Chapter 635: Please be a vassal

"What does that mean?" Companion asked.

Zhang Tong spread his hands helplessly: "This shows that Taiwei Xu is trying his best to contact the anti-gold forces of all parties." Although we did not resist Jin, the party members are attached to the Jurchens, and we are against the party, which is in line with Shaanxi's interests. ”

"According to what you say, the Purple Gold Tiger should treat us as if we were guests, and now this ......," his companion sneered.

"You don't know, the officials of the Southern Dynasty have these máo diseases, and they like to hold them. Let me tell you this, sooner or later, Taiwei Xu will definitely meet you and me in person, and there is no problem with our mission. "Zhang Tong is very confident.

The two mockers looked at each other and chuckled, obviously not believing. At this moment, I suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside, and then a voice said, "Several, Mrs. Xu has arrived." ”

There was a dead silence in the room, and the faces of the three of them were full of surprise, and as soon as he spoke of him, he came. Zhang Tong Huoran got up, walked quickly to the door and pulled it open, only to see four people standing in the corridor. The first one they knew was the post man of the pavilion, and the last three also knew one of them, which was Senator Zhang, who came a few days ago, and the other two were born. is of the same age, one is a black charcoal face, not tall, but has its own style. The other Zhang Tong is almost certain that he is Xu Wei!

"Are you not used to living there? Closed doors in broad daylight? Zhang Jun asked half-jokingly.

"Where, where, Senator Zhang said with a smile, please come in." Zhang Tong turned sideways and respectfully asked a group of people to enter. When he arrived in the room, Zhang Deyuan introduced: "This is the director of our Xuanfu Disposal Department, Mrs. Xu." ”

Zhang Tong's heart jumped, and he saluted with his two companions: "I have long admired the prestige of the Taiwei. ”

Xu Wei politely returned the salute and didn't say anything. Zhang Jun introduced the black charcoal face and said: "This is Zhang Jiyi, our Xuanfu Disposal Division, that is, the senator of the Shaanxi Preparation and Disposal Division. ”

After the ceremony, Xu Wei sat on the main seat, Erzhang sat on the right, and let the three envoys sit on the left to show respect and politeness. Zhang Tong coughed dryly, then hugged his fists and said: "I have been waiting in Xixia, and I have heard the name of Taiwei for many years, and I admire it." It is our Xiao Tongjun, who is also highly admired, and I am fortunate to see him today. ”

Xu Wei smiled and nodded: "You're polite, you Xiao Tongjun cherish your homeland and are unswerving, and Xu also expressed his admiration." ”

As soon as these words came out, the three messengers were a little overjoyed. It doesn't seem to be difficult to talk about this Xu Taiwei, Zhang Tong smiled and introduced the other two companions, both of whom are Xi people, both surnamed Xiao, who were the shì guard officials when Princess Cheng'an of the Liao State married Li Qianshun, and now they are all Xiao Heda's cronies. One is called Xiao Rang, and the other is called Xiao Zuo.

Xu Wei nodded, and no longer talked nonsense, and said straight to the point: "Xiao Tongjun invited a few people to Xingyuan, I don't know what happened?" ”

Zhang Tong saluted again: "Xiao Tongjun admired the Tai Lieutenant, and this time he sent us to bring 100 catties of gold, 800 war horses, and a number of pearls and mountain goods to show respect. ”

Xu Wei stretched out his hand to block: "No merit is not accepted, Xu has to ask carefully, and a few people don't have to beat around the bush, let's spread it out and say it directly, how about it?" ”

Na Xiao let him hear it well, and said loudly: "Happy! Since Taiwei Xu is an upright person, we will not twist it. To tell you the truth, this time we came by order to hope to renew the alliance of the past! ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Jun and Zhang Qing looked at each other, how was the alliance good in the past? We have never known Xiao Heda in our lives, if it weren't for his actions this time, who would have known that there was such a person? Where did the alliance come from?

"Forgive Xu for being stupid?" Xu Wei didn't seem to be able to turn the corner.

Seeing this, Zhang Tong hurriedly explained: "Nearly 40 years ago, your two countries swore an oath in Lanyuan, became brothers, stopped fighting and stopped fighting, and opened peace between the two countries for decades. Now, our Xiao Tongjun is determined to restore the Great Liao, and we are willing to abandon the old suspicions with you and reminisce about the old friendship! ”

When Zhang Qing heard this, he asked, "Can we put it plainly, do you Xiao Tongjun want to form an alliance with us and jointly target Western Xia?" ”

"That's exactly what it means." Xiao gave way.

