Chapter 626 is a total siege
Leaving Hu Xu and taking Tuoba Hong away, Zhao Shuo truly controlled the army of 'Iron Harrier', and he still controlled it justifiably.
The most important point is that he left Tuoba Hong by his side, although everything was a misunderstanding, but Zhao Shuo was still a little uneasy about Tuoba Hong.
After the arrangement, Zhao Shuo selected a team of fifty people from Li Hongyi's subordinates. These people are Li Hongyi's henchmen, and Li Hongyi has specially explained to them that no matter what happens, Zhao Shuo's safety must be guaranteed.
The handover of Tuoba Hong and Hu Xu will take some time, which will delay some schedules, but this time is no longer relevant to Zhao Shuo.
It's not just Mo Qi that he's arresting now, what he wants is really just an excuse, an excuse to suddenly launch an attack on Mongolia.
If Mo Qi was really caught before entering Mongolia, things would really be difficult to handle.
Saying that Mo Qi was bought by Mongolia requires evidence, and with Mo Qi's many years of experience on duty in the intelligence department, it is by no means easy to find evidence from him.
Without evidence, it is impossible to determine whether Mongolia was actually involved. In this way, the public opinion created in the country will not make you meaningful.
Although the people are hostile, there is no evidence, and there are some things that cannot be done after all, such as war.
But after Mo Qi entered the territory of Mongolia, things were much easier. Mongolia accepted the traitors of the Great Song Dynasty, and this reason was enough for Zhao Shuo to use it as a cover to start an abnormal war with Mongolia.
"Your Majesty, everything is ready, when will we leave?" Tuoba Hong came to Zhao Shuo's tent and asked.
"By the way, how are the scouts sent out in the past few days to investigate, is there any news of Mo Qi?" Zhao Shuo then asked.
"According to the scout, a group of mysterious guys in cloaks went northwest a few days ago." Tuoba Hong replied.
Tuoba Hong didn't say Mo Qi, just a mysterious man in a black cloak.
"So, it's hard to say whether there is Mo Qi in that group of people." Scratching his head, Zhao Shuo continued. "Mo Qi deceived Li Yuanhao in Anqing, and then sent someone here to fool General Tuoba, he himself should have started to flee early at this time."
"If that's the case, Mo Qi should also go to the northwest." Shi Fei spoke at this time.
"Northwest, do you want to enter Mongolia from Liaodi?" Zhao Shuo showed a hint of a smile. "He thinks it's beautiful."
"Your Majesty, shall we leave as soon as possible......" Molda began.
Along the way, Molda had the least words, and he barely spoke except to pay the bills.
I opened my mouth at this moment because I felt that the matter was urgent.
"That's right." Zhao Shuo affirmed Molda's words, and then continued. "Then let's get ready, let's go."
Subsequently, Zhao Shuo, Shi Fei, Molda, Tuoba Hong, and fifty guards selected from Li Hongyi left the camp.
Before leaving, Zhao Shuo handed a bag to Li Hongyi and Hu Xu, and told them that after ten days, they would act according to the bag.
Zhao Shuo and his entourage, who left the barracks, did not go straight to the northwest, but ran to the south. For this change, everyone was skeptical, and in the end, it was Tuoba Hong who raised questions.
"Your Majesty, Mo Qi escaped from the northwest, but we chased to the southeast, when will we catch up."
"Don't worry, you can catch up." Zhao Shuo did not explain, but gave a very positive answer.
"Your Majesty, Mo Qi defrauded the King of Xiping of the money, the speed of the march must not be fast, if we chase the northwest with all our might, it should not take long to catch up......" Although Tuoba Hong did not refute Zhao Shuo, he once again stated his opinion.
"Hehe......" Zhao Shuo laughed. I have handed over the soldiers and horses of Liaodi to the king of Xiping, at this time, they should also take action, it is good to catch Mo Qi, but Mo Qi is cunning and abnormal, what if you can't catch it? We've got to leave a way out for ourselves. ”
What Zhao Shuo said seems to be very reasonable, but after careful analysis, it makes no sense at all.
Li Yuanhao now controls the military power of Liaodi, as long as Zhao Shuo has an order, it is certain that Mo Qi will be captured. Mo Qi is now running towards the northwest, and it is very likely that he will enter Liaodi. It should be said that it is a very normal thing to catch Mo Qi.
Zhao Shuo said that going southwest was a measure to prevent Mo Qi from going after he was not caught by Li Yuanhao, and this was the point.
