In June of the seventh year of Suzong in Great Xia, the mountains and fields in the morning light, the sound of birdsong is tactful and crisp, the wind blows in Taihang Mountain, and it is slightly cool, with the rise of the sun, the temperature gradually warms up.

Since the end of the year before last, after the official army of the Yan State broke through the Taihang Mountain, Fang Tianhua and other elites of the Great Light Sect had fled for a year and a half in the Lincheng area. Probably after waking up from the initial madness, probably since July last year, the tactics of the entire Taihang Shang army have changed, and the situation has been substituted into a relatively strange state of silence, in a sense, the Taihang Mountain troops manipulated by Fang Tianhua, Xiao Mei, Fang Long and others have carried out several quite excellent tactical applications.

In the half year that Fang Tianhua and the others fled, in Cui Jiqiu's eyes, the people of the Ming Sect had been driven out and scattered, and they had been scattered throughout the North China Plain. Until the early morning of 18 June, the grain and grass of the army were raided by a large army from Yangquan, which was more than 300 miles behind, and the grain and grass of the 100,000 army were looted by tens of thousands of mobs overnight.

Three days ago, in the early hours of this day, just after dawn, a group of figures moved in the dark mountains. Ding Chao ran through the ranks, his eyes swept around in the darkness, and the grass appeared in his eyes. The outlines of the rocks and trees, he felt a little anxious in his heart, and the height of the foothills was approaching. Beyond the foothills, the wind was blowing, the scenery stretched out in front of the eyes, and on the plain below the field of vision, a small river flowed from the front to the distance, and with the small river, the speckled lights spread, and the light gathering place formed the outline of a county town.

"It's finally here, after turning around for so long, Cui Jiqiu must not have imagined that -----he would lead two hundred people to fight hundreds of miles by himself, so bold, and dare to sneak attack Yangquan, a heavy place in the rear!"

The wind blows through the mountains, the sky is exposed to fish white, the slightly cool white mist lingers in the air, there are people outside the county town carrying water, on the road, a group of twenty or thirty people of the business travel to the city gate, the crop man who rushed to the morning gathering, carrying the crops is entering the city to be sold, Yan Guoya, who guards the city, will feel a different breath, today it seems that something is wrong, when the business travel arrived at the city gate, he was interrogated.

A moment later, on the city tower of Yangquan, someone suddenly let out a scream, at the gate of the city, the merchant suddenly drew his sword, blood splashed from the neck of the tooth general, sprayed in the early morning mist, until this moment he figured out what was wrong, there seemed to be a lot more people entering the city this morning.

On June 15, after the main force led the Yan army in the Taihang Mountains for a few months, a detachment of 200 people raided Yangquan, the grain and grass storage place of the Yan army, and killed the local government officials. For a time, the four gates of Yangquan were full of crowded grain troops, after a day and a night of noise, Yangquan finally quieted down, and in the early morning of the second day, a fire suddenly broke out in Yangquan County, and the fire was not extinguished until Cui Jiqiu led the cavalry back. All the ordinary people who participated in the grain grabbing all escaped into Taihang Shangzhong and disappeared as if out of thin air.

Even the battle of Taihang Mountain Yangquan in June of the seventh year, mixed with the huge drama of Nanxia and Yan at this time, did not cause too much shock at this time. Although the tactile can sense something in it, compared to the boiling state of the whole picture, even if someone can take the situation seriously, the information obtained will always seem insignificant.

At the end of autumn, Jiankang Chaotang was in a tense, anxious and noisy atmosphere.

The negotiation envoys sent by Yan State have stayed in the post house for more than a month, and the court has been arguing endlessly about the peace negotiation strategy, and some senior officials are aware of the situation, in early September, when the Yan State peace negotiation envoys stayed in Jiankang, Su Zong issued an invention decree, and the prince Chai Hengzheng led the negotiations with Yan, and Shang Shushi of the Military Department of the Political Affairs Hall was the deputy envoy

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, Lu Daozhi and Wu Linfuzhi. The old man in the palace finally bowed his head in the face of fate. The first time the prince participated in the court politics, he encountered this major event that determined the honor and disgrace of Southern Xia, which caught many people off guard, in the main battle faction, if Wang Mingzhi is a banner in the front, then the prince Chai Heng in the rear is actually the standard-bearer who can ensure that he does not fall.

