In January of the eighth year of Song Jianwu, Li Renxiao, the lord of Xia, sent Ren Dejing, the commander of Jingzhou, and his younger brother Ren Decong to lead tens of thousands of troops to quell the rebellion. The two armies confronted each other, but for a while no battle began. Xiao Heda saw that the Ren brothers were strong and strong, and because of Ren Dejing's special status, he secretly sent an envoy to see Ren Dejing's military camp to meet with him.

At the same time as the meeting, Xiao Heda did not forget his backer, and sent someone to Yan'an Mansion to inform Xu Hong of the situation. At that time, after several months of siege, the Xia army in Fuzhou had run out of food, and had no choice but to surrender the city, and Xu Hong and Ma Kuo had returned to Yan'an Mansion. When they learned of the situation, Pegasus reported it to Xu Wei.

Xingyuan Mansion, Sichuan Shaanxi Xuanfu Disposal Division.

"Ren Dejing? Han? Xu Wei looked at Ma Kuo's report and asked casually.

Zhang Qing shook his head, indicating that he didn't know, while Zhang Jun sneered inexplicably. Xu Wei put down the official document and asked, "Why is Deyuan laughing?" ”

Zhang Jun arched his hand on the chair and apologized: "The lower official is out of shape, but he can just hear it, let it be respectful, three words, I can't help laughing shamefully." ”

"You know this man?" Xu Wei got up and walked out from behind the desk.

Zhang Jun sighed and said helplessly: "At that time, Xia Guan served in the Privy Council and dealt with this matter. Ren Dejing is a traitor in Shaanxi! ”

Hearing this, Xu Wei became interested, sat down next to him and asked, "Oh? And what's going on? Tell me more about it. ”

"In the past, Ren Dejing was the general judge of Xi'an Prefecture (now Haiyuan, Ningxia) on Jingyuan Road. In the first year of Jingkang, the Xia army took advantage of the time when the Western Army was king, and sent troops to raid Xi'an Prefecture and broke through the city. The civil and military officials below the Zhizhou level were all killed, and the only one was to surrender.

That's it, after Ren rebel surrendered to Western Xia, he dedicated his daughter to Li Qianshun, the then Xia lord "He was appointed as the defense envoy of Jingzhou to defend Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Xia." Later, his daughter gave birth to Li Renxiao, who is now the Xia Lord, and was made the queen. Ren Dejing rose and the boat rose" as the commander of the Jingzhou capital, similar to our commander of soldiers and horses. He also has two brothers, one named Ren Decong and the other Ren Degong, both of whom are snakes and rats anyway. Zhang Jun said with great disdain.

Xu Wei listened to this and asked, "In other words, this Shaanxi traitor Ren Dejing is the grandfather of the current Xia Lord?" ”

"Exactly" It is estimated that because of this, Li Renxiao sent him to lead troops to quell the rebellion. Zhang Jun replied.

Zhang Qing questioned at this time: "It is said that Ren has to respect this person, Xiao Heda is eyebrow-raising with him, isn't this seeking skin with the tiger?" ”

Xu Wei smiled: "It's true." Xiao Heda didn't want to think about it, he was Lord Xia's grandfather, and you conspired with him? Hmph, "Hmph, I was sold and I paid for the number of people!" ”

"Who's to say it isn't? It seems that Xiao Heda is a reckless man after all, and it is difficult to achieve great things. Zhang Jun sighed.

"It doesn't matter if you're reckless, if you're too smart, we don't worry. Is that right, Captain? Zhang Qing said with a smile.

Xu Wei nodded: "Yes, he doesn't need to be wise" We supported him just to hinder the party and the Jurchens. But then again, if he let Ren Dejing go around, we might never find such a person again. ”

Zhang Jun looked at him when he heard this: "Then according to the will of Xuanfu Xianggong", how to deal with this matter? ”

Xu Wei thought for a moment and said, "Ren Dejing started from Jingzhou, south of Xingqing Mansion, and went directly to Xiazhou. In this way, let Liu Guangshi arch from Longzhou to the north to give Ren Dejing a wake-up call. "Longzhou, in the southwest of Xiazhou, if the Huanqing army goes north," it would directly threaten Ren Dejing's army.