Zhao Shuo is bent on arresting Mo Qi, this kind of opportunity to catch Mo Qi on the spot, it stands to reason that he will not give it to anyone.
But towards the southwest, can you really catch Mo Qi? This seems like a pretty weird thing.
It's like a thief stealing something and running north, while the official goes southwest and says something that will catch the thief.
The most likely thing about the official is to let go of the thief, so what about Zhao Shuo, could it be said that Zhao Shuo intended to let go of Mo Qiyi.
Or is there an inside story about the matter of Western Xia? Mo Qi is actually also a chess piece? It was the chess pieces arranged by Zhao Shuo.
Impossible? If Mo Qi was a chess piece, then he would never, or dare not, go to Li Yuanhao's mansion to blackmail.
Isn't it, Li Yuanhao also knows about this?
The more he thought about it, the more confused he became, the more he thought about it, the more confused his brain became, and the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't tell between right and wrong and true and false.
"General Tuoba, don't think about it, you can look around, maybe sometime, you will find useful news around here." Zhao Shuo saw that Tuoba Hong frowned for a while, shook his head for a while, and nodded again for a while, knowing that this guy was starting to think nonsense again.
"Your Majesty, look......" Shi Fei walked over with a black rag. This is what I found over there, and it should have been left by those who were wrapped in cloaks. ”
"Where's the direction?" Zhao Shuo asked.
Shi Fei hesitated a little and did not answer Zhao Shuo immediately.
"Say whatever you want, it's fine!" Zhao Shuo encouraged.
"Northwest ......" Shi Fei said that he was a little weak-hearted, not that he didn't believe in himself, but that Zhao Shuo was asking for all his strength to think about the southwest, and it was completely wrong with this direction.
"Your Majesty, it's still too late to turn around." At this time, Tuoba Hong spoke again.
"No, let's continue southwest." Zhao Shuo ignored it and still acted according to his own ideas.
Zhao Shuo's idea is very simple, that is, Li Yuanhao completely blocked the border in Liaodi, and Juzheng of Western Xia will also block the border at the same time, Li Hongyi and Hu Xu At this time, they will lead a large army to the Kereh Department, and the Kereh Department will send troops to guard the border between the Kereh Department and the Western Xia, after Li Hongyi and Hu Xu's army enters the Kereh Department, they will join the army of the Kereh Department, go all the way north, arrive at Kedun City, and wait for the Zhejia army and Zhao Shuo's next instructions.
In this way, if Mo Qi still wants to escape to Mongolia, he can only keep fleeing westward along the northern border of the Great Song Dynasty, and the only way he can escape from the Great Song Dynasty and reach Mongolia is the Hexi Corridor.
The direction in which Zhao Shuo is now heading is the Hexi Corridor.
There is now Wei Yan stationed, with more than 500,000 troops, these people are the main army led by Zhao Shuo to personally attack the Hexi Corridor and fire the first shot of the war.
This is Zhao Shuo's idea, this idea, he didn't tell anyone, but he was silently executing.
Mo Qi, he has been quite depressed these days, and the joy of defrauding Li Yuanhao's huge treasure has been depressed.
"Still doesn't work?" Mo Qi asked the person who had returned from the investigation.
"No, Western Xia suddenly blocked all roads to Mongolia, and we can't get along with Ben." Investigate the humanity that has returned.
"What about the people? Isn't it even a decent businessman? "On the road to Mo Qi, most of the time, he disguised his identity as a businessman. In addition, he has money and a lot of money, so along the way, the opportunity has not received any threat, except for Zhao Shuo, who has been chasing behind.
"The people, the merchants, not even a single bird fight, the passes are full of soldiers and horses, and no one is allowed to pass." The inquirers continued to tell the desperate news.
"What about Zhao Shuo? Where is he now? "The border is blocked, if Zhao Shuo chases and fights fiercely behind, then Mo Qi's situation will be dangerous. Therefore, after confirming that the Western Xia border could not be crossed, Mo Qi immediately asked about Zhao Shuo's movements.
"Zhao Shuo suddenly disappeared after entering the Iron Harrier and the Proton Army garrison." The person who snipped out the news replied.
This time, Mo Qi couldn't calm down, he stood up suddenly, and said. "What do you say, I don't know where you are, what are you eating, don't you pay attention to his whereabouts? How can you still be missing? ”
In the face of Mo Qi's reprimand and responsibility, the person who probed the news was also innocent. "We are understaffed, they used to be very close to us, we can still find out their news, but now, they are suddenly on the news, it seems that we should be thrown away, if we put down the personnel to investigate the news, it will inevitably increase the possibility of our exposure, and, far away, it is also a trouble to pass on the news. Even if I detect the news, I'm afraid it won't come back. ”
Xixia sealed the edge, and Zhao Shuo was nowhere to be found, which made Mo Qi extremely alert, and after thinking about it again, he said. "Go west, enter Liaodi, and from that leave into Mongolia."
