After thinking for a moment, he admonished: "The attack must be fierce, but this battle is not to win, it must be steadily advanced, even if the Western Xia people retreat in a big way, they must not be easily pursued, no matter how the Xia people move, we just need to implement the established battle plan step by step." **Chinese Net* Overdrive update latest chapter* ()"

The machine of war immediately started, the whole territory of Shaanxi was mobilized, and the stunned Jing Zhaoyin, Yongxing Military Road Transit Envoy, and Qin Feng Military Road Transit Envoy felt that the situation was beyond their control, so they urgently reported to the imperial court, and the imperial court, after the deliberate delay of the privy envoy Liu Kui, also issued a reprimand, on the first day of the first month of March, the palace sent more than a dozen eunuchs to Shaanxi, Liu Kui watched the envoy go away on the Xuande Tower, and did not look back to himself: "Ma Duguan, I have kept my promise, and I have delayed enough for fifteen days, and the rest of the things, I need to do it. ”

Behind him, Ma Mengde replied with a smile: "Hou Tiju (Hou Meng) and Zhao Taishi are very grateful, and the envoy will personally visit the house in the next meeting." ”

Liu Kui nodded lightly, as if Ma Mengdi did not exist, and stepped down the Xuande Building. Ma Mengde's side, his son Ma Xi snorted, and said dissatisfiedly: "The imperial imperial examination ceremony in February, everything is busy, this official matter dragged on for fifteen days, it was easy for him, and afterwards he was gently thanked by the Nanyang Yamen and the Beiyang Yamen, Liu Kui also made a decent gentleman's appearance, which is really disgusting." ”

Ma Mengde waved his sleeves and looked at the soldiers on the left and right, it was the ghost army that maintained order on the Xuande Tower, and they were facing outside the palace wall, as if Ma Mengde did not exist. Ma Mengde was now unnoticed, and he reminded softly: "This matter is so important, and it is precisely because of the ease of delaying for fifteen days that Liu Kui can agree smoothly, but he doesn't know that this fifteen-day delay has no ...... Immediately notify the capital secret saucer, and say that our mission has been completed. ”

After a pause, Ma Mengde looked at his son and smiled kindly: "I have been in the capital for my father for twenty years, just for this day, after this matter is done, it is time for my father to go home and enjoy his old age, in the future, this world is your world, and the affairs in the capital, you will take over all the affairs tomorrow......"

On March 1, Zhao Xing boarded a boat in Yanshui Town, and at the same time, Yanlu sent an envoy to the imperial court to inform the Shaanxi Fourth Route that according to the instructions of the imperial court in previous years, it would preemptively launch a counterattack against Western Xia on March 1, but in fact, the fourth route agreed to attack on March 3.

When they arrived, the entire Yanshui town had been emptied, and the four roads moved strongly to the Western Xia as scheduled, and the Yanlu palace commander could be adapted to Longzhou, attacking the Wuyan City of the Jianing Military Division by land, and the division used Zhao Xing's remaining ships to go north along the Wuding River and attack the Yingzhou of the Xiangyou Military Division from the waterway.

At this moment, Zhao Xing passed through Suide and arrived at Yongbian Prefecture, the border between the Liao State and the Song State, and Luqiu Guan, who had been waiting there, greeted Zhao Xing and reported in a low voice: "Tai Lieutenant, the Wu Luo Ge Deer of the Yongbian Army has agreed with me that tomorrow the soldiers will be restrained in the camp for a whole day, and we will have a whole day to pass through the river to which the Yongbyon Army belongs.

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Zhao Xing shook his head: "I'm afraid one day is not enough." We have almost four thousand warships. It will take at least two days. ”

: Qiu Guan grinned: "Captain." No Brother Roe took the money. What is the difference between concealing one day and two days. It's a big deal to add a little more money to him afterwards. Please rest assured. Just wait for the sun to rise tomorrow. The lieutenant entered the ship. I'll negotiate with him for the rest. ”

Yuan Yeping stood beside Zhao Xing. Q: "How much did you spend?" ”

: Qiu Guan raised four fingers: "400,000 guan!" ”

Yuan Yeping gave a thumbs up and appreciated: "Value." 400,000 guan to buy a country. It's worth it. ”

At dawn. Zhao Xingdi's fleet hit the road. The whole riverside is quiet. Not even a human figure. Zhao Xingdi took a boat through the Yongbyon army. Embarked on the land of Liaoguo. Behind him. Thousands of boats advanced across the river. Dots of sail shadows cover the surface of the river. Startled countless white ducks in the reeds by the river.

