Carrying countless cattle, sheep and livestock, Zhao Guangmei and Sun Yue returned to Xiazhou with a full load.

Originally, they were sent out by Zhao Kuangyin to prepare to cut down Shu, but they inexplicably played on the Northwest Battlefield for more than three months, and Zhao Guangmei completely let himself go.

Just a few days ago, another messenger came from Xiazhou, but there was nothing special, but Fengzhou City was newly sent by the imperial court to send a transfer envoy, and it was also Lu Duoxun, the leading figure in Zhao Guangyi's hands.

Sun Yue knew it was time for him to go.

The Hexi Corridor is a bubble that looks incomparably beautiful, it bursts as soon as it is poked, and the coalition army's declaration of war on the Shazhou Uighurs is just a political gesture, far from the time to move in earnest, because the Great Song Dynasty does not have the hard power of the Han and Tang dynasties, no matter how good the situation is, it is nothing more than a political game.

As for the strategic envoys of the Hexi Army, the Guiyi Army, and the Dingyan Army, at least for the time being, most of them are retreats, and to put it bluntly, they have earned face and added some light to Zhao Kuangyin's face, and that's it.

In contrast, Hou Shu is the one who can really eat the meat in the stomach, and whoever eats it is strong.

However, after Sun Yue discussed with Zhao Guangmei, Sun Yue decided to leave alone for the time being, and Zhao Guangmei would stay.

First, Zhao Guangmei hasn't played enough, and he also wants to be tired of being crooked with his little baby in Xiazhou for a few more days.

Second, before the three envoys of the Great Song Dynasty took office, the Great Song needed such a political symbol, while continuing to exert pressure on the Shazhou Uighurs, and if he were to leave now, the loose alliance would probably soon be dissolved.

Third, Zhao Guangmei needs to leave Sun Yue. Because Zhao Guangmei's goal is to be crowned king, and crowning the king requires merit, although Zhao Guangmei has done a good job so far, but it is all with the assistance of Sun Yue, and it can even be said that Sun Yue did it at all, even if no one says it, the Manchu Dynasty has a number in his heart.

And now Zhao Guangmei's most urgent thing is not to take credit, but to change the impression of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military on him, the current situation in the northwest is very good, but it is actually a bit insufficient for Zhao Guangmei, he needs to leave Sun Yue, and still have something to gain.

Before leaving, Sun Yue gave Zhao Guangmei three basic principles, first, if there is anything that you can't decide, listen to Murong Yan, her fiancée is not inferior to the so-called young man Junjie except for being a daughter, by the way, help yourself watch the point, don't let the little white face take advantage of it.

Second, the livestock and money seized in the war can be distributed to the party on a priority basis, but the party's power must be strictly limited to the five prefectures of Dingnan, and those black party items in the Hexi Corridor can be given to them, but they must be brought back, and they are not allowed to take the opportunity to expand their territory.

Third, try to favor the Guiyi army and help them as much as possible, and even those tribes with a relatively high degree of sinicization in Hexi Tubo can be assigned to them, because first, they are the sworn enemies of the Shazhou Uighurs, and second, they are Han Chinese. Don't say any nonsense such as non-our race and its heart must be different, everyone is of the same kind of language, and Da Song is at least not afraid of them becoming bigger.

And after Zhao Guangmei heard this, she also grasped the key point very smartly, and said: Don't worry, I will definitely be optimistic about my younger brothers and sisters, and keep the little white face far away, so that they can't see each other as much as possible.

Seeing that he understood it so well, Sun Yue was relieved, and casually brought dozens of guards, and hurried back to Qinzhou.

After such a delay in their northwest, the time has entered October, less than two months left before the battle of Shu in history began, and the horses on the Guanzhong Plain only feel that there is a piece of gold everywhere, and the wheat has been harvested almost, and the Shu, is almost about to enter the substantive stage.

During these few months, Meng Chang also did something particularly lacking in heart, he actually sent someone to send a letter to the Northern Han Dynasty, wanting to unite the Northern Han to attack the north and south and discuss the Central Plains.

