When he arrived at the yamen, the big and small officials saw that he had a long face, his brows were twisted, and he looked like he was in a hurry, and they all saluted far away. Go to the second hall and go directly to Zhang Qing's office hall. When the latter saw him coming, he stepped forward and said, "How? Is the baby better? What is it? ””

Xu Wei waved his hand impatiently: "Don't mention it, it's troublesome!" Say, "What's the matter?" ””

Zhang Qing turned around and picked up an official document on the desk and handed it over, "It's still Xihe." Xu Wei took a look, it was the emergency military information transmitted by the Xihe Shuai Si with the silver medal fast horse. Ten days ago, "Ren Duoquan City's Yi Shenglong raised tens of thousands of troops to raid Maoniucheng, and defeated the reinforcements of Xining Prefecture, broke through the city, and knew that Maoniucheng Duan Hong was killed, and the soldiers of the department died or surrendered, and the whole army was annihilated. At the same time as Yao Pingzhong reported, he had already ordered the Xihe army to assemble "just wait for the order of the Formation Division" to go to take revenge.

Xu Wei looked at it, perhaps because he was upset, threw the official document into a ball on the ground, and scolded: "Fuck it!" ”

"Last year, the Tubo people in Renduoquan City encountered a chūn famine, and they were not able to catch the green and yellow, so they plundered the border. This time, the Yi Shengren Dragon actually raised tens of thousands of people, "It seems that it was our Huairou who made him taste dessert." Zhang Qingdao.

Xu Wei gritted his teeth and said: "I want that thief" to hold only tens of thousands, and he actually sent tens of thousands of soldiers to attack Maoniucheng, ào damn party members, and come with me really! "What does the Taiwei mean is that this was instigated by Lord Xia? Zhang Qing asked.

"After being defeated by Li Yuanhao, some of the six valleys of Liangzhou Tubo switched to Xihe, and the rest were subordinated to the party. Last time, the Tubo people in Renduoquan City committed a border, which can be said to be an unauthorized action for food. How do you explain it this time? Damn, Renduoquan City was originally the land of Shaanxi, and the party people took advantage of the Xihe army to aid King Qin, and attacked and seized it. Over the years, "we patronized the bloody war with the Jurchens, but we didn't care about it." Now he actually came to brush the tiger's whiskers, "Lao Tzu destroyed it!" Xu Wei shouted.

Zhang Qing saw that Xu Wei was angry, and it was estimated that it had something to do with his current mood, so he pondered for a long time and persuaded: "Do you want to think about it again?" The most important task for Shaanxi now is to restore and rebuild, and it is not possible to rashly raise troops. ””

"That's also the scoring situation" Now that people are knocking on the door, is it possible that the Western Army is shrinking its head? Last year, I gave him grain, grass, cattle and sheep, "Didn't he take this as a "New Year's coin," he said. Straight sissy thief, you have to uproot it! Xu Wei said angrily.

Seeing this, Zhang Qing didn't want to say more, but said: "Then take care of the relationship with Western Xia" Is it to give the Xia Lord a breath first? ””

"Fart! Now the party members feel good about themselves, thinking that everyone is begging him! Don't give him a look, "He didn't know that Lord Ma had three eyes!" Order Yao Pingzhong! Take back Cat Cow City for me! ", Xu Wei ordered.

Zijin Tiger made a fire in the yamen, "After all, he was still thinking about his daughter, and he hurried home after a while." As soon as I entered the yard, I didn't even get to the front of the house" when I heard Xu Na's cry. My heart tightened, and I hurried forward.

When I entered the door, I saw that Zhang Jiuyue, Xu Xiuping, and Zhu Jilan were all there, as well as the eldest daughter Xu Yan, and several shì maids fù were all in a group.

In September, she clamped her daughter with tuǐ to prevent her from moving, and Xu Nòngping, an aunt, was pinching her niece's nose and pouring water on her with a teacup. Poor baby, pour a mouthful, choke a mouthful, cry a few times, and struggle non-stop.