In the sound of ducks, the Tatar girl came out of the cabin to the deck, she walked to Zhao Xing's side, knelt at Zhao Xing's feet, put her face on Zhao Xing's knees, pointed to the river and said, "After the Yongbian army, everything is fine." There were three armies in Dongshengzhou, the Yongbyon army stuck at the mouth of the Yellow River, and the Jinsu army and the Heqing army on the Western Xia border. The Yellow River penetrated deep into the land of Dongshengzhou, and although the Jin Su Army and the Heqing Army were in the south of the Yellow River, they had to cross a sea of sand to reach the Yellow River, so behind the Jin Su Army and the Heqing Army was a large blank area.

In the past, my people were chased by the Tangut people to the sky and had no way to go, so they secretly crossed the border of Dongshengzhou and circled in this area, and I knew several hiding places where I could hide the brigade of people......"

Zhao Xing smiled and nodded, he didn't know, he went all the way south from Yanshui Town, passing through Linzhou, Fuzhou, Suide Army, Baode Army, and Volcano Army. These armies were not notified in advance, and they were puzzled by this inexplicable army, because this army was coming from downstream, and they hurriedly inquired about the Suide army downstream, at this time, the important officers of the Suide army had already left, and only a few eunuchs sent by the imperial court were left in the barracks.

The eunuchs sent by the imperial court were at a loss, received the news of the reports of the various roads along the line, were shocked, and hurriedly rushed to the capital without looking back, and on March 10, the eunuchs rushed back to the capital, and the ministers of the imperial court were shocked when they received the news.

Huang Tingjian Taishan ran forward without changing his color, he sat there without saying a word. The doctor raised his face to the sky, and the mountain of the fat pot-bellied man hammered the mountain sounded, Liu Kui anxiously flipped the map, Zhang Shangying was already stupid, he sat on the chair, and muttered in disbelief: "It can't be wrong, this must be Zhao Liren's army, he passed through the Baode army, the volcano army, where is this going?" ”

"Liaoguo! Yongbyon Army! Liu Kui flipped through the map for a long time, and spit out these words in disbelief: "The only destination of this big river is the Ningbian army, according to the itinerary, he has now passed through the Yongbian army, everyone, the disaster is over, how should the Liao side deal with it?" ”

Zhang Shangying glared at Huang Tingjian sternly, Huang Tingjian shrugged his shoulders and said innocently: "I don't know!" I don't know! ”

Zhang Yi patted his stomach and said with a smile: "Why panic, the Liao side wants to negotiate, and it will be only in these few days, but I expect that since Zhao Liren dares to go against the river, maybe he has other arrangements." ”

Wang Qinchen jumped up and shouted angrily: "Severe punishment, such a big thing, why don't you say it in advance?" ”

Zhang Shangying didn't find the answer from Huang Tingjian, he looked sternly at the envoy sent to the capital by Shaanxi Fourth Road, the envoy of Yanlu shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and under Zhang Shangying's forced gaze, he replied easily: "From Yanshui Town, the boat does not travel twenty miles, and the Yellow River begins to diverge, heading to the west of the Dinghe, and going east is the main trunk of the Yellow River."

In the past, I had planned to attack the Xiangyou Military Division along the side of the Wuding River, and this plan was also approved by the Privy Council, and I guessed that perhaps the Taishi had read the wrong map and strayed into the main road of the Yellow River. ”

Zhang Shangying jumped up as if he had been stepped on by his tail and shouted, "Will he read the wrong map?" Zhao Liren will read the wrong map, why didn't he read the wrong map when he went to Nanyang, why didn't he read the wrong map when he went to the Wa Kingdom? Today, I actually read the wrong map in a ditch, you, you, you walked out of the Xuande Building, went to the street and asked a random person, to see if anyone in the capital believed that Zhao Liren would read the wrong map? ”

Yanlu made a hippie smile: "Just now Zhang Xianggong said in the ditch, Zhang Xiang, isn't there a sentence that the boat capsized in the gutter, maybe the Taishi really capsized in the gutter this time." ”

The envoys of the other three roads did not speak, but their faces were full of uncontrollable smiles, Zhang Shangying was still angry, and the king of Jian Guo Yan hurried into the hall, and he asked: "I just heard that Zhao Taishi led the fleet through the Suide army and the volcano army, is it really fake?" ”

The people in the hall didn't dare to answer, and Hanlin Zhou Bangyan said softly: "I'm afraid it's true." ”

King Yan was covered with beads of sweat: "Just now the Privy Council received a series of reports, saying that the four beast armies and dragoons belonging to the Nanyang Yamen have all arrived in Yanshui Town, then, Zhao Liren has brought all the troops of the Nanyang Yamen this time."