"Haha." Zhang Qing laughed, "To be honest, the party members have been repeated, we know this, and we deeply despise it. But I believe you have also heard that the Sichuan and Shaanxi sides have been committed to easing the relations between the Song and Xia, and the envoys of the two sides have been constantly exchanging. Forming an alliance with you, isn't this an offense to the Xia King? ”

Zhang Tong glanced at him and said with a smile: "Zhang Jiyi is teasing?" The Jin people invaded the south with a large army, cutting Lin, Fu and Feng in advance, and the first army of Jinning gave Xia to make its Chen soldiers on the border and contain Shaanxi. I'm not wrong, right? Lord Xia acted like this, why did he ever take the Western Army in his eyes? ”

Zhang Jun immediately said: "That's not what he said, what about his Chen Bing border?" In Xihe, we expanded the land for 200 miles and appeased tens of thousands of Tubo Qiang. In Yanyan, our army has taken control of the Linfu Road, and the Xia army has surrendered. The party members did not take the Western Army seriously, so why should we take it seriously? ”

"That's right, Xiao Tongjun raised troops against Xia, and you are also dissatisfied with the Xia people, why don't you and I unite, share weal and bene, advance and retreat together, with the support of the Western Army, how can you know that the Xia Kingdom will not be destroyed?" Xiao Zuo, who had not spoken, said with a dark face.

Xu Wei had been listening carefully, and suddenly asked at this time: "Xiao Heda raised the matter, and since he took the restoration of Liao as a call, he didn't know which Liao he wanted to recover?" ”

This point-to-the-point sentence made Zhang Tong and the other three people change their faces. As we all know, Yelu Yanxi, the last emperor of Liao, is now a prisoner of the Jurchens, and it is unknown whether he is dead or alive. Another Khitan clan, Yelu Dashi, has rebuilt the Great Liao in the Western Regions and ascended the throne. Now Xiao Heda is also going to raise troops to restore Liao, I don't know whether to welcome back the old master, or to be loyal to Dashi? Or do you want to go it alone?

"There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two kings in the country! My main door is dusty, committed to gold, Xiao Tongjun yù extends the righteousness in the world, naturally to welcome back the old master, renew the country! Zhang Tongzheng said.

It's a high-sounding sentence that you can't refute. After hearing this, Xu Wei approvingly: "Okay, with such a loyal heart, you will be able to call on the Khitan to pass the old days." Now, let's talk about some practical things, since Xiao Tongjun has formed an alliance with us, but I don't know how to form a specific alliance? ”

On this cold day, Zhang Tong actually felt that he was sweating. He knew that he had misjudged Xu Wei, this Taiwei was by no means a good talker, he was to the point in every word, and there were no empty heads.

Fortunately, they came prepared, Zhang Tong got up and bowed again: "It's not a secret, the ground in Xiazhou is cracked, and the army and people are terrified." It happened that the Xia lord sent Ren Dejing's army to attack, if the Western Army could help, Xiao Tongjun was willing to be a fence for Taiwei! ”

Fencers, screens too. Xiao Heda meant that as long as the Western Army was willing to help him, he would be a barrier in Shaanxi to resist the party. Xu Wei wanted to laugh when he heard this, but for the sake of politeness, he still said politely: "To put it mildly, since the Battle of Hengshan, the party members basically can't threaten Shaanxi." "The implication is that I don't need you to be a barrier, so let's be more practical.

Zhang Tong was speechless, and Xiao Zuo, who didn't talk much, said at this time: "Naturally, the five states of salt, You, Xia, Shi, and Yin, should be the head of the Taiwei horse!" ”

Zhang Qing was moved when he heard this, and said quickly: "There is no evidence! ”

"The western army is one west and one east, and I don't need to be too straightforward, right?" Xiao Zuo said solemnly. Indeed, Liu Guangshi's Huanqing army was east of Xiao Heda's territory, choking Honglong Erzhou, and Xu Hong's Yan army was west of his territory and controlled Linfu Road, Xiao Heda really didn't have much choice.

Xu Wei noticed that this Xiao Zuo seemed to be the one who really made the idea. Then he pointed at him and said, "I appreciate your honesty. Okay, I'll get back to you right now. ”

All three messengers looked at him and waited for the following.

"Go back and tell Xiao Tongjun that when necessary, the Western Army will support him." Xu Weilang said.

Zhang Tong, Xiao Rang, and Xiao Zuo got up at the same time and bowed: "Thank you, Captain!" ”

"Don't thank you too early, after you go back, make it clear to Xiao Tongjun, if he keeps his promise, I will naturally not lose my word. If not...... Xu Wei still has a smiling face, but Zhang Tong and the others are all solemn.

On the Chūn Festival in the eighth year of Jianwu, Xu Wei had a very comfortable time. Because the past year can really be called smooth, the entire territory of Shaanxi has been recovered, and the power of the Sichuan-Shaanxi judgment he dreamed of has also arrived, and the family is quite happy. His wife is virtuous, her daughter is healthy, and she is pregnant with a new concubine.

