The weather is hot, and the wind walks in the mountains, blowing the green trees on the hills and the golden fields below, and the mountains and fields are undulating. The fierce fighting and attack and defense continued, and between the mountain roads below the small hill, the scouts on both sides had already begun to charge. Helmets, steel knives, crossbows, armor stomachs---- Xia Army's armaments are always the best in this era, and the rough roar of the grassland warriors shows the strength that makes people's blood flow and their hearts fluctuate.

In war, the first contact is always the double-shot scouts, expulsion and counter-eviction, infiltration and counter-infiltration, and small-scale fighting and killing continue to occur on these more than 100-mile fronts.

The voices are mixed, and the sound of cars and horses is urgent. The majestic ancient city wall stands in the summer sun, and there is still the breath of war that was killed a few days ago, and outside the south gate, there are pale stone statues standing quietly in the shade of the trees, and the crowd of people watching gathers and disperses.

Hezhou, a big migration, in the midsummer of this year, began.

Driving ox carts, dragging grain, rich families, men with families, old masters who were swaying by the crowd, pot-bellied fetuses dragging unknown children, among which there were also public men wearing official uniforms, darts dragging knives, guns, swords and halberds on the cart, martial artists, and lightly armed green forest hawkers. On this day, people's status was relegated to the same position.

The reincarnation of the world, the scene in front of us, is not the first time that it has happened in the past ten years. The grassland people have gone south several times, and the harsh living environment has forced them to leave their familiar hometown.

Early in the morning, between the woodlands, Gao Qingyi, who had followed the old general Gan Xiangsheng for many years, since the northland Jinzhou broke through to the south and returned, he had entered the baptism of several wars, and his battlefield fighting was more proficient, the war horse spewed white gas, hedged with a Khitan warrior, the roar of the staggered, the sound of the weapon accompanied by the roar of the human body on the ground, the war horse rushed out, the spear in his hand was nailed to the ground, dragged the corpse away, and then pulled out violently.

Red and white converged, the sound of hooves on the opposite side had quickly narrowed the distance, the Khitan knight on the horse waved the steel knife and slashed down, and in front of the galloping horse, Gao Qingyi's body shook, and a big spear seemed to disappear behind him silently, and the next moment, the spear pierced out from the other side of the body.

This is a move in the return horse pistol, the body of the gun roared into the sky, the morning dew burst, the neck of the war horse was cut open by the big gun under the huge impact, and then the sharp blade stabbed the Khitan knight's chest, the war horse fell in the snow while running, the knight rolled on the grass, when he stood up, there was already a shocking scar on his chest, Gao Qingyi had already pounced, and the equally tall Khitan scout was pressed down in the grass, and he cut the throat of the other party with a wave of his hand.

In the blink of an eye, he killed two skilled Jurchen scouts, searched for a while, and then turned to take his mount, through the overgrown woods, and quickly climbed over the top of the hill in front of him.

Because of his long-term battles in the north and his martial arts in horse warfare, Gan Feng made him the scout commander of the entire southern Sichuan battle, and most of the few good horses in the army were allocated to this branch of the army.

From the destruction of Jinzhou City, to the death of his own master in front of him, and then to the breakthrough of the siege, in the past few years, the man with a cheerful personality has become silent, and the colic in his heart can only be smoothed out with the blood of the enemy, and he must take the lead in every battle.

Kill the two Khitan scouts you met by chance, and come to the top of the mountain, on the avenue on the other side of the mountain, the continuous banners and queues appear in the field of vision, and the pergola is set up in hand, carefully recording the characteristics and possible flaws of each team------

More than 36,000 grassland brigades, nearly 70,000 followed the Han army, and more than 100,000 people traveled all the way south, Gao Qingyi followed all the way, during which there were occasional chases and fights, and at night, he and his companions met and rested in the caves in the mountains, and in the night sky, there were eagles and falcons used to transmit messages flying from the sky.

The game of life and death, the intersection of iron and blood, relatively speaking, many war scenes more than ten years ago are like child's play.

The capital of Daxia was originally the location of Jiankang Mansion. The drizzling rain stopped again, and looking back at the city behind me, there was not too much water on the pedestrian-lined streets, and the children who didn't know what it was like to be young were bouncing and chasing each other. On the old city wall, the man wearing the rainproof curtain tightened the hat on his head, as if looking for traces of the past calm, the figure that wandered in this street market a few years ago, I am afraid that at this moment it is fighting with the grassland barbarians.

Not far behind him, the news of the report has also been coming in the wind.

: ------ incident happened suddenly, Wang Mingzhi's Wang Xiangye arrested people on June 16, Wang Yuanfu Fa, ironclad evidence, he intercepted about 37,000 taels of silver from the Sichuan front line military funds, and then confessed to the Yangtze River Water Division's deputy capital Qin Pinyou's subordinate grain and grass management Xu Weikun, Xu Weikun is on the run, Qin Pinyou is now being impeached by Lu Daozhi and others, the book refers to his relationship with the children of the Jia family, no military merits, climbed to the high position of the deputy capital, corruption, for the disaster, there are also some words, In addition------, taking advantage of this incident as a medicine to lead to the problem of military logistics in Sichuan, Prime Minister Wang Cheng's people have begun to intervene------"

"So Jia Ru asked for his resignation------ but he didn't defend it?"

