This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

This was Du Wenhao's first feeling.

Although he has not yet discussed the price with Huizong, killing the reckless Empress Dowager Liang and replacing him with the pro-Song Emperor Xia Hui is in itself the result of the hope of the Great Song Dynasty, so even if there is no quid pro quo, Du Wenhao will use this opportunity to kill the Empress Dowager Liang and change the entire history!

After killing the Empress Dowager Liang, he had two choices, one was to support Emperor Xia Hui to regain imperial power. The second is that even Emperor Huizong was killed together and a puppet emperor was raised! This depends on the conditions offered by Emperor Huizong at that time.

The reason why Du Wenhao refused Gao Taotao to send five hundred ironclad cavalry to Western Xia with him was to let Western Xia relax his vigilance and take him by surprise. So he thought of using the newly formed special combat team.

These special combat teams had not yet carried out relevant training, and he did not know whether they could complete the task, so he decided to use this half day to conduct simulation training. This is called grinding the gun in battle, and it is not fast and light.

Therefore, after Du Wenhao met with the envoys of Western Xia, he postponed his departure to the next morning on the grounds of preparing gifts for his relatives. This gives you half a day for targeted training.

He said goodbye and left the palace, first came to Sanya, called Li Pu, and asked about the formation of the special combat team.

Li Pu told Du Wenhao that 2,000 people have been selected so far, and they are all the elite of the elite. Also absolutely loyal.

Empress Dowager Du Wenhao Liang invited him to see a doctor, and told Li Pu about his idea of preparing to launch a coup d'état in the Western Xia court. Li Pu also felt that although the plan was risky, it was a perfect opportunity to win in the face of danger. Du Wenhao asked him how to make a battle plan.

Li Pu said that after the founding of the Western Xia, the military and political systems of the Great Song Dynasty were fully introduced, and at the same time, a large number of imitations of the Great Song Dynasty were also imitated in architecture, especially the layout of the capital and the imperial palace, which was simply a miniature version of Kaifeng Bianliang. You can use the palace for drills. However, the specific residences of the emperor and the concubines are different.

Du Wenhao immediately found the floor plan of the capital and the palace, and Li Pu came to the Ministry of Rites, and found an official of the Ministry of Rites who had been to Xingqing Mansion and entered the Xixia Palace many times, and asked him to mark on the map the location of the residence of the emperor, the queen mother and the concubines in the palace, and the location of the imperial forest army and the inner guards of the imperial city on weekdays. and also said the difference between the palace of the capital of Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty.

This official made several missions to Western Xia and was well aware of these situations. The location is all standard and clear. It's just that I haven't seen a lot of the armament of the Western Xia Imperial Forest Army and the Ouchi guards, so I don't know how to mark it.

Du Wenhao took Li Pu to the training ground of the special combat team outside the city and met with the newly formed 2,000 special combat members.

Du Wenhao said: "Tomorrow, I need five hundred people to carry out a very dangerous mission, there is a possibility of death, if you are willing to go, please come out!" ”

Two thousand soldiers have taken a step forward!

When the special combat team was formed, Du Wenhao had already told Li Pu the purpose and requirements of the special combat team, and when Li Pu selected special combat personnel, the first condition was that he was not afraid of death. So none of these players retreated.

Du Wenhao nodded with satisfaction, and selected five hundred of them, almost all of them looked relatively ordinary, not easy to attract attention in the crowd, and they were relatively short and flexible.

He divided the 500 men into ten teams of 50 men each, and asked the team members to elect one of them to be the leader. He and Li Pu took the ten team leaders, changed into the clothes of Ouchi's guards, and led them to the palace. After showing them the schematic map of the palace, he led them around the palace to familiarize themselves with the situation.

After it was over, Du Wenhao asked the ten team leaders to take five hundred special combat members, all of whom changed into civilian clothes, did not carry any weapons, and secretly infiltrated Western Xia in various capacities, and rushed to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia, day and night.

Du Wenhao called twenty luxury carts from the palace, and said to the envoys of the Western Xia that they were for gifts such as gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin to welcome relatives, and let the envoys casually look at a few of the boxes, in fact, the large boxes filled with twenty carriages all have compartments, only the top surface is filled with silk and gold and silver jewelry, and the bottom is all filled with swords, bows and crossbows and other weapons.

Du Wenhao made proper arrangements, it was already evening, he returned home, called all the women, and said that he was going to Xixia and asked Lin Qingdai to accompany him.

Ke Yao was clamoring to follow, but Du Wenhao didn't agree with a straight face. Wang Runxue also said that she wanted to go to see the excitement, saying that she had never been to Xixia, Du Wenhao thought about it, Wang Runxue was full of sword and horse kung fu, maybe she could use it, so she agreed. It made Ke Yao pout, and the boss was unhappy.

In order not to attract the attention of the Tangut people, Du Wenhao deliberately only brought ten guards. In front of these ten are all elite soldiers in a hundred battles, they can all be ten with one, led by Xu Huaqiang.

Early the next morning, Du Wenhao took Lin Qingdai, Wang Runxue, and ten guards, drove twenty carts, and set off with the Western Xia envoys.

There were also two officials of the Ministry of Rites, and they also brought the five hundred palace front division royal forest army who escorted Prince Bingsheng of Western Xia. A group of people quickly raised their horses, and rushed to the Songxia border of Huanqing Jinglu Division in the starry night.