"What's going on? What's going on? Xu Wei asked loudly.

He roared, "The women in the room were so frightened that they didn't dare to make a sound, Xu Xiuping looked back and scolded: "What are you yelling at?" Ate gunpowder? "How to give the baby a hard pour? Xu Wei stepped forward and asked.

Because of him, Zhang Jiujiu was distracted, "Xu Na Leng couldn't help but break free, and pounced on his father for help, hugging Xu Wei and calling his father." Xu Wei picked her up and was about to speak, when he suddenly turned his gaze to his daughter and said in surprise: "My daughter doesn't hurt anymore?" ””

"It's a shame that Ji Lan thought of a way to "drink water and jump again", anyway, it suddenly didn't hurt much. When we see that it works, "let the girl continue to drink" How can she understand the doll's house? I only knew that my stomach was swollen and I didn't want to drink, so I couldn't help it, so I poured it hard. Xu Xiuping explained.

"Sister, have you caught the medicine?" Xu Wei asked.

"Catch, it's boiling in the kitchen." , Xu Xiuping wiped her sweat, seeing that this little girl made them work hard.

Seeing that his daughter's pain was not so bad, Xu Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief and coaxed Xu Na: "Good daughter, drink more water so that your stomach won't hurt, you see how uncomfortable your pain was before?" Still want to hurt? ””

Xu Xian's eyes were teary, and she shook her head and said, "I don't want to." ””

That's right, listen to your mother and aunt, "Dad asked you to buy you something delicious, okay?" Xu Wei coaxed again.

Xu Xian didn't speak, "After thinking about it, "that little head shook so much that the people couldn't help laughing." Xu Xiuping stepped forward and said, "It's useless, are you a man better than our fù Taoist family?" After saying all the good things, I just refuse to drink anymore, "Come, keep pouring." ””

Xu Wei sighed, touched his daughter's little face with his forehead, and handed her over to her aunt. So "the women were working again with their hands and feet." Xu Wei couldn't help much," and then exited the room with interest.

After a long while, I could only hear Xu Xiuping's big voice shouting: "Oh, niào!" ””

I heard Zhang Jiujiu call again: "Hurry up" and get the toilet! ””

There was a noise in the room, mixed with Xu Na's intermittent crying, and after a while, Zhu Jilan's voice came: "There is one." ””

"Which? Where? Hey, there's one! There really is one! Now it's good! Xu Xiuping shouted again.

Xu Wei was anxious when he heard this, and it was not easy to go in to see, so he waited left and right, and waited until Zhu Jilan led the shì woman Fangxiu out. Seeing Xu Wei standing in the corridor, the concubine was blessed.

Xu Wei suddenly felt a little embarrassed, he was worried about his daughter's illness before, and Zhu Jilan's attitude was not very good when he came. But this time, thanks to her, "If she hadn't come up with this solution, Xu Na didn't know how long it would hurt." Thinking of this" Xu Wei stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help, saying, "Thanks to you." ””

"Don't dare." Zhu Jilan replied timidly.

Xu Wei knew that she was at a distance from herself, and said, "It's all your own family, why do you always have to be so polite?" I, Xu Jiu, am not blue-faced and fanged, "The fierce god with three heads and six arms, right?" Besides, I've been "born pretty well" for a long time. As soon as the words fell, Zhu Jilan didn't do much, and Fang Xiu burst out laughing. Xu Weibai glanced at her and looked at Zhu Jilan, who didn't know how to answer, so he had to answer: "Yes." "If you hadn't come up with this solution today, you would have died in a hurry. It's just different from what you've read, you don't even know how to do it? Xu Wei asked.

