at his heart, Daxia really couldn't withstand the strong toss. Although he won Western Xia and avenged his grievances, it is a pity that Great Xia fell into dire straits again.

More than ten years ago, the Empress Dowager's dictatorship incident has exhausted Great Xia, and it has recovered a little vitality, and the failure to use troops against the Song Dynasty four years ago is equivalent to uncovering the scar, and now, it is equivalent to sprinkling salt on the wound. All this seems to be inseparable from Li Changzuo.

Li Changzuo was in a complicated mood, and in the face of Wu Jue, who did not back down, he weighed it again and again, and had to compromise:

"Youzhou, Longzhou, Yinzhou, and Shizhou were all assigned to the Great Song Dynasty. However, Xiazhou is my place of origin, please don't fight its idea! ”

With Xiazhou, Daxia can also keep a springboard to the east.

Wu Jue was relieved to see Li Changzuo, and continued: "Your Majesty wants to keep the Xia Prefecture of the origin, and please also give the Jin State in the early years of Jianyan to Great Xia, and return the Yunzhou and Shuozhou of the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Great Song Dynasty. The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun have been the throat of the Central Plains since ancient times, and their strategic significance is very significant. With the Great Song Dynasty taking over Yunzhou Shuozhou, Your Majesty can also reduce the threat from the Jin State, develop internal affairs with peace of mind, and become strong in the future, and then join forces with us to eat the Jin State, and then a large area of territory will be enough to compensate for today's losses! ”

Li Changzuo sneered in his heart, you really robbed me of my job and still want to paint cakes for me to satisfy my hunger.

However, Yunshuo Erzhou and the center of Daxia are separated by the vast desert, and after Yinxia and other places are cut out, there are even fewer places that can be directly contacted recently, which is tantamount to an isolated island.

Li Changzuo said tentatively: "If this is the case, use the two places of Yunzhou and Shuozhou to exchange the one place of Youzhou." ”

Wu Jue said in his heart: "The sixteen states of Yanyun are the heart disease of the Central Plains, and it is okay to exchange two for one, and the emperor will definitely be very happy to know that he has to return to the two places in the sixteen states of Yanyun." ”

Wu Jue made a gesture of hard thinking, hesitated for a long time, and said bitterly: "Then it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate!" ”

Li Changzuo also let go of his heart and asked, "Does General Wu have any other conditions?" ”

"No, our department will repair for ten days, and then we will prepare to leave Great Xia. Please Your Majesty will issue an order for delivery as soon as possible, and I will return to the DPRK to resume my life. Wu Jue said. The Seven Realms

Li Changzuo said politely: "There is General Lao Wu." I hope that Xia Song can keep peace forever and friendship will last forever! ”

Wu Jue said: "This is also what Wu wants. Oh, by the way, there's one more thing. The gourd valley has always been used by soldiers and bandits, and it is really a fierce place, please Your Majesty seal it, so that the tens of thousands of soldiers of the two countries can rest in peace. ”

"General Wu is reasonable, I will give orders, please rest assured General Wu!"

"Then it's bothering, farewell!"

Wu Jue and Li Changzuo agreed to recover the two places of Yunzhou and Shuozhou, but as everyone knows, the Jin State sent troops from Yanqing Mansion and had already occupied Shuozhou in Yunzhou, and advanced all the way west into the Hetao Plain.

Over there, Qu Ping led his troops to chase Li Qianshun all the way, because he came out of the valley before, and the time difference in the middle was nearly an hour, and Li Qianshun had long since run away from the world, and Qu Ping could only follow the traces.

After chasing until midnight, there was no trace of Li Qianshun, and the soldiers had been fighting for half a day during the day, and the physical and mental consumption was too great, so Qu Ping ordered everyone to rest on the spot, and chase after the energy recovered tomorrow morning. Sharpen the knife and do not mistake the woodcutter.

After a hard day, everyone has reached the point where they can sleep as soon as they say they will sleep, and they will fall asleep as soon as they lie down.

Cooking in the morning and preparing dry food for the afternoon and evening also saved a lot of time on the way to eat. Everyone quickly ate breakfast and continued to track on the road.

Li Qianshun rode one or two hundred, and there must be traces on the road, as long as it doesn't rain, follow the marks on the road, and the fast horse will be able to catch up with Li Qianshun.