After giving the order, the group hurriedly began to rush to Liaodi.
But what was waiting for them in Liaodi was still to seal the border, and the order to seal the border had just been ordered, it is said that because they had checked all the way from the Western Xia border and found no trace of Mo Qi and others, Zhao Shuo was worried that they would flee into Liao and flee back to Mongolia from Liaodi, so he adopted the strategy of temporarily sealing the border.
As soon as he heard the news, Mo Qi was quite angry, but it was useless to be angry at this time.
"Continuing westward, we must get there before Zhao Shuo blocks the Hexi Corridor, and pass the border and enter Mongolia." Mo Qi gave a desperate order.
In Mo Qi's opinion, this is his last chance, if Zhao Shuo blocks the Hexi Corridor, then he is running, and there is no point.
If he can't go back to the Hexi Corridor, his chances of returning to Mongolia are slim.
You must know that the border between the Great Song Dynasty and Mongolia, from east to west, is the area controlled by Jindi and Zhao Shuo, and it is temporarily handed over to the management of the Zhejia, Kerebu, and Western Xia, and the actual border between the northern part of Western Xia and Mongolia is already under the management of Zhao Shuo, Liaodi, and Hexi Corridor.
Now Mo Qi has fled to Liaodi, and if he returns to Western Xia, he can only flee to the Kereh Department, and then make a detour to Mongolia, but in this case, he will need to spend a few months, and he can't afford to spend so much time. Of course, there is another point, that is, the army of the Kereb is being trained by the Zhejia family, and its combat effectiveness is not inferior to the Zhijia army, and it is too dangerous to pass through there.
The reason for choosing Western Xia was because the Western Xia army was disbanded, and Zhao Shuo's private recruitment was only known to a few people in Western Xia at the time, and after Mo Qi fled, it was already too late.
Now entering Liaodi, Liaodi is also recruiting troops, and the border is also blocked. Returning, the danger was too great, Mo Qi could only bite the bullet and continue to flee westward.
The Hexi Corridor has become a place of competition between the two sides.
Hexi Corridor, Wei Yan's military camp, after learning of Zhao Shuo's arrival, Wei Yan hurriedly came to the camp gate to pick up the car.
"Chen Weiyan, meet Your Majesty." Since being transferred here to guard, Wei Yan has not seen Zhao Shuo. It's been a few years.
At this moment, meeting again is indescribably cordial. The current Wei Yan is already a tiger general who guards one side, you must know that Wei Yan in the past was a rebellious minister and thief who rebelled with Wang Zongshi, that is, Shi Zong, who was later renamed by Zhao Shuo.
For Zhao Shuo, Wei Yan is quite grateful, because of this gratitude, for Zhao Shuo, Wei Yan is also very loyal.
"Get up, get up, I haven't seen you for many years, you kid is a lot tougher." Zhao Shuo helped Wei Yan up, and his heart, which was originally a little apprehensive, calmed down completely at this moment.
At this point, everything is fine. With the hundreds of thousands of troops under Wei Yan, Zhao Shuo was already fearless.
"Your Majesty, why did you come here suddenly, if you come, why should you say it in advance, the ministers should make some arrangements, you see ...... now" Wei Yan blamed himself a little, a master general came to the camp gate to greet the emperor, and there was nothing else, this was really shabby.
"This time, there is something important for you to do, so this little summary will be waived!" Subsequently, Zhao Shuo stationed Wei Yan to fight, sent Molda, Shi Fei, Tuoba Hong and the fifty guards down, and told Wei Yan that he had a plan.
After Zhao Shuo had a long talk with Wei Yan, Wei Yan left and started the operation. The daily training of hundreds of thousands of troops began to become more frequent, and the news of the border to be closed gradually spread on the border where merchants came and went.
This is an important passage of the Silk Road, if it is blocked, many people will face losses, so many dignitaries and wealthy businessmen continue to go to the military camp, begging Wei Yan not to implement such a strategy.
Wealthy businessmen and dignitaries constantly put pressure on Wei Yan, resulting in the delay in the complete implementation of this policy, but the army continued to appear in the border area, cutting more and more, giving people the feeling that Wei Yan was making the final preparations and then blocking the border in one fell swoop.