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Liu Kui shook his head lightly: "It's not counting all the troops, the ghost army is now guarding the palace in the palace, the Ping Demon Army is in Dali, and five of the seven fleets belonging to Nanyang have sailed to Arabia. ”

King Yan took a breath: "That is to say, the forces of the Nanyang Yamen Navy have all gone to Nanyang, and most of the army has rushed to Yanshui Town, and now there are only two armies in the country, do the Liao people know about this?" ”

Zhang Shangying shouted nervously: "Can't let them know...... Quickly transfer the troops of the Beiyang Yamen into Beijing Gongwei. ”

Zhang patted his belly, and after attracting everyone's attention, he whispered: "Zhao Liren once said in the past that the Liao people have been corrupted. ”

Huang Tingjian's eyes lit up, Zhang Shangying hurriedly asked like grasping a life-saving straw: "What do you mean?" ”

Zhang raised his fat finger and smiled innocently: "The military newspaper said that Zhao Liren left on March 1, speculating on the itinerary, he should cross the Yongbian army before March 5, and the last report of the Volcano Army was March 6, this fleet traveled very fast, and the army along the way reported that this group of troops was wearing black coats outside, and they were not wearing Fan Yang hats on their heads, but they were a bit similar to the steel helmets of Nanyang Yamen.

We can now be sure that this army is the Four Beast Army under the jurisdiction of the Nanyang Yamen, as well as the rest of the Iron Army, and the Volcano Army finally reported that there were no ships on the river, and this army was nowhere to be found, that is, they passed through the Yongbyon Army smoothly. And the Liao side has not reacted so far. ”

After Zhang finished speaking, he glanced at Liu Kui, and Liu Kui nodded in agreement: "Today is March 10, and if there is news in Zhending Mansion and the border states and counties on Hedong Road, it should have been sent to the urgent report a long time ago." But now the strange thing is that the Liao side seems to have no reaction, this army disappeared, and they appeared strangely on the surface of the Yellow River, and disappeared without a trace. ”

Zhang patted his belly and emphasized with a smile: "So we can't say it either!" ”

Zhang Shangying hurriedly agreed: "More things are better than less things, and if the people of Liao don't make representations, we must not say it." ”

Huang Tingjian had already sorted out his thoughts at this time, he slowly glanced at the envoy of Shaanxi Fourth Road, and added: "Now it can be determined that Shaanxi Fourth Road has long colluded with Zhao Liren, and it can even be said that they know where Zhao Liren went, but they just don't want to say it In fact, since Zhao Liren has arrived on the river, will he fight Liao?" ”

Zhang Shangying froze and shook his head slightly, King Yan was anxious, and blurted out: "Although Zhao Liren is domineering, I know that I am afraid he will not be able to do the matter of private provocation." ”

Liu Kui also thought clearly about Zhao Xing's Buchu, he pointed to the four Shaanxi envoys in the palace, and replied: "It must be Western Xia, these four people came here to pretend to be crazy and stupid, then Zhao Liren could not have gone elsewhere, it must be Western Xia." ”

After Liu Kui finished speaking, he rushed to the map, compared it along the Yellow River, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Wonderful hand, Dongshengzhou actually has such a big gap, why didn't I show up." The Jinsu army, the Heqing army, and the Yongbyon army of the Liao State were all on the border, and as long as they stole the Yongbyon army, the fleet sailed into the sand sea ......"

Liu Kui drew a big bend in Dongshengzhou along the Yellow River, and knocked his fingers heavily on the border of Western Xia: "Mu Na Mountain, the Mu Na Mountain City of the Tiande Army, Zhao Liren has now arrived at Mu Na Mountain City." ”

Huang Tingjian smiled and said slowly: "Now, what we want to discuss is, how to reward this battle exploit? ”

Liu Kui reacted first, and he immediately answered: "Privy Council"

He paused, put special emphasis on the Privy Council, and continued: "The Privy Council agreed last year to the plan of a full-scale counteroffensive in Shaanxi, and since two years ago it has begun to allocate supplies and praise the war. ”

