Weima asked with a bitter face, "What do you think?" ”

Du Wenhao waved his hand and said very simply: "Time is precious, I don't want to bargain slowly, we don't rent so much land, the cessed passage is wider, don't be like noodles." In this way, from the Shandan Racecourse to the Tubo border, and then turn around to the passage along my border, a hundred miles wide, and the Shandan Racecourse will be ceded to us together, and the rest of Ganzhou and Liangzhou will be leased to us, and the lease period will be ......, and it will be 50 years! The rent amount is paid twice the annual rate. The previously agreed New Year's Coins will not be paid separately. In addition, the soldiers and civilians previously captured by both sides will not be returned. According to the previous rules, I canonized Emperor Huizong as the king of Xia, you pay tribute, we reward, and the city is reopened, and you can also increase the port of the city according to the situation. - That's it, it's okay, it's not okay to pull it down! ”

The reason why Du Wenhao set fifty years is that he thinks that fifty years will give the Great Song Dynasty to rectify the army, which should be almost the same, and in history, more than forty years later, the Dajin Kingdom has risen and destroyed the Great Song Dynasty, and the remaining time of the Great Song Dynasty is less than fifty years, and it must become strong in fifty years, otherwise, it will be useless to have more time.

Wei Ma thought about it, although Liangzhou and Ganzhou are located in the Hetao Plain, originally a lot of undeveloped wasteland, plus close to the Song-Xia border, continuous wars, the border people were either plundered by the Song army, or fled, a lot of fertile land has been deserted, the value of the property of these two places is less than half of the annual coin, now it can be leased to the Great Song Dynasty at twice the rent, and it will be recovered after fifty years, which is equivalent to letting the Great Song Dynasty help develop, although the Great Song Dynasty has taken a lot of advantage, but it is also very cost-effective for the sparsely populated Western Xia.

Wei Ma nodded and said, "Okay!" That's it! I went back to report to the emperor, and wrote a secret decree in my own hand, stamped with the jade seal and gave it to you as evidence. After you help our emperor regain the imperial power, the two sides will formally sign an agreement. ”

"Good! Deal. - Now that the Empress Dowager Liang is dead, what else do you need us to do? ”

Originally, the Empress Dowager Liang and her younger brother Liang Yi buried the two of them, Liang Yi buried a few months ago and died, after the Empress Dowager Liang was seriously ill, she let Liang Yiburi's son Liang Yi take control of the military and political power. This Liang Yikui is even more arrogant than Liang Yiburi, and it is very difficult to deal with, we need you to help us kill Liang Yikui. ”

"Isn't it over if you send a killer to kill him for such a simple matter?"

Wei Ma smiled bitterly: "It would be nice if it was so simple, Liang Yibury has the power of the army, and there are a lot of guards around him, and others can't get close to him at all!" Besides, there is no one around the emperor who can take on this important responsibility. Moreover, there is still a group of henchmen in the Empress Dowager Liang's family, you have to help us cut them out, and at the same time announce the canonization of our emperor as the king of Western Xia, with the support of the Great Song Dynasty, the emperor will be able to smoothly take over the military and political power."

The Empress Dowager Gao Taotao has agreed to the canonization of the king of Western Xia, and directly announced that there is no problem by herself, using her own identity to kill Liang Yikui by surprise, the most important thing is to cut out Liang Yikui's henchmen together, which can't startle the snake, and find a way to catch it all, which has to be pondered carefully and make a good plan.

Du Wenhao said: "I understand, it's easier to just kill Liang Yikui." But to eradicate their henchmen together, there is some trouble, can you think of a way, gather them in the palace, so that we can do it. ”

Wei Ma was surprised and delighted, and asked in a low voice, "Have you already sent someone?" ”

"You don't have to worry about this, what you need to do is to gather Liang Yiqi and his cronies together, and tell me the situation, by the way, tell me in detail about the security situation in your imperial city."

"Good! I'll go back and report to the emperor, and after the arrangements are made, I'll come back and bring the warning map with me. ”

The two discussed it properly, and Wei Ma disguised herself as a woman again and went out with Cai Tou.

In the evening, Du Wenhao was anxiously waiting for news, and Weima finally returned. Tell Du Wenhao that Emperor Xia Hui has discussed with Liang Yikui, and tomorrow will hold a memorial ceremony for the ministers in the Fushou Palace of the Empress Dowager Liang. Liang Yikui and his henchmen, as well as the ministers of the DPRK and China, will attend. Liang Yiqi has agreed to let Du Wenhao participate in the memorial ceremony on behalf of the Great Song Dynasty. In order to keep it secret, the emperor did not tell those close ministers, and it was all up to Du Wenhao to deal with it.

Wei Ma took out the map of the palace again, and the location of the Ouchi guards and the Imperial Forest Army of the capital had been marked on it. This is much more detailed than what the official of the Song Dynasty Ministry of Rites labeled. With this map, Du Wenhao was determined.

The palace coup is just a struggle for power within the royal family, and for the ministers and the army, who becomes the emperor has little to do with them. Therefore, the forces that carried out the palace coup d'état were not numerous, but fine, and they had to be able to quickly control the political opponents and control the situation in a very short time. This map will be of great help to Du Wenhao in achieving this.

After sending Wei Ma away, Du Wenhao called Li Pu and Xu Huaqiang together to discuss the battle plan.

According to the information provided by Wei Ma, there were nearly 2,000 guards in front of the palace in the Western Xia Palace, and there were tens of thousands of Imperial Forest troops stationed in the capital. And the special combat team brought by Du Wenhao is only 500 people, and the disparity is huge, if you want to win, you can only surprise the soldiers!