He had never thought of these things before. During the Chinese New Year, his subordinates and subordinates came to the house to pay New Year's greetings, and after they were full of wine and food, everyone proposed to play two. Only then did Xu Wei realize that his technique had regressed seriously, and he was used to holding the handle of the knife, and he could no longer play the dice or change the dominoes. But he was not disappointed, because what he was doing now was obviously much higher quality than playing dice for dominoes.

Of course, it's not like you're satisfied with everything. For example, why did his "deputy envoy for the disposal of Xuanfu" hand over all the power to him, but he was unwilling to erase the word "deputy", he guessed that this may not only be a manifestation of the policy of "promoting literature and advocating martial arts", but also may be a kind of vigilance against him personally.

In addition, although he completely controlled Shaanxi and now took over power in Sichuan, Xu Jiu did not have the sense of accomplishment of being accomplished. In addition, many middle- and lower-ranking officers in the Hu'er Army were children of Lianghe. After the whole territory of Shaanxi was recovered, these people looked forward to the day when they could return to their hometowns, and the sound of fighting across the river often sounded in the army.

That's not all, since Xiao Heda's incident came out, Xu Wei found a problem. Western Xia was not at all as strong as he thought. When he first arrived in Shaanxi, he was thinking about dealing with the Jurchens, and there was no need for his status to pay attention to Western Xia at that time. Later, his status rose day by day, his power was protected day by day, the defense area increased day by day, and the party members continued to encroach on the northwest border, so he paid attention to it. However, when he was studying, he learned at most some things about the Two Song Dynasty, and he was very unfamiliar with Western Xia, only knowing a "Li Yuanhao" and a "New Year's coin", nothing more. At that time, he subconsciously thought that a country that could beat the Northern Song Dynasty to pay the "New Year's coin", no matter how bad it was, it shouldn't be a paper paste, right?

But now, he felt that although Xixia was not a paper paste, it was still possible to clean it up. The reason why he supports Xiao Heda is, of course, first of all to restrain the Jurchens, and secondly, to disgust the party members. But none of that was his ultimate goal.

Xu Wei believes that he is different from those in history who played small and bullish. Because he reads history books, he often finds that when the ancient sages and sages are recorded in them, he always likes to say "few great ambitions", as if these people have been pregnant with the world since they came out of their mother's womb. But he is different, when he crossed over, he first thought about the old industry, because he found that the economy of the Song Dynasty was prosperous, so the tertiary industry was also correspondingly developed, and there was a future for the old business.

Later, it was discovered that he had just traveled to before the Jin army went south to destroy the Song Dynasty. And his "home", Hebei, is bearing the brunt. The old bank couldn't do it, so he and Zhang San, Yang Da, and Ma Er were stunned and embarked on the road of resisting gold, but at that time, they thought very simply, to build a piece of territory, raise some soldiers, and be an official. The gradual development, especially the letter that the little seed had written to him before his death, inspired him a lot. So, he began a long-term plan and set a strategy of first growing in Shaanxi and then infiltrating Sichuan.

For this goal, he has struggled for more than ten years, shed countless blood, and broken countless heads, and now he finally has a general eyebrow. He now holds a pivotal position in the West. I don't dare to say that if I stomp my feet, Sichuan and Shaanxi will be earthquaked, but no one dares to take any of his words as wind in the Sichuan and Shaanxi realms.

But Xu Wei also knows that his position is not yet firm enough to be "unshakable". So he thought about how to consolidate it. If you want to gain a firm foothold in Sichuan and Shaanxi, there is a premise. That is to make the gang in Hangzhou inseparable from him. How can you be inseparable? Sichuan and Shaanxi have military threats or military purposes, and it is necessary for you to exist as a marshal with hundreds of thousands of troops. If Sichuan and Shaanxi are too peaceful, no matter how stupid people are, they will not let you continue to entrench here.

But now, the strategic focus of the Jurchens has shifted to Xianghan. And objectively speaking, the Jurchens no longer have the strength to dàng Pingchuan Shaanxi in one fell swoop. This made Xu Wei start to think about it, and he had to find something to do for himself. So, borrowing Xiao Heda, he went to Xixia to stab a pole.

But the problem is that the light of Xixia is not enough, so he wants to pick up Yelu Dashi again. Imagine, when Shaanxi, Western Xia, Khitan, Jurchen, how lively will our west be? It's a group of heroes! Only then will his position be strengthened.

But the problem came again, Yelu Dashi was too far away, even if he himself was willing to return to the country, but the objective conditions were too poor. It was really difficult for him to send troops from Central Asia to attack the Jurchens.

Xu Wei then decided to open up the Hexi Corridor, to put it simply, and take Xiliang Mansion. As soon as the Hexi Corridor is unblocked, you can directly get in touch with Yelu Dashi, and no longer use Western Xia. At that time, the front line of Hengshan was controlled by the Western Army, and Dashi had a place to stay.

At that time, the Jurchens will be exhausted and exhausted.