Yan Wang leaned on the map and continued to compare with Liu Kui's finger prints just now, his fingers drew a circle, and finally stopped somewhere on the map, and gasped: "Xingqing Mansion!" ”

As soon as this word came out, everyone understood why Liu Kui was so impatient just now, Zhang Shangying's face changed, and he looked at Huang Tingjian eagerly, as if asking for support: "Huang Xiang, Zhao Taishi enjoys a hundred victories, this time since he has passed the Yongbian army safely, do you think he has broken into the territory of Western Xia?" ”

Liu Kui didn't wait for Huang Tingjian to answer, and immediately interjected: "Yes, absolutely will, Zhao Liren is good at taking advantage of the situation, since he has moved, this battle must be a certainty, maybe now the Tiande army has fallen." ”

Zhang Shangying nodded with a smile, and Huang Tingjian continued slowly: "Zhao Liren has no reward, I remember that he asked the imperial court in advance to keep the news of his trip to Yanlu secret?" ”

Zhang Shangying's face bloomed with a smile, and he nodded frequently: "Of course, the imperial court agreed to his performance as he asked." ”

Zhang Shangying was talking nonsense with his eyes open, and King Yan's unconsciously reluctantly revealed the real reason why he said this: "A hundred years of strong enemies will end in our hands, and we will wait and leave a name in history as a generation of famous ministers, I hope no, Zhao Taishi will definitely be able to clear the West Corridor." ”

King Yan's words attracted everyone's heads, and Zhang Shangying summoned Zhou Bangyan with a smile: "Zhou Hanlin, how to write the answer in the hall today?" ”

Zhou Bangyan was interested, and immediately replied vaguely: "Xiaguan must have a wonderful pen!" ”

Zhang Shangying told again: "Then immediately make up the edict for Shaanxi Zhulu and remember, you must fill in the date." ”

Kui immediately nodded: "That's right, my Privy Council has long been in secret with the Shaanxi generals to keep secrets, so that the army will go out first, and the imperial court will pursue the edict, in fact, the court ministers have already discussed it properly, and this edict has been entrusted to the lower officials a few days in advance, and the lower officials will seal it by themselves......"

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Before the war began, a group of officials had already begun to divide up the fruits of victory, this was because they knew that Zhao Xing had been promoted beyond promotion, and if such an official made great achievements, the imperial court could only kill him in order to reward him for his meritorious service, so as to avoid his threat to the imperial court.

After Cai Jing stepped down, the new cabinet of the Great Song Dynasty was busy wiping the ass of the emperor and Cai Jing, and it was precisely in need of such a victory in foreign wars to show their achievements. Song and Xia have been holding each other for a hundred years, if Zhao Xing wins this attack, then this generation of ministers, up and down no one is left behind, it is inevitable to be recorded by Shi Nong, now, can snatch a little more credit for themselves, will inevitably occupy a greater share in the historical records, so the officials each spared no effort, try their best to show their prophets, show their old scheming, so, Zhao Xing did not notify the court in advance, with an edict from the court secretly arrived in Yanlu to preside over the war, It is said that it is a pre-planned plan by the ministers of the imperial court, and it is a secrecy measure specially set up by the imperial court......

But after all, the imperial court was still afraid of Zhao Xing, and after the victory was divided, King Yan spoke first: "You should reward him with the country!" ”

King Yan didn't name him, but everyone knew what he was talking about, Zhang Shangying's eyes swept to the map in Liu Kui's hand, this map was presented by the Nanyang Yamen, and the map not only indicated the current Great Song Dynasty, but also marked the control area of the Great Song Dynasty. Zhang Shangying searched for a long time, his eyes fell on a point on the map, he pondered and said: "A few years ago, Goryeo entered Tamna Island, and the imperial court has not expressed its position, this overseas land is troublesome to govern, and there is not much oil and water, so it is better to use this island as his fiefdom......"

Everyone applauded, and King Yan was still unsatisfied, and added: "The promotion of the Nanyang Yamen with the title of Duke of the State is inevitably too authoritative......"