Zhu Jilan smiled slightly: "Where does the slave family know what medical skills, but they have suffered from such a disease before" So I just happened to know the method. I heard that the little lady was sick" and asked about the symptoms again, and I wanted to visit" but I was afraid of being abrupt. But after thinking about it, I knew that the pain was fatal, so I came hard-headed, but fortunately, I hit it by mistake and hit it right. ””

Xu Wei saw her smile for the first time, "I can't help but be a little distracted" After Zhu Jilan found out, her face turned red and she quickly lowered her head.

"Oh, what did I hear it called just now, and what is it?" , Xu Wei asked casually.

Who knew this question, Zhu Jilan's face was even redder, and he said, "Bending his knees" and saying: "If nothing happens, the slave family will go back to the room." ””

"Go ahead." Xu Wei was not reluctant. It's just that when Zhu Jilan passed by him, "Zijin Hu grabbed her hand. At this time, "Xu Xiuping came out with a toilet" happened to bump into this scene, and after being stunned, "without saying a word", he turned his head back with the toilet and went back.

"Captain." Zhu Jilan blushed and twitched her hand gently.

Only then did Xu Wei let go, "I saw that she led the woman away in a hurry, looking at the curly posture behind her back" Zijin Hu suddenly felt that this woman still had a lot of merit.

In April of the seventh year of Jianwu, the lord of Renduoquan City, which was occupied by the Western Xia, "one of the leaders of the Six Valleys after the fall of Tubo", "Yi Shengzhilong", once again sent troops to invade the border of the Great Song Dynasty. Different from last year's small fight, this time "he gathered tens of thousands of horses, and broke through Maoniu City in one fell swoop, killed the city lord Duan Hong, plundered the city and the surrounding area, captured more than 1,000 Qiang people and retreated to the area of Renduoquan City."

Xu Weijun ordered to reach the Xihe River, and Yao Pingzhong sent his deputy marshal Guan Shigu to lead his troops to Maoniu City, "What I saw was an empty city. The Yi Shenglong not only broke through the city and killed the city lord, but also forcibly moved all the nearby clans to Renduoquan City, making the area around Maoniu City a ghost land.

Because Xu Wei only ordered the Xihe army to recapture Maoniu City, and did not give further instructions, although Yao Pingzhong gathered 20,000 elite infantry troops, "he did not dare to make his own decisions." Camp your troops in Xining Prefecture and wait for follow-up orders.

The day after Xu Wei received the military report, he convened a military meeting of the Department of Preparation and Establishment, and Yao Bilong, who rushed to Qinzhou from Xizhou to report an emergency, also attended. At the meeting, "Ma Kuo, proceeding from diplomatic relations with Western Xia, did not support the use of troops against Renduoquan City, and only suggested that the Xihe troops should hold the pass of the city as a defense." However, "Yao Bilong, the commander of the Xihe Army, gave a detailed introduction to the situation in Renduoquan City to the director of the Department of Preparation.

This city was the pass at which the Western Xia prevented the Song army from entering the Xihai (Qinghai Lake) area, and it led directly to the Hexi Corridor two hundred miles to the north. Its strategic significance is very significant, so "the party will take advantage of the opportunity of the Song and Jin troops to invade." However, because of the many years of war with the Great Song Dynasty, the Western Xia was unable to defend this place, so they moved the remnants of the Tubo people of the Liugu Department of Liangzhou to settle here to block the Song army.

Previously, when Wang Yishuai Xihe, he had recaptured the city fortress that had been occupied by the Xia army many times, but Renduoquan City was not inferior to the Xihe army because of the Yi Shenglong in the town, and in the previous period, Shaanxi was friendly with the Western Xia, so the Xihe Shuai Division did not say much. But now, "Yi Sheng's Dragon has committed crimes for two consecutive years, and this time he is even more daring, capturing my Cat Niu City and killing my city lord Duan Hong, how can I not take revenge?" Moreover, it is time to take this opportunity to seize the area around Renduoquan City and control this strategic point!