The prince said calmly, looking at the city, and did not shift.

With the continuous expansion of the war, both the government and the opposition in Jiankang were in turmoil, and Chai Heng understood the opponent's ruthlessness towards the enemy, and also better understood the cruelty and fierceness of the world between heaven and earth. What appeared in front of him was no longer the spring and snow, which made him continue to mature.

"Prime Minister Jia Cheng has no defense, but his subordinates are also fierce, and there may have been several murders in private in the past few days, but they all happened suddenly, and the army is not easy to reach out, and our people have not been able to intercept them."

"If he didn't intercept it, it proves that Prime Minister Jia Cheng has nothing to do, even if there is something, someone in the palace can help him carry it. This also proves that Prime Minister Jia Cheng is a good person who does things----" He said so, it was not easy to answer for convenience, and after a long time, I saw him turn around, "Gao Tao, you said, the queen mother asked people to check Jia Ru a few years ago, is it because of the palace?" Or is it because you think there's something wrong with him? ”

At this time, the time of the early dynasty has passed, the officials have returned to their homes, and the city seems to be still prosperous, and it is an ordinary and lively day, and only those who know the inside story can feel the undercurrent of the court in the past few days.

The beginning of major political disputes is often like this, making moves and testing each other, as long as one move fails, and then an avalanche-like eruption. It's just that the current situation is exceptional, the emperor pretended to be deaf and dumb, the important forces did not show their attitude, the bullets were loaded, and the gunpowder was still not ignited.

The matter is quite ironic, Jia Ru's sons and daughters are called Qin Pinyou, and Qin Pinyou's grain and grass official is called Xu Weikun, and Xu Weikun is the escort officer responsible for transporting grain and grass from the capital to Sichuan. A small general, in the process of escorting for half a year, he did his best to spend more than 37,000 taels, and the civilian faction actually joined forces with the four wealthy clans in Jiangnan to attack the Hou Party! And the most powerful family of meritorious generals has been watching the fire from the other side? Prince Chai Heng smiled and said, "Interesting! ”

Last year, the imperial court was reorganized, and Wang Mingzhi represented the radical faction that was already the main battle, on the one hand, cooperating with the crown prince Chai Heng's call for the Northern Expedition, and on the other hand, promoting the integration of the north and the south. On the one hand, they prefer peace to maintain the stability of Great Xia, on the other hand, at least in the local area, they are more inclined to the basic interests of the Jiangnan family, and even began to sell the slogan "Southerners return to the South, and Northerners return to the North" slogan.

Every direction is the embodiment of a share of interests. It is true that there will be a second Wang Mingzhi if Wang Mingzhi is killed, and the removal of Jia Ru will also be made up by true Confucianism and demon Confucianism, but in addition to this, there are naturally more standards for measuring human nature, such as Lu Daozhi of the Jiangnan family, who can imagine this.

The eight generals have always been led by the Gan family, but this time it was Zhao Chong, the Duke of Ningguo, and Yang Jieliang of Guangping who stood on Jia Ru's side and actively protected Jia. There are also traitors in the main battle faction, and the main and faction are not traitors at all. For example, Song Ci, who is famous all over the world, was considered the ancestor of forensic medicine in later generations, and in the fifty years he served as an official, he was not afraid of power, solved countless strange cases, and was also a master and faction. After all, the simple idea of boiling blood when you see the main battle faction and scolding traitors when you see the main battle faction is the real child.

Whether it is Jia Ru or Wang Mingzhi, they all belong to the "rational" side of their father, and their son can't compare to these well-chosen ministers after all, and he is also a son. In the heart of his father, he may not have any "ability" figures, at most he is sincere to the Chai family, and the only one who poses a threat to his rights can only be himself. The current mess of Great Xia still depends on the capable ministers in the court.

It's too difficult to compete with a ruthless and resolute grassland overlord in the courtroom here. If you are a minister in the court, I am afraid that you will also think about emptying your power, and think about it, many of the opinions of these adults may be right. He thought so, and then changed the topic from the affairs in the court: "Mr. Gao, after this turmoil, if I can still survive in Daxia------ future court, should I rule by the emperor, or say one thing like Taizu, or the elders will decide collectively like Yan Guo?" ”

Gao Tao smiled and didn't speak.

Looking down from the city wall, the royal street extends all the way to Xuanwu Lake, and the palace city has been expanding since the day the capital was moved, but then the military situation was urgent, and the Great Xia Suzong stopped the construction of the palace city. Fighting to fend off the threat from the north, the stopped palace has become a symbol of the emperor's progress, and the city's soldiers are generous when they talk about it.

In the hot summer, after the rain, it is rare to feel a little cooler. The city is full of traffic, and the turbulent undercurrent form of the city connects to every part of the world. The killing on the battlefield continued, and the fighting in the court never stopped, and it could never stop.