As a result, the little brother he sent to deliver the letter may be more knowledgeable about current affairs, so he went directly to Kaifeng and sent the letter to Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin also specially wrote a letter to the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty, which probably means that your Northern Han Dynasty and the Later Zhou Dynasty are a feud and blood feud, but it has nothing to do with me, what do you mean, if you are interested in the world, you will roll down from Taihang Mountain and fight to the death with Lao Tzu.

Beihan replied: Don't don't, big brother, we were wrong, please, don't come to hit me.

Zhao Kuangyin is beautiful, and the name of Xi Ji is even there.

The war machine is now mobilized, as early as April, it was out of the treasury to raise thousands of soldiers and disciples, training sailors outside the Zhu Ming Gate, called the water tiger, to now, a large number of forbidden troops began to move to Jiangling City, one of the ten brothers of his righteous society, Liu Guangyi, who is now the commander of the guard Ma Jundu, was appointed as the deputy capital of the Guizhou Road, Cao Bin was the supervisor of the army, commanding 20,000 troops, and planned to attack Wang Quanbin from the waterway.

In Fengzhou, it was more important, and Cui Yanjin was sent to command the guards and infantry to deploy Cui Yanjin as the deputy capital, and Wang Renzhan as the deputy envoy of the privy council to supervise the army, and to control the forbidden army with 20,000 infantry and cavalry to support Wang Quanbin.

You must know that no one in the Great Song Dynasty at this time should be inspected, that is to say, among the three marshals of the forbidden army, except for Han Chongyun, the palace marshal, the foot marshal and the cavalry marshal were all sent over, and they were all under Wang Quanbin's control, which is not unimportant.

However, this force is indeed not much, Cui Yanjin and Liu Guangyi each brought 20,000 forbidden troops, and Wang Quanbin's loyal army itself has more than 40,000 people, even if there are no troops left in Guanzhong, it is only 80,000 people.

And then the strength of Shu, conservatively estimated should be more than 100,000, and the Jianmen Pass, which is known as the one husband and ten thousand people who can't be opened, when Jiang Wei only relied on 30,000 people, he entrusted Zhonghui's more than 100,000 troops to death, and now with 80,000 to 100,000, to be honest, it is really a little less.

But Zhao Kuangyin can't help it, he doesn't dare to send more people, who knows how long this battle will have to be fought, Shu Road is difficult, but not only is it difficult to get in, but it is also not easy to come out, in case he sends a large army to fight on Shu Road, when the Khitan is enjoying himself, he will not be able to get out, and he will lose his nest Kaifeng.

It is precisely because of this that after the Hou Shu side heard the news, their first reaction was not fear, but excitement, and Emperor Meng Chang and the privy envoy Wang Zhaoyuan almost put flowers to celebrate.

As I said before, Meng Chang has always been dissatisfied, his pro-army, that is called the Chai Army, Chai Rong's Chai Rong, his privy envoy Wang Zhaoyuan is even more bizarre, comparing himself with Zhuge Liang all day long, clamoring all day long that he will also go out of Qishan to the Central Plains in the Northern Expedition, and fight with the Great Song Dynasty, but unfortunately for various reasons, he has not been able to get what he wants and prove himself for so many years, and now the Song Army actually took the initiative to run over to die, haha, isn't this God help me?

Meng Chang appointed him as the commander of the southwest camp, and after drinking too much, he said: I should not stop defeating the enemy in this trip, and I should lead these twenty or thirty thousand carved evil children, and take the Central Plains as a backhand.

This is such a special neuropathy, 20,000 or 30,000 people will take the Central Plains.

At the same time, Wang Quanbin also released cruel words, "If Sichuan and Shu are in the sky, they can't be reached, and if they are on the ground, they will be swept away." ”

These overall situations have nothing to do with him, after all, the lineup sent by Zhao Kuangyin seems to be too strong, and even Cao Bin can only be the supervisor of the division all the way, and he must have no right to speak, but a particularly strange order made him frown.

Order, Sun Yue, the governor of Qinzhou, to the southwest to make Lu Duosun moderate.