Within a day, I rushed to the Huanqing Economic Division.

Du Wenhao is the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, Lu Gongzhu, and the deputy commander-in-chief Qu Zhen led the troops out of more than 100 miles, and they were supposed to set up a banquet to entertain them, Du Wenhao was in a hurry to go to Xixia to treat the Empress Dowager Liang, where to take care of food, and even couldn't care about listening to the war report.

But there was one thing he had to do, and that was to meet Cai Jing's relative Cai Tou, who was doing business in Western Xia. Now Cai Tou has developed into the National Security Bureau of the Great Song Dynasty and served as the director.

This Cai Tou is a very shrewd kind of businessman at first glance, with a greasy face, smiling, nodding and bowing very humble, and he gave Du Wenhao a lot of strange treasures as a meeting gift. Although Du Wenhao doesn't value his gifts, he feels that this guy can still hand it over.

Therefore, Du Wenhao didn't care about saying more, let him go to Xixia with him, and allowed him to bring some goods by the way. Cai Tou hurriedly agreed, he had his own business in Xingqing Mansion and other towns in the capital of Western Xia, and hurriedly ran back to prepare several large truckloads of goods, and drove the cars into Du Wenhao's convoy, and went all the way to Western Xia.

The envoys of the Western Xia have sent people to rush back to the territory of the Western Xia to make a report to the prince Bingsheng, the prince of Bingsheng has rushed to the border in advance to wait, after Du Wenhao arrived, the two sides met, and showed each other their respective identity certificates.

Prince Bingsheng knelt down and cried, begging Du Wenhao to save his mother's life. Du Wenhao naturally agreed.

Bingsheng entered the territory of the Song Dynasty and was escorted back to the capital of Bianliang by 500 imperial forest troops. Western Xia also sent officials from the Ministry of Rites with three hundred heavy armored cavalry to greet and escort Du Wenhao to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia.

Entering the territory of Western Xia, the customs and customs gradually changed, and the people I saw along the way, the men were all shaved on the top of their heads, with pierced ears, and big silver earrings. is very similar to the dress in the TV series "Dragon Babu", and it seems that the director of the TV series still has an understanding of the ancient Western Xia costumes and hairstyles.

Most of the Xixia dwellings in the river valley area are adobe houses, and when they enter the grassland and desert areas, they are almost all tents, grazing cattle and sheep in herds, and from a distance, it is really like white clouds sprinkled on the grassland, which makes people feel refreshed and happy.

Du Wenhao didn't care about enjoying the scenery, this matter was related to the future of Song Xia, so he marched forward overnight.

It's just that the transportation in ancient times was too backward, and although they traveled day and night, they still received bad news two days away from Xingqing Mansion,—— Empress Dowager Liang died!

The officials of the Western Xia Ministry of Rites knelt on the ground and wept.

Du Wenhao naturally won't cry, but he has to pretend to wipe his tears. But I kept thinking in my heart.

Empress Dowager Liang died suddenly, disrupting her plans, what should I do?

Du Wenhao immediately asked Cai Tou to send someone to the capital to find out whether Emperor Huizong was in charge of the government, or if someone took over the power of the Empress Dowager Liang.

They walked forward for another day, and the Tanmalai newspaper that had rushed to the front had been heavily guarded in the capital, but so far it had not yet been announced that Emperor Huizong was in power, nor had any holy decree been issued. The military administration of the country was temporarily led by Liang Yikui, the son of the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Liang.

Du Wenhao understood that Emperor Huizong of Western Xia did not get the expected imperial power as he wished. If so, Huizong will definitely contact him. Du Wenhao decided to observe calmly first, and not to take risks blindly. Wait for the best time to make a move.

The officials of the Western Xia Ministry of Rites cried and hurried back, and the group continued to rush forward day and night.

When he was about to arrive at Xingqing Mansion, Li Pu took a few special combat team members, pretending to be Cai Tou's shopkeeper in Xingqing Mansion, and came to greet him and join Du Wenhao and them. Together they entered Xingqing Mansion in the capital of Western Xia.

Xingqing Mansion is incomparable to Bianliang, the scale and prosperity are much worse, and the population is much smaller, but it is the largest city in Western Xia.

At this moment, from more than ten miles outside the city, there were the Western Xia Imperial Forest Army guards, and after they entered the city, the high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Etiquette invited them to greet them, and welcomed them into the royal inn very politely.

The streets of the capital are full of patrolling soldiers, no less than the posture of Song Shenzong and the Empress Dowager Cao when they died. All people entering the city are strictly checked, and everything they bring is checked in detail.

Du Wenhao was an envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, and he was accompanied by officials of the Western Xia Ministry of Rites, so he was exempted from inspection when entering the city, and he passed all the way unimpeded. Du Wenhao was glad that he had been cautious before, and hid all his blades in the large cart box for transporting gifts.

Du Wenhao asked to see Xia Huizong, but he was politely declined, saying that he was organizing a funeral at the moment and would arrange a meeting in due course.

Du Wenhao's movements are not restricted, except for the imperial city, they can move freely in the capital, which is better, so as not to feel like they are under house arrest. However, everywhere he went, officials from the Ministry of Rites followed him with the Imperial Guards.

Wang Runxue and Lin Qingdai were full of curiosity about the capital of Xixia, and shouted for Du Wenhao to take them shopping. Du Wenhao took Lin Qingdai and Wang Runxue to wander around the streets of the capital.