At noon, I passed through a small village and heard chickens flying and dogs jumping inside.

Tanma came back to report that it was Li Qianshun and his group who had eaten someone's free lunch, and his subordinates wanted to kill a few chickens to add food to Li Qianshun, which made people complain and bark at dogs.

Qu Ping sneered, it's all at this time, and I'm still thinking about improving the food, don't you really know how to write dead words?

What a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how can you miss it?

Qu Ping immediately ordered the troops to quietly surround him.

Li Qianshun's sentry men played with a twelve-point spirit, and as soon as they discovered the enemy's situation, they immediately gathered men and horses to meet the enemy and protect the emperor.

Li Qianshun didn't dare to slack off, and led people to take advantage of the fact that Qu Ping's encirclement was not yet stable, saw the opportunity, and found a weak place and rushed out.

The village was full of houses and tree piers, which was not conducive to a rapid cavalry charge. Li Qianshun easily broke through the encirclement and escaped.

Since Qu Ping found Li Qianshun, he was not in a hurry at this time, just chased after him and beat him hard, and saw how long he could jump. There are many people on their own side, and the other party will definitely not be able to set off the wind and waves.

On a mountainside path, Li Qianshun saw Qu Ping bite to death, and ordered twenty horsemen to turn around and kill, which could be blocked for a while.

Twenty horsemen was a piece of cake in front of five hundred horsemen, but the favorable terrain helped Li Qianshun to open the distance again. After solving Li Qianshun's twenty horses, Li Qianshun ran three or five miles away.

Li Qianshun grew wise this time, and he didn't dare to stop eating again, so he ran wildly all the way.

Li Qianshun did not eat endlessly, and Qu Ping could not eat or rest, but hoped to catch Li Qianshun as soon as possible and draw a successful end to this war, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

Fighting snakes does not die but suffers from them, wildfires are not burned and the spring breeze blows and grows, there are too many such reversal plots.

It is advisable to chase the poor with the remaining bravery, and Mo teaches the wind to blow the grass and grow again.

Two groups of men and horses marched one after the other on the plain, through the villages, through the tents, through the herds of cattle, sheep and horses.

Li Qianshun ran and ran, divided into two, all the way to the north, all the way to the east.

"Do you want to repeat the old trick of the golden cicada to shed its shell?" Qu Ping said hatefully.

To the north are the Mongol tribes, and to the east are the Jin kingdoms. If you go to Mongolia, you really run for your life, and go east to Jinguo, where you may move to rescue the soldiers, or you may bury yourself.

With Li Qianshun's current state of mind, it is very likely that he will go east to ask for help from the Jin State, in exchange for the strength of the Jin State to vainly seek to restore the country. These thoughts quickly passed through Qu Ping's heart, and Qu Ping ordered: "Chase east!" ”

Li Qianshun fled in front, Qu Ping chased behind, one after the other, and entered the Hetao Plain. The Hetao Plain is in the territory of Western Xia, which is formed by the alluvium of the Yellow River and is located in the "several bays" of the Yellow River. The Hetao Plain is flat and is an important place for agriculture and animal husbandry in Western Xia.

On the Hetao Plain, the sky was low and the ground was flat, the wind blew the grass and saw the cattle and sheep, and Li Qianshun's cavalry had nowhere to hide, so they had to flee under Qu Ping's nose.

This marathon is compared to people's wisdom, courage and perseverance, and more importantly, to the running speed and endurance of war horses. People can skip eating on horses, but horses can't skip meals under people, and there is a good saying that if you want a horse to run, you must give the horse grazing.

Now the people are tired and the horses are more tired, and the horses on both sides have gradually decreased in speed and physical fitness. More than a dozen horses on each side have been left behind. However, if Li Qianshun's team falls behind, it is tantamount to giving up his life.

Li Qianshun still has fifty horsemen left, and now the men and horses are hungry, tired and sleepy. People can also beat the spirit to support the body, but the horse will not think like a human, how does it know what mental perseverance is, it really can't run, then lie down and gasp for breath.

Li Qianshun saw that the war horses could no longer bear it, so he repeated the trick and ordered five or six men and horses to flee in all directions.