Fortunately, the deployment map of the imperial palace and the capital has been obtained, and Emperor Huizong of Western Xia has summoned the ministers, including Liang Yikui and his henchmen, to pay tribute, and the personnel are relatively concentrated. The most important thing is that the Tangut people do not yet know that their hearts have infiltrated an elite journey.

At this time, any detail is a matter of success or failure, and must be carefully considered.

The three of them deliberated repeatedly and formulated a battle plan, on the question of how to let the blades hidden in the gift box be distributed to the special combat team members who had already infiltrated the city, Du Wenhao had already prepared, he asked Cai Tou to bring several carts of goods to Xingqing Mansion with him, and they went to the Royal Inn first, the purpose was to steal the beams and change the pillars, replace Cai Tou's goods with weapons, and then send them out of the Royal Inn. Goods leaving the Royal Inn are not inspected.

The most difficult thing in the battle plan is how to sneak into the palace, which is not easy to do, because after the death of the Empress Dowager Liang, Liang Yikui was the regent, so he moved into the palace to live, and the palace was heavily guarded, and the entry and exit of the palace were very strict, and it was too difficult to hide hundreds of people into the palace.

After thinking about it, the final choice could only be to hide the special combat team members in the big box of the dowry gift of the relatives and sneak into the palace, which was very risky, and the three of them pondered how to deal with it once they were discovered when they entered the palace.

Just when the three of them racked their brains to make a battle plan, the regent Liang Yiwei sent someone to invite Du Wenhao to discuss the matter of peace.

Du Wenhao was dumbfounded suddenly, at this time when he entered the palace, the special combat team members had not had time to hide in the gift box, and the weapons in the gift box had not had time to mix out of the royal inn and distribute them to the special combat team members. But it can't be postponed, so as not to be suspicious of the other party. Avoiding any suspicion from Liang Yiwei is the key to the success of this operation!

After a brief discussion, the three of them could only act on the opportunity. Li Pu was in charge of the preparation of the special combat team, and when the memorial service began tomorrow morning, the special combat team members were hidden in a large gift box and sent to the palace. If it is found by inspection, it can only be forced and fight to the death.

Du Wenhao asked the Xixia officials who came to invite him to wait, and he wanted to bring his wife and concubine with him, saying that this was the meaning of the Empress Dowager, and let them see how the Xixia princess was doing, and meet first. The official even said that this was the way it should be.

Du Wenhao called Wang Runxue and Lin Qingdai, briefly explained the entire incident and battle plan, and told the second daughter that she would have to respond to the palace this time. Only then did the two understand that they were not here for sightseeing, but to carry out a special mission, and it would be a fierce battle to meet them. However, the so-called art masters are bold, and the two daughters have been practicing martial arts since childhood, and although they are in the hinterland of the enemy, they are not afraid.

Du Wenhao knew that Lin Qingdai had the habit of carrying a knife, so he asked Lin Qingdai to leave the short blade with him and not to carry it with him, so as not to encounter a search when he entered the palace, and if it was exposed, it would arouse the vigilance of the other party.

Du Wenhao came out with his second daughter, and brought Xu Huaqiang and other guards to meet the Western Xia officials, and the official shook his head and said: "My lord, Lord Liang lives in the palace, let's wait a while to enter the palace, the safety of the adults is absolutely guaranteed, so the guards can only wait outside the palace gate after a while, and cannot enter the palace." Thank you for your understanding. ”

Du Wenhao nodded yes. Tell this official Empress Dowager to prepare some gifts for her relatives, and send them to the palace when it is almost dawn in a while. Then with the second daughter and ten guards, he followed the Western Xia officials straight to the outside of the palace. left the escort and only brought the second daughter into the palace.

The two daughters both learned from the Western Xia women, covered their faces with scarves, and followed Du Wenhao into the palace.

When they came inside, the soldiers in charge of the guard and the female officials of the palace inspected the three of them respectively, and the inspection was very strict.

Seeing this scene, Du Wenhao was even more worried in his heart, how to infiltrate the palace after a while.

The Xixia Palace is smaller than Kaifeng Bianliang, and at this moment there are layers of cards inside, which are more heavily guarded than originally imagined. It's impossible to get in.

Du Wenhao and the second daughter followed the official to the Renzheng Hall next to Fushou Palace. This is the temporary residence of the regent Liang Yikui. After another closer inspection, the three entered the main hall.

In the main hall, a fat man with a fat head and big ears sat in the middle position, and a young man with a sad face sat on the side, and beside him was a dignified woman.

On both sides of the main hall, there are two rows of Ouchi guards with knives.

It seems that the one in the middle should be Liang Yikui. Du Wenhao felt a chill in his heart, this Liang Yiwei was too cunning, and he had already prevented someone from taking advantage of the chaos to seize power, so even the top of the hall was guarded. I'm afraid that this battle will be very difficult to fight.

There was a leading officer next to him who made an introduction, and sure enough, the one in the middle was Liang Yikui, the regent of Western Xia, and the young man with a sad face next to him was Emperor Huizong of Western Xia who sent envoys to ally with him, and the woman next to him was his queen, also surnamed Liang.

Du Wenhao arched his hand and said: "Envoy Du Wenhao, with his wife and concubines Wang and Lin, this is a courtesy!" ”

Liang Yikui sneered: "You are really rude, when you see the emperor, you actually stand upright and don't kneel, and say that we are barbarians, I think you are really people who don't understand etiquette!" ”