Xu Wei actually didn't pay much attention to Yao Bilong's opinion at this time, he only thought about two things. First, if the Tibetan people have invaded the border one after another and killed our officers and border people, if they are not punished, where is the military prestige of the Western Army? Second, in order not to make the western army fall into the situation of long journeys and expeditions to other lands, and to prevent the people of Sichuan and Shaanxi from tightening their belts, paying money and grain, and transporting grain and grass, and the tragic situation of the dead resting on their backs, "more importantly, and in order to accumulate their own strength, this battle must also be fought."

At this military meeting, Xu Wei decided to rely mainly on the strength of Xihe Shuaisi to launch a campaign to seize Renduoquan City and fight against the Tubo tribes. To this end, he will personally go to the front line to supervise the battle. Yao Bilong was ordered to return to Xizhou first to convey the order, and he would arrive later.

In mid-April, Xu Wei led 2,000 men and horses from Qinzhou to "go straight to Xizhou." At the same time as he rushed to the front, there were Tubo Qiang people attacking the Ancient Bone Dragon City, but fortunately, the defenders of the city fought back bravely and kept the city. However, the surrounding Qiang people were still not immune to looting and captivity.

The Xihe soldiers were furious, they had even defeated the Jurchens, how could they scare you into Tibet? Yao Pingzhong was also so angry that he almost vomited blood, "I knew that this was the case, I should have gathered a large army last year and captured Renduoquan City in one fell swoop!" What the hell, don't say that the Hehuang region is as far as Liangzhou, who doesn't know the prestige of my Yao family? Yi Shenglong, this birdman, dare to come to brush my tiger whiskers, and when I break the city, I will kill you all over the house!

Xizhou "Zhididao County, also known as Longxi, that is, Lintao, Gansu in later generations, Li Tang ancestral land.

Yao Pingzhong was dressed in a military uniform, the treasure knife in the box was newly sharpened, and the commander Si Fanhan generals were guarding the city gate, "waiting for Xu Wei, the governor of Shaanxi." In the past few days, the little lieutenant has been full of angry "little Qiang thieves" who dare to violate our borders and kill our officers and soldiers, and they will run away with a single shot, so that you can't catch them!

When his brother Yao Bilong came back and brought back the news that General Xu Xuanfu would personally come to supervise the battle, Yao Pingzhong and his generals were gearing up, just waiting for a battle!

Looking up at the sun, "It's not too early, why hasn't Mrs. Xu arrived yet?" Yao Pingzhong asked the general, "How long has my brother been there?" ”

"Back to Dashuai, I'm afraid that the four unifications will take more than an hour." The general replied.

"Baishi Mountain is not far from here, and it should be an hour." Yao Pingzhong frowned.

As soon as he finished speaking, the general pointed forward: "That's it?" Looking ahead, "I saw a team of people coming on the post road. Yao Pingzhong shook his head and said: "No, Xu Xuanfu came with the troops." ””

After a while, the general shouted, "Isn't that the Four Officials?" ””

Yao Xiyan fixed his eyes and saw that it was really his younger brother! Take a closer look, isn't it Xu Shumi who is accompanied by his younger brother Yao Bilong? When he saw that it was Xu Wei, Yao Pingzhong was a little panicked. Because no matter how you look at the army brought by Xu Xuanfu, there are only 1,000 and 2,000 people!

Although Yao Bilong "conveyed the meaning of the Division" after his return, it was said that it was mainly relied on the Xihe Army to recover Renduoquan City. But you must know that "when Liu Fa recovered Renduoquan City back then, he met with Qin Fengshuai and Liu Zhongwu" and sent 150,000 troops together! 150,000 infantry, only to finally take Renduoquan City!

Now, I only have more than 40,000 troops in Xihe Shuaisi, and it is impossible for all of them to be transferred to fight Renduoquan City, right? In addition, there are more than 50,000 archers, and even more are brave and strong villagers. However, the wheat must be harvested in June, and I can't pull all the men who can fight all the way to the front line. I thought that the Taiwei was more or less, and he had to bring 10,000 20,000 Qin Feng elites to come, "Now I look at it, that's it!"

