Part 4 Crazy Against the Sky Chapter 4004

Chapter 4404: Tongue War

As soon as the Tibetan envoy came to the palace, he shouted in a thick voice: "He Yu Zhan, a word, the Han family is always verbose, I have been here for a month, you always hide from me, why is this?" ”

Zhang Shangying turned to the envoy of the Liao State and asked kindly: "How could your country come with the envoy of Tubo?" What a coincidence! ”

When Zhang Shangying asked, he didn't even look at the Xixia envoy, the Xixia envoy had an indignant expression on his face, the Liao envoy was more elegant than the Tubo envoy, he smiled lightly, and replied softly: "The lord of our country intends to mediate the war between your country and the Western Xia, and he has been outside the palace for a month. This kind of thing has never happened before, could it be that Song Guo thinks that our country can be insulted now? ”

Zhang Shangying waved his hand weakly, signaling Wang Qinruo to come forward to talk, Wang Qinruo smiled, and said loudly: "My country has sent Taiwei Tong Guan to your country as an envoy, hasn't the matter of mediation already been discussed - we refuse!" ”

The envoy of the Liao State smiled faintly and reminded softly: "This time, that time!" ”

The envoy of the Liao State is reminding the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty: In the past, you rejected the demands of our imperial court, but now it is different, the Shaanxi side is so 'fierce' and the Tibetan side has also begun to 'want' to move, at this moment, if the Great Song Dynasty still rudely refuses the mediation request of the Liao State, then the monarchs and ministers of the Liao State can't help but think: The Song side is deliberately contemptuous of the Liao State.

Of course, the reason why the Liao envoys were so active was because mediation was not free, and in mediation, on the one hand, they wanted to show their qualifications as the boss of the Central Plains and order the two subordinate countries called the ministers and tributes to stop fighting each other, so as to show their authority, and on the other hand, they also wanted to reap benefits through mediation.

Zhang Shangying was silent, Wang Qinruo also felt that it was difficult to answer, he looked outside the palace 'door', and never prayed so pious in his heart: "Hurry up, hurry up, as long as the news arrives as scheduled, I will know how to answer." ”

In the main hall, the ministers of the Song State sat upright like wood carved clay sculptures, neither in favor nor in refusal, as if they had not heard the words of the Liao envoy, and as if the envoys of the three kingdoms on the opposite side did not exist, the Tibetan envoy was even more arrogant, he rolled up his sleeves and shouted violently: "To fight or not, do we want to continue to fight or truce?" Please answer immediately, I didn't get an answer tonight, I will leave Beijing tomorrow, and then, Song Guo, wait for our army. ”

The roar of the Tibetan envoy made Xixia's waist stiff a lot, he walked to Huang Tingjian's table, looked at Huang Tingjian at close range, and said aggressively: "Huang Xiang, my Xia people do what they say, we say truce, and we have not added troops to Shaanxi since then." But the people below don't know the situation, they occasionally cross the border and offend, but our lord has already punished him, why doesn't Song Guo forgive......"

The envoy of the Liao State fanned the flames lightly: "Speaking of which, the Song State now looks down on people, in the past few years of vertebral trade, my Da Liao has suffered a lot of anger, of course, I also owe a lot of debts - the lord of our country means: Song Xia temporarily truces, as for the debts of our country, please also ask Song Guo to raise his noble hand and reduce one or two." ”

Perhaps Wang Qinruo's prayer has paid off, the privy envoy Liu Kui panted and rushed into the hall, he had just been sitting in the palace of Nanxun 'gate', waiting for the news from outside, at this time he held a piece of music, his face was full of 'spring' wind, and his face was happy. When he entered the hall, he was just about to open his mouth, and found that the envoys of the Three Kingdoms were there, so he slowed down, first walked to Zhang Shangying's ear and whispered a few words, and then handed the chapter to Huang Tingjian.

Wang Qinruo couldn't bear the 'sex', stretched his head to Huang Tingjian's side, and saw that there was only a short sentence on the chapter: "It is reported that the Taishi invaded Xingqing Mansion on the tenth day of the first month of March, and the lord of the Western Xia Kingdom hunted in the west. ”

After reading this short recital, Wang Qinruo couldn't help but blurt out: "That's it—it's so simple, what about the details?" ”

Huang Tingjian closed the chapter without moving, and there were three 'chickens' and 'feathers' pasted on the cover of the concert, which was the so-called 'chicken' and 'hair' letters, and the three 'chickens' and 'hairs' meant "eight hundred miles of urgency".