Zhang Jun and Zhang Qing both agreed, and the matter was settled.

After the beginning of the year, "Xu Wei controlled the situation in Western Xia on the one hand, and paid attention to the Xianghan war situation on the other. According to the calculation of time, "Wushu should know the news of the Western Xia movement and the capture of Linfu by the Western Army." But I don't know if he was unmoved, and he didn't withdraw at all. Because the latest news received by Xu Wei in the middle of the first month shows that the Jin army and the Song army fought another battle in Tangzhou, this time, it was the king of Zhejun and He Taibao who joined forces, and finally ended in the victory of the Song army. Xu Wei judged that the scale should not be large, because the harvest of the Song army was only more than 1,300 ranks, and it did not capture Tangzhou City. However, after this small defeat, the Wushu should consider withdrawing their troops. Because, it is impossible for him to sit back and watch the Western Xia continue to go on, and it is impossible to ignore the Western Army's entry into Fengzhou and stab the head of the gun to the boundary of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Within a month or two at most, the news of the Jin army's retreat to the north will definitely be received, and Xu Wei believes this.

Western Xia, Xia Prefecture.

Xiazhou, that is, the area of Jingbian County, Shaanxi Province in later generations. The city can be traced back to the Jin Dynasty at the earliest, when Helian Bobo called the "Xia King", built a "Tongwan City" as the capital, and later the Northern Wei Dynasty destroyed its country, changed the "Tongwan City" to the town, and soon changed to Xiazhou, which is the beginning of the name. Sui placed Shuofang County, and Tang Fu called Xiazhou. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Tuoba Sigong Zhen Xiazhou, he was the ancestor of Yuan Hao and the ancestor of the Western Xia royal family.

However, at present, the birthplace of this party extension department is no longer as prosperous as it used to be. It has been eroded by desert and is largely used for military purposes, not for human reproduction. The main reason why Xiao Heda was able to take the Xiazhou uprising was because of the dissatisfaction of the border soldiers and civilians with the above, and he used the call of "recovering Liao" to contact the old Khitan departments in Hedong and Yīn Mountain to jointly raise a rebellion. Before he attacked Xiping Mansion, he first had to take Shizhou and Yinzhou, which was also related to the natural environment of Xiazhou.

Now, the periphery of Xiazhou, such as Dashadui, Sanchakou, Wanjingkou and other places, has been filled with counterinsurgency troops, gradually forming a situation of encirclement of Xiazhou, but it has not attacked for a long time, as if waiting for something.

Ren Dejing is at the mouth of Wanjing, where there is still an oasis wrapped in desert. In the past few days, Xiao Heda has been constantly sending people to communicate with him, and the envoys from both sides have also been in constant contact.

In the company camp, in a big tent, there are many bald and haired party generals. The party members have always been fierce, and this kind of character has been vividly reflected in these Xia army generals, and none of them are not fierce and tall.

And at the top, there was a man sitting, about fifty years old. His clothes and hair accessories are the same as those of the party. But wearing a gorgeous robe, you can tell at a glance that it is Shu brocade woven in Sichuan. The figure is a little fat, on a face, the fat on both sides almost droops, and what is especially striking is that this guy's pair of eyeballs seem to be squeezed outward, making him look a little hideous.

At this time, he was leaning forward and sitting, his hands and fingers crossed, his chin on his head, listening to the report of the people under the tent.

"The villain entered Xiazhou City, only to see that the city wall collapsed because of the "ground cracking", and Xiao Heda was making people rush to repair it. The soldiers and civilians in the city were deeply frightened by the pressure of the army, and their voices were wailing. In addition, according to investigations, Xiao Heda's grain can only last for more than half a month at most, and it is estimated that he will collect grain from Shiyin Erzhou. The man said.