However, the battle and the confrontation between the two sides became more and more tense. This really made it difficult for Jia Ru to have a good premonition in his heart. Until late last night, after a letter sent by the envoy of Yan State, he was forced to a dead end even more.

The Southern Xia, which was peaceful in singing and dancing, had only been stable for a few years, and the toughness of the envoys sent by the Yan State to the peace talks made the whole peace talks really impossible to make people feel optimistic.

At this time, there were several ministers who were originally the main and faction gathered in the Great Internal Affairs Hall. For example, Zhao Chong, Shi Chong and others. They were originally quite knowledgeable, and they also had a deep friendship with the prince, and Lu Daozhi of the Lu family, a Jiangnan family that Shi Chong had been a good family for hundreds of years. Many people tried to stop this peace talks and block the will of the housekeeper, and Lu Daozhi was one of them, of course, the obstruction did not achieve the effect.

"Your Majesty's meaning, it's not really to give in to the Yan people, it's really a continuous war in our dynasty for several years, the treasury is really unable to support it, and the soldiers who can fight in Jiangbei have also been exhausted in the previous battles, and the prince didn't say a word in front of His Majesty a few days ago, I know that the prince is to avoid suspicion, I know that the prince is difficult to do, and I can see it clearly in my heart------"

"Father's heart, Lord Shi said very much, and this king also understands it in his heart." Chai Heng answered with a smile.

Lu Daozhi on the side snorted: "In this way, your lords want to cede the land of your ancestors in exchange for peace?" ”

"You can't cut it, but it's really a bit risky to pin your hopes on the battle of Jiangbei for the fate of the entire Great Xia. The north of the capital is the Yangtze River, to put it mildly, if the Yangtze River really can't hold it, you don't have to think about the back road? ”

"If the war is really unfavorable, you should naturally think about the way back, but since ancient times, the military has paid attention to breaking the kettle, and before the war starts, you must calculate that you will lose first, then you really don't have to fight."

"Lu Zhengqing is very knowledgeable about military affairs, so this battle might as well be fought by Lord Lu, and he will definitely support it. It's just that Lord Lu also has to understand that things on the battlefield and things in the court may not be the same thing! ”

"You can't be single-minded, how can soldiers use their lives!"

Wu Lin and Lu Daozhi were about to quarrel, Shi Chong on the side took a sip of tea, and turned his head to look at the crown prince Chai Heng: "His Royal Highness the prince, Shi said early that the battle cannot be fought." It's not that you shouldn't fight, but today's events are the reason why you can't fight. Since King Yu's two big victories, the voice of the main battle is rising, they all think that as long as they fight whoever leads the troops, they can win, since Gan Gong Gan Xiangsheng Jinzhou was besieged twenty years ago, I have dozens of battles in Daxia except for King Yu's two big victories, there is no other victory, Shi said that he should not fight, no one is guilty of me, saying that Shi is cowardly, and now this matter, His Royal Highness Tanzi has also seen it, right? ”

"Heh, Shi Shangshu is cowardly------ this king will never have this idea, you and I have said this matter a few times ago, and I also know what happened today. But what you think in your heart will never change, in order to restore the foundation of your ancestors, how can you look forward and look backward? In general, you must do your best, and then you will obey the destiny of heaven. There are not many foreign soldiers and horses in Henan today, isn't it a good time for the Northern Expedition, isn't this our opportunity? ”

"What's the chance? Just those old soldiers outside Jiankang City? Shi Zhong shook his head, "The soldiers don't know the generals, and the generals don't know the soldiers." What about the 300,000 forbidden army, there are more than 2 million Yan troops in Jiangbei, Henan, I bet that if you rely on those forbidden troops, you will be defeated in one day, and the people in this room really believe that those impeachment recitals say that all the generals in Jiangbei are incompetent generals. Attacking in vain? Fighting a war is by no means a one-person affair, even His Royal Highness King Yu, the god of war, is also commanded by more than 100,000 troops. Since the rise of the Yan Kingdom, it has always won more with less, and its 30,000 broke the Great Wall of China that year

