At this time, there was a sound of ringing behind him, and I saw two beauties walking in through the side door accompanied by a group of maids.

"Pony, the backyard is too messy, I'll come and sit down!"

This is Emperor Rongde coming, because the guards are carrying suitcases, and it is inconvenient for her to stay in the back house, so she came to find her husband.

Emperor Rongde is Zhao Ji's second daughter, named Zhao Jinnu, married Cao Sheng a month before Li Yanqing married Cao Yun, both husband and wife like to travel in the mountains and rivers, always find all kinds of excuses to go out to play, this time they used the excuse to participate in the Zhongnan Mountain Dojo, came to Jingzhao to play, originally came last year, but it happened that Cao Sheng was busy with official business during that time, and it was delayed until this year.

Li Yanqing is the son-in-law of the Cao family, and his personal relationship with Cao Sheng is not bad, he has seen Zhao Jinnu a few times in the Horse Mansion, Zhao Jinnu has a cheerful personality, likes to joke, and is not an outsider, so Li Yanqing did not avoid it.

Cao Sheng got up and said with a smile: "Jin Nu, Yanqing is also here." ”

"Is Li Tongzhi also here?" Zhao Jinnu walked over with a smile.

Li Yanqing's smile froze, and behind Zhao Jinnu, he unexpectedly saw Emperor Maode's concubine Zhao Fujin, why did she also come.

Zhao Fujin didn't expect to meet Li Yanqing here, her pace slowed down slightly, her eyes were a little flustered, and now it seemed impossible to dodge again, so she had to lower her head and follow behind Zhao Jinnu.

Next to him, Zhao Gou stepped forward and said with a smile: "I forgot to tell you that Imperial Sister Mao De is also here." ”

Zhao Jinnu also stopped, she thought about it and smiled: "Li Tongzhi, you and my imperial sister should also know each other!" ”

Li Yanqing hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Li Yanqing sees the two emperors!" ”

Zhao Jinnu's personality is more arrogant, she waved her hand and smiled: "Anyway, it's not in the capital, so don't be so polite, Yanqing, you are a landlord, you have to treat us well!" ”

Li Yanqing also smiled: "This is my business, where do you two plan to go when you come to Guanzhong?" ”

"I don't know, anyway, let's play for ten days and half a month."

Zhao Gou was worried about the affairs of Western Xia, so he said: "You sit down and rest for a while, I have some things to deal with a little, and I will come over immediately." ”

He asked the eunuch to move a few chairs, he hurriedly walked to the study, and after a while, the eunuch brought five or six chairs and put them under the vines, Zhao Jinnu pulled his sister to sit down, and Li Yanqing also sat at the stone table, and asked Zhao Fujin with a smile: "Is it the first time for His Royal Highness Maode to come to Guanzhong?" ”

At this time, Zhao Fujin's face also returned to nature, and she smiled faintly: "West of Luoyang, I am here for the first time." ”

"If you come, just relax, but it's best to play in Guanzhong, and don't go to the north."

"Why?"

Zhao Jinnu's eyes widened, "I still plan to go to Yan'an Mansion to have a look!" ”

Li Yanqing said hesitantly: "The situation in the north has not been good recently, so it's best not to go." ”

"What's the bad situation, you make it clear!"

Zhao Jinnu saw that her husband's face was a little unnatural, so she glared at him and said, "Don Ma, tell me the truth, what happened?" ”

Cao Sheng sighed, "Yanqing just told me that the Western Xia and Jin Kingdoms are probably going to attack the Song Dynasty. ”

"No, it won't! Didn't the Western Xia just sign a withdrawal agreement with us? And the Jin State, isn't it an ally with the Song Dynasty? How can there be a war? ”

Zhao Jinnu was not worried about what the war would do to her, but was afraid that if the war broke out, her father would urge them to go back, and her plan to play would be in vain.

At this time, Zhao Fujin asked in a low voice: "May I ask Li Tongzhi, is this news accurate?" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "The news is accurate, it is estimated that within a month, the Jin Kingdom will probably attack Yanshan Mansion." ”

"Imperial sister, why don't we go back early!" Zhao Fujin said to the second sister a little uneasily.