Huang Tingjian immediately interjected: "Zhao Liren has gone to Yan, Shuai Fan is still there, Wan Qianyong is also there, these two have presided over the Nanyang Yamen for many years, and they will succeed them, presumably Zhao Liren will not mind." ”

Replacing the strong Zhao Xing with a relatively weak official is also in line with the wishes of the imperial court. Of course, according to Zhao Xing's strength, if the succession of the Nanyang Yamen did not meet his wishes, I am afraid he would not agree, so King Yan did not hesitate to make this proposal, and hurriedly finalized: "That is the case, the imperial court immediately issued an edict, and Wan Qi Yongquan will raise it on behalf of the Nanyang Yamen." ”

This is a seizure of power while Zhao Xing is not there, but now it can only be like this, Huang Tingjian hesitated slightly, nodded reluctantly, Wang Qinchen sighed, silent, Zhang Haha smiled, and he couldn't tell how bitter it was in his laughter: "In this way, in the battle to destroy Xia, everyone has gained, but Zhao Liren has lost the most." ”

As soon as Zhang said this, everyone was a little embarrassed, and Huang Tingjian was also a little embarrassed, but he insisted on adding: "Since the secrecy in the early stage is so perfect, I think that secrecy needs to be strengthened now, from now on, the officials present will not leave the palace, and they will not be allowed to communicate with the outside world." ”

King Yan slapped the table and agreed: "That's right, please sign the two ministers together, and immediately order the palace to be closed, and you and I are here waiting for news from the front line...... Presumably, at this time, the follow-up news should also come. ”

Huang Tingjian looked up at the northwest and smiled bitterly: "It's time to come, it's time to come in the next few days." ”

Dongshengzhou, the Yellow River ushered in another sunrise, on the Great Plains, the morning sun appeared extraordinarily huge, Zhao Xing stood in the bow of the boat, looking at the sunrise scenery, muttering to himself, he turned back to the bard Buffett and said: "We have an ancient poem in China, saying 'the desert is lonely and the smoke is straight, the sun sets on the long river', you see, the scene in front of you, there are no words more appropriate than this sentence, it is so beautiful!" ”

Warren Buffett plucked the six-stringed piano and asked, "What about the smoke, I only saw the sun, but not the sunset, but the rising sun, where is the smoke?" ”

Zhao Xing turned around and pointed in the direction of the fleet, in the distance, on the edge of the sky, under the imprint of the morning glow, a straight wolf smoke rose high into the sky, under the red sky, the black smoke was particularly conspicuous, which reflected the scene in front of him even more, adding a poignant atmosphere.

With the rise of this wolf smoke, and then, near the sky, one after another wolf smoke gradually rose into the air, rows of wolf smoke, as if the goldfish lined up in the sea spewed out the water column, the morning glow, the lonely smoke, the pale yellow earth, the lonely white clouds, the occasional fare frightened by the fleet, the reeds in the wind, making all this seem picturesque.

On the mast of the fleet, a sailor raised his horn and blew the mournful military horn vigorously, and then the captain trotted to Zhao Xing's side and reported loudly: "The front is twenty miles away from the Tiande army, and the Tiande army has lit the wolf smoke, please give the Taishi an order." ”

Zhao Xing lazily flicked his fingers a few times and ordered: "Plan No. 1!" ”

The officer repeated aloud: "Plan No. 1: The fleet is not allowed to stop, and each ship is ready for shelling in turn, and when it enters the shelling distance, it shells in turn, and after exceeding the shelling distance, stop shooting." ”

Zhao Xing nodded, the captain turned around, and ordered the sailors: "Raise the signal flag, plan No. 1!" ”

The ancients said that "looking at the mountain and running a dead horse" means that on the great plain, when you see a mountain beam, you may not be able to reach the foot of the mountain after running for ten days and a half months.

This is exactly what we are talking about.

The Yellow River has nine meanders, there are more twists and turns in the Hetao, the place where the wolf smoke rises does not seem to be far away, the fleet has a few bends, and the Tiande Fort and the wolf smoke of the Tiande Fort can already be seen vividly by the river, but this clarity is not within reach, and the fleet still has a long way to go.

Zhao Xing's fleet came from the east, Tiandebao was in the west, the scale of this fleet was too large, under the red glow in the morning, the white sails of the fleet were like a large number of locusts, it was very clear, Tiandebao did not know the origin of the fleet, but such a large fleet walked on the Yellow River, and it was against the current, obviously ill-intentioned, therefore, Tiandebao took the lead in lighting the wolf smoke, and then, the beacon tower in the entire Xia Kingdom was like a relay race, and the wolf smoke rose one after another. However, the contact battle between the two sides will not wait until noon.

At noon, the fleet approached Tiandebao, a wide river with a two-kilometre channel for ships, and as the Song ships approached, the fleet began to adjust their order in turn, and at the same time, they were ready for shelling. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, 8.) More chapters, support**Chinese network*! )