Liu Kui pointed to the 'chicken' and 'feather', and replied excitedly: "The reporter said: In order to let the imperial court get the news first, he was sent to report the news first, and other details from Shaanxi will be sent later. ”

Zhang Shangying took the concerto, first admired the 'chicken' and 'feathers' pasted on the concerto, and then cleared his throat and unfolded the concerto.

In the main hall, hearing Liu Kui mention the words of the seed master and the Shaanxi side, the envoys of the three kingdoms all pricked up their ears, they thought that Zhang Shangying cleared his throat and cleared the 'door' to read out the chapter, but he didn't expect Zhang Shangying to have no interest in reading it at all, he quickly glanced at the chapter, and then closed the chapter, handed it to Liu Kui, and answered Wang Qinruo's question at the same time: "Although there are few words, this sentence is enough, any thick ink and color, not as good as these words, it is really a thousand words - I have been waiting for many days, and finally have a good result, from this moment on." , lift the palace ban, and let everyone come and go freely. ”

Huang Tingjian nodded in agreement, Zhang Lei was not polite, he raised his feet and left: "Ouch, I've been hungry these days, the food in the palace is really unpalatable, I have lost more than ten pounds, but I have to go home and make up for it." ”

After Zhang Lei finished speaking, regardless of the smoke and walked out of the hall, the Xixia envoy looked at the performance of the ministers of the court with dissatisfaction, and the envoy of the Liao State couldn't stand it, he reminded sharply: "Huang Xiang, Zhang Xiang, we are talking about national affairs, today I finally saw the person who can call the shots of the Song Kingdom, please give us an answer." ”

Outside the hall 'door', there was a sudden cheer, the envoys of the three kingdoms turned their heads in astonishment, and then turned their faces, and found that the faces of the ministers of the Song State they faced were irrepressible joy, they didn't know why, and were about to open their mouths to ask, the prince of the prison country, King Yan, was out of breath, and crashed in, he was not as scrupulous as Liu Kui, as soon as he entered the 'door', no matter who was present, he opened his mouth and shouted: "I heard good news from Shaanxi." ”

Zhang Shangying nodded: "It's finally good news, you can tell the official family the news." ”

King Yan took a breath, only then did he find the envoy of the Three Kingdoms in the palace, he said hello to the envoy of the Three Kingdoms, the envoy of Tubo in line with the fashion of always respecting the nobles, returned the salute to the prince, the envoy of the Western Xia was concerned about the 'chaos', forgot to return the gift, the envoy of the Liao State was very hesitant to return the gift, he seemed to think for a moment, before absent-mindedly returning the salute.

I only heard King Yan rush to say again: "I was at the official house just now, and the official family was painting, and when I heard the summons from the eunuch, I stopped my pen and asked me to ask about the exact news." ”

Zhang Shangying stood up, he looked at Huang Tingjian with a smile, Huang Tingjian also stood up, and stood side by side with Zhang Shangying, the two ministers bowed their hands to the envoys of the Liao State together, and Zhang Shangying came forward to answer: "So that the king of your country will know that your country no longer needs to mediate, because the Western Xia no longer exists." ”

The Xixia envoy's face was like earth, his eyes widened in disbelief, and the Liao envoy was at a loss, and he replied in a panic: "Don't be kidding, such a big thing is not something that is casually said in the court." ”

Liu Kui cleared his throat and replied loudly: "On March 10, Zhao Xing, Zhao Liren, the Taishi of our State and Nanyang, led the army to break through Xingqing Mansion, and the lord of Western Xia went hunting in the West - this is not a joke, but an official military report. ”

At this moment, another eunuch ran in panting, holding another military report in his hand, and shouted: "The follow-up report of the Yanyan Road passing through the division of the army, please reply immediately." ”

Liu Kui triumphantly took the military report and read it aloud: "The pseudo-Xia Zuowei general, the Shizhou Jiedu envoy, the imperial 'attendant' speak, and the rear 'door' palace is on standby Li Mochou to surrender. ”