Zhao Fujin was really unwilling in her heart, and finally came out and encountered this kind of thing again, she thought for a while and said: "Then we won't go to Yan'an Mansion, let's play near Jingzhao." ”

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "It should be fine near Jingzhao, it's hard to get out of it, and don't be in such a hurry to go back." ”

"Then Li Tongzhi is going to lead the army to the border?" Zhao Fujin asked again.

"I do have to lead the army to the border tomorrow!"

"Will there be a war with Western Xia?" Zhao Fujin asked with concern again.

"This ...... It's not clear yet, but the situation is certainly tense. ”

Zhao Jinnu glanced at the imperial sister and said with a smile: "Fujin cares so much about Li Tongzhi, why don't you go with him!" ”

Zhao Fujin's pretty face suddenly turned red with shame, and he quietly pinched Zhao Jinnu, "Second sister, what are you talking nonsense?" ”

Li Yanqing was also a little embarrassed, and hurriedly got up and said, "I still have to go to the barracks to order soldiers, you guys talk slowly, I'll go first." ”

He arched his hand, turned around and walked away quickly, Cao Sheng also quickly got up and followed, walked out of the atrium, Cao Sheng whispered to Li Yanqing: "Emperor Demao is also unlucky, less than twenty days before getting married, the kid of the Cai family actually died, and the emperor was so vain." ”

Li Yanqing did it extremely secretively, only Li Yanqing and Zhao Gou knew about it, and even Cao Sheng hid it, Cao Sheng really thought that Cai Jing's son was bitten to death by a snake.

Li Yanqing said lightly: "Since you haven't really got married, you should be able to remarry!" ”

"Of course, it's okay to remarry, but at least you have to wait for two years, and the official family also feels sorry for her daughter, so she specially promised her that she is allowed to choose her own husband, and it depends on who is chosen by her."

The two walked out of the gate, and Li Yanqing said to Cao Sheng: "I'm worried that the Jin soldiers will attack Taiyuan, so I suggest that you either stay in Jingzhao for the time being and wait and see the situation." ”

Cao Sheng shook his head, "This is not up to us, if the situation is critical, the official family will definitely call us back to Beijing, and we will not leave Jingzhao City these days." ”

"Oh well! I'll go first. ”

Cao Sheng patted Li Yanqing on the shoulder, "Take care all the way!" ”

Li Yanqing left quickly, Cao Sheng kept looking at Li Yanqing and walked away, and then returned to the mansion, the guards were still carrying their luggage, and the two emperors were sitting under the grape trellis and talking something.

"Husband, is what Li Tongzhi said true?" Zhao Jinnu asked anxiously.

"It should be true, the problem is not Western Xia, but the Jin Kingdom, if the war breaks out, the Great Song Dynasty will be in trouble!" Cao Sheng sighed again.

"What then?" Zhao Jinnu is usually very arrogant, but she is the emperor after all, and when she heard that the Great Song Dynasty was in trouble, she was also worried in her heart.

"Imperial sister, we must return to Beijing immediately!"

Zhao Gou strode out of the study, he had just written a pigeon letter for people to send away, but the stakes were so high that he decided to go back to Beijing in person.

"But... We have just come to Jingzhao. ”

At this time, Zhao Jinfu stepped forward and said, "Second sister, the imperial brother is right, we should go back to Beijing, now is not the time to play." ”

Although Zhao Jinnu was unwilling in her heart, she also knew that now was not the time to be willful, so she had to mutter, "Let's talk about it!" ”

At this time, a guard outside the door came to report, "Li Tongzhi sent someone to report the situation!" ”

Zhao Gou nodded, "Let him come over!" ”

After a while, Zhang Ying walked forward quickly and knelt down on one knee to salute, "

"See Your Highness!"

"General Zhang, what important information is there?" Zhao Gou asked.

"Your Highness, we have just received the latest urgent report from Yan'an Mansion that the 100,000 troops of Western Xia have arrived in Xiazhou City!"