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The defenders are 400,000, and the Yan State Iron Cavalry who returned to the desert at this time does not matter, even the Han army in Henan and Jiangbei is not something that our forbidden army can contend with, the prince really believes, will I have a chance in Daxia? ”

The prince was silent for a moment: "It's just a war, how can it be estimated like this, if it is really estimated like this, the more than 100,000 troops of the Yan Kingdom will go south, and the strength of the whole country will not be able to stop it, will it be just surrendered when people go south?" ”

"I shouldn't have started a battle lightly." Shi Zhong said, and then climbed the board, for a hand, "Shi is not here today to say superficial words, the war can not be so estimated, I also understand in my heart, but the Yan country is strong, Helian Kuo when he was alive 30,000 broke 400,000, at this time Helian Kuo died only four years, Helian Muye has unified the grassland, and its control over the grassland tribes is more close, it is better to say that if Helian Muye does not have a satisfactory result in this battle, when he just grasped power, he will have a tragic result." The big war together, wanting to stop on both sides is just a fool's dream------"

His face was serious, and he paused for a moment: "If the war is together, the million-strong army will go south and destroy the withering and decaying, and now the treasury of my Xia Dynasty is gradually bottoming out, and when the time comes, he will see clearly, my Xia Dynasty will be the end of the country!" Besides, there are any of the Han dynasties and dynasties that are blindly tough, as strong as the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Han can be friendly, and the Tang can form an alliance. When we get to our court, we can't make peace? ”

Wu Lin next to him interjected: "The rise of the Yan Kingdom has no background, everything depends on plunder. One blow, two and mourn, three and exhausted, as time goes by, a lifetime of corruption, when the time comes, I may have a chance to ------ in Daxia"

Lu Daozhi sneered: "Isn't it better than anyone, but worse than others." ”

Shi Zhong glanced at him: "Some things are not a matter of admitting or not admitting in front of you and me, nor is it a matter of scholarly temperament, one or two lives, hundreds of millions of dawn people in the world are in our hands, and the state affairs are like this, in vain!" ”

"Lord Shi, I admire your knowledge and foresight, but this matter is not a matter of trade-off, but a matter of conviction. You have the responsibility of the people of this country, and you don't want them to suffer, and I also have the responsibility of a country and a people, and I don't want the people of this country to live like this. In this court, you or me, in fact, you don't have to do anything, you can live with all the calculations. ”

"You and I quarrel over this, it's not once or twice------" Shi Zhong shook his head, "I know I can't convince you, the hardening of the stone is like steel, and your ideas are not without mistakes." It's just that the problem of our dynasty is that it was the malpractice of hundreds of years of civility, nobility and military lightness, and it is necessary to seek innovation to make progress, and if reform fails, it is useless to make progress. Today's situation has suffered the people of the world and the soldiers who sacrificed their lives in front of them. We and other officials are all guilty people. ”

"If there is no pain in the skin, how can there be a sound of innovation?"

In the political hall, the chattering voices of several representatives of the peace talks also have a heavy weight in this heavy city and the heavy world. At this time, in Luoyang City, above the main hall of Yan Kingdom, Han officials and the sweaters of various ethnic groups in the grassland were also arguing over the overall reform of Yan Kingdom.

In the middle of the main hall, Helian Muye sits on the throne, with a momentum of not being angry and mighty, and the seats on the left below are, Helian Shidu, Helian Aoduchi, Murong Xuzhong, Wanyan Lie, Sakun, Wushuli, Wanyan Longxi, Xiao Halu, Yandu, Hua Bu Chihua, etc. The Hanchen on the right is headed by Fan Tang, followed by Cui Yan, Wei Lian, Zhao Yuandao, Shi Tianze, Kong Shangzhi, Lu Shixiang, Cui Jiqiu, Liu Busy, Liu Quan, Kong Youshang, Deng Xian, Zhang Heng, Wei Du, etc.

"Let's talk about it, for the proposal of Lord Fan and others to change the name of the country and collect the hearts of the Han people in the world, they have all put forward their opinions, this is my big Yan, since even the front-line generals have been recalled, you can also talk about it."

"Han people, jumping clowns." Hua Buchihua said this, the corners of her mouth picked, and she smiled slightly. The foreign ministers around him were laughing.

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