This series of news made the envoys of the Three Kingdoms unbelievable, but looking at the triumphant expressions of the ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, as if this was not a joke, they looked at each other, 'exchanged' and changed their eyes, and for a while, they couldn't believe the successive military reports of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhang Shangying waved his hand and ordered with full of anger: "Edict: Grant the request for surrender of the pseudo-Shizhou assassin history, and allow the front-line soldiers to be executed on the spot-if there is another similar incident, there is no need to ask the imperial court, and the front-line soldiers will deal with it on the spot." ”

Huang Tingjian nodded and replied in a deep voice: "I attach a signature (name)!" ”

Hanlin Zhou Bangyan jumped out of the palace, he wrote hard, and Liu Kui also shouted: "The Privy Council - the Privy Council is also attached." ”

The envoys of the three kingdoms below still couldn't believe it, and then, another eunuch ran in, Liu Kui took the third Shaanxi military newspaper handed by the other party, and said vulgarly in a nouveau riche like a show-off tone: "How is the military report from Shaanxi like, paragraph by paragraph, which is unpleasant." ”

After clearing his throat and clearing the 'door', Liu Kui unfolded the chapter and couldn't help but read it out with joy, mixed with a series of laughter that couldn't help it: "Yongxing Military Road, subordinate Yanyan Road...... I won't read the signature at the beginning of this, it's too verbose, let's jump directly to the text: We have received the exact news, on March 5, the Taishi 'forced' to surrender to the Black Mountain Weifu Military Division; the next day defeated the Baimaqiang Town Military Division; on the other day, the Keyi 'gate' was broken, the city was burned, and the entire army of the Chaoshun Military Division in the right wing was annihilated; around March 10, the Taishi attacked Xingqing Mansion and slaughtered it. The lord of Western Xia fled into Helan Mountain, and the dragoons were in pursuit. ”

Liu Kui's recital has not been finished yet, and another recital has been passed over, Liu Kui took it with his hand, smacked his lips unsatisfied, and continued: "It is Qin Fenglu's military report, it seems that Qin Fenglu has plenty of time, this military report is verbose, but the main content is: Qin Fenglu's current Western Xia soldiers are gone, he is trying to search, there are rumors that the river has seen the Taishi patrol fleet, Qin Fenglu intends to raise troops forward, and join the Taishi, and ask the Privy Council for permission. ”

The next document is like flowing water, and a eunuch will come in and hand over a proclamation, as more and more documents appear, the envoys of the Three Kingdoms slowly believe that this is not a joke, the Song army has indeed broken through the Xingqing Mansion, and the Western Xia soldiers on the south bank of the Yellow River have been 'chaotic' and 'chaotic', the soldiers can't find the generals, the generals can't find the soldiers, and the entire command system has collapsed.

The envoy of the Liao State muttered to himself: "First break the Black Mountain Weifu Military Division, that is, the army that set off from Hedong Road...... Strange, did Song Jun come from heaven? This Zhao Taishi is simply unnerving......"

Huang Tingjian cleared his throat and asked the envoy of the Liao State kindly: "After the alliance of the Yuanyuan, my Song State and the Liao State abide by the covenant and are at peace with each other, and now my Great Song Dynasty has recaptured Lingzhou, and your country's Dongshengzhou on the south bank of the Yellow River has become a lonely land...... Money is easy to discuss, I'm a big Song, not bad money. ”

The shocked envoy of the Liao State subconsciously agreed, and Zhang Shangying reminded softly: "Regarding the mediation of the Liao State, we have just replied, and now the Taiwei Tong Guan of the Liao State is still in the Liao State, and there is no need to discuss this matter. ”

The Liao envoy was at a loss, and the 'attendant' guard in the palace came to remind him that he didn't feel that it was time to leave, but the actions of the Xixia envoy reminded him. The envoy of the Western Xia had been listening to the repeated military reports of the Song State with a pale face just now, and at this time, he suddenly rushed to the feet of the two ministers, knelt on the ground, kowtowed again and again, and shouted: "The minister is a pseudo-Xia rebel minister, he does not know the dignity of the Heavenly Dynasty, and his words are offensive, so I beg the two ministers to forgive ......me."