Xiazhou City is the largest city on the border of Western Xia, and the arrival of 100,000 troops in Western Xia means that Western Xia has completely torn up the armistice and withdrawal agreement of Song Xia, Zhao Gou gritted his teeth with hatred, and turned around and ordered: "Pass my order, pack your luggage, and prepare to go to the capital!" ”

.........

Four days later, Li Yanqing led an army of 10,000 to Suizhou, while Han Shizhong and Tang Huai led 50,000 township troops with more than 1,000 carts and were slowly marching in the direction of Yan'an.

Suizhou is today's Suide County, which has always been the main battlefield of the Northern Song Dynasty and Western Xia, and Li Yanqing's first participation in the Battle of Song and Xia took place in Suizhou.

After nearly 100 years of operation, the Song Dynasty has established dozens of large and small defensive villages on the front line of Suizhou, much like the cottage of the black party, building walls according to the mountain, and digging caves on the mountain as military camps, and there are 20,000 troops stationed in these cottages all year round.

However, more than a year ago, the two countries signed an armistice and withdrawal agreement, and the two sides greatly reduced the border garrison, and only 3,000 people remained in the Suizhou garrison, and a large number of cottages were abandoned, but after Li Yanqing became the head of Yanyun Road, he redeployed his troops, although the total strength was limited by the treaty and did not increase, but at least there were soldiers stationed in each military village, as long as there were people stationed, there would be maintenance, and the military village would not fall into disrepair and collapse.

In the afternoon of this day, Li Yanqing led the army to arrive at the largest black stone village in the military village, which is about 30 miles away from the original Grand Canyon, because there is a huge black stone in the village and gets its name, this black stone is also called the flying stone, in fact, it is a meteorite, weighing 10,000 catties, the black stone village originally had more than 1,000 garrisons, plus family members, there were as many as 3,000 people, but after the redistribution of troops, there were only 300 people left in the black stone village, but it was under the jurisdiction of seven or eight military villages nearby.

Li Yanqing led the army to the foot of the mountain as soon as Wang Qing greeted him, Wang Qing was about forty years old, he was a partial general, with big shoulders and a round waist, and a burly physique, he was originally Liu Fa's general, after Liu Fa was killed, the rest of the army was marginalized by Tong Guan, and most of them were stationed in difficult places.

Wang Qing stepped forward quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Humble Wang Qing see the system!" ”

"Wang Zhizhai, please get up!"

Li Yanqing still has great respect for this soldier who has been guarding the frontier for 20 years, he turned over and dismounted, asked Wang Qing to get up, and asked: "What is the movement over there in Western Xia?" ”

The canyon is also divided into two, half is the territory of the Song Dynasty, and the other half belongs to the Western Xia, Wang Qing built two forts in the canyon, and deployed fifty soldiers to garrison, the responsibility of these soldiers is mainly to monitor the movements of the Western Xia army, if the Western Xia army attacks in a big way, they will definitely not be able to hold it.

"The forward sentinel sent the latest information yesterday, the enemy's main force is still in Xiazhou City, but the number of patrols has increased significantly, basically a team of 100 people, and a total of five patrol teams have been found so far."

Li Yanqing secretly thought in his heart, in terms of time, it has been six days since the Western Xia army arrived in Xiazhou City, and according to the normal situation, it will start to deploy after two days of rest, but now that six days have passed, the Western Xia army is still in Xiazhou City, which proves that Liang Anping is right, the Western Xia army is not very willing to go to war, at least not in the direction of Shaanxi Road.

In fact, Li Yanqing can also understand that with the current national strength of Western Xia, it is not able to compete with the Great Song Dynasty, and for the core asset of the Song Dynasty, Shaanxi Road, the Western Xia does not dare to act rashly for the time being, but the Longyou Hehuang area belongs to the marginal assets of the Song Dynasty, and it is also taken from the hands of the Western Xia.

Li Yanqing's inspection of Suizhou was more to verify the accuracy of Liang Anping's information, but what he really cared about was Yanshan Mansion, and the Jin State's large-scale attack on the Song Dynasty began with Yanshan Mansion.