Not only him, but also the generals of the Fan Han Dynasty behind him also noticed that something was wrong and discussed a lot. But there was talk and discussion, Yao Pingzhong still led the crowd to meet him, and all of them bowed their heads and saluted, shouting that they had seen the captain.

Xu Wei put his hand on the horse's neck, stepped forward, and said in a deep voice to the generals of Heihe: "This time, I am here to take Renduoquan City with all of you" to uproot the thieves who committed the border and west! ””

As soon as the word is spoken, the crowd will cheer!

Yao Pingzhong was also very encouraged, but he would be closer, "If you distinguish it carefully, your heart will be cooler!" There were already few soldiers and horses led by Taiwei Xu, but now when they are identified, there are not even half of them wearing armor and holding weapons! In other words, at least half of the team led by Xu Wei was ......an irrelevant passer-by, "Why didn't Xi Yan speak?" Xu Wei asked on horseback.

Yao Pingzhong woke up like a dream, and said busily: "Humble duty, humble duty is to see the prime minister sit down and sit down with the war horse and divine horse" lost his mind for a while, forgive his sins. ””

"Oh, this is the sweat and blood horse that Ma Zi charged to make the Khitan, and Dashi gave back." Xu Weidao. He sat down on his warhorse, which was pitch black, as slippery and shiny as satin, "but the four hooves were snow-white" This kind of horse has a name, called Dark Cloud Treading Snow.

When the generals heard this, they all came to the spirit, and the things that the generals were most interested in were war horses and weapons. Xihe Zhuqiang is mixed with the neighboring party items, there are many war horses, and the generals are not new horses, but their horses are "Hequ horses"""How can they be compared with the sweat and blood horses from Central Asia?

"Oh? Is this horse really sweating blood? Yao Pingzhong asked.

"I didn't find it for the time being, you are also red-eyed, this time you are a good soldier, if you can make a contribution, I will give you a horse." Xu Wei promised.

When Yao Pingzhong heard this, he was very moved! I heard the Taiwei say again: "Yongxing Shuai Yang Yan, I asked me for it several times, but I ignored him." ””

"Captain Xie!" Yao Pingzhong said loudly. Immediately, Xu Wei's team was led into the city, and the officers and soldiers were placed on their own, and Xu Wei was welcomed into the marshal's mansion to sit down.

After Xihe Wenwu came to pay homage, Zijin Tiger asked about the frontier situation. Only then did he learn that "after the West thieves broke through Maoniu City and looted it", they fled with the people. By the time Guan Shigu, the deputy marshal of Xihe, led the army, they were gone.

Recently, it was reported that the western thieves had invaded the ancient bone dragon city and were repelled by the defenders.

"These thieves! In this battle, whether it is dead or alive, let me catch the dragon of the Yi living! Xu Wei said angrily.

"It's nature." Yao Pingzhong responded, and then turned the topic to the soldiers brought by Xu Wei, "Dare to ask the captain, I don't know how many Qin Feng elites will be brought into Xizhou this time?" ””

Xu Wei took a breath, calmed down his emotions, and replied: "This commander is here, and he only brings hundreds of guards. ””

There was silence in the hall! Captain is not joking, is he? Only bring the guards? Yao Pingzhong coughed dryly: "I saw more than 1,000 people in the Taiwei team before, and I don't know the rest of the ......", "Oh, the others are craftsmen and people, and they come to help with some equipment." Xu Wei said.

Yao Pingzhong was completely dumbfounded, my Lord Taiwei, the Privy Minister! Now that the war is imminent, the elite soldiers and strong generals that Xihe needs, what are you bringing some craftsmen and men to do? Could it be that you really want to turn the Xihe River all the way upside down, "mobilize all the people who have something in the crotch to fight?"