The envoy of the Liao State sighed involuntarily, and subconsciously said: "Western Xia is dead!" ”

After speaking, the Liao envoy was taken aback by his own words, he glanced at the Tibetan envoy, and couldn't help repeating: "Western Xia is dead!" ”

The Tibetan envoy had long lost his arrogance, he looked at the endless stream of eunuchs in amazement, and echoed the words of the Liao envoy: "Western Xia is dead!" ”

After saying this, the Tibetan envoy was also taken aback by his words, his eyes widened in disbelief, he looked at the Liao envoy, and repeated: "Western Xia is dead, it is actually dead!" ”

A country, the national capital is not destroyed, and the exile government regains control of the country, and there is also - Zhou Tianzi is. But if a country's ruling class loses its backbone, it will still survive.

The envoy of the Liao State sighed, walked to the outside of the hall, and said to himself as he walked: "Today's Song State is already powerful and terrifying. ”

The Tibetan envoy was still standing in the hall, he shook his head and sighed repeatedly: "The summer died on the fifteenth!" The mighty Xia Kingdom was destroyed in fifteen days...... It turned out that the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty closed the palace in order to block the news of the transfer of the army - the death of the summer on the 15th, which is unavoidable...... It's unbelievable. ”

At this time, the envoys of the Western Xia Dynasty still knelt at the feet of the Great Song Dynasty and begged, the ministers of the Song Dynasty seemed to enjoy this feeling, King Yan glanced at the Tubo envoys triumphantly, and commanded: "You are the envoys of Tubo, that's right, you have no need to seek peace, Qingtang now belongs to the Great Song Dynasty, is the war or peace, that is our business, to the lord, hurry up and call the ministers to pay tribute, otherwise, my army will go to fetch it in person." ”

The Tibetan envoys were left with only the right to retreat.

On the side of the Xia Kingdom, the Iron 'Gate' Pass, Zhao Xing and the army are standing on the wall to look at the surrounding terrain, this Iron 'Gate' Pass is a gorge, both ends are steep cliffs, the long mountain road winds through the valley, Wen Xixing followed behind Zhao Xing, and the Iron 'Gate' Pass Xia Guo General followed behind Wen Xixing.

After Zhao Xing looked at the surrounding terrain, he called the guards of the iron 'gate' who came over to surrender and asked: "This is a big plain, but this iron 'gate' has a big mountain, the terrain here is dangerous, if the Xia army does not go from here, where will it go?" I think it's easy to get around this mountain. ”

The general guarding the pass did not answer, and Wen Xixing preemptively explained: "My lord, there will be no other way, the surrounding water is bitter, the salt and marinade are particularly strong, people can barely drink it, but the war horse can't." The only water that can be drunk nearby is Zuomura Ze outside the iron 'gate' and Wu Chi behind the gate. If the army wants to move, they should follow this road closely, so even if they know that it is not safe to close the iron 'gate', they must take the risk of taking this road. ”

Zhao Xing raised his horsewhip, pointed to the mountain beams on both sides of the wall, and said disapprerovitically: "Now is the era of gunpowder, if I have time, bury enough gunpowder on the cliffs on both sides, blow up the mountain beams on both sides, and bury the Xia army in the valley without a single soldier." ”

"But...... No! It was Lu Qiuguan who spoke, he was walking up the stone steps from under the wall, and replied as he walked: "Taishi, there is news that the military divisions of Xiazhou and Jianing have joined forces, and they did not wait for the military horses of Shizhou, so they began to move in the direction of the iron 'gate' pass, and according to the report of the sentinel on Zuo Cunze's side, traces of Xia army's activities have been found near Zuo Cunze. ”

After a pause, Lu Qiuguan continued to persuade: "I just heard that Taiwei intends to blow up the cliff and bury the mountain road, but I think it can't - Taiwei once told us the 'feudal war', the war in front of us is the feudal war, now the situation is clear, the Xia Kingdom has perished imminently, and this land will be governed by us in the future, and the iron 'gate' pass is the only road leading to Xingqing Mansion within a radius of thousands of miles nearby, within a thousand miles, only the well water here can be drunk, Taiwei is going to blow up the mountain beam, bury this mountain road, how many manpower does it take to dig it again?" The population of Xia is not large, and if we blow up and dig again, it will inevitably consume too much people's power, and if we don't dig up this mountain beam, our people will have to make a detour in the future, wouldn't it be troublesome. ”

Zhao Xing waved his horsewhip and sighed regretfully: "If we don't blow up the mountain beam, our son-in-law will use blood to block the advance of the enemy army." ”

Before the words fell, several gunshots rang out in the valley, and the scout reported: "Tai Lieutenant, more than 50,000 Xia troops are entering the valley in turn. ”

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